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astrodidact: World’s ‘Most Beautiful’ Eternal Flame Reveals...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:17:42 -0400

World’s ‘Most Beautiful’ Eternal Flame Reveals New Gas Source

Nestled behind a waterfall in western New York state is an eternal flame whose beauty is only surpassed by its mystery. It is one of a few hundred “natural” eternal flames around the world, fed by gas seeping to the Earth’s surface from underground, said Arndt Schimmelmann, a researcher at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.

But even within this rarefied group, this flame is special. Perhaps lit by Native Americans hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is fed by a new type of geologic process that hasn’t been recorded before in nature, Schimmelmann told OurAmazingPlanet.

Typically, this type of gas is thought to come from deeply submerged, ancient and extremely hot deposits of shale, a kind of rock. Temperatures have to be near the boiling point of water or hotter to break down the large carbon molecules in shale and create smaller molecules of natural gas, Schimmelmann explained.

A curiosity “nobody believed in”

In this case, though, the rocks that feed the flame are only warm — “like a cup of tea” — as well as geologically younger than expected, and shallow, Schimmelmann said. Those findings suggest the gas is being produced by a different process, whereby some sort of catalyst is creating gas from organic molecules in the shale, he said.

“This mechanism has been proposed for many years, but it was a curiosity that nobody believed in,” Schimmelmann said. “We think there’s a different pathway of gas generation in this location and that there probably is elsewhere as well.” If that’s true, and gas is naturally produced this way in other locations, “we have much more shale-gas resources than we thought,” he added.

Originally, Schimmelmann and his colleague Maria Mastalerz, of the Indiana Geological Survey, were tasked by the U.S. Department of Energy to estimate the total amount of methane that seeps out of the ground in parts of the eastern United States. To help, they recruited Giuseppe Etiope, a researcher at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy, and world expert on natural gas seeps and eternal flames, Schimmelmann said.

A flame eternal

Etiope guided the researchers to the aforementioned eternal flame in Chestnut Ridge Park in western New York, calling it “the most beautiful in the world,” Schimmelmann said. They also looked at a “permanently burning pit” in Cook Forest State Park in northwestern Pennsylvania, although this eternal flame is not as special because it’s supplied by an old gas well, Schimmelmann said. The team reported their findings on the New York eternal flame in a studypublished in the May issueof the journal Marine and Petroleum Geology.

Their results were consistent with estimates that about 30 percent of all methane emitted worldwide comes from natural sources such as these gas seeps. When possible, it can actually be beneficial to set fire to these gas seeps to create “eternal flames.” Fire converts methane to carbon dioxide, whichtraps about 20 times less heat than methane in the atmosphere, Mastalerz told OurAmazingPlanet.

However, “macro seeps” that can be lit and form eternal flames remain rare. In most cases, gas percolates through soil — where methane-eating bacteria convert it into carbon dioxide, Schimmelmann said — or it comes out in a location that can’t sustain combustion. In the case of the New York flame, gas percolates in a naturally hollowed-out chamber, where the flame flickers eternally.

The New York gas seep also features the highest concentration of ethane and propane of any seep in the world, according to the study.

http://www.livescience.com/29510-eternal-flames-natural-gas-source.html

“I like to look at Stiles as being the best friend that I...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:09:25 -0400

“I like to look at Stiles as being the best friend that I always wanted. It’s like having a dog at your side and he’ll always be there for you, even if you forget to feed him. He’s not gonna let that affect the relationship. [x]

supermegafoxyawesomehotnot: teruteruhanamura: im fucking cryiNG OH MY GOD???? THIS GUY FROM...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:03:32 -0400

supermegafoxyawesomehotnot:

teruteruhanamura:

im fucking cryiNG OH MY GOD???? THIS GUY FROM SHREK

IS CALLED LORD FARQUAAD RIGHT??? AND FARQUAAD SOUNDS A LOT LIKE FUCKWAD WHEN U SAY IT

LORD FUCKWAD

HOW DID THAT ONE SLIP PAST

SAY IT WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT

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youreusingcoconuts: bob-chan: The Outsider raised his...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:34:59 -0400

youreusingcoconuts:

bob-chan:

The Outsider raised his eyebrows and beckoned. “Come here. Approach me. I propose to give you the form of a whale, whereupon we will engage in a mating swim, while I sing to you.

-The Sea and Stars Are Yours

Probably single handedly one of the best lines I’ve read in a fanfic.

