Timescapes Timelapse: Mountain Light from Tom @ Timescapes on Vimeo.
This is absolutely stunning! You must watch it in HD!
A haircut under the stars
August 18, 2009 @ 6:26 pm
Photo: David Goldman/AP via Lens
Caption reads: Sgt. Joshua Engbrecht, 28, of Riverside Calif., left, and Pfc. Jack Shortridge, 21, of Long Beach Calif., of the U.S. Army’s 1st Platoon Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Ford Drum, N.Y., gave each other haircuts under the stars in Wardak Province in Afghanistan.
This is a wonderful photo! Look at those stars!
The Whipple Flag
July 6, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
I have never seen this version of the American Flag before, but after reading this short entry about American Flags at MeFi, I have learned that the American Flag never really had any strict standards concerning its design until about 1942 when the Federal Flag Code went into law. Because of this lax design criteria, many people used the 13 stripes (red and blue) in many variations and the stars were laid out in any pattern and shape (so long as there was one star per state).
Anyway, the flag above is called the Whipple Flag, named after its designer Wayne Whipple, and designed sometime in the first decade of the 20th century. The 48 stars seen here are arranged in a “Great Star” pattern with two outer rings of stars — the first of which represents the states added before the centennial and the outter ring with space for any future additions after the centennial.
I actually like this Whipple Flag design very much!
Time-lapse of night sky
June 5, 2009 @ 1:31 am
Night sky of Timelapse from 46°Project on Vimeo.
Wow, I really need to get out of the city.
If you missed it before, check out this time-lapse video of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Time-lapse video of Milky Way Galaxy over Texas
May 18, 2009 @ 9:42 pm
Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.
William Castleman captured this amazing time-lapse of the starry night sky at a Texas Star Party on April 21-22, 2009 (9:20PM to 6:43AM). Using a 15mm fisheye, he captured many images of the sky at 20 second exposures every single minute and then put them together in this video which shows the images at 15 frames per second. You can clearly see the Milky Way in all of its splendor. Wow. Just WOW!
Thanks Soup!
Space wallpaper by Briar Rose
January 18, 2009 @ 1:26 pm
Briar Rose makes a pretty good alternate version of the default “Aurora” wallpaper that comes with every Mac. I like that it’s a lot more subtle and it definitely doesn’t get in the way of your desktop icons.
The wallpaper above is available for free download at Briar’s website. [via]
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