Eighteen meters long and powered only by the wind, artist Theo Jansen’s latest Strandbeest strolls the sand in this short video. Its complex movements — a swinging gait in some Keep reading
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Scooting Droplets
As a child, I always loved watching rain on the windows as I rode in the car. Hemispherical droplets got stretched by the wind flowing over them. But they never Keep reading
Martian Flyover
Fly over a Martian crater in this incredibly detailed 8K video built from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imagery. Like Earth’s deserts, Mars is largely shaped by wind, and we get some Keep reading
Raindrops on the Windshield
When I was a child, I was fascinated by the raindrops that shimmied along the windshield of our car. Some would slide up the glass. Some would run down. And Keep reading
Strandbeest Evolution
Each spring, artist Theo Jansen releases his latest batch of wind-driven kinetic sculptures — known as Strandbeests — on a Dutch beach. This video compilation shows some of the newest Keep reading
Explaining the Roaming Rocks
For nearly a century, the long meandering tracks etched into Death Valley’s Racetrack Playa remained a mystery. Clearly, some force was pushing the heavy rocks there and leaving behind these Keep reading
Erie Ice
Lake Erie, the shallowest of the Great Lakes, sees large swings in ice cover over the winter. In late January 2022, the lake was nearly completely frozen over, with 94 Keep reading
December’s Derecho
I confess I’d never heard the term derecho before moving to Colorado, but I’ve experienced a few of these wind storms now. They’re intense! Last December’s derecho formed when a Keep reading
Where Wind Meets Water
That the wind causes ocean waves is obvious to anyone who has spent time near the water, but the details of that process remain fuzzy. Many of the explanations — Keep reading
Understanding Wildfire
Wildfires are an ongoing challenge in the western United States, where droughts and warmer conditions have combined with a century of fire suppression to form perfect conditions for monstrous fires. It’s Keep reading