Frozen Swiss Landscape
In January 2005, Lake Geneva and the surrounding area were hit with a horrific ice storm. Everything was completely blanketed with ice when waves breaking on the lake’s shore hardened into a solid coating in the sub-freezing temperatures. Several boats even sank under the weight of the ice. The wind gusts reached 110 km/h (60 mph) and literally froze water sprays in their place.
(Source: bobbymoynihan, via this1neguy)
The trigeminal ganglion is a bundle of nerve cell bodies that lies just near the jaw. Its job is to process sensory information like touch and temperature that is received around the face. Seen here is the trigeminal ganglion in an early developing zebrafish embryo.
Image by Fengzhu Xiong, Harvard Medical School.
Boreal owl (Štěpán Strádal)
Baby Lobsters
These teeny-tiny infant lobsters may be small, but their commercial value is anything but. Spiny-lobster (Panulirus argus) hauls in the Caribbean bring in $1 billion a year, which is why researchers are taking a closer look at these lobster babies.
The spiny-lobster larvae move to deeper depths as they age, pulling themselves out of the strong currents and increasing their likelihood of settling safely on the ocean floor. If the larvae spend lots of time among the Caribbean sea’s strong currents, they’re likely to be food for other predators.
(Source: meteor-falls, via poke-problems)
