Giant crystals in Mexico

Amazing pictures of enormous crystals found in an underground mine in Mexico. It looks like Superman's Fortress of Solitude. You can read some words, too. If you're into that.

The world in the air

Watch it in high quality*. You can see the great-circle paths, especially over the South Pacific from Australia to Buenos Aires.

* Hmmm. Can't flip to high quality when embedded. Look to the right below the player on YouTube's version.

Colorized ponies

The eye plays tricks.

The Swedish/Finnish border

Sweden and Finland have a land border to the north of the Gulf of Bothnia. Less well-known is the uninhabited island of Märket in the southern part of said gulf. Part of the island belongs to Sweden, and the other part to Finland. And the border isn't even a straight line.

search engine for ocean containers

Import Genius indexes and searches manifests of shipping containers brought into the United States. That is so cool. I have absolutely no use for that information.

pictogram headlines

Like a simple rebus.

Most recursive island ever

Todd explains Manitoulin Island.