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A blue glow in the surf has been observed during hours of darkness along a 15-mile stretch of California coast.

glowing

A 15-Mile Stretch of California's Coast Is Currently Glowing Neon Blue

It's due to an unusual algal bloom known as a red tide.

Julia Carrie Wong
Atlas Obscura
May 15, 2018
This computer-generated black hole simulates how no light can escape its wrath.

space

Found: A Rapidly Expanding Supermassive Black Hole

It’s all-consuming.

Christina Ayele Djossa
Atlas Obscura
May 15, 2018
The night sky in June 2016, over McMurdo Station.

antarctic

Shedding New Light on the Mysteries of Antarctica's Long, Dark Winter

The continent's winter months present one of the most challenging—and surprising—research environments on Earth.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 15, 2018
The Queen Uses a Special Silver Needle to Select High Sheriffs

weddings

The Queen Uses a Special Silver Needle to Select High Sheriffs

This tradition includes a "pricking ceremony."

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 15, 2018
Looking for wonder on the left coast.

radio

Atlas Obscura Is Going on a Summer Radio Road Trip and We Need Your Help

We're heading up the U.S. West Coast with NPR's All Things Considered. Leave us a voicemail to tell us where you think we should go!

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
May 14, 2018
Why the King Owns All the Swans in England

royalty

Why the King Owns All the Swans in England

Only wealthy landowners were allowed to feast on these royal fowl.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 14, 2018
A watercolor drawing depicts a dinner party held in Giles County, Virginia. An enslaved woman and boy serve food and drink, while a third slave controls the punkah fans.

slavery

How Ceiling Fans Allowed Slaves to Eavesdrop on Plantation Owners

The punkahs of the Antebellum era served many purposes.

Eve Kahn
Atlas Obscura
May 14, 2018
The Cassini spacecraft captured this nearly edge-on view of Saturn's rings and the moons Mimas, Janus, and Tethys.

solar system

How to Appreciate Saturn as Abstract Art

In an image captured by Cassini, the gas giant's rings look like razor-thin blades.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
May 14, 2018
There is a life-size model of this egg in the Birds of the World Natural History exhibition.

eggs

The Biggest Bird Eggs Ever

Evidence of the extinct.

Christina Ayele Djossa
Atlas Obscura
May 11, 2018
Making of The Last Photo of the Titanic Afloat, (by Francis Brown, 1912), 2014.

models

Miniature Models of History's Most Famous Photographs

A pair of artists spent years recreating these iconic images in three dimensions.

Anika Burgess
Atlas Obscura
May 11, 2018
Just some waves.

waves

The Largest Wave Ever Recorded in the Southern Hemisphere Crashed Down Near New Zealand

It was a ridge of water the height of an eight-story building.

Natasha Frost
Atlas Obscura
May 11, 2018
Josephine Bartlett takes a dive, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, 1914.

suffrage

The Surprising History of Swimming's Suffragists

To bring attention to their cause, these pioneering women had to get physical.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 11, 2018
The memorial cemetery at the Jeju 4·3 Peace Park.

korean war

The Bloody Past of Korea’s ‘Honeymoon Island’

Reckoning with a dark legacy at a time of great change.

Erin Craig
Atlas Obscura
May 11, 2018
No one knows how to lie like a mom.

hoaxes

The Ultimate Guide to Bizarre Lies Your Mom Told You

Turns out mothers all over the world are telling a lot of the same outrageous fibs.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
May 11, 2018
From left, the photographer Jorge "Jota" Arango, the conservationist John Myers, the tourist and birdwatcher Jim Sandor, the Colombian ornithologist Oswaldo Cortes, and the local guide Jose Luis Ropero stand at the top of the Serranía del Perijá mountains.

environment

In Search of Rare Birds and Glory in Colombia

How an international birdwatching competition draws attention to the country's at-risk natural bounty.

Lucy Sherriff
Atlas Obscura
May 11, 2018
A Tampa Cuban sandwich pictured at the Tampa Sandwich Bar in Seoul, South Korea.

food fights

The Unlikely Triumph of a Cuban Sandwich Shop in Seoul

The chefs have amassed awards at an international competition with skills they honed on YouTube.

Katherine Alex Beaven
Atlas Obscura
May 11, 2018
The DuBois Parasol Pruner was a useful gadget for gardeners who didn't want to get their skirts or hands dirty.

tools

How Post-Revolutionary France Grew Obsessed With Gardens and Gadgets

As park and garden space expanded, middle-class fleuristes needed shears, watering cans, and umbrellas topped with pruning shears.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
May 10, 2018
Monopoly pieces always seem like the first things to get lost.

vintage

What Does Your Oldest Board Game Look Like?

That forgotten game hidden in the back of your closet is also a time capsule.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
May 10, 2018
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