PIC OF THE DAY: A seahorse investigates a diver’s watch

Via Alex_Ogle on Twitter

PIC OF THE DAY: Lightning strikes near a German wind farm

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Via Alex_Ogle on Twitter

PIC OF THE DAY: Clouds, birds, the Moon, & Venus

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Here’s an impressive photo of clouds, some birds, the Moon, and Venus in one shot. It makes excellent wallpaper for your computer too!

Via APOD here and here

CAN YOU SEE ME? | ANIMAL CAMOUFLAGE

Image via Struggle for life on Flickr

See more animal camouflage here on The Conservation Report.

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Fireflies & star trails

Here’s another excellent photo via APOD, and it looks great as computer wallpaper!

More on this image via APOD:

Explanation: Fix your digital camera to a tripod, start a long series of exposures, and you too can record star trails. The concentric arcs traced by the stars as planet Earth rotates on its axis often produce dreamlike scenes in otherwise familiar situations. Fall asleep, though, and the results might surprise you. Setting up on a summer night, photographer Mike Rosinski began his exposures, initially planning to capture about 45-55 minutes worth of star trails from his yard in Hartland, Michigan, USA. But he dozed, only to awaken some 3 hours later to find his camera had continued to run until the battery died. Composing the resulting images, the graceful concentric star trails were expected, along with light from a late rising Moon glinting on windows. Still, as he slept on the warm night a blizzard of yellow streaks flooded the scene, not left by fairies but fireflies.