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Aug 9, 2012 2:48 PM   Curiosity's day 3 on the Gale Crater, Mars. All systems are running as expected. There is no sign of sailors fighting in the dance hall, cavemen or any freaky show, and here's the first natural 360-degree color panorama image to prove it. It's a clear day on Mars. You can see Mount Sharp ahead of the rover, in the distance. That's the mission final destination, at the center of the Galer Crater. It shows some details from the rover itself: These is the end of the robotic arm. It's like a Swiss Army Knife, containing multiple instruments like the APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer) and MAHLI (Mars Hand Lens Imager). Here's the wheel of the rover. The marks of the sky crane's thrusters are clearly visible here. And here too. Here's the complete panorama—3653 x 755 pixels. Click to expand and see the whole thing: View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line w...

Aug 7, 2012 2:40 PM   Sports photography is usually home to the highest-of-high tech camera technologies, because its subjects move so swiftly, and in such limited bursts. It's not the place you'd expect to find, say, a gigantic old 4x5 large format view camera. And yet! The photog in question (so many questions) is David Burnett. He's actually been going to the Olympics since 1984, and was featured recently in the NY Times. Here's a quick except from his interview: Q. There's no room for a mistake with a 4×5. Maybe it should be an Olympic sport: photographing moving events with a 4×5. A. I always remind people that every four years it's the photographers' Olympics, too. You have the best photographers in the world, all in one place, shooting the same thing. You know what happens on the last Saturday night of the Olympics, right? Q. They have a closing ceremony. A. No, that's Sunday night. Saturday night, at the end of the last event at track and field...

Aug 2, 2012 6:20 PM   They are just fooling around in a local training mission over North Carolina, but these three F-15 Eagle fighters look absolutely as gorgeous and desktop picturesque as they come. So F-22 Raptors be damned, when it comes to Robotech-worth material, these mothers still win the race. Image by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller/USAF View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Jul 30, 2012 10:40 AM   We can stream just about every minute of every event of this year's Olympics. The future! So why does it feel so much like a step backward? For those of us who know how to fire up the internet machine, but don't quite have the knowhow to set up a stream to the nice big HDTV, we're reduced to crowding around a 13-inch screen like we're listening to Joe Louis fight Max Schmelling in the 40s. Like, say, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley and his family here. [Twitter] View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Jul 27, 2012 4:42 PM   This is the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flatland in the world at 4,086 square miles (10,582 kilometers). Every year, this amazing wonderland in southwest Bolivia covers with a thin layer of water. When that happens, it turns into the largest mirror on the planet, as these photos recently taken by Takaki Watanabe show. The resulting landscape is absolutely surreal, out of a Salvador Dalí painting. I want to go there—¡pronto! The salar is formed by several preshistoric lakes, which started to transform 30,000 to 42,000 years ago. Covered by several feet of salt, the Salar de Uyuni stays dry most of the year except a few days, when it rains and turns into this wonder. And while it looks like it must be hell on Earth, it's not hot at all: its temperatures range from a low 55 degrees Fahrenheit (13º C) to 70º F (21º F). But the most surreal part is the fact that is a major breeding ground for pink flamingos . Can you imagine a flock of thousands of flamingo...

Jul 26, 2012 7:58 PM   Hey New York, look out of the window and you will see something similar to this coming towards you: a straight wall of dark atmospheric mayhem traveling at high speed, with wind gusts as hugh as 90 miles (145 kilometers) per hour. The technical name of this storm is a derecho . It can cause the same damage of a powerful tornado but, unlike tornadoes, they do not swirl. They just go straight ahead , hence its spanish name. This amazing photo shows the one that occurred on June 29, which was very similar to the one arriving now to New York. It was taken by Kevin Gould at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Godspeed, Gotham. View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Jul 24, 2012 11:00 AM   Being the biggest ships in the US Navy fleet, it's strange to think of an aircraft carrier getting replenished at sea by a much smaller mothership. But this happens often, as this image of the USS Enterprise sucking its food shows. The photo was taken this month in the Gulf of Oman. On the right there's the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg. In the middle, the USNS Supply—mom. Just another busy day at sea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Terrence Siren View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Jul 22, 2012 3:30 PM   Reddit user Philawesomeraptor's girlfriend recently received a cornea transplant for a condition called keratoconus, which causes structural changes to the cornea, and drastically distorts vision. These are her stitches. There are other images of cornea stitches out there, but this one is especially beautiful. Apparently she is doing well, and her vision is improving in the eye that was operated on, so good news all around. [Reddit] View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.