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Hopping Hoopoe Bird, from The Magic Flute Bregenz Festival, 2014
Designed by Mark Down Made by Nick Barnes Puppeteered by Sean Garratt More about The Magic Flute […] Source: BehiNd The SCeNes… : Forgotten Puppets Day 7… | Marionette puppet, Bird puppet, Puppets
How Pixar’s Movement Animation Became So Realistic | Movies Insider
Pixar gets its characters to move and emote by building them rigs and filling them with controls that allow animators to give them unique expressions and movements. “Toy Story 2” gave them the ability to adapt and reuse rigs for … Continue reading
This cockatoo sure can dance
This story involves a cockatoo that can dance – and the researchers who have spent the past decade studying him. Snowball has 14 different moves in his dance routine which experts believe shows some birds are capable of sophisticated cognitive … Continue reading
Stunning Winning Images of 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
“Drying Fish” by Khanh Phan, Open Category Winner for Travel. (Photo: © Khanh Phan, Vietnam, Category Winner, Open, Travel, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards) A woman dries trays of fish at Long Hai fish market in the Vung Tau province … Continue reading
Illuminated Streaks Appear to Fall from Trees in Light Paintings by Photographer Vitor Schietti
In Vitor Schietti’s Impermanent Sculptures, thick treetops and branches are swollen with light that appears to drip down in incandescent rays. Each photograph frames the nighttime scenes in a dreamy, energetic manner as the glowing beams both outline and obscure … Continue reading
How Sounds Are Faked For Nature Documentaries: Meet the Artists Who Create the Sounds of Fish, Spiders, Orangutans, Mushrooms & More | Open Culture
We think of nature documentaries as primarily visual works. As well we probably should, given the countless, mostly dull and uncomfortable hours spent in the field they demand of their photography crews. But what comes to mind when we imagine … Continue reading
Sylvester Magee (1841-1971) The man who lived 130 years
Originally posted on blackisreallybeautiful:
S Sylvester Magee may have been the last living slave in America, and the oldest person who ever lived! Born a slave in North Carolina, he was the son of slaves named Ephraim and Jeanette, who…
Four Cellists Play Ravel’s “Bolero” on One Cello | Open Culture
And now for something completely different… Above, the Wiener Celloensemble 5 + 1–“an untraditional cello ensemble” founded by the Vienna Philharmonic‘s Gerhard Kaufmann–presents an unconventional performance of Ravel’s “Bolero.” It’s minimalist, in a certain way. Four musicians. One instrument. And … Continue reading
The Coronavirus Variants Don’t Seem to Be Highly Variable So Far | Scientific American
By Vaughn Cooper on March 24, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 may be settling into a limited set of mutations No doubt you’ve heard about the novel coronavirus variants that are evolving around the world. There now appear to be more than a … Continue reading
Corals may need their predators’ excrement: Coral-eating fish excrete symbiotic algae by the millions, may keep reefs healthy
Fish that dine on corals may pay it forward with feces. Marine biologists found high concentrations of living symbiotic algae in the feces of coral predators on reefs in Mo’orea, French Polynesia. Fish that dine on corals may pay it … Continue reading
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