Picture taken from the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. That’s right up there with those videos of flying tractor trailers taking during the Dallas tornado a few days ago.
Month: April 2012
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Discoveries of mammoth carcasses preserved in permafrost in Siberia are a fairly regular occurrance any more, especially with all the people looking for mammoth ivory these days. Back in February, Connie and I stopped in a gem and mineral shop in Santa Fe and saw a large Siberian mammoth tusk for sale for $27,000. However, …
Spring Snow
Storm came in very early this morning and left us with about four inches. It’s hard to believe that it was 82 degrees and 5 percent humidity only day before yesterday. Welcome to spring in the Rockies. And of course the peach trees bloomed over the weekend. Doesn’t bode well for our crop this year. …
More T n’ R
… with Mars, from Shiri of course. I think Tavi is trying too hard in the first… The boy is getting big, no?
Quote for the (dismal late sleeting) day:
From Annie Davidson, quoting from Ron Swanson on fishing: “It’s like yoga, except I still get to kill something.” Neither of us know who Swanson is. But I particularly like that “still”…