If you're seeing the Northern Lights tonight, here's why different colors can appear #NorthernLights #Space @Rainmaker1973

Last Thursday, a herd of haggii broke into George McCormack's shop in Aviemore and polished off over 600 Tunnocks Teacakes! Edited to change 'haggises' to 'haggii' based on community feedback. I wholeheartedly apologise for this mistake - the last thing I would want to do is to spread false information on this esteemed group... Scotland's Wild Haggis Animal Discovery Group · Pete Swan #Haggus #Scotland #humour #humor

Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas is our Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year! 🏆 #WPY60 His up-close image ‘Life Under Dead Wood’ depicts the fruiting bodies of slime mould and a tiny springtail. 😮 Wildlife Photographer of the Year @NHM_WPY #photography #wildlife

An 800 m² Roman mosaic discovered in Turkey that was so well made, it preserved the wave of an earthquake without breaking the pattern. @Rainmaker1973

- Just one dragonfly can consume over one hundred mosquitos in a day - Dragonflies can fly backwards - They have nearly 360-degree vision - Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures - They're actually beautiful This is not stained glass, it's a wing. @Rainmaker1973

For those who are always 'tilting at windmills' @BellaDunnWriter

The humble orange will never be the same again #oranges #fruit #cats

On November 12, 1833, there was a meteor shower so intense that it was possible to see up to 100,000 meteors crossing the sky every hour. At the time, many thought it was the end of the world, so much so that it inspired this woodcut by Adolf Vollmy. @MAstronomers #Meteors #meteor #Space #history #1830's

Designed by Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal, this giant clothespin sculpture that seems to be holding onto a mound of dirt and grass, resides on the outskirts of Liege, #Belgium. @Rainmaker1973 #sculpture #art

Carl Faberge, Jade carving of a snail, late 19th century. Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum. #snails #museums #vamuseum #fabergé