#just so cool

[intermundia]

The legendary Cassini-Huygens mission took almost seven years to reach Saturn, and spent over a decade exploring the planet and its moons. And on December 25th 2004, nearly a quarter of a century after Voyager 1’s flyby, the Huygens probe detached from Cassini, in a bid to become the first probe ever to land on a body in the outer solar system.

The team had designed Huygens to float, but it landed in what appeared to be an empty riverbed. And the river channels it imaged during its descent were dry... It saw a landscape of rolling dune fields, vast plains and more dried up rivers. It seemed Titan was a desert world.

But in 2006, after many months of searching, Cassini’s radar instrument found what everyone had been waiting for. Lakes and seas of liquid methane at the north pole. Titan’s equatorial region may be a desert, but Cassini had proved that its poles were anything but.

In Titan’s deserts, autumn brings change to the air. Monsoons arrive from the south, unleashing torrents of methane rain. Because of Titan’s low gravity and dense atmosphere, the raindrops fall about six times slower than on Earth. These storms dump enough liquid methane onto the surface to create flash floods, which drain into dry river beds, carving into the landscape, before spilling out onto vast floodplains.

It is now believed Titan’s storm belt goes on an epic 29-and-a-half-year journey from one pole to the other and back again: slow motion seasons, unleashing massive slow motion storms, creating seasonal rivers of methane, in a desert on one of Saturn’s moons.

Solar System: Storm Worlds on NOVA

[lo5o]

Cobie Smulders

[drama-glob]

Not only is this such a badass line and delivery from Alastor, but I love that you can actually see his shadow come out of the wall and grab him to pull him to safety/into the shadows. ^_^<3 I think we're all pretty glad that he managed to survive Adam, but he definitely overestimated his abilities here. :/

[hermesmoly]

Diomedes was so cool in the Iliad

he truly was! the way he delivers himself + defeating/injuring two GODS?

[meliake]

nightcrawler is so coooooool

[pinkbowsandprettyprose]

Some really special things for me (personally) about the hand-drawn frames —

1) All of the notes about backgrounds, shadows, and character outfits written into the margins

2) This hand-written note sandwiched into the feather sequence, from one of the animation staff. It roughly reads: “I spoke with the photographer: ‘When it comes to increasing pre-existing materials, you can do as many as you like. But when it comes to complex movement, it becomes more difficult.’ That being said, I would like to create this with cels and then apply special effects on top. Is that too difficult? Thank you for your help. - Toriyama”

3) The ancient rusted paper clip from 2002 still sticking the frames together 😭

[commandermeg]

Bringing back some of my greatest hits in light of the new Prodigy release date! Here's some drawings I did of a few Dal-type augments. They're just too neat.

Here's a sketch I did from before we knew some of Dal's backstory, I still think Star Trek needs more Sparkly togas. That's a hill I'm willing to die on lol.

[xladymalice]

Here a king for you! Just finished this cross play and thought you enjoy!

Ohhh!!! Your cosplay looks so good °w°!!!!

Also love that smile, that's just the classic short king smile there. Adorable and cool!

thank you so much for sharing!!!

[ihavedonenothingright]

I have nothing insightful to offer, but when Aonuma said, "Imagine you're stuck in a cage," my first thought was "YES, stealth escape mission."

[intermundia]

The office complex was one whole set, but the new part is much grayer than the brilliantly red office (top right, final frame). George mentioned to me that the color red has historically been used as a show of wealth and power. It used to be that only royalty could afford bright red clothing because the dyes were so expensive, hard to obtain, and labor intensive. It's also the color of primal rage. So you have a man with this internal rage—Chancellor Palpatine, aka Sith Lord Darth Sidious—but as his power grows the red fades out, and his world becomes gray. Hes becoming completely cold and mechanical, much like the Death Star. The passion goes away, and he achieves a sort of Zen-like evil.

fascinating to know that the degree to which the aesthetic design of the prequels was deeply intentional and filled with storytelling. so much of the emotional story is generated and guided by the visual impact of the film, and the shift from royal crimson to imperial gray, mirroring sidious's journey from a leader of the republic to emperor, and his passionate rage passing away as he gained absolute power, just as vader becomes more machine than man... it's perfect.

[inkskinned]

please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!

do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!

[knot-doing-it]

That is so awesome

Flamingo Wyvern

This one is a hybrid between a flamingo and a wyvern, as the title says! It’s one of my favourite creature designs that I did actually!

[ashipwreckcoast]

i could, in theory, buy a tofu press

[hollis-art]

ngl im not even a superman fan. i just REALLY like clark kent,,, (thank you, Smallville, for that.)

[noodles-and-tea]

Continuation of this

[joffyworld]

RIATA HOW COULD ANYONE NOW LIKE THIS???????

small Lamb part 2.1 /second half when Ill finish it (2 pages left)

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Ive put too much effort into this haha I need rest yet I have an urge to upload SO-! if you like it please let me know)) it motivates me to draw more ,:D