Apparently Mt. Rainier is taller than that (I’m guessing stratocumulus?) cloud layer, so when the sun is rising, it blocks the rays, and causes that long shadow on the clouds.
Funny (to me, anyway) … when I was searching for an explanation, one of the sites that showed up in my results was a Flat Earth group, where a couple of people proclaimed that this photo somehow proved that the Earth was not “some twirling ball of mud”.
It couldn’t be orbiting the sun because if it were, the sun would be up in the sky, and the mountain couldn’t cast a shadow… or something like that, only more muddled …
Just in case the size “of a paramecium” doesn’t help, and you’re interested in buying a collar, or maybe a bed, for a new pet tardegrade…
They average around half a millimeter… about the size of a period in a nice legible font, like 12 point Times New Roman (think, letter from the bank, or college thesis).
They can be a tenth of that, just about almost invisible to the naked eye, or up to 3 times as big, but either extreme is rare.
As pets, they obviously don’t eat much, or bark very loudly.
I was curious, so I tried to find out about the danger.
In some ways it was quite real… Ingested PO 210 isn’t a poison, in a chemical way, but it bombards internal tissues with radiation, causing cancer and other destruction, and just 1 microgram is a fatal dose for most humans.
It was used in the 21st century to kill Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, and some think Yasser Arafat, as well.
However, it’s a fairly common natural contaminant, often found in seafood and tobacco, and can eventually cause cancer, after long exposure… but not food poisoning.
Outside the body, its rays are easy to shield from… even a sheet of paper will stop them. They can’t travel far or penetrate skin.
There was an extremely small amount in the rings, but enough to cause tiny green lights to show up on a reactive screen inside, viewed through shielded openings.
Snopes says the rings were safe, and the danger was exaggerated, but they don’t seem to address the possible swallowing of them. The internal chamber was extremely contained, though, so it’s quite possible you could swallow one and it would never release any PO 210.
Now, though, it’s clear that you can possess one of these with impunity, since the half life of polonium 210 is only 138 days. It did all its possible mischief decades ago.
The Space Shuttle Endeavour completed its final journey, soaring across California, a breathtaking flyover of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on September 21, 2012.
You wish you had the legroom! I went looking for a photo and i didn’t take any of the inside! Honestly, i was star struck. I was at NASA in Houston! Woo Hoo!
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I can deal with the dog, but I’m not touching that cat!
nope. uh-uh. Not without chainmail gauntlets all the way to my shoulders.
Now we know where EWC got his start…
The Dynamic Duo, or Partners in Crime?
“Don’t bug me or my little sister will hurt you.”
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Okay, Mount Rainier. I was gonna guess Mt. Baker…
There’s a mountain interrupting our sunset!
Apparently Mt. Rainier is taller than that (I’m guessing stratocumulus?) cloud layer, so when the sun is rising, it blocks the rays, and causes that long shadow on the clouds.
Funny (to me, anyway) … when I was searching for an explanation, one of the sites that showed up in my results was a Flat Earth group, where a couple of people proclaimed that this photo somehow proved that the Earth was not “some twirling ball of mud”.
It couldn’t be orbiting the sun because if it were, the sun would be up in the sky, and the mountain couldn’t cast a shadow… or something like that, only more muddled …
Okay, I said funny… but maybe that’s more sad.
flat-earthers……all you can do is shake your head and hope people are not taken in by their nonsense—-they’re very similar to cult members-
Definitive proof the earth is NOT flat. If it were, cats would have knocked everything off the edge by now.
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Love those guys! The size of a paramecium yet they have enough of a nervous system to walk like a bear!
Just in case the size “of a paramecium” doesn’t help, and you’re interested in buying a collar, or maybe a bed, for a new pet tardegrade…
They average around half a millimeter… about the size of a period in a nice legible font, like 12 point Times New Roman (think, letter from the bank, or college thesis).
They can be a tenth of that, just about almost invisible to the naked eye, or up to 3 times as big, but either extreme is rare.
As pets, they obviously don’t eat much, or bark very loudly.
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Always chic.
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Neat! Could you make it explode?
I wonder how many kids swallowed it, or pieces of it?
Wow! What a great idea! Did anyone go to jail for it?
I was curious, so I tried to find out about the danger.
In some ways it was quite real… Ingested PO 210 isn’t a poison, in a chemical way, but it bombards internal tissues with radiation, causing cancer and other destruction, and just 1 microgram is a fatal dose for most humans.
It was used in the 21st century to kill Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, and some think Yasser Arafat, as well.
However, it’s a fairly common natural contaminant, often found in seafood and tobacco, and can eventually cause cancer, after long exposure… but not food poisoning.
Outside the body, its rays are easy to shield from… even a sheet of paper will stop them. They can’t travel far or penetrate skin.
There was an extremely small amount in the rings, but enough to cause tiny green lights to show up on a reactive screen inside, viewed through shielded openings.
Snopes says the rings were safe, and the danger was exaggerated, but they don’t seem to address the possible swallowing of them. The internal chamber was extremely contained, though, so it’s quite possible you could swallow one and it would never release any PO 210.
Now, though, it’s clear that you can possess one of these with impunity, since the half life of polonium 210 is only 138 days. It did all its possible mischief decades ago.
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Trying to understand why he can’t do that.
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Evolution…?
De-evolution.
Devo?
Yup. “We are De-vo.”
Yup * 2…
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I love a horse with a sense of humor.
find a sheep dog and a sleepy sheep
Got ’em.
A sleep dog and a sheepy sheep?
Um… that was kind of a deep slog…
Do sleepy sheep count humans?
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Are we still allowed to mention the author’s last name?
Weil, I don’t mind. 🙂
I had to blow it up, but i finally found them.
A blown up sheep? Sis boom baah?
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I know that place! Wallow Wallow Washington!
Boooo…hiss…
How do ya like them onions?
Boo! 😀
And nobody mentioned Kalamazoo???
Still, it’s a very good answer.
Any answer you can walk away from …
I think Claude gets half credit… at least he realized what he shouldn’t say, and tried not to hurt Clara’s feelings.
I’ve known too many, and not just men, who’d say it anyway, then act befuddled, or even outraged, at the result.
Well, Claude, it sounded like a good save to me, but Cleo doesn’t think so…only time will tell.
Nice save, Claude.
The Space Shuttle Endeavour completed its final journey, soaring across California, a breathtaking flyover of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on September 21, 2012.
hey! give me my breath back!
Ive been in one of the carry planes.
It’s now a static display at Huston.
They stripped everything out of it to save weight.
Oh, you mean like today’s economy class??? 😉
You wish you had the legroom! I went looking for a photo and i didn’t take any of the inside! Honestly, i was star struck. I was at NASA in Houston! Woo Hoo!
More images here:
https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-041212b.html
It’s Bunday!
A female Mallard.
It’s a nice golden brown…. due, no doubt, to the Maillard reaction.
Boo! 😛
Any drake would find her fetching. Hubba, hubba!
Would that be a Femallard, or a Mallady?