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20 Amazing Images of Earth as Seen From Space
The Earth is a truly beautiful and fascinating place – even more so when seen from Space as distances and proportions take on a whole new dimension. Is this how ants see their world, we wonder? Follow us on a tour of our Blue Planet as seen from Space and be ready for some stunning pictures.
Continue reading...15 Phenomenal Images of the Aurora Australis
Thursday, April 23, 2009
With today’s super telescopes, we are better placed than ever to witness the astonishing celestial beauty of stars, nebulae and quasars. But while telescopes are invaluable to our understanding of the distant Universe, there are luminous cosmic energies at play closer to home that can be seen clearly with the naked eye. Most people have heard tale of the legendary Northern Lights, but their southern cousins, Aurora Australis, make no less magical a spectacle.
Continue reading...A Day in the Life of Novolazarevskaya Antarctic Station
Friday, March 6, 2009
The picture above is not a stairway to heaven but the wind whispering through the Russian water well. Photographer Anton Chekalin visited the Russian Novolazarevskaya Antarctic Station in November of 2007 and made some absolutely stunning photographic discoveries…
Continue reading...10 Landscapes of Smoke and Mirrors
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Mirages have long left us spellbound. Their power to play tricks on our minds endlessly fascinates, while the image of an exhausted traveller in a desert being fooled into seeing an oasis in the distance is part of popular folklore. Modern science has made the way these bewildering optical phenomena work less hazy, but mirages continue to captivate the imagination – and no more so than Fata Morgana, that most bizarre of superior mirages.
Continue reading...The 15 Million Year-Old Lake
Friday, January 23, 2009
Life forms from 15 million years ago may still be present on Earth if the discovery of a new lake 4km below the surface of the ice in east Antarctica is as fruitful as scientists believe it to be. Scientists believe that the water inside Lake Vostok could contain new lifeforms and possibly shed light on other planets.
Continue reading...8 Incredible Martian Landscapes
Thursday, November 13, 2008
As 40,000 fans say goodbye to the now-retired Mars Phoenix Lander on Twitter and Facebook, its discovery of water on the Red Planet may strengthen scientists' position that Mars is the ideal location for future human colonization. But with the first manned space mission nearly 20 years away, even a visit seems like a pipe dream. So in lieu of the real deal, we found these eight Blue Planet locales that can give you an idea of what a view from your Martian home might look like.
Continue reading...Antarctica’s Spellbinding Stripy Icebergs
Friday, August 29, 2008
Antarctica is the coldest and most barren continent on the face of the Earth, with spine chilling temperatures as low as -130°F (-90°C) in the winter. There is next to no vegetation, no permanent population and not a hotel in sight yet people still flock to the area in their droves to get a glimpse of the abundant wildlife and marine life, and these floating beauties: icebergs.
Continue reading...The “Lost Brittlestar City” of Antartica
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Image from laszio-photo The world record for the fastest a human can swim as a matter of fact, is just over 5 miles an hour. I explain that as a way of proving that there are sea stars thriving in a current in Antarctica that would leave [...]
Continue reading...5 Most Stunning Marathons in the World
Friday, April 11, 2008
I’ve been a bit of a runner since I had a girlfriend call me out on being fat four years ago; of course, by “a bit of a runner”, I mean “obsessed about it constantly”, and dropped my weight from 220 down to a fighting 160. God, I [...]
Continue reading...Global Warming Causes Alien Invasion in Antarctica
Monday, January 28, 2008
Tourists and global warming are setting the stage for an alien invasion of Antarctica. Photo by Andrew Mandemaker Alien species have had a significant negative impact on the ecology of many other continents. The environmental problems caused by
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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