Miraculous Spaceship

funkysafari:

What do you get if you cross a fish with an insect? pics: [x] [x]

Sea Robins, also known as Gurnards, are over 100 species in the family Triglidae. Pretty much every part of the world has at least one kind of Sea Robin lurking on the sea floor not too far from the coast. Most of them reach about a foot or two in length. 

Sea robins have three spiny “legs”  on each side. These legs are actually flexible spines that were once part of the pectoral fin. Over time, the spines separated themselves from the rest of the fin, developing into feeler-like forelegs. The pelvic fins have been thought to let the fish walk on the bottom, but are really used to stir up food. 

Sea Robins are AWESOME. Bonus: they’re called Sea Robins. 

(via magicalnaturereblogs)

discoverynews:

how beautiful and complex!

ianbrooks:

Space Shuttle Flight Decks photos by Ben Cooper

I’ve played enough video games during my tenure to safely assume that I could easily jump behind the joystick of one of these beauties and immediately be sailing at a smooth near-lightspeed. It’s gotta be that easy, right? My secret to success: mash every button until it does something you want. Ben Cooper took these absolutely gorgeous fisheye shots of the space shuttle flight deck interiors, with prints available at launchphotography, to post up on your wall and gaze longingly at.

(via: Boing Boing)

discoverynews:

Me: “Uhhhh…. What the what?! That’s beautiful.”
Hillary: “Huh?” *walks over* “Whoa.”
Me: “That’s it? That’s all you got?”
Hillary: “Yep, I’m really deep like that.”

expose-the-light:

Last Launch: Dan Winters and the Shuttle Program

Mm, these are delightful.