Incredible Book Cut Sculptures by Su Blackwell.
Incredible Book Cut Sculptures by Su Blackwell.
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Amazing Bismuth Crystals.
These are not sculptures or alien artifact but lab grown crystal of the element Bismuth. Bismuth (element #83 on the periodic table) forms beautifully colored and geometrically intricate hopper crystals, as it slowly cools and solidifies from its molten state. Though virtually unseen in nature, high-purity bismuth can form distinctive hopper crystals. The 'hoppered', shape of a Bismuth crystal results from a higher growth rate around its outer edges than on its inside face. The higher rate of growth on the edges forms a crystal which appears to be partially hollowed out in a rectangular-spiral stair step design. The crystal's eye-catching array of colors results from the formation of a thin oxide layer on its surface. The colors on Bismuth crystals arise in a similar fashion to those on a soap bubble or thin film of oil on water in which light reflecting off the top and bottom of the film produce interference maxima of a particular color depending on the film’s thickness....
Squid wars and methane explosions: how Blue Planet II captured never-before-seen views of the ocean
“We’ve taken technology to places where it was probably never meant to go.” Ochre seastars On her very first dive into the frigid waters of Antarctica, Orla Doherty’s yellow submarine began taking on water. So she did what she was supposed to — she stuck a finger in the puddle at her feet and licked it. It was salty. That meant it wasn’t drinking water spilled by one of the crew members; it was saltwater leaking into the sub — at 1,476 feet (450 meters) below the surface. “That made my heart start beating quite fast,” says Doherty, a producer for BBC America. Doherty braved the perilous Antarctic waters for the TV series Planet Earth: Blue Planet II, which premieres in the US on January 20th. The sequel to the 2001 The Blue Planet takes viewers into a seven-episode tour of the world’s oceans, from coral reefs to the bottom of the sea. Ed Yong at The Atlantic called it “the greatest nature series of all time,” and it’s hard to argue with that statement. With its mesmerizing shots ...
Photorealistic pencil old drawings
If these images had come with no accompanying description, you would have mistaken them to be black and white photographs or some Photoshop trick. I wouldn’t have believed it either if I hadn’t found them on her website. The artist Linda Huber uses graphite pencils to create drawings that has an uncanny realism in them. Many of her original work and prints are for sale on . Check it out if you are interested.