Amazing Stuff

A Giant Snowflake

The Martin 15 December 2018

Have you ever tried to freeze water? I did and the water became ice. So I would have thought that when rain freezes it turn into tiny pieces of ice, but according to these pictures the snow has patterns! We rarely get snow in London, so I was really amazed to see this! And it left me wondering what makes water to freeze in this way? Maybe in science lessons we will learn this. These pictures were taken by a photographer called Alexey Kljatov.

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Macro photos of snowflakes by Alexey Kljatov

Amazing Stuff, Science for Children

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Karate cats

The Martin 14 October 2018

Have you even seen karate cats? I just have! Japanese photographer Hisakata Hiroyuki took photos of cats during their fights. It really looks like they know some ninja moves. So COOL! I practice karate for two years now, but I am not as good as these cats yet. I think I need to spy my grandma’s cat 😊. The most interesting thing for me is how the photographer captured their movement in the perfect shots. When I do photos of the moving objects, they come out blurry. Can you share any photography tips?

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Brussels – Atomium visit

The Martin 14 January 2017

As a family we LOVE traveling. Does not matter where really – in England or outside, as long as there is something new to see and experience. This time we went to … Brussels – the capital of Belgium. We saw some interesting things, but two of them were very memorable. One is the Manneken Pis – a small sculpture of a little boy peeing into the fountain – HAHAHA! But most amazing one was the Atomium! This was the most unbelievable and unusual structure I have ever seen

It was built in 1958 for the World Fair. It was designed to last for 6 months only, but became so popular that it is still around. The structure has a shape of an iron cell, consisting of nine iron atoms magnified 165 billion times! (Wikipedia said this!). People can go into spheres using the escalators in the tubes – one of them is the longest in Europe. When it was first built, the structure did not have any supporting columns on the side, but Wind Tunnel test concluded that 80km/h wind will easily topple it over and the supporting columns were added. Still the whole thing looks amazing like a spaceship!