Great photos – cockney ATM, wild breaks and salmon seas

Great photos – cockney ATM, wild breaks and salmon seas

I hope that the Cockney ATMs still exist (as far as I can tell a five unit marketing stunt, but a good one). I love these shots of the beach from a breaking wave (and the other ones are pretty great too): And finally, what a nutter, but a glorious one: Food...
An enigmatic wisp

An enigmatic wisp

No, not my hair, it’s The Waterfall Nebula. We don’t know how it works, but we’re trying to find out. Beautiful, either way.

Rendering synthetic objects in photos

It may not be surprising that you can insert objects into photographs, it certainly is how astonishingly well you can do it these days. You have to watch the video to get the full effect.
NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge

NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge

APOD: 2011 October 15 – NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge. Beautiful. Pretty much as our galaxy would look like to someone at the relevant angle and distance. Our solar system is out on the far edges away from the central black hole.
ALMA first images

ALMA first images

Billion dollar telescope snaps galactic head-on. Extraordinary. Click through to the higher resolution image for the true beauty of the galaxy collision pictured. Fabulous.