the sun at night

somuchscience:

Partially leucistic Great Blue Heron at Celilo Park, Oregon

Photographed by Dennis Paulson, June 9, 2013

neanderthalbimbo:

alpenstrasse:

Woudsend; Boat and windmill on a misty day

A boat and a windmill - the dream ticket - just needs a cute boy, an angel, maybe a dragon …

Petit: … I have the cute boy :) and so, to bed. G’night, all; sweetest dreams for you

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iheartchaos:

Being underwater gives you super powers.

janelame:

“[In the ’70s] pretty much what I saw were just people getting high. In high school, I loved all my friends, but so many of them were just partying. It was disappointing that that was the only form of rebellion that they could come up with, which was self-destruction.”
- Ian Mackaye

naturalbluee:

thelovelyoceancreatures:

10 Facts About Great White Sharks:

• Great White Sharks are the largest predatory fish in the sea.
• The Great White Shark lives for about 25 years.
• A Great White Shark is capable of eating sea lions whole.
• Great White Sharks rarely attack people and when they do, it is because they’ve mistaken the person for their usual seal prey.
• Scientists estimate that after a big meal, a Great White Shark can last up to three months before needing another one.
• Young Great White Sharks eat Leopard Sharks.
• In one year, a single Great White consumes about 11 tons of food.
• The Great White Shark is not all white. The shark’s back may be dark blue, gray, brown or black.
• More than 70 percent of known victims of Great White Shark Attacks survive because the shark realizes it has made a mistake and doesn’t finish off the prey.
• Some scientists believe there are less than 10,000 Great White Sharks in the entire world.

Fact #11: I will be cage diving in South Africa with great white sharks!

1000scientists:

Untitled, 2013
Susan Bartlett

Bornite has a brown to copper-red color on fresh surfaces that tarnishes to various iridescent shades of blue to purple in places. Its striking iridescence gives it the nickname peacock copper or peacock ore.