Interesting/Noteworthy Things of the Day

I just started researching the Tianzi mountains as my next travel destination.

If you are going to the Tianzi Mountains, don't forget to consider the nearby areas too...
http://www.chinahighlights.com/zhangjiajie/attraction/
http://www.zhangjiajietourguide.com/att ... -park.html

I actually think the karst towers of China are equally breathtaking, so you might consider visiting Wulong Karst and the surronding areas as well?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulong_Karst

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attract ... ong-karst/

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1248

If you're a rock climber, it's definitely a dream destination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGPK-62fcKQ

Sweet. Thanks. Not a rock climber. Jungle trecker.

and now for something completely different!
Just in case you are tied up (against your will )




...or want to become invisible in the woods
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2015/09/0 ... -tutorial/
(not for the faint of heart or OCDers)


...survival skills anyone?
Listen to the podcast (link below) (warning, it's boring! But the book looks interesting!)
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2015/10/1 ... situation/
*Might come in useful when dodging agressive Black Fridayers
*I think I want this for Christmas!

P.S. And for a whole lotta Art of Manliness visual guides, go here...
http://www.artofmanliness.com/category/visual-guides/

For a neat peek into the world of art gone tiny....

https://www.instagram.com/slinkachu_official/

brought to you by...
http://www.slinkachu.com/






And on a lighter note, a nuclear fusion reactor is born...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-fbBRAxJNk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyqt6u5_sHA

a short summary here
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/ge ... on-reactor

Gravitational Astronomy -- Black Holes and gravitational waves finally measured!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s06_jRK939I

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Pretty amazing! I would love to live in this cave!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxcftjJ39BU

Today I discovered my spirit animal . . .

Sorry.

Omni Verse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isFooVmbjcg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEoPJBhdVOE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTXQKK4C358

Reminders of cold!

This would be an interesting place to visit, if it wasn't so difficult to get to....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObPJzhv ... e=youtu.be




Cool Google World Heritage Virtual Visit!
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitut ... nders#ql=4


One of my favorite true horror stories (read the book when I was sea faring around the Aleutians a long time ago!)
Shackleton's Endurance Expedition (1914)
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZuydFcnGzs


Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txZCHgwyGrE


Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRbqiRnqWGo


A map perspective of the Endurance Expedition

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Race for the Poles, Robert Falcon Scott vs. Roald Amundsen (1911)

Another gripping story of the frigid cold...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compariso ... xpeditions

The "Serious" version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTWX5goLoJw

*A bit slow at the start....

Conclusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXfK2PAM-Xc

*Scott was 11 miles from a major food cache, that would have possibly saved them. The remains of that cache was discovered in 1986, and displayed in a Christchurch museum
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid= ... 2864&hl=en

I still remember this series when it aired on PBS, nicely done, I think (nice to see it available on YT!)
The Last Place on Earth 1985
Ep. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ27CIoRg28


Ep. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_crT5abZsE


Ep. 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrMD4BOivlY


Ep. 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0lqA83tBss


Ep. 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d21ysW4a5Og


Ep. 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkNUPOcYlrE


Ep. 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxOv7YXCH3k


And the journey from a map perspective





*by comparison, you can see just how close Shackleton got to the South Pole (just 112 statute miles, 180 km)--this was his 1908-1909 attempt (not the same as the Endurance Expedition, which took place in 1914)

Here is the food cache they found and put in a museum...

http://mallemaroking.org/tag/history/





P.S. Another great explorer and humanitarian (a good read)
https://archive.org/details/fridtjofnansenhi00bainuoft

http://plaidstallions.blogspot.ca/2016/03/battle-of-planets-book-and-record-set.html

Race for the Poles, Robert Falcon Scott vs. Roald Amundsen (1911)

Another gripping story of the frigid cold...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compariso ... xpeditions

Here is the food cache they found and put in a museum...

Thank you for all the amazing posts!

