MinuteEarth: Why are leaves green?
Have you ever wondered why leaves are green and not red, blue, or even black? Well, MinuteEarth released another interesting movie answering the question. Source:
“In Search of Our Cosmic Origins (The ALMA Movie)”
This 16-minute video presents the history of ALMA from the origins of the project several decades ago to the recent first science results. Illustrated by dramatic helicopter footage, the movie takes you on a journey to the 5000-metre-high Chajnantor Plateau, where ALMA
Corona aurora over UAF ski trail, Alaska
Time-lapse movie of the corona aurora that appeared over UAF ski trail, Fairbanks, Alaska after strong CME hit Earth’s magnetic field. Red aurora was also captured. (1:54 – 2:32am AKST, March 17, 2013) Corona aurora is a shape of aurora in which rays
SciShow: 3 Ways to save Earth from an asteroid
Hank from SciShow gives us the skinny on three plans NASA scientists have come up with to save Earth from an asteroid impact. NEO/JPLIMPACTSource: SciShowFeatured image: Artist rendering asteroid (Credit:
MinuteEarth: The Story of Our Planet
Agriculture, hula hoops, SARS, and THIS video: how long did they take to get around the earth? The genius guys behind MinutePhysics started a new project MinuteEarth – Science and stories about our awesome planet! This is the first MinuteEarth video
Aquarius satellite: One year observing the salty seas
Launched on June 10, 2011, aboard the Argentine spacecraft Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC)-D, Aquarius is NASA’s first satellite instrument specifically built to study the salt content of ocean surface waters.Salinity variations, one of the
Space for ESA: Our Colourful Planet
Images in HD quality taken by the optical and radar instruments on board ESA’s Envisat Satellite orbiting 800 km above the Earth are set to relaxing music. Originally produced for Lufthansa inflight entertainment (released December 2010).Credit:
Marillion’s soundtrack for space
Rock band Marillion have a long-standing interest in science and exploration. In particular, guitarist Steve Rothery is fascinated by the images of Earth as seen from the International Space Station. He wrote a piece of music called “Space” some time ago and thought it
Orbit – Yet another incredible ISS timelapse
Edited by Brian Tomlinson: http://www.btprints.comOriginal stills for the time lapse sequences courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center.Music: ‘Eve’ by
Fiery looping rain on the Sun
Eruptive events on the sun can be wildly different. Some come just with a solar flare, some with an additional ejection of solar material called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and some with complex moving structures in association with changes in magnetic field lines
