Photographer Jan Helmer Olsen’s mesmeric aerial drone footage of reindeer being herded at Kautokeino in Norway.
Category Archives: Nature
The natural phenomenon of light pillars in the night sky above Peterborough Ontario, captured just before 2am by photographer Jay Callaghan.
It’s caused by the reflection of light (in this case, moonlight) from ice crystals with near horizontal parallel planar surfaces.
But you knew that.
Below: the night sky above Laramie, Wyoming by Christoph Geisler, Fort Wainwright, Alaska by Joey Holliday. and a sun pillar in San Francisco [Wikimedia Commons])
Fish Tornado
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Incredible swirling formations of Crevalle jacks off the coast of Mexico, photographed (possibly in 2012) by marine biologist Octavio Aburto and fellow diver David Castro
Yes they do look like the lads from Finding Nemo.
But no – those were silver moonys, it seems.
Viral Video Lab replicates a phenomenon called dynamic soaring used by birds and model gliders which gain energy by repeatedly crossing the boundary between air masses moving at different speeds.
Fetch a hair drier and a chair this minute.
Norwegian photographer Arlid Heitmann’s evocative photos of the Borg homeworld Aurora Borealis.
More here,
I See Foam
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Ger Kelliher’s high speed photo of sea foam at Coomeenole beach in West Kerry last month.
Also available as a hi-res download.
Dawn – one of Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary’s six resident foxes – cannot be returned to the wild. Having been abandoned as a cub, she spent her early life at a dog sanctuary before being transferred to her current home and would would be unable to fend for herself.
In all likelihood she will spend the rest of her life wagging her adorable tail, making mind-curdlingly cute noises and being loved to bits by teh hoomins.
A hard ‘oul station, to be sure.
Set up 20 years ago by founder Janice Wolf (what are the chances?) The Rocky Ridge Refuge in Arkansas is home to 60 wild and domestic animals including dogs, a miniature horse, various cats, skunks, a zebra, tortoises and a capybara who all appear to get along just fine.
Many more pictures here.
52 Animals
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Bristol based web developer Keir Moffat sez:
Several months ago, Shopify ran a Facebook competition asking for top tips when working from home and the most likes would win. 52 kind people ‘liked’ my top tip, helping me win the competition and, by way of thanks, I decided to do an animal impression for each like on request.
The names of animals featured, from Koala to Velociraptor, are listed in the Youtube notes.
We especially like the Dilophosaurus. And the fly.