*Totally awesome science pic/gif of the day*

This is a list of completely amazing pictures/gifs I found on the internet today.  Enjoy!  

6.                                                04/03.20

I took this picture on Sado Island, Japan a few years ago.  

Observation: I see a bumblebee hovering over a sunflower; they are the same color.  The bumblebees ignore me; they are too interested in the sunflowers.  

Inference: The colors of the two have some sort of importance.  Bumblebees don't really care about stinging me.   

Research: There is a link!

03.30.20

5. This may sound strange, as it's a chilly grey Monday, but I'd much rather be teaching Science in 508 today.  Yes, the initial walk would be annoying, but once I'm in the strutting groove listening to my Science podcast, feeling the humid, chilly air on my face....  I feel so alive.  Anyways, I felt like getting off the planet, so I been looking at images from the Hubble telescope.  Just amazing and enlightening . 

This spiral galaxy is located about 425 million light-years from Earth; it's in the constellation of Pictor (the Painter’s Easel).  Spiral galaxies are found all over the cosmos, and makeup 70% of the known galaxies.  

Observation:  Just wow.  It's so far away and so huge; I feel insignificant and inspired.  Wish I had this as a spinning gif on my ceiling. 

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-embraces-spiral-with-open-arms

03.27.20

4. It's important to stay active.  Health equals wealth.  Our immune system depends on it!  Get up and dance some!!!!

If you don't believe me, ask  --->>> click here let's dance

                     03.26.20

3. This is an image of  SARS-CoV-2 attacking a cell that is in apoptosis or committing suicide.  I find it amazing that there are SO MANY viruses in the pic that are attacking the cell.  Upon observation of this image, I can infer that there are many, many viruses compared to the number of cells in my body.  Am I right?  I dunno, I'd have to do more research.....

Source: 

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/stability-of-coronavirus-genome-is-good-news-for-vaccine-development-scientists-say/                  

                             03.25.20  

2. This is a picture of water droplets, loaded with potential energy, getting ready to drop onto the Aluminum electrodes which will convert the mechanical energy of the water droplets into electricity!  The possibilities with this make me smile :)

03.24.20 

1. Check out this garter snake (it's a carnivore and a predator) with dinner (I'm not sure what kind of fish, but it's the snake's prey) in its mouth!