I need this.

It records the hours of bright sunshine by burning a hole through a card.

The Campbell-Stokes Recorder (sometimes called a Stokes sphere) is a type of sunshine recorder. It was invented by John Francis Campbell in 1853 and modified in 1879 by Sir George Gabriel Stokes. The original design by Campbell consisted of a glass sphere set into a wooden bowl with the sun burning a trace on the bowl. Stokes’s refinement was to make the housing out of metal and to have a card holder set behind the sphere.

[Found here via here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 538 – Sun Pong, T. Rex Geometry & Ringtoss Win

[Found here, here, and here. All three are from this Very Nice .Gif Collection.]

The .GIF Friday Post No.482 – Sunset, City Lights & Subway Reversal

sunset

city-lights

subway-illusion

[Found here, here and here.]

The .GIF Friday Post No. 472 – Cooler Pwnd, Dance Hard & Warehouse Windsurfing

cooler-pwnd

dance-hard-36

warehouse-wind-surfing-fail

[Found here, here and here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.378 – Midnight Stun, Skateboard Splat & Archie and Edith

Midnight Sun
Skatesplat
Edith and Archie

[Found here, here and here.]

BTW, I had a dream last night where I’d stitched together every .gif I’ve ever posted into one that took hours to download and view. It was entirely awesome.

PacMan’s Left Nostril

Or maybe it’s Sisyphus‘ Vacation.

It’s more commonly known as Venus, attempting in vain to eclipse the Sun.  Venus never stops trying (just like Sisyphus).

[More very cool images of immense far away stuff here.]

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