Gallifrey Burning

No Church in the Wild | Kanye West & Jay Z ft. Frank Ocean...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:10:40 -0500

No Church in the Wild | Kanye West & Jay Z ft. Frank Ocean & The Dream
No Church in the Wild The Great Gatsby Soundtrack

“Human beings in a mob. What’s a mob to a king? What’s a king to a god? What’s a god to a non-believer who don’t believe in anything?”

doctor who meme: eight quotes[8/8] #DO YOU EVER STOP TO THINK...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:50 -0500

doctor who meme: eight quotes[8/8]

#DO YOU EVER STOP TO THINK ABOUT THIS DECISION #THE WAY THE DOCTOR NEVER EVER DID #THE WAY HE SPENT WE’LL NEVER KNOW HOW LONG #DRIFTING IN THE VORTEX #DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE WOMAN HE LOVES #AND HOW WHEN IT CAME TO HIM #THIS ONE TINY NOT GOOD ENOUGH BUT IT’S ALL HE’S GOT LOOPHOLE HE CAN CLAW HIS WAY INTO #TO GET A GLIMPSE #TO SAY GOODBYE #THE FACT THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A SUN #A WHOLE ENTIRE SUN #PLUCK IT OUT OF THE UNIVERSE TO BURN UNTIL THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT #THAT #I THINK #IS A THING THAT WOULD NORMALLY BOTHER HIM #BUT SHE WAS CRYING WHEN HE LAST SAW HER #THEY WERE SCREAMING #AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE TOO SOON #BUT HE CAN GIVE HER THIS #HE CAN ALLOW HIMSELF THIS #SO HE BURNS THAT FUCKER TO A CINDER #AND DOESNT THINK TWICE (via)

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:18:59 -0500

jelly baby > popcorn

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:37:00 -0500

Is this a life axiom for you? Is it the beginning of a food-related mathematical equation, where I’m...

"A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her,..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:39 -0500

“A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told...

thelostaubade: → Alternate Universe: apples & pears—...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:07:47 -0500

thelostaubade:

→ Alternate Universe: apples & pears— requested by crackinthetardis

in which a patriotic yet heartless duke (David Tennant) & the defiant yet compassionate handmaid (Billie Piper) of his betrothed become hopelessly entangled in a dangerous love affair.

“W-what are you doing?”

“I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too”

theheroheart: Livestreaming my favourite Doctor Who audio drama, “The Chimes of Midnight”,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:01:36 -0500

theheroheart: Livestreaming my favourite Doctor Who audio drama, “The Chimes of Midnight”,...

Otis Taylor - ‘Ran So Hard The Sun Went Down’

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:29:09 -0500

Otis Taylor - ‘Ran So Hard The Sun Went Down’

spaceplasma: NASA Probe Gets Close Views of Large Saturn...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:26 -0500

The spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm (false-color image)

False-color image of Saturn's north pole.

spaceplasma:

NASA Probe Gets Close Views of Large Saturn Hurricane

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn’s north pole.

In high-resolution pictures and video, scientists see the hurricane’s eye is about 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) wide, 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth. Thin, bright clouds at the outer edge of the hurricane are traveling 330 mph(150 meters per second). The hurricane swirls inside a large, mysterious, six-sided weather pattern known as the hexagon.

“We did a double take when we saw this vortex because it looks so much like a hurricane on Earth,” said Andrew Ingersoll, a Cassini imaging team member at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. “But there it is at Saturn, on a much larger scale, and it is somehow getting by on the small amounts of water vapor in Saturn’s hydrogen atmosphere.”

Scientists will be studying the hurricane to gain insight into hurricanes on Earth, which feed off warm ocean water. Although there is no body of water close to these clouds high in Saturn’s atmosphere, learning how these Saturnian storms use water vapor could tell scientists more about how terrestrial hurricanes are generated and sustained.

Both a terrestrial hurricane and Saturn’s north polar vortex have a central eye with no clouds or very low clouds. Other similar features include high clouds forming an eye wall, other high clouds spiraling around the eye, and a counter-clockwise spin in the northern hemisphere.

A major difference between the hurricanes is that the one on Saturn is much bigger than its counterparts on Earth and spins surprisingly fast. At Saturn, the wind in the eye wall blows more than four times faster than hurricane-force winds on Earth. Unlike terrestrial hurricanes, which tend to move, the Saturnian hurricane is locked onto the planet’s north pole. On Earth, hurricanes tend to drift northward because of the forces acting on the fast swirls of wind as the planet rotates. The one on Saturn does not drift and is already as far north as it can be.

“The polar hurricane has nowhere else to go, and that’s likely why it’s stuck at the pole,” said Kunio Sayanagi, a Cassini imaging team associate at Hampton University in Hampton, Va.

Scientists believe the massive storm has been churning for years. When Cassini arrived in the Saturn system in 2004, Saturn’s north pole was dark because the planet was in the middle of its north polar winter. During that time, the Cassini spacecraft’s composite infrared spectrometer and visual and infrared mapping spectrometer detected a great vortex, but a visible-light view had to wait for the passing of the equinox in August 2009. Only then did sunlight begin flooding Saturn’s northern hemisphere. The view required a change in the angle of Cassini’s orbits around Saturn so the spacecraft could see the poles.

“Such a stunning and mesmerizing view of the hurricane-like storm at the north pole is only possible because Cassini is on a sportier course, with orbits tilted to loop the spacecraft above and below Saturn’s equatorial plane,” said Scott Edgington, Cassini deputy project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. “You cannot see the polar regions very well from an equatorial orbit. Observing the planet from different vantage points reveals more about the cloud layers that cover the entirety of the planet.”

Cassini changes its orbital inclination for such an observing campaign only once every few years. Because the spacecraft uses flybys of Saturn’s moon Titan to change the angle of its orbit, the inclined trajectories require attentive oversight from navigators. The path requires careful planning years in advance and sticking very precisely to the planned itinerary to ensure enough propellant is available for the spacecraft to reach future planned orbits and encounters.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

vaya con dios

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:22:04 -0500

vaya con dios

stoprobbersfic: #please imagine #tentoo waking up that first...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:01 -0500

stoprobbersfic:

#please imagine #tentoo waking up that first Sunday they’re in London #in Rose’s apartment #and she’s in the living room #on her hands and knees #ripping up the carpet with a boxcutter #and he’s standing here in Pete’s trackpants and Pete’s socks #wondering if Rose has gone mad from stress and dimension hopping #and she doesn’t look up #from the shredded mess that used to be very nice carpet #just says #”there’s no mortgage on the place - you can thank my dad for that - but I thought I might do something about these carpets” #and he remembers the conversation they had #on an impossible planet #when his hearts had felt torn apart by the black hole looming over them #and then his single heart gives a little odd off-kilter beat #and soon he’s put the kettle on for tea #and is helping Rose tear up the carpet #and trying to argue for getting rid of the doors while they’re at it #(”We’d be able to have conversations when you’re in the shower!” #”We already have conversations when I’m in the shower.” #”Shouting out my name is not a conversation Rose Tyler and neither is begging for more.” #”Blimey I forgot how pedantic you could be!”) (via valueturtle)

kelleycarries: the eighth doctor fandom is my favourite fandom because everybodies just so positive...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:04:05 -0500

kelleycarries: the eighth doctor fandom is my favourite fandom because everybodies just so positive...

celestialcow: Here you go!

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:12 -0500

celestialcow:

Here you go!

thats-what-im-tolkien-about: dubbledeckerbus: Is it a gif? Is...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:40:29 -0500

thats-what-im-tolkien-about:

dubbledeckerbus:

Is it a gif? Is it a jpeg? No one knows.

I ALMOST FELL OFF MY BED I HOPE YOU ARE PROUD

theheroheart: Doctor Who audio drama livestream! After the...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:22 -0500

theheroheart:

Doctor Who audio drama livestream!

After the season 7 finale, I was filled with so much love and yearning for Eight, and a burning need to share his glory. So tomorrow evening, I will stream my favourite standalone story, “The Chimes of Midnight”, written by Robert Shearman, the writer of Nine’s episode “Dalek”, and a lot of other glorious stories.

Tuesday May 21st - 11pm UK time, or find your local time(the story is two hours long)

“Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring…
But something must be stirring. Something hidden in the shadows. Something which kills the servants of an old Edwardian mansion in the most brutal and macabre manner possible. Exactly on the chiming of the hour, every hour, as the grandfather clock ticks on towards midnight.
Trapped and afraid, the Doctor and Charley are forced to play detective to murders with no motive, where even the victims don’t stay dead. Time is running out.
And time itself might well be the killer…”

It’s a timey-wimey, emotional, mindfucky Edwardian murder mystery, full of hilarious dark humour, with my favourite TARDIS team.

If you’re completely new to the Eighth Doctor or to Big Finish audio dramas, come find out what all the fuss is about. If you’re a seasoned fan, come share in the love!

► STREAM WILL BE HELD HERE ◄

Doctor, one day I’m going to be someone that you trust...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:18 -0500

Doctor, one day I’m going to be someone that you trust completely, but I can’t wait for you to find that out. So I’m going to prove it to you, and I’m sorry. I’m really very sorry.

catwithninelives: Goodnight, fandom

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:40 -0500

catwithninelives:

Goodnight, fandom

daphneashbrook: catwithninelives: Colin and Peter Smiling!

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:09:07 -0500

daphneashbrook:

catwithninelives:

Colin and Peter

Smiling!

2013 TV Choice Awards

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:09 -0500

solthree: mrv3000: oodlyenough: mrv3000: Matt Smith is nominated for Best Actor. He’s up...

yellowcrayonwillow: WHY DO THESE THINGS HAPPEN

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:50:48 -0500

yellowcrayonwillow:

WHY DO THESE THINGS HAPPEN