Greek photographer Konstantinos Vasilakakos shot this beautiful time-lapse video of the Milky Way from the mountains near the small Greek village of Petrilo. He recorded the video over the course of a series of camping expeditions starting back in May.
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In 2011 and 2012, Russian photographer Andrew Bodrov traveled to Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and created a wonderful series of space-themed 360-degree “little planet” panoramas. While at Baikonur he was able to capture several rocket launches, as well as various monuments scattered around the space launch facility. One of his more striking images, a launch of a Proton-M rocket, was featured in the 157th International Print Exhibition of The Royal Photographic Society. Bodrov’s Baikonur panoramas are also available in interactive versions. He has more little planets on his site.
photos by Andrew Bodrov
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Alfred, an orange tabby kitten, gratefully accepts a can from his human and greedily gulps down what’s left, pitching his head backwards until he gets the very last drop.
Cole & Marmalade, the adorable feline duo that has provided us with such helpful advice as “A Cat’s Guide to Loving Your Human” and “A Cat’s Guide to Christmas” are back, this time with “Cat Logic“, an amusing explanation of the very fickle minds of felines.
image via Cole & Marmalade
A tiny orange kitten, who is being boarded at a pet store, is completely transfixed by the parrot on a perch to his right, not moving even in the slightest for fear of losing sight of the colorful bird.
Japanese artist Satoshi Araki creates dioramas that are astonishing both for their hyper-detailed realism and their incredibly small scale. The dioramas depict thoroughly convincing street scenes, often of decrepit or demolished cities. The detail — down to the rusted chrome on a tiny Vespa scooter — is quite remarkable. Araki has more photos on his Facebook page.
photos via Satoshi Araki
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British artist Chris Wood creates gorgeous sculptures out of dichroic glass, an iridescent glass that varies between reflective and translucent depending on the angle of viewing and angle of illumination. Wood often incorporates illumination in his sculptures, taking advantage of the special properties of the glass to create complex patterns of reflected and filtered light. Dichroic glass was originally developed by NASA in the 1950s to protect against direct sunlight and radiation in space — it is used on the faceplates of spacesuits and the optics of satellites, among other applications.
photos via Chris Wood
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