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By @sipinkaras (https://www.instagram.com/sipinkaras)
Via (https://reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/uhwjei/orchid_mantis)
Author: danelabonte
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Hat Hat Hat
“Icebergs of this shape are called tabular”
“Despite its eerily perfect shape, this iceberg is completely natural, and in fact not even that unusual. Ice has a crystal structure that means it prefers to break along straight lines.”
“In the northern hemisphere, ice sheets sit on bedrock, and the friction between the ice and the ground means icebergs form in the irregular shapes that most of us picture when thinking of an iceberg.”
“In contrast, the edges of the Antarctic ice sheet are mainly made of floating ice shelves. These ice slabs are free to break along their natural crystal structure, resulting in icebergs that often have straight edges and smooth tops.”
Via (https://reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/ub4m7x/this_rectangular_iceberg/)
Description (https://theconversation.com/how-a-near-perfect-rectangular-iceberg-formed-105655)
Photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_ice/albums/72157702586203404/)
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Emissions rebound
The original source by Daltanias titled ‘Atardecer en Holanda, Paises Bajos’ is no longer available (https://www.deviantart.com/daltanias/art/Atardecer-en-Holanda-Paises-Bajos-907675031)
Cached Google image (https://images.app.goo.gl/yJdeD5tUYUHTnK959)
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US gains jobs
Added 467,000 jobs in January.
Also undercounted 709,000 jobs in November and December.
Unemployment rate currently at 4%.
Unemployment rate pre-pandemic was 3.5%.
“Eta Carinae … is a stellar system containing at least two stars with a combined luminosity greater than five million times that of the Sun…”
“…it brightened in 1837… marking the start of its so-called “Great Eruption”.
“It became the second-brightest star in the sky between 11 and 14 March 1843 before fading well below naked eye visibility after 1856.
“… a smaller eruption … in 1892 before fading again. It has brightened consistently since about 1940…”
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae)
“From the Latin homunculus meaning Little Man, the nebula consists of gas which was ejected from Eta Carinae in 1841.”
“Within the Homunculus is a smaller Little Homunculus, and within that a shell of shocked material from stellar winds that has been called Baby Homunculus.”
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homunculus_Nebula)
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Declining Religion
“The Worcester Red Sox have retrofitted a convenience/memorabilia shop at their home stadium for frictionless shopping.”
“Standard AI retrofitted the WooSox Market store, which sells snacks and sports memorabilia, using ceiling-mounted cameras and proprietary computer vision software which associates each shopper with the items they pick up. After adding their payment information to the Standard AI checkout app, customers can enter the store, select the items they want, and tap their phone to walk out.”
(https://chainstoreage.com/minor-league-team-debuts-baseballs-first-autonomous-store)
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