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July 31, 2010
Four planets sunset in Indonesia
[posted by Benz Roos]
Four planet sunset above Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia photo by Jia Hao
“This mesmerizing sunset photo was taken from the summit of volcanic Mount Lawu, 3,265 meters above sea level, on July 21. The view looks west, toward the city lights of Surakarta (aka Solo), Central Java, Indonesia. Two other volcanic peaks, sharp Merapi (left) and Merbabu lie along the colorful horizon. Four planets shine in the twilight sky above them. Spread out near the plane of the ecliptic are Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn, along with bright Regulus, alpha star of the constellation Leo. For help finding them, just put your cursor over the picture. In fact, these four planets still shine in western skies at sunset, with Venus, Mars, and Saturn grouped much more tightly this weekend and in early August. By August 12, a young crescent Moon will join the four planet sunset.” source: Astronomy picture of the day
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July 10, 2010
Time of the sky
[posted by Benz Roos]
Watch by ryohei yoshiyuki that shows the color of the sky to indicate the time of the day
Japanese designer Ryohei Yoshiyuki has designed a watch that indicates the time of the day by showing the color of the sky. “The sky color is mean to remind you to look up at the real sky, from time to time, in this busy life of ours. ‘we are always looking at some kind of window, on the computer, mobile phone and so on. and now a small window on one’s arm…’ ” Light makes the blue hue of the sky changes during the day. This is of course caused by the rotation of the earth around its axis and the sun. Time is created by this rotations, so it makes perfect sense to combine those two elements into a single watch. Can’t wait till Ryohei makes an O-LED version of the watch. source: designboom
Color variations of sky during the day
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May 28, 2010
Astronomy photographer of the year
[posted by Benz Roos]
A 5 hour star trails from the Haute Provence Observatory by Alexandre Santerne
addition of 13 hours of exposure time at Haute Provence Observatory by Alexandre Santerne
Astronomy Photographer of the Year group on Flickr got more and more interesting and beuatiful photo’s entered. On of my favorites is by Alexandre Santerne. I like to think that you really would see the nioght sky like this, as a long exposure photo.
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May 23, 2010
Light pollution photos by Jim Richardson
[posted by Benz Roos]
Let thy glorious light ever shine upon it, by Jim Richardson
photo by Jim Richardson
A colleague send me a link of a the website of Jim Richardson. Jim has made photos of light pollution in the sky for National Geographic magazine. Worth to have a look at his photos to realize that light pollution should be a premier concern for lighting design. source: earthfirst, national geographic
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May 9, 2010
ACDC vs Iron Man 2: Projection Mapping
[posted by Donald®]
ACDC Vs Iron Man 2 – Architectural Projection Mapping on Rochester Castle from seeper on Vimeo.
It seems projection mapping is becoming the next big thing and the guys from Seeper are right at the front of it. After just completing a great project for Nokia, Seeper worked with Sony to help promote the new ACDC/Iron Man 2 soundtrack at Rochester Castle.
What makes this so special, is the building is actually an old castle and with that comes all sorts of architectural elements and design challenges. Once you see the quality of the 3D graphics being projected, you’ll be wowed by the creative use of the building & the way it all came together.
Designers: Seeper
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