Applelicious

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective not the truth. 32/Santiago -> Brisbane

[sixpenceee]

Time-lapse of a rain storm. This is located in a lake in Carinthia, Austria called “Millstättersee”. Video taken by Peter Maier. More interesting posts here: sixpenceee.com/tagged/world

[seldo]

I never noticed before the way a rainstorm depletes the cloud it comes from.

[srkile]

Did someone turn on the shower?

[spaceexp]

James Webb Space Telescope to Inspect Atmospheres of Gas Giant Exoplanets

NASA / ESA / CSA - James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) patch. July 12, 2018 In April 2018, NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Its main goal is to locate Earth-sized planets and larger “super-Earths” orbiting nearby stars for further study.  One of the most powerful tools that will examine the atmospheres of some planets that TESS discovers will be NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Since observing small exoplanets with thin atmospheres like Earth will be challenging for Webb, astronomers will target easier, gas giant exoplanets first.

Image above: This is an artist’s impression of the Jupiter-size extrasolar planet, HD 189733b, being eclipsed by its parent star. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have measured carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the planet’s atmosphere. The planet is a “hot Jupiter,” which is so close to its star that it completes an orbit in only 2.2 days. The planet is too hot for life as we know it. But under the right conditions, on a more Earth-like world, carbon dioxide can indicate the presence of extraterrestrial life. This observation demonstrates that chemical biotracers can be detected by space telescope observations. Image Credits: ESA, NASA, M. Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble), and STScI. Some of Webb’s first observations of gas giant exoplanets will be conducted through the Director’s Discretionary Early Release Science program. The transiting exoplanet project team at Webb’s science operations center is planning to conduct three different types of observations that will provide both new scientific knowledge and a better understanding of the performance of Webb’s science instruments. “We have two main goals. The first is to get transiting exoplanet datasets from Webb to the astronomical community as soon as possible. The second is to do some great science so that astronomers and the public can see how powerful this observatory is,” said Jacob Bean of the University of Chicago, a co-principal investigator on the transiting exoplanet project.

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Image Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA

“Our team’s goal is to provide critical knowledge and insights to the astronomical community that will help to catalyze exoplanet research and make the best use of Webb in the limited time we have available,” added Natalie Batalha of NASA Ames Research Center, the project’s principal investigator. Transit – An atmospheric spectrum When a planet crosses in front of, or transits, its host star, the star’s light is filtered through the planet’s atmosphere. Molecules within the atmosphere absorb certain wavelengths, or colors, of light. By splitting the star’s light into a rainbow spectrum, astronomers can detect those sections of missing light and determine what molecules are in the planet’s atmosphere. For these observations, the project team selected WASP-79b, a Jupiter-sized planet located about 780 light-years from Earth. The team expects to detect and measure the abundances of water, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide in WASP-79b. Webb also might detect new molecules not yet seen in exoplanet atmospheres. Phase curve – A weather map Planets that orbit very close to their stars tend to become tidally locked. One side of the planet permanently faces the star while the other side faces away, just as one side of the Moon always faces the Earth. When the planet is in front of the star, we see its cooler backside. But as it orbits the star, more and more of the hot day-side comes into view. By observing an entire orbit, astronomers can observe those variations (called a phase curve) and use the data to map the planet’s temperature, clouds, and chemistry as a function of longitude.

How Do We Learn About a Planet’s Atmosphere?

