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blanksandbobbypins: Cause vintage WWI lesbians are the best...

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:01:59 -0400

blanksandbobbypins:

Cause vintage WWI lesbians are the best lesbians.

garabating: 1 by...

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:02:31 -0400

garabating:

1 by Zedig

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peanutsareforpussies: magicbuffet: it looks like toast and...

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:01:26 -0400

peanutsareforpussies:

magicbuffet:

it looks like toast and space jam

space jam

oh my god

spiralsofhearts: holy shiiiiiiiIIiiitTTTTt ANIME NORTH TODAY ANIME NORTH TODAY ANIME NORTH TODAY...

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:56 -0400

spiralsofhearts:

holy shiiiiiiiIIiiitTTTTt ANIME NORTH TODAY ANIME NORTH TODAY ANIME NORTH TODAY ANIME NORTH TODAY ANIME NORTH TODAY ANIME NORTH TODAY ANIME NORTH TODAY

jtotheizzoe: An important reminder that the universe has three...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:01:58 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

An important reminder that the universe has three spatial dimensions and is best appreciated with all three engaged*.

*engage fourth as needed for EXTREME MODE

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:02:30 -0400

AN SKETCHBOOK

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:44:20 -0400

redribbonroses:

anyone who wants to have an OUT OF THE BLUE mini drawing session with the sketchbook at Anime North is welcome to PM me if you’re interested! saturday is the easiest day to find the time to just sit down and draw so we can organize something real fast then!

also i will probably end up having to just text everyone meetup time/place so if you’re ok with exchanging numbers for texting purposes, PM me ok!!!

uvec: Kilian Eng

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:01:18 -0400

uvec:

Kilian Eng

mollystormjackson: COWS. Piece I did last semester.

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:01:52 -0400

mollystormjackson:

COWS.

Piece I did last semester.

Photo

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:02:18 -0400

wistfulbird: Steven Universe Rebecca Sugar’s dad posted this on...

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:53:45 -0400

wistfulbird:

Steven Universe

Rebecca Sugar’s dad posted this on YouTube, so now you can watch it if you don’t live in the US!

oh my jesus this was the best thing I’ve ever watched„ when I’m out in the animation world I want to create things like THIS.

ohmothernature: This is what I crave. Redwoods?

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:01:30 -0400

ohmothernature:

This is what I crave.

Redwoods?

sifu-kisu: we-are-star-stuff: If Earth Had a Ring Like...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:39:51 -0400

sifu-kisu:

we-are-star-stuff:

If Earth Had a Ring Like Saturn

Our planet is lucky enough to have a large moon orbiting not too far away, which makes for very pretty moonlit nights. But for spectacular skies it might almost be worth trading in our moon for a ring like Saturn’s.

In fact, the earth did once have a ring - as part of the formation of our moon, ironically enough. When the planet Thea crashed into the earth, a titanic amount of material was blown into space. This went into orbit around the earth, forming a ring until it all eventually coalesced into our present-day satellite. This only happened because the material was orbiting outside of earth’s Roche limit.

In 1848, the French mathematician Edouard Roche calculated that if a large satellite were to approach too closely to a planet, it would be torn apart by the planet’s gravitational forces. This happens because the gravitational attraction of a planet on a moon is not equal. The planet pulls more on the side of the moon closest to it and less on the side further away. If the moon gets too close, this unequal pull can become great enough to tear the moon apart. Every planet has what is called a Roche limit.

