Tunneling

through the NASA gel

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Adrasteia9 says:

cool stuff.. :-)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

robotgirl says:

I love these shots. You've got me saving my pennies for one of these ant farms.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

F . E says:

wow..
:)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

michael_m says:

I just got an ant farm yesterday. These guys are hard workers. They already have a ton of interconnecting tunnels.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Robotgirl, be sure to save an extra 300 pennies if you can't supply your own ants:
www.antsalive.com -- Most of the material is written as though you have a traditional 2-D sand-filled antfarm, but with the NASA agar, you need not feed them, water them, or do much but watch.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

kk+ says:

really cool. thx.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Nell M says:

This one looks so weird, as if the tunnel was floating in the air and could collapse. Hi ants!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Nell: the ants wiggle their antennae to say "Hi" and "Yo, wassup?"

Robotgirl: Sunburn is right. It's worth the $3 for the package of 25 harvester ants.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

robotgirl says:

Thanks for the tip, guys!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

D'Arcy says:

awesome
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

JodiWarren says:

Wow! I'm seriously impressed! That's an amazing photo.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

Michelran says:

scary and beautiful
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

John Carleton says:

so awesome!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Kymberlie R. McGuire says:

That's an awesome picture!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Emerald2810 says:

An amazing shot of very busy ants. It is so sharp!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeff Clow says:

As so many others have commented...an absolutely AMAZING shot...

WONDERFULLY well done by you and your camera...BRAVO....!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Kevin In Canada says:

Cool shot. You'll have to add this to my ants group.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Nell M says:

Steve, will you get one of these? Maybe the ants would like the company. I want them, maybe I'll buy them when I get my own office.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

thanks, y'all.

Nell. You read my mind!! How can you not love a 3 eyed creature with 140 legs that breathes through its feet, likes carrots, and can survive 20 years without water?

I think I'll grow another batch this summer. The "seeds" have a long shelf life. =)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Today is a good day says:

Awesome shot!

I've not seen anything remotely like this before.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Ekami says:

very impressive
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

bellylou [deleted] says:

wow! thats something different!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Wolfy says:

So interesting!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Angharad Segura says:

waww... amazing, what a great moment, it's the 1st time in my life that i see sth like this!! fantastic shot :)
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Reeflections says:

Unique to be sure. I like it!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Harold Davis says:

Wow!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

blimpa says:

i hope this doesn't go over your head when i say this:

awe.some.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Cat Faery Shari says:

This creeps me out, but great shot!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Bara Alex says:

Great shot and all, but these ant farms are not recommended for keeping your ants in. They tend to mould and generally only lasts maybe 14 days or so befor the whole colony dies out. If you really wanna keep ants it's much more worthwhile to do it the proper way with arena and formicary.

If you cant house that, then do the ants a favour and don't get any. ;X
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Thanks for caring, but the details are not true. I have had two of these farms for years now and there is no mold. The gel contains agents that retard microbial growth.

And the ants live way longer than 14 days, of course. Several months for the three sub-colonies I have had.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Bara Alex says:

Well, in that case I guess you should consider yourself lucky. Or you've unlocked some super-secret key to keeping ants in these giant food-silos.

Most sites that even sell these states that they don't recommend them for keeping ants for more than 14 days.

I personally wouldn't like to live in my food, though. ;)

But as stated befor, great shot. It has a spooky tone to it.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

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