Sand dunes cover much of this terrain, which has large boulders lying on flat areas between the dunes. It is late winter in the southern hemisphere of Mars, and these dunes are just getting enough sunlight to start defrosting their seasonal cover of carbon dioxide. Spots form where pressurized carbon dioxide gas escapes to the surface
95% of Earth’s living space is underwater and we know very little about it
Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in Italy and the only one on European mainland to have erupted in the last 100 years
The biological form of a mechanical gear was observed in juvenile planthoppers, a common insect found in gardens across Europe
Lisa Bell was vacationing with her family at Canada’s Spider Lake Springs and witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime encounter she’ll never forget
“Lyfe” is a zero-gravity growing system allowing you to cultivate your favorite plants in mid-air
In January of 1910 the water level of the Seine rose a staggering 8 meters (26 ft) above average
In an interesting experiment, biology student Mattia Menchetti gives colored construction paper to wasps and photographs the results
With the Earth below and Milky Way above, the views from the ISS never get old
“Bordering on Violence” is an ongoing series of illuminating, large-scale, close-up photos of flowers by Isabel Bannerman
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