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Dodder, The Plant which can Smell. Photo by Michael Becker, wikipedia: Dodder is a genus of parasitic plant which grows as a vine and has only vestigial leaves. After germination, a seedling has enough food reserve for 5-10 days during which it grows towards the smell of other plants which it then parasitizes. Without the host plant, it dies. pinterest.com/... #Dodder #MIchael_Becker #wikipedia #Consuelo_De_Moraes
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A Plant Which Smells Other Plants by Robert_Krulwich, npr pinterest.com/... #Science #Plants #Dodder #Robert_Krulwich #npr
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Glenna Mahan This study is fascinating..like a real version of the twisted movie The Happening.
ZeroN - Levitated Interaction Element by Jinha Lee. What if materials could defy gravity, so that we could leave them suspended in mid-air? ZeroN is a physical and digital interaction element that floats and moves in space by computer-controlled magnetic levitation. #ZeroN #Jinha_Lee #MIT_Media_Lab #Magnetic_Levitation
by Jinha Lee
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Brenda Cushman Cool. An interesting question.
Bill Smith Is this real? looks fake ? can you explain in more detail how this system works ? Thanks
Doug Peel It's a great start, with the aid of technology this will only become better
Space X launches the Dragon capsule into space! This marks the first time a private company has sent a space craft to the International Space Station. via latimes.com #Space #Space-X #latimes #International_Space_Station
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Kate Nelson That looks like a huge weiner. I'm just gonna say it.
April Morrison-Young So they sent a giant tampon into space huh?
Sharon Hoham My father had a business called Spacex in the 1960s!
Maile Riddle My heart is racing a bit. Anyone else?
Arleene Bob Evans Baby would like there bath better.They would feel safer in this.
Solar Eclipse beginning in California - here is a recent snap.
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Annular Eclipse of the Sun and Today's night sky by shadowandsubstance : Shoes how the eclipse will look in your state. #Eclipse #shadowandsubstance
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SLOOH Space Camera - 2nd Annular Eclipse Show: 5/20/12 will begin 5:00 PM PDT/8:00 PM EDT - multiple USA feeds w/Bob Berman Astronomy Mag and Lucie Green. And you can use your Pinit Button! #solar #annular #SLOOH_Space_Camera
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Denisse Portillo I can´t see
Freddy Kast doesn't it look like a wedding ring?
Mike Ims cool shot !
Shinji Takeuchi what's this !?
Kim Stewart What a great perspective we have!
'Ring of Fire', Sunday 5/20/12: For those of us who are where it is overcast today or aren't lucky enough to live in the right location for viewing, here's how to see it online! #Eclipse #Ring_of_Fire #foxnews
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Donna Noto-Diaz Didn't get to see it in our area of Washington state because it was very very inclement weather and pouring rain, which is a bummer because the weather has been beautiful lately.
Alicia Hicks Amazing in Abq.
Samantha Gonzales Awesome view from slc ut
Alexandria Rodriguez Beautiful view from Tucson AZ!
Jodi Bratcher It was beautiful from West Texas!
The Transit of Venus by Jan Herold, 2004, wikipedia: A transit of Venus across the Sun occurs when Venus passes between the Sun and the Earth where it can be seen as a small dark disc moving across the face of the Sun for several hours. Transits of Venus are rare and predictable occurring every 243 years in pairs each 8 years apart. The next one is on June 5 - 6, 2012. and then in December 2113 and December 2125. #Venus #Transit of Venus #Astronomy #Jan_Herold #wikipedia
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radwa ill be waiting for that
Lisa Renee Bonin i don't understand the dates...every 243 yrs, in pairs, 8 yrs apart...but june 2012, Dec 2113, and Dec 2125??
Terri Bryant the last one was 2004 so this is the 2nd time and only time we will see it ever wow our children wont see it
Diane Fewless-Morin i read that the only viewing from US will in Georgia right before sunset.
Funambulist Untrue. The transit will be visible to the whole US and most of the rest of the world: http://www.skyandtelescope....
