Over the past few days, I’ve come across some striking examples of how technology is improving our understanding of the natural world.
In particular, I was astounded by Curiosity Rover’s 1 billion pixel image of the surface of Mars; the highest resolution photo of the red planet to date.
You can see craters, mountain ranges, cliffs, and where a lake existed billions of years ago. It almost made me feel like I was looking at a desert landscape on Earth, and that Mars wasn’t so far away after all.
I also enjoyed understanding this unique “Turtle Census”, where scientists put non-permanent white paint on the back of 2,000 green sea turtles, and use drones to capture images of the turtles out at sea. Scientists are able to use the ratio of painted to non-painted turtles to determine the size and health of the turtle populations.
Nothing else today, just some fun things I’ve been enjoying!