Dust Storm from a Plane Looks Like
This incredible dust storm (haboob) was spotted on 11 March 2014 just northwest of Amarillo, Texas from an airplane flying at approximately 38,000 ft. A haboob is a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current. Haboobs occur regularly in arid regions throughout the world. This wall of dust can be up to 100 km (62 mi) wide and several kilometers in elevation. At their strongest, haboob winds often travel at 35–100 km/h (~20–60 mph), and they may approach with little or no warning.
THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA FROM KFC
Here we see the iconic Pyramids of Giza from the inside of a nearby KFC. Unless you’ve visited Egypt, many people may not realize just how close the archaeological site is to the surrounding city. Check out the aerial view below to get a sense of the proximity.
The Giza Necropolis (“pyramids of Giza”) is an archaeological site on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. The ancient complex includes the three pyramid complexes known as the Great Pyramids, the massive sculpture known as the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers village and an industrial complex.
It is located some 9 km (5 mi) inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km (15 mi) southwest of the Cairo city centre. The largest and oldest of the pyramids (Pyramid of Khufu) is believed to have been completed some time around 2560 BC.
PROTECTORS OF THE REALM
In this capture by Niccolò Bonfadini, we see snow-covered trees in Lapland, the largest and northernmost region in Finland. The picture, which was featured on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) on 2012 May 29, was taken in the winter of 2011. They described the snow-covered trees as ‘watchful aliens’ titling the picture, Sentinels of the Arctic.
THE BUACHAILLE
The mountain is located at the head of Glen Etive in the Highlands of Scotland. Its pyramidal form, as seen from the A82 road when travelling towards Glen Coe, makes it one of the most recognisable mountains in Scotland, and one of the most depicted on postcards and calendars.
USB DRIVE 2004 vs 2014
What a difference 10 years make! In this great ‘then and now’ comparison, we see a USB flash drive from 2004 vs a USB flash drive from 2014. For the non-techies, the USB drive on the bottom is 64 mb while the USB drive on the top has a 64 gb capacity. Today there are even smaller drives than the one showed in the picture above with even greater capacity, but this particular drive works well for comparison as they are similar in shape and design.
1 Gigabyte = 1024 Megabytes
So the USB drive on top has 1024 times the capacity of the drive on the bottom.
SKÓGAFOSS, ICELAND
Skógafoss is one of the most famous (and visited) waterfalls in Iceland.
Located on the Skógá River, Skógafoss is one of the biggest waterfalls in the country with a width of 25 metres (82 feet) and a drop of 60 m (200 ft). Due to the amount of spray the waterfall consistently produces, a single or double rainbow is normally visible on sunny days.
The falls are a popular tourist attraction because they are easily accessible by vehicle and the terrain leading up to the falls is flat, making for a comfortable hike. There is also a trail on the east side of the falls that leads to the top, providing impressive top-down views and a great vantage point to survey the surrounding landscape.
THE BLUE POISON DART FROG
The blue poison dart frog or blue poison arrow frog, Dendrobates “azureus”, is a poison dart frog found in the forests surrounded by the Sipaliwini savannah, which is located in southern Suriname and adjacent far northern Brazil.
D. “azureus” is a medium-sized frog that weighs about 8 grams and grows to 3.0-4.5 cm in length. The frog has a typical lifespan of four to six years in the wild. Its bright blue skin, usually darker around its limbs and stomach, serves as a warning to predators. Although poison dart frogs are known for their skin toxins; in captivity, the frogs lose toxicity as a result of altered diets.
THE SKY SHADOW
In this beautiful sunrise capture we see Washington’s Mount Rainier casting an upward shadow towards the sky.
The ‘sky shadow’ phenomenon occurs when the sun rises further to the south and Mt Rainier can block the first rays of the morning. Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle. It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States with a summit elevation of 14,411 ft (4,392 m).
Mt. Rainier is considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, and it is on the Decade Volcano list. Because of its large amount of glacial ice, Mt. Rainier could potentially produce massive lahars (a type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris, and water) that would threaten the whole Puyallup River valley.
WHAT LURKS BENEATH
In this amazing over/under photograph we see a southern right whale underneath the boat of whale watchers off the coast of Argentina in the Peninsula Valdez. The whales come to these waters to birth their calves and mate.
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