Journey to Mars posters

Mars United posters by Andy Rohr on sale here. Via.

*Buy travel posters at eBay.

Image roundup

Ministry of Magic access point.




Most popular names in Europe for newborns.




Grains of sand - - one of the many terrific magnified photographs by Gary Greenberg that are available as prints. Via.




"Easter eggs" from The Dark Knight Rises poster. Via.



Image from The Anthology Project, I believe.




There's Waldo.




Rapture wallpaper.




Solar system.

Moon light

The Moon by Nosigner (one of a kind as far as I could tell). Via.

*Previously: Tree growing in a light bulb.

Flash game lets you play golf on the moon

Golf Sector 6:

What will it be like to do ordinary things on the extraordinary alien worlds of our solar system? For instance, will we still play our favorite games? In 1971, during the Apollo 14 mission, astronaut Alan Shepard hit a few golf balls on Earth's moon, where the gravity is six times weaker than on Earth. But what if you took a swing on Hyperion, where the gravity is 500 times weaker than on Earth? How gently would you have to swing to prevent the ball from going into orbit?

GOLF SECTOR 6 is an easy-to-play, Flash-based golf game that lets you tee off on Saturn's moons. It is based on some of our most stunning images returned from the high resolution cameras onboard the Cassini spacecraft that have been processed by CICLOPS and released to the public here on this website. Each of Saturn's moons has its own weak gravity, which should keep things interesting, so be sure to take that into account when you make your swing! Just like golfing on Earth, the goal is to hit the ball into the hole -- or in this case, the crater! -- using the smallest number of swings.

It loaded instantly and ran smoothly in Chrome and was pretty fun. Via.

The Great Daylight 1972 Fireball

Wikipedia:

The Great Daylight 1972 Fireball was an Earth-grazing meteoroid which passed within 57 kilometres (35.4 miles) of the surface of the Earth at 20:29 UTC on August 10, 1972. It entered the Earth's atmosphere in daylight over Utah, United States (14:30 local time) and passed northwards leaving the atmosphere over Alberta, Canada. It was seen by many people and recorded on film and by space-borne sensors.

More at Astronomy Pic of the Day. Via.

Image roundup

Scary bridge.




Moon wallpaper.




Up wallpaper.



SR-71 (?) wallpaper.



Dramatic cat.

Image roundup

Unpopular bankers tied to poles in Australia in an advertising stunt.



Deer.



Kiwi.



A Happy Sky Over Los Angeles by Dave Jurasevich.