Photography is a relatively fresh gig. It’s captivated the minds of artists for decades and has become especially popular over the last years when even the laziest guy or gal can make a few dozen shots with his or her smartphone every hour or so. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that we take more pictures than people of the 19th century, but did you know just how much more? It turns out that every two minutes modern humanity takes more photos than it did in the 19th century in general. Two minutes, Carl!
You’ll need more than just an umbrella for this rain
Space is not just a cool and beautiful place, but it is also filled with wonders that are hard to imagine. Earth’s gold and precious stones mean nothing in a place where there are whole planets made of diamonds and nebulas that are made of pure alcohol (and no, that’s not an exaggeration). Our neighbors, Saturn and Jupiter, also like to show off some bling from time to time – that’s where the diamond rains come in. Scientists say this is simple chemistry. For example, storms on Saturn create soot that hardens into graphite and, eventually, diamond stones as it falls to the surface of the planet. Those stones are uncut, but they are large enough to put on a celeb’s ring!
