RT @wonderofscience: Time-lapse of takeoffs and landings at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan.

RT @wonderofscience: Whale shark feeding. 📽: BBC Earth.

Fluorescent sodalite in syenite rocks, also known under the trade name 'yooperlite', is most commonly found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Further reading:

How siphons work.

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RT @wonderofscience: Auroras form when streams of charged particles released by the Sun encounter the Earth's magnetic field. This directs….

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A clock that uses a Fibonacci spiral to tell time.

RT @wonderofscience: Syenite rocks with sodalite fluorescing orange when exposed to UV light. 📽: greatlakesrockhounds/ig..

RT @wonderofscience: The unusual behavior of a handle spinning in space, suddenly reversing its orientation, a striking example of the tenn….

Time-lapse of takeoffs and landings at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan.

Whale shark feeding. 📽: BBC Earth.

Auroras form when streams of charged particles released by the Sun encounter the Earth's magnetic field. This directs the particles towards the poles, where they collide with atmospheric gas molecules and emit light. 📽: Per Byhring/UiO

Syenite rocks with sodalite fluorescing orange when exposed to UV light. 📽: greatlakesrockhounds/ig.

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The unusual behavior of a handle spinning in space, suddenly reversing its orientation, a striking example of the tennis racket theorem (also called the Dzhanibekov effect).

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Timelapse created from images courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS058-E-15842-19079

Watch the full video featuring various forms of the original 'Strandbeest' on Theo Jansen's Youtube:

The Mini Strandbeest is a fully working model of Theo Jansen's kinetic sculpture which converts the rotary motion of a crankshaft into a smooth walking motion. You can purchase them online here (paid link):