July 19, 2011
July 18, 2011
A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan
If the full Moon suddenly faded, what would you see? The answer during the total lunar eclipse last month was recorded in a dramatic time lapse video from Tajikistan. During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth moves between the Moon and the Sun, causing the moon to fade dramatically. The Moon never gets completely dark, though, since the Earth's atmosphere refracts some light. As the above video begins, the scene may appear to be daytime and sunlit, but actually it is a nighttime and lit by the glow of the full Moon. As the moon becomes eclipsed and fades, the wind dies down and background stars can be seen reflected in foreground lake.
Most spectacularly, the sky surrounding the eclipsed moon suddenly appears to be full of stars and highlighted by the busy plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. The sequence repeats with a closer view, and the final image shows the placement of the eclipsed Moon near the Eagle, Swan, Trifid, and Lagoon nebulas. Nearly two hours after the eclipse started, the moon emerges from the Earth's shadow and its bright full glare again dominates the sky.
The Photography of Nicolai Howalt
If you are into photography make sure that you check Nicolai Howalt’s work! The images above belong to his series of 141 boxers and depict fighters before and after a boxing match! Go here to see them all.
THE RABBI'S CAT - LE CHAT DU RABBIN - TRAILER
Produced by Banjo Studio
Directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux
Synopsis: Algiers, 1920s. Rabbi Sfar has more than one problem. His beautiful daughter is becoming a teenager and above all, his parrot-killing cat has just started talking! The delivery of a trunk from Russia further complicates matters when a painter is discovered inside, more dead than alive. The painter is on a quest for a hidden tribe and its mythical city in Africa. Convinced that the city really exists, he sets off on an incredible adventure, taking with him the Rabbi and his cat, a wise old Arab Sheikh and an eccentric Russian millionaire.
The Making Of:
Voice Actor - Keith David
In other voice work; David provided the voice of the Arbiter for the video game Halo 2, released in 2004; later, he reprised that role in the Xbox 360 follow-up, Halo 3. He played the role of Captain David Anderson in BioWare's Mass Effect. David also did voice work in the Xbox 360 title Saint's Row playing gang leader Julius.
Additionally, he has also provides the voice for the UPS "What can Brown do for you" commercials. He has also done voice work for early "Adult Swim" commercials for "Inuyasha". [3]
He has worked with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns several times, narrating Burns's Jazz, Mark Twain, The War, and Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. David won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work in the latter two films. He also performs the narration duties in the BBC documentary, World War II: Behind Closed Doors.[4]
David is popular in advertising, particularly in United States Navy recruitment commercials. He has done voice-over work for many other documentaries including several for National Geographic and the documentary Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked for the History Channel. He replaced Paul Winfield as narrator for the popular A&E show City Confidential, taking over after Winfield's death in 2004. He voiced the trailer for the movie Primeval, which was released in the U.S. on January 12, 2007.
Additionally, David provided the voice of police detective Alex Cross for the audiobook versions of three novels by James Patterson: Cat and Mouse (1997), Pop Goes the Weasel (1999), and Roses are Red (2000).
Other voice roles include Bebe Proud Clone from The Proud Family Movie, Atlas from the Teen Titans animated series, the lone renegade male gorilla "Tublat" in The Legend of Tarzan, and the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game.
Recently, David did the voices of the Black Cat in Coraline, Sgt. Foley in Modern Warfare 2, and Doctor Facilier in The Princess and the Frog. David voiced Tombstone (comics) from only one episode from The Spectacular Spider-Man, Survival of the Fittest.
Here's his credit list:
| 3x3 Eyes (1991, Anime Series) | Mama | |
| Aladdin (1994, Animated Series) | King Zahbar | |
| Minos | ||
| Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, The (2004, Animated Film (Direct-To-DVD)) | Abu 'Imam' al-Walid | |
| Coraline (2009, Stop-Motion Animated Film) | The Cat | |
| Disney's House of Mouse (2001, Animated Series) | Mufasa | |
| Dissidia: Final Fantasy (2008, Video Game) | Chaos | |
| Fantastic Four, The (1994, Animated Series) | Black Panther / T'Challa | |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001, Computer Animated Film) | Council Member #1 | |
| Gargoyles (1994, Animated Series) | Goliath | |
| Officer Morgan | ||
| Thailog | ||
| Halo 2 (2004, Video Game) | Arbiter | |
| Halo 3 (2007, Video Game) | Arbiter | |
| Hercules (1997, Animated Film) | Apollo | |
| Hercules (1998, Animated Series) | Apollo | |
| Horatio's Drive (2003, Documentary) | Narrator | |
| Jazz (2001, Documentary) | Narrator | |
| Justice League (2001, Animated Series) | Despero | |
| Justice League: The New Frontier (2008, Animated Film (Direct-To-DVD)) | Centre | |
| Kaena: The Prophecy (2004, Computer Animated Film) | Voxem | |
| Legend of Tarzan, The (2001, Animated Series) | Tublat | |
| Lords of EverQuest (2003, Video Game) | Lord Vekk | |
| Mass Effect (2007, Video Game) | Captain David Anderson | |
| Mass Effect 2 (2010, Video Game) | Captain David Anderson | |
| Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (1999, Documentary Miniseries) | Frederick Douglass | |
| Princess and the Frog, The (2009, Animated Film) | Dr. Facilier | |
| Princess Mononoke (1997, Anime Film) | Narrator | |
| Okkoto | ||
| Proud Family Movie, The (2005, Animated TV Film) | Bebe Proud Clone | |
| Saints Row (2005, Video Game) | Julius Little | |
| Saints Row 2 (2007, Video Game) | Julius | |
| Spectacular Spider-Man, The (2008, Animated Series) | Tombstone / Lonnie Lincoln | |
| Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003, Animated Series) | FBI Agent Mosely | |
| Tales from the Crypt (2000, Internet Radio Series) | Dr. Egbert Fleagle | |
| Teen Titans (2003, Animated Series) | Atlas | |
| Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997, Animated Series) | Spawn | |
| Transformers: The Game (2007, Video Game) | Barricade | |
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004, Documentary) | Narrator | |
| War, The (2007, Documentary) | Narrator |
July 16, 2011
July 14, 2011
The Art of Studio Ghibli - Part 1
Hayao Miyazaki Image Board, 1983:
Story Art by Futo Furikaeru:
Background Art by Kazuo Oga:
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