A Tree So Big, It Took a Year of Planning and Three Weeks of Rigging to Make a Photo of It
Published: October 6th, 2009
Story here.
Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
Mount Everest Captured from a Hot Air Balloon in 1991
Published: July 22nd, 2009
A British filmmaker named Leo Dickinson flew over the Himalayas in a balloon in 1991. He took this panoramic shot while flying in the stratosphere – over a mile above the summit of Mount Everest, the highest peak on earth.
(Click the photo to enlarge.)
Sarychev Peak Volcano Eruption Photographed from Space
Published: June 25th, 2009
Cap-and-tax this:
Sarychev Peak volcano eruption photographed from the International Space Station 220 miles above a remote Russian island in the North Pacific (click the image to enlarge)
Northern and Southern Lights Photographed from Space
Published: June 19th, 2009
Northern lights above the Manicouagan impact crater reservoir in Quebec (center)
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More photos here.
Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina Breaking Down After Growing Too Big
Published: June 15th, 2009
This video purports to show Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier “melting”. Only, of course, it isn’t melting. It’s breaking down because it had grown too large, which it does periodically – because of global warming, no doubt.
Tsunami in New York
Published: May 9th, 2009
Scientists believe a tsunami swept the New York City region in 300BC. The wave would have been triggered by an undersea landslide or even something that now seems to be the default cause for any disaster in the Earth’s ancient past – an asteroid impact.
Snow Rollers in Idaho
Published: April 24th, 2009
More photos of this rare natural phenomenon here. (Click the photo to enlarge.)
Snow Rollers on the Camas Prairie, Idaho. March 31, 2009