Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
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Cueva de los Cristales
This is not a film set. This is a real cave situated 300 metres below the Chihuahuan desert in Naica, Mexico. And it is truly filled with giant crystals, such as should only really be found … View article
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The Scale of the Universe
How big is a strange quark, compared to the Rotten Egg Nebula? How big is the total human weight, compared to the sun?
These are questions you may never have asked — indeed, their answers are perhaps of dubious value … View article
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Amazing Christmas discovery, mystery and adventure
ANOTHER AMAZING STUFF EXCLUSIVE
When buying the Amazing Stuff Christmas tree this year, we happened upon something quite amazing. Grown within the trunk of the tree – no word of a lie, and not a hint of Photoshop – was … View article
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Amazing monkey washing up
EXCLUSIVE
This Amazing Stuff exclusive comes courtesy of our man in Paris, Louis Dumas. A couple of years ago, Louis spent several months reintroducing monkeys to the wild at a sanctuary in El Chapar, Bolivia. It was then that he … View article
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Amazing Earth views
With all the amazing timelapse videos floating around these days, it takes one that is truly out-of-this-world to make it into Amazing Stuff… And here it is: The International Space Station – which has been positioned 200 miles above Earth … View article
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Surfing the pororoca
When you can hear that huge sound behind, and that’s that wave coming – oh man, you get really scared, because you don’t know what’s coming! You can’t see; you can just hear that sound, and hear the animals screaming
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Yann Arthus Bertrand
This is the work of the world’s best aerial photographer, Yann Arthus Bertrand. We have already covered his feature film Home on Amazing Stuff, but his photographs are so heart-stoppingly beautiful, we just had to feature him again! The 65 … View article
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Amazing bird imprints
Imagine waking in the middle of the night to a thump downstairs. Fearing a burglary, you dress quickly, pick up something inappropriate to use as a weapon, and tip-toe down the stairs. Thankfully the TV is still there, so is … View article
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Living with a gorilla
Yes, that is a man kissing a gorilla. Yes, they do live together. Yes, they do sleep in the same bed.
But it’s more of a father-daughter relationship. Pierre Thivillon is in fact happily married to a human woman (who … View article
