Moss Graffiti: A How To Guide

Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)

© Phillip Edwards

Full Video: Riekko mukana hiihtoreissulla, Tolkuton Willow ptarmigan included in ski trip

i know everyone resents seagulls because they are loud/‘aggressive’ but please consider that baby seagulls have adult seagull feet and beaks and are otherwise just the dweebiest animals

The road to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. Completed in 1966, the VAB was originally intended for the vertical stacking of the Saturn V rocket during the Apollo Program era. During the Space Shuttle era, shuttle orbiters were mounted to fuel tanks & rocket boosters. The VAB is the tallest building (outside an urban area) in the US. It was the tallest building in Florida until 1974 & is the largest single story building in the world at 526 feet. At 129,428,000 cubic feet, it’s larger than your average 1-bedroom apartment.

Earth During a Total Solar Eclipse : What does the Earth look like during a total solar eclipse? It appears dark in the region where people see the eclipse, because that’s where the shadow of the Moon falls. The shadow spot rapidly shoots across the Earth at nearly 2,000 kilometers per hour, darkening locations in its path – typically for only a few minutes – before moving on. The featured video shows the Earth during the total solar eclipse earlier this month. The time-lapse sequence, taken from a geostationary satellite, starts with the Earth below showing night but the sun soon rises at the lower right. Clouds shift as day breaks over the blue planet. Suddenly the circular shadow of the Moon appears on the left and moves rapidly across South America, disappearing on the lower right. The video ends as nightfall begins again. The next total solar eclipse will occur next December – but be visible only from parts of Antarctica. via NASA

IT’S A BITTERN APPRECIATION POST

Sources & Species in order below!

Fun with Bittern by Richard Pittam   - Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

Face to face with a juvenile Least Bittern by ChristinaAnne.M   - Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)

American Bittern by Flora to Fauna    - American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

Cinnamon bittern by Shafaet Alam Abir   - Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)

Heads or Tails? by Peter Brannon   - Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)

American Bittern juvenile by Michael W Potter    - American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

American bittern a bit threatened by white egret by Pamela Viale   - American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

Penguins attend classes on the first day of school at the University of Antarctica, 2007

Playtime for young kea birds! There’s a benefit to this apparently carefree behavior. It helps establish long-lasting relationships between the youngsters and even diffuses tension. David Attenborough | BBC Earth

take this bird brain on a walk ( ﾟ∀ ﾟ)