An English Oak tree in our woodland
Photoreceptors are proteins in trees that interpret light to influence tree physiology, growth, and development
In short, it helps identify what season it is
It also means our trees kind of know if I am wearing a red or blue shirt
Squirrel pointing at camera saying who's awesome! You're awesome!
This one's for me
I had beautiful avocado toast with cherry tomatoes, arugula, and poached eggs for brunch today. It was paired with a drizzle of jalapeño ranch and it was amazinggg.
#foodporn #Foodie #avocatotoast #brunch #vegetarian #TastyBiscuit
Peering through the thick dust clouds of the galactic bulge an international team of astronomers has revealed the unusual mix of stars in the stellar cluster known as Terzan 5
It's Saturday morning and I could have slept in, but I've officially reached the age where my biological clock is set for life and I've been awake since 5:30am. Time for coffee.
#biologicalclock #earlyriser #saturdaymorning #weekendmornings
Colorful and bright, this streaking fireball meteor was captured in a single exposure taken at Purple Mountain (Tsuchinshan) Observatory’s Xuyi Station in 2020, during planet Earth's annual Perseid meteor shower. The dome in the foreground houses the China Near Earth Object Survey Telescope (CNEOST), the largest multi-purpose Schmidt telescope in China. Located in Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province, the station began its operation as an extension of China's Purple Mountain Observatory in 2006. Darling of planet Earth's night skies in 2024, the bright comet designated Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) was discovered in images taken there on 2023 January 9. The discovery is jointly credited to NASA's ATLAS robotic survey telescope at Sutherland Observatory, South Africa. Other comet discoveries associated with the historic Purple Mountain Observatory and bearing the observatory's transliterated Mandarin name include periodic comets 60/P Tsuchinshan and 62/P Tsuchinshan.
🔭 Xuyi Station and the Fireball
Image Credit & Copyright: Hao Liu (Stanford University)
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The best time to see Jupiter is during opposition, which happens roughly every 13 months. At opposition, Jupiter is closest to Earth and fully illuminated by the Sun, making it exceptionally bright and visible in the night sky. 1/2
#Space #Science #Astronomy 🔭
#Jupiter
It's still here! It's real and all the science is the same. I'm sorry, what's was I thinking? Nothing to see here. #COVID
gray squirrel on tree branch with bright autumn leaves in background
A gorgeous backdrop for the Squirrel of the Day for December 7, 2024 #sqrlpix
Scientists have discovered four exoplanets that have the denisty of cotton candy and you're not even talking about it
"Libby-Roberts added that the team theorizes that these cotton-candy planets have tiny cores and huge, puffy atmospheres of hydrogen or helium."
www.space.com/kepler-51d-s...
Well isn't this terrifying 😐
I noticed this when i first started practicing and it had me SO confused. 😂
Imo👁️🗨️
- Enchantments by Mya Spalter
- Bohemian Magick by Veronica Varlow
- Spell Bound by by Chaweon Koo
- Blood Sex Magic by Bri Luna
#WitchSky #Wicca #WeCoWitchSky #OccultSky #Pagan
#Witch #Witchcraft #Brujeria #Hoodoo
A must-read: Patrick Chandler Brown — named after the PCB chemicals dumped in his community — purchased the plantation where his great-grandfather was enslaved and is in the process of transforming it to serve farmers like him
⚠️ BREAKING:
Nevada reported its first case of H5N1-infected dairy herds, becoming the 16th state to be affected, according to the Department of Agriculture.