Thursday, August 29, 2013
Red Hot Nickel Melts Crayons
Published on Aug 29, 2013 "Red Hot Nickel ball on wax crayons. Had a nice flareup when the flaming wax was submerged in the water."
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Adventure Time Jake Engagement Ring
via
"Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward saw the ring and said, “Holy cow that’s amazing.” But there’s more. Adams told us, “Currently I have Paul working on my wedding band which will make the Jake ring part of a pair as my ring will be Jake’s butt. Seriously.” The couple have decided to say their vows in NYC during New York Comic Con..."
Monday, August 26, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Baby Nautilus
via Zooborns
"A few thousand posts later, it's getting harder and harder to showcase new species on ZooBorns. Well today we have a special treat: the first baby Nautilus for Birch Aquarium at Scripps and the first Nautilus to be featured on ZooBorns! This little guy or gal was a long time in the making. The egg was laid in early November of 2012 and the hatching process has taken weeks... all leading up to last Wednesday, when it finally emerged!"
Monday, August 19, 2013
Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Borealis
Published on Aug 11, 2013
"Displays of Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora during one night are rare.
Noctilucent Clouds, NLC's for short, (aka Night Shining Clouds or Polar Mesospheric Clouds) are the world's highest types of cloud forming on the edge of space at height of about 80 km (50 miles) which is also height where auroras occur. Unlike most of other clouds types, which are mostly made of water vapour, NLCs are comprised of extremely small ice crystals. They are normally too faint to be seen, and are visible only when illuminated by sunlight from below the horizon while the lower layers of the atmosphere are in the Earth's shadow. They can be observed in the summer months at latitudes between 50° and 70° north and south of the equator."
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
A Book the Size of a Ladybug
via The Atlantic
"It had originally been part of a two-book set, sold at the World's Fair in New York in 1965."
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Twelve Months in Two Minutes; Curiosity's First Year on Mars
Published on Aug 1, 2013 JPLnews·411 videos
"Here is a rover's eye view of driving, scooping and drilling during Curiosity's first year on Mars, August 2012 through July 2013."
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