What was a very tiny spam receipt, enlarged.
Map Distances
Ripped Newspapers
All-White Frame on Family Guy
An all-white frame on “Family Guy”: season 9, episode 18.
Flipping Iceberg
Weird Recovered File
A weird file, found in the ‘Recovered’ folder in the trash after a crash – possibly from Keynote?
Some “South Park” Glitches
Dark Survey Camera
Sensor array at the Dark Survey Camera (video), part of the Blanco Telescope in Chile (via Wired).
Continuously Cast Copper Crystal
Learned about a new process today: continuous casting. Above is a continuously cast copper crystal, 99.5% pure.
Rope Cross Sections
More rope images: these from high-resolution cross-sections of braided polymer climbing rope made with CT scanning.