Monday, March 26, 2012

Photo of 200,000 galaxies

03.26.2012

Somebody’s taken a monster 4.1 meter telescope in the southern hemisphere and pointed it at the same patch of sky for 55 hours. The result is a 17,000 x 11,000 pixel 250-megabyte image containing 200,000 galaxies. Insane. Above is a scaled down version. Here’s one of an infinite number of possible zooms: One could spend [...]

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Google salutes German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

03.26.2012

Great stuff. German engineering, as they say.

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Television characters in minimalist Lego form

03.26.2012

Answers: The Simpsons, Bert and Ernie, South Park, The Smurfs, Donald Duck and nephews, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (via Laughing Squid)

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