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moonrise kingdom (x)

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baby humpback playfully breaching off the coast of húsavík (x) (#)

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vietnamese women mending fishing nets (x, x, x) (#)

lenticular clouds over iceland (x) (#)

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humpback whale swats away cousin cetaceans off san clemente island (x) (#)

twenty four hours of the earth’s rotation relative to the sky (x)

australian sea lions are playful and curious (#) (x)

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dolphins enjoy surfing, or riding, ocean waves, and even the wakes made by large boats, the result of a natural behaviour adapted from swimming in a mother dolphin’s slip stream when they are youngsters. (more)

cassiopea, otherwise known as upside down jellyfish, have a symbiotic relationship with photosynthetic dinoflagellates, whom they protect, and who in turn provide them with energy, provided they aren’t sheltering the sunlight. but by exposing their underside to the sun, the occasional carrier crab is able to grab hold of them for use as cover and protection. apparently the jellyfish don’t much mind, so long as the dinoflagellates have their sunlight. (x) (#)

gran telescopio canariasone, one of the world's largest telescopes, 2400 meters up in the canary islands. (x) (#)

leaf senescence (x)