Time lapse video in the American west
It’s the Monday before Thanksgiving, so let’s ease into the week with something gorgeous to get us through Thursday. Goldpaint Photography created an incredible time-lapse video of the skies over Castle […]
Category Archives: Nature
There’s a whole lot of flamingo love headed to Lake Natron
Tanzania’s Lake Natron will soon resemble a couple’s resort for hundreds of thousands of East African lesser flamingos. The nomadic birds fly between alkaine soda lakes along the rift valley, […]
A bivalve population could have battled against Sandy
Unless you’re about to slurp them down or are a marine biologist, chances are you don’t think about oysters very much. But Paul Greenberg does. The New York Times op […]
Freak factors made Sandy a Frankenstorm
Hurricanes are nasty customers any way you spin it. But as we’ve seen in the past with storms like Katrina, some are much more devastating than others. But it’s more […]
Astronaut’s-eye view of Hurricane Sandy
Hurricanes are big. Storms less than 274 miles across are considered small or “midget” hurricanes. Sandy’s tendrils stretch almost the entire length of the eastern seaboard, so she’s a giant among […]
Hurricane Sandy revealed
Ever wondered what makes a hurricane so destructive? RiaNovosti breaks it down for you with their hurricane infographic, detailing how we measure their strength and how they start spinning, peppered […]
Google Maps is taking an interest in nature
Google’s new initiative is to explore those places on Earth that you can’t get to using a car for their Street View feature on Google Maps. Plenty of the places […]
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