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The relative sizes of a number of objects, including the three (known) members of Alpha Centauri triple system and some other stars for which the angular sizes have also been measured with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at the ESO Paranal Observatory. The Sun and planet Jupiter are also shown for comparison. Credit: ESO

March 2, 1979 – Astonishing glimpses of planet Jupiter made by the Voyager 1 space probe. (NASA)

Red Pandas are just too cute! :-)

Waitomo Glowworm Caves // Shaun Jeffers

Stormy Weather at Porthcawl // Pete

Even if you step towards a place from which you can’t return you choose not to reveal your screaming for help to other people

Above It All // Heather Ingram

The World’s Smallest Snowman stands less than 3 microns tall.  The snowman was fabricated from three 0.9 micron silica spheres stacked with the use of electron beam lithography.  The eyes and mouth were cut with a focused ion beam while the arms and nose were sculpted with platinum.