Showing posts with label cool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cool. Show all posts
May 21, 2015
First 21 Days of the Life of a Bee
via:http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/05/an-extraordinary-glimpse-into-the-first-21-days-of-a-bees-life-in-60-seconds/
August 21, 2014
July 10, 2014
Pallet - Streetcar Hack
via http://www.core77.com/blog/fine_art/non_sequitur_the_pallet_hack_to_end_all_pallet_hacks_27270.asp
May 27, 2014
May 23, 2014
April 17, 2014
April 16, 2014
MRI Scan of Broccoli
http://offbeat.topix.com/story/11415-20-mri-scans-of-fruits-and-vegetables-these-are-both-mesmerizing-and-vaguely-terrifying
September 27, 2013
September 22, 2013
September 6, 2013
Pyrosomes and Salps
Weird:
from the "about" of the video:
"Pyrosomes and salps are pelagic (free-swimming) tunicates or sea squirts. All species are open ocean animals that rarely come close to shore, and all are colonial, although many salps can also be solitary.
Pyrosomes are colonies of tiny animals that form hollow tubes sealed at one end - the species in the first part of the video is giant pyrosome Pyrostremma spinosum - it can reach 30m in length! Pyrosomes get their name (Pyro = fire + soma = body) from their ability to emit light (bioluminescence) - colonies can glow of flash light at night, particularly if touched.
Salps have much larger individuals than pyrosomes, individuals pump water through themselves. Colonies are formed of chains of individuals. Salps can form very high densities under good conditions, and are an important oceanic food source for fish.
These animals were filmed off the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia - one of the few areas in the world where a wide range of oceanic gelatinous plankton, including ctenophores and jellyfish, comes close to shore, and is easily seen while diving. Filmed by Michael Baron"
from the "about" of the video:
"Pyrosomes and salps are pelagic (free-swimming) tunicates or sea squirts. All species are open ocean animals that rarely come close to shore, and all are colonial, although many salps can also be solitary.
Pyrosomes are colonies of tiny animals that form hollow tubes sealed at one end - the species in the first part of the video is giant pyrosome Pyrostremma spinosum - it can reach 30m in length! Pyrosomes get their name (Pyro = fire + soma = body) from their ability to emit light (bioluminescence) - colonies can glow of flash light at night, particularly if touched.
Salps have much larger individuals than pyrosomes, individuals pump water through themselves. Colonies are formed of chains of individuals. Salps can form very high densities under good conditions, and are an important oceanic food source for fish.
These animals were filmed off the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia - one of the few areas in the world where a wide range of oceanic gelatinous plankton, including ctenophores and jellyfish, comes close to shore, and is easily seen while diving. Filmed by Michael Baron"
July 11, 2013
April 25, 2013
November 16, 2012
Ant
Photos by Gier Drange, from the Nikon Small World Photomicrography website:
Subject Matter:
Two ants of different genus meeting on a twig
Technique:
Reflected Light, Image Stacking
Subject Matter:
Myrmica sp. (ant) carrying its larva
Technique:
Reflected Light, Image Stacking
(5x) (2.5x)
More from the Nikon Small World website:
Anna Franz
University of Oxford
Subject Matter:
Ink injection into yolk sac artery of 72 hour-old chick embryo to visualize the beating heart and the vasculature
Technique:
Reflected Light
Dominik Paquet
German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases Munich & The Rockefeller University New York
Subject Matter:
Time lapse movie of transport of mitochondria in nerve cells of transgeniczebrafish with nerve cell membranes labeled in green and mitochondria labeled in blue.
Technique:
Widefield fluorescence microscopy
via http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/people/bio/geir-drange
Subject Matter:
Two ants of different genus meeting on a twig
Technique:
Reflected Light, Image Stacking
Subject Matter:
Myrmica sp. (ant) carrying its larva
Technique:
Reflected Light, Image Stacking
(5x) (2.5x)
More from the Nikon Small World website:
Anna Franz
University of Oxford
Subject Matter:
Ink injection into yolk sac artery of 72 hour-old chick embryo to visualize the beating heart and the vasculature
Technique:
Reflected Light
Dominik Paquet
German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases Munich & The Rockefeller University New York
Subject Matter:
Time lapse movie of transport of mitochondria in nerve cells of transgeniczebrafish with nerve cell membranes labeled in green and mitochondria labeled in blue.
Technique:
Widefield fluorescence microscopy
via http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/people/bio/geir-drange
October 29, 2012
October 15, 2012
Map Engine
An amazing collection of over 34,000 extremely high resolution maps (12,000x12,000px)... for free!!
From the site:
The historical map collection has over 34,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of theWorld, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all
From the site:
The historical map collection has over 34,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of theWorld, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all
September 17, 2012
August 21, 2012
January 31, 2011
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