Concealed beneath Lake Kivu is a deadly mixture of methane gas and carbon dioxide that could trigger a fiery disaster if there is volcanic activity. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A lake that might once have been habitable may have filled a crater for a long time on early Mars, new spacecraft images reveal. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the images that suggest the debris-strewn Holden Crater once held a calm body of water that could have harbored life. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A simmering sea of pink, they are one of the marvels of the natural world. This astonishing picture taken by specialist aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand shows flamingos on Lake Nakuru in Kenya's Rift Valley, where up to 1.5 million have been seen at a time. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

A mining crew drills through the bottom of Lake Peigneur into a salt mine. As the lake begins to drain a tremendous whirlpool forms on the surface sucking down kilometers of land and actually reversing the flow of the Gulf of Mexico. picked by shredtone 2 years ago

A giant fork sculpture, created in 1995 by Swiss artists Jean-Pierre Zaugg and Georges Favre, is pictured on the shores of Lake Leman in front of the Alimentarium, the Food Museum, in Vevey June 4, 2008. picked by bevissimo 3 months ago

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered metal-rich sedimentary deposits in a New Hampshire lake that grow faster than any other deposits found in the United States. Understanding the environmental conditions that aid in the creation of the structures, which contain copper, iron and other heavy metals, could be helpful in discovering new metal sources. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

...they found a 100-feet-deep crater in late May where the lake had been in March. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

An odd looking Red lake captured in Google Earth photo of Bagdhad. I know there is some awful stuff going on over there but I wonder what this is?? picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

A local TV news crew unknowingly drove their broadcast truck over a frozen "Big Muskego Lake". Moments later, the truck plunged through the ice. The best part about this is that they were doing a story on "ice safety". picked by Browntrout 2 years ago

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alternately theres HowStuffWorks on time travel picked by camro77 1 year ago

Microorganisms from a mud sample collected in Lake Washington. The purple and orange organisms are relatives of Methylotenera mobilis, whose complete DNA sequence is now published. picked by mutil8or 3 days ago

Scientists would love to know what is living in these hidden Antacrtic lake environments, and what this might tell us about possible life in extraterrestrial environments such as the frozen moons of Jupiter. picked by DrNothing 10 months ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is to create a tourist resort in a giant cave used by the former Nationalist government as a secret aircraft factory during World War Two, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday. The Haikong cave, in verdant mountains near the southwestern city and wartime capital of Chongqing, will cost about 500 million yuan ($68 million) to develop, the report said. Nothing say... read full post picked by bevissimo 8 months ago

Video clip from "Blue Planet" of an apparent "underwater lake"!

(image not of the lake) picked by TheJehosephat 6 months ago

Sodium, as some of you may remember, is a highly reactive element. It is exceptionaly,as in explosively, reactive with water. A common thing to do in chem labs is to drop a small amount of sodium into water. See what happenes when you drop 20,000 pounds into a lake! picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

According to Professor Paul Davies "Scientists have no doubt whatever that it is possible to build a time machine to visit the future". Since the publication of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, few, if any, scientists would dispute that time travel to the future is perfectly possible. picked by shredtone 2 years ago

Soviet tank captured by the Germans and recycled into service (which was quite common). That explains the Nazi symbol on it.
Pictures will explain everything. picked by misswinkle 11 months ago

A teenager killed himself after he was dumped by text message. Jamie Gaylor, who had already split up six times from Grace Denne, was heartbroken when she told him the relationship was finally over. The 17-year-old went on a drinking session after which he was found hanged beside a lake. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

A University of Bologna team says a lake near the epicentre of the biggest space impact in modern times - the Tunguska event, may be occupying a crater hollowed out by a chunk of rock that hit the ground. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue had said Wednesday the state would seek an injunction forcing the Corps to stem the flow of water from Lake Lanier, Atlanta's primary water source. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago