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0:13 STEREO: Solar Filament Blowout (2012.04.22) djxatlanta 190 views 2 days ago A long filament erupted into space as seen by STEREO's Ahead spacecraft (Apr. 22, 2012). This shows a combination of the Sun taken in extreme UV light superimposed on the S...
0:13 Shrinking Aral Sea (2000-2011) djxatlanta 108 views 3 days ago In the 1960s, the Soviet Union undertook major water diversion projects on the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers, capturing water that once fed into the Aral Sea. Irrigation p...
3:05 Earth From Space #020: Rainforest River djxatlanta 67 views 3 days ago In the twentieth edition of ESA's "Earth From Space," a look is taken at an image of the Juruá River snaking through the Amazon rainforest in western Brazil. credit: ESA ...
0:36 First Mars Express Gravity Results Plot Volcanic History djxatlanta 144 views 4 days ago As ESA's Mars Express spacecraft flies over a volcano, it experiences an attraction towards the elevated mass. Mars Express measures these perturbations in the spacecraft's...
0:19 Animation of April 2012 Nor'easter Storm [1080p] djxatlanta 71 views 4 days ago A nor'easter storm is bringing heavy rains and snow to many parts of the Northeast U.S. The system developed as a large front moved across the U.S. on Friday, combining wit...
1:14 Terrain Near the MSL Landing Site [720p] djxatlanta 66 views 4 days ago This image is of a region slightly to the southwest of where the MSL rover, called Curiosity, will land in August 2012. It shows three distinct terrains: (a) older plains,...
0:55 Sedimentary Layers in West Candor Chasma [720p] djxatlanta 43 views 4 days ago West Candor Chasma in central Valles Marineris contains some of the thickest of the fine-grained layered deposits on Mars. We can't see the grain sizes with HiRISE, but a...
0:39 Folded Layers in Melas Chasma, Central Valles Marineris [720p] djxatlanta 44 views 4 days ago There are folded layered deposits in the southern half of this image. How did this folding occur? On Earth, rocks are commonly folded when deeply buried and subject to high...
1:00 How Did Valles Marineris Form? [720p] djxatlanta 64 views 4 days ago This image (and its companion for stereo) crosses an impact crater about 50 kilometers (30 miles) wide. The crater was visible in Mariner 9 and Viking Orbiter images acquir...
0:31 Circulation of Ocean Currents Around the Western Antarctic Ice Shelves [720p] djxatlanta 613 views 5 days ago This animation shows the circulation of ocean currents around the western Antarctic ice shelves. The shelves are indicated by the rainbow color; red is thicker (greater tha...

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This channel is a compilation of 2500+ interesting visualizations and movie clips from the world of the natural sciences, mainly astronomy and meteorology with the occasional physics and geology videos thrown in for good measure. Keep your comments and questions civil, respectful and intelligent -- I don't tolerate trolls, hate speech, diatribes, conspiracy theories and just plain rudeness. If you are interested in obtaining original copies of these videos, please scroll to the credits at the bottom of the accompanying text description for the source link. Thanks for visiting!