So, my computer passed away... long live my computer!
Back soon, I hope.
Bat and Moth Aerobatics
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articles,
creatures,
nature,
time-lapse
From the website:
"This photograph was taken using time lapse photograph. The large white streak is the path of the bat, and the smallerdotted streak is the path of the moth. This photograph was taken at night when bats feed. When the high pitched sound of a bat is sensed, the moth will begin to fly in loops and swirls in an attempt to avoid being eaten. The bat used sonar to determine the exact location of the moth as it flies. In this particular instance, it appears that the moth was in fact caught and eaten by the bat."
In other news: Moths drink the tears of sleeping birds.
Flughafen Tegel 1967
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architecture,
model
Berlin airport terminal designed by structuralist architect Schulze-Fielitz.Thanks Wannes!
This sort of reminds me of this star-fort in The Netherlands:
...and this one, this time in Japan.
via BLDGBLOG
previsouly: the coreography of war
The First Sights of the First Fleet
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carrousel,
illustration
"On 13 May 1787 eleven ships, now commonly referred to as The First Fleet, set sail from Portsmouth to establish a colony in New South Wales, Australia. One of the unplanned but long-lasting outcomes of this event was the large number of outstanding drawings of aboriginal people, the environment and wildlife found on arrival as well as of the early foundation of the colony."
via moon river
Weekend Finds
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architecture,
vintage
wannes deprez / ony one found these images on a music forum (though I can't for the life of me find the source) and posted them to Flickr. Lots of very cool images. The poor quality of the scans/photos adds to the overall effect very-nicely-thank-you-very-much.
Magic Loungeabout
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Magic Loungeabout Update
I have added Killed Cartoons to The Magic Loungeabout.
Sitooterie
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architecture
Sitooterie designed by Thomas Weatherwick.
Also loving that rolling bridge.
Thanks nairn!
"This small outdoor retreat of aluminum punctured by 5,000 tubes derives its name from the Scottish pronunciation of the words sit out. The square, hollow tubes, also of aluminum, are capped with transparent orange acrylic. Each tube points to the exact center of the structure, so a single light source can illuminate them all. They also serve a structural purpose, supporting the whole building like a bed of nails."
Also loving that rolling bridge.
Thanks nairn!
Aaaaaaaaaand... He's Back! (already!?)
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u-turn
I have received an offer to colaborate on Jeremiah's excellent Think in Pictures, and I couldn't refuse. So if you miss Spy's Spice, do pop in for the visual stuff you are used to here PLUS Jeremiah's insightful posts on anything to do with looking at stuff... oh, and say hello to Jeremiah and my bad self!
(That didn't last long, ey?)
The sheepish looking monkey riding "bones" is the work of Eric Ailcane. Found via BibliOdyssey. It seems strangely appropiate.
(That didn't last long, ey?)
The sheepish looking monkey riding "bones" is the work of Eric Ailcane. Found via BibliOdyssey. It seems strangely appropiate.
Watercolor
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opticasens
"The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world, next to those in New Zealand. The vivid colors in the spring are the result of pigmented bacteria in the microbial mats that grow around the edges of the water. The bacteria produce colors ranging through greens, yellows, oranges, and reds; the amount of color in the microbial mats depends on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids. In the summer, the mats tend to be orange and red, whereas in the winter the mats are usually dark green. The center of the pool is sterile because of its heat." (imgs)
Milestones
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It's official... Spy's Spice has received it's 100,000th visitor. The lucky winner* of a Tatra 600 - Tatraplan hails from Hlavni Mesto Praha, Prague, Czech Republic.
As a clebratory link... here is a picture of Satan's HQ on earth. (well, ok, they're just some amusement park ruins, but I prefer the other explanation)
I know this hasn't been quite what it used to be since I moved to the Big Smoke, but still, it makes me happy to see you still coming back. Thank you all for your support.
*yeah, right.
As a clebratory link... here is a picture of Satan's HQ on earth. (well, ok, they're just some amusement park ruins, but I prefer the other explanation)
I know this hasn't been quite what it used to be since I moved to the Big Smoke, but still, it makes me happy to see you still coming back. Thank you all for your support.
*yeah, right.
Moonbow
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opticasens,
wunderkammer
"A moonbow (also known as a lunar rainbow or white rainbow) is a rainbow that occurs at night. Moonbows are relatively faint, due to the smaller amount of light from the Moon."
Parhelion
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carrousel,
nature,
photography,
wunderkammer
"On a Friday, we saw three suns in the sky for a good long time, about an hour... Even though the other two suns were not as bright as the one, they were clearly visible. I feel this was no small miracle..."
The Arrow Stork of Mecklenburg
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articles,
wunderkammer
Great post at the Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society which I copy in its entirety:
"Until the 19th century, the sudden annual disappearance of white storks each fall had been a profound mystery to European bird-watchers. Aristotle thought the storks went into hibernation with the other disappearing avian species, perhaps at the bottom of the sea. According to some fanciful accounts, “flocks of swallows were allegedly seen congregating in marshes until their accumulated weight bent the reeds into the water, submerging the birds, which apparently then settled down for a long winter’s nap.” A 1703 pamphlet titled “An Essay toward the Probable Solution of this Question: Whence come the Stork and the Turtledove, the Crane, and the Swallow, when they Know and Observe the Appointed Time of their Coming,” argued that the disappearing birds flew to the moon for the winter.
"Until the 19th century, the sudden annual disappearance of white storks each fall had been a profound mystery to European bird-watchers. Aristotle thought the storks went into hibernation with the other disappearing avian species, perhaps at the bottom of the sea. According to some fanciful accounts, “flocks of swallows were allegedly seen congregating in marshes until their accumulated weight bent the reeds into the water, submerging the birds, which apparently then settled down for a long winter’s nap.” A 1703 pamphlet titled “An Essay toward the Probable Solution of this Question: Whence come the Stork and the Turtledove, the Crane, and the Swallow, when they Know and Observe the Appointed Time of their Coming,” argued that the disappearing birds flew to the moon for the winter.
On May 21, 1822, a stunning piece of evidence came to light, which suggested a less miraculous, if no less wondrous, solution to the quandary of the disappearing birds. A white stork, shot on the Bothmer Estate near Mecklenburg, was discovered with an 80 cm long Central African spear embedded in its neck. The stork had flown the entire migratory journey from its equatorial wintering grounds in this impaled state. The Arrow-Stork, or Pfeilstorch, can now be found, stuffed, in the Zoological Collection of the University of Rostock. It is not alone. Since 1822, some 25 separate cases of pfeilstorches have been recorded."
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