Five CW points to the person who can ID this guy.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Акула - Russian for one big ass sub.
The Project 941 or Akula, Russian "Акула" ("Shark") class submarine (NATO reporting name: Typhoon) is a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine deployed by the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. With a submerged displacement of 48,000 tonnes, the Typhoons are the largest class of submarine ever built, large enough to accommodate decent living facilities for the crew when submerged for months on end.
Fossilized dinosaur bone?
Lavender Celled Gemmy Dinosaur Bone
Agatized fossilized dinosaur bones are petrified with silica or quartz crystals which gives
them their colorful,
glassy appearance. This process preserves the actual cell structure of the once living
dinosaur.
This looked a bit over the top to me, so I looked around, and lo and behold, there are plenty of these stones out there, albeit a bit less gaudy, for sale. I guess there really is such a thing.
An important statistic given the hysteria over "global warming."
Although snowfall coverage analyses at the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) have only been generated since 2003, it is interesting to note that U.S. snow cover on the morning of Dec. 1, 2015 is the highest on record for this day of the year. 38.7% of the U.S. (including a small part of southwestern Canada) is currently snow-covered(Fig. 1). This tops the previous record of 36.5% set on this day in 2006 and the now, third-placed, 35.0% set on this day in 2005.
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