Arguably the most iconic skyline in the world (thanks to movies) would look completely different if it was on another world. On Venus, New York City would be a yellow haze, on Mercury would look glow in the dark, on Mars would make everything rusty and on Uranus and Neptune would totally obliterate the city. Read More >>
Rain isn't the weather condition that photographers generally hope for. But if you knew how to take marvelous pictures like this, you would be doing rain dances on the reg. Read More >>
It might be the changing of the seasons and the yearning for warmer days and longer nights but why is it that we always end up talking about the weather? For most of us, it dictates a lot of our day. Aren't you constantly checking the weather on your phone or is it just me? Read More >>
What with today's fancy Doppler radars and forecast graphics and fear mongering, it's refreshing to get a glimpse of the relative simplicity in man's very first attempt at remotely monitoring the shifts in Earth's climate. Read More >>
Here's a wonderfully colourful photo project by photographer Robert Weingarten which shows how psychedelic our world can get. Weingarten took a photo at 6:30 in the morning of the same view of Santa Monica Bay from his home in Malibu for an entire year. Even with all that sameness, each photo captures something completely different from before. Read More >>
University kids: your parents probably spent a lot of money on that new Facebook-browsing instrument you've got in your hands, so at the very least, please don't use it to shield yourself from the British weather. Read More >>
Featured comment by harp14:
"Don't mind the humour about a particular OS either. Anyway I can't be bothered with carrying on with this, I have better things to do. And I'm glad th..." More »
This beautiful orange swirl looks like it could be an oil painting—but it is in fact a low pressure system currently floating above the Southern Ocean, just west of Australia. Read More >>
We all knew this would happen. It always happens, but it's still horrifying to see. Put together by EJMaroun and brought to our attention by stefan, here's a harrowing look at the state of Twitter comedy today. This is far more harrowing than a storm. Read More >>
Featured comment by Danjc2:
"Sure, but we only remember them by those names because theyre memorable storms. You could name them 2012 Alpha, Beta, Gamma etc etc, and THEN move ont..." More »
So you decided to jailbreak your iOS device and now the baked-in weather app is borked, right? Yeah, sometimes these things don't always work out that smoothly but it could have been a lot worse. Now, a fix is being worked on but in case you haven't downloaded one of a bajillion other weather apps, here's how to fix the problem now: Read More >>
Featured comment by james.cavill.3:
"Got it working for me now, you need to uninstall appsync/AppCake before-hand.
Then paste this into terminal.
Then weather should work and you ca..." More »
Forget frying eggs on the sidewalk, never mind the new heat index colors, Australia's record-setting heat wave is so insanely intense that in some areas drivers can no longer refuel their vehicles because the petrol evaporates as it's pumped. Read More >>
Sea tornados off the coast of Australia are not new. But this one is particularly striking and huge. It was filmed this Sunday at Batemans Bay, in New South Wales. Read More >>
If you had any doubts about the scale of frankenstorm Sandy (and the collective moanings by your American pals on Facebook), check out NASA's latest image to see its size compared to the entire planet. It was taken by NOAA's GOES-13 satellite yesterday morning, October 28th at 9:02AM EDT. Read More >>
Getting caught in the rain is always a drag. You wind up dashing from awning to awning (or tree to tree) trying desperately to keep yourself—and your expensive gadgets—dry. In this art installation it's always raining, but you never have to worry about getting wet. Read More >>