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Pluto: From Mountains To Plains
“What do the sharpest views ever of Pluto show? As the robotic New Horizons spacecraft moves into the outer Solar System, it is now sending back some of the highest resolution images from its historic encounter with Pluto in July. … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Science
Tagged al-Idrisi Montes, APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, heart, Johns Hopkins U. APL, mountainous highlands, NASA, New Horizons, Pluto, scales, skin, solar system, Sputnik Planum, SwRI
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Pluto From Above Cthulhu Regio
“New high resolution images of Pluto are starting to arrive from the outer Solar System. The robotic New Horizons spacecraft, which zoomed by Pluto in July, has finished sending back some needed engineering data and is now transmitting selections from … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Science
Tagged APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, BBC, Cthulhu Regio, dwarf planet, heart, New Horizons, planet, Pluto, probe, solar system, terrain
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Pluto
It’s hard to have missed the amazing news about Pluto. The New Horizons probe has completed its flyby and sent back the above extraordinary image. Well, minus the few additions that xkcd have added to it! The enormous heart immediately stands out, … Continue reading
Pluck Dissection
“A dissection of a sheep pluck, showing the relative positions of the trachea, lungs and heart. This dissection focuses on the function of the breathing system.” (YouTube) Another excellent demonstration by ScienceDemo.org and Alom Shaha. It’s clearly explained, detailing the … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Alom Shaha, breathing, demonstration, experiment, function, heart, lungs, pluck, ScienceDemo.org, sheep, structure, teaching, trachea
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Ink In Water
Dropping any sort of liquid into water is rather fascinating. Dropping plumes of coloured ink into water and capturing the result using high-speed photography is downright brilliant. This is precisely what Alberto Seveso has done. The results are breathtaking. Ten … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Ramblings
Tagged Alberto Seveso, droplets, heart, high speed, ink, photography, Twisted Sifter, water
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Weekly Ramblings – Simon Pegg swings anatomical LEGO heart logos
Another week gone by, another Weekly Ramblings to enjoy! Like last week, first up we have some LEGO! The Art of the Brick, by Nathan Sawaya, are fantastic pieces of art made out of LEGO (Enpundit). These sculptures are life … Continue reading
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Tagged A Fantastic Fear of Everything, A-Z, anatomical, art, Art of the Brick, British Heart Foundation, Enpundit, heart, Hot Fuzz, LEGO, logos, model, Nathan Sawaya, Paul, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, swing, symbolism, The Guardian, Twisted Sifter, waterfall, Weekly Ramblings, Wired
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