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eatduck: Another Dota 2 piece I did a while ago, because Pudge...

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:41:20 +0100

Another Dota 2 piece I did a while ago, because Pudge is my waifu.

shityo: morefunthanbeingsad: physicsphysics: An interesting...

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:56:12 +0100

morefunthanbeingsad:

physicsphysics:

An interesting model of our solar system’s path as it travels through space in the Milky Way.

Certainly a departure from usual models that show the Sun as a static object, which it certainly isn’t

I had no idea this was happening. Where are we going?

To fuck some shit up

GUYS THERE IS ACTUALLY A WEBSITE THAT COMPLEMENTS YOU WHEN YOU FEEL BAD

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:52:22 +0100

uncolorfulskittles:

http://emergencycompliment.com/#

somebody cares

sellyourmartyr: Tiny is so friggin cute

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:06:47 +0100

sellyourmartyr:

Tiny is so friggin cute

we-are-star-stuff: If Earth Had a Ring Like Saturn Our planet...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:30:47 +0100

we-are-star-stuff:

If Earth Had a Ring Like Saturn

Our planet is lucky enough to have a large moon orbiting not too far away, which makes for very pretty moonlit nights. But for spectacular skies it might almost be worth trading in our moon for a ring like Saturn’s.

In fact, the earth did once have a ring - as part of the formation of our moon, ironically enough. When the planet Thea crashed into the earth, a titanic amount of material was blown into space. This went into orbit around the earth, forming a ring until it all eventually coalesced into our present-day satellite. This only happened because the material was orbiting outside of earth’s Roche limit.

In 1848, the French mathematician Edouard Roche calculated that if a large satellite were to approach too closely to a planet, it would be torn apart by the planet’s gravitational forces. This happens because the gravitational attraction of a planet on a moon is not equal. The planet pulls more on the side of the moon closest to it and less on the side further away. If the moon gets too close, this unequal pull can become great enough to tear the moon apart. Every planet has what is called a Roche limit.

Some astronomers believe that Saturn’s rings are material that was unable to form into a moon because it lies within the planet’s Roche limit. The gravitational pull of Saturn prevents particles from clumping together to form a moon. Another idea popular among scientists suggests that during the time when Saturn was first forming, it had one or more moons just outside its Roche limit. The bigger a planet is, the more gravity it has. And the more gravity it has, the bigger its Roche limit is. So as Saturn grew larger, its Roche limit grew, too. The limit soon moved past the inner moons and these moons soon broke apart. The remnants of the destroyed moons eventually formed the magnificent rings we see today. There may still be large pieces of these ancient moons within the rings. They would be much smaller than their ancestors but a thousand times larger than a typical ring particle. Another theory suggests that a few hundred million years ago - at a time when the early ancestors of the dinosaurs were roaming Earth - Saturn may have had no rings at all. The rings formed when one or more small moons wandered too close to Saturn. When they got within the Roche limit, Saturn’s gravity ripped them apart. After millions of years of bumping against one another, the pieces of moon were ground into the tiny particles that form the rings today.

If we had rings in the same proportion to our planet that Saturn’s are to it, it is pretty easy to figure out what they would like like from different places on the earth. From the equator the rings would be passing directly overhead. Since you’d be looking in the same plane as the rings, all you would see is a bright line arching from horizon to horizon. Here is what the rings might look like from Quito, Ecuador:

If we travel just a little further north to Guatemala, the rings begin to spread across the sky. The earthlight illuminating the dark side of the moon is many times brighter than we are accustomed to, due to the increased sunlight being reflected from the rings.

From Washington, DC (at 38° latitude), the rings begin to sink below the horizon, though they would still be an awe-inspiring sight as they dominate the sky both day and night.

At the Arctic Circle, the rings barely reach above the horizon. Seen here from Nome, Alaska, the brilliant rings illuminate the barren landscape scarcely more than a full moon would. Unlike the sun or moon, however, the rings neither rise nor set… they are always visible, day or night, always in exactly the same place.

thenimbus: hammpix: For those of you who don’t understand...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:32 +0100

thenimbus:

hammpix:

For those of you who don’t understand archaeology, I have made a diagram.

CASE CLOSED.

gunpowderandspark: <IMG> That exact sexual thing you like with the exact level of intensity...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:55:16 +0100

gunpowderandspark:

<IMG> That exact sexual thing you like with the exact level of intensity at which you feel comfortable </IMG>

lovedota2: Visage DotA 2 by ~DariaDesign

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:26:06 +0100

lovedota2:

Visage DotA 2 by ~DariaDesign

Photo

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:14:12 +0100

Photo

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:37:53 +0100

I’m popular!!

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:55:37 +0100

I’m popular!!

cas-get-into-my-ass: himchanspenus: Here’s a serious advice. Even the nicest people have their...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:09:20 +0100

cas-get-into-my-ass:

himchanspenus:

Here’s a serious advice. Even the nicest people have their limits. Don’t try to reach that point because the nicest people are also the scariest assholes when they’ve had enough.

Demons run when a good man goes to war.

iodinosaur: I’ve either got far too much free time or really...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:06:32 +0100

iodinosaur:

I’ve either got far too much free time or really don’t want to revise. One of the two! Half finished spawn for an unreleased server!

I’ve either got far too much free time or really...

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:17:08 +0100

I’ve either got far too much free time or really don’t want to revise. One of the two! Half finished spawn for an unreleased server!

mocaine: Just posting this doodle of Lanaya to celebrate...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:48:16 +0100

mocaine:

Just posting this doodle of Lanaya to celebrate Goliath’s new dota 2 blog ヾ(◕ω◕)ﾉﾟ･

idontknowwhatshappeningtome: how to slay every league players...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:52:05 +0100

idontknowwhatshappeningtome:

how to slay every league players argument ever.

el-zayac: Defend That Ancient by ~hhhwei

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:32 +0100

el-zayac:

Defend That Ancient

by ~hhhwei

Apathy Never Landed On The Moon: Titan Icon got a big update!

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:19:02 +0100

Apathy Never Landed On The Moon: Titan Icon got a big update!:

apathyneverlandedonthemoon:

Everyone’s favorite City of Heroes launching program got a new feature:

Ability to enter the basic starting zones! Doors don’t work, there’s no one around, and you can’t do anything but fly and hold a torch, but you can go into any of the starting zones including Atlas Park, Praetoria, and the…

elsen-or-else: I FOUND DOTA’S MASCOT.

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:26:05 +0100

elsen-or-else:

I FOUND DOTA’S MASCOT.

frenearden: I’m doing an art giveaway ლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ) I’ll be...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:23:06 +0100

frenearden:

I’m doing an art giveaway ლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ)

I’ll be doing 5 digitally painted, full color portraits of a person/character of the winner’s choice (so it can be your own character or anything really…) The style/quality will be somewhere b/n those first two examples and the two BW ones at the bottom.

HOW TO GET IN ON THIS:

Reblog this post; likes and multiple reblogs will not increase your odds

Winners will be chosen at random in two weeks’ time on June 1st

I will make a post naming the winners and send an ask to work out the subject of the painting

I’ll be reblogging this a few times to make sure people see it. I don’t want like 5…people to reblog it ahahha that’d be embarrassing omfg please don’t let that happen. But! if you want to avoid seeing this post again block the tag #frenegiveaway