full moon
Was a lovely full moon in the night… super, considering its the last ‘super moon’ of 2020 – the closest that it comes to the Earth.


Couple of attempts with a 16mb mobile camera.
On an afternoon walk, there were birds all around, and it looked like the slightest movement would drive them off. Standing still and listening, apart from their sounds, there are the sounds of their movements among the leaves all around… captured in audio/video to a little extent. But there was a sense of gratitude in…
The binary tree picture is just a forwarded joke referring to computer science terminology… but here’s something more basic… Start with the number 0, 1… add + 1 = 2. 1 + 2 = 3 2 + 3 = 5 Keep adding the previous number and the sum… 3 + 5 = 8, … We…
The distinction between a turtle, tortoise or terrapin comes from what habitat they are adapted to live in. Marine-based turtles spend most of their lives at sea, only returning to land to lay eggs. Their shells are flat and streamlined to help reduce drag while swimming. Unlike land-based tortoises who have short, sturdy legs, turtles…
(instagram) How much light do we get exposed to after dark, and how does it matter? People all over the world are living under the nighttime glow of artificial light, and it is causing big problems for humans, wildlife, and the environment. ~ National Geographic This illuminating 😉 post on the Harvard site seems to…
[@Bristol, UK] Maybe a decade ago, the prospect of exploring a closed deep tunnel deep into the very womb of the Earth… may not have seemed very endearing. Well, to begin at the beginning… I went to this doctor on Monday about my otherwise normal back except occasionally very painful back (thanks to a fall…
The moon can be a pretty amazing sight. The idea that the lunar cycle can influence people’s behaviour dates back thousands of years, but has been largely dismissed by modern medicine. But new research suggests there may be some truth to these ancient theories. … Another possibility is that patients are responding to the Moon’s…