Four of the five species of the big cats (the Panthera genus – lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, and snow leopard), the exception being the snow leopard can hybridize with each other to produce numerous hybrids. In fact, most of these animals’ habitats do not overlap, for example, lions live in Africa and tigers in Asia. …
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Top 10 driest places on Earth
Earth, the blue planet: the oceans combined with the atmosphere makes the planet look blue. So its color mainly comes from water. About 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, in fact, Earth is still the only planet we know where water can exist in liquid form on the surface. Water is also …
How deep is the ocean?
How deep is the ocean (on average) and the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world’s oceans? Here is the amazing video published by National Geographic below, answering this very question.
Earth Facts – Solar System
Our home planet, Earth, is the third of the four smaller inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars). It is also the only planet in our solar system known to harbor life. Here are some interesting facts about Earth and the Solar System.
Are we the first spacefarer civilization? New study says maybe
Can we, humans, be one of the few (or the only) civilizations in the Universe that surpassed the so-called “great barrier”? Are we the first?
Timeless Dreams – the beautiful Earth in daytime and nighttime
“Timeless Dreams” is an amazing video by the filmmakers led by Julian Tryba: in May 2015, over the span of three weeks, they traveled in the Southwest of the United States (3,000 miles or 5,000 km through Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California) and filmed time-lapses of several strikingly beautiful landscapes. Then they spliced the films …
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Dolphins rode the heads of whales – amazing video
In two different locations on the coast of Hawaii, scientists have observed unusual interactions between bottlenose dolphins and humpback whales as dolphins rode the heads of whales: the whales lifted the dolphins up and out of the water, and then the dolphins slid back down. In the video published by the American Museum of Natural History …
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Photographs that were taken during the Apollo program (1966-1972) now on Flickr
Thousands of (more than 9,600) photos taken by the astronauts during the Apollo Program (1966-1972) are now on the popular image and video hosting website Flickr. Network and administrative data systems specialist and Project Apollo Archive‘s creator Kipp Teague recently updated new and unprocessed versions of original NASA photo scans to the image sharing site. …
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No! The Earth Would NOT Look Like This Without Water
The Earth would NOT look like this without water. Please stop sharing this nonsense. Here are some numbers: the Earth has a diameter of about 12,735 kilometers (on average). The highest point on Earth is the top of Mount Everest, at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet). The deepest point on Earth is the Mariana Trench, at …
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10 Amazing Natural Wonders around the World (Part II)
Here are 10 amazing natural wonders around the World. A few more amazing places on Earth, some of these natural wonders even look extraterrestrial.
