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Neptune instead of the Moon

What if we had a Planet instead of a Moon?

I am not a huge space enthusiast, but I have often wondered what would the night sky look like if the moon was replaced by one of our solar system’s planets? Well Ron Miller answers this question with his collection of manipulated images station planets, from the relatively minute Mercury to the enormous Jupiter, in

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Beyond Pale – The World’s Most Atrocious Tans

It looks as if the pale look is out and the Jersey Shore effect is in. Website PaleIsTheNewTan.com has dedicated its pages to lampooning the culture of sun worshippers and sun block abusers across the globe. And the results of their efforts may frighten you…YES Summer is just around the corner. Two words……SKIN CANCER! Cancer

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The Sunstache

I know a few women who are going to need this fake stache to hide the one underneath it….The Sunstache, classic wayfarer sunglasses with a hairy twist. [Cheers likecool]

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Sunsquatch

It’s just another amazing picture an eruption of ionized gas from the surface of the sun correct? If you look just a little closer, you may see the outline of one of our favorite ape-like crytid. Pareidolia is the trait of seeing recognizable objects in random patterns (usually, but not always, faces). Cryptozoology is the

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The Bright Colors of Shin Azumi`s Sol Watch

The name says it all, as Japanese designer Shin Azumi explains how his solar-powered watch, the Sol, was inspired by his love for the sun. Unlike most traditional solar powered devices that try to hide the Photovoltaic cell, the Sol attempts to draw attention to it by encasing it in the same polyurethane strap as

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What if Planets viewed from Earth were the same distance as the moon

What if planets suddenly appeared in the sky the same way the moon does? Wait till you see what Jupiter would look like if it were as close to us as the moon…that’s some freaky stuff. Brad Goodspeed’s “Scale” shows us just how small we really are in the grand scheme of things,  but it

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Will the Earth’s Skies have two Suns in 2012

Remember the part in Star Wars when Luke Skywalker walks off into the dual sunset? Well George Lucas may have been foreshadowing the very near future, as twin suns are in fact real, and they may just be coming to a town near you. An Australian scientist, Dr. Brad Carter, says that Betelgeuse, which is