An ancient Roman road in Pompeii. These roads were adorned with dotted white stones, which reflected the moonlight, acting as street lights to help people walk on the street after dark.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus. Fallen birch leaves - each with its own unique take on autumn

Theo Jansen has been constructing large-scale, kinetic beings powered entirely by wind since 1990. Based on a planar leg mechanism known as Jansen's linkage, you can often see them waddle, wriggle, or slither across a Dutch beaches

What a fantastic and beautiful illustration of scale!

Celebrating #NationalMossDay. Something that might pass you by, but actually very important. Brad Scott & Sue Rubinstein are the county recorders of bryophytes & here they tell you more about them 📷 Brad Scott sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bryophyte…

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower" From the inside birch, hazel, beech, cherry, hornbeam, sycamore #autumn #autumnleaves #8outof10bats

Inspired by the rail initiative ‘If you see something that doesn’t look right, see it, say it, sorted’ have called in a man on the Elizabeth line wearing brown shoes with a blue suit. I trust they’ll be waiting for him at Hayes and Harrington.

This!

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a stunning Egyptian glass vessel in the shape of a #fish, it was probably used to hold ointments. Found in El-Amarna, #Egypt, 14th century BC. Photo:British Museum

Scientific Proof of Genetics ...

Has anyone tried to train AI with only 19th century sources and see whether it can discover special relativity?

Heronry, 2022, etching by Janis Goodman #WomensArt

- Just one dragonfly can consume over one hundred mosquitos in a day - Dragonflies can fly backwards - They have nearly 360-degree vision - Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures - They're actually beautiful This is not stained glass, it's a wing.

Sipping my morning coffee ☕️ and thinking about these marvellous Minoan cups created by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago. Wouldn’t look too out of place today! This type of Minoan pottery is known as Kamares Ware. Kamares Ware vessels are said to have been used in

The word "photography" was coined OTD in 1839 by the polymathic astronomer John Herschel. Here is the story of the medium's inception, with a stunning meditation by Virginia Woolf (whose aunt was a pioneering photographer) on the fate of every technology themarginalian.org/2019/04/03/vir…

There are about 80,000 Giant Sequoia remaining in native California. You ready for this………. ……..there are about 500,000 in Great Britain, although all are about 160 years old And because of changes to climate, this looks increasingly how the species will survive

Mammoths were likely still walking the earth when this stone weight was hand-carved almost 4000 years ago. (1 mina = 480g) made of haematite in the shape of a grasshopper, hand-carved between 1800 and 1700 BCE.

helen warlow Have you looked at Inuit art? Full of surprises.

Tirzah Garwood died #OTD in 1951. The student who became Eric Ravilious’ wife and then widow when he died in #WW2 was arguably herself one of the most important artists of her generation. A sad life in many ways, one cut short, but gosh what a legacy of beauty she left behind.

#FindsFriday An exquisite Roman-era cobalt blue glass cup signed by the master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. AD 30-70. By incorporating his name into the mould’s design, Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work. This luxury cup is one of a matching pair made from the same