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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:21:07 +0000

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

– Marcel Proust

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:37:07 +0000

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

– Andre Gidé

Criminal Penguin – he turns to a life of crime to build the perfect nest

Cris Popenoe — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:00:50 +0000

02:17 It’s a remarkable clip from Frozen Planet, the BBC/Discovery series narrated by Alec Baldwin.

Beautiful Bird Courtship Dance

Cris Popenoe — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:12:55 +0000

01:44 A pair of Clark’s Grebes, a lovely white and black bird, perform a courtship ritual dance on the water. The photography is unsurpassed; you’ll be gripped from start to finish. It is a scene from the amazing BBC/Discovery series, Life.

Water Droplet – Beautiful Motion Frozen in Time

Cris Popenoe — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:22:30 +0000

07:06 You’ve never seen water drops like this. It’s amazing. A water droplet falls as a sphere because of surface tension. That same tension can keep it from breaking and even allow it to bounce off a minuscule layer of air. This clip from “Time Warp” reveals things you never knew about the behavior of water, shot using a high-speed camera at about 1000-10000 fps and color to add to the wonder. The most fascinating examples start at 05:39.