Source: Funzug
Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
An amazing video for the astronomy lovers
9:24 AM
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An amazing video that may leave astronomy lovers spellbound, and horrific if I may so so. The video is an imaginary composition which may or may not be correct. But it is just another view point to differ or support the idea put forward.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Looking down on earth from space
7:52 PM
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Today, we have an amazing video for the astronomy lovers - this time it is watching "us" from the space rather than "us" watching the space. The wonderful video above has been taken by NASA astronauts on board the International Space Station.
The video starts over the northern Pacific Ocean and then passes from western North America to western South America, ending near Antarctica as daylight finally approaches.
But besides the earth, one can have a glimpse of familiar constellations of stars as the time-lagged video proceeds. Besides, an aerosol haze of Earth's thin atmosphere is visible on the horizon as an thin multi-colored ring. Many wonders whiz by below, including vast banks of white clouds, large stretches of deep blue sea, land lit up by the lights of big cities and small towns, and storm clouds flashing with lightning.
Technical details/Video by NASA
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Kepler-16b: A planet with two suns
5:38 PM
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This artist's movie illustrates Kepler-16b, the first directly detected circumbinary planet, which is a planet that orbits two stars.
If you stay up long enough, you can watch both suns set. Such might be a common adage from beings floating in the atmosphere of Kepler 16b, a planet recently discovered by the space-based Kepler satellite. Although multiple star systems are quite common, this is the first known to have a planet. The frequent eclipses have given Kepler 16b the most accurate mass and radius determination for a planet outside our Solar System. To find a planet like Saturn in an orbit like Venus -- so close to its binary star parents -- was a surprise and will surely become a focus of research.
Research credit: NASA
Stamps of Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
1:54 AM
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The postal history of Turkey can be divided into two part. Turkey before and after 1923. Before 1923, the modern day Turkey was part of the greater Ottoman Empire, which was tspread from Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania in the west, to Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the borders of Persia in the east.
The Duloz Issue 1865
The above stamps issued in 1890 were subsequently cancelled
Selimiye Mosque, Adrianople, 1913
Saturday, September 24, 2011
A colourful stamps sheet of USSR - CCCP
5:28 PM
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Related:
Postage stamps of CCCP - the USSR
Himalayas International Mountainbike Race 2011
7:28 AM
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Kaghan Valley in the Khyber Pakhtukwa province of Pakistan is home to some of the sepctacular mountain sites in the world. I have already shared a numbe rof posts describing the pictureseque beauty and serenity of the Valley in a number of posts before. Recently, a small event attracted some of the best bikers from across the globe to take part in the Himalayas International Mountainbike Race 2011 held in the Valley - or on the top of the world, so to say as the bikers started at a height of some 9,000 feet and finished at 13,800 feet.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Postage Stamps of Monaco - the second page from my collection
5:24 PM
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I shared the brief postal history of Monaco and the first page of my collection of Monacan stamps awhile ago. Today, I am sharing the second page from collection. These stamps were generally issued in the first half of 1960 and later.
Related: My collection of stamps of Monaco
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Postage stamps of Pakistan - 1973 from my collection
8:01 PM
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Occasion: 500th Birth Anniversary of Copernicus, Issue Date: 19 February, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: Copernicus in observatory
Occasion: 50th Anniversary of Moenjodaro excavation, Issue Date: 23 February, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: Moenjodaro archaeological remains and a statue of woman
Occasion: Centenary of International Metro logical Organization, Issue Date: 23 March, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: Elements of Meteorology
Occasion: Prisoners of War, Issue Date: 18 April, Denomination: Rs. 1.25, Display: Prisoners of War
Occasion: Constitution Week, Issue Date: 21 April, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: National Assembly building and the constitution book
Occasion: 25th Anniversary of State Bank of Pakistan, Issue Date: 1 July, Set: 2 stamps, Denomination: Paisa 20 and Re 1, Display: State Bank building and Emblem
Occasion: 9th Anniversary of RCD, Issue Date: 21 July, Set: 3 stamps, Denomination: Paisa 20, Paisa 60 and Rs. 1.25, Display: Left to Right: Statue from Lut Desert Excavation (Iran), Main Street of Moenjodaro Excavation (Pakistan), Mausoleum of Antiochus 1 (Turkey)
Occasion: Independence Day and enforcement of the New Constitution, Issue Date: 14 August, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: National standard of Pakistan and the Constitution Book
Occasion: 25th Death Anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Quaid-e-Azam, Issue Date: 11 September, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: Portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Occasion: Wildlife Series - Fishes, Issue Date: 24 September, Set: 4 stamps, Denomination: Paisa 10, 20, 60 and Re.1, Display: Top Row (Left to Right): Wollagoattu, Labeo Rohita, Bottom Row (Left to Right): Tilapia Mossamtica, Catla Catla
Occasion: Universal Children Day, Issue Date: 1 October, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: Book, Child and School
Occasion: 10th Anniversary of W.E.P, Issue Date: 15 October, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: Harvesting farmer and emblem of WEP
Occasion: 50th Anniversary of Turkish Republic, Issue Date: 29 October, Denomination: Paisa 50, Display: Mustafa Kamal Ataturk (the founder of modern Turkey) and city of Ankara
Occasion: Silver Jubilee of National Scouts Jamboree, Issue Date: 11 November, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: Boy scout waving to new horizons
Occasion: 25th Anniversary of Declaration of Human Rights, Issue Date: 18 November, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: Basic necessities of life
Occasion: International Conference on Millinery of Al Beruni , Issue Date: 28 November, Set: 2 stamps, Denomination: Paisa 20 and Rs. 1.25, Display: Al Beruni and Nandana Hills
Occasion: Centenary of Hansen's Discovery of Leprosy Bacillus, Issue Date: 28 December, Denomination: Paisa 20, Display: Dr Hansen's microscope and Bacillus
