Levitation melting is a metallurgical technique that uses electromagnetic forces to suspend and melt materials, typically within a conical helical inductor, without any physical contact with crucibles.
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Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkpEz7znpnc
Also, honestly still processing the fact that these little dinosaurs just roam around like they're no big deal. Meep meep.
Seattle skyline at sunrise this morning from a Washington State ferry on Puget Sound:
I found a cool thing to show you.
Caption via NASA:
This composite view shows the Sun as it appeared on Jan. 31, 2011, with simultaneous views from both of NASA’s STEREO spacecraft and NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. These three distinct viewpoints allowed scientists to capture almost the entire sun at once, with only a small gap in data. (Image credit: NASA/Goddard/STEREO)
@SethRudy 3-year olds can break the best of us
Scattered light in the morning mist, as our stalled summer slips towards an early autumn
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