On June the 7th, 2011, there was a giant explosion on the sun. The firey blast wave reached from the bottom of the sun to more than half way around its surface. The blast is the largest since 2006 and peaked at 05:41 GMT. The blast will lead to moderate geomagnetic storm activity by Wednesday […]
Blue lobster catch is one in a four million fluke
This blue lobster is real. It’s a rare genetic mutation that scientists think may occur in one in every four million lobsters. This blue lobster was caught in the fishing waters of Prince Edward Island in the Canadian Atlantic province. It was caught by a fisherman, Blair Doucette, who has move then 30 years experience […]
Breathtaking arctic light time-lapse
Amazing time-lapse videos seem to be all the rage on the internet. I recommend you check out this footage from the European Southern Observatory, El Teide and the Canary Sky to catch up on the vids that have already impressed the web. This video was filmed in the Arctic; in the archipelago Lofoten in Norway […]
Some hate mail is especially hard to cope with!
Imagine getting this in the post! Would you be able to cope with this in your mail box? Where would you start? In Pure Spirit Does any one recognise the type of lizard? Let us know what the name for this lizard is and how you think it got in the mail box.
Nature can be very large and very curious…
This is a fantastic video from National Geographic in which Brian Skerry is able to describe an incredible underwater experience he and his cameraman had. Imagine what it would be like to have a 40 foot whale float down and check you out… In Pure Spirit What’s your view? Would you have liked to be […]
Green Google: The Hamina data centre in Finland
Google tries to be green. The company is certainly investing a lot in green energy – although part of this is commerical wisdom; Google consumes a lot of energy and traditional prices will only rise. Data centres are big factory like buildings which house all the computer servers companies like Google, Yahoo and AOL use. […]
Exploding lake
This video shows the effects of a massive underground explosion. In a twist, the underground in question happens to be under a small and otherwise tranquil lake. The title of the video talks about an explosion in a rock quarry, that’s hard to confirm but it’s certainly possible. In Pure Spirit Impressed? What do you […]
Beautiful “Canary Sky” time lapse video
This collection of fantastic time-lapse photographs was taken in Tenerife at some 2,000 meters above sea level. It took more than a year to film all the footage. Rather unusually for time-lapse, the camera was also set on horizontal rails, sometimes a dolly vertical and spindles with horizontal and vertical movements. These allow the camera […]
Releasing a seal pup
This seal pup, named Peewee, is a Northern Fur Seal who was found starving and nursed back to health by staff at the Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre on Salt Spring Island, BC. You can find out more about the Centre at their website or their Facebook page. Right now, settle back and prepare to […]
Jellyfish Lake
This video was taken in the Republic of Palau – an island nation some 800km east of the Philippines. As a sovereign state it was only born in 1994 but was probably first settled over 3,000 years ago. The tiny island nation was once sold by Spain to Germany, was controled by Japan, taken by […]
