Iranians in Iran join Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar

(Some of the following is reposted from Maryam Namazie’s blog.)

Young members of the Worker-communist Party of Iran who live in Iran have joined the scream! Since they would be executed for this act, their faces are covered with slogans saying ‘Long Live Women’s Freedom’, ‘No to Hejab’, ‘No to Islamic Reaction’, and ‘No to Gender Discrimination’. They have printed the calendar and pasted it behind them. This photo has made my day.

I’m a strong proponent of women’s rights, especially in counties like Iran where women are treated more like belongings than individual human beings. So seeing these people taking part in this project is heartwarming to say the least. Power to them!

Anyone is able to take part in this Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar. Below is a brief description of the project:

Today – 8 March 2012 International Women’s Day – the Nude Photo Revolutionaries Calendar is being launched in homage to Egyptian atheist, student and blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy who posted a nude photo of herself, announcing the post on Twitter under the hashtag, #NudePhotoRevolutionary.

The calendar is the idea of campaigner Maryam Namazie to support Aliaa Magda Elmahdy and join her ‘screams against a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy’.

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Turtle research work at Raine Island

I thought I’d share a few photos from my trip to Raine Island in Far North Queensland, Australia. I was there with a group of other scientists looking at a range of things from the birds and turtles, to the effects of climate change on the island and sea level, etc. I was there for the turtle work as a volunteer.

It’s a secluded sand cay about 800m long, and maybe 2km of beach the whole way around and had the bird guano on it mined during the 1800s. It has a tower at one end made from the surrounding phosphate rock on the island, and was made in only 4 months by convicts in 1844, making it the oldest European structure in Australia’s tropics.

Anyway, here are some photos of the turtles, sharks, birds, the tower and all the rest. Enjoy.

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Photos were taken by Me, Gemma, Nathan and Andy.

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Salt flats at Lake Eyre

Here are some beautiful pictures of the salt flats at Lake Eyre in central Australia from this month’s National Geographic.

At first light, predawn colors are reflected and distorted by a rare rain puddle in Australia’s highly saline Lake Eyre.

In this three-hour exposure during a full moon, the two brightest stars in the sky are described as arcing lines. The cracked bed of Lake Eyre, meantime, resembles nothing so much as a lunar landscape.

To see more of photos of Lake Eyre go here.

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This is what a 17 gigapixel photo looks like

WOW! Imagine having a camera that could take this kinds of photos… First thing I would do is take a photo of Melbourne from the top of the Eureka building, or the moon when it’s full!

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