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jtotheizzoe:

Re-post to remind you to get out and watch the Perseids this weekend, and all the other events this year!

jtotheizzoe:

Meteor Showers 2012

A calendar of all the major meteor showers taking place in 2012 that I drew up.

Of course, this isn’t all of the meteor events this year. Only the ones with the best chance of being visible. I chose only events with a Zenith Hourly Rate (ZHR, the number of peak events per hour) above 10. You should also consider the moon phase for that date, which I did not include.

How to use this:

The date on the left is the early morning after midnight on the day it will peak (so “October 7” is between midnight and sunrise on the morning of the 7th).

The constellation represents the point in the sky that the shower will “originate” from.

Choose someplace dark, away from city lights, and bring a blanket and a friend.

Enjoy.

To calculate the sunrise/sunset for your area on a specific date, go here. Many more details about each event can be found in this summary from EarthSky. Some events will favor the North or South Hemispheres, but such is life.

Feel free to distribute freely!

(Link to hi-res version)

Because the meteor shower is totally a “once in a lifetime event”.

Depending on where you live, what the weather is like there, how late at night meteor showers happen and how busy you are, it might be, I guess.

hifructosemag: Korean-American artist Timothy Lee was born in...

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:54:56 -0600

hifructosemag:

Korean-American artist Timothy Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea, but was raised in New York City. His recent exhibition entitled Secretive Skin is an installation of metaphors. His media is intentionally stark white paper that takes on a sculptural quality, which he uses to express the ethnophaulism “gook eyes,” a derogatory ethnic slur that has been around since the 1920s. Reactions to Asian racial politics and stereotypes are a primary focus of his work. “By isolating the eyes from the face,” Lee explains, “I appropriate the stereotype of the “demure and silent” Asian, for confrontational purposes.”

staceythinx: Digits is a poster series by James Adame designed...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:55:56 -0600

staceythinx:

Digits is a poster series by James Adame designed for a campaign to promote classroom visits by professionals that use math and science in their jobs.

About the project:

This campaign was created for an initiative of the State of Mass. school board to show kids the importance of studying Math and Science…We wanted to show students that Math and Science isn’t scary- it makes dreams come true and surrounds us in daily life in everything we do.

INTERVIEW: Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang (via thirdamericanhome.com)

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:38:34 -0600

INTERVIEW: Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang (via thirdamericanhome.com)

(via Woody Ghsoubi’s answer to What’s the most epic...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:31:18 -0600

(via Woody Ghsoubi’s answer to What’s the most epic photo ever taken? - Quora)

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Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:36:21 -0600

laughingsquid:

Ad Agency Clark&Kent Creates Pop-Out Phone Booth Business Cards

laughingsquid: Gold Winged Ancient Greek Sandals

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:34:32 -0600

laughingsquid:

Gold Winged Ancient Greek Sandals

Audio

Tue, 29 May 2012 07:57:51 -0600

Catcall

Tue, 29 May 2012 07:52:55 -0600

Catcall

Protest music!

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:58:20 -0600

Protest music!

devidsketchbook: Typewriter Sculpture Jeremy Mayer - Bust V on...

Sat, 05 May 2012 22:33:51 -0600

devidsketchbook:

Typewriter Sculpture Jeremy Mayer - Bust V

on tumblr: jemayer.tumblr (Follow)

ilovecharts: I’ve always wondered, since our voices usually...

Sat, 05 May 2012 18:55:54 -0600

ilovecharts:

I’ve always wondered, since our voices usually sound way better in our head, what Morgan Freeman’s voice sounds like in his head. Is it possible that it sounds even cooler?

National Geographic Magazine: Supermoon Coming Saturday—Not a Threat to Earth | But year's closest full moon will be a beautiful sky show, astronomers...

Sat, 05 May 2012 18:55:16 -0600

National Geographic Magazine: Supermoon Coming Saturday—Not a Threat to Earth | But year's closest full moon will be a beautiful sky show, astronomers...:

nationalgeographicmagazine:

A supermoon rises over West Yorkshire in the U.K. last year. // Photograph from Back Page Images/Rex Features/AP

Andrew Fazekas
for National Geographic News
Published May 3, 2012

On Saturday night, the full moon will be closer to Earth than at any other time this year, an occurrence…