2012 Transit of Venus by Fred Espenac, NASA: Where and when to see it. #Astronomy #Venus #Transit_of_Venus #Fred_Espenac #NASA #Infographic
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Stroke Victims Control Robotic Arm With Thoughts by Gautam Naik, WSJ.com: Check out the video! #Robotic_Arm #Neuroscience #Technology #wsj
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Sarah A Wired did a piece on a similar technology a year or so ago.
Zen Fields And praise engineers and researchers for working incredibly long hours for decades at a time for almost no money to invent such a device.
Sherry Hammers This is an amazing invention! Thank God I didn't need something like this after my stroke, but I know mwny people could bebefit from this.
Sarah Satinsky Very cool... As i am a stroke victim.... I recovered quickly because Iam so young! :)
Meg Atkins As someone with CP, my hopes for people like me, is that in the future, this can work with actual muscles.
Rakuten History by Penn Olson, via japon.typepad.fr #Infographic #Rakuten #Penn_Olson #japon_typepad_fr
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Portrait of Planet Earth in a Single Shot by Russia's Elektro L Weather Satellite via gizmodo #Earth #Elektro_L #Russia
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Miguel QUE BONITO NUESTRO PLANETA TIERRA.!
Sue Greco Segade Looks like a jewel
Od Omair why are some places so dark. is it because the weatherman is going to tell us how hot it is OR because how much we polluted it... looks beautiful
Zoraida Diaz God is awesome
Cindy Lee Beautiful.
Discovering A Second Species of Giant Manta Ray by Andrea Marshall, youtube #Manta_Rays #Andrea_Marshall #youtube
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JoLynn Schwartz In Kona, Hawaii you can night snorkel or dive with huge Manta rays any time, all year long. It was one of the most amazing experiences.
IBU Zone Amazing!
Vicky Bruce Amazing to watch
Virginia Brummett we had the privilege of snorkeling with the Manta's in Kona, probably one of the most amazing experiences in my life.
Piedad Konda Roldan thank u to share with us your experience.
Brainbow Hippocampus by Sebastian Seung, The Connectome Project: A connectome is a map of connections between a brain’s neurons and your personality is encoded in the pattern of connections between your neurons. #Connectome_Project #Sebastian_Seung
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Vicki Hanratty Can't wait to read the book. Amazing images!
Jazmyn Hernandez wow
Di Drew Jane Wang... you rock.
Kylie Carns Art versus Science really!
Bahia Oawi brains are sooo beatiful ♥
Strange plants in bloom which appear to make their own little greenhouses by Cosley Houston #Succulent #Flowers #Cosley_Houston
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LaTonia Rich Wow...nature is amazing...I wonder where these grow
Sereta Sutton they are getianna urnula.
Jeff Oien I love succulents and love photographing them. Thanks for showing this unusual one.
Laurna Czajka Wow! Love this board.
ShannonandJerry Linzey Very neat. Where was this plant found, by chance of you knowing? I love to learn about plants, flowers, and things like that
Secrets of the Sun by NOVA: Fascinating documentary about new tools which allow us to see and to understand as never before how the sun works, to understand how it impacts us and in particular its potential to tear down our electrical grids. #Sun #Solar_Science #NOVA #Electrical_Grids
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Michele Sharpe Thought of you@emily sharpe
Andrea Clement Saw this it was very interesting.
Barbara Alfonso Very cool show..then I watched the Frozen North.. Hawt!
Mon Sol love for earth
Denis Saar Outstunding!
How Spatial Orientation and Navigation in Pigeons is tied to single cells in the brainstem sensitive to magnetic fields. by L.Q.Wu et al, via Rebecca Boyle, PopSci. Image via wikipedia. #Pigeons #Navigation #Brainstem #Magnetic_Field #LQ_Wu #Rebecca_Boyle #popsci #wikipedia
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Caterina Christakos nice!
Jennifer Barnette I always said I'd be a pigeon if I could morph into any animal!
Glenna Mahan Fascinating.
Dust and the Helix Nebula by NASA, JPL-Caltech, Kate Su (Steward Obs., U. Arizona), et al.: Infra red image. #Astronomy #Helix_Nebula #NASA
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gbsresfix wow
Linda Strandquist The heavens declare the glory of God.
Dorky May Bella?
Julie Goulding Blazek Now...try to tell me GOD doesn't exist....
