https://player.vimeo.com/video/129003674
Hannah Reber, "Fragezeichen V4", 2015, part of multiple-screen video installation
Samuel W. Hall. Corona of an Eclipse, Moon Hiding Lower and Upper Limb of Sun, Eclipse of the Sun, Moon Hiding Upper and Lower Limb of Sun, Comparative Size of the Planets, Size of the Sun, Elliptical Orbit. Sunshine and Moonlight; with; also, a Flash of Comets, Meteors and Shooting Stars, and a Twinkle of Starlight. 1889. Contd from here
Robert Irwin @ Art Basel 2015
Black 3, 2008
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Cosmic optical illusions in Ursa Major http://bit.ly/2q59xIQ
Galena and Fluorite - Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
The laws of thermodynamics are some of the most important principles in modern physics, because they define how three fundamental physical quantities - temperature, energy, and entropy - behave under various circumstances.
But now physicists say they’ve found a loophole in one of these laws, and it could create scenarios in which entropy - or disorder - actually decreases with time.
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A small Japanese puffer fish is the creator of one of the most spectacular animal-made structures. To impress the female puffer fish, the male labors 24 hours a day for a week to create a pattern in the sand. If the female finds his work satisfactory, she allows him to fertilize her eggs. She then lays them in the middle of the circle, leaving the male to guard the eggs alone.
Life Story (2014)
Ernst Haeckel. Hexacoralla, Ascomycetes, Lichenes, Phaeodaria, Ophiodea, Spumellaria, Basimycetes, Diatomea, Amphoridea. Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature). 1899-1904.
slope point, the southernmost tip on new zealand’s south island, is hit with such persistently violent southern antarctic winds that trees grow in the leeward direction. (click pic or link for credit x, x, x, x, x, x)