Largest glacial ice calving ever captured on film
“Marum Volcano’s famed lava lake on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Coming within 30 metres of the lava lake down a watercourse, it was possible to stand the heat for only 6 seconds. With Fire Brigade breathing apparatus and heat proof proximity suit it was possible to stand on the very edge and view the incredible show for over 40 minutes.”
I encountered this “ghost plant” while hiking in Cascade Head this weekend. It’s a flower that can grow in the dark by parasitizing fungus rather than relying on photosynthesis for energy (hence the lack of green).
“Bystanders are dwarfed as they stand watching a tremendous rush of water gushing through gaps in a dam in China, part of a carefully-choreographed operation to remove silt from the Yellow River in Luoyang, in the Henan province.”
Apparently this is what happens when you throw a box of garbage into a volcano
Harvesting latex from a rubber tree in Sri Lanka
Thousands of normally solitary wolf spiders have blanketed an Australian farm after fleeing a rising flood.
