Incredible examples of art in nature. Rainforest Expedition’s Troy Alexander spotted the bizarre maypole-in-miniature in the Southern Peruvian Amazon. Alexander posted a photograph of his discovery to /r/whatsthisbug, a subreddit devoted to identifying insects and their handiwork. This type of cocoon is known as an “open-network cocoon” and is unlike other cocoons. The cocoon doesn’t completely … Continue reading Mind Blowing Cocoons in Rainforest
Mind Blowing Cocoons in Rainforest
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Giant Honeybees Use ‘Shimmering’ Waves To Repel Predatory Wasps
Apis dorsata, the giant honey bee, is a honey bee of South and Southeast Asia, found mainly in forested areas. Since their nests are fairly exposed and accessible to predators, built in exposed places far off the ground, these giant honeybees exhibit strong and aggressive defense strategies. A method that Apis dorsata utilizes against wasps … Continue reading Giant Honeybees Use ‘Shimmering’ Waves To Repel Predatory Wasps
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Hair Ice – Fungus shapes a strange kind of ice that is found on rotting logs
Hair ice, also known as ice wool or frost beard, is a type of ice that forms on dead wood and takes the shape of fine, silky hair. It is somewhat uncommon, and has been reported mostly at latitudes between 45–55 °N in broad leaf forests. Hair ice forms on moist, rotting wood from broad … Continue reading Hair Ice – Fungus shapes a strange kind of ice that is found on rotting logs
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Desert Rose — Rose-like formation of crystal clusters
Desert rose is the colloquial name given to rose-like formations of crystal clusters of gypsum or baryte which include sand grains. The ‘petals’ are crystals fanning open in radiating flattened crystal clusters. The rosette crystal habit tends to occur when the crystals form in arid sandy conditions, such as the evaporation of a shallow salt … Continue reading Desert Rose — Rose-like formation of crystal clusters
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Nördlinger – The Medieval Town Built of 72,000 Tons of Diamonds
The Nördlinger Ries is a giant impact crater in Southern Germany. An asteroid hit this region 15 million years ago creating a crater with a diameter of 25km. The town is located in the crater depression. The immense pressure and heat created tons of small diamonds Stone from this area was quarried and used to … Continue reading Nördlinger – The Medieval Town Built of 72,000 Tons of Diamonds
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The Salt Rocks of Iran
Salt domes are located in the Zagros Mountains, in southwestern Iran. Thick layers of minerals such as halite (common table salt) typically accumulate in closed basins during alternating wet and dry climatic conditions. Over geologic time, these layers of salt are buried under younger layers of rock. The pressure from overlying rock layers causes the … Continue reading The Salt Rocks of Iran
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Ice Volcano in Kazakhstan
“Iceberg” is located in the Kegen district of the Almaty region between the villages of Kegen and Shyrganak. Thanks to the fine particles of water that are sprayed high into the sky, the “iceberg” looks like a smoking ice volcano. The “volcano” appears every winter with the arrival of cold weather as a result of … Continue reading Ice Volcano in Kazakhstan
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The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits
For his latest project Levon Biss has turned his attention to botany. His project The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits is on display with 59 beautiful prints showcasing specimens from the carpology collection of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. Using his bespoke camera system and photo-stacking techniques, Levon set up a studio in … Continue reading The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits
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A squishy bog in kathmandu, Nepal
This is called a floating bog. You can tell by the way it moves it’s made of a big mat of moss and other plants growing together floating on-top of standing water.
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World’s Largest Rhythmic Spring
A rhythmic spring is a water spring from which the flow of water either varies or starts and stops entirely, over a fairly regular time-scale of minutes or hours. The “Intermittent Spring” located in Swift Creek canyon in Star Valley, near Afton, Wyoming is the largest rhythmic spring in the world. The theory is that … Continue reading World’s Largest Rhythmic Spring
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