Niels Arden Oplev
“Män som hatar kvinnor”
Il buco
(Le Trou, Francia-Italia 1960, b/n)
Regia: Jacques Becker.
Con: Michel Constantin, Jean Kennedy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier.
Mahu, Roland, Geo, Vasselin e Gaspard, detenuti per reati comuni, decidono di sottrarsi al processo tentando di evadere e dopo aver praticato un buco nel pavimento della loro cella i cinque scavano una galleria che consenta loro di uscire all’aperto. L’ultima opera di Jacques Becker è tra i film carcerari più cupi e tesi mai girati; i rumori degli scavi, l’aria pesante dei tunnel, il bianco e nero contrastato, tutto si trasforma in desiderio di libertà.
Sveglio alle 4 del mattino, in tempo per vedermi tutto “le Trou”. Ringraziando “Fuori orario”, da ventidue anni spacciatore di visioni.
From 20 degrees above the ring plane, Cassini’s wide angle camera shot 75 exposures in succession for this mosaic showing Saturn, its rings, and a few of its moons a day and a half after exact Saturn equinox, when the sun’s disk was exactly overhead at the planet’s equator. The images were taken on Aug. 12, 2009, at a distance of approximately 847,000 km (526,000 mi) from Saturn. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
Un oggetto “non ancora identificato”, probabilmente un meteorite, è precipitato dal cielo nel nord della Lettonia, scavando un cratere profondo 15 metri e largo 5. I vigili del fuoco intervenuti sul posto hanno riscontrato che non ci sono tracce di contaminazione chimica o radioattiva. L’oggetto è caduto nel pressi di una fattoria nel villaggio di Mazsalaca, per fortuna nel bel mezzo di un campo. Una squadra di geologi è al lavoro per stabilire con certezza che si sia trattato di un meteorite.
(via Lettonia, meteorite scava un cratere di 15 metri - Galleria - Repubblica.it
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Aurora settembrina in canada
Aurora Over Yellowknife
Credit & Copyright: Yuichi Takasaka (Blue Moon Promotions), TWAN
Explanation: Sometimes, after your eyes adapt to the dark, a spectacular sky appears. In this case, a picturesque lake lies in front of you, beautiful green auroras flap high above you, brilliant stars shine far in the distance, and a brilliant moon shines just ahead of you. This digitally fused panorama was captured earlier this month from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, and includes the Pleiades open cluster of stars just to the upper right of the Moon. Since aurora are ultimately started by solar activity, this current flurry of aurora is somewhat surprising, given the historic lack of sunspots and other activity on the Sun over the past two years. This time of year is known as aurora season, however, for noted average increases in auroras. The reason for the yearly increase is not known for sure, but possibly relates to the tilt of the Earth creating a more easily traversable connection between the Earth’s magnetic field and the magnetic field of the Sun’s changing wind streams.
Star Trails Over Oregon Credit & Copyright: Joshua Bury
il moto della terra in questa splendida foto !
Una Terra - Un cielo
Durant les prises de vue, effectuées entre l’été 2008 et l’été 2009, les astres du système solaire se sont invités dans le champ infini des étoiles : les éblouissantes planètes Vénus, Jupiter et Saturne, ainsi que, plus discrètes, les lointaines Uranus et Neptune, et même une comète à l’éclat vert émeraude, perdue parmi des dizaines de millions d’étoiles, et que vous aurez probablement bien du mal à trouver…
(via Le Ciel de la Terre )
(via Repubblica )
Re mi do DO SOL
Explanation: Was Devils Tower once an explosive volcano? Famous for its appearance in films such as Close Encounters, the origin of Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, USA is still debated, with a leading hypothesis holding that it is a hardened lava plume that probably never reached the surface to become a volcano. The lighter rock that once surrounded the dense volcanic neck has now eroded away, leaving the dramatic tower. High above, the central band of the Milky Way galaxy arches across the sky. Many notable sky objects are visible, including dark strands of the Pipe Nebula and the reddish Lagoon Nebula to the tower’s right. Green grass and trees line the moonlit foreground, while clouds appear near the horizon to the tower’s left. Unlike many other international landmarks, mountaineers are permitted to climb Devils Tower.
Terra Crescente
Crescent Earth
The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program.
Image Credit: NASA
via —- http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1400.html
Le Radeau de la Méduse
In giro per il museo virtuale con COOLIRIS (i colori vanno un po’ come pare)
Grant Morrison : MEGALOPOLIS
via http://www.scifi.darkroastedblend.com/2009/05/two-of-most-entertaining-sf-novels-from.html
