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Archive for April 2011

Tyche: enormous rogue Planet

April 30, 2011

Tyche

Evidence gathered by NASA’S Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope, suggests that a gas giant may be lurking in the Oort Cloud, the most remote part of the outer solar system which is believed to consist of icy comets. This would make it 375 times farther from the Sun than Pluto.
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Sihwa Tidal Power Plant in Ansan near completion

April 30, 2011

Tidal Power Plant

Sihwa Tidal Power Plant in Ansan, west of Seoul, which is expected to be completed in July.
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Polar bear twins Aleut and Gregor (video)

April 30, 2011

Polar bear twinsMother Polar Bear Vera with twins Aleut and Gregor at the animal park in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Fire near Viege

April 30, 2011

Fire A forest fire near Viege on late April 26. Ten helicopters and 350 firemen are battling a forest fire near the town of Viege in the south of drought-stricken Switzerland. The fire has consumed about 100 hectares (250 acres) of forest.
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Blue Angel close to water’s surface at 500mph

April 30, 2011

Blue AngelFlying so close to the water at such a high speed (at least 500mph) causes a vortex as the water is literally sucked up from the surface.
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Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale

April 30, 2011

Alfa Romeo ZagatoZagato released the details of their new Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale, which is part of the company’s celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Italian manufacturer.
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Soumaya art museum

April 30, 2011

Soumaya art museumMuseo Soumaya in Polanco, Mexico City, designed by FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE, opened to the public on March 29, 2011 after four years of development.  images: Adam Wiseman
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Monastery, Greece

April 29, 2011

MonasteryThe Xenofontos monastery on Mount Athos, the Holy Mountain. Wooden mallets (in foreground) are used to call monks to prayer, according to Orthodox tradition. Photograph Travis Dove

Lamborghini Aventador video

April 29, 2011


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Green flash from the Moon

April 29, 2011

MoonESO Photo Ambassador Gerhard Hüdepohl has captured a rare sight: a green flash from the Moon, instead of the Sun. The photographs are very probably the best ever taken of the Moon’s green flash.
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