"I shot this film over 12 days around the San Pedro de Atacama region of Northern Chile," writes videographer Nicholas Buer. "San Pedro is an oasis town in the Atacama and sits at an altitude of 2600m. The town is a great base to explore the fascinating landscapes that surround it, and everything just goes up and up. The Atacama is well-known for what are arguably the cleanest, darkest skies on Earth."
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Jan 9, 2014
Time-lapse video of "the cleanest, darkest skies on Earth"
Timelapse video of a fish being devoured by maggots
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Timelapse of the Milky Way with the sky held motionless and the Earth rotating
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If you are still waiting to do your taxes then you won't want to miss out on this TurboTax offer
With everything happening in the last few months, we all but guarantee no one has been thinking about their taxes. That’s understandable — because, beyond all of our current concerns, nobody enjoys the whole tax filing process during even the best of times. Unfortunately, Benjamin Franklin was right — taxes truly are as inescapable as […]
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The Zubi Flyer is the hackable frisbee that could launch your kid’s STEM career
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