Category Archives: Awesome

Lets feed a Bee

 

By: Bayer CropScience LP

Originally Published on Mar 18, 2016

Watch the video to learn about Feed a Bee! Bees and pollinators need to eat. With your help, we have set out to plant more seeds to create forage for pollinators around the U.S. It is easy to help! Each time you use the the hashtag #FeedABee with ?, Bayer will plant wildflowers to feed a bee. Help us feed a bee today!

More Information at the following website: http://img.feedabee.com/education/

One Year of Earth Is Blue

 

By: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

Originally Published on Oct 23, 2015

As NOAA Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan says, “No matter what you see out your living room window or off of your back porch, you are first and foremost a citizen of the planet – and a citizen of an ocean planet.” With that in mind, a year ago today we launched #EarthIsBlue to bring you incredible images and videos of America’s underwater treasures. Watch our video to learn why we’ve been sharing these images and how you can help us keep this blue planet vibrant!

For more info click here> sanctuaries.noaa.gov/earthisblue

EPIC View of Moon Transiting the Earth

 

By:  NASA.gov Video

Originally published on Aug 5, 2015

This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun, as it crosses between the DSCOVR spacecraft’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and telescope, and the Earth – one million miles away.

Read more: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/f…

Credit: NASA/NOAA

Butterfly in epic slow motion – Slo Mo #22 – Earth Unplugged

 

By:  BBC Earth Unplugged

Originally published on Jul 11, 2013

Why do butterflies flutter? Nic and Si reveal exactly what’s happening during the flight of these beautiful creatures with the help of a super slow motion camera.

Check out how butterflies are inspiring flying robots here: http://releases.jhu.edu/2012/02/01/bu…

And to discover more on the science behind their complex flight click here: http://www.unix.eng.ua.edu/~japalmore…
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Original and stunning high definition slow motion footage of animals and their actions. Brought to you by our very own team members; butterfly admirer Nic and camera geek Simon.

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Amazing Time-Lapse: Bees Hatch Before Your Eyes

 

By: National Geographic

Originally Published on May 20, 2015

Witness the eerily beautiful growth of larvae into bees in this mesmerizing time-lapse video from photographer Anand Varma. Varma said the six-month project, for which he built a beehive in his workshop, gave him a new respect for the meticulous job of beekeeping.

Click here to read the behind the scene’s story of exactly how photographer Anand Varma made this amazing time-lapse:http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2…

PHOTOGRAPHER: Anand Varma
COMPOSER: Rob Moose

Yosemite National Park HD II

 

By: Project Yosemite (http://www.projectyose.com)

Originally Published on Feb 27, 2014

A 200+ mile backpacking experience through Yosemite National Park captured by Colin Delehanty and Sheldon Neill. This project was filmed over the course of 10 months. We spent a combined 45 days in the park capturing the images in this video.

To view the entire story, please visit: http://www.projectyose.com
Find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/projectyose

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Music by M83 – Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun