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There's just so much science, nature, music, art, technology, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven't seen. It's most likely not stuff that was made for them...

But we don't underestimate kids around here.

Kid-friendly not-made-for-kids videos for all! Collected by Rion Nakaya and her three four year old co-curator.

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James Cameron has become the third person in history to go the Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the ocean. He went solo in a 2 1/2 inch thick steel ball, encased in a state of the art sub that was rigged with lights and cameras for filming. This video details a bit of history, and the technology and constraints behind the dive.

It’s groundbreaking stuff. National Geographic has it covered with this video playlist that sets up the entire Deep Sea Challenge. Or you can cut to the chase with this video of his return.

Finally, learn more about 170 million year old Mariana Trench and the tectonic forces behind it.

National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen talks about his underwater image of a diving polar bear in Arctic waters, and the passion behind what drives his work. 

via Science Dump.

Almost a year ago, a National Geographic Channel show called How Hard Can It Be tried to recreate the balloon house from the Pixar movie Up!

On Saturday morning, March 5, at dawn, a team of scientists, engineers and two world-class balloon pilots successfully launched a 16’ X 16’ house 18’ tall with 300 8’ colored weather balloons from a private airfield east of Los Angeles, and set a new world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted. The entire experimental aircraft was more than 10 stories high and reached an altitude of over 10,000 feet and flew for approximately one hour.

Truth be told, I rarely link to National Geographic made-for-tv videos because narrators that sound like this are one of my major pet peeves. However, this unusual locomotion video is just too fascinating to not share. 

Behold how a boneless, 600lb octopus can fit through such tiny passageways. Another example here (swf/google video).

Liquid rock! A short video with lots of flowing lava.

Following photographer and mountain climber Jimmy Chin on assignment for National Geographic. 

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That is a Sacoglossan Sea Slug, found in French Polynesia. It is one of the many kinds of life documented over a 24 hour period in one cubic foot underwater by photographer David Liittschwager.  National Geographic has a great (flash) interactive photo gallery, including videos(!), of the five ecosystems that David explored and documented: forest in Central Park, a coral reef in French Polynesia, a Costa Rican tropical cloud forest, South African mountain fynbos (a collection of plants that are mainly shrubs), and a fresh water river in Tennessee. via Raul. 

That is a Sacoglossan Sea Slug, found in French Polynesia. It is one of the many kinds of life documented over a 24 hour period in one cubic foot underwater by photographer David Liittschwager. 

National Geographic has a great (flash) interactive photo gallery, including videos(!), of the five ecosystems that David explored and documented: forest in Central Park, a coral reef in French Polynesia, a Costa Rican tropical cloud forest, South African mountain fynbos (a collection of plants that are mainly shrubs), and a fresh water river in Tennessee.

via Raul. 

In HD, underwater footage of the famous Jellyfish Lake in Palau. From wikipedia: 

Jellyfish Lake is connected to the ocean through fissures and tunnels in the limestone of ancient Miocene reef. However the lake is sufficiently isolated and the conditions are different enough that the diversity of species in the lake is greatly reduced from the nearby lagoon. The golden jellyfish… and possibly other species in the lake have evolved to be substantially different from their close relatives living in the nearby lagoons.

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