Archive for the ‘beauty’ tag
Beautiful Photos of Dew #
I’m ashamed to say that I’ve never looked nearly this closely at the stuff.
(via Neatorama)
Architecture and Place #
Two stunning examples of great design that perfectly fits its beautiful setting.
- The Aurland Lookout. Just wow. (via Neatorama)
- Clingstone. Article and slideshow. Those views. (via Materialicious)
Why Aurora Dances #
Scientists figured out why the Northern Lights flitter around:
The satellites confirmed that the storm was caused by a phenomenon called magnetic reconnection in which solar energy stretches the Earth’s magnetic field lines until they reach their limits and snap back into equilibrium. Like an earthquake in the sky, this releases enormous amounts of energy, and charged particles go flying into the atmosphere.
Backing into the “uncanny valley” #
Jason Kottke notes an interesting phenomenon. Rather than technology advancing to make computer-generated characters look eerily-but-not-completely lifelike, poorly executed Photoshops of real people can make them looks eerily-but-not-completely lifelike.
A Note About Snowlakes #
The inimitable John Ahearn wrote something truly beautiful today:
Enclosed please find one
perfect snowflake, which fell
this morning on my sleeve button,
framing its six-fold dihedralsymmetry in a circle of brass.
Recalling your love of the hexagram,
I couldn’t let perfection pass,
ran for envelope and stamp.I’m counting on the general chill
to see it to you before it thaws;
not that I really think it will,
but it was lovely while it was.