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Most BeautifuL Scenes from Antarctica

 

Most BeautifuL Scenes from Antarctica

Down in Antarctica, November marks the end of spring, the beginning of austral summer, and the beginning of Antarctica's cruise season. The Sun just rose for the first time in 6 months on September 22nd, and is now visible in the sky all the time. Recent studies in Antarctica have brought new insights into  the origins of deep sea octopus species (a 30 million-year-old ancestor from Antarctic waters), volcanic contributions to disappearing antarctic ice, and the effects of increasing numbers of icebergs scouring the seafloor. years. 1 After waiting for over two weeks for his mate to return from the sea and relieve him of nest duty, this Adelie penguin's hunger helps him make the decision to abandon his egg in search of fish and krill in the sea. Photo taken December 12, 2002. Known populations of the Adelie penguin have dropped by 65% over the past 25 years.  (Melanie Conner/National Science Foundation)   2 A killer whale (viewed from above) swims amid floating ice in the Ross Sea in January of 2005. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center were studying the whales to determine if there are three separate species of Antarctic killer whales. (Donald LeRoi, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center/National Science Foundation) 3 Palmer Station seen from the ocean on June 10, 2006. Palmer Station is the smallest of the three U.S. Antarctic Program research stations, located on Anvers Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula. (Glenn E. Grant/National Science Foundation)     4 A molting emperor penguin seen on January 3, 2007. (Carlie Reum/National Science Foundation)   5 Sculptured iceberg in North Bay, Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. (© Pete Bucktrout/British Antarctic Survey) 6 The Calkin Glacier, seen on November, 2003. The glacier is located in the Taylor Valley in Victoria Land, named for Parker Calkin, US Antarctic Program geologist who conducted research in the area during the 1960-61 and 1961-62 field seasons. (Brian Johnson/National Science Foundation)   7 The aurora Australis over the Dark Sector at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on June 3, 2008. The Dark Sector is so-named due to the absence of light and radio wave interfence. The bright spot above the ground shield in the foreground is Jupiter. The white streaks of light going up are the Milky Way.  (Keith Vanderlinde/National Science Foundation) 8 Penguins on a massive iceberg near the Antarctic Peninsula on November 28, 2003.  (Kurtis Burmeister/National Science Foundation)

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Most Creative Google Logos

 

Google Logos     Mother's Day   Father's Day   Women's Day   National Library Day   St. Patrick's Day   St. George's Day     Da Vinci's Birthday     Michelangelo's Birthday     Einstein's Birthday     Ray Charles' Birthday   Dragon's day     Alfred Hitchcock's Birthday   Earth Day       Halloween        Valentine's Day       Water Day     National Teacher Day     125th Birthday of Walter Gropius   Invention of the First Laser   Mother's Day     Design by Jeff Koons   Earth Day -   First Day of Spring     Persian New Year     St. Patrick's Day     Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday     Leap Year     Happy Valentine's Day   Chinese New Year     50th anniversary of the LEGO brick   Martin Luther King Jr. Day     Happy New Year & 25 Years of TCP/IP     "The Artist" of the Google Logos:     Nnis Hwang (Hwang Jung-moak), a 23-year-old Korean computer artist in the United States, who has been drawing the face of Google for almost two years, creating a buzz of sorts with his simple yet witty designs.

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