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By: masqueradentv
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjmeHBgFb3g

“Masquerade” official channel: http://www.youtube.com/masqueradentv
Contact us to entry the contest: http://www.ntv.co.jp/kasoh/syutsujo/index.html
“Masquerade” is one of the most popular TV shows produced by NTV Japan. People from all walks of life participate in the contest to present their unique performances. In addition to preparing their own costumes and props, contestants exert themselves physically and creatively to bring forth their best possible performance. We hope you enjoy their brilliant works.
日本的人氣電視節目《超級變變變（日本原創名稱：全人本仮裝大賞）(香港名稱：全日本扮野大賽）》是
參賽選手披露集創意、幽默的益智電視大賽。選手隊伍們不僅自己準備服裝和道具等，
開動腦筋以及巧妙組合表演出輕鬆活潑，妙趣橫生，使人耳目一新。
敬請觀賞以趣味性、知識性、可視性風靡全日本的大型益智綜藝電視節目。

By: DCshoesFILM
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDN2bCIyus

DC and Ken Block present Gymkhana FIVE: Ultimate Urban Playground; San Francisco.
Shot on the actual streets of San Francisco, California, GYM5 features a focus on fast, raw and precise driving action. Filmed over four days, director Ben Conrad and his team are back to work on their second Gymkhana production and delivered the entire city of San Francisco as Ken Block’s personal gymkhana playground. DC Shoes also provided fellow DC athlete and longtime Ken Block friend, Travis Pastrana, to make a cameo appearance on his dirtbike, and S.F. resident Jake Phelps of Thrasher Magazine fame also makes a cameo as Block hoons S.F. in his most incredible Gymkhana yet.

For more information check us out at http://www.dcshoes.com/auto

By: David Peterson
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g

Images: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/
Music: ‘Freedom Fighters’ by Two Steps from Hell
Inspiration: http://youtu.be/74mhQyuyELQ
Editor: David Peterson
Serving Suggestion: 1080p, lights off, volume up 🙂

Inspired by a version of the opening sequence of this clip called ‘What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?’, I tracked down the original time-lapse sequence taken on the International Space Station (ISS) via NASA, found some additional ones there, including the spectacular Aurora Australis sequences, and set it to a soundtrack that almost matches the awe and wonder I feel when I see our home from above.

To those brave men and women who fly alone in the night to take us to the stars, we salute you.

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Sequences:

1. North-to-south down the western coast of North and South America.
2. North-to-south over Florida, the Bahamas and other Caribbean islands.
3. South-East Asia, approaching the Philippine Sea
4. Western Europe, from France through Italy, Greece, Turkey and the Middle East.
5. Aurora Australis, over the Indian Ocean, approaching Australia
6. Aurora Australis, over the Indian Ocean.
7. Aurora Australis, unknown location in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Featured on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day!
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120305.html

Explanation from NASA: Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the International Space Station (ISS) and set to rousing music. Passing below are white clouds, orange city lights, lightning flashes in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas. On the horizon is the golden haze of Earth’s thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras as the video progresses. The green parts of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the station flies right through the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges. The ominous wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn of the sunlit half of Earth, a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes.

By: daito
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBxPYhOnKv0

http://www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/perception/scoreLight/

* Alvaro Cassinelli: concept, software and hardware development
* Daito Manabe: sound concept and sound programing
* Kuribara Yusaku: latest software development including contour
tracking and interface
* Stephane Perrin: participated in early development of the smart
laser scanner technology used for tracking.

By: minutephysics
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9h1oqv21Vs

Morally Wrong, that is…

MinutePhysics is on Google+ – http://bit.ly/qzEwc6
And facebook – http://facebook.com/minutephysics
And twitter – @minutephysics

Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics — all in a minute!

Music by Nathaniel Schroeder http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder

Thanks to Nima Doroud for contributions.

By: LISA Mission
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KeIu5_Kks4

Do you want to know more about The Gravitational Universe? Support our science theme at http://support.elisascience.org

And visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LISAcommunity

Einstein believed it would be impossible to measure gravitational waves directly, but we are now reaching the point where we do have technologies that can accurately measure such tiny effects. So in addition to understanding the universe using the electromagnetic spectrum, we will also be able to observe it with gravitational wave detectors. This means we will not only see, but also hear the universe, therefore opening a whole new field of observational astrophysics!

Hand: Pavel Gurov
Voice: Heather Audley
Concept: Oliver Gerberding, Simon Barke, Heather Audley, Benjamin Knispel

Sound: Oliver Ilnicki (http://mobilesrecording.com)
Music: Vera Ohl (http://musicfox.com)

Inspired by: awesome Minute Physics (http://www.youtube.com/minutephysics)

Produced by the Albert Einstein Institute (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and Leibniz University Hanover, Germany – Institute for Gravitational Physics)

© 2013