I watched this on local (free and crystal clear) digital antenna reception last night.
http://www.pbs.org/a-year-in-space/home/

I liked the part at the end where it shows the date
because I looked at the date on my computer
and said that was today!

You're very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed them! I never know if I'm being long winded or boring (apologies to those who do find these posts boring and/or annoying ) . Thanks for the space program link! I will enjoy watching that

The Patia Davis post was really excellent.

This show about the pneumatic tire and the Rupert's Drop also had me talking out loud

Episode Two – Away

http://cptv.org/programs/everyday-miracles/

how the bicycle suddenly stirred a national gene pool, why we should all be grateful for exploding glass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdraXh9Jhwc

*Fast forward into 57 seconds... dontchathink the Hairy Frogfish should be a Kaiju toy?
P.S. If you view it in full screen mode, notice the brittle star and baby crab, happily riding on the flounder's head--poor things

The first feature-length handpainted movie in history is being made... An ode to one of art's greatest and most misunderstood painters, Vincent Van Gogh.



Every frame is a single oil painting. There are over 100 artists contributing their time and work to this project. One artist in particular just celebrated 960 hours of painting.

Absolutely mind-blowing, and something to definitely keep an eye on as production continues.

The first feature-length handpainted movie in history is being made... An ode to one of art's greatest and most misunderstood painters, Vincent Van Gogh.

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Every frame is a single oil painting. There are over 100 artists contributing their time and work to this project. One artist in particular just celebrated 960 hours of painting.

Absolutely mind-blowing, and something to definitely keep an eye on as production continues.

Wasnt that one Ghibli movie about the tiny princess completely made with watercolors? I am of the camp that hates painting in most of its iterations. But this is a film, so not painting and I am looking forward to this.

On that painting note, I saw that Hockney documentary a few days ago and it is stellar, very recommended. The man is just a charmer and its refreshing to see his kind of painting take the spotlight for a second at least.

Also, the Art Institute here in Chicago has a thing on Van Gogh's room with lots of diary notes and works. Great show if you guys happen to be in town.

Neither interesting nor noteworthy...


...but I though of you today, Gracie, at the hepster diner.
Bacon

Needed a good laugh today! Thank you Deevis, you made my day, that is so funny and very sweet! Looks like a good eatery, what is the name of the place please? Hope you ate some extra bacon for me!

...now that you've set my mind on bacon


Care for some carmelized Millionaire's Bacon?
http://bkarmstrong.blogspot.com/2013/01 ... bacon.html

bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon Yea!

p.s. a very creative use of utensils on that light fixture too!

:lol:
Needed a good laugh today! Thank you Deevis, you made my day, that is so funny and very sweet! Looks like a good eatery, what is the name of the place please? Hope you ate some extra bacon for me!

You're welcome, so glad to hear that the timing of my post worked out.

The signage was on the walls of a little place in Berkley, MI called Coco Fairfield's:
http://www.cocofairfields.com/photo-gallery.html

Sorry to say, my breakfast was meatless:

A savory waffle filled with sweet red peppers, onions and spinach; and smothered in eggs and Hollandaise sauce.

Burp!

^^^I'm not one for eggs, but that looks like a great brecky Deevis!
And on the note of Prehistoric Critters....



Top 11 "scariest" Prehistoric creatures, anyone?
https://www.fossilera.com/blog/top-11-s ... ic-animals

Looking for a fun and cute noise generator?

http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/catPur ... erator.php


Great for traveling, when the hotel neighbors are a bit noisy when you're trying to sleep, or just a calming background noise

Ok, if purring is not your thing, there's a whole range of sounds...
https://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php

want the ambience of a coffee shop?
http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/cafeRe ... erator.php

My house has been purring for about 17 hours now. Mr. Pibb has finally given up on circling the television in search of the source.

Another excellent place to get your fix:

http://cornelluniversity.tumblr.com/pos ... -now-fully