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Author Archives: Stan Flouride
Frieda reaches out to Georgia
When Alfred Stieglitz found out that his protégé Georgia O’Keeffe had accepted a commission to paint the women’s powder room at Radio City Music Hall without his approval he was furious. Having met Diego Rivera and his wife Frieda … Continue reading
APOD: 2017 March 6 – Colorful Aurora over Iceland
Explanation: You don’t always see a scene this beautiful when you hike to an ancient volcano — you have to be lucky. When the astrophotographer realized that auroras were visible two-weeks ago, he made a night-time run for the top of the caldera to … Continue reading
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The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA Explanation: What’s causing those odd rings in supernova 1987A? Thirty years ago, in 1987, the brightest supernova in recent history was seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud. At the center of the featured picture is an … Continue reading
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Osaka students use 10,000 Lego bricks to build Nintoku’s tomb：The Asahi Shimbun
Using Lego bricks, students from Osaka University built a 1:560-scale model of the Nintoku-ryo burial mound. The Osaka University Lego Club members used 3-D computer graphics to faithfully reproduce the moat around, and the slopes of, the giant keyhole-shaped burial … Continue reading
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After the Quake and Fire of ’06
Two views I’ve never seen of the aftermath of the Quake and Fire of 1906. “Russian and Telegraph hills from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco.” “Palace Hotel, Market Street, San Francisco.” After the Earthquake and Fire the hotel was razed … Continue reading
Mesmerizing Ice Bridge Collapse
Unfortunately there is nothing in this video that provides a scale to judge the size of, or distance to, this iceberg. Using the speed of sound (343 mps/1125 fps) and the YouTube counter, it appears to be about 300 meters … Continue reading
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Galactic Lens Shows Quad-Quasar View
Explanation: An odd thing about the group of lights near the center is that four of them are the same distant quasar. This is because the foreground galaxy — in the center of the quasar images and the featured image … Continue reading
Yarn Bombing Pachyderms!
Okay, not really ‘yarn bombing’ since it’s not done surreptitiously but from a practical standpoint I’d still say that wrapping Asian elephants in knitted wool sure comes close to it for its inherent coolness. Below is a short video showing elephants being given beautiful … Continue reading
‘Curmudgeons’ ~by Danny Devito
I just finished watching this exquisite little movie and want to share it with the world. I imagine you will too: <p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/159449591″>Curmudgeons</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/jersey2ndave”>Jersey 2nd Avenue</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
Stannous Flouride's Book of Truthiness 