Video above: This animation describes how Webb will use transmission spectroscopy to study the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. Video Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and L. Hustak (STScI). The team will observe a phase curve of the “hot Jupiter” known as WASP-43b, which orbits its star in less than 20 hours. By looking at different wavelengths of light, they can sample the atmosphere to different depths and obtain a more complete picture of its structure. “We have already seen dramatic and unexpected variations for this planet with Hubble and Spitzer. With Webb we will reveal these variations in significantly greater detail to understand the physical processes that are responsible,” said Bean. Eclipse – A planet’s glow The greatest challenge when observing an exoplanet is that the star’s light is much brighter, swamping the faint light of the planet. To get around this problem, one method is to observe a transiting planet when it disappears behind the star, not when it crosses in front of the star. By comparing the two measurements, one taken when both star and planet are visible, and the other when only the star is in view, astronomers can calculate how much light is coming from the planet alone. This technique works best for very hot planets that glow brightly in infrared light. The team plans to study WASP-18b, a planet that is baked to a temperature of almost 4,800 degrees Fahrenheit (2,900 K). Among other questions, they hope to determine whether the planet’s stratosphere exists due to the presence of titanium oxide, vanadium oxide, or some other molecule. Habitable planets Ultimately, astronomers want to use Webb to study potentially habitable planets. In particular, Webb will target planets orbiting red dwarf stars since those stars are smaller and dimmer, making it easier to tease out the signal from an orbiting planet. Red dwarfs are also the most common stars in our galaxy. “TESS should locate more than a dozen planets orbiting in the habitable zones of red dwarfs, a few of which might actually be habitable. We want to learn whether those planets have atmospheres and Webb will be the one to tell us,” said Kevin Stevenson of the Space Telescope Science Institute, a co-principal investigator on the project. “The results will go a long way towards answering the question of whether conditions favorable to life are common in our galaxy.” The James Webb Space Telescope will be the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb will solve mysteries of our solar system, look beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international project led by NASA with its partners, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). For more information about Webb, visit https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/webb/main/index.html Related links: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS): https://www.nasa.gov/tess-transiting-exoplanet-survey-satellite Director’s Discretionary Early Release Science: https://jwst.stsci.edu/news-events/news/News%2520items/selections-made-for-the-jwst-directors-discretionary-early-release-science-program Exoplanets: https://www.nasa.gov/content/the-search-for-life Images (mentioned), Video (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Lynn Jenner/Space Telescope Science Institute, by Christine Pulliam. Best regards, Orbiter.ch Full article

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Santiago de Chile | Chile (by Julian David Escobar) 

[mapsontheweb]

Digitally plotted version of the 8th century Albi Mappamundi,  one of the oldest maps of the world.

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[gaboapple]

Strong winds had me flying this hyper lapse for a shorter time than expected, nevertheless choosing the robust P4 over the Mavic helped a lot to keep the stills stable. . Fuentes vientos acortaron el tiempo que esperaba volar este hyper lapse, sin embargo elegir el robusto P4 por sobre el Mavic ayudó a mantener las fotos estables. . #aceaviation #hyperlapse #timelapse #dronevideos #dronestagram #drone #dronepilot #phantom #dji #dronelife #fly #sea #sunset #clearsky #brisbane #queensland #australia #australiagram #visitbrisbane #sky #coast #island #victoria #point #volar #cielo #costa (at Victoria Point, Queensland, Australia)

[gaboapple]

Second day of training with the guys and gals from PUB Singapore, it's amazing the commitment a public institution and its people are putting with adopting a new technology like RPAS. . Segundo día de entrenamiento con los chicos y chicas del PUB Singapur, es sorprendente el compromiso que una institución pública y su gente han puesto en adoptar una nueva tecnología como RPAS. . #aceaviation #pub #public #utilities #board #singapore #singapur #asia #dronevideos #dronestagram #drone #quadcopter #quad #dji #inspire #dronelife #pilot #fly #marina #barrage #city #up #training #technology #rpas (at Marina Barrage)

[gaboapple]

Something I can be grateful, is the opportunities we have been totally oblivious on the fact that at almost every corner in Australia go to, you will probably find an incredible landscape like this. . Algo de lo que puedo estar agradecido, son las oportunidades que hemos ignorado por completo el hecho de que en casi cualquier rincón de Australia, probablemente encuentres un paisaje increíble como este. . #holiday #newcastle #newsouthwales #nsw #australia #australiagram #rocky #beach #cliff #summer #vacation #ocean (at Newcastle, New South Wales)

[gaboapple]

Pumping up that paperwork time

[nasa]

A Tour of our Moon

Want to go to the Moon? 

Let our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter take you there!

Our lunar orbiter, also known as LRO, has been collecting data on lunar topography, temperature, resources, solar radiation, and geology since it launched nine years ago. Our latest collection of this data is now in 4K resolution. This updated “Tour of the Moon” takes you on a virtual tour of our nearest neighbor in space, with new science updates from the vastly expanded data trove.

Orientale Basin

First stop, Orientale Basin located on the rim of the western nearside. It’s about the size of Texas and is the best-preserved impact structure on the Moon. Topography data from LRO combined with gravity measurements from our twin GRAIL spacecraft reveal the structure below the surface and help us understand the geologic consequences of large impacts.

