#wonders-of-nature — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #wonders-of-nature, aggregated by home.social.
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#WondersOfNature: This very popular photo captured by Timothy C. Roth from Task Force Turtle portrays a snapping turtle that emerged after hibernation carrying the "earth" on its back.
This 13-pound snapping turtle in Maryland is carrying 18 pounds of mud and grass on its back. It hangs out in mud pits during the winter to keep warm. When the turtle comes out in the spring, it brings some of the mud with it!
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Many of you might have already seen the ultra cute "sea sheep" (Costasiella kuroshimae), but yesterday I learned 2 mind-blowing facts about the family of sea slugs they belong to:
1. They incorporate chloroplasts (the organelles in plant cells that do the actual photosynthesis) of plants they eat, into their own bodies to do photosynthesis directly for them (that is the green colour you see), in order to survive if food is scarce.
Imagine being able to live from light!
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#WondersOfNature: A fog bow, sometimes called a #White #Rainbow, is a similar phenomenon to a rainbow; however, as its name suggests, it appears as a bow in fog rather than rain.
Because of the very small size of water droplets that cause fog, the fog bow has only very weak colors and may appear white.
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Been slacking on photos. #MTB #running #hiking #wondersofnature
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While thinking back about July, here's a visitor to one of the orchids. #katydid #insect #WondersOfNature
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#WondersOfNature: A 22° halo is an atmospheric #Optical #Phenomenon that consists of a halo with an apparent radius of approximately 22° around the Sun.
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#WondersOfNature: #Catatumbo #Lightning is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela.
Catatumbo means "House of Thunder" in the language of the Bari people.
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#WondersOfNature: The #Marble #Caves are a series of intricate marble caverns and pillars that have been sculpted by the waters of General Carrera Lake in Chile.
The Marble Caves are geological formation of unusual beauty. These caves have formed in a pure marble and are bathed in the deep blue water of General Carrera Lake.
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Good Morning!
The 4th of July Mullein, standing erect and saluting. #BloomScrolling #Mullein #WildFlowers #WondersOfNature #GoodMorning
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Good morning!
Here we see all the shapes, sizes and fabulous color changes of the calla lily.
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Good morning!
This Golden Threadbranch False Cyprus gives us innumerable greens. Oh, the troubling greens, as many artists have experienced.
#WondersOfNature #Plants #green #TroublingGreen #GoodMorningMastodon -
Good afternoon.
A sideways view of a portion of the front garden.
#bloomscrolling #petunias #violets #CannaLily #WondersOfNature -
Good morning !
Penstemon digitalis, foxglove beardtongue. Be sure to zoom in and see the pink stripes inside the flower.
#BloomScrolling #perennials #WondersOfNature #Penstemon -
Good morning!
Mullein volunteer that is eventually going to bloom over at the allotment.
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Good Morning!
Under a Japanese Maple. Not quite #BloomScrolling but definitely one of the #WondersOfNature. #trees #JapaneseMaple
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#WondersOfNature: #Lithops are Namibian and South African plants that have evolved to look like stones.
The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words λίθος (líthos) 'stone' and ὄψ (óps) 'face', referring to the stone-like appearance of the plants.
They avoid being eaten by blending in with surrounding rocks and are often known as pebble plants or living stones.
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#WondersOfNature: This very popular photo captured by Timothy C. Roth from Task Force Turtle portrays a snapping turtle that emerged after hibernation carrying the "earth" on its back.
This 13-pound snapping turtle in Maryland is carrying 18 pounds of mud and grass on its back. It hangs out in mud pits during the winter to keep warm. When the turtle comes out in the spring, it brings some of the mud with it!
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#WondersOfNature: Eucalyptus deglupta, commonly known as the #Rainbow #Eucalyptus, is a species of tall #Tree that is native to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
As rainbow eucalyptus sheds its bark, it reveals a neon green inner layer. Over time, as this layer is exposed to air, it ages into different colors - bright reds, oranges, blues, pinks and purples.
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#WondersOfNature: A fog bow, sometimes called a #White #Rainbow, is a similar phenomenon to a rainbow; however, as its name suggests, it appears as a bow in fog rather than rain.
Because of the very small size of water droplets that cause fog, the fog bow has only very weak colors and may appear white.
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#WondersOfNature:A 22° halo is an atmospheric #Optical #Phenomenon that consists of a halo with an apparent radius of approximately 22° around the Sun.
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#WondersOfNature: #Catatumbo #Lightning is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela.
Catatumbo means "House of Thunder" in the language of the Bari people.