And You Thought The Pelicans Were Horrifying

The Big Picture had a couple of great photo essays this week, though in both some of the pictures made my stomach jumpy."Oil Spill in Dalian, China." The worker was apparently trying to repair an underwater pump.
"Stormy Skies" This is a nice flicker gif that nicely draws out the three-dimensional nature of a storm column, taken from the ISS in December.