Mattropolitan

Puppy: ”See, I told you we’d both fit on here comfortably.” 🔊

THE TAIL WAGGING

The full rotation of the Moon as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Sir John Soane Museum London

#Built Beauty

Camouflaged Orange Oakleaf Butterfly

nature is so damn trippy 

No need to unpack your bags, the next Geyser of Awesome Field Trip is already set to go. This time we’re heading to Thailand, specifically to the Samphran district where we’ll find the spectacular Wat Samphran, the Temple of the Rising Dragon. It’s a Buddhist temple in the form of a vivid pink, 80-meter-tall, 17 story tower with a gigantic green and gold scaled dragon coiled around the entire structure. Climbing all the way to the top of the tower is rewarded by the opportunity to stroke the dragon’s beard or touch one of its talons.

Watch this video from Great Big Story to get a 360 view of this awesome temple:

Photos by @nicopicz, @somos_aloha_mundo, @mundo_nomada_travel, @seryachkova, and @hydrosapien respectively.

[via Colossal]

JESUS?? 

JESUS????

i had no idea they were so frickin huge

I love them so much because they’re about as sharp as a baseball and their anatomy is ridiculous to the point of them literally being classified as plankton for years because they just sort of get blown around by the ocean and look confused, but because they lay more eggs than ANY OTHER VERTEBRATE IN EXISTENCE, evolution can’t stop them

Why is no big predator coming and gnawing on them?

Their biggest defense is that they’re massive and have super tough skin, but they do get hunted by sharks or sea lions sometimes and they just sort of float there like ‘oh bother’ as it happens

Even funnier, because they eat nothing but jellyfish they’re really low in nutritional value anyway, so they basically survive by being not worth eating because they’re like a big floating rice cracker wrapped in leather.

So basically the only reason natural selection hasn’t taken care if them is because they are the most useless fish

yes, they’ve perfected uselessness to the point of being unstoppable

a true inspiration

92-Year-Old Grandmother Makes Stunningly Intricate Temari Balls

A ninety-two-year-old-grandmother from Japan creates stunning embroidered balls known as “temari,” (meaning “hand ball” in Japanese) which showcase a skill she learned in her sixties. A traditional folk art, which was conceived in Japan in the 7th century, the craft is tedious and highly demanding craft. The unknown woman has constructed 500 unique designs, which are photographed by her granddaughter NanaAkua. Overall these beautiful trinkets are a symbol of happy life and good fortune, which originate from friendship and loyalty. 

Going on the “to-learn” craft bucket list.

Folks, read that again.

She started doing this in her SIXTIES.

It is NOT too late to learn to do the thing.

Treehouse. Pictures by  Michael Victor

Victorian High Top Roller Skates

For the witch on the go

An archaeological dig on the Menemonee Reservation in Wisconsin yielded a clay pot. The pot was dated to 800 years ago and contained seeds. Some of the seeds were planted to see if 800 year old seeds were viable. An ancient squash was the result. 

This is the coolest fucking thing, and don’t try and tell me otherwise.

Oh my god I have people who need to know this

Life is so fucking cool

Ruins of Dunmore Park

Future Rolls Royce, 1967, by Syd Mead