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Invidious link: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=cybSLWd0MH4

In the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, researchers found that polymetallic nodules-metal-rich rocks spread across the seafloor-may be creating oxygen in complete darkness. Acting like tiny natural batteries, these nodules split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen through electrochemical reactions, without sunlight or microbes.

This process, now called "dark oxygen," challenges the long-standing idea that oxygen can only be produced through

photosynthesis. It could offer clues about how life began on Earth-and how it might exist on other planets.

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YT non-TT alt: Clèment Bourgue

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/35856987

Another cloud free day in Scotland let me catch almost 9 hours of this huge and lively prom. Taken with my home made 90mm modded Coronado PST and DMK21 camera. Software: CdC, Eqmod, DSSR, AutoStakkert!, Wavesharp, DVS, Shotcut and Gimp.

David Wilson on April 8, 2025 @ Inverness, Scotland

https://spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=221951

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mancha_Negra

For those outside of the US, 8th grade would be about 13-14 years old.

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/22400859

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The shiny puddles look like some low-temp metal melted and oozed out of the car as it burned. I wonder what part(s) melted, and what type of metal it is?

The picture is from a NPR piece about the current Los Angeles wildfires: https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2025/01/09/g-s1-41784/los-angeles-fire-photos

From CNN. Picture is roughly 2.5 miles / 4 km wide. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is barely cut out of the picture to the west.

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