1951
The trick itself is a popular winter science experiment when temperatures dip below freezing, but it’s visually stunning
[the science behind the process: buff.ly/3mRKacr]
[source, Sam Williams: buff.ly/3wmr4hT]
1952
The rarely pristine summit of Mount Everest and a breathtaking 360° panorama captured by Ben M. Jones
[source: bit.ly/3c9os0C]
1953
#Today in 1983, Stanislav Petrov, an officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, correctly identified as a false alarm an early warning about an American multiple ICBM attack, possibly avoiding an escalation to a full-scale nuclear war [read more: bit.ly/2B7vhHJ]
1954
The dwarf minke whale emits the so called "star wars" vocalization, a complex, stereotyped call often described as "almost synthetic, metallic, or mechanical"
[read more: buff.ly/3AZdvbs]
[📹 Whales Nation]
1955
The Pangeos is a concept created by Lazzarini Design for an itinerant floating city, comprising various hotels, shopping centers, parks, ship and aircraft ports, and all other facilities needed to house up to 60,000 guests
[📹 buff.ly/3Evwrzx]
1956
Ron Coleman mine was and is the most productive quartz mine in Arkansas. It has been producing quartz crystals in large quantities since 1943. This is a big, beautiful quartz crystal cluster found in the mine
[source, read more: ow.ly/WJIh50xukLs]
1957
This bear has been spotted crawling on ice instead of walking. The possible explanation is the bear knows the ice is thin and a more distributed weight on the surface unit can allow it to safely reach the snow
[Emma Postolec: buff.ly/3FaldRE]
1958
One of the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulation of star formation to date developed by Northwestern University. STARFORGE simulates an entire gas cloud where stars are born
[video by Mike Grudić: buff.ly/3f11JTp]
1959
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
1960
Neurons are often represented as isolated, but in reality they packed very tightly. Tyler Sloan made this animation showing 364 neurons packed into a box roughly the size of a grain of sand.
[HD: buff.ly/3WoadGZ]
[author: buff.ly/3j1jnuG]
1961
In this 1843 letter to Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace proposes a calculation that "may be worked out by the engine without having been worked out by human". It is the first time that the principle of the computer program had been set out in writing buff.ly/3Eh0Tz4
1962
This is what an empty 787 looks like [source, read more: bit.ly/2x0M5mE]
1963
That's why science education is important
[full story: buff.ly/2LGPXfJ]
1964
Paint correction is the process of permanently removing surface scratches, swirl marks, hazing, marring, and other imperfections in a vehicle’s paint. Yet, one must master the technque of car color grading, like this.
[source: buff.ly/3tPzLk1]
1965
Just to let you know, this account on Mastodon is not me: it's an impersonator. Thanks.
1966
When you think of Antarctica, pristine white icebergs usually come to mind; probably the last thing you’d expect are humbug-like striped icebergs with blue, green, yellow and even brown. But this is what Øyvind Tangen saw in 2013 and there's an explanation buff.ly/2FhPwVv
1967
Honey badgers are rather astonishing problem solving Houdinis. Wildlife conservationist Brian Jones explains as clever Stoffel works diligently to escape any space he’s kept in at the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in South Africa [video: buff.ly/30F5NhI]
1968
Miniatur Wunderland located in Hamburg, Germany is the world’s biggest model airport
[read more: buff.ly/3YOAlx0]
[📹 Nates_Aviation]
1969
Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies, with wavelengths from 510 to 670 nanometers to attract mates or prey
[read more: buff.ly/3GArNQ8]
[📹 Scott Radke: buff.ly/3IMkmaM]
1970
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]
1971
That time @StationCDRKelly dissolved an effervescent tablet in a floating ball of water on the International Space Station, and captured a video in 4K
[full hi-res video: ow.ly/ow0z30ntvrA]
1972
A parietal eye, also known as third eye or pineal eye, is a part of the epithalamus present in some vertebrates. Located at the top of the head, it's photoreceptive, regulates circadian rhythmicity and hormone production for thermoregulation [read more: buff.ly/3tdTKtO]
1973
Kallima genus' common name, oak leaf butterflies, is a reference to the lower surface of their wings, which is various shades of brown like a dead leaf. Extraordinary camouflage, outstanding beauty [source, Melissa Yung: buff.ly/2Xw1SbI-]
1974
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]
1975
With 12,500 parking places, the Bicycle parking Stationsplein in Utrecht, The Netherlands, is the world's largest bicycle parking
[read more: buff.ly/3CzdCur]
[📹 De Filmende Fietser]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links