1801
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]
1802
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
1803
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]
1804
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]
1805
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]
1806
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]
1807
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]
1808
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]
1809
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]
1810
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]
1811
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]
1812
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]
1813
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]
1814
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]
1815
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]
1816
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]
1817
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]
1818
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]
1819
«The B in Benoît B. Mandelbrot stands for Benoît B. Mandelbrot»
#WednesdayWit
[more math humor: buff.ly/3W0mceN]
1820
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]
1821
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]
1822
In this video, a diver stumbles across a whale shark trapped in a commercial fishing line in a marine sanctuary that bans fishing, while the giant fish lies still while the rope is cut. The footage also shows the scale of a whale shark vs a human [video: buff.ly/32wdSGJ]
1823
The sika deer, also known as the spotted deer or the Japanese deer, is a species of deer native to much of East Asia. It is a highly vocal species, with over 10 individual sounds, ranging from soft whistles to loud screams
[read more: buff.ly/36q6DTP]
1824
Droplets of water are great opportunities for ants to drink, but surface tension can play a trick on some of them, like for this ant, that ended up by being trapped in the droplet
[📷 Uda Dennie: buff.ly/2sheShy]
1825
Warming stripes are a visualization of increasing average temperatures. Each stripe represents the average global temperature of a single year, ordered from the earliest available data (1850) to now
[source, climate-lab-book.ac.uk: buff.ly/2J8W1Qw]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links