Beautiful Blue in the Animal Kingdom
Web Iridescence
via epod.usra.edu
Photographer: John Adam
"This picture of a carefully constructed spider web was taken in Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, Flagler County, Florida. It was about 10 inches (25 cm) in diameter and exhibited greenish and pink iridescence when the viewing angle was “just right.”"
Mind-Bending Optical Illusions
Careful !
Don't hurt your brain looking at this nice collection of head-scratchers.
Better yet, warp your brain into another dimension.
"Would you like a little star jelly with your croissant ?"
via bbc.co.uk
"What is this strange jelly people are finding"
"Star jelly (also called astromyxin, astral jelly, pwdr sêr, star rot, or star shot) is a gelatinous substance, which, according to folklore, is deposited on the earth during meteor showers"
Hot Neon
"The choice of laws to apply to explain a phenomenon is determined more by conformity with politically dominant interests than by criteria of truth."
Big Cypress Reservation, Florida
Photograph by Jack Dykinga, National Geographic
"In the green firmament of a slough, galaxies of duckweed are stirred by slow moving waters."
A "Monster in the Dark"
Ultraluminous Gamma Ray Burst 080607
"Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are among the most energetic phenomena astronomers regularly observe. These events are triggered by massive explosions and a large amount of the energy if focused into narrow beams that sweep across the universe. These beams are so tightly concentrated that they can be seen across the visible universe and allow astronomers to probe the universe's history."
