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The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of an enormous bubble being blown into space by a super-hot, massive star.
The Bubble Nebula, or NGC 7635, is 7 light-years across — about one-and-a-half times the distance from our Sun to its nearest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri.
The seething star forming this nebula is 45 times more massive than our Sun. Gas on the star gets so hot that it escapes away into space as a "stellar wind" moving at over 4 million miles per hour. This outflow sweeps up the cold, interstellar gas in front of it, forming the outer edge of the bubble much like a snowplow piles up snow in front of it as it moves forward.
As the surface of the bubble's shell expands outward, it slams into dense regions of cold gas on one side of the bubble. This asymmetry makes the star appear dramatically off-center from the bubble, with its location in the 10 o'clock position in the Hubble view.
Dense pillars of cool hydrogen gas laced with dust appear at the upper left of the picture, and more "fingers" can be seen nearly face-on, behind the translucent bubble.
This Hubble image of the Bubble Nebula was chosen to mark the 26th anniversary of the launch of Hubble into orbit on April 24, 1990.
For more information please visit:
hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2016/news-2016-13.html
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
The Isetta is an Italian-designed microcar built under license in a number of different countries, including the UK. Because of its egg shape and bubble-like windows, it became known as a bubble car, a name also given to other similar vehicles.
In 1957, Isetta of Great Britain began producing Isetta 300 models at their factory in the former Brighton railway works under licence from BMW. The bit I really like about this story is that this car factory had no access by road! All components were delivered by rail and finished cars were shipped out the same way.
As you can see above, the British cars had right-hand drive with the door hinged from the right-hand side of the car, with the steering column moved across to the right as well. Right-hand drive meant that both the driver and the engine were on the same side, so a 27 kg counterweight was added to the left side to compensate.
Dunlop tyres were used, and Lucas electrics replaced the German Hella and Bosch components, with a different headlamp housing being used. Girling brake components replaced the ATE brake parts.
The Isetta was not popular in the UK until a three-wheeled version was introduced. Although three-wheeled vehicles are more prone to rolling over, there was a financial advantage: they could evade automobile legislation and taxation by being classed as three-wheeled motorcycles, and could be driven with a motorcycle licence. In 1962, Isetta of Great Britain stopped production of the little cars but continued to produce the engines until 1964.
The three-wheel vehicle seen above was manufactured in 1961. It is an exhibit in the Science Museum in London.
Number 31 for 52 in 2016
On the dog walk yesterday.
My granddaughter had a go at this, she couldn't resist the invitation.
It is harder than it looks!
Another here www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/?image_id=2669798
This is a giant bubble blower and this is how they look at night. They were starting to freeze but were too big to land and photograph.
A fruit-fly making cool bubble sitting on a white flower. These are very small flies with red compound eyes.
Have a great weekend, friends !!!
If you want to know more about this fly see this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_melanogaster
Explored #468 dt 16 09 2010.
This is from a collection of photos that I took for children's portrait session few weeks back. Really enjoyed working with the kids, and they were awesome models!
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“A smile starts on the lips,
A grin spreads to the eyes,
A chuckle comes from the belly;
But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul,
Overflows, and bubbles all around” ~ Carolyn Birmingham
I was going to use this shot for the PCA group's guessing game going on now. It is obviously a bubble, but what kind/where I will leave for you to guess.
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A bubble busker entices the kids with soap bubbles in front of the famous Roman Baths in the Bath.
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This was, in fact, one of the ponds where I normally fish ... most of the surface was thinly coated in ice, except along the Northern edge which was in sunshine ... the trees are reflections in the water ... the bubbles are from Carp rolling along just under the surface ...
Bubbles get a bit rubbery when they freeze, so when they pop it happens really slow. It was around 15-20 F and this bubble took about two minutes to freeze. When it's colder they freeze really fast and will shatter more like glass. This bubble took about fifteen minutes to disintegrate.
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I suspect Bubbles will sit here for many more years slowly rotting away.
Bubble's used to be a a regular visitor to our street. I was always happy to see, and hear, her. Now she is a permanent resident, sitting on the driveway. No tax disc (real or virtual), tyres deflating, feeling unloved and uncared for. She hasn't moved for a long time now. She was born on 19 January 1988.
I can see the photographic possibilities with these slow, thick, "catch a bubble" bubbles
btw, the difference between this shot and the previous one was a tilt of the camera/hand and my auto white balance interpreted it differently
I'm forever blowing bubbles
Pretty bubbles in the air
They fly so high, nearly reach the sky
Then like my dreams they fade and die
This was a very challenging challenge! Frustrating. Exhausting. Addictive. I learned a lot and know what I'll do differently the next time I try this. My biggest problem was lighting and focus. The fact that I don't have a lot of photography equipment also hindered me. My kitchen table was a mess! I would have liked to have taken the project outside for better lighting, but we've had nothing but rain and wind. So the virus isn't the only thing keeping me inside!
Here in sussex we have a long tradition of mining like the welsh and cornish,although we generally prefer chalk and another little unbeknown commodity ...bubbles!
yes the very bubbles you'll have all enjoyed in you bubble baths,shower gels ,fizzy drinks and in your beer started here,deep underground at the matey bubble mine,heres a quick snap of a couple of the miners at the end of their shift after returning to the surface....its not dirty work but somebody has to do it.
shot from last LP session with justin
Another bubble shot...
This one was taken during the first kiss. They had all the guest blowing bubbles around the dance floor. I had a couple lights set up bouncing off the side walls. I moved one of the lights to shine more directional in front of the couple to light up the bubbles. It worked well but it left a sharp shadow on her face.
Strobist:
430 ex bouncing off left wall at 1/4 power (PW PlusII)
430 exII coming from the right aimed in front of the couple. at 1/16th (Flex TT5)
580 ex on camera for some ETTL fill. (Mini TT1)
I hope this brings a smile from you for Hump Day. This little man was so delighted by the bubbles his father was blowing for him at a recent Car Club Event that it brought out the inner child in all of us!
Happy Hump Day - & don't forget to post in, and check out, the group!
Happy Hump day!
Four shots taken at this mornings bubble run. It's been a rough week, the flue kicked my ass, twice. Just when I thought I was over it it boomeranged back. But great to get out this morning, and get some fresh air and bubbles!
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