the Hubble Universe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5zVlEywGZg&feature=related

an awesome video with wonderful music accompaniment!  speakers on and eyes open!

The known Universe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=17jymDn0W6U

from the Earth to Way Out There!  (Way, Way Out) and back again.  What a trip!

The Beauty of Pollination

http://www.youtube.com/v/xHkq1edcbk4?version=3%20%20%20%20

Wonderful video here about the importance of bees, the service they provide as they go from flower to flower.  Close-up videos, slow motion and amazing colour.

Around the world in five minutes

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/01/beautiful-time-lapse-video-takes-you-around-the-world-in-6237-photos/

Fastest trip around the world you might ever take.  Fastest showing of 6,137 photos you might ever see.  Takes about 5 minutes. 

The Power of Music

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/01/the-power-of-music/

This is well worth sharing.  Not all soldiers are killing machines.  God bless this old soldier.  We are blessed with his wisdom and insight.

Dolphin and Dog: a friendship

http://www.flixxy.com/zeus-and-roxanne-dolphin-and-dog.htm#.TugJF3WLfRE.facebook

Very cool video about a special friendship.

Rememberance Day Flash Mob, Halifax Nova Scotia Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v77coTchYgk

It's a bit late for Rememberance Day but I have just noticed this.  It brought tears to my eyes, really.  But it's very well done and you can see the reverence and respect in the faces of the kids.  God bless them all.

Sistene Chapel video

http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

Go on a virtual tour of the Sistene Chapel, very wonderful.  so much detail, and an eternal treasure.

Bear tagging in Algonquin Park

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vJRDpTUIrJI&vq=medium

from CBC TV, the Rick Mercer Report.  Rick goes bear tagging in Algonquin Park in northern Ontario, taking part in a government bear-survey when the bears are in their dens and are either hibernating or the mother bears are nursing their cubs.  Very nice video, funny as only Rick Mercer can make it and really sort of awe-inspiring. 

Video: The Unseen Sea

http://player.vimeo.com/video/15069551

Very nice video, time-lapsed, a real light-show. 

"Breathe" by Marie Bennett

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjmym-PMVIM\

Beautiful video here, very spiritual. 

Earth from the Space-Station

http://news.discovery.com/space/around-the-world-space-station-110917.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Time-lapsed video.  Vancouver and Victoria can be seen first, as the station flies over from the north.  Very cool.

1812 Overture (Choral Version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjA0BwjP_xA&feature=related

This is such a beautiful piece of music.  Yes it's about war--specifically Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 but Tchaikovsky had a gift.  Please give it a listen and watch.

beautiful views of Planet Earth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJQoF-hamHg&feature=share

My last post was about the problems our Earth has, most of which is our own doing.  In fairness, I should point out that it's still a beautiful blue ball and it's our beautiful blue ball--the only one that we live on.  Let's do our best to look after it!

Penguins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkY03n0_sD8

A friend sent this beautiful video of penguins doing what they oughta.  There is a message at the end of it which we should pay particular attention to.

The Aurora

http://vimeo.com/21294655

time-lapse video of another natural wonder, the Northern Lights.

Arctic light, 24 hours in 3 minutes

http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/show-video/24-hours-of-light-in-3-minutes.html

beautiful time-lapse video.

"Amazing Grace" in Cherokee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvYIjFtPQEk&feature=related

A very beautiful hymn sung by Cherokee singers; I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.  And the video is very much worth watching.  Peace with you all.

Flowers in growth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv6oWhG76pQ&NR=1

Take 10 minutes out of your busy day and have a flower break.  This is a wonderful time-lapse video with peaceful music of flowers growing.  So nice.

The Spirit Bear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IRxdk6m17s

  The spirit bear is very rare--only about 400 left apparently--and are very important and mystical to natives along the coast of British Colombia.  It is illegal to hunt them, but not the black bear, which carry the recessive gene that creates the white spirit bear.  So the number of gene-carrying black bears are becoming less in number, they say.