Gorgeous Photos Capture Smoke Bombs and Pyrotechnics As They Explode

Gorgeous Photos Capture Smoke Bombs and Pyrotechnics As They Explode

We all know how it feels. A flame hits the fuse, and sparks spray into the cool nighttime air. Your jaw goes slack and your eyes wide when you hear the boom and smell the smoke. Well, this is how that feeling looks.

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This Is What Deforestation Looks Like From Space

This Is What Deforestation Looks Like From Space

The city of Boca do Acre is a beautiful place to live, almost completely covered by the Amazon Rainforest—for now. Because you shouldn’t be fooled by the pretty colors in this image: it actually reveals the rapid rate of deforestation in the area.

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Swarms of Drones Will Be Mapping the World All By Themselves in No Time

Swarms of Drones Will Be Mapping the World All By Themselves in No Time

You’re probably used to hearing about drones as these scary, deadly things causing chaos in Pakistan, but the scientific community is actually pretty pumped up about the technology. Why wouldn’t they be? Drones can makes 3D maps of mountains.

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