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A magical underwater world in the Philippines. 📽: pema.travels/ig

A magical underwater world in the Philippines. 📽: pema.travels/ig

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Watch the precision of this British Columbia wildfire crew. 📽: Mark Williams

Watch the precision of this British Columbia wildfire crew. 📽: Mark Williams

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Jaguars are excellent swimmers. 📽: Jacob Feder

Jaguars are excellent swimmers. 📽: Jacob Feder

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The leaf sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) is a species of sea slug that can perfom photosynthesis using chloroplasts retained from algae they feed on. 📽: Catrin Pichler

The leaf sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) is a species of sea slug that can perfom photosynthesis using chloroplasts retained from algae they feed on. 📽: Catrin Pichler

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A smiling volcano filmed at Kilauea in Hawaii. 📽: Mick Kalber

A smiling volcano filmed at Kilauea in Hawaii. 📽: Mick Kalber

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The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) is known for its distinctive bright blue feet, which males use in courtship dances to attract mates.

The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) is known for its distinctive bright blue feet, which males use in courtship dances to attract mates.

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A V16 engine built from Lego. 📽: bric_workshop

A V16 engine built from Lego. 📽: bric_workshop

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Halloween hand illusion by Luca Gallone.

Halloween hand illusion by Luca Gallone.

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The beautiful and mysterious galaxy known as Hoag's Object has a nucleus of older yellow stars surrounded by a ring of young blue stars separated by a gap spanning thousands of light-years. 📸: NASA/ESA/STScI

The beautiful and mysterious galaxy known as Hoag's Object has a nucleus of older yellow stars surrounded by a ring of young blue stars separated by a gap spanning thousands of light-years. 📸: NASA/ESA/STScI

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This is what sunset looks like from space. 📽: ESA/NASA

This is what sunset looks like from space. 📽: ESA/NASA

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Sea otters rub their faces to groom their fur; driving out moisture, adding air, and spreading natural oils secreted by their skin.

Sea otters rub their faces to groom their fur; driving out moisture, adding air, and spreading natural oils secreted by their skin.

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The world's loudest bird, the Amazon's white bellbird, has a call that peaks at 125.4 decibels, louder than a chainsaw or jackhammer. 📽: Anselmo d'Affonseca

The world's loudest bird, the Amazon's white bellbird, has a call that peaks at 125.4 decibels, louder than a chainsaw or jackhammer. 📽: Anselmo d'Affonseca

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Non-Newtonian fluids turn into solids when pressure is applied. Credit: UChicago

Non-Newtonian fluids turn into solids when pressure is applied. Credit: UChicago

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Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift apart, a behavior known as rafting. 📽: Vancouver Aquarium

Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift apart, a behavior known as rafting. 📽: Vancouver Aquarium

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This is what Uranus looks like in near-infrared, from the James Webb Space Telescope, showing the planet's ring system and 9 of its 29 moons. 📸: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

This is what Uranus looks like in near-infrared, from the James Webb Space Telescope, showing the planet's ring system and 9 of its 29 moons. 📸: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

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Visualizing Newton's first law with a satisfying leap into a snow covered fence.

Visualizing Newton's first law with a satisfying leap into a snow covered fence.

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Watch a manhole cover dance due to trapped air escaping from stormwater pipes in Oslo, Norway, after a rainstorm.

Watch a manhole cover dance due to trapped air escaping from stormwater pipes in Oslo, Norway, after a rainstorm.

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Fascinating video of a sidewinder snake's unique method of locomotion.

Fascinating video of a sidewinder snake's unique method of locomotion.

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Incredible close up video of a tornado forming.

Incredible close up video of a tornado forming.

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Crocodile's eyes are an engineering marvel: They are protected by a third eyelid, can track different targets, are retractable in battle, and can even see at night. 📽: Smithsonian Channel

Crocodile's eyes are an engineering marvel: They are protected by a third eyelid, can track different targets, are retractable in battle, and can even see at night. 📽: Smithsonian Channel

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This is going to make you feel very small. Fly away from the surface of Earth, past the Sun, out of the Solar System, through the closest stars, leave the Milky Way, to the cosmic web of galaxies in the nearby Universe.

