During a solar eclipse, the gaps between leaves on trees act as multiple pinhole cameras,
and each gap projects its own crescent-shaped image of the eclipsed sun onto the ground.
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David Hampton planted douglas fir and larch trees in a forest in Oregon to resemble a face. Every autumn the larch pines turn orange and the smiley face stands out
The face is about 300 feet in diameter.
rope was used to measure the circle douglas fir was planted for the eyes…
Watch hundreds of years of yellowing varnish being removed from this Jacobean Panel Portrait of a Noblewoman painted in 1617 in England
📹restoration and video by Philip Mould
Hippos can’t technically swim
The perfect combination of buoyancy and bone density allows them to “fly” thorough water at speeds of 5mph, (8 kph)
propelling themselves using intermittent ground contact, like astronauts on a moon walk