Solar system to scale
If you were to build a scale replica of our solar system, you'd need about seven miles of flat land. A group called "To Scale" did just that in a dry lakebed in Nevada at the Black Rock Desert, laying out the planets orbiting the sun.
"To Scale's" Wylie Overstreet, director, and cinematographer Alex Gorosh filmed in time-lapse photography "To Scale: The Solar System." The pair has produced a series of short science films examining the most overlooked facets of our universe.
Read more at NYPost.com.
Big surprise!
When this gal told her husband she wanted to videotape a taste test challenge, she really had something else in mind.
The "taste test" video was posted Oct. 26th and has attracted more than two million views, was featured on CNN and Yahoo! News, and became a "Trending Topic" on Facebook.
Vlogger Cory Williams, the husband ("DudeLikeHELLA") subjected to the taste test, posts on a nearly daily basis, sharing his life with his viewers. Read why:
It's fun blog where I share my REAL LIFE with the world in the hopes that it will help others find happiness in their own lives. Kristen and I are having a baby! We're currently about 7 weeks pregnant but we've only known for 2 weeks. We just couldn't say anything to anyone until we told our parents but now that we've done that, we can finally share this amazing experience. Most people say to wait at least 3 months to break the news because 80% of the problems that happen during a pregnancy, happen during that time. However, we're confident that everything will go just fine. If something does happen, then that's life and we'll deal with it but again, we're feeling pretty good about this. So far this has been the most amazing experience and I've never been so happy and excited. Kristen will be the best mother a child can have and I will undoubtedly be the best father that I can possibly be. The baby isn't here yet and I already love it with everything I am. Life is good!
You can find Cory and Kristen Williams at Facebook and on Twitter. Subscribe to their Youtube channel here.
Coming to America next
"Europe is experiencing the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. Based on data from the United Nations, we clarify the scale of the crisis," reports Lucify, a Finnish website that has taken United Nations info and extrapolated it into a moving map that shows the flow or migration pattern of refugees fleeing the African continent for Europe and beyond.
Like swarms of birds or however you choose to describe it, this amazing animation of millions migrating out of Africa and the Middle East into Europe between 2012 and 2015 gives you an accurate bird's eye view of the crisis that some describe as an invasion. Each moving point represents 25 people. The data was taken from the UN's refugee Agency, the UNHCR. View the animated map here.
"The United Nations estimates that half a million Syrian refugees have sought asylum in Europe between April 2011 and September 2015. Standing very tightly together, they would fit on 8 soccer fields." – Lucify.
They're coming to America.
The Donald's "mini-me"
The Donald was, hands down, one of the most shared Halloween characters on the Internet last weekend. This popular little guy was featured on the Facebook page of North Carolina's WRAL-TV.
Of her decision to dress the tot as "The Donald," Mom said, "If you've got the hair, might as well flaunt it."
In the same vein, Michelle Randall posted, "I had a little Donald as well."
Said Momma Michelle, "Thanks everyone. He enjoyed being Donald for a day."
Tribute to the masters
How does a Chicago photographer pay tribute to the masters? In a most unusual way.
Meet Freddy Fabris, whose photos replicating the classics have won him recognition and several awards. A photographer with a background in painting, Fabris reportedly had long been thinking about how he could use his camera to honor the works of Rembrandt and Da Vinci.
"While accompanying a friend to a cluttered auto repair shop, inspiration suddenly struck. Fabris would pose the mechanics in the style of classical portraits, and in tableaus reminiscent of Philippe de Champaigne's 'The Last Supper' and Michelangelo's 'The Creation of Adam.' As he shared the idea with colleagues and collaborators, everyone quickly jumped on board and the Renaissance series was born," according to a feature in This Is Colossal.
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