Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Photos . . . Thx Tom Q!

Blue ice...the result of snow falling on a glacier becoming compressed.
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Not a branch. It's a mammoth tusk unearthed from the ground.
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Not Legoland. It's a housing complex in San Buenaventura, Mexico.
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This looks like a piece of art, but it’s a honeycomb.
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An infrared photo of a garden.  This is what a bee sees.
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This giant cactus, Pachycereus weberi, is native to Mexico and southern Arizona.
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This is what smoking does to your curtains.
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The stunning blue-ringed octopus, 
one of the most dangerous marine animals.
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The Iraqi Marshes: an aquatic landscape in a desert climate.
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A 27,000-year-old hand print 
discovered on the rocks of an Indonesian island.
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Looks like a tattoo?
They're scars left after being struck by lightning.
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Bangledeshians get creative:
a floating bridge made out of dinghies.
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What a difference a century makes: 
The daily commute, then and now.
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Lavender and wheat fields grow side by side in perfect harmony.
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This is the rarely seen ili pika (Ochotona iliensis), a shy 
mountain animal from China that was recently spotted 
for the first time in 20 years.
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A rare sight: a sunset and eclipse at the same time.
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An ice cave formed by volcanic hot springs.
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Stuyvesant Town is Manhattan's largest apartment   complex.
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Not something you see every day:  lightning and a rainbow.
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A cloud formation above Lake Michigan in Holland 
State Park, Michigan.
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A bird’s-eye view of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
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To get an idea of how large the comet 67P/Churyumov-
Gerasimenko is, it has been rendered next to a city.
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Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds.
You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.  
Don’t forget to water it!
 
 
P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
 

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