Cool Earth
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Exploring Earth's wonders, one destination at a time! Join me on this awe inspiring, jaw dropping tour of our world.
Monkfish, also known as the anglerfish of the North Atlantic, are masters of deception. Lying motionless on the seafloor, they use a modified spine on their head like a fishing rod—wiggling it to lure in curious prey. Once something gets close enough, it’s gone in a…
Insane storm footage from near the Bowie Baysox stadium on 7/9/25 — just minutes after a tornado warning was issued for DC and Prince George’s County. #tornado #stormwatch #BowieMD #DCweather #stormvideo #severeweather
In a shocking turn of events, a giant centipede eats a rattlesnake.
🌋 Major Eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, Indonesia On June 17, 2025, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted violently, sending a towering ash column 10,000 meters above its summit.
Tonight’s Strawberry Moon is a rare treat — the lowest full moon of the year, an event that only happens every 18.6 years. 🍓🌕 June’s full moon gets its name from the time when wild strawberries begin to ripen, a tradition rooted in Native American and European folklore. It…
A bobcat and a 15-year-old housecat face off in a Southern California backyard. Wait for it…wild meets domestic. 🐾 Captured on @ring – nature doesn’t knock. #Bobcat #RingCamera #BackyardWildlife #CaliforniaNature #CoolEarth
Watch as tourists and guides run from the pyroclastic flow of Etna’s sudden eruption.
🚨 Mount Etna erupting today in Sicily – one of the most active volcanoes on Earth 🌋 #Etna #Volcano #Italy #EarthInMotion #CoolEarth
European starlings aren’t just beautiful, they’re gifted mimics. These clever birds can imitate everything from ringing phones to human voices, often so perfectly that people look around for the speaker… only to find a bird. This is Jabby. 📹 [goodable] #NatureIsWild…
📍Hormuz Island, Persian Gulf The island’s famous red soil—rich in iron oxide—turns the runoff into what looks like flowing crimson paint after rainfall. This surreal phenomenon transforms the coastline into a living canvas of color, especially where the red water meets the…
On May 28, the village of Blatten, Switzerland was almost entirely buried beneath a massive ice and rock slide triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier. Millions of cubic meters of debris swept through the valley, overtaking around 90% of the area. ⠀ Thanks to early…
What you’re seeing are gooseneck barnacles (Lepas anatifera), a type of marine crustacean that attaches itself to drifting objects in the open ocean. They don’t typically live near the shore—these ended up here because the float they’re clinging to eventually washed up after a…
🌋Halemaumau Crater, Kilauea Volcano 📍Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island Hawaii. Captured 5/25/2025 from Keanakakoi Crater Overlook [📹 808hiker]
What looks like a bunny but lives in the ocean? A sea bunny [📹 Wild Matters]
What do you see? Sometimes nature paints in illusions. Look twice.
The Only One Left. This is the Oxford Dodo — the only known dodo specimen in the world with preserved soft tissue. Housed at Oxford University, it includes part of the head and foot, dating back to the 1600s. Thanks to this rare relic, scientists have extracted dodo DNA,…
