Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 11/02/2024Panulirus ornatus is a large spiny lobster with 11 larval stages. It migrates annually from the Torres Strait to Yule Island in the Gulf of Papua in order to breed. 0131
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 31/12/2023In case you missed it. Today's date, last day of 2023, in the date format mm/dd/yy is this one: 0100
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 19/12/2023Protective mother guarding her eggsac. How this lichen huntsman is blending with green , brown and cyan lichen on the tree trunk. [📹 Ashok Manjanath / ashok_manjan] 0112
Reposted by Interesting 💫Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 05/11/2023A macro view of a longhorn beetle’s face [📸 Dara Ojo / explorewithdara] 1123
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 10/12/2023How fog, clouds and light reflection can create a mirage of a 'highway to heaven' [location: Interstate 80 in Wyoming] 150
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 09/12/2023The Kailasa temple in the Ellora Caves, Maharashtra, India is a megalith carved out of one single rock and it is considered one of the most remarkable cave temples in India because of its size, architecture and sculptural treatment. 171
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 07/12/2023The water quality in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland, is monitored by clams. If the water gets too toxic, they close, and the triggers shut off the city’s water supply automatically 0112
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 03/12/2023#Today in 1889, Nikola Tesla patented the electric motor 0110
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 02/12/2023The extraordinary details of a beetle's foot 📸Igor Siwanowicz 093
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 01/12/2023Over 800 terrestrial exoplanets visualized and arranged according to their equilibrium temperature and size [🗺️ Halcyon Maps] High resolution: www.halcyonmaps.com/terrestrial-... 030
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 30/11/2023The blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) is a marine bird native to subtropical and tropical regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is easily recognizable by its distinctive bright blue feet, coming from carotenoid pigments from its diet of fresh fish. 0100
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 28/11/2023There are about 600 known active and dormant volcanoes in the world: 450 of these (75%) is here, in the so called Ring of Fire 070
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 26/11/2023Fanjingshan Temples, Guizhou, China Perching on a spur of rock deep in the Wuling Mountains, these two Buddhist temples — whose origins stretch back centuries — seem almost impossible. But they are real — and their tiles are made from iron because of the extreme wind! 092
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 25/11/2023Bees can be blue. Xylocopa caerulea, the blue carpenter bee, is non-aggressive and semi-solitary. They do not build hives like honeybees but instead prefer to live inside dead wood. It is found throughout Southeast Asia, India, and Southern China. 093
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 25/11/2023Fun fact There are 36 million Americans of Irish descent and only 5 million people currently living in Ireland. If your ancestors lived in Ireland in the 1800s, you are 9 times more likely to live in the USA than Ireland. 0133
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 22/11/2023This is what a baby swordfish looks like on a top of a fingertip [📷 Juan C. Levesque] 0111
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 21/11/2023Birgus latro, also known as coconut crab, is the largest land-living arthropod in the world 191
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 21/11/2023Pareidolia is a phenomenon in which people see faces or other patterns in ambiguous images A perfect example can be seen in this police station in Tōno, Iwate prefecture, Japan. [📸 kyon_K4] 092
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 21/11/2023Many birds don't have prominent eyelashes, but some have: secretary birds sport wonderful ones 1131
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 20/11/2023Ougatou Hotel is a mountain top resort at 2034m on the Utsukushigahara-Kogen Plateau, Japan. In this shot, it looks like a base on another planet. [📸 neevolandscape] 052
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 20/11/2023These incredible salt formations can be seen in the south, southwest, and central areas of Iran. The best examples are found in the Zagros mountains that run parallel to Iran’s coast on the Persian Gulf. 0112
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 20/11/2023Four seasons in the same place: Žabokreky, Slovakia [📸 Jozef Morgos] 1132
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 19/11/2023There's a lighthouse in Iceland that sits on the highest of three rocks six miles off the Icelandic coastline, built in 1939 on top of an extremely steep and dangerous rocky cliff. It's called the Þrídrangar lighthouse. 2193
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 18/11/2023This tiny fungus photographed in Taiwan is believed to be Mycena subcyanocephala (近藍蓋小菇). Its blue color only appears in the young stage, making these pictures an extremely precious observation. [📸 Eric Cho / cho_fungi] 1133
