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August 2, 2010
Silk bioluminescent in caves
[posted by Benz Roos]
Arachnocampa, glowing worms
Ecorazzi has made a nice gallery of images of ‘Avatar’ like landscapes on Earth. One of the images shows the Arachnocampa. The Arachnocampa, aka “glow worm”, lives in caves in Australia and New Zealand. They spin a nest of silk on the cave ceiling and then hang down as many as 70 threads with drops of mucus attached to snare prey.
The larva all glow (even more brightly if they haven’t eaten in a bit) to lure victims to the threads. Incredibly, nearly 100% of the energy input is turned into light. source:ecorazzi -
August 1, 2010
Typographic Trees
[posted by Donald®]
typographic tree columns at crawley library.
For the new library designed by architects Penoyre and Prasard, Gordon Young, in collaboration Why Not Associates, has created a ‘forest’ of oak columns which are sited throughout the library and installed from floor to ceiling like supporting pillars. Workshops with users of the library were held by artist Anna Sandberg to gather information on people’s favourite books, places and memories. Using this generated content, Gordon worked with typographers Why Not Associates to design the columns. Each of the 14 solid oak columns reflect different subjects from the gothic to the romantic and are sited in specific relevant locations within the library.
Artist: Gorden Young
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July 21, 2010
Crown of the sun
[posted by Benz Roos]
The Crown of the Sun by Alain Maury and Jean-Luc Dauvergne
Photo’s by Alain Maury and Jean-Luc Dauvergne.“During a total solar eclipse, the Sun’s extensive outer atmosphere, or corona, is an inspirational sight. Subtle shades and shimmering features that engage the eye span a brightness range of over 10,000 to 1, making them notoriously difficult to capture in a single photograph. But this composite of 7 consecutive digital images over a range of exposure times comes close to revealing the crown of the Sun in all its glory. The telescopic views were recorded from the Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) during July 11′s total solar eclipse and also show solar prominences extending just beyond the edge of the eclipsed sun. Remarkably, features on the dim, near side of the New Moon can also be made out, illuminated by sunlight reflected from a Full Earth” source: astronomy picture of the day
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Bioluminescence in the Gippsland Lakes
[posted by Benz Roos]
Bioluminescence in the Gippsland Lakes. Saturday 3rd January 2009
Bioluminescence in waves lapping at a beach in this 1.5 hour exposure on the Gippsland Lakes.
Phil Hart has taken lots of photos of Bioluminescence in Australia’s Gippsland Lakes. On his blog he has posted the photo’s and a story how this special natural phenomenon uniquely has accrued in the Australian lake. You can see his photo’s and read his story here. source:notcot
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March 13, 2010
Golden waterfalls in Yosemite National Park
[posted by Benz Roos]
The Horsetall Falls turn gold around sunset
This photo was made by Rob Kroenert on February 18th 2010 in the Yosemite National Park. Every year during the month of February, the Horsetall Falls turn golden around sunset. This is really amazing and must be so worthwhile going to see this unbelievable lighting effect in reality.
In the last two weeks of February the sun is at a perfect angle to illuminate the waterfall and to turn it into gold. Here are some good tips and tricks to make a good photo of the waterfall. source: today and tomorrow - Older Posts »