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Yo Gees. Names Anna-Beth and this is a random collection of things i love. I go to Skidmore college and live in the great state of Virginia. Enjoy.

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archiemcphee:

These awesome photos, in which rolling waves appear to be both perfectly frozen in time and miraculously made solid, are the work of French photographer Pierre Carreau.

Carreau “shoots waves with a variety of high speed cameras using various macro and wide angle lenses, capturing water shapes that appear more sculptural than liquid.”

Visit his Pierre Carreau’s website to view many more examples of his amazing work. He also offers prints of some of his images via Clic Gallery.

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fuckyeahhistorycrushes: Queen Tamar of Georgia. Ruled the Kingdom of Georgia from 1184-1213. Even though her father left her the throne, a lot of her counselors were wary about having a woman rule, so they picked out a husband for her - Yuri, Prince of the Rus’ (Russia). She complied, but when he started getting drunk and abusing her, she called off the marriage and kicked him out of Georgia. He came back with an army to try and overthrow her, but she and her armies beat them to a pulp and sent them packing.  A lot of neighboring countries tried to invade, actually, because they thought that a woman leader was a sign of weakness.  She showed them otherwise.  She expanded the Kingdom of Georgia to its largest size, created a Golden Era of peace in which the greatest Georgian poetry and art was created, and eventually married her friend and equal, David Soslan, prince of Alan.  She was incredible, guys. 

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Queen Tamar of Georgia. Ruled the Kingdom of Georgia from 1184-1213.

Even though her father left her the throne, a lot of her counselors were wary about having a woman rule, so they picked out a husband for her - Yuri, Prince of the Rus’ (Russia). She complied, but when he started getting drunk and abusing her, she called off the marriage and kicked him out of Georgia. He came back with an army to try and overthrow her, but she and her armies beat them to a pulp and sent them packing. 

A lot of neighboring countries tried to invade, actually, because they thought that a woman leader was a sign of weakness. 

She showed them otherwise. 

She expanded the Kingdom of Georgia to its largest size, created a Golden Era of peace in which the greatest Georgian poetry and art was created, and eventually married her friend and equal, David Soslan, prince of Alan. 

She was incredible, guys. 

rhamphotheca: New App Lets You Track Great White Sharks by Andrea Mustain Want to travel the oceans alongside great white sharks, but your busy schedule and fear of death always seem to get in the way? There’s an app for that. Now anyone with an iPhone or an iPad (and $3.99 to spare) can follow along in near-real time with a dozen of the world’s most iconic predators with the app Expedition White Shark. “We’re hoping it raises public awareness about white sharks, which helps our conservation efforts,” said marine biologist Michael Domeier, the man behind the app and president of the Marine Conservation Science Institute, a small, California-based nonprofit research organization. Domeier has studied great white sharks for many years, and was one of the first people to ever outfit adult great white sharks with satellite tracking tags — the key to the new app. His adventures were chronicled on the National Geographic Channel program “Shark Men.”… (read more: OurAmazingPlanet)

rhamphotheca:

New App Lets You Track Great White Sharks

by Andrea Mustain

Want to travel the oceans alongside great white sharks, but your busy schedule and fear of death always seem to get in the way? There’s an app for that.

Now anyone with an iPhone or an iPad (and $3.99 to spare) can follow along in near-real time with a dozen of the world’s most iconic predators with the app Expedition White Shark.

“We’re hoping it raises public awareness about white sharks, which helps our conservation efforts,” said marine biologist Michael Domeier, the man behind the app and president of the Marine Conservation Science Institute, a small, California-based nonprofit research organization.

Domeier has studied great white sharks for many years, and was one of the first people to ever outfit adult great white sharks with satellite tracking tags — the key to the new app. His adventures were chronicled on the National Geographic Channel program “Shark Men.”…

(read more: OurAmazingPlanet)

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motherjones: world-shaker: I hear they were dividing by zero. And that’s why you listen to your math teacher, kids.

motherjones:

world-shaker:

I hear they were dividing by zero.

And that’s why you listen to your math teacher, kids.

lady-aquata: His shirt reads “They gave me a medal for killing two men, and a discharge for loving one.” You are a bad-ass.

lady-aquata:

His shirt reads “They gave me a medal for killing two men, and a discharge for loving one.”

You are a bad-ass.

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equalitopia: Gay Couples Kiss in Front of Westboro Baptist Church Protesters WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: Two same sex couples kiss in front of Westboro Baptist Church protesters, at the U.S. Supreme Court, on March 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. Today the high court is scheduled to hear arguments on whether Congress can withhold federal benefits from legally wed gay couples by defining marriage as only between a man and a woman. (Mark Wilson / Getty via Huffington Post)

equalitopia:

Gay Couples Kiss in Front of Westboro Baptist Church Protesters

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: Two same sex couples kiss in front of Westboro Baptist Church protesters, at the U.S. Supreme Court, on March 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. Today the high court is scheduled to hear arguments on whether Congress can withhold federal benefits from legally wed gay couples by defining marriage as only between a man and a woman.

(Mark Wilson / Getty via Huffington Post)

earth-song: Pair of whales on their way down to feed in 2 miles of water. Taken under permit by Nudibranch182

earth-song:

Pair of whales on their way down to feed in 2 miles of water. Taken under permit by Nudibranch182

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