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I don’t think I’ve seen anything as beautiful and fascinating on the web this year. Hummingbirds, recorded in super slow-motion and visually explained. How their wings work, their brain, their tongue. Make sure to watch the short making-of video, too.
Flying above and diving below Antarctica, in virtual reality.
Turns out humans are not the only species to have learned how to offload cognitive tasks to the web.
Two months ago, I stood at the foot of this monumental 1000 metre wall in Yosemite. Looking up alone made me shiver. Not this guy.
Stunning. A timelapse video of Swiss lakes and cities and mountains, in 360° – you’re automagically drawn to the night sky.
I’m a little late to this, but if you haven’t seen the BBC’s second Planet Earth series, do so. Mindblowing shots. (Vox.com has a series of excellent videos on the technology behind Planet Earth, you might want to watch those, too.)
Well, that title pretty much says it all.
The Portuguese man-of-war is infamous for its painful sting, but one photographer finds the beauty inside this animal’s dangerous embrace.
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