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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 18h

The exact moment a female seahorse transfers her eggs to a male to carry to term. Yes, seahorses have it the other way around!

More info/watch whole footage👇
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📷 Jules Casey

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 1d

More about the amazing discovery of how whale songs resemble human language👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 1d

113-million-year-old dinosaur tracks revealed by Texas drought.

More images/info about the tracks👇
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📷 Paul Baker/Friends of Dinosaur Valley

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 1d

🦣 Cosquer Cave in France is the only cave with prehistoric decorations that has an entrance under the sea. Discovered by accident in 1985, it contains numerous cave drawings dating back as far as 27,000 years.

More about the amazing Cosquer cave and its discovery👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 2d

The real meaning of 'hangover.' The lowest form of accommodation in Victorian England was a place where you could, for the price of a penny, dangle on a rope overnight.

More about the real meaning of hangover👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 3d

This 2,000-year-old mosaic unearthed in Antakya is the world's largest, extending over 9,000 sq ft! The undulations make it look as if a few acres of gently rolling hills had been covered by a huge, beautiful carpet...

See it in full👇
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📷 The Museum Hotel Antakya

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 4d

Read the story of Ming, the oldest animal ever recorded👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 5d

😲 Could this thing discovered in Antarctica be an ancient pyramid?

More info about it👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 6d

Have you ever wondered how many ancestors you have? Well, wonder no more, because this infographic will show you the mind-blowing numbers of your great-great-great-great-great (etc.) grandparents. The numbers get really crazy...

Full infographic👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 6d

There's a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that learned WWI was over only a year later. Tristan da Cunha is home to just 242 people and is located over 2,000 miles from the nearest landmass.

What living there is like👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 8d

No hurricane ever crossed the equator... This image shows tropical storms and hurricanes between 1948-2013 (darker being more intense).

Why hurricanes never cross the equator👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 8d

The Amazon river and its tributaries as seen from the International Space Station.

More amazing Amazon photos made from space👇
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📷 Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 9d

This rare optical sight called the "Brocken spectre" or the "mountain spectre" occurs when someone stands at a higher altitude on a mountain and sees their shadow cast on a cloud at a lower altitude.

More about the Brocken spectre:
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 10d

A home in Kansas saved from the 2017 wildfires. This image went viral with the caption "Homeowner turned his sprinklers on before leaving to escape a Kansas wildfire. He came home to this."

But that's only half of the story👇
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📷 Kansas National Guard

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 11d

A few drops of seawater under the microscope... 💧💧💧 It contains diverse planktonic organisms, ranging from photosynthetic cyanobacteria and diatoms to many different types of zooplankton.

What human tears look like under the microscope😭👇
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📷 David Liittschwager

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 12d

This isn't AI or Photoshop, but some mind-bending land art by Tanya Preminger!

More images/info about this amazing installation👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 13d

Surprise, surprise: Rome is slightly north of Chicago! Here are major North American cities replaced by major cities across the Atlantic on the same latitude.

More info about the actual pairs and more pairs👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 13d

🪨 An incredible hanging stone in the Sayan mountains of Siberia.

More about the incredible hanging stone👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 13d

More amazing historical pictures👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 14d

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 14d

More about Don Juan Pond and what it reveals about the possibility of liquid water on Mars👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 14d

🐌😮 The world's largest terrestrial snail is the giant African land snail - it can grow as large as an adult’s arm. Even after reaching adulthood, these snails will never stop growing.

More about the world's largest snail👇
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📷 Romana Yates

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 16d

🪨🏠🪨 Yes, it's real!

More amazing images/info about the house between the rocks👇
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📷 DIGITALAIN

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 16d

Archaeologists have uncovered a palace, a fortified building with large walls and towers, an industrial complex, and a huge multistorey warehouse.

More about the amazing discovery👇
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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 16d

More about what and how bonobos speak👇
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