Archive for the ‘ Nature ’ Category

Timelapse Fireflies in Japan

A stunning collection of photos of fireflies captured in timelapse photography. Makes me miss the summertime. Thanks to t.chin for the link[ READ MORE ]

All Wooden Ride

Photos: Jan Gunneweg Via Treehugger: There’s a lot of wooden bikes out there, ranging from the glue-it-yourself, no-metal kind, to award-winning, high-end designer bikes. But this near all-wooden bike, handmade by Dutch industrial designer Jan Gunneweg, must be one of the most beautiful wooden specimens we’ve seen to date.Made out of solid walnut and weighing [ READ MORE ]

LED Snowboarder

Via Colossal: Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton shot this hauntingly beautiful video in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France starring pro snowboarder William Hughes who dons a special suit laden with white LEDs. Sutton, who has created work for the likes of Hermès, Burberry and The New York Times, spent three nights on a [ READ MORE ]

Republicans and Big Oil Afraid of Bicycles

I’ve toiled whether to avoid politically-charged articles on this site, but when issues hit particularly close to home, they must be shared.  As an avid cyclist and huge advocate of a clean (and safe) transportation system in the US, this type of backwards-thinking legislation is scary. Via Treehugger: © April Streeter By now you must [ READ MORE ]

Underwater Dogs

I’m a little late to this post, but it’s charming and hilarious enough to post anyway. Photographer Seth Casteel has created a great niche of shooting high-speed underwater photography of dogs, and their intense faces underwater show the complete commitment of their actions. It reminds me why I love dogs. Great work, Seth[ READ MORE ]

Crimean Winter

Via Fast Company Design Is it a nuclear holocaust? The after effects of a massive asteroid striking earth? Nah. Just Eastern Europe in the winter. The photos are the work of Russia-based Daniil Korzhonov, who likes to tramp around the snow-flecked mountains and barren forests of the Ukrainian republic of Crimea, his Nikon D80 in [ READ MORE ]

How Long Do Animals Live?

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The Size of the Universe

Scale is sometimes hard to quantify. What is the size of a cell compared to a Redwood tree?  How big is ‘outer space’?  This clever little Flash website gives you a cartoon view of scale that will amaze you. &nbsp[ READ MORE ]

Animated Hawk Migration

Via eBird: Swainson’s Hawk is the most migratory North American hawk. It breeds commonly on the Great Plains, as well as in grasslands and agricultural areas in western deserts and the Central Valley of California. From September to November it migrates in large flocks south through Mexico and Central America to its wintering grounds in [ READ MORE ]

Incredible Images of Mars

It’s well known I’m a space geek, and these latest images from the ESA’s Mars Express blew me away. Taken by the 9 year old Mars satellite, the images provide amazing detail of our planetary cousin. Click the photos to see them large. Via Space Fellowship: New images from ESA’s Mars Express show the Syrtis [ READ MORE ]

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