Bacteria's Sinister Division

Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. Bacteria's Sinister Division The power of a simple division in two: - via url To give you some perspective - according to some sources, if one bacteria will keep dividing like that for 36 hours - then the whole Earth will be covered in a 30 cm high surface layer of bacteria. "The Blob" movie will come true on a grand scale... We are lucky bacterias do not keep replicating like that all the rime. Today's pictures & links: Click to enlarge images. Bad, bad Bush: This is Photoshop, of course, thank goodness. This interesting picture of Bill Gates is real: ------------ Absolutely Gorgeous Photography Marko Rantanen's portfolio at once terrifies and amazes. One of the best creative advertisements on the web: Opera lives inside of us: (images credit: Marko Rantanen) ------------ Cool Shot of the Day (in cooperation with National Geographic magazine) Lenticulars at Sunrise (image credit: National Geographic) Photo by Mitch Sanders - It was early morning just north of Shishaldon Island in the Bering Sea. I was woken to 'see something'. I made my way out on the deck of our trawler, and to my surprise there was the most intense, beautiful sunrise I had ever seen at sea. The snow covered, smoking crater of Shishaldon, a still active volcano in the Aleutian Island chain, capped off this magnificent display. Check out our gallery of lenticulars and other extreme clouds here. ------------ The Water Palace Located in Jaipur, India, in the middle of a shallow lake, sometimes it's enchantingly lit up at night: (image credit: Alok Verma) ------------ Mixed fresh links for today: The Hidden Underwater Life of the Internet - [fascinating] New photos of Mercury - previously unseen areas - [space] New Mammal Discovered - [nature] Hilarious Reddit joke thread - [funny] Digital Mona Lisa, 1964 - [cool art] Scans of the 1978 book about the future - [futurism] Animals caught in unspeakable act (sfw) - [fun video] Matt Damon (almost) appears on TV show - [fun video] Time Stops! Flash Mob at Grand Central - [wow video] ------------ Update to our "Funny Kiddies" article ------------ Example of a pointless activity... or is it urban art? (original unknown) This is very cool, albeit incomprehesible: ------------ 900 meters straight down An update picture for our Norwegian fjords article: (click to enlarge) ------------ Cat Friday Kitties from hell: The news were scary today... ------------ Ouch! (original unknown) +StumbleUpon Permanent Link... Dark Roasted Blend's Photography Gear Picks: