Extreme Close-Ups: 16 Mind-Blowing Macro Nature Photos

By Steph in Animals & Habitats, Nature & Ecosystems

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Have you ever watched a grasshopper scratch its chin, or examined all of the tiny hairs on the face of a bee? Have you seen the world around you reflected in a drop of dew? Unless you’re a macro photographer – taking extreme close-up images of insects, flowers and other objects – you’ve probably never had the chance. These 16 amazing photographs give us up-close-and-personal views of flowers, creepy-crawlies, geckos and water droplets.

The Green Universe: Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Most Astounding Fact"

Link: http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife/2012/03/green-perspectives-neil-degrasse-tyson.html

March 27, 2012

The Green Universe: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Sensational news stories can make badly behaved celebrities and bickering politicians seem larger than life. Luckily, the scientists who study the vast universe maintain a different perspective. This week, we'll bring you quotes and videos that reveal nature's star power.

Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Most Astounding Fact"

"I know that, yes, we are part of this universe, we are in the universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us."

Watch the video below to hear the astrophysicist explain this awe-inspiring concept.

--photo courtesy of NASA; video by MaxSchlick

Top 10 Bizarre Larvae

POSTED BY SHELL HARRIS ON MARCH 1, 2011 IN ANIMALS, BIZARRE

Most of you probably know that caterpillars turn into butterflies, and maggots into houseflies; both examples of an animal transforming from a “larval” to “adult” stage. Besides these famous insects, however, are thousands of other species who undergo bizarre and extreme transformations during their life cycle. Larval stages are especially extreme in creatures of the sea, and sea life will be constituting almost all of this list.

10. Tortoise Beetles

Golden Tortise Beetle Larvae by Larah McElroy

YouTube - Allah's Creation / God's Creation (2010)

Gulf Oil Spill Pictures: Aerial Views Show Leak's Size

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Gulf Oil Spill Worsens

Photograph by Chris Graythen, Getty Images

A boat makes its way through crude oil on the water's surface on Wednesday, about a week after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico. Even now authorities can only guess at the size of the spill, because the ongoing leak is deep underwater.

Most large oil spills in history stemmed from tanker accidents, and their sizes could be reckoned based on the holding capacity of the wrecked vessels.

7 Amazing Transparent Animals – Wonders of Nature

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Nature is fascinating and often weird, it surprises us when we least expect. Some creatures use the camouflage techniques as a hunting and defense mechanism, others show everything they have - liketransparent animals. Despite of what we are inclined to think, transparent and translucent animals live also on the ground, not only in the abyss of the ocean and we have visual proof of it. Nothing is photoshopped!

1. Transparent Frog

Monster Sandstorm Smashes Saudi Capital (12 Photos + 1 video) : theCHIVE

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Residents of Saudi Arabia’s capital are cleaning up after a huge sandstorm blanketed Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a thick layer of yellow dust. In some areas, nearly a foot of sand covered cars and homes.

And on a more positive note!! JjE

Would like to share these!

I have taken all except for the last two!

Please Enjoy things from my eyes--or rather the lens of my camera!

Anyone need a photographer? I only have two cameras.........an old Pentax 35mm and newer small Panasonic 10 mp.

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