Deborah Oscarson Absolutely beautiful!!!!
One Day on Earth - Global Screening on Earth Day 2012: A documentary of interconnected humanity created from footage shot from every country of the world. #One_Day_on_Earth #Earth_Day #Film #Documentary
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Shannon Wilde Samaan its all beautiful but the mother with her new baby is breath taking...
Melinda Porter Happy to be here.
Roberta Decker Amazing, Happy Birthday Mother Earth♥
Amelia Panico Heartwarming
Vicky Bruce this put a smile on my face thank you, this was wonderful.
Antares and Clouds by Ivan Eder, NASA: Antares is a red supergiant and is about 850 times the diameter of our own Sun, 15 times more massive, and 10,000 times brighter. It is seen on the left surrounded by a nebula of gas which it has itself exploded. To the lower right is M4 and on the far right the bright star is Al Niyat. #Astronomy #Antares # Ivan_Eder #NASA
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Krissy Thomas Amaze....
The Firefly Squid: This petite sparkling animal has some 8000 photophores on its ventral side which flash (clearly visible to the human eye) to attract prey and to attract a mate. (Some patterns of flash have a cadence resembling a terrestrial firefly.) Indigenous to northern Japan, hundreds of millions of females come to to Toyoma Bay each spring to lay their eggs and die, completing a 1 year life cycle. by PZ Meyers, tinyurl.com/s8ooe #Firefly_Squid #PZ_Meyers #Marine_Biology
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Ralph Powers and just WHO took the time to count those photophores??
Cynthia Alexander amazing what this world holds
Chelsea Moyer @Sydney Moyer isn't this just gorgeous?
Kimberly Goettl who new something like this exsisted...cool!!
Danny O'Connell whataworld
A History of the Sky for One Year: A Time Lapse Study of the Sky for a Year by Ken Murphy #Sky #Photography #Ken_Murphy YouTube
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Earth Day Every Day in Every Way, Love Gaia #earthday #earth
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Wendy Black YAY! earth day is my birthday.
Dih Nogueira Amazinggg
Lorie Holtsinger my mother in law is- Aprill 22nd as well Earth Day. I think everyday is really Earth day . we just need to treat Earth well Every day. this is a nice picture.
Danny O'Connell beautiful
manami love♡
Fountains of Lava and Ash from the new crater southeast of etna, seen from Montagnola, Nicolosi, Italy by EPA/Francesco Pappalardo #Volcano #Etna #Italy #Francesco_Pappalardo
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Rani Lee @Maureen Wilson
Stephen Lavalla cool
Shirley Briedenhann Looks like a painting... such great colors!
Michele Nicolosi McLean My maiden name was Nicolosi...:)
Yuri's Planet by ISS Expedition 30, NASA: View of Earth from an altitude of 240 miles. On April 12, 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin, on becoming the first human to see planet Earth from space commented, "The sky is very dark; the Earth is bluish. Everything is seen very clearly". #Earth #Nasa #Yuris_Planet
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peace.Anna Unique
Daisy Vallely Amazingly beautiful!
Paul Kenyon wow...!
boom 973 70s 80s 90s Very cool!
Kelly Mahone Beautiful!!!!
Lascaux: A Visit to the Cave: Paleolithic cave paintings estimated to be 17,300 years old. A UNESCO world heritage site. Follow the link to an amazing video. #Lascaux_Caves
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Mary Sinclair When you visit, you can only visit a replicated site, not the actual cave. It has been closed because it was damaging the paintings.
Skip_Conover Amazing video!
Helix Nebula, Hubble Telescope 2004: the eye of god... #Astronomy #Helix_Nebula
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Dawn Pankonien Way cool!
Eric Zeeff Great Picture of the Nebula
Bill Pelter The Hubble Space Telescope images are beautiful and truly awe inspiring. . .
Patricia Lemmon-Hazel Awesome
Patricia Mucciolo Now we know where God got his ideas from. Onward to the "heart" nebula.
Apophyllite from India #Mineral #Apophyllite
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Sherrie Carter would look awesome in my aquarium!
Amanda Erwin Mindy Dossett rock.
