"The Happiest and Saddest Places in the Country as Told by Your Tweets"

Gizmodo published on featuring which gauges happiness (red) /sadness (blue) state-by-state. We aren't looking too bad in New York! Poor Louisiana! I know I love the state! Read the full story here.

Panoramic Planets

Dazzling photos from [Gizmodo Flickr]! The photographer's descriptions of their shot are following their image:

Nikon D60, 18-55mm kit lens. This was seven 20-second exposures at f5 of the quad at Oklahoma City University.
-Robert Rickner


Camera: Nikon D5000
Lens: Tamron 28-135
ISO: 500
Exposure: 1/250
Location: Seattle, WA
I had gone out shooting trying to emulate the look of old contrasty but yet washed out photos of boats I had seen all over the harbor and its various shops and thought it would make an interesting juxtaposition using a new technique with an old look. Taken in the Ballard Harbor.
-Tyler Yates

Subject: Denali, Alaska
Built from 9 photos
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 18mm (27mm /35mm equiv.)
Aperture: ƒ/8
Shutter Speed: 1/250
As you can obviously tell by climate, I broke rule 2 because I'm a college student and don't have time to go out and take photos, but I did want to test my hand at the challenge!
-Isaac Chambers



Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
F-stop: f/5
Exposure time: 1/200 sec.
ISO Speed: ISO-80
Focal length: 16mm
Flash: None
I leave my office right around sunset everyday and park on the top of a garage in the middle of downtown Charleston, SC. I saw a particularly nice sunset and pulled out my basic point and shoot (Sony Cybershot DSC-W50) and took a series of 5 pictures to stitch into a panoramic. After creating the Polar Panorama, I merely adjusted the brightness so that the buildings would show more detail.
-David Crosby

The Submarine Tub

The charming Porthole Bath. Now let's install a periscope, a $5,100—nuclear core and depth charge detector. [Water Monopoly ]


via gizmodo

Beach on Mars (Space is cool!)

According to NASA, this 22 degree angle (East of straight down) will give scientists the opportunity to study the geological layers in this area. [NASA] You can navigate here to click on the interactive image to study the formation.