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[Ancient Tree Forum @AncientTreesATF]

'This is not how sequoias die. It’s supposed to stand for another 500 years' 😔 #ancienttrees https://t.co/gP40CxNysI

[The Guardian @guardian]

It takes a few seconds but when you see it the sheer enormity of what you're looking at is hard to comprehend.

Thermal imaging captures the immense scale of the bushfire front in the East Gippsland area of Victoria on 31 Dec.

#AustralianBushfires

[Archangel Trees @ArchangelTrees]

What is it about ancient #trees like the #coastredwood and #giantsequoia? They hold a secret to combat #climatechange.

VIDEO: https://t.co/7nJjsh3JiW

[Prof Nick Cowern @NickCowern]

This is one scientific paper that every literate person on the planet should read. Every. One.
https://t.co/pSnGmnf3ab

[Save the Redwoods League @savetheredwoods]

Giant sequoia in summer and snow - Alder Creek in two seasons. Learn more about our plan to save this amazing place: https://t.co/Hvcx3pFwjQ

[Jordan Sather @Jordan_Sather_]

Protestors in Hong Kong are cutting down facial recognition towers.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Our system of checks and balances relies on each branch’s jealously guarding its powers and upholding its duties under our Constitution. When loyalty to a political party or to an individual trumps loyalty to the Constitution, the Rule of Law—the foundation of liberty—crumbles.

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Solar eclipse, with a view of the pyramids and Great Sphinx, Giza. August 30, 1905. https://t.co/M18MiTzZto

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“Nourish yourself with grand and austere ideas of beauty that feed the soul… Seek solitude.”

Delacroix, born on this day in 1798, on the importance of solitude in creative work and how to resist social distractions – two centuries later, even truer https://t.co/DaOC7GXhoB

[Bob Tallman @tallman_bob]

I’ve seen a lot in my travels over the last 40 years but this stopped me in my tracks. Thank you to this young man for serving our country and thank you to the elders that welcomed him home with such honor. God bless our military and God bless America! #militaryfamilies

[Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darren_cullen]

Computer generated faces using generative adversarial network / progressive growing technique from Nvidia. Trained on 50,000 images from a photobooth at ZKM Center for Art and Media by @highqualitysh1t

[WIRED @WIRED]

Have you ever wondered what sound might look like? Apple's AR Kit can visualize sound in space: https://t.co/oPe1m2VPdQ

[Shannon Stirone💀 @shannonmstirone]

This is helpful https://t.co/bn7wsDy7yt

We don't entirely know where the solar system ends, but it is beyond the Oort cloud. The Voyagers have miles to go before they sleep.

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

NEWS ALERT: Listen to the #SoundsOfMars
Sensors in @NASAInSight’s seismometer and weather instrument recorded vibrations caused by Martian wind sweeping across the lander. It’s nearly all bass. Headphones or subwoofer recommended. https://t.co/lbFNTtvwm9

[Pak @muratpak]

..and another one.

[Jean-Baptiste Lefevre @jblefevre60]

Introducing #Google Earth #VR 2018
#AR #MR

@IrmaRaste @evankirstel @MikeQuindazzi @SpirosMargaris @andi_staub @mclynd @diioannid @ipfconline1 @JacBurns_Comext @LouisSerge @jerome_joffre @HaroldSinnott @kalydeoo @ahier @Ym78200 @labordeolivier @ahier @sallyeaves @Paula_Piccard

[Simone Schnall @SimoneSchnall]

This is absolutely amazing: A violin bow creates beautiful geometric images from thin air.