This video was taken off Dana Point Harbor in Orange County, Laguna Beach. Dana Wharf, a professional fishing and dolphin tour company, uploaded the clip to YouTube. They say that they see whales and dolphins almost every day – but not like this! They estimate there are some 2,000 dolphins in this mega-pod. In Pure […]
Why can women propose on a leap year?
Tradition suggests that women can propose to their boyfriends or the man they liked the most on February the 29th. Women can propose on leap years. But why? The short answer is that we’re not sure. The most popular legend concerns St Patrick and St Bridget. Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary, 387 AD to […]
What is a leap year?
Most people know that a leap year happens every 4 years and adds an extra day to February. That’s wrong. The leap year is a little more complex than that. It’s not a leap year if it’s also a century year. That is, well, there’s a complication to that as well… This video explains what […]
11 picutres of nature claiming cars
Peter Lippmann is a very good photographer. If you’re lucky enough to be able to afford the services of a professional photographer then take note that he accepts commissions. In a series called Paradise Parking he has carefully searched through woods and forests to find those rare sites where nature is reclaiming the space wastefully […]
Sponsored Video: Engery reporting for centralised survival
What do you think the future will be like? A question to wrestle with is whether governments will step up and start to take some serious action. A related question, a scarier question, is how bad will problems become before governments do take action. I’m certain that technology will play a significant role in the […]
Red Aurora Australis
The aurora borealis are the northern lights and it is not uncommon to find some fantastic videos of impressive green and blue aurora borealis on the internet. Less common are the southern lights or the aurora australis. By the time we get to red aurora australis we’re watching some pretty rare video footage. This was […]
Is this the Lagarfljóts worm
Known sometimes only as the Iceland Worm Monster, the Lagarfljóts worm is one of those creatures like the Yeti or Bigfoot that science dismisses and yet people keep on seeing. Unlike Yeti or Bigfoot there have been fewer faked sightings of the worm. The myth daets back, at least, to the 14th century in Iceland […]
8 animal misconceptions begging to be corrected
Bats are not blind. Dogs see colour. Goldfish have a memory. This rather clever video from CPG Grey joins his collection of useful debunks. In this particular collecton of misconceptions we feature some rather cute frogs, dogs and bats and learn to understand nature’s wonder a little more. In Pure Spirit How many of those […]
Five top ethical gifts for Valentine’s Day
The team at Ethical Superstore kindly reached out to In Pure Spirit to say hello. As regular readers will know, this blog has covered Ethical Superstore as a top resource for green and friendly products before. The question put to Ethical Superstore was simply this; “What do you think the top five ethical gifts for […]
Mystical cloud wave photographed
Photographs that some have been described as a “cloud tsunami” have been taken in Flordia and published by MSNBC. The effect can happen when clouds are low and there’s a gentle breeze. The clouds are not dangerous but helicopter pilots need to be extra careful near them in due to the possiblity of sudden visiblity […]
