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Beautiful Phytoplankton Poop
Gunnison Bay, the north arm of the Great Salt Lake, is colored red like wine. The coloration of the water is caused by pigments such as carotenoids produced by two phytoplankton, the algae Dunaliella Salina and the bacteria Halobacterium. The surfactants metabolized by the organisms create foam on the surface of … Continue reading
A sea of clouds
A marine layer, similar to that found in the Bay Area, covers the Adriatic Sea, Monte Conero, Italy. © Marco Cingolani
Blombos Cave photo
A lovely shot of the famed Blombos Cave, where artifacts and signs of abstract human thought dating back 100,000 years have been discovered. Read more about this spectacular site here: http://www.academia.edu/5095196/Blombos_Cave_Lair_of_Our_Ancestor_Shellfishers And here: http://www.nature.com/news/human-evolution-cultural-roots-1.10025
New non-invasive method can detect Alzheimer’s disease early
This seems to be a major breakthrough. This ability to detect the molecular toxins may one day enable scientists to both spot trouble early and better design drugs or therapies to combat and monitor the disease. And, while not the … Continue reading
An Orbital Time Lapse of Earth
(I only lasted about 2 minutes before muting the sound track) Published this week, the time-lapse shows stunning views of the Earth, sunrises, clouds, lightning, auroras, stars, and the International Space Station. The video was made by European Space Agency … Continue reading
Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko close-up
The Cliffs of Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko Image Credit: ESA, Rosetta spacecraft, NAVCAM; Additional Processing: Stuart AtkinsonExplanation: These high cliffs occur on the surface of a comet. They were discovered to be part of the dark nucleus of Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko (CG) by Rosetta, a robotic spacecraft launched by ESA which began orbiting the comet … Continue reading
Macaque ‘rescues’ another macaque in India
Explanation below via Brian Clark Howard of National Geographic: “The footage, posted this week by YouTube user gadhamasti, shows an unconscious monkey that was apparently shocked by wires at a busy train station in the industrial city of Kanpur in northern India. … Continue reading
Amazing Elephant GigaPans
If you have never explored the wondrous world of GigaPan you simply must. It uses a proprietary software to stitch together long exposure digital panorama photos in incredible detail. You can pan and zoom in on things many meters away using the … Continue reading
A Re-Creation of the Chauvet Cave Will Open in April, 2015
A $67 million complex near the Chauvet will include a nearly football-field-size replica of the most remarkable panels in the original, along with a multimedia center and an exposition hall. Meet Gilles Tosello, one the artists who will be charged with … Continue reading
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