This stunning video of starlings in flight will give you goosebumps.
Two girls out canoeing in Ireland captured this unbelievable, beautiful, moving act of nature on camera. How brave of them to keep calm! Enjoy.
Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Built for star-gazing
Even though I find thinking
about outer space a bit scary and stressful, I absolutely love observatories
from a design and function perspective. There is something lovely about a building constructed entirely for looking at stars.
When I was a child, my parents were professors at the University of Oxford, and my father's office was in the converted dome of the Radcliffe Observatory at Green College. The roof was permanently closed, but the crank to turn the roof still functioned, so on special occasions my dad would let me brother and I go up and turn it. It was so magical!
Do observatories capture your imagination the way they do mine?
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| Griffith Observatory in California [Credit: unkown] |
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| Teide Observatory in Tenerife [Credit: Tenerife Tourism] |
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| Royal Greenwich Observatory [Credit: philsphotoweb] |
When I was a child, my parents were professors at the University of Oxford, and my father's office was in the converted dome of the Radcliffe Observatory at Green College. The roof was permanently closed, but the crank to turn the roof still functioned, so on special occasions my dad would let me brother and I go up and turn it. It was so magical!
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| The green dome where my father had his office, Green College, Oxford [Credit: P. Vojtechovsky] |
Do observatories capture your imagination the way they do mine?
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Beaver vs. Polar Bear
Two weeks ago, a Canadian senator proposed changing Canada's national animal from the beaver to the polar bear. The concept has gone viral, providing Canadian online commentators and twitterers with a practically unlimited supply of that's-what-she-said jokes.
The National Post, one of Canada's national newspapers, put together this funny graphic outlining the arguments for each side of the debate that is sweeping the nation(!):
Are you on Team Beaver or Team Polar Bear? I am on Team Beaver! Have you ever seen one in real life? I have a few times, and they are incredibly adorable.
The National Post, one of Canada's national newspapers, put together this funny graphic outlining the arguments for each side of the debate that is sweeping the nation(!):
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| Credit: Steve Murray/National Post |
Are you on Team Beaver or Team Polar Bear? I am on Team Beaver! Have you ever seen one in real life? I have a few times, and they are incredibly adorable.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Friday night guilty pleasures
My guilty pleasures this week:
...and singing along to old-school Mariah Carey.
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