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POPSNature's Ability To Amaze, Humor, Inspire Awe: National Geographic's Best Photos of 2009 These photos are from a photo piece I did on Instablogs this morning. I had to Amplify them as well so that everyone here could enjoy them. Thanks to my good friend and colleague, Lori J. Paul, (Amplog = Virtu-Legal) for alerting me to these wonderful photographs. There is much more in National Geographic's photo galleries, so if you're interested, check it out. There is a link in the text below to the galleries.
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POPSStarlight At The Beginning Of Time Imagine traveling half a billion light years to get somewhere, only to find no one is there...that's the tongue-in-cheek scenario written up in this nifty article from dailygalaxy.com. The picture below shows scientists glimpse of the oldest light in the universe to finally reach earth. According to the article, this is the universe's "first starlight...light "at the beginning of time." I don't pretend to understand the physics behind all of this, but I do enjoy such awe-inspiring pictures. I hope you do, too.
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POPSivory carvung - 6 children pulling row This Netsuke is a Member at our Elite Master Carver \Collection. Means that only unique Netsukes that was hand crafted by master carver only are included at this Collection.
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POPSPhilippine Tourist Spots Trivia containing information regarding famous tourist spots that can be found in the Philippines. Mentioned are Boracay and its powder white beaches, The Chocolate Hills located in Bohol, Palawan's El Nido which is a forest with a diverse and exotic collection of plants and animals.
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POPSCalifornia's old-growth redwoods: Tree therapy amid ancient coastal giants More: The national spotlight is being cast on the park again this month with the Redwood Empire featured in National Geographic magazine. The centerpiece is a fold-out photograph of one of the park's giants, the Iluvatar Tree, the world's third-largest coast redwood at 20 1/2 feet in diameter and 320 feet tall… Of the trails that provide access to old-growth in California, the James Irvine Loop is one of the best. This loop is a 7.5-mile round trip that provides a route past a succession of giants. It's easy enough that most anybody can simply walk a half mile and back to get a feel for an ancient forest. It's long enough that the entire loop delivers a sense of discovery and awe with each grove, and the good, clean feeling that comes with hiking a few hours in a pristine landscape. This trip can change how you feel about things for a long time. Big trees can do that.
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POPSBerlin City Break Central hotel for 3 nights, 1 day Pass for the Berlin Hop-On, Hop-Off buss, an expert guide to show you the highlights of Berlin & enjoy VIP treatment and live music at Berlin’s rustic pubs, open-air beer gardens and chic cocktail bars...This is a fascinating city !
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POPSBREAKING: Obama Starts Acting Presidential, Declares War Against The Moon For Heldmann, she's prepared for impact day...ready to scan and span the spectrum of data to be gathered. "It has been a lot of work for four minutes of data...but it's a really important four minutes of data," Heldmann said. "Hopefully, we'll have a variety of data sets that we can combine and make a coherent story. That's the going-in plan." Video - Why Bomb the Moon? Images: Full Moon Fever How to Watch NASA's LCROSS Smack the Moon Leonard David has been reporting on the space industry for more than four decades. He is past editor-in-chief of the National Space Society's Ad Astra and Space World magazines and has written for SPACE.com since 1999. http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091007/sc_space/targetingthemoonobservatoriesgearupforfridaylunarcrash
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POPSObama ready to slash US nuclear arsenal I stand in awe of the naiveté of these people. They do not live in the real world or have any common sense about world history. He's going to have us at the mercy of Iran and Russia before his term is over.
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POPSNerja Sightseeing Tour The Nerja sightseeing tour gets more interesting with a trip to Frigiliana, a quaint whitewashed mountain village in Andalucia. Wander down its cobbled streets lined with pretty flower-filled windows, alleys and doorways, taking in the splendid views of the surrounding valley and coastline. A scenic drive to Andalucia’s prettiest village and a trip to the awe-inspiring Nerja caves will make your sightseeing excursion in Spain truly memorable!
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POPSGlass Microbiology - Luke Jerram Quite an amazing display of glass art sculptures. Microbes never looked quite so beautiful. Mind you, under the microscope they probably look awesome. The whole article is well worth a read. Their is a slideshow of the various microbes and short bits of info about the various diseases ie. small pox, HIV etc. "The sculptures were designed in consultation with virologists from the University of Bristol using a combination of different scientific photographs and models. They were made in collaboration with glassblowers Kim George, Brian Jones and Norman Veitch."
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POPSUltra Realistic Paintings on the Wall I am absolutely in awe of this mans talent. Simply amazing! The only hint at who the artist is comes from an anonymous comment: “David Jon Kassan - a Brooklyn artist of the Hyper-realism school” Banksy is a graffiti artist famed for infiltrating museum collections without their knowledge and spray-painting public buildings around the world. Video clip: http://www.banksy.co.uk/index2.html Banksy tribute (amazing artworks): http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/banksy/banksy.htm
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