Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

Ryan Gosling as geese.

A thread.

The amazing golden color of these scarab beetles (Chrysina resplendens) is not a result of pigmentation or actual metal, but ≈70 microscropic chitin layers of decreasing thickness that reflect light to produce a metallic effect.

Video credit: insecthaus_adi/ig
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BVaHvmIhjbb/

Further reading: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/882153

Don’t think she has enough badges yet

Trains’ Weirdly Massive Problem with Leaves - Half as Interesting

Trains are great. They are the best way to move people over middle distances that are too long for bike or a short car ride but too short for a plane to be economical. What is the arch enemy of trains? Leaves.

#HalfAsInteresting #Trains #Transportation #Leaves #Engineering

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nNwB9EGkKv4&feature=youtu.be

#StarTrek

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“Don’t think I don’t know what’s going on here, Sam.”

Seen one of these posted without credit, so sharing some more here because they are amazing and I'd buy every single one of them if they existed.

Made by New Zealand model maker and 3D artist Natalie Stevens (natalie.3dblah). More of her work here:
https://www.instagram.com/natalie.3dblah/

#Barbie #film #movies #3D #3Dart #StarTrek #Aliens #Dune #BattleStarGalactica

I should not have been left unsupervised

I, too, am fed up with being served video instructions. I want it written down. Please and thank you.

This Japanese maple was installed about 12 years ago. Annual pruning is important to retain the beauty and sculptural interest of the tree in summer, but especially in winter.

#gardening #GardenDesign #JapaneseMaples #trees #pruning

Telling my kids Wingdings is Old English.