Author: rokur
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Bouncing a Drop of Water on Water
“Typically, when a droplet of water plunges into a pool of water, it will bounce slightly and then coalesce with the rest of the water. But there’s a way to keep the bounce going indefinitely. If you put the pool of water on top of a loud speaker, you can vibrate the surface. This vibration…
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CC photo #299: Tom Shields after winning the Berlin 2012 World Cup 100 fly
USA’s Tom Shields won a tight tussle with Russia’s Evgeny Korotyshkin, 50.03 to 50.14, at the FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup 2012 leg in Berlin, Germany. See result list here
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Behold a beluga whale mimicking human speech
A Beluga whale living in a conservation centre in San Diego learned to mimic the human voice to the extent that it fooled an underwater diver, according to researchers. Actually, I think I know that guy it is mimicking ! :-) See for instance ITV It seems likely that NOC’s close association with humans played…
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Winning The Water: The Swimmer As Hero
Performance on October 16, 2010, in which the artist entered the water at Alcatraz (9 AM) and swam to Aquatic Park while accompanied by the band Coconut. The public was invited to gather at Aquatic Park. A selected group watched the act from a nearby boat. Winning The Water: The Swimmer As Hero from Pawel…
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CC photo #298: Muffat after winning the Berlin 2012 World Cup 400 free
France’s Camille Muffat after almost breaking the world record in the women’s 400 meter freestyle (short course), at the FINA / Arena 2012 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany. Her time was 3:54.93, the world record 3:54.92, and the champonships record was 3:56.24. See result list here.
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The sea water drinkers
A Philip Bloom mini-documentary going straight into my WTF-category.
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Drowning is Preventable – Bucket PSA
Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional death for children under age 14 in the United States. Please remember to always watch your children in or around the water. Via The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson on Facebook.
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Ryan Lochte’s gaffe on ‘GameDay’
Ouch, the ESPN GameDay crew was in Gainesville, Florida, for the Saturday’s Florida-South Carolina matchup, with Ryan Lochte as a guest picker. When asked to pick who’d win between Texas A&M and LSU, he answered “Auburn.” See for instance FCN and Lost Lettermen
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Diver fends off 2m shark with underwater camera
Former construction diver turned underwater cinematographer Johnny Debnam, 27, was filming mates spearfishing about 3km off Dampier, Australia earlier this month, when a bronze whaler materialized out of the depths, tore into a bluebone grouper he had on his float line, and then came over to have a closer look at him. Read the Herald…