Fluorite

Night time is the Earth’s natural state and the only reason we have day time is because some massive light faces us every 12 hours.

What happened in 4 hours is sped to 1 minute. #SuperBlueBloodMoon

Galaxy and Planets Beyond Bristlecone Pines

(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: Brad Goldpaint (Goldpaint Photography) )

What’s older than these ancient trees? Nobody you know – but almost everything in the background of this picture. The trees are impressively old – each part of the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest located in eastern California, USA. There, many of the oldest trees known are located, some dating as far back as about 5,000 years. Seemingly attached to tree branches, but actually much farther in the distance, are the bright orbs of Saturn (left) and Mars. These planets formed along with the Earth and the early Solar System much earlier – about 4.5 billion years ago. Swooping down diagonally from the upper left is the oldest structure pictured: the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy – dating back around 9 billion years. The featured image was built from several exposures all taken from the same location – but only a few weeks ago.

Vanadinite with Goethite - Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

corcle time

According to the laws of physics, a planet in the shape of a doughnut (toroid) could exist Physicists say that such a planet would have very short nights and days, and arid outer equator, twilight polar regions, moons in strange orbits and regions with different gravity and seasons.

Do you ever think about Doggerland?

Like how fucked up is it that it’s just….. gone.

I tend to forget about it and then when I remember it again I’m like “Oh yeah! There’s like an entire country sized stretch of land that’s just fucking GONE.

well…. “gone”….

How the Geneva Drive (the mechanical step that makes the second hand on a clock work by turning constant rotation into intermittent motion) works.