The ungainly looking but fairly effective mud-sucking filter feeding of flamingoes at San Diego Zoo. To wit:
Filter-like plates called lamella trap shrimp and other aquatic creatures before dispersing the rest through the sides of their bills.
Author Archives: Chompsky
Behold: an especially clear and pleasing image of the Pleiades, perhaps the most famous star cluster in the sky. To wit:
…the bright stars of the Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even the depths of a light-polluted city. With a long exposure from a dark location, though, the dust cloud surrounding the Pleiades star cluster becomes very evident. The featured exposure covers a sky area several times the size of the full moon. Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the Pleiades lies about 400 light years away toward the constellation of the Bull (Taurus). A common legend with a modern twist is that one of the brighter stars faded since the cluster was named, leaving only six of the sister stars visible to the unaided eye. The actual number of Pleiades stars visible, however, may be more or less than seven, depending on the darkness of the surrounding sky and the clarity of the observer’s eyesight.
(Image: Raul Villaverde Fraile)
You Good?
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Or a bit of an uncaring monster? The School Of Life sez:
Whether or not we count as a good person depends on an unexpected but crucial ingredient.
Previously: Work That The Devil Makes…
Unplugged
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An apocalyptic dawn sky over San Francisco on Wednesday caused by ash from the rapidly growing Bear Fire near Chico.
A benign scene at a sushi restaurant quickly descends into an indictment of marine plastic pollution in this excellent short by Canada-based animator PoChien-Chen, inspired by a visit to a small Taiwanese island two years ago, of which he sez:
It was the closest I’d lived to the sea, being only a 10 minute drive away. Everyone can enjoy the beach with its white sand and turquoise ocean. At the time, I went snorkeling almost every week. Seeing such alluring tropical fish and coral reefs sill lingers in my mind. However, I also cannot forget the scenes of tons of human waste lying around the shore as if it were a part of nature.
Here’s how he did it.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the Aston Martin Victor – unveiled at last weekend’s Hampton Court Concours – a one-off, road-legal 836bhp, 7.3L V12 supercar incorporating elements of the One-77, Valkyrie and Vulcan – of which it is intended as an ultra-exclusive tribute.
Created (wait – is there a Bond movie on the way?) by Aston Martin’s bespoke Q Division, which is an actual thing.
An award-winning and very charming National School Of Film And Television student claymation by Greek animator Fokion Xenos in which two kids on the beach find a simple way to chill everyone out.
Summer’s over, isn’t it?
Mmff.