This is so beautiful. Click that link to see the full resolution JPEG of the earth. BRAND NEW!
How North Korea’s Mountains Preserve the Kim Dynasty’s Power
This place is so weird man.
Why a total solar eclipse is such a big deal
This is a great video explanation of why total solar eclipses are rare and incredibly special.
For Americans, there's going to be a total solar eclipse on August 21st of this year.
How to fit 7.4 billion people in one city
I really enjoyed watching this video explaining how 7.4 billion people (roughly the population of the entire earth) could hypothetically survive in one city. The video first describes a bunch of densely populated places that either exist or existed (looking at you Kowloon Walled City!) in the history of the world and then proceeds to imagine what it would be like for the entire population to live in those city limits. Doesn't sound like fun. Crazy to think though that places like this exist where you literally can't turn a corner and not see a human face.
One year on Earth as seen from NASA's EPIC camera
The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) took a photo of the Earth every 2 hours for a year. It is currently on-going and still taking photos but this video above shows an entire year in just a few moments. Sit back, stay silent, and watch as the narrator brings you on a journey from space back to our beautiful blue marble.
Delightful animated video imagines aliens describing earth as a place for cars rather than people
I just finished watching this fun animated video from The National Film Board of Canada in which the Earth is described as a haven for cars from an alien's outsider view. The video is a tongue-in-cheek way to describe how vehicles have seemingly overtaken the earth's surface to the point where an alien visitor may describe the car as the earth's inhabitants.