Category: NATURE/SPACE

June 26, 2016 at 3:46 pm

Picture of the Day: One Street, Four Seasons

Picture of the Day: One Street, Four Seasons

Four-photo composite by Fatih Ozay shows the different seasons on a street in Newark, New Jersey near Branch Brook Park

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June 22, 2016 at 1:42 pm

Musician Plays Piano in the Middle of the Arctic as Calving Glaciers Crash Behind Him

Musician Plays Piano in the Middle of the Arctic as Calving Glaciers Crash Behind Him

Acclaimed composer Ludovico Einaudi performs on a grand piano on a floating platform in front of the Wahlenbergbreen glacier

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June 21, 2016 at 11:30 am

Picture of the Day: Rare Morning Glory Roll Clouds

Picture of the Day: Rare Morning Glory Roll Clouds

Spotted off the coast of Burketown, Queensland, Australia is a rare meteorological phenomenon that can be up to 1,000 km long

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June 20, 2016 at 11:05 am

Picture of the Day: Frosted Sand Dunes on Mars

Picture of the Day: Frosted Sand Dunes on Mars

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

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June 16, 2016 at 3:09 pm

This XKCD Infographic Shows How Much of the Ocean We Don’t See

This XKCD Infographic Shows How Much of the Ocean We Don't See

95% of Earth’s living space is underwater and we know very little about it

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June 15, 2016 at 7:12 pm

Picture of the Day: Perfect Rainbow Over Mount Vesuvius

Picture of the Day: Perfect Rainbow Over Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in Italy and the only one on European mainland to have erupted in the last 100 years

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June 15, 2016 at 12:46 pm

Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature

Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature

The biological form of a mechanical gear was observed in juvenile planthoppers, a common insect found in gardens across Europe

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June 11, 2016 at 1:31 pm

A Bald Eagle and Canada Goose Squared Off and Someone Caught It All (10 Photos)

A Bald Eagle and Canada Goose Squared Off and Someone Caught It All (10 Photos)

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

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June 9, 2016 at 1:31 pm

These Floating Pots Let Your House Plants Levitate and Spin

These Floating Pots Let Your House Plants Levitate and Spin

“Lyfe” is a zero-gravity growing system allowing you to cultivate your favorite plants in mid-air

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June 8, 2016 at 2:08 pm

Then and Now: The 1910 Great Flood of Paris vs 2016 Floods

Then and Now: The 1910 Great Flood of Paris vs 2016 Floods

In January of 1910 the water level of the Seine rose a staggering 8 meters (26 ft) above average

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