The sky I’ve never seen.

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bobak:

skunkbear:

This is a time lapse built from Hubble Telescope images taken of the star V838 Monocerotis between 2002 and 2006. But it doesn’t show a supernova. Good old V838 didn’t explode. No.

V838 suddenly brightened, and we’re watching that burst of light pass through a relatively stationary cloud of dust, illuminating the cloud as it goes.

The video was originally posted in 2006, and Slate’s Phil Plait has written all about it, but in the mysterious way of the internet, this stellar light eruption has just recently gone viral.

Click through this thumbnail to a beautiful rendering of the event, by Roberto Colombari:

So very very magical

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Unauthorized fan tattoo of the Calvin and Hobbes strip I’m referencing every time I post, “Closer…”, from Joel Schroeder’s wonderful movie Dear Mr. Watterson, available for streaming now on Netflix.

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109pm:

Species unknown

Toolangi, Victoria
Early Winter, June 2014
Taken on 60mm Macro, Canon 600D

I dig the ones that get labeled “Species unknown.” Something about that just works for me.

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Spectacular indeed! :) Did you take the video with a fancy camera or your phone?

That’s just me hitting the record button on my iphone. I didn’t edit it at all, other than to add the dissolves between the shots.

There was a moment when we approached Heart Lake that I just shook my head and said to Linda, “If this was a movie location I’d think it was fake because it looks too pretty.”

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flutish:

So in accordance with my announcement from yesterday about only posting about things I love, I decided to start an in-depth, super passionate, rambling and love-filled series about the things I love: books, films, TV shows, webseries, music, people, whatever. These will be semi-reviews, love stories, cheerful ramblings, thoughtful analyses… and just messages about some of the things in this world that truly make me happy (usually text, though I may try at some point to integrate images and gifs). It only seems fair, then, that the first of these posts will go to the show that brought me to Tumblr in the first place: The Autobiography of Jane Eyre.

AoJE for a lot of us began as something to fill the hole that the Lizzie Bennet Diaries left after it ended. AoJE was clearly inspired by LBD – indeed, in her first episode, Jane tells her viewers how Lizzie (as a “real” person) inspired her (and gently laughs at the impeccable hair the girls always seem to have). That quick flash of LBD footage actually sets the tone for what AoJE would be all about over the next year plus. AoJE used the technical format that LBD popularized, but it used it more casually, with worse hair and more realistic surroundings.

Jane’s vlogs felt like real vlogs – clumsy, at times oddly filmed, often hesitant, almost always reflective of a complicated life and distinctly not professional. There was little of the shiny gloss that LBD had throughout its run – we all remember the spot on the camera in the early episodes, as well at the cut-up, jerky camera blackouts. From the onset, AoJE was a realistic show, with a grounded story and a grounded realism and a grounded Jane that carried the story along phenomenally. And a camera that moved, and a girl that moved with it.

To pretend that our Jane did not greatly contribute to why the show was successful is not even an option – Alysson Hall (boobiesmcfeels) brought Jane to life naturally and flawlessly, to the point where we all, I think, struggle to distinguish between the two at times (the recent behind-the-scenes take during which Alysson goes through all her lines in a Valley Girl accent definitely showcased for me how little I separated between actress and character, as my jaw dropped further and further). As both a writer and as an actress, Alysson imbibed Jane with more life than any other adaptation I’ve ever seen.

Jane for us was not a character – she was a friend, one we worried about when she stopped posting online, one we comforted when she was upset, and one we even were hurt by when she so quietly left us just a few weeks ago. Fans responded to the show’s end not unhappy because of the quality, but because of the relationship they had formed with Jane. It felt much more like a friend who moves away and stops talking to you than a show that has reached its end.

But AoJE is not simply Jane. It’s episodes like Kidnapped, which are so believable as not-fiction that when I show it to people, they ask if these are my friends. It’s characters like Simon or Beth, who are conceptually faithful to their original, but put in a different context and different light, perhaps even improving upon Brontë’s original story. It’s the choices that Jane makes, the way she grows up, the way redemption plays into the story… all of these aspects match the original Jane Eyre, yet also successfully turn it into a fresh, original story that is worth being told on its own right.

There was also a level of engagement and fan involvement in the show that surpassed LBD. The way showrunner Nessa Aref (inkingideas) lovingly coaxed fans in the weeks leading up to the ending, the way the transmedia team often teased fans, the way Jane herself interacted (or didn’t online) – these all made both the show itself feel more real, as well as the world around it. That they can laugh at themselves (with videos like the April Fool’s teaser, the perk videos, or their crossover with Shipwrecked Comedy for the excellent Bertha’s Attic Song) creates a safe space around the entire project that ultimately permeates the story itself.

I have not yet had the chance to watch all of the videos straight through, start to finish, but I know that I will do it in the very near future. And again in the further future, and again, and again. AoJE was partially an experience for me – holding my breath every Wednesday, later every Wednesday and Saturday, and finally just every painful, heart-wrenching Saturday – but it’s also a brilliant adaptation, story and piece of art in its own right.

