Summer, the poetry of light. Mesmerized by light on water patterns

Dappled, dimpled, sun spangled, reflecting, rippled,
those fluid patterns mesmerize and fill me with peaceful joy.

Sunlit Stream on the Oregon Coast - via

Carved Book by Guy Laramee

Claude Monet, La Grenouillère During the summer of 1869, Monet and Renoir set up 

their easels at La Grenouillère, a boating and bathing resort on the Seine, not far from Paris. 

Untitled by Toni Sirera

Lake-Boat-Wake by Barbara Kemp Cowlin

Fishing boats - Anneliese Clarke

Conversation by Jamie Wayman 

The Mediterranean, 1895 by Nikolai Nikanorovich Dubovskoy

Night on the Southern Shore (1898) by Nikolay Dubovskoy

Mirror-Lake 1929 by Franklin Carmichael

"La piel del agua" by Karen Kruse 2012 

painting by Jamie Wayman

Poplars on the Epte by Claude Monet

Autumn Ripples, photograph by Tony Hadley

"Along in Nature" by Ellen Dittebrandt 2011, sadly, her obituary, killed while riding her bicycle

Cobalt Blue Water by Flickr user cobalt123 

Skrikstract, photograph by John Kosmopoulos

Silence by Nikolay Dubovskoy

The Rainbow (1892) by Nikolay Dubovskoy

Seascape by Nikolay Dubovskoy 

watercolor by Colleen Nash Becht

"Blue cool Creek" by Ellen Dittebrandt

Sunset on Rock Creek Bay - Picture of Lake Powell, Utah by David Drummond

Tuesday July 10th 2012

Photo credit:  

atlanticwire.com

Sunbathers in Qingdao, China's north-eastern Shandong province, who do not want their faces to become dark wear these protective masks.

Photo credit:  atlanticwire.com

More pics here on the Wall Street Journal

It's SUMMER TIME!!! Whoo hoo!

Water Time - Compilation - Zapatou

From IDV User Experience

Animated Tornado Tracks over 61 years Tornado Tracks by Year, 1950 -"Pro tip: check out 1974 and 2011"

Also there

Love this artist's work, Myeombeom Kim. Apparently her work is influenced by this concept: Hylozoism is the philosophical point of view that all matter (including the universe as a whole) is in some sense alive.

Something I learned about this week, Sahel Dynamics. What is the Sahel?

The Sahel is the semi-arid transition region between the Sahara desert to the north and wetter regions of equatorial Africa to the south. It extends from the Atlantic in the west to the Indian ocean in the east. It has high variability of rainfall, and the land consists of stabilized ancient sand seas. It is one of the poorest and most environmentally degraded areas on earth.

Summertime and science illustrations

It's Summertime! Whoo hoo!

Helen M. Turner Lilies, Lanterns and Sunshine

Paul LaCroix Still Life with Fruit 1864

In case you want to be a merperson this summer, it's do-able! Available at monikanaumann.The tails, which function in water, are made with a material called ‘mono fin,’ which is an apparently sturdy and durable swim fabric. The pieces, which are made to order, come in a variety of colors from orange to bright pink. Textured and as luminescent as you might expect to find on a real-life sea maiden, these are realistic in a way that is truly stunning. Priced at around $250, these might be an expensive splurge, but will surely delight anyone with a mermaid obsession.

With your mertail you might also wear webbed fingers.

Love this. I am fat, Veda, 22

This video blew me away! A crash course to shine

This one is also very powerful. Via MetaFilter: How to look your best the morning after

Okay, so this is the big news of the week and this is my favorite video, explaining what the heck is Higgs Boson anyway: The Higgs Boson Explained from PHD Comics on Vimeo.

Wandered around the Scientific Illustration site, enjoying all the interesting and beautiful images.