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Stabilizers such as cement, lime, or sodium carbonate may be added to an ideal mix of 70% sand, 30% clay. Straw may also be added. The earthbags are then plastered over with adobe. Arquitectura en Equilibrio (Architecture in Balance) flickr.com earthbag home Plastic bags recycled into plastic bags -- if plastic does not break down for a thousand years, this building is sure to last several lifetimes. Earthbag construction Foundations differ as per site. Earthbag construction The time consuming part, filling the bags. Earthbag construction Testing the strength of an arch. Earthbag home Project Seres, Guatemala. projectseres.org, flickr.com earthbag home CalEarth -- Emergency Shelter Village, Hesperia, California. Earthbag home Cal Earth -- Emergency Shelters. Earthbag home CalEarth let the layers show. Resources: Lessons: More Pictures: Solar Flare VIDEO Shows Huge Eruption From Suns Surface. Glow-in-the-dark mushroom rediscovered after 170 years.
It's something you would never expect to go missing, but one of the world's brightest glow-in-the-dark mushrooms has been rediscovered after an absence of more than 170 years, according to USA Today. The bioluminescent shrooms had become a Brazilian legend of sorts. They were first spied in 1840 by an English botanist named George Gardner, who was alarmed after he saw some boys playing with a glowing object in the streets of Vila de Natividad, a village in the Goiás state in central Brazil.
After that, no more sightings of the brightly glowing fungus had ever been reported. The mushroom was nearly forgotten until 2002, when Brazilian chemist Cassius Stevani came across Gardner's early reports. Then, in 2005, a breakthrough occurred. Izar and Fragaszy scooped up specimens and contacted Stevani, who later confirmed that the mushrooms were indeed Gardner's long lost species. One thing researchers are certain of, however, is that these mushrooms are poisonous. World's Tiniest Chameleon Discovered. A species of chameleon small enough to easily perch on a match head has been discovered on a tiny island off Madagascar, a group of scientists has announced.
In addition to the discovery of Brookesia micra, now the tiniest chameleon ever discovered, the researchers also announced the discovery of three additional tiny chameleon species. Adult males of the B. micra species grow to only just over a half-inch (16 millimeters) from nose to bottom, making them one of the smallest vertebrates ever found on Earth. From nose to tail, adults of both sexes grow to only 1 inch (30 mm) in length. A juvenile Brookesia micra stands on a match head. Credit: PLoS One. Lead researcher Frank Glaw said the team already had experience finding tiny lizards in Madagascar, "but it was also good luck. " The team searched for the tiny lizards under the cover of darkness, using headlamps and flashlights to seek out the sleeping chameleons.
"They are sleeping and you can just pick them up. Real Life Dragon Found in Indonesia - GEARFUSE. Watch: Aurora borealis in real time. Chapman emphasizes on his website that this is "real-time, as-it-happened footage," and "not the usual time-lapse.
" That becomes clear during the clip, since the stars don't move in the background and people walk by in the foreground at normal speed. Time-lapse photography is popular for aurora videos because the lights tend to move slowly, at a pace that would test the attention spans of many Internet viewers. But while it's often stunning, time-lapse footage can also create a sense of detachment from reality, since it depicts nature as the naked eye doesn't see it. By filming relatively fast northern lights in real time, Chapman helps convey their ethereal vibe without exaggerating it. And since that added realism may spur questions about what exactly we're seeing, Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy offers this explanation: "[T]he movement you're seeing isn't a physical motion.
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