In this odd video from the New Scientist we encounter the tawny crazy ant. This ant successfully takes on the dread fire ant. How? The invasive fire ants have been doing lots of harm to southern American states since they arrived there in 1930. Their sting is powerful enough to kill small animals and no […]
Most of the water on Earth is actually alien
Unlike the other planets in our solar system Earth’s surface is about 70% water. Why is that? Shouldn’t the sun have dried out all the water long ago? As it turns out our water is alien. We’ve Carbonaceous Chondrites from beyond the frost line to thank. In Pure Spirit What do you make of the […]
Watch in awe as the Perseid Meteor shower passes overhead
This timelapse video was taken in the Joshua Tree Park. All annoying airplanes have been edited out and the result is the beautiful combination of the night sky and the meteor. The footage was taken in 2013 using a Canon 6D with a 14mm and 16mm wide angle lens on a Kessler CineSlider. The park […]
Water monster? Watch this video and you’ll be in no doubt
You might well think there’s some monster in the water. If I had said this was filmed at Loch Ness then the first 10 seconds or so would surely show the Loch Ness monster. But no, the creature here is a water monster we all know about but sometimes forget how dangerous it can be. […]
Starts off silly but there’s a horrible twist in this Doritos ad
Did you watch the video? Maybe you took a look at the thumbnail and figured this was an ad for Doritos. It’s not. It really isn’t. This is an ad that urges people to persuade Doritos and PepsiCo, the company that owns the brand, to help protecet the rainforest and orangutans. The problem is palm […]
Haunting firefly time-lapse photography
This remarkable video was made in the summer of 2013 with time-lapse photography taken around the Lake of the Ozarks, MO and Grand Ledge, MI in the US. The soundtrack was composed by Brandon McCoy for the film and is called “Luciole” which is French for firefly. Amazingly, this was Vincent Brady’s first attempt at […]
Is plastic confetti killing our oceans?
We all know that large collections of plastic are harmful and a problem in the ocean. As it turns out that micro-plastics are just as dangerous even if it is much harder to track their effect. This useful video from Minute Earth has notched up over half a million views in half a year. Do […]
North Carolina beach complete with a shark feeding frenzy
If you’re just walking along the sand, the breaking waves washing against your feet would you end up in the middle of a shark feeding frenzy? You could. This video shows the shore of a beach in North Carolina host more than 100 sharks. The sharks were caught in a feeding frenzy, chomping their way […]
Projection mapping creates a forest wonderland
There are no special effects in this video. Have a look. What’s going on? If there are no special effects applied to this video when there do all the glowing lights come from? This is an art project. The glow comes from the forest. It’s not all natural. The most striking effects are projection mapping […]
Incredible! These smart birds have figured out how to open doors
This is something out of a spooky Alfred Hitchcock movie. This pair of nesting Swallows have reacted to new, heavy but automatic doors being installed in an underground bike park by learning how to open them. The birds flutter in front of the sensors until they’re detected by the system and the doors open in […]
