West Kazakhstan

Collection of the most insane textures in West Kazakhstan. Surely why flying to Mars after that? The variety of colors and shapes from the air is incredible here. Daniel Kordan Maybe a flash back for Steve since he was there in the past. Prior Kazakhstan posts.

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  W Mears Boss from St James’s. Thomas Boss had a nephew Edward Paddison who became apprenticed at Boss. Edward had a sister Ann who married William Mears who also worked for Boss and both of their sons were also apprentices at Boss.​  David Ryder A few conditions it seems but that is a fine …

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Critter Calamities : High Wire Bobcat and Wiped Out Whitetail

A friend of mine sent me this out of Central Oregon! Followed with some wolf tracks spotted at the base of the pole! LineRoots From Here. Deer has fast reflexes so you wonder how this happens but it happens a lot it seems. Two different deer strangled by a wild grape vine This is a …

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Oh, Snap!

Amusing dedication in Larry Correia’s Heart of the Mountain (releasing early next month) – Sixth and final book in his Saga of the Forgotten Warrior. Picture shows the dedication page: “To George R. R. Martin. See? It’s not that hard.” Hank Griffin

Good news for a change.

  In 2023, the death toll for a single day was so high—at least 960 birds—that the carnage became national news. But this fall, when bird collision monitors performed their usual daily searches of the building’s grounds, they found something remarkable: just 18 dead birds. The bird-safe film, applied at a cost of $1.2 million …

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Jim Corbett in bronze sculpture.

James Corbett limited edition bronze statue. Jim Corbett limited edition bronze sculpture Jim Corbett bronze sculpture (1 of Artist Jenna Gearing was commissioned to depict a scene featuring Corbett, who most famously explored and conquered the Indian hunting scene, for the first in a series of ‘Rigby Heroes’. The sculpture reflects the Chowgarh Man-Eater oil …

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Clueless about knots!

  “We’re just not able to extract a salient sense of a knot’s internal structure by looking at it,” Croom said. “It’s a nice case study into how many open questions still remain in our ability to reason about the environment.” Judging knot strength throws people for a loop: Experiment reveals new blind spot in …

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The Power of Water

The power of water is unforgiving. It can build strength in a matter of minutes. It reshapes rivers and the landscape. Six inches of flowing water can knock a person off their feet. Water flowing at 7 mph has the equivalent force per unit area as air blowing at EF5 tornado wind speeds. Water moving …

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