This is real life. Not Tron.
This amazing photo was taken by astronaut Don Pettit on board the International Space Stations—of which you can see a chunk at the top of the frame. It’s part of a whole series of absolutely stunning photos that you need to go check out as soon as you have a free 20 minutes to spend staring at your monitor and going, “Woah,” to yourself over and over.
Here’s what Pettit had to say about the process.
“My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, the ‘stack’ them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure.â€
Via Smithsonian, which is where you can find the rest of Don Pettit’s photos.
DylanByers June 08, 2012 at 10:06AM
@DylanByers: If you’re just getting to your desk, don’t miss @MarcAmbinder on secret sex in Washington, D.C.: http://t.co/SCP5uOhL #sexual
From ‘Napalm Girl’ to a crying Paris Hilton: Nick Ut captures iconic photos
Nick Ut will commemorate a pair of anniversaries today — both stemming from iconic photographs he snapped of two tearful girls in the throes of terror.
Your guide to zombie parasite journalism
Carl Zimmer in his excellent blog, The Loom:
In the past few weeks, there’s been a string of horrific tales of cannibalism and other zombie-esque behavior in the news. How to explain a handful of reports of people doing the unspeakable? One answer circulating around these days is that it must be parasites. And for some journalists, the question demands a call to the Centers for Disease Control to find out what they’re hiding from us!
1. Andy Campbell of the Huffington Post asked the CDC if some kind of zombie virus was to blame for the recent attacks. On June 1, he reported on HuffPo’s Politics page the following scoop:
“CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms),†wrote agency spokesman David Daigle in an email to The Huffington Post.
The Huffington Post entitled Campbell’s hard-hitting investigation, “Zombie Apocalypse: CDC Denies Existence Of Zombies Despite Cannibal Incidents.â€Â That’s perhaps the finest deployment of the word despite in the history of journalism.
The story, by the way, received 65,797 likes on Facebook.
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via 3quarksdaily http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2012/06/your-guide-to-zombie-parasite-journalism.html
My Mel Gibson Nightmare
Joe Eszterhas on his new book, “Heaven and Mel,” about his explosive time with the troubled actor.
via The Daily Beast – Latest Articles http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/08/joe-eszterhas-on-his-book-heaven-and-mel-and-his-mel-gibson-ordeal.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29
counterparties June 08, 2012 at 09:50AM
@counterparties: Overdraft fees cost Americans an estimated $29.5 billion in 2011 http://t.co/2YCtow2o
NewYorkObserver June 08, 2012 at 01:02AM
@NewYorkObserver: LAPD Investigating Connection Between Luka Magnotta And Hollywood Sign Killing http://t.co/Xqet2JcF
House passes homeland security spending bill
The GOP-controlled House passed a $46 billion measure Thursday funding the Homeland Security Department, including more than $5 billion in disaster relief spending that complies with a budget agreement last summer opposed by tea party conservatives.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/house-passes-homeland-security-spending-bill-023211926.html
Did ‘Cannibal killer’ dump severed head under Hollywood sign? Police probe Luka Magnotta links to LA murder
Police believe the ex-porn star may be linked to the murder of a gay former airline worker, whose head, hands and feet were found at the famous LA landmark in January
via mirror – Home http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/cannibal-killer-luka-magnotta-may-be-behind-865988