Vibrations. See the Unseen.

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012   |   Tags: fluke, high speed photography, phantom hd gold, slow motion, slow-mo, vibration, vibrations
Posted in: Science   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 01:38 Watch amazing images of movement in slow motion, highlighting the effects of vibration normally invisible to the naked eye, shot at 1,000 frames per second. More

A Universe Not Made for Us

Sunday, October 30th, 2011   |   Tags: A Pale Blue Dot, astronomy, Carl Sagan, Into the Universe, Jack's Theme, Lost soundtrack, Science, Wonders of the Solar System
Posted in: Science   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 09:15 Carl Sagan tribute that's a wonder to see and hear. HD edits of Carl Sagan's narration of excerpts from "A Pale Blue Dot" with video from Discovery's "Into the Universe"... More

What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?

Sunday, September 25th, 2011   |   Tags: earth, earth from space, international space station, ISS, NASA, satellite, space, time-lapse
Posted in: ScienceTime Lapse   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 01:02 One of the most incredible time lapse videos ever made. It's taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie... More

Cassini Mission Imagery

Sunday, August 28th, 2011   |   Tags: asteroids, Cassini Imaging Science System, chris abbas, dark matter, moons, NASA, planets, void of universe
Posted in: Science   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 02:05 A stunning journey into the void of the universe. See and observe asteroids, moons, planets, dark matter, and more. The footage was captured by NASA using the Cassini... More

Tree of Life Sequence Pictures the Creation of Earth & the Cosmos

Saturday, July 9th, 2011   |   Tags: cosmos, creation of earth, Lacrimosa, terence malick, tree of life, Zbigniew Preisner
Posted in: Musical VisionsScience   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 01:50 Stunning imagery backed with an ethereal soundtrack. In this sequence from Tree of Life director Terence Malick depicts the creation of the Earth and the cosmos. More

Space: The Frontier Is Everywhere

Friday, January 14th, 2011   |   Tags: Carl Sagan, NASA, pale blue dot, space
Posted in: Science   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 03:12 This inspiring video combines stunning NASA imagery of space, nature, and humanity with a powerful narration by Carl Sagan from his book Pale Blue Dot. More

Venus Flytrap Gets a Meal

Monday, December 6th, 2010   |   Tags: BBC, discovery, life, oprah winfrey, venus flytrap
Posted in: Science   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 03:04 A venus flytrap looks appetizing to a fly so he walks in. Big mistake. He sets off a couple of hair triggers and wham, he is a prisoner. Ten days later the plant... More

Flu Attack: How a virus attacks your body

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010   |   Tags: david bolinsk, flu, NPR, Robert Krulwich, virus
Posted in: Science   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 03:39 In this cool animation, NPR's Robert Krulwich and a medical animator explain how a flu virus can trick a single cell into making a million more viruses, showing... More

Chorus of Sea Creatures

Saturday, August 14th, 2010   |   Tags: census of marine life, crustaceans, jellyfish, marine oddities, ocean chorus, octopus, sharks
Posted in: Musical VisionsScience   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 02:18 Very cool and stunning display of life from 25 ocean regions. Marine oddities oscillate, swim, and skitter to an ocean 'chorus.' Watch the antics of jellyfish,... More

Look Up! The Billion-Bug Highway You Can’t See

Friday, July 23rd, 2010   |   Tags: aphids, bugs, butterflies, flies, gypsy moths, insects, ladybug, NPR, Robert Krulwich, spiders, termite
Posted in: Science   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 03:30 Look up at the sky and what do you see? Well, blue, yes. And maybe a plane or a bird, but otherwise ... nothing. Or so you think. It turns out that right above... More