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Stunning New Images Reveal The Chaotic Glory of The Sun in Mind-Blowing Detail

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You’re looking at a 300-megapixel photo of our Sun. Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy used a specially modified telescope, taking over 150,000 individual photos and combining them into this magnificent image (see below).   “It took about 10 hours to stack all the data, and another 3-4 hours to get it from a raw stack to the final image,” … Read more

The eerie bioluminescence of the ghost fungus in all its glory

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By Gege Li Juergen Freund/naturepl.com Photographer Jürgen Freund AgencyNaturepl.com THIS haunting shot of a bioluminescent fungus may seem otherworldly, but you can witness the astonishing sight in forests here on Earth. The photo was taken in the Atherton Tableland plateau in Queensland, Australia, by nature photographer Jürgen Freund. This species is probably Omphalotus nidiformis, otherwise … Read more