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Stained glass wings 🪽 Dragonflies are precision hunters, catching up to 95% of the prey they target. Their panoramic vision and remarkable aerial control make them some of the most effective predators in the insect world! 📸: Daniele Nobile #dragonfly #insect #summer

Secret british underground tunnels used for ritual SACRIFICE... 😧 #undergroundmarvels

The liquid that becomes sugar 😲 #howitsmade #sugar #foodscience

Certified reef protector 🛡️ Some sea anemones reproduce by splitting themselves in two, creating genetically identical clones. 📸: Georgette Douwma #anemone #clownfish

Making the most DELICIOUS luxury chocolates 🍫 #howitsmade #luxurychocolates #chocolatemaking

Nature's spotlight ✨ Those dramatic sunbeams shining through clouds are called crepuscular rays. Although they appear to fan outward, the rays are actually traveling in parallel lines from the Sun! ☀️ 📸: Margarita Almpanezou #sunbeam #sun

Technological advancements made over 125 years ago keep this research facility up and running today ⛏️ #UndergroundMarvels

Nectar expert 🌺 Hummingbirds remember which flowers they've visited and when they'll refill with nectar! 📸: Eduardo R #hummingbird #pollen

Yugoslavia's 6 BILLION Dollar Secret Bunker! 💰 #UndergroundMarvels

Color by chemistry 🎇🧪 Fireworks burst into color when heated metal salts jump to higher energy states, then release that energy as specific wavelengths of light. Copper glows blue, strontium glows red, and barium glows green! 🎆 📸: Anastasia Rukynets #FourthofJuly #fireworks #celebration #chemistry

Shaping your bathroom sink! 💧 #HowItsMade

Just keep swimming 🦈 Oceanic whitetip sharks are obligate ram ventilators, meaning they must continuously swim forward so oxygen-rich seawater flows into their mouths and over their gills. #SharkWeek returns Sunday, July 26 on Discovery. 📸: James R.D. Scott #whitetipshark #ocean #shark

Did you know that Kentucky holds the longest cave network in the WORLD?! #UndergroundMarvels

Icon of engineering 🗽✨ Gustave Eiffel engineered the Statue of Liberty’s iron framework to flex with wind and temperature changes, allowing her thin copper skin to move instead of crack. Just 2–3 millimeters thick, the copper surface is strong enough to withstand more than a century of storms. 📸: John Hudson #StatueofLiberty #iconicengineering

THREE peas in a pod 🫛🌋 Kelimutu's three summit crater lakes famously shift between blue, green, and red, each changing on its own because the chemistry and volcanic gases beneath them differ. 📸: Feng Wei #volcano #summitcraterlakes #indonesia

Summer glow ✨🪼 Lion’s mane jellyfish are stunning to watch, but they’re one of the ocean’s sneakiest stingers. Even a fragment of their tentacles can still sting long after it’s no longer attached, including after it has washed ashore. 📸: John Rix #jellyfish #ocean #closeup

Crafting ancient weapons ⚔️ #Unearthed #ancientweapons

One of the world's LARGEST slate mines! #UndergroundMarvels #mines #slate

✨💕 The pink oyster mushroom, scientifically known as Pleurotus djamor, produces a pink spore print and fan-shaped caps that range from bright pink to soft cream. 📸: Marianna Armata #FungusFriday #mushroom #pinkoyster

Is this the Greatest Shark Week Schedule in History!? 👀 👩‍🎤 K-Pop & Sharks 🤯 Can sharks be trained? 👽 America’s most BIZARRE underwater creatures 😍 … And a shark boyfriend!? We want to know: Which shows are at the top of your watchlist? #SharkWeek returns Sunday, July 26 on Discovery.