NASA released this video towards the end of last year to show how C02 travels around the earth. The ultra-high resolution computer model will help scientists understand the spread of the gas. In Pure Spirit Will you be taking any extra steps in 2015 to help protect Planet Earth? If you’re looking for green options […]
Stunning time-lapse view of our Earth
Filmed from the geostationary Elektro-L weather satellite the video uses pictures taken over a 5-day period in 2011. The satellite is located more than 35,000km above the Indian Ocean and orbits at such a speed that it remains over the same spot on Earth as the planet rotates. In Pure Spirit Do you think the […]
How to build a human – hypnotic
This wonderfully hypnotic animation is the work of Eleanor Lutz. Lutz specialises in taking science data and turning it into visualisations that make sense. In this case Lutz is showing a zygote becomes a baby using a style designed by Nicolas Fong. Despite the success, Lutz wasn’t entirely happy. She wrote; I am a little […]
Catching a monster lake trout on clear ice
These ice fishermen enter a state of near hysteria as a monster of a lake trout gets caught at Lake Superior. The fishermen are in a tent and balanced on crystal clear ice. Their fishing line is through a hole they’ve drilled. The result is that you can see the mighty fish as it swims […]
Watch as an ice flow crushes a river
The Wild Ammonoosuc River, in Woodsville, starts off as frozen over with thick ice. You can see how thick the ice is because there is a large crack in it. The language in the video gets a little sweary as the as the spectators begin to see what’s rushing down towards them. Up river the […]
Incredibly clear ice! It is like these hikers are walking on glass
This remarkable video shows hikers trekking across a frozen lake in Slovakian Mountains. If you’ve not watched it yet and are wondering what the fuss is about – the video’s had more than 3m views in just 4 days of being online. Viewing figures like that are a good hint at how odd and yet […]
Why do rivers have bends in them?
Rivers that run down from mountains tend to run straight so why is it that rivers start to form curves and bend once they hit flat ground? Is it possible for a river to meet itself as it bends or even get stuck in a loop? This video from MinuteEarth explores. In Pure Spirit Are […]
This is what a 4-acre spider web looks like!
This photograph belongs to the Entomological Society of America; Greene and others and was shown by Wired.com. It’s a 4-acre spider web. It’ll come as no surprise that when the Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Planet discovered this web back in 2009 that they had to call for help. Scientists estimated there were over 107,000,000 spiders living […]
Woah! The world’s deepest holes [infographic]
This infographic from GeoCon is a long one. It’s long but it’s not nearly as large as some of the holes that pepper this planet. You might be surprised… or even a little shocked. In Pure Spirit Did you have any idea that holes of this size had been dug? Would you visit Sakhalin-1?
Coyotes offer scary response
Imagine you could howl like the coyotes. Imagine also that you took yourself off to the deep woods and let howl. What’s the worst that could happen? In Pure Spirit I bet you could hear the coyotes. You could hear their barks and hear the thumping. Did you see any?