Cheryl Witzman Need this for my rock collection
Tina Bledsoe Google the mineral Vanadinite. It's gorgeous!
Linda Kan So beautiful..nice to see another gemstone & mineral spec lover on here..from malachite to Cactus Quartz to Ocean Jasper...just can't understand why people buy fake when you can have the 'real' thing from our earth!
Stellar Babies by nasa.gov: Infant stars glow gloriously pink in this infrared image of the Serpens Constellation's star-forming region, located approximately 8484 light-years away. #Stellar_Babies #nasa #Serpens_Constellation #nasa
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Susan Cripps Fantastic that technology is available to be able to take these photos
Dean Clement How great is our God.....He breathed the stars, and still catches my tears in a bottle, knows every hair on my head, knows everything about me, and loves me still.
R. Fajar Yudhistira Amazing..subhanallah
Sonica Landman Of. Course science has a place. In fact it plays a very important role! I'm not saying anyone has to be religious but there are so many flaws in the evolution theory that are overlooked because science either has to have concrete evidence for something else it cannot exist. These articles were all written by some of the worlds most credited scientist btw.
nancy dolce What a sight.
Tornado throws cars like toys - Dallas 3rd April 2012 by CLGOALS2012HD, YouTube #Tornadoe #Texas #YouTube #CLGOALS2012HD
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Cathy Lambeth A miracle no one was killed. They have a long road ahead of them in rebuilding.
Geoffrey N Katelynn Hammonds That's where I'm from! Crazy
Stephanie I was ther and it was terrifying. We kept running in and out of the bathroom because multiple tornadoes came through the city. One temporarily touched down not far from my house.
Lisa Gee Wow, wouldn't you know my hubby was driving his 18 wheeler thru all that just after it happened. He's In training--- so what a way to "learn on the job". They arrived safely. Prayers go out to those affected. So sad.
Dee Wilson Winds in a tornado can reach 400 mph.
Rainbow Map of the Brain by M. D. Van Wedeen reveals an orderly lattice of nerve fibers that intersect at roughly right angles, much simpler than had been suspected. via Greg Miller, ScienceNOW. Here is a story from All Things Considered, NPR tinyurl.com/7le3f77 #Brain #Neuroscience #M_D_Van_Weeden #ScienceNow #Greg_Miller
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Terri Reynolds Nicoson Medicine is so awesome
Bahia Oawi brains are awesome :D
David Costa LIGHTS ARE ON BUT NOBODY IS HOME
Les Ehrenberg The more we learn about the human body, the more amazing the creation we are!
Denis Saar Just love it, our brain contains the whole universum
With Duolingo you learn a language for free, and simultaneously translate the Web: Sign up for private beta at duolingo.com/ #Language #Duolingo
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Kate Galligan That is one of the coolest ideas I've ever heard of, how creative! I'm on the list :D
Daniel Limmy That's an awesome idea! Can't wait for it to launch!~
Chisillia Afifah So great idea, I'm in
Bonka Perry Has anyone actually tried this? Sounds like a great idea but reading the website and judging the ads that pop up at the bottom I'm a bit leary there is something hidden
Kate Galligan @Bonka Perry I've been doing it for two months now and still think it's great. My comp is still running perfectly and I love the program, it's a lot of fun! I haven't had any problems at all :) You should definitely try it.
James Cameron hits the world's floor -- and returns by David Hamilton, CNET: Cameron piloted the Deepsea Challenger to the bottom of the Mariana Trench 35,756 feet down, then spent three hours filming and taking samples before safely returning to the surface. photo by nationalgeographic #James _Cameron #Mariana_Trench #David_Hamilton #cnn #nationalgeographic
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Lauren Mc hes gonna turn it into a 3D movie! this is like first man on the moon groundbreaking stuff too.
Wendy Orysiuk $$$$ is all you need...
Sheri L. Swift @Julie too cute! ; )
Debbie Woods bahaa..Julie that was funny!!!
Suzanne Smith James Cameron ROCKS!! If you want to know something do it yourself!!!
