The ancient 80-foot Swamp-Maple in our front yard in Maine finally got sick and tired of standing upright. This year, it began shedding branches and trunks at an alarming rate. Neighbors warned us in the winter that the larger branch had fallen, but when we arrived we saw the story was much more complex.
The Chinese spy balloon discovered drifting over the USA and shot down as it reached the Atlantic is being recovered by Navy divers and will be analyzed by the authorities…
Barnes Engineering’s innovation of a method to make a surface really black was very classified at the time. Now, a commercial product working with the same approach can make the surface of any object into a “light trap.” It reflects practically nothing. I read that a Vantablack-coated surface really looks like a void, a black hole, with no hint of its shape or texture, or color remaining. People say it is like looking through the object at a totally black background.
What is delightful is that the creature above, as big and heavy as a tank, actually looked like this…
A new report suggests that the Inflation Reduction Act could be even bigger than Congress thinks…
In the unprecedented hot/dry period China is suffering from, the Yangtze River is drying up.That would e like our Mississippi running dry.
A surprising, astonishing image that I had never seen before. You are looking at a cross-section of Northern Arctic Permafrost undercut by a rising, warming sea and falling away…
I have always thought that big neolithic monuments like Stonehenge were to be found in England and perhaps other Northern European countries…
When I was very young but old enough to remember it well … my dad woke me up on a clear, winter night to take me out into the backyard of 60 Westover Road to see waving curtains of green light in the sky that lasted for a long time.
A short drive North beyond Bangor will be smack in the middle of a total solar eclipse ..... two years from now .... 8 April 2024….
Here you’ll find animals playing way outside their comfort zone… Hungry Tiger, LUCKY monkey.
Given hints from the newspaper articles about this fire and general knowledge of the “Potato Factory”, I predict this will be a long fire….
This image records the most seals we have seen in one place here in Belfast…
You asked about static electricity ... probably because you have seen or experienced it many times.
You might expect that when the Moon is fully in the shadow of the Earth it would be all black ... and it would be if the Earth did not have a thick atmosphere.
I am old enough to remember reading about the very controversial plans for reintroducing wolves (the natural apex predator) into Yellowstone.
Wild hogs plague this farmer, freely feeding on his corn... most likely without him knowing!
Starting a decade ago, everyone was told that honey bee colonies were collapsing all over the world…
Nonni woke me up this morning to see this Eagle camped out on our reef boulder called "Popover" this morning, probably fishing.
Here is a tool that allows anyone to see what the eclipse will look like from where ever they happen to be next Monday afternoon….
As one of the older members of the group, who is learning first hand about the many joints in the human body, I found this animation fascinating.
This short video displays astonishing artistry with brightly body-painted models who have contorted themselves into various animal shapes.
I find it CBS News video very compelling because it so clearly illustrates the nature of a tsunami.
Today, at noon, on the way to Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, the captain announced that we were crossing the spot where the sun was exactly overhead.
Think the Mrs. Frog-Type-Alien" on an episode of The Mandalorian ! (thanks Bev/Nonni)
Excellent images and videos of the recent, massive volcanic explosion in the middle of the Pacific Ocean … near Tonga.
Excellent visualizations of the same NASA data related to global warming (Climate Change)…
