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The strangely beautiful aspergillus fumigatus botrytis mucor trichoderma cladosporium

The strangely beautiful aspergillus fumigatus botrytis mucor trichoderma cladosporium

Who knew that aspergillus fumigatus botrytis mucor trichoderma cladosporium could be so beautiful? This video uses special techniques to capture the growth of aspergillus fumigatus botrytis mucor trichoderma cladosporium in all its alien beauty. In Pure Spirit Isn’t the video strange? Is it like any other time lapse videos you’ve seen before?

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The alien sounds of seals

The alien sounds of seals

This clip is from Werner Herzog’s “Encounters at the End of the World” and include some very rare sounds. Not only are these seal sounds very rare – they’re almost too strange to believe. These underwater sounds of seals sound almost alien or sci-fi like. In Pure Spirit What do you think? Have you ever [...]

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Making your own natural swimming pool

Making your own natural swimming pool

In this video David Pagan Butler – a man with a great name and a record of making films for the BBC on natural swimming pools – shows us the highlights behind his own natural swimming pool. A more detailed guide and DVD are available from Green-Shopping.co.uk. In the meantime this video serves to inspire [...]

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Project, presentation, pitch? Stunning images from 2011

Project, presentation, pitch? Stunning images from 2011

Getty is the defacto home for some of the world’s most impressive photography and video. The video below is their summary of 2011 – a video story that ranges from royal weddings, through to sports and global economic chaos. Getty say that they covered more than 8,000 news events, more than 19,000 sports events and [...]

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Ghost hunting? There’s an app for that!

Ghost hunting? There’s an app for that!

Richard Holland, former editor of Paranormal Magazine, editor of Uncanny UK and author of a number of books on the subject of ghosts and folklore has published a Ghost Finder iPhone App. The app, called Ghost Finder London, is a gazetteer of haunted locations in London. At £1.99 the app is cheaper than all the books you [...]

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Chinese boy with glowing eyes can see in the dark

Chinese boy with glowing eyes can see in the dark

This news footage for the UK but from China appears to show a young boy with very strange eyes. It’s not just that they are blue (like a Westerner, says the reporter) but that they seem to reflect light back like cat eyes. The boy has amazed the medical community because it appears as if [...]

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Tiger dancers and a surprising New Year twist

Tiger dancers and a surprising New Year twist

It’s the Chinese New Year today. May the Year of the Dragon be a good one for you. Although these two dancing puppets aren’t dragons – they’re Chinese tigers – it’s still a good time to share the video. The two dancing tigers start of dancing to some traditional Chinese music but that doens’t last [...]

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Hundreds of bats infect roof

Hundreds of bats infect roof

A home in South Florida had some sort of problem with their roof so they called in the roofers. Imagine your surprise when hundreds of bats start to flood out from the roof space as the first of the tiles were pulled off. In Pure Spirit Do you like bats? Are they cute or creepy?

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5 Chinese Dragons to celebrate New Year

5 Chinese Dragons to celebrate New Year

When is the Chinese New Year in 2012? The Chinese New Year is Monday, 23 January. That’s right. Chinese New Year is today. There are five different time zones in China. They range from UTC+5 to UTC+8. That means the first parts of China celebrate New Year at about 4pm GMT on Sunday the 22nd. [...]

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The mysterious underwater pyramid of Yonaguni

The mysterious underwater pyramid of Yonaguni

In 1987 a tour dive operator found a mysterous pyramid off the coast of Yonaguni-jima. Yonaguni is an island by Japan. Not much is known about the underwater structure and the pyramid. Some people are quick to suggest that the remains are proof of Atlantis or perhaps Lemuria. Others suggested that another civilisation entirely is [...]

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