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10 real flying saucer designs that were made here on Earth

Flying saucers are generally associated with UFOs, with that “U” in there standing for “unidentified.” But the saucer shape isn’t just limited to aliens from outer space: there are a fair number of entirely identified terrestrial aircraft that utilize a more or less circular and saucery design.

We’ve got a list of ten flying saucers for you, each of which made it far enough out of someone’s imagination that at the very least a proof of concept was constructed.

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Isa Leshko: Elderly Animals (10 photos)

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Test pilots in the 1960s showing off the flexibility of the lightweight Mark IV suits.

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Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will exhibit a glass window made of 500 crystal prisms at MUSEUM. beyond museum in Seoul this May.

Called Rainbow Church, the eight metre-high installation will create rainbows within the space as the light is refracted.

The information below is from Tokujin Yoshioka:

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Rainbow Church

The idea of this architecture project “Rainbow Church” dates back to when I was in early 20s.

When I was in France for a business trip, I went to Vence, a commune located near Nice. There, I visited the Chapelle du Rosaire, which Henri Matisse, a French painter, created in his last years. I was engrossed in the beauty of the light that the chapel created.

I experienced a space filled with the light of Matisse: Being bathed in the sunlight of the Provence, the stained glass with Matisse’s vibrant colors suffused the room with full of colors. Since then, I had been dreaming of designing an architecture where people can feel the light with all senses.

This dreaming architecture project will be realized as a concept plan at the exhibition held at MUSEUM. beyondmuseum in Seoul from May, 2010. The exhibition is planned to last until the end of June. A 8-meter-high stained glass made with approximately 500 crystal prisms will be filling the space with rainbow colors as the light shines on it.

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Bouncing Penlight

Caleb Charland demonstrates lessons in physics and mathematics with his mind-blowing photography. Inspired by children’s books of science experiments, he photographs everyday objects (like matches, pens and mirrors) in ways we’ve never imagined, often using multiple exposures to tell the story.

Credits: Caleb Charland

Source: Where Science, Art and Photography Intersect (25 photos), My Modern Metropolis

ALT/1977: WE ARE NOT TIME TRAVELERS on the Behance Network

“This guys took a trip to the Russian abandoned tank army base…”

(via the ever-entertaining English Russia)

scienceisbeauty:

Python digesting an alligator, these x-ray images show the digestion process unfolding over the six days after feeding.

Images courtesy of Dr. Stephen Secor and Dr. Scott White

Source: Nature/PBS, Invasion of the Giant Pythons

“Something’s afoot at Neptune’s South Pole.”

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“An eary bid for the “geek-of-the-week” prize from my son, who is modelling the t-shirt he bought from the gift shop at CERN.

This t-shirt encapsulates the standard model of particle physics; line 1 describes the 4 forces, line 2 the particles, line 3 how the particles gain their mass from the Higgs boson, & line 4 the Higgs field. But then you knew that.” They sell t-shirts at CERN? Awesome.

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Volcano-chaser braves some of Earth’s most dangerous situations to capture amazing photos of violent eruptions.

Article and more amazing shots here.

This GIANT TORATAN doll is the ultimate child’s weapon, as it sings, dances, breathes fire, and follows only those orders given by children.

Bats Have Feelings Too – Lynne Bruning