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The Solar Dynamics Observatory captures an image of an enormous solar prominence around the sun. To put this in perspective, Bad Astronomy points out that the Earth would appear about 5 pixels by comparison. (Our image is slightly smaller, meaning you could barely see the Earth on this scale.) The prominence is estimated to be 434,960 miles across.
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"Arrrgmented Reality" is David Schwen's submission to a recent Threadless contest, and it's incredible.
House of Contamination turns all varieties of trash into a walkable indoor city.
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Capture, by artist Christian Kerrigan: a frozen ecology of 1,000 seeds and flowers from Kingley Vale, England's last remaining ancient yew forest.
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The sports teams are really coming out against this new immigration law in Arizona. First there was the angry statement from the MLB players...
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