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The World Celebrates Carnival
Instagrammers around the world are sharing scenes from this week’s Carnival festivities. In cities across Brazil, samba schools spend the four days leading up to Ash Wednesday competing in parades that can last for hours. In Trinidad and Tobago, Carnival’s extravagant street parades, calypso music, and limbo competitions make it the country’s biggest event of the year; it’s said that if the islanders are not celebrating Carnival, then they are preparing for it! In Venice, masked baroque revelers march through historic streets and dance at the Gran Ballo delle Maschere.
To see Carnival celebrations from around the globe, check out the photos Instagrammers are sharing at these location pages:
CBS misses bleeping out Flacco saying Fucking Awesome during prime time
Space Shuttle Endeavor as it flies over the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), piggyback a modified Boeing 747.
Animals in the Womb
They may grow to be very different beasts, but these breathtaking images reveal how surprisingly similar the beginning of life can be for the animal kingdom. Captured using revolutionary four-dimensional imaging technology and anatomically accurate models, scientists have managed to shed light on the world of mammals inside the womb. As diverse a bunch as they are - elephant, dog, dolphin and penguin are all shown united by their similar stages of development.
Scientists captured the images for a National Geographic Documentary called ‘Animals in the Womb’. The images were also used on a Channel 4 documentary ‘Animals in the Womb’ which aired in 2009. They were created by using a combination of ultrasound scans, computer graphics and small cameras -as well as some carefully created models- to document the animals’ development from conception to birth, and give an unparalleled glimpse into a world that few of us would ever expect to see.
[via dailymail.co.uk]
This one’s for Neil.
Ansel Adams, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941, printed late 1970s, gift of Harvey S. Mudd II
In memory of Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the Moon (August 5, 1930-August 25, 2012). More photographs of Neil Armstrong from our holdings.
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R.I.P. Astronaut Neil Armstrong
(me @ the Johnson Space Center, NASA, August 24, 2012, viewing moon rocks in the Lunar Lab)
Galveston, oh Galveston, I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she’s crying
Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun
At Galveston, at Galveston
(lyrics by Glen Campbell)
