1026
The size of space: visualization of the scale of the universe
[Neal Agrawal: buff.ly/3Z1I36S]
1027
This periodic table shows you the physical state of each element at a given temperature (plus properties, orbitals, isotopes and more) [visit: ow.ly/v70v30nyIpX]
1028
This demonstration seems to defy thermodynamics in that it appears that entropy decreases, but reversible mixing is actually made possible by ensuring that the mixing/unmixing is done without turbulence [source, full video, UNM: buff.ly/3CF7H61-]
1029
A quite alternative way of typing on a keyboard
[📹 rileyandrichy: buff.ly/3Yuw3L1]
[read more: buff.ly/3V2fLG5]
1030
A photographic worthy natural phenomenon occurs every year in Lake Baikal. Masses of broken ice look like shards, transparent and shining in a turquoise color, caused by the slow and unequal pressure in the main body of the packed ice
[read more: ow.ly/BxfU50xoCrn]
1031
The interaction between electrical fields and liquids leads to a phenomenon defying intuition, called the floating water bridge
[full video, Elmar Fuchs: buff.ly/3CrxKzI]
1032
The idea that you can convert your dog's age to human years by multiplying by 7 is a total myth. Now researchers have developed a formula based on changes to DNA over time: multiply the natural logarithm of your dog's age in years by 16, then add 31 buff.ly/35fZJii
1033
There are occasions when dolphin pods gather with other pods to form superpods of 100 or even several thousand dolphins. This superpod was observed in Laguna Beach, California in March 2020
[📹 Chuck Patterson: buff.ly/3S4aqwS]
1034
Things aren’t always what they seem on the surface. 12,000 years ago Britain was connected to Europe until a tsunami from a submarine landslide off Norway inundated whatever remained of #Doggerland bit.ly/2zCZRdo [read more: ow.ly/8lng30nkkdR]
1035
This Geologic Time Scale drawn by Ray Troll shows how life has evolved and changed over the eons of time, giving each period a distinct group of fossils that can be recognized worldwide [source: ow.ly/FAGA50AohbE]
1036
Someone thought the spectrum of a movie could be a good idea. And it is: this is the average colour of each frame of several films [see more: thecolorsofmotion.com/films]
1037
Perceiving age, health, sex, and beauty in a face is matter of details you never considered [read more: bit.ly/2wpzioy]
1038
This is the difference between a crocodile, caiman and alligator.
[read more: ow.ly/3YUe50zAMDe]
[photo: ow.ly/TRsK50zAMDh]
1039
“Abandoned Civilization” is a collection of nine separate paintings cobbled together to resemble the famous Mona Lisa — a recreation of the Leonardo da Vinci’s work by Artificial Intelligence
[source + tutorial to make your own: buff.ly/3F9uCua]
1040
Several types of halos & parhelia are visible at the same time in this atmospheric event captured in Zermatt, Switzerland, on Dec 10, 2022. The most impressive are a 22° and 46° halo, subsuns, circumzenithal arc
[📹 Daniel Caron: buff.ly/3FKnBju]
1041
Dudhsagar Falls (lit. 'Sea of Milk') is a four-tiered waterfall located on the Mandovi River in the Indian state of Goa. It is amongst India's tallest waterfalls with a height of 310 m (1017 feet)
[📹 buff.ly/3VbKksX]
1042
The importance of dams and civil engineering in the management of geological risks. Simple mountain spillways can be a very effective measure in reducing the impact of torrential floods [source and full video: buff.ly/35McK4p]
1043
This is what happens when two bubble rings collide
[source: buff.ly/3Dns5eL]
[the physics of a vortex reconnection: buff.ly/2SdU3zZ]
1044
Shakuntala Devi, the human computer who gave the 23rd root of a 201 digit number in 50 seconds. The answer was verified at the US Bureau of Standards by the UNIVAC 1101 computer, for which a special program had to be written to perform such a calculation buff.ly/3eoS0Xg
1045
The boundary between Scottsdale, Arizona and the Salt River Indian Reservation
[Edward Burtynsky, 2011: buff.ly/2CxiqmD]
1046
A brilliant Möbius wind kinetic sculpture
[author, Zack Fresco: buff.ly/3s5OBlW]
[video: buff.ly/3naTreQ]
1047
This now famous photo by Giorgia Hofer shows the position and the changing phases of the Moon above the peaks of the Cridola Group, in the Italian Alps, during a lunar month, called synodic month [author's site: giorgiahoferphotography.com]
1048
The so called “ballerina dance” of the male Western Parotia is a carefully choreographed display performed for any female who chooses to perch on the branch above his well-maintained court
[source, from Netflix Our Planet: buff.ly/3qoIDN8]
1049
This optical illusion gallery lets you directly test several optical effects. Learn more about each one of them.
[first: buff.ly/36VCUqO]
[second: buff.ly/3EURNWW]
[third: buff.ly/3voMY4V]
[fourth: buff.ly/2FymaTO]
1050
See Mont-saint-Michel like never before in this impressive FPV drone foortage by Fincky: one of the most unique and iconic French monuments seen in a totally new perspective
[full video, HD: buff.ly/3VFwzU2]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links