We are Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on...

the-science-llama:

If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

laughingsquid:

Guitar Warfare, An Explosive Guitar Battle Between Good and Evil

mydrunkkitchen:

AMAZE.

laughingsquid:

Dogs Try to Kill the Last Cat on Earth in a Music Video For Vena Cava’s Remix of ‘Don’t Let Go’ by S.A.F.

sirseahorse:

stabsinthe:

if gatsby wrote a letter to nick it would be addressed to “old sport” because i firmly believe gatsby doesnt know nicks name

#it’s at that awkward phase where it’s too late to ask him

ravenzoe:

aros:

Breuer/Lundberg Cabin. LUNDBERG DESIGN 

livestock tank pool. 25-feet diameter and 14-feet deep.

aw man 

laughingsquid:

Gollum Covers ‘Empire State of Mind’ by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys

colchrishadfield:

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.

thetclifestyle:

Always reblog this.

likeafieldmouse:

Caterina Silenzi

“Silenzi’s sculpture moves along the dimension of the encounter, the expectation, the creation as vital ritual. …A hybrid gallery of characters: animals speaking humans’ body language and humans who show themselves under animal semblance. Where does the former start and the latter end?”