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Deathcow is our new alien overlord (and he has a ruby)!

rasch187 (http://rasch187.videosift.com) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:53:24 -0700

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La vaca de muerte got his Ruby! DC has been with the sift from the very beginning so it's about time It's almost 2 years since he got his Gold-100...

This hobby-astronomer who lives up in the polar regions of the US has been gunning for this gem the last couple of months and has supplied the sift with some great videos and even better comments over the years. And doesn't he look cool? Well, I think so. If you want to know more about his search for aliens, have a look at his blog.

Deathcow is also the owner of the *livemusic channel, which doesn't take up too much of his time I would imagine. Maybe this is the time to change channels?

Anyway, congrats DC, no one is more deserving! Keep searching for the dark side of Uranus and let us know if you find it.

- rasch187

Awesome 8mm ILM footage from making of Star Wars

spoco2 (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:52:48 -0700

(2 comments - 311 views)
Unfortunately I can't work out how to embed it, I assume it has embedding turned off.

But this video is awesome for all the special effect wizards in their native environment back in the 70s. Or, as the submitter says
"Crude home movies from the 1970s depicting activities at a certain location in the San Fernando Valley. "

- spoco2

A Universe wide Sift...

ponceleon (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/ponceleon) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:43:13 -0700

(10 comments - 304 views)
I'm drunk...

... I just saw a beautiful sift of Nuriev dancing Le Corsier (sp? because i'm drunk), and it occurred to me: what an amazing thing that I can sift something from a 9 to a 10 and bring it to a wider audience and hopefully expose them to something so unlikely in the grand scheme of the universe... just beautiful...

... It got me to thinking. If by some chance we were to find a way to overcome the rules of physics and communicate with other intelligence across the universe and set up an "internet" that went beyond our planet... can you imagine the absolutely amazing, unlikely and wonderful things that we would sift? Could we possibly imagine the insanity of sifting something from 9 to 10 that just goes beyond anything in our conception of our own cultures?

Sorry, drunk and feeling inspired by the sift and all that it brings to me on a daily basis... I swear, if my financial situation improves, I'll become a charter member on a subscription, because the sift is a wonderful wonderful thing...

- ponceleon

EndAll haz reached teh stars!

Eklek (http://eklek.videosift.com) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:57:53 -0700

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Girls and boys, women and men, y'all give it up for this fine eclectic active mind-expanding rising star Ollie O. a.k.a. EndAll!!!
Still some videos waiting is his PQ..
Cheers! (echoing in space)..

- Eklek

Astronauts witness eruption from International Space Station

Duckman33 (http://duckman33.videosift.com) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:09:22 -0700

(7 comments - 458 views)
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1195215/Stunning-pictures-hole-clouds-astronauts-witness-volcano-eruption-International-Space-Station.html

Framed by a circle of clouds, this is a stunning illustration of Nature's powerful force. A plume of smoke, ash and steam soars five miles into the sky from an erupting volcano. The extraordinary image was captured by the crew of the International Space Station 220 miles above a remote Russian island in the North Pacific.

The round hole in the clouds is thought to have been caused by the shockwave of the initial explosion. At the centre lies the billowing mushroom tower of grey and brown ash.
For volcano experts, the most exciting part of the image is the layer of smooth white cloud that caps the plume - a little like a layer of snow on a mushroom. This cap of condensed air is created from the rapid rising and then cooling of the air directly above the ash column. When moist, warm air rises quickly it creates a cloud.

This cap, which meteorologists call a pileus cloud, is already beginning to break up in these images - and would have vanished soon afterwards. Far below, a thunderous line of light grey cloud can be seen falling down the sloping sides of the volcano.

This is a deadly pyroclastic flow - a mixture of hot gas and ash that destroys everything in its path. Reaching temperatures of 600C (1,112F) and moving at 130mph, a pyroclastic flow is the most dangerous part of a volcanic eruption. Thankfully, Matua Island is uninhabited. The eruption of Sarychev Peak began a week ago and is still under way. The International Space Station has continued to track the ash cloud over the last few days.

The plume is a few hundred miles from one of the world's busiest air corridors. Hundreds of flights across the Pacific have been diverted to avoid any chance of it knocking out plane engines. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in Russia's Kuril archipelago. Eruptions have been recorded as far back as the 1700s, with the last known one in 1989.

- Duckman33

Breathtaking image of Saturn

eric3579 (http://eric3579.videosift.com) — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:26:59 -0700

(6 comments - 294 views)
I never imagined Saturn could look so beautiful. The image was taken by Cassini in Sept. 2006.
http://ciclops.org/view_media/25522/In_Saturns_Shadow_-_the_Pale_Blue_Dot

Article regarding this image.
http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=2230&js=1

- eric3579

Boing Boing's Best Worst Star Trek Parodies

ant (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/ant) — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:42:21 -0700

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http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/05/05/best-worst-star-trek.html

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Maybe..."

- ant

Amazing Pictures of Saturn with Cassini telescope

bleedingsnowman (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/bleedingsnowman) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:55:24 -0700

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Seriously amazing. Check it out.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1172205/Saturn-close-Sensational-cosmic-images-bring-ringed-planet-life.html

- bleedingsnowman

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Duckman33 (http://duckman33.videosift.com) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:58:24 -0700

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Flowing Barchan Sand Dunes on Mars.

Explanation: When does Mars act like a liquid? Although liquids freeze and evaporate quickly into the thin atmosphere of Mars, persistent winds may make large sand dunes appear to flow and even drip like a liquid. Visible on the above image right are two flat top mesas in southern Mars, where the season is changing from Spring to Summer. A light dome topped hill is also visible on the far left of the image. As winds blow from right to left, flowing sand on and around the hills leaves picturesque streaks. The dark arc-shaped droplets of fine sand are called barchans, and are the interplanetary cousins of similar Earth-based sand forms. Barchans can move intact downwind and can even appear to pass through each other. Over the past few weeks, winds on southern Mars have been kicking up dust and are being watched to see if they escalate into another of Mars' famous planet-scale sand storms.

- Duckman33

Morristown UFO Pranksters get sentenced

Darkhand (http://spacy.videosift.com/member/Darkhand) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:12:42 -0700

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http://cbs3.com/watercooler/strange.lights.ufo.2.975059.html

http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/04/the_two_morris_county_men.html

Municipal Judge Michael Carlucci fined Chris Russo, 29, of Morris Plains, and Joe Rudy, 28, of Chester, $250 each and sentenced the two to 50 hours of community service for creating a disturbance.

- Darkhand