Righteous Bill Nye photo lights up the internet

Bill Nye is taking the internet by storm once again, and this time it's not for his brains – it's for his grit.

Reddit and Imgur users have picked up on an image of Nye walking down a stretch of highway, pensively smoking a cigarette, and transformed it into one of the gnarliest memes on the internet this week.

The original image comes from a National Geographic feature called "Bill Nye's Global Meltdown," in which Nye experiences the stages of climate change grief after a visit with his doctor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The photo makes Nye look like a genuine hard case, and the internet is paying tribute.

Here's the science guy in 'Nye Hard.'

There's Bill Nye in Breaking Bad.

The Dark Night.

And James Bond.

The end is Nye... almost. 

Because he's still the Science Guy, here's some sci-fi Nye as well.