A Planet’s Changing Facade Captured on Camera – Stunning images show rapidly melting Arctic

November 6, 2012 at 1:27 pm

via Popular Mechanics

How do you capture on tape history as it unfolds in remote wilderness of a desolate icy desert?  The video below shows the extent people will go to document this once in a lifetime opportunity.  It has a lot of breathtaking, amazing shots of melting polar ice and the people who caught all that one camera. In two words: Stunningly beautiful. BTW, all climate-change deniers will now shut up and watch this in awe. This is not some magic that happens every few thousand years or so..This is a changing planet that is giving away signs that are more and more ominous..

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Today in 1969 (July 20) – Men Walked On Moon; Mankind Took One Giant Leap

July 20, 2012 at 5:58 pm

Shown below is the celebration of an iconic occasion in the history of mankind – This day, July 20, in 1969, three men landed on the moon and kicked off a generation of dreamers and achievers.  Legendary astronaut, Neil Armstrong  said it in one succinct phrase: “One small Step for a Man, one giant leap for mankind”.. Read all about the famous Apollo 11 mission here

Image courtesy: New York Times

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