Science is cool. It’s even cooler when it gets together with technology to create a time lapse. Case in point, the Dinosaur Plant! The plant comes all curled up and dry. This is what happens when you add water to hydrate it:
Pretty neat, right? They can “sleep” for 50 years without dying. Turns out they lived during dinosaur times and used to grow up to 150 feet tall. Now they are little, and dry up to be able to tumble around until they find puddles. Fascinating stuff nature!
Not the prettiest name, especially for something that is so very pretty, but we had some hoar frost a few weeks back. Of course this meant that the husband and I had to try to take some photos. Here is one that I took with my point and shoot.
Hoar frost happens on cold clear nights, and comes from old English where the word hoar is related to old age. The term comes about because the frost can make bare trees look like they have gray hair like an old man. Isn’t that funny?
Anyway, it’s gorgeous, and waking up to find everything covered in it is pretty amazing.
This is stunning! The video was taken from the ISS, and is mind blowingly awesome. I love that you can see lightning now and then, and of course the auroras are simply gorgeous. Enjoy!
For some reason if I embed the video it just starts playing, no matter what! So, in order not to annoy everyone with music they can’t find the source for, here is the link instead. Plus, that way you can easily see it much larger, which I totally recommend!
I love this video for so many reasons. First of all, I learned a fancy new word for the phenomenon that you see in the video. Secondly, nature is always amazing and I love seeing things like this. These two girls? They were so lucky to be there in the middle of it all, and I love how much they loved it. Enjoy!
Life is just one big fun experiment! Exploring nature, photography, cooking, DIY, science, technology, and anything else that catches our fancy. My lab partner and I share our laboratory with our adorable pets, and our ever growing flock of pink flamingos. Need to get in touch? Feel free to email me!
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