A Second World War plane crashed by a British pilot in the Sahara, before he walked off to his death, has been found frozen in time 70 years later.
Unseen and untouched, the Kittyhawk P-40 has been described as an aviation ‘time capsule’ after it was found almost perfectly preserved in the sands of the western desert in Egypt.
Ward Roberts - Billions
Wonderfully twisted tree trunk showcasing the torque that can develop over time in a Krummholz formation.
Morning Light Along Antarctica’s Gerlache Strait
The sailboat in the distance is dwarfed by cloud-shrouded peaks and glaciers lining Gerlache Strait, off Antarctica’s Antarctic Peninsula. This long finger of continental land and related islands stretches north of the Antarctic Circle toward South America. Photo taken on January 14, 2011.
Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula Coordinates: -64.311, -61.972
Photographer: Ray Boren
Animated simulation of gravitational lensing caused by a Schwarzschild black hole going past a background galaxy. A secondary image of the galaxy can be seen within the black hole Einstein ring on the opposite direction of that of the galaxy. The secondary image grows (remaining within the Einstein ring) as the primary image approaches the black hole. The surface brightness of the two images remain constant, but their angular size vary, hence producing an amplification of the galaxy luminosity as seen from a distant observer. The maximum amplification occurs when the background galaxy (or in the present case a bright part of it) is exactly behind the black hole.
Eric Yahnker - The Fifth Muzzle, 2010, charcoal and graphite on paper, 72 x 81 in. (via)
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (C) is inaugurated for a second term in the capital Ashgabat. (AFP)
Nellis Solar Power Plant, 14 MW power plant installed 2007 in Nevada, USA
Mt. Wasilewski in Antarctica
The photo above showing remote mountain peaks protruding through the Antarctic ice sheet captures the utter isolation of the frozen continent. The prominent peak, in the mid-ground, is Mt. Wasilewski (5,299 ft or 1,615 m), standing silent among the vast, wide open white. I came across this poignant scene while deploying and servicing GPS and seismic stations near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, not far from Union Glacier. The ice sheet in the vicinity of Mt. Wasilewski is approximately 4,000 ft (1,219 m) thick. Mt. Wasilewski is named for Dr. Peter J. Wasilewski, an astrophysicist at NASA and a renowned meteorite hunter. Photo taken from the ridgeline of Mount Suggs in November 2011.
Mt. Wasilewski Coordinates: -75.183333, -71.4
Photographer: John Fegyveresi
An area destroyed by wildfire surrounds a water tower in Bastrop, Texas, Sept. 7, 2011 (Eric Gay/Associated Press)
Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder was given unprecedented access to North Korea, and gave many people their first look at the reclusive country, including a Pyongyang skyline view on April 12, 2011. (David Guttenfelder/AP)
eerie mist on our descent by RickJeav (via ominousplaces.tumblr.com)
Burning Zolotoy Rog bridge in Vladivostok.
This image was taken in wintertime in an arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures were below 30 degrees Celsius, yet because there was no snow fall the surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the bubbles (gas release from lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters. (© Emmanuel Coupe-Kalomiris)
