The Seasons of Saturn - NASA Picture of the Day

Image Credit: R. G. French (Wellesley College) et al., NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Since Saturn's axis is tilted as it orbits the Sun, Saturn has seasons, like those of planet Earth ... but Saturn's seasons last for over seven years. So what season is it on Saturn now? Orbiting the equator, the tilt of the rings of Saturn provides quite a graphic seasonal display. Each year until 2016, Saturn's rings will be increasingly apparent after appearing nearly edge-on in 2009. The ringed planet is also well placed in evening skies providing a grand view as summer comes to Saturn's northern hemisphere and winter to the south. 

The Hubble Space Telescope took the above sequence of images about a year apart, starting on the left in 1996 and ending on the right in 2000. Although they look solid, Saturn's Rings are likely less than 50 meters thick and consist of individually orbiting bits of ice and rock ranging in size from grains of sand to barn-sized boulders.

via Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA

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Use a giant 'pencil sharpener' to peel vegetables

We have been sharpening pencils with pencil sharpeners since our childhood - but what about peeling vegetable with a gadget that looks like a pencil sharpener - only bigger in size.

Well that's true. Karoto peeler can remove the skin from root vegetables in 30 seconds. And that is not all. The 'shavings' it creates can also be used to decorate salads.

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The Karoto looks and works like an oversized pencil sharpener to peel vegetables such as courgettes and carrots or any similar-shaped vegetable such as the cucumber or parsnip.

Priced at £9.95, the Karoto peeler can speed  up the task and reduce the  danger to fingers in using a knife or peeler.

The kitchen gadget is 3-inches long and 2-inches wide and can also be used to sharpen carrots, for example, for presentation purposes.

Jenni Day, sales manager at London-based Luckies - the gift site that sells the Karoto in the UK - said: 'The Karoto is a really fun, quirky gift that can make preparing dishes a bit more interesting.

'It makes peeling vegetables easy and can be used with any long root vegetables such as carrots, courgettes, parsnips, and cucumbers.

Watch the demo video below:

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'Guillotine method' of taking off boiled egg shell

Peeling of the boiled egg shell is really time consuming - but not for those who are in a hurry for the office.

I came across this 'guillotine' like approach for speedily peeling of egg shell from a boiled egg at Funzug and thought of sharing with my readers. It may help those who are tired of using ordinary and most adopted method.

Here it goes:

  

So far so good. Rest is all simple:

I am sure you would find it interesting - worth trying - isn't it?

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Awesome 3D Paintings for Kids

Painting is one of the most adopted hobby of hobbyists around the world. But normally scenes, portraits and nudes are painted for the grown up and the elderly who can appreciate the beauty and the mindset of the painter.

But do we think about children ever? They too like wall papers up their bedroom walls and doors. And naturally these have to be based on themes like d by children.

Catering for the needs of the children and the young, Anton Gortcevich has painted 3D paintings that would surely fascinate the children.

Here in under are some of Anton Gortcevich's 3D paintings artfully designed for the younger audience:

Photos Courtesy: Funzug
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