Volcanic lightning is awesome . terrific , but awful .
1.This is Frank and Louie — the oldest Janus cat (meaning he had two faces). He lived a long, happy life and passed away at 15.
2.Cloud iridescenceis SO cool — but unfortunately very, very rare.
3.This is a recreation of what a first-class suite looked like on the Titanic.
4.Here’s what a starfish looks like walking on sand.
5.Fetus kicks are no joke, y’all. Here’s what it looks like when they kick inside the womb.
6.I bet you’ve never seen what the theater in the White House looks like. That front row is for the first family.
7.Did you know that the VP doesn’t live in the White House? They have their own place! This is what it looks like.
8.Owl legs are a LOT longer than you thought.
9.Ever wonder what a wet owl looks like?
10.This is what purified caffeine actually looks like.
11.Here’s what an albino gorilla looks like. His name was Snowflake!
12.This is what an MRI machine is actually doing when you’re inside.
13.All-white peacocks are a thing, apparently, and they’re beautiful.
14.Here’s how big a horse tooth is.
15.Moose teeth are equally massive.
16.This is what a snake shedding its skin looks like. And not just any snake — the super-rare Boelen’s python.
17.Have you ever wondered what’s inside a battery? If you guessed “more batteries,” you’d be correct!
18.Hedgehogs aren’t born with their spikes. They grow them soon after birth. Here’s a baby hedgehog at two, six to eight, and 16 hours after birth.
19.Relatedly, this is what a hedghehog getting an X-ray looks like.
20.Check out this tortoise getting an X-ray, too!
21.If you’re lucky, you may have seen bioluminescence in the ocean or on waves before. This isusuallycaused by an algae bloom of plankton.
22.Bioluminescence looks even cooler in the rain.
23.This is Imilac Pallasite — a piece of a meteor that’sbillionsof years old.
24.This is what a rainbow looks like from above.
25.This is what the summitt of Mount Everest looks like.
26.The first flower ever to bloom in spacewasa zinnia in 2016. Here it is!!!
27.This is what the surface of Mars looks like.
28.And here’s what an asteroid surface looks like.
29.Ever wonder what a nuclear warhead looks like? Wonder no longer!
30.TIL volcanic lava can be blue.
31.This is what a volcanic eruption looks like close-up.
32.Have you ever heard ofvolcanic lightning(basically, when volcanoes cause lightning unrelated to a storm)? It looks pretty metal, IMO.
33.Here’s another photo of volcanic lightning.
34.Here is the type of scar you can get from being struck by lightning. It’s called a Lichtenberg figure.
35.Lightning also makes a pretty cool pattern on other things it strikes, like this golf course.
36.Trees that were struck by lightning look pretty cool, too.
37.It can do some pretty major damage.
38.Some trees struck by lightning burn from the inside.
39.Speaking of trees…this tree is literally from Ancient Roman times.
40.And this thousands-of-year-old tree is still standing.
41.This ancient ice is also pretty cool to see.
42.This is how big the Pacific Ocean is from space.
43.Here’s what an X-ray of a hammerhead shark looks like.
44.Speaking of sharks…you may recognize this “mermaid’s purse” as something you’ve seen before at the beach. This is actually an egg casing from a shark, skate, or ray.
45.Here’s what an active egg looks like.
46.Here’s what a desert oasis looks like IRL.
47.And here are people hanging out in one!
48.Here’s what Antarctica looks like from above.
49.In contrast, here’s what Tokyo, the most populated city on Earth, looks like from a plane.
50.TIL that poplar fluff issuperflammable – it burns so easily and quickly that it doesn’t even affect the grass below it.
51.In case you want to fear more natural disasters, check out this tornado footage.
52.Here’s a photo of a tornado close-up.
53.Have you ever seen a dust devil? It looks like a baby tornado! This is from Central Park.
54.There are alsowater spouts,which are columns of air and mist that form over water, and can be either tornadic and dangerous or essentially benign.
55.Fire tornadoes(or “whirls”) are, unfortunately, a thing.
56.Don’t think I left hurricanes out! Here’s what an incoming hurricane looks like.
57.This is what a baby flamingo looks like.
58.And here’s a baby praying mantis.
59.And a baby snapping turtle!
60.This is what the inside of the gear compartment of a plane looks like.
61.This is what a solar eclipse looks like from an airplane.
62.Here’s what muscle spasms look like.
63.Here’s what birds growing new feathers look like. As the feather grows, it has a keratin sheath on top of it that comes off. It feels like plastic.
64.Speaking of feathers, here’s what a featherless parrot looks like!
65.Here’s what it looks like if a fire hydrant breaks open in winter.
66.This is what bone looks like under a microscope.
67.This is what bullets of different calibrations look like on the inside.
68.And finally, check out what the inside of the Leaning Tower of Pizza looks like!