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 18/11/2023Aloe polyphylla (also known as spiral aloe) is well known for its strikingly symmetrical, five-pointed spiral growth habit 0121
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 17/11/2023A bird with 8 legs. This is how a devoted jacana father protects his chicks, by tucking more than one under each wing 091
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 17/11/2023These are the three smallest bones in the human body: malleus, incus, and stapesare They are located in the middle ear. At 3 x 5 mm in size, the stapes is the smallest bone in the human body. All three bones are essential for hearing. 181
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 17/11/2023Crotalaria cunninghamii, also known as green birdflower, is a plant of the legume family Fabaceae. Its flower strongly resembles a bird attached by its beak to the central stalk of the flowerhead. 141
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 16/11/2023This photo shows six unidentified scientists using ladders and a large chalk board to work out equations for satellite orbits at Systems Labs, California. The set of pictures was captured by J. R. Eyerman for Life Magazine in 1957. 021
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 16/11/2023The male Flemish Giant rabbit can weigh up to 22 pounds (10 kg) and the female can get up to 20 pounds (9 kg). At most, they grow to be 2.5 feet long (70 cm) [📹 Coelho Gigante Dois Irmãos] 172
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 15/11/2023Landowner David Hampton planted larch pines in a douglas fir forest in Oregon in the shape of a giant, 300 feet smiley face 🙂 Every autumn the larch pines turn orange and the smiley face stands out. 0153
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 15/11/2023Centuripe is a town and comune in the province of Enna, Sicily whose anthropomorphic shape when seen from an aerial perspective, became very famous on the internet [📷 Pio A. Peri] 071
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 14/11/2023The Rocket Building in Saitama, Japan Designed and constructed in the 1980s, it was originally meant to house a space and astronomy museum, with a rotating observation deck on the top floor. It is now home to rental apartments, a café, and an educational daycare facility. [📸 joannakawecki] 062
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 14/11/2023The Megalodon is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 2.3 to 2.6 million years ago. Fossil remains suggest that it reached a maximum length of 20 meters Here's a comparison between its jaws and a modern great white shark 081
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 14/11/2023Asperitas are ominous-looking clouds occurring mostly with Stratocumulus and Altocumulus. These ones have been photographed over Gorham, New Hampshire on April 23, 2023 [📷 Crystal Lee] 1154
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 14/11/2023Dendrosenecio kilimanjari is a giant groundsel found atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. The giant grounsels of the genus Dendrosenecio evolved, about a million years ago, from a Senecio that established itself on Mount Kilimanjaro. 0153
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 13/11/2023The great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis) [📷 Jenisha Aggarwal] 091
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 13/11/2023The Blue Java is a hardy, cold tolerant banana cultivar known for its sweet aromatic fruit, which is said to have an ice cream like consistency and flavor reminiscent of vanilla 182
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 12/11/2023Lithops are Namibian and South African plants that have evolved to look like stones. This remarkable adaptation helps them blend in with their surroundings and avoid being eaten by herbivores. 061
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 12/11/2023Did you know you can estimate the remaining daylight using your hands and the sun? 151
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 11/11/2023Every Veterans Day, November 11 at exactly 11:11 am, the sun aligns perfectly with the Anthem Veterans Memorial in Anthem, Arizona 161
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 11/11/2023According to Hive Systems your passwords should be at least 18 mixed up characters for maximum security. Here's how long it would take a hacker to come up with as many combinations or passphrases before guessing your password [ read more, methodology: buff.ly/3Mw5nDM ] 031
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 10/11/2023An albino tree is unable to produce chlorophyll & survives by obtaining sugar through neighboring trees' roots. 061
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 10/11/2023This is how confusing perspective messes with your mind. First you think he's wearing heels, and then... 031
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 09/11/2023This close up picture clearly shows where a snake's venom comes from. The fangs of a rattlesnake (left) and a Gaboon viper (right). [📷 Juan Alvarez] 051
Interesting 💫 @interesting.bsky.social · 09/11/2023In 1950, the population of Cairo, Egypt was 2,493,514. Population is now estimated at 22,183,201. Overall, from 1960 to 2023 the population of Egypt increased from 26.6 million to 110.9 million people: a growth of 316.7% in 62 years. This is a view of Cairo from above. 150
