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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science" - Albert Einstein

A timelapse showing the incredible movement of a growing vine, exhibiting both nastic movement to find, and then a thigmotropic response to grasp and hold.

Credit: Roger P. Hangarter

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A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as E/V Nautilus encounters the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0eyl7-XQA

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Spectacular timelapse capturing an entire night from sunset to sunrise over the ALMA Observatory on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)

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The biggest volcanic eruption ever seen from space, captured by two different satellites on January 15, 2022.

Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Hunga_Tonga%E2%80%93Hunga_Ha%CA%BBapai_eruption_and_tsunami

#science #geology #space #alt4me

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A spectacular timelapse flying over Mexico and the United States at night in the International Space Station.

4K landscape version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qf4a02yOsI

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Towering tornadoes of plasma the size of planets dance over the Sun's surface in this timelapse from the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft.

Credit: NASA GSFC/SDO

Full HD version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQqisFi43DY&list=PLc4W06G5-v7BDRHoh7n3QkUKUDJmgMO0n

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The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal that has ever inhabited the Earth, approaching an impressive length of around 30 meters and a weight of nearly 200 tonnes.

Video credit: dolphindronedom/IG https://www.instagram.com/p/BywUCOzHhv1/

Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale

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Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric haze backlit by a distant sun, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Full HD widescreen version on Youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-b7Z4mllLPw&list=PLc4W06G5-v7BDRHoh7n3QkUKUDJmgMO0n

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The biggest volcanic eruption ever seen from space, captured by two different satellites on January 15, 2022.

Full 4K version and more details on Youtube: https://youtu.be/u-OfbNwWjDc

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Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift apart, a behavior known as rafting.

Video Credit: Vancouver Aquarium

Full video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHIIzcWqsP0&list=PLc4W06G5-v7BDRHoh7n3QkUKUDJmgMO0n

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This is what Earth looks like seen from the surface of Mars, a bright star in the twilight sky captured by Curiosity rover.

Credit: NASA​/​JPL-Caltech​/​MSSS​/​TAMU

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This outburst from star system V838 Monocerotis is possibly a luminous red nova, a stellar explosion thought to be caused by the merging of two stars. The timelapse was created from images captured by Hubble over approximately four years. Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V838_Monocerotis

Stunning timelapse of Earth rising over the Moon captured by lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya. ©JAXA/NHK

#moon #earth #japan #space

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Galactic collisions result in a billion-year gravitational dance, as shown in this captivating supercomputer simulation. The simulation depicts the collision of two spiral galaxies and is complemented by actual images of galactic collisions at various stages captured by Hubble.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers

Source: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30686

#Astronomy #Space #Universe #AltText4Me

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Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) are the only marine lizard species in the world. They can dive up to 30m (98 ft) and remain submerged for more than 30 minutes. #AltText4Me

Video credit: Kenzo Kiren

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CESA6OaBKxt/

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