November 14, 2009
Autumn leaves, by Kyle bean____________
What is this
thing called Amway?
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Hilarious re-post from last month: Don’t even reply!
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November 01, 2008
Don't look down
It's that time of year again. We have made maple syrup and sometimes wine every year since we have lived out here. This year we tapped 23 Silver Maple trees and just started collecting the sap.
This nifty gadget is called a spile and fits into a hole drilled into the tree. The hook on top allows a bucket or sap sack to be hung directly from it.
The tree end is tapered so tapping with a hammer makes a leak-proof seal.
The rate of drip depends on the weather conditions and varies from zero to about one per second
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Also, Naughty Patches, part 2
Climbers explore the murky abyss of 3,100ft deep underground shaft in China
(Photo above by Peter J. Singhofen)
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September 13, 2008
Pretty caterpillars
A comprehensive listing of terms used in the sheep industry
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Mexico City Trees by Corine Vermeulen-Smith
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"Animani", omaggio al genio di Mario Mariotti
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August 24, 2008
Shroomy
There are many more time lapse videos of mycological subjects on The YouTube
Un-related: United We Stank
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May 17, 2008
Angel Oak
Angel Oak is a Southern live oak tree located in Angel Oak Park, in Charleston, South Carolina, on Johns Island, one of South Carolina's Sea Islands. It is estimated to be over 1500 years old, standing 65 feet tall, 9 feet in diameter, and the crown covers an area of 17,000 square feet. Its longest limb is 89 feet in length.
The Angel Oak is thought to be one of the oldest living things east of the Mississippi River. Acorns from the Angel Oak have grown to produce authentic direct-offspring trees. Its limbs, the size of tree trunks themselves, are so large and heavy that some of them rest on the ground (some even drop underground for a few feet and then come back up), a feature common to only the very oldest live oaks.
It has survived countless hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and human interference. Angel Oak was damaged severely during Hurricane Hugo but has since recovered.
In the spring and summer there are numerous artistic events, including the "Evening Under the Angel Oak" series, which feature music, dramatic presentations, and various other activities, especially during the Spoleto Festival in May/June
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February 28, 2008
Mating slugs
Rare footage of two slugs mating in midair. (From Reality Carnival)
Images of Frost
Cloud formations by Alex Antas
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January 28, 2008
Gem Bones
The Infinite Variety of Agatized Dino Bone, one of the many beautiful flickr sets by Gem Bone
The ten Nastiest Fish of All Time
Un-related: Last week a ship sank off the south coast of England dumping over 2,000 tones of timber lumber into the channel. Here's the flickr slide-show
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November 14, 2007
52 flies killed
Hydnora africana and seven other Unusual Plants
Storm sounds. Also, Space sounds
If I hadn't killed 52 flies as a child, how many descendants would they have had by now?
Mineral of the Day photos
(Pix above from Ryan Byrd)
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October 18, 2007
Blood mushrooms
Young Italian girl likes to imitate olive trees
While hiking the Mendenhall East Glacier trail in Juneau, Alaska in August 2007, I came across this strange mushroom seeping red liquid. The liquid felt 'watery' – I was too cautious to taste it. It stained my fingers for several hours afterward but eventually washed off. Does anyone know what this is? (From Scribal Terror)
Know your state trees
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August 16, 2007
Think before you post
Life Through Time slideshow
Columnar Basalts are rock formations resulting from the quick cooling of lava flow. (From Presurfer)
World Clock
Tree Lines (Slovakia)
Sunset over the Pacific. (Click to biggify)
The Photographs of Norbert Wu: Life Beneath Antarctic Ice
Unrelated: Think before you post (YT)
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July 18, 2007
Frog umbrella
The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree, widely assumed to have legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet of its base. The tree is located at the corner of Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens, Georgia
In different languages what do we say to mimic animal sounds? Below is the world's biggest multilingual list
Flowers in polyclay. (From Fry Kitty)
10 of the best natural phenomena
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May 16, 2007
Flower Garden
Slide Show of a Dust Storm in Lubbock, Texas on December 15, 2003. Video of a dust storm in Al Asad Iraq, April 27, 2005
Flower Garden - Click away. (Thank you, Dafna)
Forest canopy scientist Jim Spickler describes what it's like to climb the World's Tallest Tree. (YouTube)
On the other hand: Images from the National Bonsai museum
Another Neatorama feature: The 10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World
I am gone “fishing” for a few weeks. This post has been pre-blogged for your enjoyment
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February 06, 2007
Sous la mer
Dragonfly photography (From Graham Owen’s realistic fishing flies site)
A flash flood in the Israeli desert, December 27, 2006
How to create an avalanche. (YouTube)
Under the sea by Alberich Mathews
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s Guide to Palms
Re-post: The Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva Dance
Gallery of Sunrises. (From Presurfer)
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December 22, 2006
Nudi-branch-show
A fantastic Nudibranch slide show on flickr by Erwin Kodiat of Bali. (Slide the speed handle on top to 1.5 seconds, if you wish. From Bouphonia). Previously blogged Nudibranch: here, here, here and here
Some Psychedelic Caves south of Nahal-Soreq and east of Bet- Shemesh in the Jordan Valley. (Israeli site in Russian)
Song Sleuth is a new birding device that lets you identify birdsongs in the field in real time. Just power-up and aim Song Sleuth in the direction of a birdsong. In seconds, the software analyzes, identifies and displays the results. (From Dvorak)
Trees by Julia Beynon
The Ultimate Tree House exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum
Pooktre Tree shapers
Glasswing Butterfly is a brush-footed butterfly whose wings are transparent. The tissue between the veins of its wings looks like glass
All cactus, all the time. A large variety, collected images from two years in Arizona. From Plep)
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November 06, 2006
Sunset
Pink bug (Amblycorypha) taken in lower corner of Michigan
Experiments With a Sphere of Water in Space (Video)
Sunset driveway in Vermont
Cloud 9 Tours, a storm chase tour group
Why do birds fly in a V formation?
The optics of a water drop, Mie scattering and the Debye series. (I have no clue about any of the specifics. From Plep)
Strange Clouds. Lenticular clouds are simply one more example of the beauty and complexity that can be the result from a simple process in nature.These lens-shaped clouds are often mistaken for UFO’s because of their weird shape that seems to mandate a prior design. But like evolution, it is just a process that has designed these kinds of clouds
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