South-Pole and Shackleton Crater

Unlike Earth, the Moon’s axis is barely tilted relative to the Sun. This means that there are craters at the poles where the sunlight never reaches, called permanently shadowed regions. As a result, the Moon’s South Pole has some of the coldest measured places in the solar system. How cold? -410 degrees F.

Because these craters are so cold and dark, water that happens to find its way into them never has the opportunity to evaporate. Several of the instruments on LRO have found evidence of water ice, which you can see in the highlighted spots in this visualization.

South-Pole Aitken Basin

South Pole-Aitken Basin is the Moon’s largest, deepest and oldest observed impact structure. Its diameter is about 2,200 km or 1,367 miles across and takes up ¼ of the Moon! If there was a flat, straight road and you were driving 60 mph, it would take you about 22 hours to drive across. And the basin is so deep that nearly two Mount Everests stacked on each other would fit from the bottom of the basin to the rim. South-Pole Aitken Basin is a top choice for a landing site on the far side of the Moon.

Tycho Crater

Now let’s go to the near side. Tycho Crater is 100 million years young. Yes, that’s young in geologic time. The central peak of the impact crater likely formed from material that rebounded back up after being compressed in the impact, almost like a spring. Check out that boulder on top. It looks small in this image, but it could fill a baseball stadium.

Aristarchus Plateau

Also prominent on the nearside is the Aristarchus Plateau. It features a crater so bright that you could see it with your naked eye from Earth! The Aristarchus Plateau is particularly interesting to our scientists because it reveals much of the Moon’s volcanic history. The region is covered in rocks from volcanic eruptions and the large river-like structure is actually a channel made from a long-ago lava flow.

Apollo 17 Landing Site

As much as we study the Moon looking for sites to visit, we also look back at places we’ve already been. This is because the new data that LRO is gathering helps us reinterpret the geology of familiar places, giving scientists a better understanding of the sequence of events in early lunar history.

Here, we descend to the Apollo 17 landing site in the Taurus-Littrow valley, which is deeper than the Grand Canyon. The LRO camera is even able to capture a view of the bottom half of the Apollo 17 Lunar Lander, which still sits on the surface, as well as the rover vehicle. These images help preserve our accomplishment of human exploration on the Moon’s surface.

North Pole

Finally, we reach the North Pole. Like the South Pole, there are areas that are in permanent shadow and others that bask in nearly perpetual light. LRO scientists have taken detailed brightness and terrain measurements of the North Pole in order to model these areas of sunlight and shadow through time.  Sunlit peaks and crater rims here may be ideal locations for generating solar power for future expeditions to the Moon.

LRO was designed as a one-year mission. Now in its ninth year, the spacecraft and the data emphasize the power of long-term data collection. Thanks to its many orbits around the Moon, we have been able to expand on lunar science from the Apollo missions while paving the way for future lunar exploration. And as the mission continues to gather data, it will provide us with many more opportunities to take a tour of our Moon. 

And HERE’s the full “Tour of the Moon” video:

We hope you enjoyed the tour. If you’d like to explore the moon further, please visit moon.nasa.gov and moontrek.jpl.nasa.gov.

Make sure to follow @NASAMoon on Twitter for the latest lunar updates and photos.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com

[gaboapple]

Remote FUCKING Sensing

[dancingdrones]

inFORM is a Dynamic Shape Display where users can interact with digital information in a tangible way rendering 3D content physically. The project, made in MIT Labs, can also interact with the physical world around it, for example moving objects on the table’s surface. project page

[gaboapple]

Had some fun on the plane back to Brissie, definitely keen to go back to Singapore to do more shots like these, the guys were amazing and made this flying much more enjoyable than usual, probably this is my first edited video so I hope you enjoy it. . Me entretuve un poco en el vuelo de vuelta a Brisbane, definitivamente tengo ganas de volver a Singapur para hacer más tomas como estas, los amigos se las mandaron e hicieron este vuelo mas entretenido de usual, probablemente este es mi primer video editado así que espero lo disfruten. . #aceaviation #singapore #dronevideos #dronestagram #fly #drone #extreme #sports #video #dji #mavicpro #djispark #aerial #up #uav #quadcopter #fun #amazing #stunt #beach #sea #coast #nature #naturaleza #sorprendente #mar #playa #volar #singapur #asia

[cranberrycapers]

Pugs are not cute

Pugs are not cute. Pugs are malformed, inbred, sick animals that should never have existed.