Yes, hello, this is the author, please send help I’m crying

feralworks: grimsperation: Michele Caragher Embroidered...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:26:25 -0400

feralworks:

grimsperation:

Michele Caragher

Embroidered details in Game of Thrones

‘Michele Carragher is a London-based Hand Embroiderer and Illustrator who has been working in costume on film and television productions for over 15 years. She studied Fashion Design at The London College of Fashion, where the course incorporated design, pattern cutting, garment construction, embroidery, millinery and illustration. At the same time she attended a three year evening course in Saddlery at Cordwainers College learning skills in leatherwork.

After leaving college Michele worked in Textile Conservation, repairing and restoring historical textiles for private collectors and museums, specialising in hand embroidery. She then moved into a career in costume for film and television, initially working as a Costume Assistant/Maker on productions such as the BBC’s Our Mutual Friend, ITV’s David Copperfield and Mansfield Park. She soon gravitated towards the decoration and embellishment of costumes, using skills in hand embroidery and surface decoration, taking inspiration from the many historical textiles she had encountered working as a Textile Conservator.

The first production that saw her undertake the role of a Principal Costume Embroiderer was for HBO’s 2005 Emmy Costume award-winning production of Elizabeth 1. Her most recent work has been on HBO’s 2012 Costume award-winning television series Game of Thrones, working on all three seasons.

As a Costume Embroiderer Michele specialises in hand embroidery and surface embellishment, using traditional hand embroidery techniques, smocking, beading and surface decoration. She works directly onto the completed garment or starts with motifs and textures on silk crepeline/organza, which are applied to the costume and then worked into once on the actual garment. She also works on existing machine embroidery designs that are not too dense, adding some hand stitching and beading to give a more authentic, hand-finished look.

Michele finds hand embroidery has more flexibility and diversity than that of embroidery created by machine, as there is a greater variety of thread choice and colours to use. It is also possible to work more easily on garments that are already constructed. However, machine embroidery in combination with hand work can be very useful when completing many repeats by creating light outlines or a less dense machine stitch, work can then be completed by hand and again can be carried out on a finished garment.

Michele is a highly creative Costume Embroiderer, producing original designs as well as working closely to a costume designer’s brief to create their desired look.’

Text and images from http://www.michelecarragherembroidery.com

Everyone just take a minute to appreciate the huge amount of work that goes into the detail of these costume. They are just amazing

algrenion: i think there should be AU’s and then there should be UA’s because Universe Alterations...

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:18:02 -0400

algrenion:

i think there should be AU’s and then there should be UA’s

because Universe Alterations would be a good name for when your characters are in the exact same universe but you’re altering just a couple of plot points or a few character traits

schwarzbrot: I wanted to play him. I wanted to create a...

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:08:58 -0400

schwarzbrot:

I wanted to play him.

I wanted to create a sound.

My sound.

I kinda dislike how Hannibal turned out but I usually don’t allow myself to get hung up on such things so here have some “I don’t even know what happened I just put stuff everywhere”

videohall: Visual effects done right!!!

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:02:08 -0400

videohall:

Visual effects done right!!!

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Sun, 19 May 2013 06:52:00 -0400

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Sun, 19 May 2013 05:43:25 -0400

Yeah, boomerang!

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:34:56 -0400

Yeah, boomerang!

osricschau: THEY GAVE KEBVIN A KEY TO THE BATCAVE beCAUse HE’S FAmiKLTY

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:26:26 -0400

osricschau:

THEY GAVE KEBVIN A KEY TO THE BATCAVE beCAUse HE’S FAmiKLTY

"If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness."

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:17:49 -0400

““If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness.””

- A phrase that was carved on the walls of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner. (via sin-of-sloth)

thatscienceguy: The Beautiful Patterns of Nature.

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:09:21 -0400

thatscienceguy:

The Beautiful Patterns of Nature.

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matthen: When you plot the position of Mars in the sky, you’ll...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:43:23 -0400

matthen:

When you plot the position of Mars in the sky, you’ll notice that in general it moves from West to East. But when we are closest to Mars, it seems to go backwards for a bit before continuing. This is called retrograde motion, and this challenged early models of the Solar system which had Earth at the centre. The animation shows why Mars appears to go backwards for a bit. [more] [code]

ilovemyjawn: PERMISSION?? PERMISSION!

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:35:15 -0400

ilovemyjawn:

PERMISSION??

PERMISSION!

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Sat, 18 May 2013 19:26:09 -0400