Notices by Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social), page 3

Time-lapse video of a flight through the eye of Hurricane Florence in September 2018, captured by NOAA's Lockheed WP-3D Orion nicknamed 'Kermit'.

The astonishing camouflage of the Indian leafwing butterfly (Kallima paralekta) mimics a dead leaf, complete with veins and a stem.

Video credit: ra_fus/flickr
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallima_paralekta

A selfie from Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars.

Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS
More details: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/25275103228

Timelapse of astronaut Chris Cassidy working outside the International Space Station as it orbits the Earth.

Apollo 17 lifts off from the Moon on December 14, 1972, the last time humans visited the lunar surface and traveled beyond Earth's orbit.

Further reading: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/leaving-moon-watching-home

The astonishing scale of supermassive black holes, with masses ranging from 100,000 to over 60 billion times our Sun's. This visualization compares the sizes of black hole shadows to solar system objects, featuring giants like Sagittarius A* in the Milky Way and the colossal TON 618.

Animation credit: NASA Goddard
Source and further details: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14335

A giant deep-sea isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) filmed by the ROV on Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf of Mexico at a depth of 810 meters (2,660 feet). This impressive underwater creature measures nearly 30cm (almost 1 foot), as indicated by the red laser dots, spaced 10cm apart, that provide scale to the scientists.

Video credit: NOAA

Timelapse of nightfall over Cerro Paranal in Chile.

Video credit: ESO/José Francisco Salgado

All 34 episodes of the BBC's Rough Science are on the Internet Archive. Made in collaboration with the Open University it aired from 2000 to 2005, showcasing scientists tackling engineering challenges using basic tools and natural resources.
https://archive.org/details/rough-science-18-communication/Rough+Science+01+Mediterranean+Mystery.mp4

Commander Dave Scott of Apollo 15 validates Galileo's theory on the Moon by dropping a hammer and a feather, proving that objects fall at the same speed, independent of their mass.

Beautiful timelapse of Earth rising over the Moon captured by the Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya.

Credit: JAXA/NHK

The star RS Puppis captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. This Cepheid variable star changes brightness by almost a factor of five every 40 days, resulting in a "light echo" on the surrounding gas and dust.

@ferricoxide All 3 seasons of "Connections" are there as well.
https://archive.org/details/bbc-connections-1978

All 13 episodes of the original "Cosmos" are on the Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/CosmosAPersonalVoyage

The long shadows of sunrise seen from space.

The stunning Mystic Mountain in the Carina Nebula, a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas, dust and newborn stars captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit: NASA/ESA/M.Livio(STScI)
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A new image of Uranus in near-infrared from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals the planet's ring system and 9 of its 27 moons.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-150

The world's loudest bird, the Amazon's white bellbird, has a call that peaks at 125.4 decibels, louder than a chainsaw or jackhammer.

Video Credit: Anselmo d'Affonseca
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221931190X#section-cited-by

Real-time MRI scan of a person talking.

Video credit: Jens Frahm-MPIbpc / CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/en/frahm/

View from the International Space Station of a Progress resupply vehicle burning up in Earth's atmosphere as the Sun rises over the Pacific Ocean.