Tragically, this was one of the astronauts who died in the Challenger.

This should be higher

I just assumed they were like skin-balloons

After some research, it seems he repainted it because he wasn't satisfied with the colors and overall mood of this one, as he felt he didn't capture the true beauty and majesty of the night sky. In fact, he didn't even like the famous repainting we all know, because he felt it was too abstract. Reminder that your art and everything you put into this world is probably much more beautiful than you think. 💙

Wild

gorgeous. could be used as an album cover

It's like a negative of the Eye of Sauron

Wow. I had no idea there was such a massive difference in size.

I saw a replica of one of Columbus's ships in San Francisco many years ago and it was insane how tiny it was in person.

I tend to think of those ships as huge and then you watch a film like Master and Commander and you get an idea of how relatively cramped they were.

A nice illustration of what Eurocentrism does to your brain. That is if you are European, American, or Australian..A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

I've read that the Chinese built their ships with watertight compartments, so it's not just bigger, it's way more seaworthy.

So it was Zheng who discovered the shopping mall.

but right around that time the Chinese decided to stop exploring, halted most of their long distance seaborne trade became isolationist. Imagine what the world would be like today if they had had not- if they had continued exploring and trading like the Western Europeans did.

GAWDDAMN

Chinese explorers sailed in style.

Whar did He discover?

Proof, Bigger is not always better!

Which ones which?

“I’m taking a day trip tomorrow.” “Really? To where?” “The other end of the ship.”

Yet it didn't matter.

Why did the smaller one make it to the new world

Another perspective of Made in China

That mall must be huge.

Looks like a rock thrown into snow.

She looks happier than a bridezilla wearing a $2000 dress.

As some who has only ever lived in flats lands, this is haunting in a way I don't have words for.

Skye

Well, not quite. It's the oldest known living, non-clonal tree. There are a number of things older though. Expessially if you count clonal colonies, which can be in the 10s of thousands, and doubly so if you get into microorganisms that are potentially revivable, with at least one successful revival of a million year old organism and candidates for revival over 100 million years old.

its so cute and fuzzy!!

Ammonite

This is after polishing. Straight after the lightning strike it looks like opaque branching coral because it's coated in sand grains that have stuck to the surface.

had to zoom in!

That’s an amazing photograph

i didn’t really realize this was a thing in the US until i read an article a while ago about it and it really made me wonder how you guys consider this to be “fair”, like i’m genuinely really curious.

NO

So fluffy.

Need more info. For example, the measurement you're taking is probably blood flow, in which case obviously exercise increases blood flow. Also, without further information we don't know if this extra activity is due to damage repair, cleaning out the lactic acid toxins produced by the exercise.

There are a few more than four actually. 8 billion to be precise

Big bada-boom.

The twisted ends are gorgeous! I bet this looked amazing on!!

I saw an old lady the other day who had just one finger and a thumb on each hand, and she was *amazingly* dextrous with them. Us humans are so adaptable!

I think I felt everyone of them during dentist appointments

That sky...🤩

Aw...so sweet!

i can’t remember the name of the map that is more accurately projected, but y’all, africa is HUGE. the whole continent can fit an insane amount of other countries in it (i think it’s like six chinas or something?) and this is coming from a russian. WE NEED MORE ACCURATE MAPS