As one of Britain's favourite garden flowers, the Busy Lizzie has bloomed in almost every colour ... except blue. The explorers, botanists Yuan Yong-Ming and Ge Xue-Juan, found a sapphire blue version of the flower while exploring the 16,600ft-deep Namchabarwa Canyon in Tibet four years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago tags first blue lizzie himalayan valley flower |
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It's made of icebergs in Japan, it's blue and it's beer, apparently. 6 comments edit related share plime.comAnd it says "draft" on the bottle... picked by pocksucket 4 months ago |
"...Culture of Blue: In many diverse cultures blue is significant in religious beliefs, brings peace, or is believed to keep the bad spirits away..." picked by deepchill 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Blue Fugates of Kentucky, are the best warning against the dangers of inbreeding picked by shredtone 3 years ago 12 comments edit related share weird |
Brilliant blue blobs weighing tens of thousands of solar masses have been found lurking in the seemingly barren expanse of intergalactic space. The "eyes" of the Hubble Space Telescope resolved the objects, which appear to be clusters of stars born in the swirls and eddies of a galactic smashup some 200 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
The new hybrid called Electric Indigo is a cross between the Egyptian White Water Lily that blooms at night and a blue Australian lily Nympaea Barre Hellquist that flowers during the day. 2 comments edit related share plime.comThe new water lily with bright blue petals is the first successful attempt at breeding day blooming and night blooming species since attempts began in 1852. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago |
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Derek Jarman's 1993 swansong was an interwoven tapestry of voices playing over an unwaveringly blue screen*. This is a transcript of the dialogue 0 comments edit related share plime.com*Curiously, when it was first broadcast on UK TV it was shown in 16:9 letterbox format with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago |
Think that red roses are predictable? In Japan, gift-givers soon will also have the option of blue roses. 3 comments edit related share scienceThe Japanese company that created the world’s first genetically modified blue roses said today it will start selling them next year. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago |
Possibly. 10 comments edit related share scienceAfter being intentionally paralyzed, the mouse was injected with Brilliant Blue G dye and after a short time was walking and functioning again. picked by beany11 4 months ago |
This jellyfish is known as the blue bottle, due to its colour and shape when strewn on a beach. The blue bottles tentacles can range up to 10 metres in length! More info here. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A lunar bouquet of flowers could greet astronauts who next set foot on the moon. 0 comments edit related share scienceOdyssey Moon, a team competing for a $30 million purse in the Google Lunar X Prize contest, officially joined forces with another private space firm Friday to deliver the first greenhouse to the moon as part the "Lunar Oasis" project. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago |
Dog tags and Navy fighter squadron emblem found in Alabama. picked by suebe 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Sailors in blue, signing on the deep blue sea - about the 'blues' of dating in the sailor life. Did I mention it is sung by the undeniable hotness that is Kirk Douglas!? picked by karmalilly 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon, it was a first for the Soviet Union - the first time the U.S. had beaten the U.S.S.R in the space race. Forty years later, the memory of that loss of primacy still seems to sting the Russian soul. picked by kakana 4 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
The Blue Hole is a geological oddity, so much so that in March of 1996 it was declared a World Heritage Site and later declared a National Monument in February of 1999. picked by kxmk 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
This is a gorgeous place, one of my favorite vacation sites. picked by Maven 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Blue Whales have been heard singing off the coast of Long Island - a long way from their regular territory. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
"Time To Start" performed by Blue Man Group. alot of the instruments used are pipes and othere rubbish picked by spocksmyhomeboy 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Blue tits use medicinal plants to disinfect their nests, scientists have discovered. 4 comments edit related share scienceThe birds line their nests with aromatic plants such as mint or lavender, which kill bacteria. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago |
click the blue button to advance a leval picked by spocksmyhomeboy 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
The 1 1/2-pound clawed creature is bright blue, the result of an extremely rare genetic mutation. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |