November 2011
14 posts
Striking image of plastic pollution in Philippines
Via Scoop.it - Clip Boulevard This striking image of plastic pollution in the Philippines won first prize in the Ocean In Focus Conservation Photo Contest. Via deepseanews.com
Gigantic baby ‘Jihad’ born in Berlin
Via Scoop.it - Clip Boulevard Doctors were left astounded after a gigantic baby set a new record for Germany’s heaviest-ever naturally born newborn Friday. The boy is named Jihad. Via thelocal.de
Incredible Octopus Crawls Out of Water, Drags...
Via Scoop.it - Clip Boulevard A family recently visiting the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach, Calif. caught an incredible video of an octopus crawling out of water and onto land. It seems the octopus would stop at nothing to catch its dinner, even some seaside crawling. Via uk.ibtimes.com
New satellite gets INSANELY hi-res view of Earth
Via Scoop.it - Skylarkers On October 28th, the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite launched into low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force base in California. Designed to observe Earth’s environment and climate, it’s in an 800 km (500 mile) orbit, and on November 21 it took its first images of the planet below. Via...
This Photo Really Gives a Perfect Idea of the...
Via Scoop.it - Clip Boulevard I’ve seen white sharks a million times on TV, but I’ve never appreciated their sheer size until this photo, part of the National Geographic’s Photo Contest 2011. Via gizmodo.com
An unreal picture of sunset at the north pole
Via Scoop.it - Skytumbling It is pretty, isn’t it? But it has one teeny tiny problem: It’s not a photograph! It’s a drawing, called “Hideaway”, created by Inga Nielsen. Via blogs.discovermagazine.com
The Moon as You’ve Never Seen It Before
Via Scoop.it - Skylarkers The team from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has released the first version of a topographic map of nearly the entire Moon, from data from the Wide Angle Camera (WAC) on the spacecraft. Via universetoday.com
50 Photos That Brought the War Home
Via Scoop.it - Skytumbling For much of the 20th century, photography was the single most powerful method for conveying the horrors, triumphs, epic challenges, and small, daily struggles of warfare. Via www.life.com
Untitled by Bryan Jolly
Golden gate bridge sunrise… Via 500px.com
Monstrous Sunspot Rotates Toward Earth: Big Pic
Via Scoop.it - Skytumbling There’s a storm brewing on the sun’s surface and it could unleash its magnetic fury on Earth within the next five days. Via news.discovery.com
He Walks This Ribbon Of Highway
Via Scoop.it - Skytumbling Via www.flickr.com
Astronaut snaps amazing pic as ISS cargo ship...
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