Posts by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #AwgRNPlo6SeSk9qR9s by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-07-30T23:57:36Z
       
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       Spectacular timelapse capturing an entire night from sunset to sunrise over the ALMA Observatory on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Atacama Desert.Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)
       
 (DIR) Post #AwgRNV4mNLnZCRl9vM by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-07-31T01:02:57Z
       
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       Read more details and watch for full 4K widescreen version here: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/uhd-cm-alma-pan2/
       
 (DIR) Post #AwqTSAVQQRB2L6Aydk by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-08-04T23:30:11Z
       
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       The Green Dragontail Butterfly (Lamproptera meges) is a species of swallowtail butterfly found across Southeast Asia. The butterfly is known for its long, white-tipped tail, transparent forewings, and its quick and erratic flight patterns.Video credit: Kazuo Unno
       
 (DIR) Post #Awsk015FwxgiXu196G by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-08-05T23:26:27Z
       
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       When a helicopter's rotors synchronize with the camera frame rate.Credit: Like tears in rain/CC-BY-SA-4.0
       
 (DIR) Post #AxBtp0A3jLIC2ntBFQ by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-08-14T23:05:56Z
       
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       These two photographs are separated by only 66 years.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxF5wt1PwLMn8uFk00 by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-08-16T22:43:08Z
       
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       A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as E/V Nautilus encounters the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0eyl7-XQA
       
 (DIR) Post #AxiicY1Fqfv80cJ76e by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-08-30T22:39:26Z
       
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       Comet NEOWISE rising over the Earth just before dawn as seen from the International Space Station.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxiicjRtLylPSPr2eW by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-08-30T22:51:38Z
       
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       Time-lapse created from images courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS063-E-39421-39977 http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ay2sDlZ3Ehc1Tw8U6K by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-09-09T23:30:26Z
       
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       Stunning time-lapse of the Milky Way galaxy over Cerro Armazones in Chile.Credit: ESO/S.Brunier
       
 (DIR) Post #AyHOKSYSyiTdBUAh3g by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-09-16T23:13:33Z
       
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       A stunning example of volcanic lightning, created when colliding particles of volcanic ash generate massive amounts of static electricity, captured by photographer Sergio Tapiro.Sergio's website: http://galeria.sergiotapiro.com
       
 (DIR) Post #AySOfpvqmskOqy52ae by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-09-22T00:50:35Z
       
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       The size of Earth compared to the rings of Saturn.
       
 (DIR) Post #AykNo6d4nRXbGCaHtA by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-09-30T23:30:51Z
       
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       A 360-degree view of the Moon's surface in high resolution captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.Credit: LRO/ASU/NASA
       
 (DIR) Post #Az2vEkWls9DDrfE4qO by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-10-09T22:09:28Z
       
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       Mesmerizing counter-rotating vortices produced by a burning incense stick.Credit: ALoBoi_Music/reddit
       
 (DIR) Post #AzHa5AaWwPOO7zySES by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-10-16T22:01:59Z
       
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       A timelapse showing the incredible movement of a growing vine, exhibiting both nastic movement to find, and then a thigmotropic response to grasp and hold.Credit: Roger P. Hangarter
       
 (DIR) Post #AzMDXJ77VgUHWTSuau by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-10-18T21:50:54Z
       
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       A ladybird beetle spreading its wings captured with a high-speed camera. In real-time wing deployment from the fully folded state takes less than 0.1 seconds.Video credit: University of Tokyo / Saito et al. 'Investigation of hindwing folding in ladybird beetles.' DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620612114. https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1620612114#nature #photography #science
       
 (DIR) Post #AzYgdOvk1h01rpv6iu by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-10-24T21:36:31Z
       
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       Curiosity Rover spotted on the surface of Mars by the orbiting MRO spacecraft.Credit: NASA/JPL/UoA
       
 (DIR) Post #AzYgdVEObFUDPQh5dI by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-10-24T21:38:26Z
       
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       The source for the orbital image and more details can be found here: https://www.uahirise.org/ESP_069031_1750
       
 (DIR) Post #Azsr5oo8OFgG49u5ZY by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-11-03T23:08:01Z
       
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       These incredible ibex defy gravity climbing a near-vertical dam in search of nutritious salt.Video credit: BBC
       
 (DIR) Post #B0DPxoeOcDXUFvLINU by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-11-13T21:33:45Z
       
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       Dwarf mongoose plays dead for hornbill.Video credit: Tayla McCurdy/WildEarth
       
 (DIR) Post #B0cdryGm7plPyo8Xce by wonderofscience@mastodon.social
       2025-11-25T22:28:34Z
       
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       Apollo 17 lifts off from the Moon on December 14, 1972, the last time humans visited the lunar surface and traveled beyond Earth's orbit.