Trying something new
Last jetty pic, I promise. #wavescrashing
Beth Murphy, an award winning documentary filmmaker and founder of Principle Pictures production company based out of Boston was in Afghanistan filming when she got frantic news from her family about the bombing. Once she found out about it she tried to think of what she could do from so far away to show her love and support for her city.
What started out as a plan to have her picture taken with the sign turned into an unpredictable outpouring of love. When she asked someone from Kabul to take her picture they reacted with a sadness in their eyes that only comes from having experienced that kind of pain personally. Local people asked what they could do to help and she asked if they would take a picture with the sign.
These beautiful photos are the result of those interactions.
This is beautiful. Solidarity for peace.
tedx:
Language is a strange thing. We use it every day, but we often forget it’s there; it’s easy to learn as a child, but fiendishly difficult as an adult; and, for reasons that are hard to define, certain words can evoke strong emotions or even downright offend.
Below, 5 TEDx Talks (and one TED…
Space News of the Day: Three Exoplanets May Be Life-Sustainable
After four years circling space looking for new planets, the Kepler spacecraft has identified three planets that look like they could possibly sustain life. The first two, known as Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f (shown above, top and middle), are approximately 1,200 light-years away and have estimated temperatures of -3 degrees C (26.6 F) and -65 degrees C (-85 F) respectively. The third planet, Kepler-69c (shown above, bottom) boasts a summer day-like temperature of 27 degrees C (80.6 F). Some scientists think these planets could actually be covered in oceans, but they are unsure if they would be composed of water or some other liquid.
A New Perspective of the Day: Wringing Out Water from a Washcloth in Space
Tenth graders Kendra and Meredith from Fall River, Nova Scotia recently took a top prize the Canadian Space Agency’s Science Challenge with a washcloth-wringing experiment. As part of their prize, Col. Chris Hadfield, currently living in the International Space Station, made a video showing exactly what happens when a person tries to wring out a washcloth in zero gravity.
I want to travel to space so much more now.
A Jaw-dropping Google Street View Hyperlapse
This is the fastest you’ll ever go across the Golden Gate Bridge.
This is beautiful
(via mikesmuzac)
Twins Separated at Birth Find Each Other via YouTube
After Anaïs Bordier, a French student living in London, saw American actress Samantha Futerman in aYouTube video, she noticed a striking resemblance to herself. She found one of Futerman’s personal vlogs about being adopted, leading Bordier to find the two girls had the same birthday. After sending Futerman a Facebook message, the two realized they might be long lost twin sisters. Through Twitter, Skype and Facebook messenger, the girls have been using social media to cactch up on the first 25 years of their lives. They have since launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a documentary about their first meeting, as well as a DNA test to confirm their relation.
If this is true that would be the coolest thing ever
#sistersister
President Obama and Kid President meet for the first time.
my favorite part at the end: “we did small talk”
I love our presidents
TIME’s new issue, featuring the story, ‘How Gay Marriage Won,’ hits newsstands Friday. Two couples who were photographed to illustrate the story appear on two separate covers this week.
Read the story here.
(Cover photographs by Peter Hapak)
#gayandproud
(via timelightbox)
