International Year of Astronomy 2009

Explanation: Astronomers all over planet Earth invite you to experience the night sky as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009. This year was picked by the International Astronomical Union and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization because it occurs 400 years after Galileo turned one of the first telescopes toward the heavens. Peering through that small window, Galileo discovered that the Moon has craters, Venus has phases, Jupiter has moons, and Saturn has rings. This year you can discover these and many modern wonders of the amazing overhead tapestry that is shared by all of humanity. If, like many others, you find the night sky wondrous and educational, be sure to attend an IYA2009 event in your area, and tell any schools and children that might be interested. Also, please feel free to explore the extensive IYA2009 web pages to find international media events that include blogs, webcasts and much much more.
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Sailboats, Turag River, Bangladesh

Graceful as butterflies, boats glide past rice fields on the meandering Turag River near Dacca, Bangladesh. Hundreds of watery highways interlace the heartland of this low-lying South Asian country.
NGeoPOD

Building the Manhattan Bridge

Superjail!

“The majority of Superjail! is set inside the titular prison. Externally, Superjail is built inside a massive volcano, but internally it seems to constitute its own psychedelic reality, where the fabric of time and space is extremely fluid and changes at the whim of the Warden.”

Rita the Riveter

Ok, not quite but you get the point.
Shorpy

Mikoyangurevich15bis

Ren & Stimpy

Was reminded by someone in the Beavis & Butt-head discussion how the red cat & chihuahua contributed to society, so here they are.

First image from:
www.dmvcomics.com

Second image is just lulzy.

Desktop Clutter Art

This is probably the only cool thing I\’ve seen being accomplished on a Mac. But it\’s cool nonetheless.

You can find more here.

Mirror’s Edge – Faith

Good game. Pretty prettypretypurtypurtypurtygoood.

Death Star 2 rant

Breakfast Club flip

An image I\’ve found useful on messageboards whenever someone says something so fuckin\’ loonytunes that words fail.

Galactus’s “O” face

Also described as “Galactus gøatse”

Colonial Warrior Jacket

I swear I almost ordered one of these, back in the day.

Mongo Map

Map of the Internet

MCS is just a tiny speck in this giant universe.

For A Product Demo Break The Glass

DEATH GUARD

This site needed more 40k love.

Hey are you pregnant ?

Thur Dec 18 – Lefturn’s Funny Shit

A guy picks up a girl in a bar, brings her home,and they start fucking. He starts sucking on one of her tits and milk comes out. He says, ‘Hey, are you pregnant? She says, ‘That wasn’t a nipple, that was a boil.”

Ultimate Cartoon Boxing Match

Let\’s see who can name them all!

I can\’t remember the names of only a few of them, especially that stupid overgrown baby duck.

Nebulabrot

From a treasure trove of images & interesting things at: bugman123.com/

FLCL

aka “Fooly Cooly”, “Furi Kuri”, etc. A six-episode series from Gainax.

Quite possibly the most demented anime I\’ve ever watched –and I mean that in a good way. I may not have understood it, but I couldn\’t take my eyes off of it.

Clusterfuck

Sad Spider

Coil

If anyone can identify this, feel free. I dug it out of an old image folder file and have no memory of where I got it from. It’s copper (and I’m only saying that ’cause it’s part of the namefile,) so probably used in some electrical application, and it’s large (about man-height –if it’s solid, it likely weighs a few tons). Beyond that I have no idea.

M.O.D.O.K. mask

www.marvel.com/universe/MODOK

Greek Graffiti

Pictures of graffiti I took while exploring Athens. Most of the images were captured in residential communities.

As best I can figure, the “Escaping Athens” work is translated as “Aesthetics, Aesthetics, Aesthetics”.

Valdore-class warbird

What I assume to be the successor to the Romulan warbirds I\’ve been seeing since the first season of Star Trek: TNG. Too bad they made their debut in the last shitty film, Nemesis.

Trim-Jeans

One of many priceless finds from: www.lileks.com/institute/index.html

Revenge

Das Eiserne Kreuz

Grow Up Wallpaper

Life, explained

red but smells like blue?

Q: What’s red but smells like blue paint?
A: red paint

I saw this while drunk and watching Myth Busters.  Credit goes to the always beautiful Kari Byron.

iToilet

Lunar Diamond

Explanation: Cameras around the globe pointed skyward this week to capture the spectacular conjunction of a crescent Moon and bright planets Venus and Jupiter. But astronomer-artist Deirdre Kelleghan recorded her observations in sketches of the celestial event. From Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, her small telescope allowed her to follow the accompanying lunar occultation as a brilliant Venus disappeared behind the Moon\’s dark edge, then reappeared along the bright lunar limb. Her lovely drawing of the reemergence of Venus was made with pastels and conte crayons on A3 size paper under very cold conditions. She remarks, “The view as Venus once again sparkled like a diamond stuck on the moon was stunning.”

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Labtayt Sulci on Saturn’s Enceladus

Explanation: Do some surface features on Enceladus roll like a conveyor belt? A leading interpretation of recent images taken of Saturn\’s most explosive moon indicate that they do. This form of asymmetric tectonic activity, very unusual on Earth, likely holds clues to the internal structure of Enceladus, which may contain subsurface seas where life might be able to develop. Pictured above is a composite of 28 images taken by the robotic Cassini spacecraft in October just after swooping by the ice-spewing orb. Inspection of these images show clear tectonic displacements where large portions of the surface all appear to move all in one direction. Near the top of the image appears one of the most prominent tectonic divides: Labtayt Sulci, a canyon about one kilometer deep.

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Temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam

Massed at midnight amid dragon pillars and beneath the Eye of God, praying Caodaists at Tay Ninh, Vietnam, mark the Day of the Creator.

NGeoPOD

nice gravestone

Mmmmmmmm Sprinkles!

nsfw.myconfinedspace.com/2009/01/02/mmmmmmmm-sprinkles/

Calvin and Hobbes: Financial Crisis

Blame Canada

I don\’t know why, but it seems like a good idea.

Burning man mantis

Google\’d “godzilla hump” and filtered extra large images, and found this praying mantis for the burning man festival thing. Was kind of a coincidence that I had done a search for praying mantis just before that after seeing the post on MCS with the mantis and dog.

Zombie Jesus

Loves You

Eco-Shredder?

PETA can\’t like this, so it made me lol.
Telegraph POD

Ice Ice Monkey

Telegraph POD

Broken Leg Kitten

Upskirt Station

The japanese have no limits.

Marx n’ Engels

A response to \’tidewithbleach\’s photo from a few days back. Crane seems to have moved since I was there 😛

Hey, could you photoshop this for me?

This planet is Awesome!