This is where I post anything I find funny, interesting, or cool. Basically, just random stuff.
Posts tagged nature.
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This Island On Earth of the Day: An underwater volcano that recently erupted for the first time in over a century has led to the formation of a brand new island in the Red Sea’s Zubair archipelago.
The volcano was first sighted spewing lava on December 19th by Yemeni fishermen. The lava was cooled by the seawater, resulting in the new island.
It is unclear if the island is here to stay, but the 500-meter-wide land mass continues to expand suggesting it’s only a matter of time before the first Starbucks opens.
[newscientist.]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwzi9qAXqa1qzpwi0o1_1280.jpg)
This Island On Earth of the Day: An underwater volcano that recently erupted for the first time in over a century has led to the formation of a brand new island in the Red Sea’s Zubair archipelago.
The volcano was first sighted spewing lava on December 19th by Yemeni fishermen. The lava was cooled by the seawater, resulting in the new island.
It is unclear if the island is here to stay, but the 500-meter-wide land mass continues to expand suggesting it’s only a matter of time before the first Starbucks opens.
[newscientist.]
This is the “smoke ring” a strange phenomenon that happens in volcanos and it has only been documented 3 times. Two from Mt. Etna in 1970 and 2000, and another from Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland, in May 2010.
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Damn Nature U Scary of the Day: Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano complex spews a scary cloud of ash and lightning during a June eruption that disrupted air travel throughout the region.
Ricardo Mohr was picked to appear in National Geographic’s “Pictures We Love: Best of October.”
[boingboing.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu22olSGso1qzpwi0o1_1280.jpg)
Damn Nature U Scary of the Day: Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano complex spews a scary cloud of ash and lightning during a June eruption that disrupted air travel throughout the region.
Ricardo Mohr was picked to appear in National Geographic’s “Pictures We Love: Best of October.”
[boingboing.]
So awesome
Flash…ahaaa!
Seen from the Vatnajökull ice cap, lightning streaks through an ash cloud billowing from the erupting Grímsvötn volcano
(via lickystickypickywe)
![whoa…
thedailywhat:
This Isn’t Shopped of the Day: Today’s National Geographic Photo of the Day comes from photographer Frans Lanting, who captured this stunning shot of camel thorn tree set against an early morning backdrop for a feature on Namibia’s coastal parks.
More photos here.
[willprescott / ratsoff.]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llcqrmTcsX1qzlfumo1_500.jpg)
whoa…
This Isn’t Shopped of the Day: Today’s National Geographic Photo of the Day comes from photographer Frans Lanting, who captured this stunning shot of camel thorn tree set against an early morning backdrop for a feature on Namibia’s coastal parks.
More photos here.
[willprescott / ratsoff.]
Adorable Animal Being Adorable of the Day: The Cincinnati Zoo’s Bird House mascot, Cookie the Little Penguin, enjoys being tickled nearly as much as you’ll enjoy watching him being tickled.
(NB: There is a ripped, re-hosted version of this video circulating around Tumblr, but, in the name of giving views where they are due, this is the video owner’s original, full-length footage.)
[reddit.]
This is amazing. The stars, the colors, the clouds… so awesome.
Lights Out: Landscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd (previously) scaled Pico del Teide, Spain´s highest elevation, to capture footage of the Milky Way atop “one of the best places in the world to photograph the stars.”
Warning: May cause feelings of extreme insignificance.
[terjes.]
