These photos show how the incredible width and versatility of the legendary Dr. J. who literally went around and above the rim.
As you can see in the second picture, he’s holding the ball nearly out of bounds while flying up under the hoop.
The only other players that could pull these acrobatics off were George Gervin and in his own style, the floating Airness himself, Michael Jordan.
The Muraka hotel in the Maldives is the world’s first underwater hotel in the world.
With two-story rooms submerged 16 feet below sea-level in the Indian ocean, the residency also boasts an incredible price point: $50,000 per night!
According to Archpaper, the villas were constructed with the latest technology:
The construction of The Muraka was both innovative and environmentally-conscious. Each piece of the modular structure was built in Singapore and then carefully shipped to the Maldives, before being plunged underwater and nailed into place using thick, concrete pylons. The sturdy pylons ensure that the villa does not shift or downright float away in the midst of high tides or rough waves.
Personally, I think most of us are better off going to the aquarium for the day rather than sleeping with the fishes. You can see more images of the hotel right here.
“The forest is for me a temple, a cathedral of tree canopies and dancing light.”
Dr. Jane Goodall
Was it about the forest that can put us in awe?
A prescription to nature is sometimes all we need to elevate the mood.
The Japanese use the word “SHINRIN-YOKU” or forest bathing, to describe all the benefits from walking among trees in order to relax.
The multitude and magnitude of forest trees are equally confounding.
As they say, one “can’t see the forest for the trees.” We must walk through the forest while keeping in mind the big-picture view.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover photographed this view of the sun setting from its 956th Martian day on Mars.
The above image is actually a sequence of four images taken over a span of 6 minutes, 51 seconds. Check out the full GIF below.
Said Mark Lemmon of Texas A&M University, College Station who planned the Curiosity mission: “The colors come from the fact that the very fine dust is the right size so that blue light penetrates the atmosphere slightly more efficiently.
“When the blue light scatters off the dust, it stays closer to the direction of the sun than light of other colors does. The rest of the sky is yellow to orange, as yellow and red light scatter all over the sky instead of being absorbed or staying close to the sun.”
So cool, at least nearly as interesting as the heart-shaped craters also discovered on Mars.
Take a look at this video of these ultra-rare trippy rainbow blanket octopuses caught on camera off the coast of Romblon, Philippines.
Coincidentally, they arrive just in time for Pride month.
It’s no wonder these intelligent alien-looking creatures have “half a billion neurons, about as many as a dog.” And most of those neurons are in their arms.
They may even have consciousness.
Imagine fleeing the ash that swept Pompeii during the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., only to crushed by a flying stone.
According to the Telegram, the archeologists also found that the 30-year old merchant was carrying 22 silver and bronze coins in a leather pouch. They also found a house key buried underneath the skeleton.
Naturally, the extraordinary discovery has become a target for jokes, including one individual setting up a GoFundMe account.
He doesn't know what happened, he been living under a rock for 2000 years! Bahhhaaaa
— Buckshot (@Buckbuck62) May 29, 2018
With the polar vortex sweeping the Midwest and other parts of the nation, there are some animals like alligators that welcome the freeze.
Crocodiles in North Carolina take in winter by letting their body freeze while allowing their nostrils to hang out in the air.
The survival mechanism is called brumation, where there the reptile hibernates underwater for a few days at a time to lowers its body heat and metabolism. Peep the video after the jump.
If you liked the video of the dead leaf butterfly, then you’ll want to check out this video of the beautiful Archduke (Lexias pardalis dirteana) butterfly in its baby caterpillar state.
Full of spines, its next stage will be chrysalis before shedding and breaking into a restless butterfly.
Known as the Kallima
The upper side of the dead leaf butterfly is beautifully colored, with yellow and dark blue and blue patterns. Check out the two videos after the jump including the video of the dragontail butterfly.