Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The art of theft.

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I've been reading a book about art theft and very interesting it is. So many paintings gone and so few recovered but I'm not talkin...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

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To get this image the astrophotographer waited two years for the sky and clouds to be just right on a clear and moonless night. At the P...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

Taxi drivers

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Taxi drivers have taken quite a beating over the last week, thankfully none of them were my regular drivers around Cheltenham and Mentone.  ...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

All the circles, round and round

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So June, 17, 2012, one of those circles in the image above, just pick one and touch it anywhere. The beginning and end is the same. June...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

What was that famous line about removing a priest?

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"Obviously you've got to make sure that there are appropriate safeguards taken, but look I think it's very important th...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

The Drifting River meme

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1. You're taking a three month holiday, no expenses spared, do you cruise the oceans or fly the skies? I charter the Queen Mary11. I ...
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Never mind the Sun and Venus.

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So I missed the block spot crossing the Sun but I can look at this image for a lot longer and without going blind.  It is a special moon c...
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Monday, June 04, 2012

A titillating titbit.

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Now this is rooly serious, no laughing matter snigger   (putting on straight face). Sperm get lost on their way.  Got your attention..... ...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

I'm not violent but someone hide the shovel.

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This image is from Finnish Lapland, you know the reindeers, snow, snow and more snow interspersed with ice and snow.  It comes down so har...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Save me, I'm drowning.

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This is me contemplating a family massacre if only I could get away with it. The BOH came home with smile and I'm thinking, they'...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

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Here's another image from the Haarbergs from 9,000 feet above Iceland.  We could do a "What is it?", no?  Well the big white...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Our big blue Earth.

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Jack Cook from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Howard Perlman of USGS made this image of Earth without its water covering. The oc...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Engage Warp Drive.

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This image was taken by the husband and wife team of Erlend and Orsolya Haarberg at the hot springs of Hveravellir, Iceland. The pink obje...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012

The Great Full Moon of nothing

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In case you've been in a cave somewhere, it was the big supermoon weekend with the moon closest to the earth for yonks but I decided t...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Lyrid Meteor over Crater Lake.

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A lovely view of Crater Lake, a nested caldera in Oregan, USA.  A few nights ago there was no sunset or moonglow to interrupt viewing of t...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Fata Morgana

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This optical illusion known as a Fata Morgana makes strange shapes or a false wall of water appear above a watery horizon. When conditions...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Doing some housework

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And we start with the important work, finishing off the jewellery that's been sitting patiently in boxes. The photography isn't gr...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

Awards night.

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Liebster is a German word that translates to; dearest, beloved or in this case favorite. The idea of the Liebster Award is to give it to a...
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Well, I never!

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 You know you get to a certain age and think there's not much you don't know about life and stuff in general until you...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Life at the Home aka The Black Hole of Age

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If you want to see life pass by in all its crap and glory, put a parent in a Home. They don't change, in fact, Mother blossomed like bu...
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