Pandora's Galaxy and the 2009 Top Ten Astronomy Photos

"Brethren! We have a message from another world, unknown and remote. It reads: one… two… three…"

Taken from Letters of Note, a note on Tesla:

In the summer of 1899, whilst alone in his Colorado Springs laboratory working with his magnifying transmitter, the inimitable Nikola Tesla observed a series of unusual rhythmic signals which he described as 'counting codes'. Having just detected cosmic radio signals for the first time, Tesla immediately believed them to be attempted communications from an intelligent life-form on either Venus or Mars, and later said of the experience, 'The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another'.

The next year, Tesla was asked by the Red Cross to predict man's greatest possible achievement over the next century. The letter below was his reply.




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Some rapid kayaking

A trailer with some amazing footage from a new kayaking film called Dream Result. Thanks to The Adventure Life for this one.

Fun Snowboarding/Skiing Video

I found this video over on the GoBlog earlier. Great clips of some beautiful carving and even cooler paragliding/skiing.

EXTREME - RIDE THE PLANETS
by tv8montblanc

Teton Gravity Research

If you're into cliff jumping on skis, or even if you've never done it but still consider it a worthwhile way to wile away those empty hours, then you may find this video from the Teton Gravity Research site riveting:

http://www.tetongravity.com/viewer/Clip_RECORDCLIFFHUCK.aspx

Rafters Get Last Look at the Great Bend of the Yangtze

"A year from now, it will be impossible to repeat the eight-day rafting trip we just completed down the Great Bend of the Yangtze. This 120-mile section of the Yangtze, like many of China's rivers, will be dammed in 2009. It was amazing to experience this world-class stretch of whitewater before it changes forever...."

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