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As food is much harder to find once snow falls, Autumn is the time of year for Opossums to fatten up. However, today's snack time does not go as planned when the hungry opossum runs right into a family of cleverly camouflaged copperhead snakes. 🎥America's Wild Seasons


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In one of the most brutal attacks of WWII that involved air bombings, hand-to-hand combat and resulted in thousands of casualties, the Germans made a push to the banks of the Volga River, near the industrial heartland of the USSR. 🎥Apocalypse: the Second World War


Underpaid and overworked, a lot of freshmen airline pilots cannot afford to live in the city in which they are based, so they must resort to bunking in cheap, crammed rooms called "crash pads." 🎥Terror in the Skies


In the mid-1940s, jet engines weren’t advanced enough to power US dreams of supersonic flight. So the army decided to go with another technology to power their experimental XS1 plane: rocket propulsion. 🎥Breaking the Sound Barrier


It's hell in the skies to its enemies. It even has a gun that's been used in combat since WWII. Check out the awesome and deadly AC130 firing ALL its cannons during combat. 🎥Air Warriors: AC130


To be profitable, a modern-day logging operation relies on two things: the ability to quickly clear out a woody area with chainsaws, and an S64 Aircrane helicopter, to transport the logs. 🎥Impossible Repairs: Heli-Logging


✈️From a routine takeoff that quickly turns into a disaster to a turbulent crash landing, these are the most-watched Air Disaster videos of all time. youtube.com/watch?v=7hGqq3…

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Watch a student pilot attempt to land a C2-A Greyhound on a U.S. aircraft carrier. It's not as easy as it seems. 🎥Mighty Planes


Get your new year started with a bang—literally. 💥 Vintage footage from A-Bombs Over Nevada gives you a close-up look at 1950s nuclear tests.


Get ready to say awwww. Dogs have a long history of serving their countries as military scouts, rescue dogs, and messengers. 🎥Animals Aloft


Tell us: Do you have a favorite stealth aircraft? 🤔 Get to know the F-117 Nighthawk in this clip from Air Warriors: F-22 Raptor.


In 2002, the BP oil rig Ocean King suffered a major accident. A minuscule fine and a failure to act on the safety lessons learned would pave the way to an even bigger disaster just 8 years later: Deep Water Horizon. 🎥Ten Steps to Disaster


After years of planning by over 200 international scientists, enough data was collected to show the first-ever image of a black hole. The 2019 reveal was a seismic moment in #astrophysics. #blackhole 🎥Black Hole Hunters


In 1943, the Ferdinand Panzer gave Nazi Germany the advantage over the USSR’s T34 tanks–but the Soviets had the numbers. In response, the Wehrmacht put out training films to prepare their men for battle. WWII shows, including WWII Battles in Color, air all day today. #Marathon


For the Russians, the invasion of Berlin was all about one thing: reminding history that the Soviets were the ones who won the war. WWII shows, including WWII Battles in Color, air all day today. #Marathon


Is this the future of #flight? 🤔 Climb aboard an “autogyro” on Incredible Flying Cars: Vertical Takeoff.


Mariner 9 showed that the surface of Mars closely resembled that of the moon. But the shape of the craters and canyons found there suggest that at one point, its surface was overrun by flowing water. 🎥Making Tracks on Mars


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