16 Feb 2010 8:03am
This picture is a composite of 31 different images, taken in the shadow of the solar eclipse that passed over Asia and parts of the Pacific back in July for 6 minutes and 39 seconds. That’s the longest solar eclipse anyone on Earth will witness this century; a longer one isn’t coming until 2132.
The photo shows the solar corona that make up the sun’s “atmosphere” in glorious detail. It's whorls and loops extend millions of miles into space, are nearly 200 times hotter than the visible surface of the sun, and yet aren’t nearly as bright (by a factor of something like a million), hence, we can only see them during eclipses.
12 Jan 2010 11:47am
Beautiful shots of lightning striking Burj Khalifa in Dubai – recently crowned tallest building in the world. (Photos courtesy of Alisdair Miller.)
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11 Dec 2009 10:01am
The 20th Birthday Portfolio (via Empire Magazine)
From South Africa (Clint Eastwood) to Santa Monica (Governor Schwarzenegger) to Jack Nicholson's house (um, Jack Nicholson), Empire trotted the globe to deliver you 27 of the planet's biggest stars, recreating iconic performances from two decades in film, for a unique 20th birthday celebration...
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