the-science-llama:

If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

simplythebess:

pluckypalaeontologist:

pinecounty:

necroluste:

J.R.R Tolkien, looking at flowers.

Apparently people hated to go for walks with him because he would stop and look at every tree for like 20 minutes.

EXPLAINS THE BOOKS

^^^^ This

slytherin-starkid-of-tardis:

cas-get-into-my-ass:

himchanspenus:

Here’s a serious advice. Even the nicest people have their limits. Don’t try to reach that point because the nicest people are also the scariest assholes when they’ve had enough.

Demons run when a good man goes to war.

laurenzuke:

fuck the patriarchy

psilentasincjelli:

If I ever tell you I’m going to sleep and then you see me posting or liking things online for about an hour immediately after that, I promise I wasn’t lying to you, I’m just bad at going to sleep and it is usually a long process that begins with disengaging from any sort of immediate contact with people (chats, for example) and ends when everything on my screen is blurry and I’m hallucinating plot points I haven’t written yet

galacticdad:

when i was little i learned what schizophrenia was from TV and for a while i was really afraid because i thought i had it since i always heard my own voice in my head so finally i told a doctor and he informed me that what i was experiencing was called thinking.

i feel like this needs to be a separate post

ianthe:

so if

• modern clown makeup is rooted in blackface/racist caricatures of black people
• and one potential psychological explanation for why clowns are so scary is that they seem “less than human”
• what the fuck does that say

What if being scared of clowns means you’re scared of racism?

thorhead:

thorhead:

I wonder if the young girls playing on the trampoline next door know that

1. I can see them
2. I can hear them singing You Can’t Stop The Beat from Hairspray
3. they are really bad singers and
4. I can probably get a YouTube-worthy video of them from my current position

gUYS I PUT ON MY COUSINS HOCKEY MASK AND STOOD AT THE WINDOW AND YELLED “STOP YOUR INFERNAL SINGSONG I’M TRYING TO MURDER HERE” AND THEY SCREAMED AND TRIED TO RUN AWAY AND ONE FELL OVER AND STARTED CRYING

#THERE’S SOMETHING REALLY REALLY REALLY AWESOME ABOUT HOW IT’S THE SAME SHOT #AND ROSE IS LIKE SURROUNDED BY ALL THIS LIGHT #AND THE DOCTOR IS JUST… TOUCHED BY IT #AND THE DECISION TO PHOTOSET IT REALLY SHOWS IT OFF #AND IT COULD ALMOST BE TOO DIFFERENT SHOTS #BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR HANDS AND IT ISN’T #AND WOW I JUST LOVE IT A LOT (via worstwolf)

One Scene per Episode » TOW the Ick Factor (S1E22)

The hills were alive at the sound… OF music.

feuilledelierre:

margflower:

marigoldsky:

Well, that’s one mystery solved (Timelash).

o.O

I don’t know why people are always so surprised, Moffat may have some flaws, but he’s brilliant when it comes to things like this.

sexykangaya:

i-was-promised-a-fluffy-chicken:

nadiezda:

Last one for today, i promise.

OMG ARE THOSE FEM!DOCTORS?

theyre perfect and every single way