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100,000 Monks

by Luke Duggleby

]]> Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:08:00 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/11549559157 What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74mhQyuyELQ&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:21:33 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74mhQyuyELQ&feature=youtube_gdata More from Eyjafjallajokull http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html As ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano continued to keep European airspace shut down over the weekend, affecting millions of travelers around the world, some government agencies and airlines clashed over the flight bans. Some restricted airspace is now beginning to open up and some limited flights are being allowed now as airlines are pushing for the ability to judge safety conditions for themselves. The volcano continues to rumble and hurl ash skyward, if at a slightly diminished rate now, as the dispersing ash plume has dropped closer to the ground, and the World Health Organization has issued a health warning… ]]> Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:37:00 -0700 http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html Time Traveler Caught in Museum Photo? | forgetomori http://forgetomori.com/2010/fortean/time-traveler-caught-in-museum-photo/ It’s the short description for the photograph shown at the virtual Bralorne Pioneer Museum, from British Columbia, Canada. The image can be seen specifically on this page (scroll down to the middle), among other items of the online exhibit. Did you notice anything out of place? Or perhaps, out of time? The man with what appears to be very modern sunglasses seems to be wearing a stamped T-shirt with a nice sweater, all the while holding a portable compact camera! ]]> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:40:00 -0700 http://forgetomori.com/2010/fortean/time-traveler-caught-in-museum-photo/ Stunning Images of Herds from Above [PICS] http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/herds-from-above/9450 Though the term “herd behaviour” today is most often used when talking about financial markets, it originally described individuals in a group acting together without direction – for example an animal herd fleeing from a predator. When seen from above, animal herds seem to follow intricate and intriguing patterns. The large flock of sheep in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, in the picture above, seems to form a heart shape, with a hole at the bottom from where the herder is driving the animals in a particular direction. Animals form herds for protection because a group is less likely to be… ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:16:00 -0700 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/herds-from-above/9450 Oklo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklo Oklo is a region near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province of the Central African state of Gabon. The discovery in September 1972 of several natural nuclear fission reactors in the uranium mines situated there has fired the imagination and aroused the curiosity of scientists. Gabon was a French colony when prospectors from the French nuclear energy commissariat (the industrial parts, which later became the COGEMA) discovered uranium in the remote region in 1956. France immediately opened mines operated by Comuf (Compagnie des Mines d'Uranium de Franceville) near Mounana village in order to exploit the vast mineral resources… ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:07:00 -0700 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklo Ant mega-colony takes over world http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered. Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse to fight one another. The colony may be the largest of its type ever known for any insect species, and could rival humans in the scale of its world domination. What's more, people are unwittingly helping the mega-colony stick together. Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) were once native to South America. But people have unintentionally introduced the ants to all continents except Antarctica. These introduced Argentine… ]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:10:00 -0700 http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm