Slow motion footage of a hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) feeding. This 60-second clip captures just one second of real time, slowed to 1/67th speed at 2000fps.
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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science" - Albert Einstein
A stunningly beautiful jellyfish (Crossota sp.) spotted by an ROV at a depth of 2.3 miles near the Mariana Trench.
📽️: NOAA OER
The speed of light visualized on a world map.
📽: Dr James O'Donoghue
Timelapse created using photographs taken from the International Space Station, courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS054-E-43779-45314 http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov.
Earth is beautiful.
The “Cosmic Cliffs” of the Carina Nebula captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope.
📸: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
Mesmerizing timelapse of lava flows illuminating the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu crater during Kīlauea’s January 27, 2025 eruption.
📽️: USGS KWcam
An astronaut's view of Earth during a spacewalk.
Metronomes started randomly synchronize after a short period of time as they influence each other through the side-to-side motion of their shared base.
Source: UCLA Physics & Astronomy
https://demoweb.physics.ucla.edu/content/160-spontaneous-synchronization
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_jelly_babies