spaceplasma:

Dirty thunderstorms

A dirty thunderstorm (also, Volcanic lightning) is a weather phenomenon that occurs when lightning is produced in a volcanic plume. A study in the journal Science indicated that electrical charges are generated when rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in a volcanic plume collide and produce static charges, just as ice particles collide in regular thunderstorms.

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I Love These Maya Rudolph and Danny McBride Awkward Family Photos

God I’d love for the hilarious Maya Rudolph and the hysterical Danny McBride to be my parents. Think about it… I’d seriously be the funniest person ever!

Why are Maya Rudolph and Danny McBride creating their own Awkward Family Photos? Well, these photos are all to celebrate GQ‘s June comedy issue… OK. The why doesn’t matter because they totally hooked me with the picture of McBride with a huge pee stain.

Plus, there’s a Behind-the-Scenes video!

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clairemojher:

To celebrate the exciting return of Arrested Development, a few of us greeting card artists put our heads (and pencils) together and whipped up a (fake) mini-line of greeting cards for this contest that anyone can download and print out for free!

It’s super easy! Download the high-res files here. They even come with a dotted line for the fold and should print easily to your basic home printer.

And if you like them, please share them to your heart’s content!

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bill, thanks for 8 hilarious years!

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Simon Pegg photographed by Jake Walters for London Evening Standard

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arteclair:

TARDIS + Van Gogh shoes.

Think I might have to make a pair to keep for myself :)

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If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

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Mattel Unveils 1966 ‘Batman’ TV Series Ken And Barbie Catwoman