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While you’re curled up comfy in your bed each night, the crew of the International Space Station is getting unrivaled views of our planet. For anyone wishing they could see what the astronauts see,...
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Northern Lights The ghostly aurora borealis is prominently featured in this video from Jan. 26. The ISS travels over North Dakota, passing to central Quebec. But the most captivating aspect of this...
View ArticleAurora Over the Pacific
Aurora Over the Pacific This video from Jan. 25 shows the dark Pacific Ocean, lit only by a strange ribbon of green – the Northern Lights. This aurora arises when charged particles emanating from the...
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Elephant Abstracts Even if figural paintings by elephants don't truly reflect artistic impulses, they're almost certainly intelligent enough to have one. Image: An abstract by Nong Bank, an elephant at...
View ArticleStorms and Milky Way Over Africa
Storms and Milky Way Over Africa This amazing sequence from Dec. 29 flies over much of Africa. Starting near southeast Niger and making its way toward the South Indian Ocean, near Madagascar, the ISS...
View ArticleThe Mountain
The Mountain Landscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd trekked to El Teide, Spain's highest mountain and home to an observatory, to record this video in April 2011. On April 9, a large sandstorm swept...
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Anopheles stephensi Anopheles stephensi is a type of mosquito that can become infected by Plasmodium, parasitic protozoans that causes malaria in humans. This Collection highlighted two different ways...
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Aedes albopictus Aedes albopictus, the Asian Tiger mosquito, can carry diseases including dengue and chikungunya. Compared to its genetic relative A. aegypti, this mosquito is typically less likely to...
View ArticleFeb. 13, 2012
Oldest Supernova This image combines data from four space telescopes to create a multi-wavelength view of all that remains of RCW 86, the oldest documented example of a supernova. Chinese astronomers...
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Anopheles gambiae Anopheles albimanus is the most important Anopheles species for malaria in Africa. While researcher are still working on stabilizing chronic infection of Wolbachia in Anopheles, in...
View ArticleTemporal Distortion
The night sky seems unchanging to the naked eye, but beauty is hidden beyond the limits of unaided human perception. As Earth rotates, the sky moves, revealing astronomical events that only time-lapse...
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Anopheles albimanus George Dimopoulos, the researcher who showed that tweaking the Rel2 protein in A. stephensi turned on the insect’s immune system after a blood-meal, had also done similar work in A....
View ArticleTimeScapes
TimeScapes 4K Combining traditional videography with time-lapse techniques, Tom Lowe offers a sample of his upcoming video about the American Southwest. Video: Tom Lowe/Vimeo
View ArticleYosemite HD
Yosemite HD Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty, two time-lapse photographers who became friends through Vimeo, collaborated on this video featuring Yosemite National Park and its crystal-clear night...
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Insects cover our planet. Filed into 750,000 different species, at any given time there are 1018 – that’s one million trillion – bugs buzzing around the globe. About 14,000 of those species are...
View ArticleFeb. 14, 2012
Planck Microwaves ESA’s Planck mission has revealed that our galaxy contains previously undiscovered islands of cold gas and a mysterious haze of microwaves. These results give scientists new treasure...
View ArticleFeb. 16, 2012
In this image taken on Jan. 25, 2012, the Aurora Borealis steals the scene in this nighttime photograph shot from the International Space Station as the orbital outpost flew over the Midwest. The...
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