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On Monday, November 11, 2024, the nation observed Veterans Day. At Arlington National Cemetery, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and VA Secretary Denis McDonough observed the day with a traditional wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier followed by a commemorative service in the cemetery amphitheater. Following the program, Veteran Service Organizations and other Veteran groups laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. (VA/Eugene Russell- U.S. Army Veteran)
Someone must've told the Wonder Bar that we were coming because we were sat behind the velvet ropes. To maintain the appearance of classy individuals, Pat and Vanessa order a round of Alabama Slammers. The night got foggier from here...
Governor Murphy visited Lodi, New Jersey to observe storm flooding damage on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (Jake Hirsch, Governor's Office.)
Walking home, noticed the string attaching a no parking sign to a tree looked strangely like Mac the Knife.
Chicago must love the two dollar bill! CTA ticket machines accept them! Interesting design decision.
- Taken at 10:19 PM on September 19, 2007 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu
Imagine and observed pig heart; on the left completed in black acrylic and white uni-paint marker, on the right completed in watercolour and fineliner pen.
Northern Lights (Arsarnerit) - (Aurora Borealis), Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
Observed from the deck of the M/V "Ocean Adventurer" from 10:50 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
The belt of light
The northern lights can be experienced in several places in Greenland, and the spectacular lightshow is best viewed on a dark and clear night sky in the period from September to the beginning of April.
Kangerlussuaq – where most tourists arrive to Greenland – is placed right in the middle of the northern lights belt where the phenomenon is best experienced. Northern lights can only be viewed on dark and clear nights.
Even Greenlanders are often surprised by the fact that northern lights cannot be witnessed all over Greenland. The most densely populated regions have northern lights, causing people to just assume that it exists in the entire northern part of the globe. But that is actually not the case. The further north you get, the weaker the lights become, and finally they disappear altogether.
www.greenland-travel.com/about_greenland/northern_lights/
Greenlanders know northern lights as ’Arsarnerit’, which translates to 'those playing ball'. According to old Inuit myths, the northern lights appear on the sky when the souls of the dead are playing ball with walrus skulls.
Most people no longer believe the skull-playing theory, but that does not prevent people from whistling at the sky in an attempt to make the northern lights more vivid – which is promised by another myth. The strange thing is how often it actually works, but you must be careful that the northern lights do not reach down and grab you while you whistle at it.
In other cultures, it is believed that children conceived beneath the northern lights are more intelligent, which makes viewing the northern lights particularly wonderful for visitors belonging to these cultures.
The scientific explanation for the northern lights is that the electrically charged particles of the sun collide with molecules and atoms in the Earth's atmosphere at an altitude of approx. 100 kilometres. This collision results in an incredible phenomenon where 'curtains' of all colours flicker across the sky. Yellow, green, red, white – the colour of the curtains depend on your location. Regardless, the sight is spectacular.
In 1619, before he became a widely known scientist, Galileo Galilei invented the expression ’Aurora Borealis’, which roughly translates to 'the northern dawn'. But a similar phenomenon can actually be seen in the southern hemisphere. It is known as ’Aurora Australis’, or southern lights. Remarkably, it moves simultaneously with the northern lights.
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Rally in London, in front of the Russian Consulate, against the Russian authorities in Moscow abusing democratic supporters
and the soldiers do the drilling.......
Her an infantryman is working with the bayonet attached... what caught my eye - was how well the officers framed either side of the shot. Once they heard the click of my camera - they wanted to move out of the way.
Civil War Days
Naper Settlement
Naperville, Illinois
5-17-2009
king bonk brought over a mystery object for us. can you figure out what it is?
hints:
it is a 1/4" thick piece of VERY heavy steel and about 10" across.
it's perfectly circular.
it has something to do with irish shipbuilders.
it's been in king bonk's family since 1902.
it has been used for cooking bread, but it is not actually for the purpose of cooking anything.