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We are introducing you top 10 potentially habitable exoplanets, that is based on estimates of habitability by the habitable exoplanets catalog (HEC), and data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive.

https://thetechinside.com/top-10-potentially-habitable-exoplanets/

Fairy Bower Falls, Morton National Park
Celebration: countdown 34

A spray of water, long pendulous roots and ferns cling to this fragile rock-face partway down the Bundanoon canyon.

Image: Cliff faces are the natural enemy of cameras: high contrast environments inevitably mean the lit part of your shot will be overexposed and the shadows will be underexposed. Ordinarily, in poor light with mist rising i would try a HDR composition to even out the contrast or a long exposure to flesh out the shadows (frustrated here because of clouds of mist rising from the nearby large fall and a healthy breeze up the escarpment.

Instead, i took a series of stills from a video i took of this scene. Rewatching the video, i was struck by a significant difference in the white and brightness balance between the dynamic and momentary images. In the dynamic, the static elements (cliff face and vegetation) seemed darker and the shadows deeper while the spray of water was distinct and brighter. This was most noticeable in the top left of the image, where brightness in the undercliff reflections in the still image originally swamped the fall.

I have tried to deal with this using a series of differential filters and by using a technique i have explained previously - placing the original image beneath a 40-60% translucent and desaturated image toned for structure.

Inevitably there is a trade off - a DSLR will be defeated by mist and wind - a video is not going to capture fine detail.

Celebrate: Thank you. To celebrate what we all achieved on G+, i am publishing the 50 most viewed posts in this collection until shutdown. This is a reprocessed image of side falls to the lower Bundernoon Creek Falls (34th most viewed - viewed 1,917,409 times).

After shutdown, you can find me by visiting https://wheretofind.me/@peterquinton
Adventure with me at my website: http://www.silenttheory.net
The books we wrote here on G+ are now on Amazon: https://amazon.com/author/peterquinton
My footprints are on GoogleMaps: https://goo.gl/maps/r2CtN5y38XJ2

#CelebrateCountdown (please feel free to use this hashtag to celebrate your own favorite posts)

This Chicks Sunday Commentary: Book-Blogger Mashup!

At work the other day someone described a friends personality as you would describe a fine wine. You know “she’s bold with an undertone of ripe raspberry’s growing on the coast of California, with a hint of salt”. It got me thinking, I have been following many of you for a few years and after reading some of your reviews, can almost provide my own Book-Blogger Mashup.

https://thereadingchick.com/2019/02/17/this-chicks-sunday-commentary-book-blogger-mashup/

Mt. Fuji over Peach Blossoms
Ootsuki City, Yamanashi Pref., Japan

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20 Pound Cat Mr Grim chilling with me in the Garage. He's a Hefty Black Cat that weighs 20 Pounds. Please Like,Share,And Subscribe for more videos. Thanks for watching!

Instagram wants you to look like a good person, but Facebook just wants your credit card - Shopping on Instagram has been getting bigger and bigger and Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear that enabling more commerce on Instagram is a priority for the 2019. But, the company seems to be starting with a bit of a Trojan horse in order to remove a bit of friction, and the Trojan horse is a very interesting one: donating to charities through Instagram Story stickers. To be fair, a Donation sticker ...

https://youtu.be/5B9m17u3ZE8
Mr Grim Being Cute as the cat wants attention. Please Like,Share,And Subscribe for more.

Add these 13 foods that lower blood pressure and hypertension are high in magnesium, potassium, and to cut your risk of stroke and heart attack nearly in half.

http://www.herbsmedicines.com/13-foods-good-for-high-blood-pressure/

6 Clear Signs That Your Phone Was Hacked.

+AAEON has launched a compact embedded computer based on Nvidia Jetson TX2 processor module with 8GB RAM, four GbE ports, HDMI, USB and RS-232 ports designed for robotics, drones and security/surveillance projects.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/02/19/boxer-8120ai-jetson-tx2-mini-pc/

Top 10 Massive Things in the Universe

With technology rapidly advancing, astronomers are finding more and more objects in the universe. Here are 10 biggest things in the universe.

https://rxscience.org/top-10-massive-things-in-the-universe/

What might future explorers of the solar system see? Find out by taking an interactive tour

https://9to5spot.com/10-wonders-of-the-solar-system/

Most cases of type 2 diabetes are preventable and some can even be reversed. Your food choices matter a lot when you've got diabetes. Here are the 11 best foods for diabetics, both type 1 and type 2.

https://medmd.org/11-foods-diabetics-should-eat-daily/

"Deep learning may need a new programming language that's more flexible and easier to work with than Python, Facebook AI Research director Yann LeCun said."

"There are several projects at Google, Facebook, and other places to kind of design such a compiled language that can be efficient for deep learning, but it's not clear at all that the community will follow, because people just want to use Python."

"The first portion of the paper is devoted to lessons LeCun took away from Bell Labs, including his observation that the AI researchers' and computer scientists' imaginations tend to be tied to hardware and software tools."

"LeCun reiterated his belief that self-supervised learning will play a major role in advancing state-of-the art AI."

"If self-supervised learning eventually allows machines to learn vast amounts of background knowledge about how the world works through observation, one may hypothesize that some form of machine common sense could emerge."

https://youtu.be/XyD2zQcn3yQ
Steve The Cat sitting on the bed wondering why I'm doing this. Please Like,Share,And Subscribe for more videos.

https://youtu.be/rYow7n7Os0Y
Little Foot The Cat

Did you know your legs technically start from your 12th ribs, which sit beside your lumbar (lower) vertebrae?

This Chick Read: Fall (VIP #3) by Kristen Callihan

Fall is the third novel in VIP, a rock star romance series by Kristen Callihan. Having had the story of two previous members in this band (well, #2 was about their Manager but..) we already know Jax Blackwood’s history. He was the catalyst to Killian’s escape from reality in VIP. Jax is the best friend who tried to kill himself and sent the band whirling into despair and confusion. Knowing this, I wondered how Ms. Callihan was going to inject a lightness into this troubled man’s story. That injection came in the form of Stella, a funny “free spirit” who dares to knock down Jax’s mental blockade and make him feel again.

https://thereadingchick.com/2019/02/12/this-chick-read-fall-vip-3-by-kristen-callihan/

Maine reporter reveals why he busted Gov. LePage for shelling out thousands of tax dollars at Trump's hotel https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/maine-reporter-reveals-busted-gov-lepage-shelling-thousands-trump-hotel/ -via Flynx

The number of apps in the Google Play Store has grown to around 2.5 million by December 2018. Meanwhile, there are multiple apps with the same functionalities.

So, instead of trying all of them, we have saved you some time by compiling this list of best free and paid Android apps of all time. These are also some of the essential Android apps that you should have on your Android device in 2019.

https://mirrorcrunch.com/10-amazing-apps-for-your-new-android-phones/

https://youtu.be/eevT6PonIBA
Little Foot And Steve the two cats playing in the garage. Please Like,Share,And Subscribe.

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