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This animation blinks between two images of our Mars Phoenix Lander. The first – dark smudges on the planet’s surface. The second – the same Martian terrain nearly a decade later, covered in dust. Our Mars orbiter captured this shot as it surveyed the planet from orbit: the first in 2008. The second: late 2017.

In August 2008, Phoenix completed its three-month mission studying Martian ice, soil and atmosphere. The lander worked for two additional months before reduced sunlight caused energy to become insufficient to keep the lander functioning. The solar-powered robot was not designed to survive through the dark and cold conditions of a Martian arctic winter.

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

#tbt Psycho riff makes an early appearance at Big Day Out in Sydney 2004. And how to plug in a mic cable mid-chaos.

What’s the best bug spray to use in the age of Zika? The pros weigh in here.

Photographed by Mario Testino, Vogue, July 2013

Hyperloop One teases Dubai to Abu Dhabi in 12 minutes

A day ahead of its November 8 launch, a YouTube video boasts that the rapid-fire transportation system can cut an hour train journey to a 12 minute straight shot.

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“I’m obsessed with physics and finding something we can all agree on is the answer or what’s really going on here on the most quantum level. I love health and started to become in tune with being healthy and learning more. Everyone has an opinion; there are a billion scientists and doctors but at the end of the day you want to live kind of a pure and healthy life. I love gaming; I’m kind of a nerd like that. I love film. I’m a huge fan of film. I love golf, as well. I’m terrible at it but I just discovered it and I really love doing it.”

- Fred Durst on how he picked his Flipboard Magazine topics.

Happy Independence Day, US FlickrFam! 

examiner’s report by JD Urban