1301
99% of the internet network runs through submarine cables. There are over 420 submarine lines in the world, totalling 1.3 million km, over 3 times the distance from Earth to Moon.
[Tyler Morgan-Wall: buff.ly/3vTBa9P]
1302
This Fiatagri 88-94 DT tractor was modified to drive the irritigation system in maize fields without ruining the crops
[full video (IT): buff.ly/3N73Kgo]
1303
«The B in Benoît B. Mandelbrot stands for Benoît B. Mandelbrot»
#WednesdayWit
[more math humor: buff.ly/3W0mceN]
1304
Light pillars appeared in the sky over the southern island of Jeju, South Korea on October 26, 2022
[read more: buff.ly/3zhSGXY]
[how they form: ow.ly/1N2030mlOyf]
1305
This stunning sky scene was captured by multiple storm chasers in Vernon, Texas near the Oklahoma border in April 2021
[📹 Arkansas Storm Hunters]
[read more, photos: buff.ly/3szALsc]
1306
This "relatively accurate" prediction about future telephones was made by Mark R. Sullivan, president and director of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. in 1953
[read more: buff.ly/2K0HjKy]
1307
This video shows a time lapse of a mud and debris flow filmed at the El Dorado scar after torrential rain in San Bernardino County on September 12, 2022
[read more: buff.ly/3N786UO]
[📹 San Bernardino county public works]
1308
A large, fully developed avalanche can weigh as much as a million tons and travel faster than 320 km/h (200 mph). This one was filmed on Tian Shan mountains
[read more: buff.ly/3SJlGie]
[Harry Shimmin, full story: buff.ly/3RmqESG]
1309
Bobcats can easily jump several meters and if they are jumping across something, like this weir in Pecan Island, Louisiana, their leap can reach 6 meters
[read more: buff.ly/3pwZxbr]
[source, Ryan Olivier: buff.ly/32F6f6y]
1310
This shot comes from photographer Sean Scott off a remote West Australian beach. He was flying his drone over a large school of bait fish that was attracting whaler sharks and managed to get this shot with two sharks inside a wave [source, read more: buff.ly/2IPnx1P]
1311
While many of them already belong to our past, this visual guide to computer ports and their functions can still be a nice reading
[source, read more at recompute.co.zw: buff.ly/3EHgmoM]
1312
Can you see the snake?
Leanne Cooke photographed a deadly venomous Stephen's Banded snake in Maitland, Australia and this is the shot.
[source: buff.ly/3TLo0H2]
1313
This remarkable photo by Kevin Ebi and Zachary Hartje shows a dramatic moment in nature: both animals wanted the rabbit, but just one won (and the losing contender had a close call)
[source, read more: buff.ly/2ICrhI2]
1314
This photo captures a remarkable moment: the Colima volcano erupting in a plume of ash and lava as lightning strikes, illuminating the scene against a sky filled with stars
[Sergio Tapiro, 2016: buff.ly/2wTwMcI]
1315
FESTO AirJelly has 8 adaptive tentacles so that its movements come as close as possible to the biological role model, floating with the recoil principle. AirJelly does not glide through the water, but through the air
[read more: buff.ly/3z7n3PF]
1316
During courtship, the male red-eared slider swims around the female and flutters the back side of his long claws around her face, possibly to direct pheromones towards her
[read more: buff.ly/2NMELkh]
[📹 buff.ly/3NmZHgd]
1317
Panna Meena Ka Kund is an 850-step geometric well located in Amer, India. The limestone steps were built 8 stories into the ground in the 16th century to conserve water in the arid region: a marvel of geometric perfection
[video: buff.ly/3Hi84Fw]
1318
The Huffy Radiobike was produced in 1955, with a vacuum tube radio located in the ‘gas tank’ position: the power was provided by the battery pack on the rear carrier
[read more, story + photos + details: buff.ly/3JrKVlC]
1319
This is how mithocondria produce energy. This video by CorticalStudios shows the process that starts from nutrients and high-energy electrons, continues with proton pumping and ends with the creation of ATP, the cells' molecular unit of currency [video: buff.ly/3tFx4Qk]
1320
The earliest moment in the history of the Universe where our current physics still works is ~10⁻⁴³ sec after the Big Bang, which is known as the Planck Time. This is also the shortest amount of time that we can probe in the lab with our current knowledge buff.ly/2VEIG4g
1321
Despite the distance between the two phenomena, fireworks exploding underwater seen at 120,000 frames per second look like exploding stars
[full video by The Slo Mo Guys: ow.ly/xIR130nKFIK]
1322
Created by Charles Hartenstein, this toy explains one of the most fundamental principles of math, the Pythagorean Theorem, using marbles
[source: buff.ly/2WQWcEe]
1323
This popular video shows the «world's most battered great white shark»: a specimen filmed in southern Australia in 2021, showing dozens of scratches, scars and wounds on every part of its body
[Dean Spraakman: buff.ly/3sreQmW]
1324
Yamaha Motoroid has been conceived as machine that behaves like a living creature. Its primary technologies are an image recognition AI system, self-balancing technology, and a haptic human-machine interface
[video, HD: buff.ly/3vw1Gop]
1325
Anothere review of the carved mahogany writing table, said to have been crafted specifically for use by King Carlo Alberto of Sardinia (1798-1849) with a surprising number of unusual secret compartments
[source, m.s.rau_: buff.ly/3gLf9GI]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links