Fun Fact
Entretien des courts : La terre battue de Roland-Garros n'est pas de la terre, mais du calcaire recouvert d'une fine couche de brique pilée !
Cool_Nerd
@cool_nerd
1 friend
85286210
Masteries
No masteries yet
cool_nerd Discover how Philippe Chatrier successfully lobbied to bring tennis back to the Olympic Games in this engaging infographic. Learn the history today!
cool_nerd Discover the science of photography! Learn how camera lenses slow down and bend light to create perfectly focused images in this visual guide.
Glossary
refraction (noun)
The bending of light rays as they travel through different materials, such as from air into a glass lens, which allows cameras to focus and create clear pictures.
The bending of light rays as they travel through different materials, such as from air into a glass lens, which allows cameras to focus and create clear pictures.
Fun Fact
Bending light: Camera lenses bend light by slowing it down when it enters the glass. This change in speed redirects the light to focus a crisp image.
cool_nerd Discover how a pinhole projects the world upside down. Explore the physics of camera obscura in this engaging educational infographic.
cool_nerd Discover San Basilio de Palenque in Colombia, the first free African settlement in the Americas. See the historic town in these powerful images.
Glossary
sombrero vueltiao (noun)
A traditional Colombian hat hand-woven from caña flecha cane fibers, featuring iconic black and white geometric designs, and recognized as a national symbol of Colombia.
A traditional Colombian hat hand-woven from caña flecha cane fibers, featuring iconic black and white geometric designs, and recognized as a national symbol of Colombia.
Fun Fact
Flauta de millo: Unlike most flutes, this traditional Colombian instrument is played by both blowing and inhaling air to produce its unique, energetic cumbia notes!
cool_nerd Discover the origins of cumbia in this visual infographic. See how African drums and Indigenous flutes created its iconic rhythm. Explore the history.