overthinking it

rachel  |  16 years  |  syd, au
bread enthusiast, shoe collector and downton abbey lover
also entirely in love with james duckworth

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alittlefurtheroutoftheway:

wildcat2030:

To celebrate the 38th anniversary of the liberation of Da Nang, the government of Vietnam has constructed the world’s largest dragon-shaped bridge over the Han River. Not only is it the steel bridge the largest of its type in the world, but it is covered in over 2,500 LED lights - and it breathes fire!

Guys, I know we love the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but it’s time to tear it down and build A DRAGON BRIDGE.

(Source: stumbleupon.com)

hesaidiloveyouandhekissedme:

so is it the french open now or…

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therealbbyron:

afronaut:

physicsphysics:

An interesting model of our solar system’s path as it travels through space in the Milky Way.
Certainly a departure from usual models that show the Sun as a static object, which it certainly isn’t

I have been waiting for this picture to come back around for so long to show it to someone.

Relativity. The Sun is perfectly still in relative respect to Earth’s orbit, and relative to the galactic disc the Sun travels around. Cramming these two independent movements in the one model is tragically flawed. For instance: in this model, cosmic events like the transit of Venus would be impossible. 
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therealbbyron:

afronaut:

physicsphysics:

An interesting model of our solar system’s path as it travels through space in the Milky Way.

Certainly a departure from usual models that show the Sun as a static object, which it certainly isn’t

I have been waiting for this picture to come back around for so long to show it to someone.

Relativity. The Sun is perfectly still in relative respect to Earth’s orbit, and relative to the galactic disc the Sun travels around. Cramming these two independent movements in the one model is tragically flawed. For instance: in this model, cosmic events like the transit of Venus would be impossible. 

Read more.

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