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New 2012 “Blue Marble” Earth images from NASA

The Western Hemisphere (click to enlarge) NASA has released on Flickr two new images of Earth to add to the Blue Marble image collection. One image shows the Western Hemisphere and the other shows the Eastern Hemisphere. The Wall Street … Continue reading

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CGI video shows how the ISS Cupola module was installed

The Cupola observation module on the ISS was installed in February 2010 like this. And now it offers the most amazing view of earth to astronauts aboard the ISS. JEALOUS.

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Time-lapse fly-over of Earth from the ISS

The ISS expedition crews 28 & 29 took these time-lapse images of the Earth using a low-light 4K camera between August and October of this year. Look at the lightning go off in those clouds! Do I even need to … Continue reading

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Crowded train station in India

Photo: Pavel Rahman/NYT The New York Times Lens Blog today posted this crazy photo of a train station in India being completely overrun by occupants and riders. The photo was accompanying their post on the world population reaching 7 billion … Continue reading

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View of earth from an Aerostat

Remember that video of a GoPro HD camera attached to a weather balloon? This is sort of like that but with even better quality video. This camera is attached to an aerostat craft (not sure what kind) and looks downward … Continue reading

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BNKR’s Earthscraper: a 300-meter tower that goes into the ground

Click image to enlarge Amazing! BNKR’s Earthscraper is what a skyscraper would look like if it were built upside-down inside the earth. The proposed tower for Mexico City would essentially extend about 300 meters into the earth with bridges spanning … Continue reading

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