10 for today

Some of the last images captured of Mercury, before the MESSENGER spacecraft crashed on its surface after 11 years of success on its missio

Mesmerising!

 Below is Pyrite, also known as "fool's gold" in its natural form. The universe is filled with magnificence.

Coloured scans of brains are intriguing, all those different colours different aspects of who we self-identify as, what our memories are, basically everything that makes us, us.

The brilliant underwater sculpture museum in Mexico, more here

These butterflies are made entirely out of bits of electronics

I have irresponsibly lost the source of this Instagram account, I found this enchanting work via National Geographic

Robert Montgomery art above and below. Melancholy, wistful, eerie and beautiful. Decided it best not to run a whole post otherwise I would never shut up

A rare lenticular UFO shaped cloud, how marvellous!

The seal on the Magna Carta

Above and below the most beautiful work by Toshio Ebine, it takes me to another place, and that's where good art lives, with you in another world...

All pics from Juxtapoz, Tumblr, National Geographic and NASA

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Curiosity

Aortic valve

Carina Nebula

Scientific curiosity and exploration has led us to discover and appreciate so much

but we, as people, of this our world, still have so far to go

pics from Pinterest

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Imagination is more important than knowledge

(all pics courtesy of Tumblr) 

You don't need a Science background to marvel at some of the very true things Mr Einstein said. (and did!) 

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Perspectives

Saturn's rings, magnified sand grains 

(pics courtesy of NASA, university of arizona and here ) 

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