The world is teaming with microbes. That fact is never so graphically apparent as when someone actually takes the time to culture the bacteria and yeast growing on everything — from pillowcases to toilets to eyeballs. Fortunately many of these microbes are vital to human health. So perhaps this photo of the stuff previously living on an eight-year-old … [Read more...] about Here’s What Happens When Bacteria are Cultured on an Eight-Year-Hand Old’s
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A Moment In A Million When Lightning Strikes A Tree
A woman in West Virginia snapped a one-in-a-million shot of a tree being struck by lightning. Anthony Conn, a weekend anchor for WCHS, posted the photo to his Twitter account. The photo was sent to him by a woman named Debbie Parker in Hardy County, West Virginia. "Crazy photo from tonight's storm sent to me by Debbie Parker from Hardy County, WV," Conn wrote. … [Read more...] about A Moment In A Million When Lightning Strikes A Tree
When Your Shadow Is Cast Upon A Cloud In Opposition To A Powerful Light Source, This Rare Optical Sight Known As “Brocken Spectre” Occurs
The phenomenon is also known as a "mountain spectre" because it most commonly occurs when an observer stands at a higher altitude on a mountain and sees their shadow cast on a cloud at a lower altitude. A Brocken spectre, on the other hand, can occur in any setting when an observer's magnified (and seemingly enormous) shadow is cast in mid air against any type of cloud … [Read more...] about When Your Shadow Is Cast Upon A Cloud In Opposition To A Powerful Light Source, This Rare Optical Sight Known As “Brocken Spectre” Occurs
The Bear Was Kept In A Cage For 30 Years; Observe Her Eyes When The Grid Opens.
A small bear was brought to a zoo in Pennsylvania more than 30 years ago. The cub, given the name Fifi by the zoo staff, was imprisoned against her will because the zoo owners only wanted to use her as a form of entertainment. Fifi was made to perform tricks and was never given any love or respect; she was forced to live in abhorrent circumstances and was fed terrible … [Read more...] about The Bear Was Kept In A Cage For 30 Years; Observe Her Eyes When The Grid Opens.
When a Navy Fighter Jet Approaches the Speed of Sound, “Shockwave Lines” Are Visible
A remarkable close-up photograph of a plane producing "shockwave lines" as it approached the speed of sound was taken by photographer Camden Thrasher while he was documenting a display of US Navy fighter jets. The photo of a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, the supersonic multirole combat jet first introduced in the US Navy in 1984, was taken by the motorsport and aviation … [Read more...] about When a Navy Fighter Jet Approaches the Speed of Sound, “Shockwave Lines” Are Visible