While the Earth's oceans are known as five separate entities, there is really only one ocean. So, how big is it? As of 2013, it takes up 71% of the Earth, houses 99% of the biosphere, and contains some of Earth's grandest geological features.
Chameleons feed by ballistically projecting their long tongues from their mouths to capture prey located some distance away. The chameleon tongue apparatus consists of highly modified hyoid bones, tongue muscles and collagenous elements. Tongue projection occurs at extremely high performance, reaching the prey in as little as 0.07 seconds, having been launched at accelerations exceeding 41 g.via
This fabulous NASA photo shows a solar filament erupting from our Sun last month. The explosion shot electrons and ions into the Solar System, some of which arrived at Earth three days later and impacted Earth’s magnetosphere, causing visible aurorae. That little black dot (which has been added) equates to the size of Earth.via
This domino display visits every corner of the world, recreating flags, landmarks, and icons of different nations. It looks like a pretty standard domino topple you see at world-class domino events, until you get to about 90 seconds in, and see the huge wall of dominoes slowly falling. You have to think about the care and effort that went into it. It set a world record.via
An incredible eight bolts struck the Bay Bridge in San Francisco last night which was captured in this incredible shot by photographer Phil McGrew, who took the photo through the rain-soaked window of his apartment. Mr McGrew, 49, was shocked at the striking image which shows the split-second moment of electric forks hitting the span of the bridge.via
