MetaFilter posts tagged with nature and video

Mandelbrot on Fractals as A Theory of Roughness.

MetaMonkey — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:32:37 -0800

A talk with Benoît Mandelbrot, entitled Fractals in Science, Engineering and Finance (Roughness and Beauty) [video, 80mins, realplayer] about fractals as A Theory of Roughness.

Nature Footage: The Musical

jonson — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:47:36 -0800

A Week of Kindness is an online sketch comedy group; among their bits, I found Nature Footage: The Musical to be the most amusing (albeit, a bit of a one note symphony).

Squirrels-For-You.com

Gator — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:10:27 -0800

How To Have A Ton Of Fun Raising Baby Squirrels. Husband and wife document their adventures raising these little spazz-monsters with many photos and some Flash movies. Via Cute Overload.

Life in the Undergrowth

0bvious — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:22:56 -0800

Mating Leopard Slugs entwine - one of the untold wonders of the animal kingdom captured on video.... The BBC gets up close and personal with Life in the Undergrowth in their new wildlife documentary. A must see for any animal, insect or David Attenborough fan... (If the main vid link doesn't work for you try it from here - realplayer needed)

Pine Lake Films - short nature films

planetkyoto — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:24:37 -0800

Pine Lake Films
Steven Dempsey (bio) makes gorgeous short nature films (more here) in the wilds around Seattle using a digital videocamera and techniques that give video a film-like appearance. The videos linked on the bio page are also worth viewing.

Balancing Point

icosahedral — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:46:26 -0800

Balancing Point - A neat little piece playing with reverse motion shots. [Quicktime - via fazed]

Walking octopuses

dov3 — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:06:30 -0800

Camouflaged and Walking octopuses Octopus marginatus and Octopus (Abdopus) aculeatus, that walk along the seafloor using two alternating arms and apparently use the remaining six arms for camouflage.

I want to walk up the side of the mountain

Mwongozi — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:10:05 -0800

The Nature Anthem Quicktime video.