This is going to make you feel very small. Fly away from the surface of Earth, past the Sun, out of the Solar System, through the closest stars, leave the Milky Way, to the cosmic web of galaxies in the nearby Universe.

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This is what happens when you wring out a wet towel while floating in space. 📽: CSA/NASA

This is what happens when you wring out a wet towel while floating in space. 📽: CSA/NASA

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Humpback whales working together to corral fish in a spiral net of bubbles, using vocal signals to coordinate. This amazing behavior is learned, not instinctual; not all humpback pods know how to bubble net feed. 📽: Richard Sidey

Humpback whales working together to corral fish in a spiral net of bubbles, using vocal signals to coordinate. This amazing behavior is learned, not instinctual; not all humpback pods know how to bubble net feed. 📽: Richard Sidey

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Deer bouncing across an empty beach at dawn. 📽: Dave Mott

Deer bouncing across an empty beach at dawn. 📽: Dave Mott

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Africa's smallest cat is also the world's deadliest!

Africa's smallest cat is also the world's deadliest!

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A passengers close-up view of an engine failure on a Boeing 777 in 2021. 📽: Chad Schnell

A passengers close-up view of an engine failure on a Boeing 777 in 2021. 📽: Chad Schnell

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A flying bicycle designed by student inventor Fusha Sakai achieving pedal-powered flight.

A flying bicycle designed by student inventor Fusha Sakai achieving pedal-powered flight.

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Fascinating look at how speed changes the way a vehicle interacts with potholes.

Fascinating look at how speed changes the way a vehicle interacts with potholes.

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The hypnotic kinetic sculpture known as "Fluidum" by Petr Vacek 📽: Jakub Kmošek

The hypnotic kinetic sculpture known as "Fluidum" by Petr Vacek 📽: Jakub Kmošek

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This is the only known footage to exist of the incredibly rare box jellyfish Chirodectes maculatus, encountered off the coast of Papua New Guinea. 📽: Scuba Ventures

This is the only known footage to exist of the incredibly rare box jellyfish Chirodectes maculatus, encountered off the coast of Papua New Guinea. 📽: Scuba Ventures

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The amazing view of Earth from inside the International Space Station.

The amazing view of Earth from inside the International Space Station.

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How sea angels hunt. 📽: BBC/Planet Earth III

How sea angels hunt. 📽: BBC/Planet Earth III

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How giraffes drink.

How giraffes drink.

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Amazing footage of a megapod dolphins off the coast of San Diego, California. 📽: _justalison_/ig

Amazing footage of a megapod dolphins off the coast of San Diego, California. 📽: _justalison_/ig

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The beautiful and mysterious galaxy known as Hoag's Object has a nucleus of older yellow stars surrounded by a ring of young blue stars separated by a gap spanning thousands of light-years. 📸: NASA/ESA/STScI

The beautiful and mysterious galaxy known as Hoag's Object has a nucleus of older yellow stars surrounded by a ring of young blue stars separated by a gap spanning thousands of light-years. 📸: NASA/ESA/STScI

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The biggest volcanic eruption ever seen from space, captured by two different satellites on January 15, 2022. 4K version on Youtube:

The biggest volcanic eruption ever seen from space, captured by two different satellites on January 15, 2022. 4K version on Youtube:

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This is what sunset looks like from space. 📽: ESA/NASA

This is what sunset looks like from space. 📽: ESA/NASA

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How flies eat your food. 📽: Zack D. Films

How flies eat your food. 📽: Zack D. Films

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Astonishing slow motion footage recorded at 1000FPS shows lighting strikes on wind turbines following the turbine blades as they turn. Filmed in Southeast Colorado by cinematographer Dustin Farrell.

Astonishing slow motion footage recorded at 1000FPS shows lighting strikes on wind turbines following the turbine blades as they turn. Filmed in Southeast Colorado by cinematographer Dustin Farrell.

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A butternut woollyworm.

A butternut woollyworm.

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