So why do I love The Autobiography of Jane Eyre? I love The Autobiography of Jane Eyre because I love Jane Eyre the book, because I love this version of Jane Eyre the not-character-but-a-person, because I love stories that feel natural, because I love feeling that sort of connection, and ultimately because it’s really, really good. It’s a story that didn’t always make me smile (and often made me cry), but it always filled me with a sense of love. That is something to be treasured.

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djabal:

Milford Sound & Sunset by Luís Henrique Boucault on Flickr.

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Photos from our hike in the Little Lakes Valley today.

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I’ve been officially working while we’re in the mountains, but today I took a vacation day so Linda, William, Rory and I could go for a hike above Tom’s Place in the Little Lakes Valley. Even though Linda and I lived in Mammoth for several years at one point, we never visited this particular spot, so all the (spectacular) views were new to me. One place in particular, where the trail first reaches Heart Lake, was over the top in the scenic-beauty department. But it was all great.

Rory loved it, especially swimming in the lakes. Also fun to watch was his reaction to seeing horses for the first time. (Freaked out, making his “I’m terrified but I must defend my pack!” bark, then gradually calming down as he realized he wasn’t about to die.)

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itsgonnabeathing:

VidCon 2014 Recap: Pemberley Digital

As many of you know the 5th annual awesomefest known as VidCon happend last week and it was…well, awesome!

What really made VidCon so amazing for me this year was getting the chance to hang out with so many people in the LBD fandom (or as I like to call them, “my fandom-ly”)

Meeting Katie Campshure IRL was just fantastic! I still don’t understand how she is even real, but I can confirm that she is. Because the Pemberley Digital Panel was going on at the same time as the I was on, she made a PUPPET VERSION OF ME so I could be there in spirit! I cannot thank you enough Katie!

I got to meet Bernie Su, Joanna Soromura, Dayeanne Hutton, James Brent Issacs (who is super nerdy IRL too!) and they were all just so kind and welcoming and just THE BEST!

I also got to meet the amazing  people who work BTS Pemeberely Digital and they are all rock stars! They put together such a fun and interactive booth featuring the LBD costume theater props!

(Thanks for gif-ing it Claudia)

Though my highest honor though was being able to hang out with THE REAL KELSEY GELLER AND THE OFFICIAL ERIN WERT! It was an honor to be in their presence. (Seriously though, I love you two and you’re AMAZING!) 

I even got to see and chat with Ashley, MK, and Max! They were great to see as always. We took like 10 reaction pictures, but this one was my favorite :D

The LBD/Pemberely Digital fandom is seriously the best! I love how we are able to interact not only with the shows but the shows creators. I love how we are able to imagine each other complexly and become fans each other.I felt so at home with these amazing people and I cannot thank you all enough for your love, your excitement, and your experience.

TL;DR The LBD/ Pemberly Digital Fandom is TOTES…

*ding*

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buggirl:

Lampshade looking fungi.

Tiputini, Ecuador

Little lampshades!

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2/6 Themes or Series or Subjects » The Sea

_{Adriatic Sea (1893) by Mikhail Nesterov | Fourmis Bay Beaulieu (1891) by Eugene Boudin | Blue and Silver – The Blue Wave Biarritz (1862) by James McNeill Whistler | Rough Sea at Etretat (1868) by Claude Monet | Pier Inn The Bay Of St Tropez (?) by Cornelis Vreedenburgh | The Wrath Of The Seas (1886) by Ivan Aivazovsky [X]}

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welovewebseries:

“If you’re here and you’d like to meet me, you can meet me at literally any time. I will be here waiting, waiting to meet you”

A Bertha/MrCheezyPop/Tangled/AoJE musical mashup, and bonus Poestache. And Yulin was just tweeting about how unproductive she felt…

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anonsally:

mashable:

Remember that time Tim Howard scored a goal with a kick from the opposite side of the soccer field?

Wait. What?!

That poor opposing goalie…

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109pm:

Pixie’s Parasol

Mycena interrupta

Toolangi, Victoria
Early Winter, June 2014
Taken on 60mm Macro, Canon 600D

First thought: Tink would love this.

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lies:

Closer…

Hm. Not quite as close as I expected, it turns out:

So, reset the clock. Countdown continues…

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almeida-o-bigodes:

Some of the best #ThingsTimHowardCouldSave memes on twitter.

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Northern Naturalists – Invertebrate Tracking Field Guide:

urbpan:

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: BUY THIS BOOK.

If you’ve ever seen a bump on a leaf, or found a weird cocoon, or a bunch of tiny eggs, and wanted to know what creature made them, this book is for you.

This is absolutely true. I’m a field-guide fan from way back. I own way too many field guides.

This is literally my favorite field guide ever. It is beautifully illustrated with hundreds of photographs. The text is fascinating.

It’s like having a personal Sherlock Holmes that you can ask questions of and receive precise, authoritative answers about the most obscure clues. Um, if Sherlock Holmes had devoted his life to solving insect mysteries instead of human ones.

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Me: I love Michael Darling SO much!
Husband: yeah. He is the Lydia Bennet of this show.

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