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Astronaut Andre Kuipers Shares Stunning Images of Earth from Space

Astronaut Andre Kuipers Shares Stunning Images of Earth from Space
EmailEmail In space, 28,000 km/h, 400 km above Earth, Dutch astronaut and physician Andre Kuipers is currently on a 191-days research mission at the International Space Station. Lately, he’s been sharing with the world some of the most amazing views of our beloved home planet up from his perspective.

The 32 Places To Visit When You Retire We all think about time when we will went in retirement, because that will be ti period in our life when we can relax and think about places to visit, to travel. These are the 32 most amazing, beautiful and really wonderful places that you must visit when you retire…, one day. 1. Emerald Lake – Lake Tahoe 2. Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Breathtaking views of an alien world: Panoramas made from pictures sent back by Curiosity show how it might look to stand on the surface of Mars Images of Mars have been stitched together by amateur enthusiastsThey show the vista as seen by Curiosity as it trundles about in the planet's Gale CraterScientists have found chemical make-up of the Martian rock is the same as ones found in Hawaii and St. Helena By Kerry Mcqueeney and Damien Gayle Published: 16:13 GMT, 12 October 2012 | Updated: 18:37 GMT, 12 October 2012 If you've ever wondered what it's like to stand on the surface of an alien world, drink in these breathtaking pictures of the surface of Mars. These incredible panoramas have been stitched together by amateur enthusiasts from images sent back from the Red Planet by Nasa's Curiosity rover. The interplanetary probe is currently investigating the Gale Crater, which sits just south of the Martian equator. Scroll down for video The surface of an alien world: This breathtaking panoramic image was stitched together by Stuart Atkinson from photos received by Nasa yesterday Click here for the full, hi-res panoramic version.

Sorry, I'm not going. EVER. There is no restaurant there, that’s actually the dangerous Huashan Mountain Trail in China. You could tell me all the riches and hottest women in the world would be there waiting for me and I would consider it, but still wouldn’t do it. There’s no glory for the dead. [EDIT] I’m updating this post with this short clip of a guy moving along the cliff side without a safety harness. Nope. [via] <a href=" api</a> I like posting dumb and funny stuff, if you like this post consider subscribing to my feed, if you have something interesting to share or just drop me a line please contact me.

- StumbleUpon Rare Historical Photos A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897. Albert Einstein looking fabulous. Here's his report card! Samurai taken between 1860 and 1880. A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941 Roy O. and Walt Disney on the day they opened Disney Studios. Che Guevara. The Microsoft staff in 1978. The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933. A different angle taken of "Tank Man," the man who stood against a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square.He is standing in the street between the tree trunk and the fleeing man.You can see the tanks approaching from the right. Winston Churchill out for a swim. The London sky following a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940. Martin Luther King, Jr removes a burned cross from his yard in 1960. Google begins. Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945. A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in 1868. The Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake of 1906.

Сайт будет переделываться :( 101 Most Beautiful Places To Visit Before You Die! (Part II) Whitehaven Beach, Australia Westin Maui Resort & Spa Hawaii Coast near Marsa Matruh, Egypt Skaftafell Ice Cave in Iceland Heart Sea Arch, Portugal Marble Caverns of Carrera Lake, Chile Blue Lagoon Galapagos Islands in Ecuador Sea Cliffs, Varadero, Cuba St. Hitachi Seaside Park, Ibaraki The Shahara Bridge, Yemen Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany Spotted Lake (Khiluk) British Columbia Havasu Falls ~ Grand Canyon National Park Santorini, Greece Albarracin, Aragon, Spain Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon, Iceland The Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland 111 Likes

Jacob's Well, Wimberley, Texas Jacob’s Well is a significant karstic spring, the largest perennial spring in the Texas Hill Country. It flows from the most extensive underwater cave in Texas, opening in the bed of Cypress Creek, a few miles north of Wimberley, Texas.The twelve foot (four meter) diameter mouth of the cave serves as a popular swimming and water recreation spot for the local land owners whose properties adjoin Cypress Creek. From the opening in the creek bed, Jacob’s Well descends vertically for about thirty feet (ten meters), continuing from there at an angle as a series of chambers separated by narrow, often deeply silted and unstable necks, ultimately reaching a depth of at least one hundred and twenty feet (forty meters). From the dawn of recorded history until the modern era, the Trinity Aquifer-fed natural artesian spring gushed water from the mouth of the cave and as much as thirty feet (ten meters) into the air. At least eight divers have lost their lives while exploring Jacob’s Well.

30 Best Earth Pictures of the Week – April 24th to May 01th 1. The Blue Dragon by Steve Richards 2. Shore in Seychelles 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

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