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This week’s collection of images take us from Arctic fashion to a three-year-old’s stomach, from India to Mars, from sharks to lions. Good stuff.

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<a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/an_eames-inspired_guitar_21901.asp">Core77</a> shows off the guitar craftsmanship of Greg Opalik, who makes Eames furniture during the day and lovingly sculptured Sinuous Guitars in his off-hours.

What If the Eameses Made Electric Guitars?

Core77 shows off the guitar craftsmanship of Greg Opalik, who makes Eames furniture during the day and lovingly sculptured Sinuous Guitars in his off-hours.
These new <a href="http://www.miasci.org/blog/the-patricia-and-phillip-frost-museum-of-science-breaks-ground-in-downtown-miami%E2%80%99s-museum-park">renderings</a> of the forthcoming Miami museum are impressive, and somewhat alarming.

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science

These new renderings of the forthcoming Miami museum are impressive, and somewhat alarming.
This image of the Seagull Nebula's 100-light-year wingspan was NASA's <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120308.html">Astronomy Picture of the Day</a> yesterday.

Do You See a Bird?

This image of the Seagull Nebula’s 100-light-year wingspan was NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day yesterday.
In the latest Mercedes commercial, one side of this F-Cell car has a camera recording the scenery it passes, while the other side displays that scenery on a field of LEDs, effectively letting you see through the car. Engadget has the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/04/mercedes-f-cell-gets-led-camouflage/">video</a>.

Mercedes With Cloaking Device

In the latest Mercedes commercial, one side of this F-Cell car has a camera recording the scenery it passes, while the other side displays that scenery on a field of LEDs, effectively letting you see through the car. Engadget has the video.
Pictured: a Martian dust devil twisting across the Martian Amazonis Planitia region. The 100-foot-wide column of swirling air was <a href="https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-03/pretty-space-pics-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-captures-twister-martian-plains/">captured</a> by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter last month as it passed over the northern hemisphere of Mars.

A Dust Devil on Mars

Pictured: a Martian dust devil twisting across the Martian Amazonis Planitia region. The 100-foot-wide column of swirling air was captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter last month as it passed over the northern hemisphere of Mars.
Payton, a curious three-year-old in Oregon, was playing with those <a href="http://www.getbuckyballs.com/">toy magnets</a> that you're not supposed to play with if you're too young, and not supposed to eat ever. The child was cut open and the magnets were safely retrieved. <a href="http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2012/03/05/3-year-old-nearly-dies-after-swallowing-37-magnets/?tsp=1">Watch the report.</a>

Do Not Eat Your Ultra-Powerful Toy Magnets

Payton, a curious three-year-old in Oregon, was playing with those toy magnets that you’re not supposed to play with if you’re too young, and not supposed to eat ever. The child was cut open and the magnets were safely retrieved. Watch the report.
Channi Anand captured this image of a female bricklayer at a plant on the outskirts of Jammu, Indian, on International Women's Day. Anand is an AP photographer based in and around India. From <a href="http://www.americanphotomag.com/photo-gallery/2012/03/photojournalism-week-march-8-2012?page=2">American Photo</a>.

Bricklaying Woman

Channi Anand captured this image of a female bricklayer at a plant on the outskirts of Jammu, Indian, on International Women’s Day. Anand is an AP photographer based in and around India. From American Photo.
<a href="http://io9.com/5891330/karl-lagerfeld-holds-a-fashion-show-in-supermans-fortress-of-solitude">io9</a> points out that the Chanel show in Paris this week is oddly reminiscent of Superman's Fortress of Solitude. But more fashiony.

Fashion Among the Crystals of Power

io9 points out that the Chanel show in Paris this week is oddly reminiscent of Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. But more fashiony.
This image, from Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, shows the chaos of star birth, dust, and collision out in the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A. Read more <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2192.html?utm_content=SPACEdotcom&amp;utm_campaign=seo%2Bblitz&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social%2Bmedia">here</a>.

Firestorm Birth

This image, from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, shows the chaos of star birth, dust, and collision out in the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A. Read more here.
We discovered the <a href="http://carinteriors.tumblr.com/">Car Interiors tumblr</a> this week, and spent a fair portion of the following days browsing it. Hard to explain why this is so mesmerizing, but we could always look at just one more. And maybe one after that.

Car Interiors

We discovered the Car Interiors tumblr this week, and spent a fair portion of the following days browsing it. Hard to explain why this is so mesmerizing, but we could always look at just one more. And maybe one after that.
This shot, and <a href="http://www.burrard-lucas.com/beetlecam/2011-project/male-lion-gallery">a whole bunch of others</a>, were taken with a little camouflaged beetle-like camera-robot. The lions don't seem to be afraid of it--though they are curious.

Lion-Bot

This shot, and a whole bunch of others, were taken with a little camouflaged beetle-like camera-robot. The lions don’t seem to be afraid of it–though they are curious.
The Lamborghini Aventador, seen here, was one of a whole mess of sweet cars seen at this year's Geneva Auto Show, held this past week.

Lambo Avento

The Lamborghini Aventador, seen here, was one of a whole mess of sweet cars seen at this year’s Geneva Auto Show, held this past week.
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