Orion in Red and Blue via NASA
This popular beach located in the Maldives, colloquially known as the Sea of Stars, lights up at night due to the presence of phosphorescent phytoplankton. When stressed or agitated (such as when being stepped on, splashed, or due to crashing waves), the phytoplankton glow like submarine fireflies.
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A colorful canopy made up of recycled plastic bottles by artist Garth Britzman.
These vibrant botanical illustrations are hand-colored lithographs from volume 4 of Asa Strong’s 4-volume work The American Flora, published in New York by Green & Spencer between 1850 and 1853, with illustrations by Edwin Whitefield. The set, part of the donation of important botanical and horticultural books from Lynde Bradley Uihlein, includes nearly 200 hand-colored lithographic plates with extensive taxonomic descriptions for the propagation, culture, and medical use of 444 plants.
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El campillo de la jara (Toledo)
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The tusk of a woolly mammoth being unearthed from a Siberian riverbed.