source The usual negative comments in the link. 20 years ago I was at a SXS side show where Michael McIntosh spoke. I asked about innovating guns with new stocks finishes and materials like synthetics to make them more functional, weather proof and pleasing. I got the usual traditional pooh poohing mostly because they are status symbols as …
Bigfin squid
Bigfin squids are a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology. They are placed in the genus Magnapinna and family Magnapinnidae. Although the family was described only from larval, paralarval, and juvenile specimens, numerous video observations of much larger squid with similar morphology are assumed to be adult specimens of the same family. The arms and tentacles of the squid are both extremely long, …
Brocken Spectre
Our Ecologist and Land Manager, Luke Sutton, captured this amazing image on Christmas day at Chinkwell Tor. It captures the phenomenon known as a Brocken Spectre, which is an optical illusion caused by the sun shining from behind a person and projecting their shadow onto fog. The shadow appears to look like a giant person, …
Vermiglio. Touted as good.
Shortlisted “Best International Feature” Academy Awards! “Breathtaking. A momentous vision of everyday rural existence in the Italian Alps. –Variety Vermiglio Something Steve might like since it is set in his ancestral turf.
A take on Douglas Adams
A take on Douglas Adams and his The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It seems well received from the comments. I am not schooled on it so it is for you to judge.
Kevin
The filmmakers then visited the Sacramento Zoo to observe a Himalayan monal for Kevin’s animation. Up (2009_film) It is highly likely this is one of the subjects in Beebe’s Pheasant Jungles which was chapter 32 in Steve’s book on books.
That dog is feeling like king of the hill.
That dog is feeling like king of the hill. #6 is a better video that is on facebook.
It happened here once
In 2012, a show presented by Garden State Fireworks went awry. On Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 7,000 fireworks,[1] intended for a 17-minute display, discharged prematurely and simultaneously from all four barges and the pier.[10] The entire cache exploded in less than a minute.[11] The coordinated fireworks are triggered by computer, and the premature discharge was blamed on a corrupted …
The World in Infrared.
Life in Another Light Infrared Photography Contest 2024 Winners I have to admit I never heard of it but the results are interesting. I was particularly taken with the lichens in infrared.
Darne Display
No info with the pic but it looks old. I like the cut away Darne at bottom.