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Life Can Be Precarious In These Towns

Amplifyd from www.nileguide.com

8 Precariously Placed Cliff Towns

1. Bonifacio,
France
2. Ronda,
Spain
3. Santorini,
Greece
4. Castellfollit de la Roca,
Spain
5. Machu Picchu,
Peru
6. Rocamadour,
France
7. Meteora,
Greece
8. Cuenca,
Spain
See more at www.nileguide.com
 

Perhaps, Rush Ought Not Rush To Costa Rica

There be enough hideous creatures there already!! Besides, Costa Rica didn’t hurt anybody…they are a friendly, peaceful people what with all that socialized health care they have been getting for years…but I digress.

Incredible Urban Decay Photography

These photographs are from the same site I amplified a bit earlier today, and I have to say, I am really enjoying this site very much. If you are a lover of photography, graphics, etc., whether for design or personal enjoyment, you should check out this site.

Some Interesting Conceptual Photography For Reflection & Inspiration

Hello everyone,

I clipped some interesting photography to kick off with. There are beautiful examples of perspective, motion, etc. in this set. Hope you like them.

Interesting and Educational Sites For “Space Cadets”

I thought I would clip these links from National Geographic because there is a program on tonight about Saturn, which for those of you interested in space exploration or astronomy or even just phenomenal images, you might want to watch.

I will follow up with more from this really great site - also a great teaching tool for the little ones.

A Traveler's Guide to the Planets
Saturn
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Saturn

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From Earth, Saturn’s rings appear solid, but they are actually made up of chunks of rock and ice. They look spectacular, but navigating around them - and the planet’s more than 60 moons - would be a nightmare for travelers. We travel through the rings for a stunning CGI tour of this gaseous giant.

Read more at channel.nationalgeographic.com
 

More Interesting Desktop Wallpaper For Anytime

As you can see from the clips, these range from the very colorful, to fantastic, to odd, and even downright weird. There’s something for everybody in this batch.

Winter Olympics Shown In Posters: 1924-2010

These are really excellent, and well worth viewing. I clipped most of them featured in the article, but only up through 1960. Check out the rest, and let the games begin!

Amazing African Wildlife Photos

These are really incredible! Hope you enjoy these as much as I have.

Gallery Of Fireworks Displays

If you like fireworks, then you will enjoy these pics. 30+ in all.

Amazing New Photos Of Pluto From Hubble

Amplifyd from news.discovery.com
NASA/ESA/M. Buie - Southwest Research Institute

Our solar system has glamorous planets: ringed Saturn, multicolored Jupiter, and ruddy red Mars. But arguably one of the most popular worlds for the public is the tiny and distant Pluto.

And, it has much more of a kinship with the other major planets than you might imagine as revealed today in high resolution pictures from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has been a speck of light in the lenses of the largest ground-based telescopes. From Earth, the disk of Pluto is ten times smaller than the typical resolution limit of a ground-based telescope. In other words, apart from that speck of light, no features on the dwarf planet’s surface can be seen.

But using the power of Hubble, Marc Buie of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder Colorado has persevered to assemble the most detailed view of Pluto ever.

Read more at news.discovery.com