The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, October 17-21
Octopus Portrait Underwater portraiture is a tricky endeavor. Animals often end up looking greenish or blueish, thanks to the tint of the water--but some of these animals are emphatically not greenish/blueish. Pictured above is the North Pacific giant octopus, arguably the largest octopus in the world, photographed by Mark Laita using studio strobe lighting. Read more at New Scientist. Mark Laita, from Sea It's been a great week in science and tech, and what better way to relive it--or, unless you're as obsessive as us, discovering new stories--than with pictures? This week: an electric DeLorean, the world's biggest balloon animal, a robot that scoops "POOP," and the amazing portrait of a North Pacific giant octopus you see above. Click to launch our gallery of the most amazing science and tech images of the week.