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http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/12/05/document-the-symbolism-survey/

ilovecharts: Now here’s a chart. Well played, Internet. this and unpopularopinionrickperry.tumblr.com

ilovecharts:

Now here’s a chart. Well played, Internet.

this and unpopularopinionrickperry.tumblr.com

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Powers of Ten

dottedswiss:

love this film via creaturesofcomfort:

Powers of Ten - Charles and Ray Eames

In 1977, the Eames’ made a documentary short film about the scale of the universe.  Take a minute and make it full-screen!

“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think its forever.” ~Carl Sagan

I like that this minidoc shows not only the vast, but also the minute.

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intothecontinuum: r = 0.995 0.83687 ≤ a ≤ 0.83987 s = 200 Mathematica code: Manipulate[Graphics[Line[ Table[{-r^n*Sin[n*2*Pi/a], r^n*Cos[n*2*Pi/a]}, {n, 0, s}]], PlotRange -> 1.3], {r, .1, 1}, {a, 0.001, 4*Pi, .0001}, {s, 1,500, 1}] o my god want

intothecontinuum:

r = 0.995

0.83687 ≤ a ≤ 0.83987

s = 200

Mathematica code:

Manipulate[Graphics[Line[
   Table[{-r^n*Sin[n*2*Pi/a], r^n*Cos[n*2*Pi/a]}, {n, 0, s}]],
  PlotRange -> 1.3],
 {r, .1, 1}, {a, 0.001, 4*Pi, .0001}, {s, 1,500, 1}]

o my god

want

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sleepingwithmonsters: METHUSELAH TREE An ancient 4,800-year-old Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, the Methuselah Tree grows high in the White Mountains of eastern California. Named, obviously, after the Biblical figure that lived for 969 years, the Methuselah Tree grows in the Methuselah Grove, which is in Inyo National Forest’s “Forest of Ancients,” where it is surrounded by other ancient trees. The exact location of the tree, though, is kept secret to protect it against vandalism. When Edmund Schulman and Tom Harlan took samples from the famous tree in 1957, they discovered it was 4,789 years old. It is estimated that the tree germinated in 2832 BCE, making Methuselah the oldest known living tree and non-clonal organism in the entire world. A germination date of 2832 BCE makes Methuselah older even than the Egyptian Pyramids. It has just a bit longer to hold old until it is older than Prometheus, another bristlecone specimen that was 4,844 years old when accidentally destroyed in 1964. Upon visiting the tree, Robert Mohlenbrock, a professor of botany at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, thought “that any organism that lived longer than the norm had to have optimal conditions going for it … that would mean moderate temperatures, shelter from extreme weather, and plenty of moisture and nutrients.” He was wrong. Methuselah lives in a nasty place - for a tree. There are just patches of soil at the tree’s extreme elevation and fierce winds blow. I think this is from the NYTimes? When I go to a museum and see sculptures made over 2000 years ago, I always feel awed that I am in the company of something so ancient. But what I forget is that everyday, I am surrounded by the earth, which has been around for over 4 billion years. And, beyond the earth, the universe has been around for even longer.

sleepingwithmonsters:

METHUSELAH TREE

An ancient 4,800-year-old Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, the Methuselah Tree grows high in the White Mountains of eastern California.

Named, obviously, after the Biblical figure that lived for 969 years, the Methuselah Tree grows in the Methuselah Grove, which is in Inyo National Forest’s “Forest of Ancients,” where it is surrounded by other ancient trees. The exact location of the tree, though, is kept secret to protect it against vandalism.

When Edmund Schulman and Tom Harlan took samples from the famous tree in 1957, they discovered it was 4,789 years old. It is estimated that the tree germinated in 2832 BCE, making Methuselah the oldest known living tree and non-clonal organism in the entire world. A germination date of 2832 BCE makes Methuselah older even than the Egyptian Pyramids. It has just a bit longer to hold old until it is older than Prometheus, another bristlecone specimen that was 4,844 years old when accidentally destroyed in 1964.

Upon visiting the tree, Robert Mohlenbrock, a professor of botany at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, thought “that any organism that lived longer than the norm had to have optimal conditions going for it … that would mean moderate temperatures, shelter from extreme weather, and plenty of moisture and nutrients.” He was wrong. Methuselah lives in a nasty place - for a tree. There are just patches of soil at the tree’s extreme elevation and fierce winds blow.

I think this is from the NYTimes? When I go to a museum and see sculptures made over 2000 years ago, I always feel awed that I am in the company of something so ancient. But what I forget is that everyday, I am surrounded by the earth, which has been around for over 4 billion years. And, beyond the earth, the universe has been around for even longer.

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phantom limb

everything we know is only a result of sensory input

the human body is a complex machine

catsluck: bluebeadsandbones: HOW, INDEED! Pages

catsluck:

bluebeadsandbones:

HOW, INDEED!

Pages

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poorimpulsecontrol: The Euthanasia Coaster is a concept for a steel roller coaster designed to kill its passengers. In 2010, it was designed and made into a scale model by Julijonas Urbonas, a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art in London. Urbonas, who has worked at an amusement park, stated that the goal of his concept roller coaster is to take lives “with elegance and euphoria”. It is a ride to the death. The seven loops or ‘inversions’ put the human body under such stress that it causes the brain to be starved of oxygen, as the heart simply cannot push blood against the enormous g-forces. Even if it kills you, it is designed to still be a fun death. An honourable thought, if rather macabre.

poorimpulsecontrol:

The Euthanasia Coaster is a concept for a steel roller coaster designed to kill its passengers. In 2010, it was designed and made into a scale model by Julijonas Urbonas, a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art in London. Urbonas, who has worked at an amusement park, stated that the goal of his concept roller coaster is to take lives “with elegance and euphoria”. It is a ride to the death. The seven loops or ‘inversions’ put the human body under such stress that it causes the brain to be starved of oxygen, as the heart simply cannot push blood against the enormous g-forces. Even if it kills you, it is designed to still be a fun death. An honourable thought, if rather macabre.

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bikesandbabes: photo from the gahetna national archives via miss moss.  o my gosh want

bikesandbabes:

photo from the gahetna national archives via miss moss.

 o my gosh

want

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Troll 2

Masterpiece of Cinema