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Can you see the hidden bittern here? Check out the original image on Flickr and it’s even more difficult to see.
[via The Conservation Report, image by Lisa Lawley on Flickr]
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A must watch!
[From BBC's Life Series]
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There’s a marmot hiding in here. Can you see him? (Click on the image to make it bigger.)
[Image by flickr user Photo Phiend]
If you watch one thing this week, it should be this. Chills.
From the American Museum of Natural History:
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History. The new film, created by the Museum, is part of an exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan through May 2010.
I wonder where this exhibition is now. (Still have chills.)
[via LikeCool]
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These are good ones. Can you see the Chiffchaff bird and the grasshopper? The coolest thing about these types of images is that this isn’t some crazy expedition for a Discovery Channel documentary, it’s an everyday photographer capturing an animal (or insect) that has developed these physical traits to survive in its everyday environment. I find that to be fascinating.
[Image via Flickr user Joffley]
[Image via flickr user normalityrelief]
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NASA has just released photos and video of the sun and the giant solar flare that happened on August, 31. The “solar whip” was 500,000 miles long and travelled at over 900 miles per second. Also worth a peek is the resulting aurora that was seen from the Yukon. Just a little reminder of how tiny we really are. For more check it out here.
And be sure to check out the video with different filters for all sorts of pretty.
I’ve never seen this guy before but he’s super cool. A ribbon eel from the oceans of Indonesia.
My honey inventory (for now at least)
If you’re getting your honey out of a container that resembles a bear you’re missing out on what honey really and truly is. After a brief stint experimenting with the god-awful Tasmanian honey I vowed to support my local apiary’s raw organic honey.
Honey is all the best parts of the season in a jar: whatever pollens the bee’s have collected are what is going to flavor the honey. It’s miraculous, natural process that we’ve completely lost touch with. If you’re fortunate enough to find an apiarist that pulls honey from the hives in the spring you’ll find the only pollens that bees have collected are from spring’s first flowers. It’s the most soft, silky, and fragrant honey you’ll ever have. And if you buy this past spring’s honey and save it for next year you can take a spoonful each day to work as a natural anti-histamine. Awesome, right?!
As the season progresses the honey flavors and consistency change. From the first spring honey we moved into apple blossoms, and soon to come are raspberry, then blackberry. We have our weekly trips to the honey stand planned for the next few weeks to add to our collection so far this year.
Aside from allergy relief, honey is pretty much the only sweetener I use. Try switching and you’ll taste and feel the difference, as you’re literally eating from the flowers of the land around you. Truly a small but important way to feel “connected”.
Colony Collapse Disorder is still a threat for bee colonies, so be sure to talk to your apiarist about where the bees are collecting. If you’re curious to learn more about colony collapse disorder read about how genetically modified corn (containing pesticides from Bayer) are contributing to the decline of the bees.
(Posting from my phone on the road/ferry today. Pardon the errors…more errors than usual at least.)
I’m a sucker for stop-motion. Let’s all promise to appreciate the little things today, shall we?
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Wow, look at this! It’s a Dracula simia, or Monkey Orchid. Found in the upper reaches of Peruvian and Ecuadorian cloud forests, they’re ultimately over a mile out of sight from the ground level. But amateur photographer and flower collector Eeerkia Schulz, somehow managed to snap some great photos.
And look at this “troop” of them. So cool.
[via The Daily Mail]
