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Countries that have/not Deserts Credit: @edu_maps Steve was there and maybe he knows. Definition of a desert matters likely.

The grandkids would love it.  

Human lunar explorers (to date!) It says volumes that one in a thousand might know a name after Armstrong.  

There was a video of a storm hitting Steve that I can’t find but this looks close. There has a been a string of dust storms this spring  

A hazard I hadn’t considered. More

A peregrine waiting way above the falconer waiting for the spell to break .. the falconer focused on the dogs ahead , locked on point. How far ahead are the partridge’s clamped in the shin high stubble ? The dogs not wanting to bust the birds too soon , the falconer barks a hushed whoah …

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How a Former Herder Protected Mongolia’s Vast Grasslands Good to see that some are sticking up for one of the last best places. Like Montana before it was overrun. Steve loved it.

Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka  ·  First Prize – Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards 2024 – Tharindu Dilshan SendanayakeIn the heart of the Yala National Park in Sri Lanka, a scene unfolds like something out of a Renaissance painting: a chaotic battle of life and death. Tempers flare among a pack of wild pigs as they rush to save …

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Colored pencil, you say? Yes, colored pencil in astonishing detail! Margaret (Margi) Hopkins (American, born 1956)“The Falconer”, 2024.Colored Pencil on 4 Ply Museum Rag Board,IG: @margihopkins 350 comments mostly on the art skills displayed but no mention of who it is. Tom Cade comes to mind but I can’t prove it.

The most insane fish fight of my life. I had no right to land this fish. 35 minutes of pure chaos. Outright hucked my rod downriver past a cliff to Will who grabbed the line and then my rod, saving both the rod and the fish, handing it back to me once I scrambled up …

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