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Dolophones conifera, aka the Wrap-around spider
Dolophones conifera, known as the Wrap-around spider, is a species of spider in the family Araneidae indigenous to Australia. It is named for its ability to flatten and wrap its body around tree limbs as camouflage. The upper surface of the abdomen resembles a cone shaped shield. It is composed mostly of … Continue reading
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Tagged animal, arachnid, Australia, camouflage, Dolophones, entomology, science, spider
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Music From The Fibonacci Sequence by David Macdonald (aSongScout)
The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones. The sequence appears in many settings in mathematics and in other sciences. In particular, the shape of many naturally occurring biological organisms … Continue reading
The Plan to Remove All Plastic From Oceans by 2050
View this post on Instagram Assembly yard & San Francisco A post shared by Boyan Slat (@boyanslat) on Apr 22, 2018 at 2:05pm PDT In 2015 Boyan Slat was only 20 years old when designed a device that promised to rid … Continue reading
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Tagged cleanup, eco, ecology, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, North Pacific Ocean, ocean, plastic, science, technology
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Natura Insects by Raku Inoue
Natura Insects is a serie by Montreal-based fashion designer and creative Raku Inoue. In this amazing project, Inoue arranged a variety of real flowers, leaves and blooms to create the delicate components of brilliantly colored butterflies, moths stag beetles, and other insects. Instagram via [Abudeezo]
View from a Comet
Remarkable footage captured by the ESA Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenk High Resolution Video File: https://archive.org/download/ViewComet/Comet.mov Sources: https://imagearchives.esac.esa.int/picture.php?/172727/category/410 to https://imagearchives.esac.esa.int/picture.php?/172648/category/410 Credits: ESA/Avi Solomon
The Phenomenon “Crown Shyness”: Trees Do Not Touch Each Other
Crown shyness (also canopy disengagement or intercrown spacing) is a phenomenon observed in some tree species, in which the crowns of fully stocked trees do not touch each other, forming a canopy with channel-like gaps. The phenomenon is most prevalent among trees of the same species, but also … Continue reading
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Tagged Crown shyness, natural phenomenon, nature, phenomenon, science, tree, trees
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A Trip Across Ecosystems while Climbing Kilimanjaro by Laurence Hills
“The most unforgiving filming location that I have had the pleasure to visit. The film was shot over 7 days climbing to the summit of Africa’s tallest mountain and the tallest freestanding mountain in the world. Walk from the rich … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, art, Ecosystems, film, forest, Kilimanjaro, mountain, nature, science, travel, video
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Costume Designer Repairs Broken Wing of Butterfly
Professional costume designer Romy McCloskey used her skills to help save the life of an injured Monarch butterfly. “I fell into raising butterflies by accident when I found 3 caterpillars on a bush in my front yard,” she told Bored Panda. So … Continue reading
A Rare and Incredible Jellyfish Filmed by the E/V Nautilus: “A Burst of Deep Sea Fireworks”
Exploration Vessel Nautilus, an underwater exploration organization, offering live exploration of unknown regions of the ocean seeking out new discoveries in biology, geology, and archaeology. The team of researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus said: “We’re starting this year with deep sea fireworks, and … Continue reading
Strange Reflections
“As an airliner approached its landing at Chicago’s O’Hare airport a rare glimpse of a reflected upside down city leapt forth from a break in the dusk time clouds, looking like something that should belong in the land of Faerie. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, cloud, optical illusions, photo, photography, photos, science
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