Brown Bear Cubs, Katmai National Park, Alaska - Photo by Paul Souders
Brown Bear Cubs, Katmai National Park, Alaska - Photo by Paul Souders
One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, Threatening Food Supply
“We’re getting closer and closer to the point where we don’t have enough bees in this country to meet pollination demands,” said entomologist Dennis vanEngelstorp of the University of Maryland, who led the survey documenting the declines. read more
work today:
the level of cuteness these shrews have attained has actually hindered my ability to do anything remotely considered work.
What caused the interestingly intricate tails that Comet Lemmon displayed earlier this year? First of all, just about every comet that nears the Sun displays two tails: a dust tail and an ion tail. Comet Lemmon’s dust tail, visible above and around the comet nucleus in off-white, is produced by sun-light reflecting dust shed by the comet’s heated nucleus. Flowing and more sculptured, however, is C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)’s blue ion tail, created by the solar wind pushing ions expelled by the nucleus away from the Sun. Also of note is the coma seen surrounding Comet Lemmon’s nucleus, tinted green by atomic carbon gas fluorescing in sunlight. The above image was taken from the dark skies of Namibia in mid-April. Comet Lemmon is fading as it now heads back to the outer Solar System.
For bunny
X-ray of Stingray
I make ‘S’ go into the cellar even when he doesn’t need to because I love this part so much.
Lenticular clouds over Mount Fuji, Japan. These are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, usually perpendicular to the direction of the wind.
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by Bunny/my favorite person this side of the Eagle nebula
Mountain Visacacha (Lagidium viscacia)
Also known as the Southern Visacacha, the mountain visacacha, while it may look like a rabbit is a species of rodent related to chinchillas. Mountain visacachas are found throughout the Andes mountains in South America. Viscachas are also diurnal and emerge from their cliffside dens to feed on vegetation and bask in the sun.
Phylogeny:
Animalia-Chordata-Mammalia-Rodentia-Chinchillidae-Lagidum-viscacia