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npr: publicradiointernational: cheatsheet: The most graceful...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:02:32 -0400

publicradiointernational:

cheatsheet:

The most graceful falling bear we’ve ever seen.

The bear landed safely on the padded mat.

“If a bear fell in the forest would anybody hear it?”

tballardbrown: Look who loveeessssss NPR.

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:27 -0500

tballardbrown:

Look who loveeessssss NPR.

kqedscience: Meet the incredible smiling seal! How an intrepid...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:15:59 -0500

kqedscience:

Meet the incredible smiling seal!

How an intrepid photographer crawled across the ice on his stomach to get these amazing images

lookhigh: Eclipsed Moon in the Morning

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:14:39 -0500

lookhigh:

Eclipsed Moon in the Morning

npr: VIDEO: ‘Sofia The Lion Tamer’ Goes Nose-To-Nose With Big...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:33:12 -0500

npr:

VIDEO: ‘Sofia The Lion Tamer’ Goes Nose-To-Nose With Big Cat

When 3-year-old Sofia Walker was with her family at New Zealand’s Wellington Zoo last week, she had quite a close encounter with, as The New Zealand Herald says, a grumpy lion who didn’t like having his breakfast disturbed.

There was glass in between, but as you can see in the video taken by her dad, Sofia still had quite an experience. Twice, the big cat really pawed at the glass. But little Sofia barely flinched.

“She’s always had this quiet confidence with animals, but she’s certainly more confident with a lion than I would be, that’s for sure,” her father, Julian Walker, told the Herald.

His video clip has now been viewed about 1.3 million times. —Mark Memmott

npr: I wonder where it’s trying to get to? — Tanya ncpr: Great...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:31:21 -0500

npr:

I wonder where it’s trying to get to? — Tanya

ncpr:

Great Caesar’s goat! That is one nimble Bovidae! (And that is one sentence I’d never thought I’d be able to write for mass consumption. Thank you, Tumblr!)

lickypickystickyfree:

Capricorns are goats.
Goats are climbers.
Against all odds.

Wow.

NPR - Russia by Rail - Freeze Frame-Photographs by David...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:30:48 -0500

NPR - Russia by Rail - Freeze Frame-Photographs by David Gilkey/NPR

When photographing the Trans-Siberian railway, which has a history dating back a century, it was natural to drift back in time and imagine taking a trip like this while carrying tripods; big, heavy cameras; and lots of film — and not just throwing a couple of extra memory cards in your bag.

Taking pictures in the first part of the 20th century required packing a lot of unwieldy gear, complete with shiny wood, fragrant chemicals and a bit of magic. But in our digital age, are we trading convenience for the romance of the journey?

To help answer that question, we approached some folks at The Impossible Project, a group that describes itself as “producing new instant film materials for classic Polaroid cameras.” Their film works just like the old SX-70 Polaroids you may recall from your youth — if you are old enough. When Polaroid stopped making film for those cameras a few years ago, The Impossible Project stepped in and created their new film from the ground up.

The look of their film has more in common with photography of the 1920s and ’30s than with the polished and perfected Polaroid film packs of the late ’90s. But this film proved challenging to transport: It required lead-lined bags to protect it against damage at airport X-ray machines. And it wasn’t convenient to use — it turns out the film gets balky when the temperatures are below zero degrees Fahrenheit. Still, it was picture-perfect for this epic trip.

The wintry landscapes, rendered in muted blacks, browns and grays, evoke an earlier time; one before computer-driven cameras and picture-taking cellphones. These are photographs you can touch and smell and share, hand to hand, among your new traveling companions.

nprradiopictures: Take A Picture, Pass It On: The Disposable...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:30:36 -0500

nprradiopictures:

Take A Picture, Pass It On: The Disposable Memory Project

“It’s a simple concept: Drop a camera somewhere with basic instructions and see where the wind takes it. If things go right, a person takes a photo and passes it on. And at the end, the camera makes its way back to the address written on the exterior and everyone is happy…”

Try it

todaysdocument: Taking advantage of a clause in the Antiquities...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:58:35 -0500

Near the Paria looking west. 1872

Entering the Grand Canyon. 05/1972

Foot of Toroweap. Powell Exped 1871-78

Rock Formation. By Ansel Adams 1933-42

View looking down. Ansel Adams 1933-42

View from North Rim. Ansel Adams 1941

todaysdocument:

Taking advantage of a clause in the Antiquities Act of 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt declared the Grand Canyon a National Monument on January 11, 1908. It would not become a National Park until 1919, after several frustrated attempts designate it one.

Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon?

ourpresidents: Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9,...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:49:36 -0500

ourpresidents:

Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913, on the lemon ranch of his parents in Yorba Linda, California.

President Richard Nixon

January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994

More - The Life and Presidency

architizer: Rethinking the Radiator liberates the heater from...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:38:16 -0500

architizer:

Rethinking the Radiator liberates the heater from the wall and re-imagines it as a campfire.

fromageetalpinisme: books on books on books temperatures: Main...

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:12:34 -0500

fromageetalpinisme:

books on books on books

temperatures:

Main Hall by Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County

Booksbooksbooksbooks.

nprradiopictures: Can Photos Save A Vanishing Culture?...

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:48:35 -0500

nprradiopictures:

Can Photos Save A Vanishing Culture? Photographer Taylor Weidman thinks so…

kqedscience: Walrus peek-a-boo! Yaaaa

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:39:26 -0500

kqedscience:

Walrus peek-a-boo!

Yaaaa