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RSSBLOOM: In 2003, the Massachusetts Mental Health center was set to close, and the buildings were slated for demolition. Artist Anna Schuleit created an installation to commemorate the site’s 9-decade history as a psychiatric hospital. This is the extraordinary result.
Colassal has a wonderful interview with the artist and more images like the ones above. (via Metafilter)
Since submarines began roaming the depths in World War I, sailors and oceanographers, who use sonar technology to map seafloor topography and identify ocean life, have regularly run into “acoustic ghosts”—inexplicable bodies of movable mass that sometimes rivaled the size of a city. Every time a theory emerged to explain the phenomenon, however, it was quickly shot down.
In 2003 scientists aboard a research vessel just south of Long Island, New York, discovered that the UFOs were composed of hundreds of millions of fish—massive gatherings on a scale never before documented. Using low-frequency sonar technology that penetrated hundreds of miles, they identified a school roughly the size of Manhattan.
The ocean terrifies and amazes me.
This is probably the most fascinating thing I’ve read in a year.
npr:
The recent photographs of the Northern Lights have been wonderful, but this video of the Northern Lights in motion is extraordinary. -Savy
Northern Lights over Norwegian Laplands
(Source: Guardian)
Fender’s new “Greta” retro amp is adorable. #Want #Namm2012
npr:
Sigh. Oh’s is my fave cereal. — Tanya
thedailyfeed: Did you know Froot Loops is more than 40% sugar? And it’s not even the worst! A new study says you’re better off eating chocolate chip cookies for breakfast than these cereals.
U.S. authorities raided the compound of a breakaway Amish religious group Wednesday and arrested seven men on federal hate crime charges in haircutting attacks against Amish men
and women …
Among those arrested were the group’s leader, Sam Mullet, and three of his sons, said Mike Tobin, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Cleveland.
- AP The man’s name is Mullet, and he cuts hair. Almost literally unbelievable. Learn more about why haircutting is so devastating to the Amish community here. — Sarah (via npr)
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