That spider sure flipped when we tried to corner it. It took out the back wall in one go.....

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

93f outdoors and 73f in my house thanks to AC
it will easily get over 95.

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Nurse stranded in desert without food, water after Google Maps gave her wrong directions

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Grant
Darwin NT

Are we hiding a secret here down under?

Experts believe the Australian continent is hiding a meteor crater three times bigger than the one from the hit that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Experts believe the Australian continent is hiding the largest meteor crater on Earth, revealing a hit at least twice as powerful as the one that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Recent research published in the journal Technophysics points to the world’s largest known impact structure, buried deep in the earth in southern NSW.

Australia is home to at least 38 confirmed and 43 potential impact structures after it was pummelled by asteroids in Earth’s early history, but the Deniliquin structure is by far the biggest.

The structure, which is yet to be further tested by drilling, spans up to 520 kilometres in diameter, making it three times as wide as Mexico’s Chicxulub crater, which was left by the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Like many large meteor craters, the structure hiding under NSW is believed to be tied to a mass extinction event.

The Deniliquin structure was likely located on the eastern part of the Gondwana supercontinent before it split apart into many smaller continents, including Australia.

Researchers believe the impact that caused the structure may have occurred during the Late Ordovician extinction event, which wiped out 85 per cent of life on Earth between 445.2 and 443.8 million years ago.

That impact was more than double the scale of the Chicxulub impact, which killed off the dinosaurs.

It’s also possible the structure is even older, according to study co-author Andrew Glikson. It may be tied to the Cambrian era, which occurred about 514 million years ago......

Cheers.

87f on to another day in the 90 degree range tomorow is forcast yo be in the upper 80s.

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92f so far, 95 + would not surprise me.

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Guess the wet is coming.
https://weather.com/safety/hurricane/news/2023-08-16-hurricane-hilary-remnant-soaking-california-desert-southwest?cm_ven=hp-slot-1

Got frog?

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

Some more scenery.

This Country Has Some Of The World's Most Stunning Natural Wonders.

Cheers.

Lovely.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

90f has arrived once again, tomorrow the forcast is for a cooling trend.
This evening my 60th hs reunion, it will be interesting to see who shows up and find out how many of us are still alive.

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Good luck and have fun.

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

Enjoy your evening Betreger. ;-)

Cheers.

A long time coming Betreger. I got another almost 30 years before that milestone. Make the most of it.

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Grant
Darwin NT

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Grant
Darwin NT

After 7 days of 90f weather an on shore flow has pushed the heat dome east and the current temp is 59f, ac will not be needed for next few days.

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Lucky you. The weekend is predicted to be 106°f then 105°f.

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100F here, high of 102, 75-96 for the next 9 days in the daytime.

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

As the sun rises here it's a breezy 2C (feels like -2C) with just 11C expected with another gale blowing. So I'll be staying inside again today.

Cheers.