Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (2nd movement)
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This towering cloud of dust is known as a haboob, and while it appears apocalyptic, it is a relatively common occurrence in parts of the world, including the U.S. southwest and the Middle East. Haboobs often form when a collapsing thunderstorm releases a downburst of cold air. That wind picks up loose dust along the ground and creates a wall of sediment that may be as much as 100 kilometers wide and several kilometers tall. Inside the haboob, winds can reach speeds as high as 100 kph and visibility can be reduced to nearly zero. Because of this, the storms can be quite dangerous, especially to anyone who attempts to drive during one. (Image credit: D. Bryant)
The Blue Leg Centipede (Ethmostigmus trigonopodus) has the blues!
Ahhhhh! You can always rely on centipede legs for something special. Red legs, purple legs, yellow legs, stripy legs and now, in this east African species, blue legs.
The search is finally over.
…Image: Frupus
Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under a magnification of 25,000X, this digitally-colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts numerous filamentous Ebola virus particles (blue) budding from a chronically-infected VERO E6 cell (yellow-green).
Ebola is one of numerous Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers. It is a severe, often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (such as monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees).
Ebola is caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus. When infection occurs, symptoms usually begin abruptly. The first Ebolavirus species was discovered in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo near the Ebola River. Since then, outbreaks have appeared sporadically. See the Flickr link for additional SEM NIAID Ebola virus imagery.
