This is a replica of the famous "Dynamical Top" created and demonstrated by the great physicist James Clerk Maxwell in 1857.

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u/Due-Explanation8155 — 28 days ago
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The starry sky seen from Mars is too beautiful. The Martian night sky as seen from NASA's Curiosity rover.

u/Due-Explanation8155 — 29 days ago
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A series of 126 x/y tilting mechanical devices connected to tall dried grass stalks by artist David Bowen. The mechanisms will tilt, move and sway based on data collected from the wind sensor on the Perseverance Mars rover.

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u/Due-Explanation8155 — 26 days ago

30,000 hours of footage, equivalent to 3 years and 7 months, were filmed to capture the blooming of 77 types of flowers

u/Due-Explanation8155 — 1 month ago
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Best known as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz here’s Ray Bolger breaking all the “rules” of classic Hollywood choreography in “April in Paris” (1952)

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The Silver Swan Automaton (1773). No motors, no electricity, just pure clockwork genius. Built over 250 years ago and it still works flawlessly.

This is the Silver Swan, a life-sized automaton built in 1773 by mechanical genius John Joseph Merlin (with inventor James Cox).

u/Due-Explanation8155 — 1 month ago