Oh Wikipedia..
The following table is a partial list of artificial objects on the surface of the Moon. They have been abandoned after having served their purpose. The list does not include smaller objects such as the retroreflectors.
Day: August 7, 2005
The Daily Kitten
A new kitten every day at 3:07pm. Awww. Perhaps I should submit my new kitty, Cynical-Cat.
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Mike Tyson Quotes
Wikipedia with a list of Tyson quotes which makes me wonder why Mike doesn’t have a reality show yet.
“[He] called me a ‘rapist’ and a ‘recluse.’ I’m not a recluse.”
“I really dig Hannibal. Hannibal had real guts. He rode elephants into Cartilage.”
[To a female reporter] “It’s no doubt I am going to win this fight and I feel confident about winning this fight. I normally don’t do interviews with womens unless I fornicate with them. So you shouldn’t talk anymore… Unless you want to, you know.”(via del.icio.us/lcbo)
Scanned Images From Old Books
Another time drain for history buffs.
Over 680 images scanned from old books, most with multiple high-resolution versions! They are all public domain (copyright-free, out of copyright) unless otherwise noted, and can be used as historical reference in teaching, royalty-free stock images, scrapbook clip art, or even on your own Web site.
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A Collection of Found Photos
The collection contains 464 photos.
These photos were either lost, forgotten, or thrown away. The images now are nameless, without connection to the people they show, or the photographer who took them.
These photos were either lost, forgotten, or thrown away. The images now are nameless, without connection to the people they show, or the photographer who took them.
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Before and After Photos of a Supernova
Good ole Hubble.
A new study of Hubble Space Telescope images reveals just the sixth example of a star that was identified before and after it went supernova.
The problem, in part, is that the vast majority of supernovas that are spotted exist beyond our Milky Way Galaxy. While the supernovas become bright and obvious, it is challenging to resolve images of individual regular stars in other galaxies.
When a supernova in the Whirlpool galaxy was spotted in late June, plans were made to point Hubble that way. An image of the exploded star was made July 11.
In a Hubble archive image of the Whirlpool galaxy taken in January, astronomers were able to find the supernova’s progenitor star in the same location.
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WWI and Early Aviation Image Archive
From the realization of powered flight by an obscure Bavarian emigrant
to the weapons of aerial destruction used by Richthofen’s Flying Circus,
this project attempts to @rchive vintage photographs of flying machines
flown during the first two decades of the 20th century.
to the weapons of aerial destruction used by Richthofen’s Flying Circus,
this project attempts to @rchive vintage photographs of flying machines
flown during the first two decades of the 20th century.
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