I didn't get a chance to post about this when it happened (in early October), but it's still worth mentioning. It's not often that a meteorite crashes through a roof and a ceiling into somebody's bedroom and bed. And luckily, the owner wasn't sleeping on the wrong side of the bed when it happened.
I truly have never heard of Chefchaouen, Morocco until a few days ago. Given the overriding color of the alleys and walls and doors and decor, it's clearly an unusual place with numerous opportunities for photographs. Just don't use a blue filter.
Interesting news that evidence of life (carbon with the right kind of isotopes) has been found in a 2.5 billion year old ruby from Greenland.
For The First Time Ever, Evidence of Ancient Life Was Discovered Inside a Ruby
"The team found that the graphite in the ruby was carbon-12, in abundances consistent with an organic origin. And, because we know the age of the gem, this allowed the researchers to narrow down what that organic origin could be, since life on Earth 2.5 billion years ago was extremely limited.
"Living matter preferentially consists of the lighter carbon atoms because they take less energy to incorporate into cells," Yakymchuk said.
"Based on the increased amount of carbon-12 in this graphite, we concluded that the carbon atoms were once ancient life, most likely dead microorganisms such as cyanobacteria."
Being a Crystal Palace follower (hard to say "fan", because I don't have jerseys or posters or hats or scarves or anything like that with a team logo), it can be difficult to have a good season for them to be a finish in the top half of the Premier League standings. But that's the case for many of the Premier League teams that can't pay their superstars $500K a week.
So when Crystal Palace defeats one of those money-flush teams, it's news and it's one of those things that followers of the other teams in the Premier League can relish, a David vs. Goliath type matchup where David stoned the big guy.
Zaha and Gallagher strike as Crystal Palace stun 10-man Manchester City
So that's a promising result; if they get Eze back this season, they might have a chance to finish in the upper half.
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| Zaha takes the shot |
The start of our sojourn through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the final destination of Highway 41 is in Menominee, Michigan.
Last year, for the week that ended on Halloween, I featured a few pictures of "spooky" lighthouses. This week, for the week starting on October 31, I'll feature a couple more.
Lorain Harbor Lighthouse, Lorain, Ohio, on Halloween.
The Port Isabel Lighthouse in Texas may have a case of arachnophobia.
Féile Samhain fire circles during Halloween week at the Hook Head Lighthouse, Wexford, Ireland. I'm going to have to look into this one; supposedly the lighthouse is more than 800 years old?
Happy Halloween!
