the earth through the eyes of its fastest inhabitant

Jump on the back of this falcon and pull some G’s.

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the real fail whale

“Oh no! Twitter is down!” < “Oh no! Shamu is about to land on my face!”

it’s a virtual landslide of new posts on stuff that moves!

Ok, not really.* It is, however, a very real landslide of land.

Look out below!

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*Not for lack of trying. I just haven’t been seeing much stuff that’s “wow”ed me lately.

otters are awesome

Is a there a more fun creature in the animal kingdom?

the birds

I once came very close to careening off a country highway because this was happening overhead and I couldn’t keep my eyes on the road.

Via TYWKIWDBI aka “Things You Wouldn’t Know if We Didn’t Blog Incessantly,” a fascinating site. Add it to your daily reads if it’s not already there.

quick brown fox ftw!

Ma head asplode! Thank you internet for being awesome today!

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relax and let your mind float away for four minutes

This is very much worth watching in full screen mode.

Song is “Please Don’t Go” by Barcelona. If you get bored by watching majestic creatures of the sea do their thang for four minutes, then you can heighten the drama of the video by imagining it as a love story where one whale shark is singing  this song to the other one. So poignant! So touching!

batman vs. catwoman

How it goes down in real life:

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solo climbing the nose

Here we have a super-pimpin’ video of a guy named Dean Potter practically jogging up The Nose of El Capitan:

I am no climber, so I can’t comment on just how studly this acheivement is in the context of the climbing world, but the guy’s face around 1:17 should give you some idea.

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the ocean is neat