November 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: The Table Cape Tulip Farm from Above

Picture of the Day: The Table Cape Tulip Farm from Above

THE TABLE CAPE TULIP FARM FROM ABOVE Photograph by ANTHONY CREHAN for National Geographic Photograph by VAN DIEMEN QUALITY BULBS Photographer’s Description [Anthony Crehan]: Aerial view from a helicopter of the tulip field at the Table Cape Tulip Farm on Table Cape, near Wynyard, on the North West Coast of…

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November 17, 2011 at 9:00 am

The Biggest Little Apartment in the World

The Biggest Little Apartment in the World

Photograph by AMANDIO NETO At a mere 475 square feet (44 sq. meters), Closet House by Consexto utilizes an innovative moving wall to maximize living space in this small apartment in Matosinhos, Portugal. Fully equipped with a living room/dining area, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom; this elegant design takes advantage of every inch available.…

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November 16, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: The Inhabited Volcanic Island of Aogashima

Picture of the Day: The Inhabited Volcanic Island of Aogashima

THE INHABITED VOLCANIC ISLAND OF AOGASHIMA Photograph by MHARADA on Panoramio Aogashima is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea, administered by Tokyo and located approximately 358 kilometres (222 mi) south of Tokyo and 64 kilometres (40 mi) south of Hachijojima. It is the southernmost and most isolated inhabited island of…

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November 16, 2011 at 1:00 pm

10 Funny Ben & Jerry’s Pop-Culture Ice Cream Flavors

10 Funny Ben & Jerry's Pop-Culture Ice Cream Flavors

Ben & Jerry’s recently announced their newest limited-batch flavor, Schweddy Balls, an ode to a classic Saturday Night Live sketch called ‘Delicious Dish’ starring Alec Baldwin. Boston-based artist and graphic designer John Defreest (aka Jonny etc) decided to have a little fun with Ben & Jerry’s goofy and popular ice cream flavors/labels to…

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November 16, 2011 at 9:10 am

This Day In History – November 16th

This Day In History - November 16th

LSD (ACID) FIRST SYNTHESIZED BY ALBERT HOFMANN – NOV. 16, 1938 Skeletal formula and ball-and-stick and space-filling models of the lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) molecule, C20H25N3O by Ben Mills Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesized on November 16, 1938 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in…

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November 15, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: The Great Grey Owl

Picture of the Day: The Great Grey Owl

THE GREAT GREY OWL Photograph by JARI PELTOMAKI on Google+ Photographer Jari Peltomaki’s Remarks: Great Grey Owl is my favourite bird species and I have done a lot of photography with them in Finland. I also arrange workshops to photograph them when there is a good situation to photograph them! The Great…

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November 15, 2011 at 9:05 am

Historic Color Photos of U.S. Life in the 1940s

Historic Color Photos of U.S. Life in the 1940s

Photograph courtesy of The Library of Congress These vivid color photos from the Great Depression and World War II capture an era generally seen only in black-and-white. Photographers working for the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) created the images between 1940 and 1944. The…

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November 14, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Cloud Covered Island of Litla Dimun

Picture of the Day: Cloud Covered Island of Litla Dimun

CLOUD COVERED ISLAND OF LITLA DIMUN Photograph by SPUMADOR on Flickr Photograph by ERIK CHRISTENSEN Cloud goes up. Cloud goes down. Litla Dimun is a small island between the islands of Suouroy and Stora Dimun in the Faroe Islands. It is the smallest of the main 18 islands, being less than…

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November 14, 2011 at 9:15 am

15 Mind-Blowing Featured Images by NASA

15 Mind-Blowing Featured Images by NASA

Photograph by NOAA/NASA GOES Project The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the United States’ largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe. They are also home to some of the most…

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November 13, 2011 at 7:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Tokyo Metropolis from Above

Picture of the Day: Tokyo Metropolis from Above

TOKYO METROPOLIS FROM ABOVE Photograph by PANIC_SWITCH on Reddit Stunning aerial photograph of Tokyo, Japan as seen from a helicopter. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. The prefecture is part of the world’s most populous metropolitan area with…

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