Sometimes it’s good to be reminded of these things.

Sometimes it’s good to be reminded of these things.

Close Up. A great series of animal portraits by Danish photographer Morten Koldby.

Murray FredericksLake Eyre: Sunrise, Sunset (Time-Lapse)

Space Shuttle / ISS. One of the last times we’ll see a shot like this.

Space Shuttle / ISS. One of the last times we’ll see a shot like this.

You actually don’t want people thinking your product is cool, because then you’re a fad. You want people using your product because it’s a part of your life, then they can’t stop using it.
Sean Parker (via Wired)
Get Back In Your Book. (via Flickr).

Get Back In Your Book. (via Flickr).

Sculpture/Installation by Tom Fruin.

Sculpture/Installation by Tom Fruin.

Wow. (via  darren131 / gaikichi)

Wow. (via  darren131 / gaikichi)

Cast In Stone.  Petrified wood at Te Papa. Maori mythology views the giant native trees, such as kauri and totara, as children of Tane Mahuta, god of the forest.

Cast In Stone.  Petrified wood at Te Papa. Maori mythology views the giant native trees, such as kauri and totara, as children of Tane Mahuta, god of the forest.

Cinemagraphs. Animated GIFs as artform. Nice.

Cinemagraphs. Animated GIFs as artform. Nice.

A Dreaded Sunny Day / So I Meet You At The Cemetery Gates
On the way back from the Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix, we stopped at the Symonds St cemetery. What an amazing piece of Auckland history, hidden away by Grafton bridge and the Southern motorway. Urban decay at its overgrown, neglected finest.

A Dreaded Sunny Day / So I Meet You At The Cemetery Gates

On the way back from the Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix, we stopped at the Symonds St cemetery. What an amazing piece of Auckland history, hidden away by Grafton bridge and the Southern motorway. Urban decay at its overgrown, neglected finest.

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Solar Flare. Continuing on with my recent solar tip, here’s a great series of images of a solar flare taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (awesome name btw!) and then animated into a short video. Cool. Via NASA.

NY Subway Car Reefs. Great series of images showing the New York Metropolitan Transport Authority’s artifical reef program (yes, they have one!), using old subway cars. And here I was just thinking they were using the ocean as a junkyard!

NY Subway Car Reefs. Great series of images showing the New York Metropolitan Transport Authority’s artifical reef program (yes, they have one!), using old subway cars. And here I was just thinking they were using the ocean as a junkyard!

Solar Plasma. Another photo of the solar surface from Alan Friedman. Incredible detail.

Solar Plasma. Another photo of the solar surface from Alan Friedman. Incredible detail.

ISS Solar Transit. Amazing photo by Alan Friedman showing the International Space Station, with the space shuttle Discovery attached, crossing the sun. Wow.

ISS Solar Transit. Amazing photo by Alan Friedman showing the International Space Station, with the space shuttle Discovery attached, crossing the sun. Wow.