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Stunning Image Of Saturn and Rings From Cassini Probe. Coolest Shit Ever.

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I think I’m in love with a gas giant, Youdopia. I know I keep posting pics of space, and Enceladus, but I’m constantly amazed at the beauty. The Cassini probe just keeps taking amazing images. It’s so cool that we have little robots out there, sending information about our celestial neighbors. I think it’s the [...]

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World War 2 Photos Merged With Current Photos Of The Same Location. Very Moving.

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Sergey Larenkov is a Russian photographer who has taken photographs of Berlin, Prague, and Vienna, from the end of World War Two, and blended them seamlessly with pictures of the same places today. They’re brilliant, Youdopia.
Artistically, it’s a brilliant idea, and it turns out that the effects are a bit haunting. I see in them [...]

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Coolest Shit Ever: Pictures of Einstein’s Desk On The Day He Died.

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Happy Friday, Youdopia. Viernes es el dia méjor. This photo has quite a provenance. Daily Grail found it on Kottke.org. He, in turn, found it via clusterflock, who in turn referenced the original slideshow from Life Magazine’s site.
The story behind this is that a cub photographer from Life went to Princeton when Einstein died, and [...]

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Happy Birthday, Jimmy Page. Check Out This Forthcoming Photographic Autobiography. I want it.

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Happy Birthday, Jimmy Page! Today is a National Holiday in Youdopia. None shall toil. Jimmy is 66 today. You may be surprised that I am a fan of Led Zeppelin, and Jimmy Page. It’s true.  Jimmy has written/compiled a photographic autobiography which is being published by Genesis Publications. They are an exquisitely wonderful publisher. They [...]

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Craziest Shit Ever: Wired Has A Slideshow Of Lego Recreations Of Iconic Photos

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I must be getting old, Youdopians. The younger Mojozoso would definitely think this lego photo recreation of the execution of a Viet Cong prisoner (the famous Eddie Adams photo) was sick and twisted, and kinda funny.  I t generally don’t really w00t that much over lego stuff, or anyone who fucks with a Barbie and [...]

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