neil-gaiman:

odditiesoflife:

Stunning Landscape - Cappadocia, Turkey

The mysterious rock formations and underground cities of Cappadocia make this region of Turkey one the most beautiful in the world. The rich history of this site can be told through the villages, subterranean churches and fortresses that have been carved straight into the soft, porous, eerily eroded rock.

Popular activities in the region include visits to the underground cities, viewing the ancient Christian cave art, seeing the “fairy chimney” rock formations, and taking sunrise hot air balloon rides for a view of the breathtaking landscape from above.

When I am certain everyone else in the world is following odditiesoflife I will not reblog everything she puts up quite so industriously….

Source: beautifulplacestovisit.com

mucholderthen:

WHAT IF OTHER PLANETS WERE AS CLOSE TO US
AS OUR OWN MOON?

Illustrator and author Ron Miller sought to answer the question visually.  And - visually - it would be stunning.  But …

These visualizations show only what it would look like in the instant before the gravity of those planets caused Earth (and us) some major tectonic difficulty.  At least major tectonic difficulty.  

All visualizations by Ron Miller @ Black Cat Studios

MARS Diameter 6,792 km  |  4,220 miles   

VENUS Diameter 12,104 km  |  7,521 miles 

NEPTUNE Diameter 49,244 km  |  30,599 miles

[ via TwistedSifter who got it via  io9.com ]

(via scinerds)

Source: twistedsifter.com

centuriespast: Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)Autograph letter, dated 17 October 1888, to Paul Gauguin Eagerly anticipating Gauguin’s impending visit, van Gogh promised that en route from Pont-Aven to Arles his friend would see “miles and miles of countryside of different kinds with autumn splendors.” Van Gogh reported that a recent bout of eyestrain forced him to remain indoors and paint an interior “with a simplicity à la Seurat.” This painting was The Bedroom—sketched and vividly described here—in which he “had wished to express utter repose with all these very different tones.” Van Gogh expressed his desire to talk with Gauguin about this and other paintings, admitting that “I often don’t know what I’m doing, working almost like a sleepwalker.” Two months after Gauguin’s arrival, their fierce quarrels about art ended the painters’ intense friendship. The Morgan Library
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centuriespast:

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
Autograph letter, dated 17 October 1888, to Paul Gauguin

Eagerly anticipating Gauguin’s impending visit, van Gogh promised that en route from Pont-Aven to Arles his friend would see “miles and miles of countryside of different kinds with autumn splendors.” Van Gogh reported that a recent bout of eyestrain forced him to remain indoors and paint an interior “with a simplicity à la Seurat.” This painting was The Bedroom—sketched and vividly described here—in which he “had wished to express utter repose with all these very different tones.” Van Gogh expressed his desire to talk with Gauguin about this and other paintings, admitting that “I often don’t know what I’m doing, working almost like a sleepwalker.” Two months after Gauguin’s arrival, their fierce quarrels about art ended the painters’ intense friendship.

The Morgan Library