1126
This remote village, on one of more than 400 islands in the Shengsi archipelago, China, was abandoned in the early 1990s as residents moved away and nature claims back its territory [read more: buff.ly/2Hhtenv]
1127
The story of William of Orange, the pigeon that during the battle of Arnhem in 1944, after numerous communication failures, flew over 400 km for over 4.5 hours to deliver a message that would end up saving the lives of more than 2000 people [read more: buff.ly/2xDYYUj]
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This BMW was presented at CES 2022 to showcase a technology that enables a car to change its exterior colour, using an all-electric iX to debut this innovative paint changing technology
[source, read more: buff.ly/3EVlSnF]
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Bat’s talons or back claws work opposite of most muscles. When they relax, special tendons lock the toes and talons in place. Muscular power is needed to let go, but not to grasp a perch or when holding on [read more: buff.ly/3qSr3jm] [source: buff.ly/3pYWVni]
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53 years ago #Today, the Apollo 12 crew landed on the Moon. This is the Intrepid Lunar Module prior to the descent. The largest crater is Ptolemaeus go.nasa.gov/2fV0eoE
1131
Mario soundtrack on something that Nikola Tesla would like very much
[source, magic_beat: buff.ly/3TKbPZX]
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This data visualization by 422south.com shows nightflights and bird migrations over Western Europe using gps tracks for a ZDF series with Colourfield TV
[source: buff.ly/3ERCCfC]
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Plants do actually move: we just don't live in the same time reference frame. This 2-day time lapse shows the so called plant's nastic movements, mostly due to changes in turgor or changes in growth buff.ly/30a2rqp [source: buff.ly/3HBFC1o]
1134
The Stepping-Feet Illusion features two rectangles apparently moving like a pair of stepping feet, but they're actually moving at the same constant speed. The illusion is broken when the striped texture is removed [source, read more: buff.ly/3eSzghH]
1135
This is the simplest way to understand brain death. The outer skin of the skull continues to consume energy, just like an empty box. The brain has no neuronal activity. Heart may continue to function for a some time before stopping completely
[source: buff.ly/3TMvJ6S]
1136
How engineers at MIT have studied the simple act of shaving up close, observing how a razor blade can be damaged as it cuts human hair — a material that is 50 times softer than the blade itself [read more: buff.ly/3a653so]
1137
Dust devils have been spotted swirling in several other elements than dust, like snow, ash and even fire. When they swirl in water, they can become small waterspouts with peculiar effects
[📹 minimamu1211: buff.ly/3tHpDdi]
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Pictured here is one of the most striking images yet recorded of a waterspout, a type of tornado that occurs over water. It was taken by Joey Mole in July 2013 near Tampa Bay, Florida [source: buff.ly/2zIYgqA]
1139
How the Titanic engine worked
[📹 Jared Owen Animations, full video: buff.ly/3XiizS6]
1140
This spectacular display of a great white shark jumping out of the water is called breaching. They do that during hunting, to stagger and catch fast moving prey. This clip was filmed by Chris Fallows in 2020 [source, read more: buff.ly/3pUspe5]
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Today the sun will rise at 12:40 in Utqiagvik (formerly known as Barrow), Alaska to set just 63 minutes later. It will be the last time the town sees the sun this year. Next sunrise will be on January 23rd, 2023 after 1584 hours of darkness [time & date: buff.ly/3V9DBAa]
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Puya Raimondii, also known as queen of the Andes, is the largest species of bromeliad, reaching up to 15 m (50 ft) in height. It is native to the high Andes of Bolivia and Peru
[read more: buff.ly/3es488l]
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This video produced for the Hubble travelling exhibition Our Place in Space in 2017, zooms from Venice out through the Solar System, the Milky Way, the Local Group and into the cosmic web. And if you're feeling very small, that was the intent [full video: buff.ly/3mYgJ7s]
1144
It looks like a little hippopotamus that can change its colour... A hypnopotamus? It's a Metasepia pfefferi, or Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish, one of the most intriguing species of cephalopods
[source, Aquarium of the Pacific: buff.ly/2Jn8wbh]
1145
This eruption of the Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, allows us to appreciate the volcanic lightning, arising from colliding, fragmenting particles of volcanic ash
[📹 Astro Météo 53, HD: buff.ly/3tB3f5m]
1146
Since octopuses lack bones, they can contort their bodies to fit into tiny spaces. This makes them excellent escape artists. In this video, a 600 lbs (272 kg) octopus squeezes itself through a tube 1/10th of its size [source, National Geographic: buff.ly/3EQHphp]
1147
The rarely pristine summit of Mount Everest and a breathtaking 360° panorama captured by Ben M. Jones
[source: bit.ly/3c9os0C]
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Some 2,000 kilometers beneath our feet, there are enormous masses of hot mantle material the length of continents and stretching 100 times higher than Mount Everest. And, We literally don’t know what they are, where they came from, or what they do ow.ly/a49k30nSnBl
1149
Vapor cone and sonic boom of an F-18 past an aircraft carrier
[📹 FlightDeckLife, HD: buff.ly/3AiVEvX]
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Magnus effect, can send even a ping-pong ball curving up, down, left, or right – always at a right angle to the direction of motion – depending on which way the ball is spun. This is a remarkable example
[source, IG's Pongfinity: buff.ly/2LnkrmF]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links