The High Missouri

The Missouri River earlier today, a few feet above flood stage.
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Better working environment

Thoughtful. :-)
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Here's How We Can Turn the Red Planet into Earth 2.0

In the event of a catastrophe on the same scale as the astroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, mankind's best chance may lie in off world colonies. Due to its similarities to Earth, many scientists think Mars is a viable candidate for terraformation. We already know that the planet is within the habitable zone. So, what would it take to make it habitable? A 1000+ year planetary engineering project.
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I was having my bath when I looked up and saw this.

There are not many dangerous insects in Japan but this looks like one of them. I didn't get a good shot of it so this image is off the web. It was about 20 cm long. Known as a House Centipede, it looks like something out of Alien but is actually harmless.
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Hey, it's Caturday. Let's make the most of the nice weather outside.

That's more like it.
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Queen Elizabeth II

The longest-reigning monarch in British history turns 90 on Thursday.
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Fiona Foley's Installation at the National Gallery of Australia

I took some photos over the weekend of a few art works that caught my attention at the National Gallery in Canberra. I've attached a link to the artist's profile.
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The art of Ken + Julia Yonetani

Photo of installation of uranium glass by Ken and Julia Yonetani at the National Gallery of Australia. It was originally conceived after the Fukushima disaster. Link to the artist's web site is attached
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Firefighters

A wildfire that started in western Arizona and jumped the Colorado River into California, near Needles, California, April 6, 2016.
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View along my running route (Santa Cruz, CA) [OC]

Taken with my iPhone 6S (no filters)
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Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

I took this shot today outside the National Art Gallery in Canberra
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Photo of Grevillia flowering in Bateman's Bay Botanical Garden

Taken yesterday
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Tokyo 2020: The Olympics of the Future

Japan will debut autonomous taxis, instant language translation, man-made meteor showers, and more.
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Red and yellow Salicornia herbacea in Taepyung Salt pond

Photograph by Tiger Seo.
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The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens during the first day of the 1896 Olympic

The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens on 5 April 1986, 1500 years after the original games ceased.
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Parrot Tulips

Spring in the garden.
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Paris Marathon

Paris Marathon in France April 3, 2016.
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Types of Advanced Civilizations According to the Kardashev Scale

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M31 (NGC 224, Andromeda Galaxy)

Sb type galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
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Almost finished

Just stitched that last button on my vest around 15 min ago. I am now done with the top half of my steampunk Pirate outfit. I look goofy because I drank a lot of rum last night. A LOT OF RUM!!!
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