Some astronomers believe that Saturn’s rings are material that was unable to form into a moon because it lies within the planet’s Roche limit. The gravitational pull of Saturn prevents particles from clumping together to form a moon. Another idea popular among scientists suggests that during the time when Saturn was first forming, it had one or more moons just outside its Roche limit. The bigger a planet is, the more gravity it has. And the more gravity it has, the bigger its Roche limit is. So as Saturn grew larger, its Roche limit grew, too. The limit soon moved past the inner moons and these moons soon broke apart. The remnants of the destroyed moons eventually formed the magnificent rings we see today. There may still be large pieces of these ancient moons within the rings. They would be much smaller than their ancestors but a thousand times larger than a typical ring particle. Another theory suggests that a few hundred million years ago - at a time when the early ancestors of the dinosaurs were roaming Earth - Saturn may have had no rings at all. The rings formed when one or more small moons wandered too close to Saturn. When they got within the Roche limit, Saturn’s gravity ripped them apart. After millions of years of bumping against one another, the pieces of moon were ground into the tiny particles that form the rings today.

If we had rings in the same proportion to our planet that Saturn’s are to it, it is pretty easy to figure out what they would like like from different places on the earth. From the equator the rings would be passing directly overhead. Since you’d be looking in the same plane as the rings, all you would see is a bright line arching from horizon to horizon. Here is what the rings might look like from Quito, Ecuador:

If we travel just a little further north to Guatemala, the rings begin to spread across the sky. The earthlight illuminating the dark side of the moon is many times brighter than we are accustomed to, due to the increased sunlight being reflected from the rings.

From Washington, DC (at 38° latitude), the rings begin to sink below the horizon, though they would still be an awe-inspiring sight as they dominate the sky both day and night.

At the Arctic Circle, the rings barely reach above the horizon. Seen here from Nome, Alaska, the brilliant rings illuminate the barren landscape scarcely more than a full moon would. Unlike the sun or moon, however, the rings neither rise nor set… they are always visible, day or night, always in exactly the same place.

What about the giant perpetual shadows that rings would make across the face of the earth? Maybe there’d be rainbows but I’d rather have moon light than rings ::)

oh my sweet

pamelatublog: Xigoh the Fortune Teller Growing up, I was...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:02:04 -0400

pamelatublog:

Xigoh the Fortune Teller

Growing up, I was surrounded by zany predictions of fortune tellers and superstitions. I still don’t believe any of it, but I can’t deny that it’s not fun.

spiralsofhearts: ARE ANY OF YOU BEAUTIFUL FOLLOWERS GOING TO ANIME NORTH?>?????????

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:02 -0400

spiralsofhearts:

ARE ANY OF YOU BEAUTIFUL FOLLOWERS GOING TO ANIME NORTH?>?????????

But I’m pretty sure y’all aren’t gonna talk...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:38:26 -0400

But I’m pretty sure y’all aren’t gonna talk about the anime version. ;)

i need more of these stunning animals on my blog

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:07:50 -0400

i need more of these stunning animals on my blog

doctor who/sherlock/supernatural is not anime. it should not be at anime north. it should not be at...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:44:51 -0400

doctor who/sherlock/supernatural is not anime. it should not be at anime north. it should not be at an anime convention. if you want that stuff go to a comic con. uihgkasjdyjsyabkayhgajs

yourvoiceinnovember: bana05: rhamphotheca: underthevastbluesea...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:02:29 -0400

yourvoiceinnovember:

bana05:

rhamphotheca:

underthevastblueseas: Underwater Rivers?

A group of amateur cave explorers discovered a river in Mexico with banks, trees and leaves just like an ordinary river, but with an additional metric shit ton of “WTF,” because they were hovering 25 feet over it in scuba gear when they discovered it.

While underwater water doesn’t seem possible, the “river” is actually a briny mix of salt water and hydrogen sulfide. It’s much more dense than regular salt water, so it sinks to the bottom and forms a distinct separation that acts and flows like a river.

Deep sea lakes look like normal lakes, complete with sandy and rocky shores. Scientist call these lakes “cold seeps,” but they’re a hotbed for life, because apparently waterfront real estate is a hot commodity under water, too. The “rocky” shores are actually made up of hundreds of thousands of mussels. Even weirder, the lakes under the waves have waves of their own.

Photos by Anatoly Beloshchin,source,

thingswithantlers: Deer Swimming by justinburt

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01:23 -0400

thingswithantlers:

Deer Swimming by justinburt