MBARI sustained our commitment to ocean exploration and discovery in 2021. The year brought more challenges, but exploring our big, blue backyard always inspires awe and wonder—and curiosity about the... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 months 4 weeks ago • 362 views • 3:16

Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 2 weeks ago • 981 views • 2:32

The Blanket Octopus, shot in the Lembeh Straits on a Blackwater Night Dive with NAD Lembeh. Footage shot on RED Gemini with 50mm Zeiss Macro lens.

posted by newtboy 2 years 6 months ago • 460 views • 49 secs

YouTube description: Mumbai Police and FCB Interface collaborated to teach Mumbai’s reckless honkers a lesson. Watch how a passive street signal turned into a Punishing Signal and taught Mumbaikars... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 603 views • 1:54

YouTube description: This translucent Deepstaria jelly unfurled as it whorled and shapeshifted in currents created by ROV Hercules' thrusters. Its bright red resident isopod, a relative of the pillbug,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 790 views • 5:43

YouTube description: Thunderstorm time lapse and spectacular phenomenon with facts and information of where to witness these fascinating sights. Upward lightning, mammatus, sprites, gustnadoes and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months ago • 496 views • 6:19

YouTube description: Take a behind the scenes look at how these huge Supertankers are turned so quickly during the 'Camp' fire at McClellan Reload Base, Sacramento Ca. LINKS: http://globalsupertanker.com/ ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months ago • 179 views • 18:16

They didn't get the memo about the removal of the electrified fences.

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 2 months ago • 114 views • 7:03

An orphaned red-tailed hawk that was adopted by bald eagles has defied expectations and survived, and now it's acting like an eagle.

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 2 weeks ago • 846 views • 1:35

YouTube description: Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 632 views • 6:45

I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 417 views • 11:27

YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 176 views • 4:26

Published on Jan 18, 2017 MIND FIELD: ISOLATION What happens when your brain is deprived of stimulation? What effect does being cut off from interaction with the outside world have on a person? What... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 182 views • 34:46

Published on Nov 6, 2016 Urine is mainly water (at least 95 percent), but the rest is a surprisingly complicated brew of components that include urea, chloride, sodium, potassium, creatinine and other... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 5 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 65 views

"Australian Geographic presents Christmas Island - Part 4: The Red Crab Migration". "Australian Geographic presents the very Best of Australia: Christmas Island. Part 4 illustrates the enormity of Christmas... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 8 months ago • 18 views • 4:30

I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 255 views • 7:16