Imagen de la luna y un avion

Un avión delante la luna llena, tomada en Arizona (Phoenix, EE.UU.)

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Frutas que se parecen a ubres de vaca

La chichigua o ubre de vaca (solanum mammosum) es el nombre de una planta cuyas frutas se parecen a ubres de vaca.

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The Cow Udder Plant

'Super Duper Titty Fruit' (solanum mammosum) is actually a name of a fruit that look exactly like Cow's Udder.

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Leer 150 veces Alicia en el País de las Maravillas

El poemario "Me lleva el Tren" de Lillian van den Broeck es publicado por El Juglar/Ediciones Ermitaño

Why Beauty Matters

Why Beauty Matters Documentary

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Philosopher Roger Scruton presents a provocative essay on the importance of beauty in the arts and in our lives.

In the 20th century, Scruton argues, art, architecture and music turned their backs on beauty, making a cult of ugliness and leading us into a spiritual desert.

Using the thoughts of philosophers from Plato to Kant, and by talking to artists Michael Craig-Martin and Alexander Stoddart, Scruton analyses where art went wrong and presents his own impassioned case for restoring beauty to its traditional position at the centre of our civilisation.

source: BBC two

Hubble mosaic pays tribute to Van Gogh

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One night, Harvard astronomer Alex Parker was camped out at the telescope for a spot of star-gazing, and found himself facing a long, dry period of waiting for the clouds to clear. To pass the time, he started playing around with various images from the Hubble Space Telescope, and ended up assembling them into a colorful mosaic.

The resulting image? A recreation of Vincent van Gogh's most famous painting, "Starry Night" (above). According to the Finch and Pea blog, "Parker used photo-mosaicing software to assemble the digital collage." He had been thinking about using Hubble images to make a mosaic for awhile, since the telescope's 22nd anniversary was approaching; he just needed the right circumstances to find the time -- a cloudy night.

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Man etches name in the sand of the desert, visible from space

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Gross opulence or a severe case of vanity it may be, but it's hard not to be impressed by this huge piece of graffiti. Or is it mega-landscaping? Or a new waterway? Frankly, it could be any of the above.

Measuring 1,000 meters high, and two miles wide, the name "HAMAD" has been etched into the island of Al Futaisi just off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The letters are dug so deep that they form an artificial waterway when filled with seawater and it is so large that it can be easily spotted by satellite -- this landmark will be around for some time to come.

The lettersbelong to the billionaire Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan. The 63 year old is a member of the ruling family of the oil rich nation. The guy is used to living big. He built a pyramid to house his 200 cars. He had the world’s largest truck built that has a cabin large enough for 4 bedrooms.

Last but not least, he has had a motor home built shaped like the Earth at exactly one-millionth of the size of Earth. So, why not carve your name into the sand to be seen from outer space, because he can. 

Source: Discovery News