24 5 / 2013
24 5 / 2013
If Earth Had Rings
First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.
However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.
Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.
During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.
Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions
DANGIT EARTH! WHY YOU NO HAVE RINGS!
(via scishow)
23 5 / 2013
If you haven’t watched all million hours of vlogbrothers videos, this is the kind of shit you’re missing.
23 5 / 2013
Hank: What are you doing right now Michael?
Michael: I’m building a trebuchet.
Henry: Not just any trebuchet. It’s a striking machine that will induce fear and respect among your peers, according to the instruction manual.
We built a trebuchet…you will have to wait to see more of it…
23 5 / 2013
still the best Eurovision song
don’t even argue with me
just accept it
they were fucking robbed, still mad about this like 7 or 8 years later
This song is all I’ve ever wanted to be in life.
[x]
Always happy when this comes back around on the dash…
(Source: holepsi, via liamdryden)
22 5 / 2013
There was near universal support…you can pre-order now for shipment in mid-june. You guys are weird…
And yes…I fixed the spelling of Aggressive.
22 5 / 2013
Sometimes I can’t tell whether you people are serious…do you really, actually want this? Reblog if so…
If that actually becomes a shirt, then I want one.
This is…this is a lot of notes. Just to be clear, we don’t sell 1,500 of /anything/ when we launch it, so I assume some of you may /want/ the shirt, but not be in a position to buy it, which is fine :-). Thinking about designs (and scouring the “ketchup pee” tag on Tumblr) now.
If you have a “PAGRSOKP” shirt design, you might want to blog it with the “ketchup pee” tag, is what I’m saying.
![Ah. So, I just update my IP address to [IP address]? That sounds like it’ll work.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/622629dbc9ab43b8ec68b1eaf7ade53a/tumblr_mnb9wsv54L1rprch2o1_500.jpg)





