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brineygibson
Recent Activity
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February 28, 2012
brineygibson
liked Welwitschia
Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert
Stretching through Angola and Namibia on the southwest coast of Africa, the Namib Desert gets less than a half inch of rain per year. It's a completely barren landscape, deathly hot and mostly... »
Natural Wonders, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by atimian, Dylan and others
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February 28, 2012
brineygibson
liked Namibia's Space Ball
Welded sphere dropped from space
Amid reports of explosions just north of Windhoek in mid-November, Namibian authorities discovered a strange sphere in the village grasslands. After initially approaching cautiously, scientists... »
Instruments of Science, Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by atimian and Dylan
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September 1, 2011
brineygibson
has been to Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York
No visit to New York's Union Square is complete without pondering, and then subsequently becoming frustrated with the Metronome, a digital display of 15 numbers changing at various speeds,... »
Astounding Timepieces | Edited by Henry
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August 26, 2011
brineygibson
has been to Evolution Nature Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios
Evolution stands out among the clothing stores and restaurants in Manhattan's SoHo art district as a truly distinctive and handsome shop. Tucked into every corner and crevice of the wood-panelled... »
Wonder Cabinets, Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Dylan
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August 5, 2011
brineygibson
liked Ascension Island
Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem
Ascension Island is just a dot on the globe: a tiny chunk of cinder, 90 kilometers square, almost half way between South America and Africa.
Geologically speaking, the island is fairly young.... »
Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Martian Landscapes, Anomalous Islands, Geological Oddities, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by Trevor and Nicholas Jackson
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August 5, 2011
brineygibson
liked Devil's Swimming Pool
The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls
During the dry season, when the Zambezi River is at its lowest, a natural rock ledge at the very lip of Victoria Falls creates the world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool. Adventuresome... »
Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by Josh, Dylan and others
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August 5, 2011
brineygibson
liked Kitum Cave
A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector
When the Kitum cave was first discovered the many marks, scratches and furrows along its walls were assumed to have been the work of picks wielded by ancient Egyptians searching for gold or... »
Geological Oddities, Fascinating Fauna, Wonders of Salt, Curious Caves | Edited by
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August 2, 2011
brineygibson
has been to Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
Home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer, today home to many six-toed cats
Ernest Hemingway was a man who lived in many wonderful places, and traveled to many more. But the house on Whitehead Street in Key West was of particular importance, both in Hemingway's personal... »
Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Henry
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August 2, 2011
brineygibson
liked Dinosaur Footprints on the Otjihaenamaparero Farm
200-million-year-old ceratosaurus and syntarsus tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo
Near the center of Namibia, in the Kalkveld region, midway between the B1 and the C33 highways is the farm Otjihaenamaparero.
There exposed in the Etjo sandstone are 200-million-year-old... »
Geological Oddities | Edited by kwinb, Dylan and 2 others
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August 2, 2011
brineygibson
liked Kolmanskop Ghost Town
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert
People flocked to what became known as Kolmanskop, Namibia, after the discovery of diamonds in the area in 1908. As people arrived with high hopes, houses and other key buildings were built. The... »
Ghost Towns | Edited by michelle, Dylan and 2 others
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August 2, 2011
brineygibson
liked Hoba Meteorite near Grootfontein, Namibia
Largest Known Meteorite on Earth
As the largest known meteorite known on earth, you would think that this 60-ton iron-nickel meteorite would have left an immense blast crater when it fell to earth nearly 80 million years ago.... »
Geological Oddities | Edited by kwinb, Dylan and others
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August 2, 2011
brineygibson
liked Dead Vlei
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time
In the Namib-Naukluft National Park, in the central Namib Desert is a strange and alien landscape.
Found among towering red dunes is an area known as Sossusvlei. The dunes that surround the... »
Natural Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Extraordinary Flora, Wonders of Salt | Edited by kwinb, Dylan and 3 others
