Great Photos of 2012 (so far)

A friend pointed me to this cool site with some of the best photos of 2012 so far. Here are some of my favorites:

New Wave-Adaptive Watercraft

The innovative folks at Marine Advanced Research seem to be making tremendous progress with their manned and unmanned watercraft designed to ride smoothly on just about any wave or sea state. I wonder if they can carry, launch, and retrieve a submarine. Hmmm ...

Finding Nimoy

Since she appreciates my passion for the connections between "inner" and "outer" space (see, e.g., Sea-Space Initiative), a friend of mine sent me this hilarious image:

"Ocean Men: Extreme Dive"

Last fall I had the privilege of spending a fair amount of time in Monterey with Bob Talbot, who is a world-reknown photographer and a gifted film maker. He shared with our team his IMAX documentary, Ocean Men: Extreme Dive, which tells the story of two world record free-diving rivals: Cuban-born Pipin Ferreras and Italian Umberto Pelizzari. It is a fascinating story told through Bob's amazing imagery. You can enjoy it on Hulu or on YouTube below.

Amazing Photo of Earth

Many of you have previously seen Blue Marble, NASA's image mosaic of Earth. However, the Russians recently one-upped the Americans by capturing the following image ... in a single shot:

This amazing photo was taken by a geostationary weather satellite (Electro-L). You can read more about it at Gizmodo, and you can see more in the incredible video below. Enjoy!