The reasons just keep stacking up

That is, reasons to stay out of the bloody ocean. Today's SMH reports on a 3m+ Crocodile, yes Crocodile, which attacked an of-duty policeman in Torres Strait.

And then there's this asshole:

 Really, guys, if it lives in water, and it's not already dead and ready to eat, leave it the hell alone.

Astronomy, in short, rocks

Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, has graced the interwebs with his top ten astronomy pictures of 2006. They are phenomenal, as is to be expected from this eye-popping science, and Phil's descriptions, if anything, are just as spectacular.

My particular favourite sits at number five in the list - a shot from the earth's surface of the ISS and the Space Shuttle Atlantis passing in front of the sun. The photographer's site explains more, but also makes it abundantly clear I shouldn't post the image here.

Snippet of choice: The shot was taken at a shutter speed of 1/8000th of a second, at 50 ISO. My own Olympus E300 DSLR claims to be capable of 1/4000th, and doesn't even have 50 ISO as an option, and of course I don't have a 150mm telescope to use as a lens... but we can dream.

One more reason not to go in there

[found via Pharyngula]

Yes, that's a 4.5m Pacific Giant Octopus. A phenomenal sight to behold I have no doubt, But I can't help thinking of It Came From Beneath the Sea. Nature is a wonderful thing but if it lives in the sea and is big enough/poisonous enough/dangerous enough to do me some serious harm, you can keep it. Really.

In other news: Stingray! Stingray! (tadada dada!)

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