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Whale fall ( en.wikipedia.org )

A whale fall occurs when the carcass of a whale has fallen onto the ocean floor, typically at a depth greater than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), putting them in the bathyal or abyssal zones. On the sea floor, these carcasses can create complex localized ecosystems that supply sustenance to deep-sea organisms for decades.

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A 2022 study identified 45 known natural whale falls, 38 implanted ones, and 78 fossil ones, mostly in the Pacific, but a significant number, particularly of fossil ones, in the Atlantic.

The cool thing about this is, (non-wiki links) we now know of 50+ more off the coast of Southern California, as of this year, Scripps was tasked with finding sunken WWII munitions with their ROVs and the sonar scans came back with all this new whale fall data, conveniently located right next to an oceanographic research institution. I hope they have live streams online somewhere.

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Not exactly a one-to-one, but western North America has a huge variety of volcanic fields to explore. I had sandwiches on top of a cinder cone north of Flagstaff this spring, and Craters of the Moon is on the bucket list, too.

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If you can find full text of the article The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved, it's absolutely worth a read.

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I read it the first time right around 9/11, and I still have it on my shelf. Feels like a good time to dust it off....

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Not Connecticut. I've been here a looong time and I've never heard of this.

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I miss everything because of clouds and light pollution. And I forget.

But- (non-wiki links)NASA and EarthSky are great to have bookmarked for sky stuff.

And subscribe to sciencey instances and communities across the fediverse. I am subscribed to astrophotography, science, and climate stuff on Lemmy, and that helps keep me informed.

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I read the no editorializing request in regards to the link title, but adding a bit for clarification is fine. If you like putting a salient quote or a quick synopsis within the optional text of the post, there's nothing wrong with that choice. But I'd hate for it to be mandatory. Some articles speak for themselves, and the comments are always open for community engagement.

But I'm not a mod, and I don't speak for our resident clam man.

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They do look similar in this photo, but they're very different things.

Gegenschein is reflected sunlight backscattered back to our eyes from dust particles close(ish) to Earth.

The Milky Way is the cross sectional view of our spiral galaxy that rises and sets like other constellations and has viewing seasons- its more visible in the northern hemisphere summer.

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Forewarned is forearmed. I figured I'd save a couple people 2.3 seconds if I threw this up here. Also, it wiggles. Look at that yaw!

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The mine is open to the public, for a fee. They have tool rentals, too, if you don't have your own sledge and PPE.

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The soundtrack is phenomenal. Absolutely worth a listen beginning-to-end even without watching the film.

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I know. I'm sorry. But she's such a good girl and deserves to be remembered.

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The closest I can get is a link off of this page but I can't really remember. Biomimicry-> mating displays -> ridiculous title.

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No! I found it! I searched for 'animal cognition' because I wanted to find if there was a page about animals driving cars. Rats can do it, fish can do it.... then I got very lost and never answered my question.

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For the curious: Non-Wiki link

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I was old enough to see the original trilogy re-released with all the bad dumb filler George Lucas thought was necessary to complete his vision.

All the poopy squelchy gross-out CGI was obviously a crass moneygrab, but it seemed like such a reflection of the man himself that I boycotted the prequels when they came out. Then I found Red Letter Media. Fuck the prequels. Fuck that creepy bastard. Han shot only.

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Thor: Love and Thunder felt like it was written by a Disney executive suite after they ran metrics on what test groups laughed at in Taika's other work, then amplified the lulz by 20%, and rewrote it for the 11-16 year old market.

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Doubtful. The whole marvel train is crashing.

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Joel Schumacher's Batmen movies, especially the Clooney one, were so awful they changed the tone of superhero movies from that point on.

I watched them both very recently during an extended Arnold Schwarzenegger movie binge, and it's absolutely worth hate-watching them again for the sheer wonkiness and absurdity of... everything. Try tallying the Dutch angles. And girl power platitudes.

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RobWords on youtube mentions the dropped s several times. If you like well-articulated word lore, he's pretty great. Maybe this one but there are a few that relate to the French language.

Edit: It's this one

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