Eric Joisel, the 'Magician of Origami' (1956 - 2010) via readactor.com #Origami #Eric_Joisel #Rhinoceros #readactor
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Tamra Bowen gee he sure does deserve his title
Brittany Channing Is this the rhino that Jim Carrey comes out of in the second Ace Ventura? Lol. Jk.
reADactor Yes it really is amazing. Thanks for the Pin.
Shirley Clement amazing
Arlene Tabor Whoa, great stuff
Tour the Amazon with Street View by Google: 'Google has an amazing vision to bring the world and its diversity and all of its beauty to the global online audience through Google Maps and Google Earth and this is one amazing project that helps to do that.' #Amazon #Street_View #Google
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Laura Scott Very nice
Vicki Fiegener This is very cool!
Jose Antonio Neto great.
Jan Carroll One amazing project. Thank you!
Deyson Ortiz Love it! Show us the beauty of the world! :)
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW), established in 2001, is a free, web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content, is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. It hosts 1 million visits each month; translations receive 500,000 more. The audience is 9% educators, 42% students and 43% self learners. 50 new courses are added and 100 courses are revised each year. OCW is supported by donations. ocw.mit.edu/... #Education #MIT_OCW
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Big Volcano I went and checked it out a couple of weeks ago, after hearing a reference to it on ABC Radio National. Now, which one ...?
The Encyclopedia of Life, eol.org/, is an open access, collaborative, online encyclopedia of the world's living creatures launched in 2007 by a collaborative international group of scientists, research institutions and museums and is an ongoing project which welcomes participants. Originally targeted for scientists, it has recently been reworked for the general public. via solutions-site.org and tinyurl.com/88b373a #EOL #Science
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Janet Zahn amazing resource!
Oscar M. A. Definitely! Thanks for the post.. Repinning it!
Suneel Sethi Thanks for this information on a valuable resource.
Best Venus-Jupiter conjunction in years, mid-March 2012 by earthsky.org: Don't miss it : ) #Astronomy #Venus_Hupiter_Conjunction #earthsky
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Sharon Hanki Cool. We are seeing this in california.
Rosemary Chiacchia Seeing them nice & bright in Pittsburgh tonight!
Lori Wegehaupt Come to South Dakota for the clearest view ever! :)
Sara Janelle thats funny I just told my bf I never saw those two stars together till recently now I know what they are.
Laurie Damiano Berwanger Love sitting in my hot tub in cold Colorado at night. Have seen both so clear. Amazing!!
Deepsea Challenger is a vertical submersible which will carry James Cameron solo to a 6.8 mile deep depression in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. This shot shows the sub in tests off Papua New Guinea in March. from National Geographic News. Photo by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic. #Deepsea_Challenger #James_Cameron #Mariana_Trench #Mark_Thiessen
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The Serpent Dust Devil of Mars by NASA: Image by the High Resolution Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Orbiter (HiRISE), this dust devil was shot on a late spring afternoon in northern Mars and measures more than 1/2 mile in height. #Dust_Devil #Mars #NASA
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Richard Cunningham The dust devil is touching. The ground like a twisted and the curve back tail portion of the tail is cropped out of the shot.
Sergio Valencia I wonder what the wind speeds were?
Shimmerlings Are we sure that's a 'shadow' not the 'path of destruction'?
Robin Morrow ...so do we need the Dirt Devil to go to Mars and take cae of it??
Robin Morrow take care, sorry
The Scale of the Universe: An Interactive Infographic by Cary and Michael Huang viaDaniel Donahoo, wired: The Scale of the Universe is an interactive infographic that allows you to scroll through data from the core of quantum theory and the smallest theoretical aspects of the universe, all the way to the estimated size of the entire universe as a whole. Here is the link. htwins.net/scale/ #Science #Universe #Infographic #Education #Cary_and_Michael_Huang #wired
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Rebecca S Really cool
Knowing Jesus † interesting
James Hutcheson Mind blown.
Angela Miller-Davis o - kay (?)
Liz Merritt Beautiful, amazing and mind blown also.
Hedy Lamarr: Movie star, inventor of WiFi, cbsnews: The passion of the most beautiful woman in the world was inventing. She patented a frequency- hopping, spread-spectrum, radio guided torpedo which would be harder for enemies to detect by experiments involving synchronizing 20 player pianos, a basis for today's Wi-Fi. www.google.com/... #Hedy_Lemar tinyurl.com/y32tv2 #Frequency_Hopping_Torpedo #cbsnews #wikipedia
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Christine Lee-Zirkle I just have to say WOW!
