Mount Etna blows a smoke ring during volcanic eruptions. -
mysticmementos: knowledgethroughscience:
Acoustic levitation (by ArgonneNationalLab)
A Boy And His Atom: The World’s Smallest Movie (by IBM)
How The Face Changes With Shifting A Light Source
As spotted in the music video for Opale’s Sparkles and Wine.
Making of de l’installation de Bernard Pras à l’Institut Français de Ouagadougou (by ManivelleProductions)
It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral equivalent of plundering a ship and murdering its crew. But sharing isn’t immoral — it’s a moral imperative.
Virginia police in full riot gear showed up at a women’s rights protest at the Virginia State Capitol this weekend. Hundreds of people were protesting a new amendment that passed that Virginia House that would require women to have an ultrasound before having an abortion. 31 people were arrested.
(Source: grrrl-riot)
You’ve got to check out this new video by William Snieg. He used submerged decanters and colored dyes to form these mystifying clouds. Snieg writes:
I wanted to transcribe the grace of these figures, that look sometimes like fine silk, sometimes like a smoky mist, against a pure base—crystal.
Through a Glass Brightly - Billowing Plumes of Color Amidst Fine Crystal
via Notcot
