General Science images/video thread (plus general interest links)

[Oilbleeder]

So I thought we could have a general thread where people could share cool images and/or videos about anything general.



White blood cell trapping Bacteria:


One of the most basal creatures forming the marine food chain(under the electron microscope):


Eagle lights over Norway:


Skypunch:


Use this thread to post any cool scientific images you want.

[The Head Crusher]

Volcanic Lightning:


Thundersnow:

[Oilbleeder]

A transparent frog found in the rainforest.

[Unaffiliated]

Originally Posted by Oilbleeder

A transparent frog found in the rainforest.

Wow, that's really cool.

[ixcuincle]

Yeah, there are a lot of interesting animals that live in the rainforests

Thanks for posting

[Teemu]

Bismuth crystal

[madvie]

I find protein crystals extremely beautiful, but I spent a year in a crystallography lab...
I remember looking at zillions of wells and then..something with smooth edges!

[JMcLeaf]

Damn some really cool pics in here so far

[JMcLeaf]

[Oilbleeder]

Deep sea fish with a partially transparent body:

[TasteofFlames]

Originally Posted by Oilbleeder

Deep sea fish with a partially transparent body:

The Barreleye! That fish (well, it's a member of the barreleye family, only a couple of species are described and we don't know much about their taxonomy) can rotate its eyes 90 degrees and look vertically through the top of its head. Theory is that it allows them to see their prey's silhouette against the tiny bit of light still streaming down from the surface. Its eyes are recessed into its head (hence the clear "bell"), which protects them from their prey (jellyfish); they are actually tubular (instead of your typical spherical), capped by those green "balls" in it's head (it's looking up in the photo). This helps to maximize the amount of light captured. It's a deep seas species, so for a time we could only collect specimens by dropping nets and hoping to get lucky, but the force of the net coming up would shear the clear section off. We had no idea how crazy that fish was until the advent of deep sea submersibles.


I was watching QI the other day, when I learned there was a moonwalking bird. It also makes sounds during it's mating dance by flapping its wings at ~80 bpm, faster than a hummingbird.

[ixcuincle]

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/tiny-animals-slideshow/

An one month old baby Pudu deer grazes in an artificial environment at an University in Concepcion city, south of Santiago, November 12, 2012. The Pudu, the world's smallest deer, was found orphaned in a forest close Concepcion city and inhabits exclusively in southern Chile and part of Argentina. The species is currently in danger of extinction. Picture taken November 12, 2012. REUTERS/Jose Luis Saavedra (CHILE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY ANIMALS)

[JMcLeaf]

[LadyStanley]

https://www.youtube.com/user/BBC
BBC feed -- Attenborough and other interesting feeds (from UK)


https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic
National Geographic



http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/
NASA image gallery

http://www.ted.com/talks

TED Talks. Variety of subjects - medicine, technology, science (all kinds). Usually under 10 minutes.

[Oilbleeder]

Rainbow parrot fish:



Vampire Squid:



Green Bottle Blue Tarantula:



Surface of Human tongues:



Ajoit:


Trinchesia Sibogae:

[The Head Crusher]

Originally Posted by Oilbleeder

Rainbow parrot fish:

Wow that is hard to look at without going crosseyed.

[JMcLeaf]

[xX Hot Fuss]

[TasteofFlames]

Originally Posted by Oilbleeder

Vampire Squid:

Latin: Vampyroteuthis infernalis The Vampire Squid from Hell.

Fantastic collection, mate.

Edit: And this popped up while I was browsing youtube:



Here are some Sea Slugs, because they are awseome.







And here's a cool vid of an octopus (from a TED lecture, I believe)

[Teemu]

The world's most evil species of owl

[Oilbleeder]

Thanks for the input Tasteofflames, much appreciated

Japanese firefly squid:


Orchis Italica:


Armadillo Lizard:


Sea squirt:


Pallasite Meteorite(10 v-cash for anyone know what it is):


Manderine Fish:

[KesselForSelke]

Crystalline halite is really cool

[Dave]

Watching that bird video, can't not smile from ear to ear. Those birds of paradise are absolutely amazing.

[LadyStanley]

Song that's been going through my head...
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose/May an elephant caress you with its toes....


http://www.calacademy.org/
California Academy of Sciences, in San Francisco -- lots of interesting stuff

[Hanta Yo]

Based on the discussion of birds, I remember seeing this video on their calls and it's similarities to music, thought it was pretty interesting.

Go to about 3:50 for a slowed down bird call, quite beautiful.