At the very centre of the image above is something incredible - a single, positively-charged strontium atom, suspended in motion by electric fields.
Not only is this an incredibly rare sight, it’s also difficult to wrap your head around the fact that this tiny point of blue light is a building block of matter.
The image was captured by physicist David Nadlinger from the University of Oxford, and it’s been awarded the overall prize in the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council photo competition.
To give you a little perspective on the size of this set-up, the atom is being held in place by electric fields emanating from those two metal needles on either side of it.
The distance between them is about 2 millimetres (0.08 inch).
The atom is being illuminated by a blue-violet laser. The energy from the laser causes the atom to emit photons which Nadlinger could capture on camera using a long exposure.
The whole thing is housed inside an ultra-high vacuum chamber and dramatically cooled to keep the atom still. Nadlinger took this photo through the window of the vacuum chamber.
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Harlequin’s Carnival, 1925, Joan Miro
Medium: oil,canvas
Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). In the place where a Repair Café is located, you’ll find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need. On clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, et cetera. You’ll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in all kinds of fields.
Visitors bring their broken items from home. Together with the specialists they start making their repairs in the Repair Café. It’s an ongoing learning process. If you have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Or you can lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. You can also get inspired at the reading table – by leafing through books on repairs and DIY.
There are over 1.500 Repair Cafés worldwide. Visit one in your area or start one yourself!
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Fala Atelier, House Along a Wall, Porto, 2018
www.falaatelier.com/
Cimitero di San Cataldo | Modena | Aldo Rossi/ Gianni Braghieri | 1984
Gravitational View #02
Yigal Pardo
Álvaro Siza
Boa Nova Tea House Leça da Palmeira, Portugal 1956
Meera Bai;
“One night as I walked in the desert the mountains rode on my shoulders
and the sky became my heart,
and the earth - my own body, I explored.
Every object began to wink at me, and Mira wisely calculated thinking,
My charms must be at their height
now would be a good time to rush into his arms,
maybe He won't drop me so quick.”
Flamingos an aerial series
Lake Pulicat in India
BY RAJ MOHAN
प्रिय लिखकर
priya likhkar
after writing "beloved"
मैं नीचे लिख दूँ नाम तुम्हारा
main niche likh doon naam tumhara
I'll write down your name
कुछ जगह बीच में छोड़ दूँ
kuchh jagah beech mein chhod doon
I'll leave some space in between
नीचे लिख दूँ
neeche likh doon
ill write down
‘सदा तुम्हारा’
'sada tumhara'
always yours
लिखा बीच में क्या यह तुमको पढ़ना है
likha beech mein kya yeh tumko padhna hai
what I've written in the middle that you'll have to read
कागज़ पर मन की परिभाषा का अर्थ समझना है
kaagaz par man ki paribhasha ka arth samjhna hai
you'll have to understand the definition of my heart written on the paper
जो भी अर्थ निकालोगी तुम वह मुझको स्वीकार है
jo bhi arth nikaalogi tum woh mujhko swikaar hai
whatever meaning you'll decipher is welcomed by me
झुके नयन, मौन अधर या कोरा कागज़
jhuke nayan,maun adhar ya kora kagaz
bowed eyes,silent lips or blank paper
अर्थ सभी का प्यार है
arth sabhi ka pyar hai
everything's meaning is love
– Ashutosh Rana
what is even more heartwarming is that he(poet) courted his now wife using this poem
the hopeless romantic in me couldn't resist making a post about it when i saw it