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[Optimus Prime]

That's not one of Tolkien's orcs straight out of Middle Earth — it's just what ants look like when you get up close and personal with them.

The snapshot of an ant's face, magnified five times under a microscope, was submitted to the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition by Lithuanian wildlife photographer Eugenijus Kavaliauskas.

The competition celebrates the art of microscope photography, which allows people to capture details the human eye cannot see…….

A Nikon photo competition shows us what an ant's face looks like up close, and it's straight out of a horror movie

Eugenijus Kavaliauskas clinched an "Image of Distinction" prize at the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition for his submission.

www.insider.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

Was this taken on July 4th?!

Not sure

 

[Sailorsaint]

Not sure

I was just making a reference to Independence Day, kinda looks like an invasion....

 

[Optimus Prime]

I was just making a reference to Independence Day, kinda looks like an invasion....

Duh, I completely missed that

 

[Taurus]

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“The Moment” was rare yet relatable.

In a picture captured by Chinese photographer Yongqing Bao, a female Tibetan fox and a Himalayan marmot meet. The fox, hunting to feed her three cubs, crouches, ready to pounce. The marmot, upright and pivoting on one small claw, opens its mouth in a silent screech.................

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/10/17/marmots-final-moment-before-becoming-fox-food-won-an-award-tells-us-about-climate-change/

6% of marmots think they can take a fox.

 

[Optimus Prime]

As a round, orange-tinted cloud hovered over Bursa, Turkey, on Thursday, it might have looked like a flying saucer was about to land.

But there was no alien invasion, just the presence of a lenticular cloud — not uncommon in the vicinity of tall mountains.


Photographs and videos of the cloud have gone viral, captivating audiences all around the world. Some have questioned the legitimacy of the photo but it’s real and offers an opportunity to dive into some fascinating meteorology…….

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/01/22/turkey-lenticular-cloud-saucer-bursa/

 

[Sailorsaint]

As a round, orange-tinted cloud hovered over Bursa, Turkey, on Thursday, it might have looked like a flying saucer was about to land.

But there was no alien invasion, just the presence of a lenticular cloud — not uncommon in the vicinity of tall mountains.


Photographs and videos of the cloud have gone viral, captivating audiences all around the world. Some have questioned the legitimacy of the photo but it’s real and offers an opportunity to dive into some fascinating meteorology…….

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/01/22/turkey-lenticular-cloud-saucer-bursa/

I still want to see a plane fly into the center of that.....

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I still want to see a plane fly into the center of that.....

Sometimes I like to watch two clouds

 

[Optimus Prime]

from whatever the kangaroo dating app is called

 

[0rion]

from whatever the kangaroo dating app is called

That dude is ripped

 

[Optimus Prime]

This is a hairless bear

 

[Sailorsaint]

This is a hairless bear

A cryptid!

 

[SaintRob]

This is a hairless bear

Manbearpig?

 

[Optimus Prime]

A man from Dildo, N.L. has captured the attention of iceberg lovers after photographing an oddly-shaped hunk — now popularly known as the "dickie berg" on social media — off the coast of Newfoundland.

"I'm gettin' a lot of response, a lot of reaction to the photo because of its resemblance to ... part of the male anatomy, say," chuckled drone photographer Ken Pretty……

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/oddly-shaped-iceberg-nl-1.6825578

 

[Tapxe]

This Bird Photo May Break Your Brain (And No, It Wasn't Photoshopped)

An optical illusion photo of a bird standing in water in Japan is going viral on the internet and breaking brains.

petapixel.com