Saturday, December 22, 2007

Nature - Images of the Year

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Credit: B. COUNSELL/ICON IMAGES


Beach Foaming


Beaches turned into bubble baths north of Sydney, Australia, this summer, when a perfect confluence of strong currents and myriad marine minutiae created mountains of foam.


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Nature - Images of the Year

clipped from www.nature.com




Credit: M. THRASHER, H. SWINNEY


Splashdown


This is a stream of silicone oil captured as it bounces twice before merging into an oil bath. The liquid jet, lubricated by a thin film of air, managed this leap because the oil bath was moving — in this image from left to right.


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