JUPITER ECLIPSING THE SUN Photograph by M. Belton (NOAO), J. Burns (Cornell) et al., Galileo Project, JPL, NASA In this incredible photograph taken from the Galileo Spacecraft we can see an eclipse of the sun by the planet Jupiter. What’s equally remarkable about this shot is that the reflected sunlight also shows…
THE LARGEST WATERFALL IN EUROPE Photograph by Tim Bekaert Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajokull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the most powerful waterfall in Europe [Source]. It is situated on the Jokulsa a Fjollum river, which flows from the Vatnajokull glacier and collects water from a…
THE HONEYBEE’S FINAL STING Photograph by Kathy Keatley Garvey If you’ve ever wondered why honeybees tend to die after stinging someone this picture says it all. In an incredible capture by Kathy Keatley Garvey, a UC Davis Communications Specialist in the Department of Enomology, we see a bee stinging a person’s arm…
JAPANESE TEA PLANTATION NEAR MOUNT FUJI Photograph via 94svtcobra on Reddit Unfortunately I am short on information about this lovely picture that shows a tea plantation in Shizuoka, Japan as Mount Fuji looms in the background. I tried a reverse image search on Google and Tineye but it did not lead to…
THE MOUTH OF THE MANTA RAY Photograph by Michael Valos for National Geographic In this incredible photograph by Michael Valos, we see a giant manta ray feeding in Hanifaru Bay, Maldives. I saw this on National Geographic’s Facebook page, which led me to the ‘Your Shot: Weekly Wrapper (August 2011, week 2)‘…
THOUSAND ISLAND LAKE IN CHINA Photograph via Mind_Virus on Reddit Qiandao Lake (Thousand Island Lake) is a man-made lake located in Chun’an County, Zhejiang, China. It was formed after the completion of the Xin’an River hydroelectric station. 1,078 large islands dot the lake and a few thousand smaller ones are scattered across…
Currently on-board the International Space Station, NASA astronaut and Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit, recently uploaded an incredible gallery of star trails to NASA’s Johnson Space Center Flickr page. Speaking about the star trails that result from taking long exposure images (i.e., a photo taken with a slow shutter speed), Petit relayed some…
ROOTED IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLE Photograph via Mind_Virus on Reddit Although the Sifter has already featured ‘adaptive roots growing into concrete‘, I couldn’t resist sharing this awesome example as well. Unfortunately a reverse image search on Google and Tineye did not reveal any additional information as to the photographer or where this…
MOUNT RAINIER CASTING A SHADOW ON CLOUDS Photograph by Nick Lippert (via Komo News) This rare and remarkable phenomenon only happens when the sun rises farther to the south as Winter solstice approaches. At the right place and time, Mount Rainier blocks rays of morning sunlight, casting a shadow like you see…
Lava refers both to molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at temperatures from 700 to 1,200 °C (1,292 to 2,192 °F). Up to 100,000 times as viscous as water, lava can flow…
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