Simon Rotter

Computer science, photography, nature and wildlife enthusiast

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

#bumblebee #liftoff in #bavarian #garden #beautiful #nature #slowmotion #summertime #flower

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

During a solar eclipse, the gaps between leaves on trees act as multiple pinhole cameras,

and each gap projects its own crescent-shaped image of the eclipsed sun onto the ground.

📹gottigreen

[Maestro Ilusionista @docentemago]

2 horas de eclipse en 1500 fotos (una cada 6 segundos)

Aquí tenéis el resultado final desde la Sierra de Madrid, España.
#EclipseSolar

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

A partly solar eclipse as seen in Berlin around 12 pm, 29th March - the cloudy sky showed some interesting effects.

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

Lioness - Zoo in Berlin

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Reading a tweet is a bit like downloading an (attacker-controlled) executable that you instantly run on your brain. Each one elicits emotions, suggests knowledge, nudges world-view.

In the future it might feel surprising that we allowed direct, untrusted information to brain.

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

@AMAZlNGNATURE Is it known where this video was shot?

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

@sama This is to be contrasted with the fate and possibly imminent struggle for survival of the whale. The end of the scene should remain open in order to emphasise the disharmony and tension of this juxtaposition.

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

@sama A realistic scene from the book "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" (Herman Melville) including a whale, several boats with their men and their attempt to approach the whale. An important aspect here should be the difficulty and dangerousness of the task of the men in the boats.

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

@johnkrausphotos Nice!

[John Pisani @SpaceCoastChron]

An incredible opportunity presented itself tonight. Falcon Heavy with the X-37 (Orbital Test Vehicle) transits a rising moon over Florida’s Space Coast.

📸 me for @considercosmos

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

@johnpisaniphoto Impressive shot!

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Beautiful Asperitas cloud formation. Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Video by Andrew Farnam.

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

Insect that collects nectar - in slow motion, with impressive audio.

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

Happy new year 2024!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Beautiful pictures of Starship

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship’s hot-stage separation was the first time this technique has been done successfully with a vehicle of this size

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

@latestinspace And here is another one

https://t.co/kJsrWooTgF

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

@latestinspace Here is a source for more information on this topic:

https://t.co/sL90OBaGKa

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible. Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.

-- Stephen Hawking, as mentioned in British Telecom advertisement (1993)

📷 Hawking in Chicago, ca. 1986. AP Photo

[Simon Rotter @RotterSimon]

@PeakWisdomT Nice thoughts!