Écarlate La Merveilleuse

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Sat, 25 May 2013 18:45:50 -0400

frozenturntables: i dropped out of the 30 days challenge i...

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:38:23 -0400

frozenturntables:

i dropped out of the 30 days challenge i might start a new one with otp challenge though

here have a nepeta

home-stuck-s: HS - blind by Synnesai on...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:31:37 -0400

home-stuck-s:

HS - blind by Synnesai on deviantArt

http://synnesai.deviantart.com

inothernews: MAY THE BRICKS BE WITH YOU A scale model of an...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:23:31 -0400

inothernews:

MAY THE BRICKS BE WITH YOU A scale model of an X-Wing fighter, made from more than five million Lego bricks, went on display in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday. It’s 11 feet tall, 43 feet long and 44 feet wide, it’s the largest Lego model ever built. Coming soon: a life-size Lego Jar Jar Binks to ruin everything. (Photo: Emmanuel Dunand / AFP-Getty via The Telegraph)

attackofthepartycannon: amporasmakemedampora: i dont care what...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:22:14 -0400

attackofthepartycannon:

amporasmakemedampora:

i dont care what you say this is the best page in homestuck

john you sarcastic little shit

sstain: If I’m a sarcastic asshole when I talk to you its either because I really like you and feel...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:21:15 -0400

sstain:

If I’m a sarcastic asshole when I talk to you its either because I really like you and feel comfortable teasing you

Or I really hate you and don’t care if you know it

Good luck figuring out which one

the-box-ticker: Things Nobody Says To Heterosexuals

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:20:26 -0400

the-box-ticker:

Things Nobody Says To Heterosexuals

When your RP partner replies and it's so cute that you just can't.

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:19:50 -0400

titiansaboteur:

radioactive-silence: I’ve eaten like 5 of my girlfriends gummy worms and she still hasn’t nodised...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:19:19 -0400

radioactive-silence:

I’ve eaten like 5 of my girlfriends gummy worms and she still hasn’t nodised hehehe

Quick, eat more before you get caught.

elarenee: #pug #puglife #puglove #pugkisses #puggy #dogs #pets...

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:04:49 -0400

elarenee:

#pug #puglife #puglove #pugkisses #puggy #dogs #pets #furbaby #pugsofinstagram

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Sat, 25 May 2013 14:04:35 -0400

ouruniversevisualized: A new NASA study suggests if life ever...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:48:29 -0400

ouruniversevisualized:

A new NASA study suggests if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting habitats were most likely below the Red Planet’s surface.

A new interpretation of years of mineral-mapping data, from more than 350 sites on Mars examined by European and NASA orbiters, suggests Martian environments with abundant liquid water on the surface existed only during short episodes. These episodes occurred toward the end of hundreds of millions of years during which warm water interacted with subsurface rocks. This has implications about whether life existed on Mars and how its atmosphere has changed.

“The types of clay minerals that formed in the shallow subsurface are all over Mars,” said John Mustard, professor at Brown University in Providence, R.I. Mustard is a co-author of the study in the journal Nature. “The types that formed on the surface are found at very limited locations and are quite rare.”

Discovery of clay minerals on Mars in 2005 indicated the planet once hosted warm, wet conditions. If those conditions existed on the surface for a long era, the planet would have needed a much thicker atmosphere than it has now, to keep the water from evaporating or freezing. Researchers have sought evidence of processes by which such a thick atmosphere may have been lost over time.

This new study supports an alternative hypothesis, that persistent warm water was confined to the subsurface and that many erosional features were carved during brief periods when liquid water was stable at the surface.

“If surface habitats were short-term, that doesn’t mean we should be glum about prospects for life on Mars, but it says something about what type of environment we might want to look in,” said the report’s lead author, Bethany Ehlmann, assistant professor at the California Institute of Technology and scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. “The most stable Mars habitats over long durations appear to have been in the subsurface. On Earth, underground geothermal environments have active ecosystems.”

The discovery of clay minerals by the OMEGA spectrometer on the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter added to earlier evidence of liquid Martian water. Clays form by interaction of water and rock. Different types of clay minerals result from different types of wet conditions.

During the past five years, researchers used OMEGA and NASA’s Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer (CRISM) instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to identify clay minerals at thousands of locations on Mars. Clay minerals that form where the ratio of water interacting with rock is small generally retain the same chemical elements as in the original volcanic rocks subsequently altered by the water.

The study interprets this to be the case for most terrains on Mars with iron and magnesium clays. In contrast, surface environments with higher ratios of water to rock can push alteration further. Soluble elements are carried off by water and different, aluminum-rich clays form.

Another clue is detection of a mineral called prehnite. It forms at temperatures above about 400 degrees Fahrenheit (about 200 degrees Celsius). These temperatures are typical of underground hydrothermal environments rather than surface waters.

“Our interpretation is a shift from thinking that the warm, wet environment was mostly at the surface to thinking it was mostly in the subsurface, with limited exceptions,” said Scott Murchie of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., a co-author of the report and principal investigator for CRISM.

One of the exceptions may be Gale crater, the site targeted by NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission. Launching this year, the Curiosity rover will land and investigate layers that contain clay and sulfate minerals.

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission, or MAVEN, in development for a 2013 launch, may provide evidence for or against the new interpretation of the Red Planet’s environmental history. The report predicts MAVEN findings consistent with the atmosphere not having been thick enough to provide warm, wet surface conditions for a prolonged period.

credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

pogonabarbata: foolinrain: Bearded dragons by mcwetboy on...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:32:02 -0400

pogonabarbata:

foolinrain:

Bearded dragons by mcwetboy on Flickr.

i miss having baby beardies scampering about!

dailyfrenchie: Evie by Natasha

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:26:35 -0400

dailyfrenchie:

Evie

by Natasha

laviachan: I really like that picture x3

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:09:09 -0400

laviachan:

I really like that picture x3

dias-blog: A simple Nepeta ;_; theres so many mistakes but...

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:08:19 -0400

dias-blog:

A simple Nepeta ;_; theres so many mistakes but blargh hopefully homestuck will help me learn to draw humans/humanoids better

and yes she’s my favorite b/c i just cant get enough of her cuteness just look at her jeez

short-and-artsy: /throws dead nepeta at you

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:07:28 -0400

short-and-artsy:

/throws dead nepeta at you

axylh: Tereglare Concept by =Axylh

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:06:31 -0400

axylh:

Tereglare Concept by =Axylh

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Fri, 24 May 2013 22:04:28 -0400

the-carrie-monster: nenetnokomis replied to your post: I SAW A PORCUPINE!!!!!! In the wild. And I...

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:03:03 -0400

the-carrie-monster:

nenetnokomis replied to your post: I SAW A PORCUPINE!!!!!! In the wild. And I love him.

Did you get to take a picture?

Yes I did! It’s a terrible photo, but I think he’s magical enough to make up for it. He was woken up by a Trans Am booking it past us.

Here ya go: