Multiversal Realities

The Flow

Although the visualizations shown in The Flow, by MRK, are “not based on actual scientific data, but are visual representations of scientific theory,” it is still a mesmerizing video. The Flow is a part of a collaborative project titled Resonance.

The Flow looks at the supervening layers of reality that we can observe, from quarks to nucleons to atoms and beyond. The deeper we go into the foundations of reality the more it loses its form, eventually becoming a pure mathematical conception.The Flow visually imagines physical processes that we are unable to directly observe with any imaginable medium, while referring to modern physical theories and scientific visualisation processes. It alludes to ideas of digital physics, complexity and information theories as well as the concepts of universal Darwinism, emergence and supervenience. The Flowis Bohm’s holomovement, the universal flux.

Elmwood Mine Gallery

Aurora Over Raufarhöfn

Ocean Wildlife

Nudibranch on Ocean Floor. Photograph by David Doubilet

Napoleon Wrasse. Photograph by Heather Perry

Green Sea Turtle. Photograph by Timothy G. Laman

Bearded Seal. Photograph by Flip Nicklen

December 2011 Lunar Eclipse Moonset through Turret Arch “Here’s how the moon went down for the December 10th total lunar eclipse. From my location at Arches National Park we experienced a selenelion whereby both the Sun and the eclipsed Moon can be observed at the same time. You can see how the apparent brightness of the eclipsed moon dramatically decreased as the light of sunrise twilight began spilling in. See the first comment for the last shot I was able to pull off the eclipse, it looks mighty close to totality but was very difficult to see with the naked eye at the end. Shot Notes: This is a composite image. I did actually shoot all of the moons through Turret Arch, but due to needing to keep moving the tripod to keep the moon framed by the arch a composite was needed. To ensure some accuracy I used a streak from a long exposure of the moon to make sure I placed each moon in the correct location chronologically.” Copyright : Michael Menefee

Synthetic DNA Created, Evolves on Its Own

“XNA” may help answer basic questions of biology, study says.

Step aside, DNA—new synthetic compounds called XNAs can also store and copy genetic information, a new study says. And, in a “big advancement,” these artificial compounds can also be made to evolve in the lab, according to study co-author John Chaput of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University.

Fantastic Pit at Ellison’s Cave, Georgia

Deciding which cave is the most is amazing is “like comparing seafood to pizza,” said House, the cave expert. “It kind of depends on what you’re in the mood for.”  If you’re in the mood for extreme vertical caves, then the Fantastic Pit at Ellison’s Cave is just for you. At 586 feet (179 m) deep, Fantastic Pit is the deepest freefall pit in the lower 48 United States and is big enough to hold the Washington Monument, which stands over 555 feet (169 m) tall. 

“I’ve been there about three times and every time it’s really breathtaking because of how deep it is,” said photographer Manuel Beers. (Photo Credit: Manuel Beers)