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@mituk

Hi, I'm Mitu. This is my tumblr of things which are too small for my blog, Mitu.nu, but big enough to be worth sharing. "We are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth, to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet. To enhance enormously our understanding of the universe. And to carry us to the stars." - Carl Sagan

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eponges-blog

expositionfairy

Morning on Mars

6 Martian sunrises, as seen by the HiRISE orbiter. Once again, not artist’s renditions.

momentofmoore

mituk

Alan Moore talking about science and imagination

Interviewed backstage at Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, December 2011

(from momentofmoore)

deathcomequickly

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jenjenrobot:

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known…

kny111

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cwnl:

Ring a Ring o’ Roses

Copyright: Stefan Seip

simplypi

kny111

mituk

Laser Strike at the Galactic Center

Astronomers at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) site in Chile are trying to measure the distortions of Earth’s ever changing atmosphere. Constant imaging of high-altitude atoms excited by the laser — which appear like an artificial star — allow astronomers to instantly measure atmospheric blurring.

Credit: Yuri Beletsky (ESO)

meghangentz

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Man, I miss Seattle.

kny111

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Around The World In Space

Made some animated GIFs out of the videos provided below, click on each of the GIF for the titles.

“Remember the amazing night-time timelapse video that James Drake stitched together from space station photos? Well, he’s gone back through the astronaut photographs and created six more videos. They’re shorter… but they’re AMAZING. Daytime, night time, auroras, it’s all there. Check them out via UniverseToday.”