Name: Shapeshifting rusty river winds through Madagascar’s ‘red lands’
Uploaded: 2024-06-03T11:06:10-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: QUICK FACTS Where is it? The Betsiboka River, Madagascar [-15.920729, 46.367102]. What’s in the photo? An intricate, rust-colored waterway shaped by mangrove islands. Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut onboard the International Space Station. When was it taken? June 29, 2018. This striking astronaut photo shows the intense color and intricate shape of Madagascar’s […]

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Shapeshifting rusty river winds through Madagascar’s ‘red lands’

QUICK FACTS Where is it? The Betsiboka River, Madagascar [-15.920729, 46.367102]. What’s in the photo? An intricate, rust-colored waterway shaped by mangrove islands. Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut onboard the International Space Station. When was it taken? June 29, 2018. This striking astronaut photo shows the intense color and intricate shape of Madagascar’s […]

Shape-shifting sea creatures are named after a vegetable. They’re washing up in Texas

Resembling a tiny pebble when its contracted, a sea creature washing up in Texas bears similarities to a vegetable as it balloons in size. Appropriately called onion sea anemones, the ocean creature is beginning to emerge along the shore of southern Texas at North Padre Island, according to Jace Tunnell of the Harte Research Institute […]