1351
A kinetic LEGO sculpture of the Greek mythological figure Sisyphus endlessly pushing his boulder
[source, JK Brickworks: buff.ly/2GADEhP]
[feet motion and driving mechanism: buff.ly/2wTTswy]
1352
Before clocks, there were candle clocks, that when burned, effectively indicated the passage of periods of time especailly indoor & at night. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would ld fall and clank on the metal holder buff.ly/2GevGQi
1353
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]
1354
The pyrocumulonimbus cloud is a type of cumulonimbus cloud that forms above a source of heat, such as a wildfire or volcanic eruption. This one was captured during the Big Creek fire near Fresno, California in September 2020
[read more, credits: buff.ly/2Fj2wj5]
1355
YouTuber and electrical engineer Malt Whiskey created this cube light display using 4,096 LEDs, an Arduino computer board and an LCD touchscreen [read more + videos: buff.ly/3daeMjX-]
1356
Photoshop 1.0 was released on February 19, 1990, for Macintosh exclusively. This is what it looked like
[read more, video: buff.ly/3gCdmnF]
1357
This five-month-old bar-tailed godwit smashed the record for long-distance migration following a non-stop, 11-day flight from Alaska to Tasmania: a 13,560 km journey beating the previous record, a godwit which flew 13,000 km
[read more: buff.ly/3SBFrIA]
1358
Cory Boone from Edmund Optics made this clip explaning how astigmatism works
[read more: buff.ly/3DW1UL8]
[source, more videos: buff.ly/3E3w3bA]
1359
Candle ice is a form of rotten ice that develops in columns perpendicular to the surface of a lake or other body of water. This occurs due to the hexagonal structure of the ice crystals
[read more: buff.ly/3ttwlCU]
[📹 buff.ly/3O2kW6g]
1360
Cyclist Michael Guerra dopts a definitely unconventional position on his bike and the result is an efficient aerodynamics which makes him pass the other cyclists.
This is the physics behind it: buff.ly/338WcmN
[video: buff.ly/32cLGM4]
1361
Sociable weavers construct permanent nests on trees and other tall objects. These nests are the largest built by any bird, and are large enough to house over a hundred pairs of birds, containing several generations at a time
[read more: ow.ly/MU7730nXbBc]
1362
This illustration shows what would happen if all of the water on or near the surface of the Earth were bunched up into a ball. The radius of this ball would be only about 700 km, less than half the radius of the Earth's Moon [read more: buff.ly/3xRTaU3]
1363
Physics 1 - Anatomy 0
[📹 cataldibeauty: buff.ly/3UHAyyI]
#SundayFunday
1364
The Nokia n91 released in 2006 was the first ever phone encompassing a 4 GB internal hard drive, allowing storage for 3,000 songs
[read more: buff.ly/3e0asYt]
[📹: buff.ly/3roPw0f]
1365
Lumpsuckers' bodies are nearly spherical and the "sucker" part refers to the fish's modified pelvic fins, which have evolved into adhesive discs
[read more: buff.ly/2q10ngJ]
[📹 RUNCL Fishing: buff.ly/3qOAAqp]
1366
Submarine cable generally consists of a lead sheathed cable and is usually armored. This is a cross section of a submarine power cable used to connect mainland areas or cities via water passages [read more: buff.ly/2Ekull3]
1367
This visualization by @nealagarwal shows the scale of the cosmos, from an astronaut to the observable universe.
Visit: neal.fun/size-of-space/-
1368
This video by Mark Peterson shows the birth of a newborn dolphin
[full video: buff.ly/3CKraEX]
1369
Close up image of an ant
Camponotus photogaphed by Dr. Eugenijus Kavaliauskas at 5X objective lens magnification
[source: buff.ly/3DknbyT]
1370
The Great Lake system profile vs the Atlantic Ocean vs Lake Baikal
[source: buff.ly/3q0BrGl]
[Great Lakes only: ow.ly/v5O430nURHW]
1371
This caterpillar filmed in Ecuador by the late Andreas Kay looks like a feather which presumably gives it an advantage in the struggle for survival since predators such as birds will not perceive it as food [source, HD, read more: buff.ly/36EhlHs]
1372
In 2015, Maciej Winiarczyk captured the bright lights of the aurora borealis as he set up a time-lapse of the Milky Way, resulting in this mesmerizing light show in the Scotland sky [hi-res video: buff.ly/3GUDaUf-]
1373
You may remember this tweet. My sister and I finally had a go for respectively donating and receiving a kidney. My transplant will be in October, either before mid-month or at the end of the month 1/🧵
twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/…
1374
The Southern right whale is found throughout the Southern Hemisphere and is listed as endangered, being its global population around 10,000. Photographer Maxi Jonas filmed this encounter with one of them in September 2021 [source: buff.ly/2X5W7kz-]
1375
Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz (SiO₂) and owes its violet color to irradiation, impurities of iron and in some cases other transition metals, which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions
[read more: buff.ly/3E2pg1M]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links