When I was younger, I had a spinning globe on a stand that I used to place on my desk. I hardly ever used it, but I kept it there because I liked how it looked on my desk (plus, it lit up). I haven’t owned a globe since then but this Orion Black Ocean illuminated world globe is sorta making me want one again. At $85, it’s no cheap desk accessory (that’s the sale price, too!), but at least that sort of money will get you a globe that will be unlike most of your friend’s globes (if they even have any). And hey, the black oceans are a nice contrast to the usual blue oceans on traditional globes.
Oh, and flip the switch and you’ll see the continents and words on the globe light up in a very nice, high-contrast look.
Sea bacteria like this which resembles a thick mucus membrane is becoming more and more common, and scientists fear that its spread could cause danger to sea animals and humans alike. The sea mucus can potentially carry E.Coli and is sometimes so thick that it actually suffocates fish. [via]
This amazing piece of architecture is The Universe House, a structure designed by Tatiana Bilbao and based on the Jantar Mantar Astronomical Observatory in Delhi. The Universe House is unique because it is built so that the roof of the house holds an in-ground circular swimming pool/jacuzzi. Definitely a neat little design aesthetic that I’d love as part of my own home someday. Plus, it’s nice that you can sit in that pool and still overlook the ocean. Beautiful, eh?
Steve Lambert has a small side project called Arrow Sign in Los Angeles where he places a large sign with an improvised message into random scenes in LA. The picture above is from this set and it’s called “Sand Ocean Sky – The Commons”.