(Above: pug and wolf skulls. Note the shallow eye sockets, crowded, protruding teeth, and short snout in the pug.)

Dogs pant to cool themselves. As pugs have practically no snouts, they have trouble cooling their bodies and they can suffer from organ failure as a result.

Pugs are often unable to breathe properly due to their short snouts and compact breathing passages. This inhibits their ability to do things that dogs like best - running, chasing things, playing.

Pugs suffer from a mangled jaw from which their teeth grow in all directions.

Because of the distorted shape of their skulls, their eyes commonly pop out of their heads. 60% of prolapsed eyes become blind. Eyes put back in the skull are prone to infection and the dog may need treatment for the rest of their life.

Their eyes are also prone to swelling painfully, becoming scratched, and being irritated by their eyelashes.

When excited, pugs are prone to getting fluid stuck in their throats, making them choke or gasp for breath. This is given the cutesy nick name “reverse sneezing”. [video]

As it can be difficult for pugs to exercise, they are prone to obesity.

Some pugs are born with their nostrils pinched almost shut, making it impossible for them to live without an operation.

The wrinkles on their faces will become infected without constant, careful cleaning by their caretaker.

About 64% of pugs suffer from hip dysplasia (malformed hip sockets) which causes crippling lameness and painful arthritis.

Pugs have a genetic weakness to demodectic mange (a pretty nasty skin condition caused by mites).

Their curled tail makes them susceptible to hemivertibrae - misshapen backbones which cause spine bending and instability, neurological disorders, back leg paralysis, incontinence, and pain.

Pugs are so inbred that a study of ten thousand pugs in the UK had the genetic makeup of only 50 individuals. Inbreeding means that defective genes are more likely to be expressed and passed on to offspring.

Necrotizing meningoencephalitis (brain swelling) is common among pugs. Dogs with this condition usually die within a few weeks. 

I am so sick of seeing pugs being celebrated. Their small, squashed skulls, facial wrinkles, curled tails, and protruding eyes are actually valued when these characteristics are a cruelty in themselves.

Pugs are charming, sweet, funny little souls and they don’t deserve the bodies humanity has designed for them.

Stop celebrating pugs. Stop buying pugs.

[gaboapple]

#aceaviation #dronevideos #dronestagram #drone #instadrone #rpa #capella #resort #quadcopter #dji #djispark #aerial #up #singapore #asia #pool #beach #tropical #visitsingapore #travel #amazing #nature #sea #playa #piscina #viajar #naturaleza #sorprendente #mar #wildronepilot (at Capella Singapore - Sentosa Island, Singapore)

[gaboapple]

#aceaviation #dronevideos #dronestagram #drone #rpa #quadcopter #dji #djispark #aerial #up #singapore #asia #pool #beach #tropical #visitsingapore #travel #amazing #nature #sea #playa #piscina #viajar #naturaleza #sorprendente #mar (at Capella Singapore - Sentosa Island, Singapore)

[gaboapple]

AIBT Global Conference keeps us busy at Singapore, nevertheless there will always be a minute to fly that small and sneaky Spark. . La Conferencia Global de AIBT nos mantiene ocupados en Singapur, sin embargo, siempre habrá un minuto para volar ese pequeño y sigiloso Spark. . #aceaviation #dronevideos #dronestagram #drone #rpa #quadcopter #dji #djispark #aerial #up #singapore #asia #beach #tropical #visitsingapore #travel #amazing #nature #sea #playa #viajar #naturaleza #sorprendente #mar (at Palawan Beach Sentosa Island)

[gaboapple]

Los Saltos del Río Chaicas rugen con fuerza luego de que una intensa tormenta azotara el día anterior el Parque Nacional Alerce Andino. . Río Chaicas Falls roar with strength after an intense storm lashed the previous day the Alerce Andino National Park. . #cascade #falls #parque #parquenacional #alerceandino #alerce #andino #national #park #chile #loslagos #visitchile #amazing #nature #naturevideo #river #summer #naturaleza #sorprendente #holiday #rio #cascada #saltos #vacaciones (at Río Chaica)

[gaboapple]

#aceaviation #drone #drones #rpa #dronevideos #up #aerial #dji #spark #dronestagram #parque #park #alerceandino #quadcopter #chile #instachile #visitchile #loslagos #forest #river #nature #naturaleza #bosque #rio #chaicas (at Alerce Andino National Park)