Leslie Borland A truely beautiful and smart woman in one.
Sandy Gomez Great woman
George Sachs What an intelligent person she was!
Mary Dardis Kramer love her movies!
Rainbow Map of Asteroid Vesta by Nasa/JPL via Marke Brown, Wired UK: Taken by the Dawn spacecraft, this image shows the mineral composition of Vesta's southern hemisphere and supports the theory that Vesta is a protoplanet. (Colors were assigned by scientists. The black circle is data omitted due to the angle between Dawn, Vesta and the sun.) #Astronomy #Vesta #NASA #Mark_Browne #wired_uk
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Death Star: Eta Carinae, one of the closest stars to Earth is huge and unstable and will likely explode in a supernova in the relatively 'near future' (On an astronomical timeline this could be a million years from now). via NASA #Eta_Carinae #Supernova #NASA
by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
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Elexsis Gregory Love the things you pin! This is awesome
Vien Belcher-Sawhney How cool!
Alexandra Stengel @Kyle Laub Isn't this cool? :)
Lorraine Mada Nice Pic, but it does not look like a star, it looks like an alien of some kind. ; - )
Ka-Booooooom! by NASA: A solar eruption and the blast of particles. Here is the link to the video. tinyurl.com/837f6qy #Solar_Eruption #Astronomy #NASA
by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
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Mikkel Schmidt Coooool
Rebecca Sanford Amazing!
Pamela Casler Our amazing solar system!
fatihmurat Amazing!
Torben Lund cool
Catlin Seaview Survey is a project by the University of Queensland, their sponsor, the Catlin Group, and Google to map and explore Australia's Great Barrier Reef - and soon to follow, another reef in Bermuda. Check out the video. via Paul Marks, newscientist #Catlin_Seaview_Survey #University_of_Queensland #Catlin_Group #Google #Great_Barrier_Reef #Paul_Marks #newscientist
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Deborah Jensen Oooo - been on a submarine off Grand Cayman. If you get the opportunity - TAKE IT!
Johnny Love cool
Scarpetta Selkirk Deborah, I was on the same sub with my boys in Grand Cayman - sooo glad we did!!
Where to Catch the World's Best Light Show by Kathleen Squires, wsj. Photo via Hurtigruten. #Northern_Lights #Kathleen_Squires #wsj
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Betty Davis-Pacheco This is on my bucket list, seeing the Northern Lights...
Kristen Jacob So pretty :)
Brenda Rodriguez On my bucket list
Blissful Writer Although the photo is amazing, I hope to see something like that is real life.
manami 大好き♡
Sapien is the first heart valve approved in the United States which doesn't require open heart surgery. In its collapsed form, it can be inserted via a catheter through a small incision in the groin and threaded through an artery into place in the heart where the steel mesh cylinder is expanded. via Christopher Weaver, wsj. #Sapien #Heart_Valve #Christopher_Weaver #wsj
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Toxic Cucumber by Robert Rock Belliveau via nationalgeographic: The pointed trichomes are 40 times thinner than a sewing needle, can prick animals' mouths and contain cucurbiticin, a toxic bitter substance which repels or even kills invaders. Cucurbiticins are so bitter that people can taste their presence even when the substance is diluted to one part per billion. #Sea_Cucumber #Robert_Rock_Belliveau #nationalgeographic #Photography
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Cathy Lewis-Lyon Humans eviscerate to fend off predators, too. But we call it oversharing!
Bonnie McCluskey Ouch!
Heather Holland Learn something everyday! This is pretty cool!
Tami Carlson Glad they are in the sea
Janine Everett I knew cucumbers were evil....hehehe
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Cnith Theonliestone Yeah really... can we genetically alter it to eat plant bugs instead? lol
Kristina Clark I was just thinking oh how pretty, and then i read the description....
Marilyn Todd scarry plant - though so pretty,
Deb Sorum Neat!
Catherine Michaelson What is its purpose? Why does nature need a plant like this?