Jul 11
A massive crack in the Pine Island glacier (PIG) in Antarctica has created a massive iceberg—which is as big as New York City.
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Jul 06
There’s something to be said for dropping the cameras and just watching fireworks, but for Redditor AJ192, watching the pyrotechnic show through a viewfinder really paid off. Taken at an explosive celebration in New Mexico, it’s definitely a one in a million shot. What a beautiful way to get lucky. [Reddit via Laughing Squid]
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Jul 05
Ever wonder what happens when you nuke a highlighter? Neither have we, but Redditor opticreason has us all covered with an incredible mid-splosion shot that’ll make you want to go ruin your microwave.
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Jul 05
The Frozen Lava Flows of Mars
Posted in: Today's Chili
This might seem like some kind of psychedelic artwork—but you’re actually looking a hundreds of individual lava flows, frozen in time on the side of Olympus Mons on Mars.
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Jul 04
A Toronto photography studio has stumbled across a stereoscopic camera, and its photographic slides, that captured scenes of World War I in 3D. The resulting images are chilling—but incredibly striking, too.
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Jul 04
While there will be plenty of fireworks later today, it’s nice to know that our very own solar system will be joining in the fun, too—with comet ISON hurting toward the sun at a staggering 48,000 mph.
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Jun 30
When the iPhone got native panorama function in iOS 6, people started sharing tons of sprawling views. 360s of stadiums, the whole visible coastline at sunset. Laudable Facebook wallpapers all. But the urge to capture really wide shots didn’t start a few years ago, it began in the 1800s when photographers like George R. Lawrence realized that aerial technology could help them take new kinds of photos.
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Jun 26
While it’s the International Space Station that tends to take all the glory, there is in fact another: China’s Tiangong-1, which went into low-Earth orbit in 2011. In this amazing pictures, you can see it silhouetted against the Sun.
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Jun 25
Oh, your parents: Teh Olds. They’re always needing technical assistance with the most rudimentary computer tasks. Worse, you can’t begrudge them the tech support since they’re always helping you out with rides to the movie theater and money for ice cream. You can’t deny them service, but goshdarnit, you should demand remuneration for your travails. And if you do it as adorably as this young tech entrepreneur, we’re willing to bet you’re going to get what you asked for.
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Jun 25
It’s difficult to believe it, but it took just three days marinating in a sugar-water solution to turn the opaque tissue pictured on the left into the clear example on the right.
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