“The Great Owl” Artist: Ed Binkley Colored pencils 2021 I am not usually a fan of this type of fantasy stuff but this is well done. The hare adds much to it. It ties the owl to its essential nature.
Author: Sea Run
HURRICANE LORENA UPDATE
Posted Wed Sept 3, 2025 A rare storm from what I understand. Steve may see it.
The largest bioluminescent vertebrate
A shark that glows in the dark? Yes it’s real and it is called the kitefin shark. Scientists just confirmed it’s the largest bioluminescent vertebrate ever discovered and it lives hundreds of meters below the ocean’s surface in the spooky twilight zone.Measuring up to six feet long this deep-sea predator emits a soft blue-green …
A Mother Lode of Mexican mammoths. Another La Brea?
The first mammoth emerged on 5 November. Then another. And another. Within weeks, the six archaeologists who had been called in had swelled to 56, supervising more than 400 construction workers. Excavators paused whenever bone fragments surfaced. To meet construction deadlines, several excavation areas were opened simultaneously across the site. “We were overwhelmed because every …
Volnado
A better angle.
Deer Creek Fire Utah vortex
Deer Creek Fire in La Sal, Utah vortex A ton of online video The best video but I can’t find it off meta. I’ve seen many firenados (vortex) in my 32-year career as a Wildland Firefighter. I’ve even captured a few on video. But, damn this absolutely takes the cake. Mother Nature is pissed in …
The Pale
Land ownerships in Ireland in 1450. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ireland_1450.png The pale as in beyond the pale. It can take a lifetime to figure common things out.
Denisovan Shakeup.
The big take away. They may be closer to us than Neanderthals. The above diagram of our family tree comes from a new article in New Scientist. Here’s a compilation of some excerpts from this article: >> Until recently, we had no idea what Denisovans looked like. Now that has changed, thanks to a 146,000-year-old …
Golden Penguins
A penguin that looks like it traded its tuxedo for a shimmering coat of gold? Yes, it exists. And no, it is not photoshopped. Wildlife photographers have spotted an incredibly rare king penguin with glowing golden feathers, and it is turning heads in the animal world. This is not just a fancy fashion choice. …
Spirulina, wonder food?
Spirulina was a staple food and a source of protein in the Mexica diet, specifically Arthrospira maxima and Arthrospira platensis, a tiny aquatic plant considered the world’s healthiest superfood due to its exceptional nutritional value. This edible blue-green algae found in Lake Texcoco produces 15 times more protein per acre than soybeans, 35 times more …