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James Gunn is the writer and director of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy films and
is now the head honcho at DC Comics studios. Look for a huge improvement
in DC movies including the new Superman film directed by James Gunn.
Ever: "LOL @ 'My family loves getting killed in my movies'. "
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Doc: "I have no idea what this is but it certainly looks like a lot of fun."
Ever: "The Little Rascal's meet Avatar??"
Molly: "Mad Maxmobile?"
Tatt: "Come on, it's Herbie the Love Bug's warrior soul."
Steve: "Get your motor runnin'. Head out on the highway.
Lookin' for adventure. And whatever comes our way."
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This James Webb Telescope image features galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 as it appeared
4.6 billion years ago, with many more galaxies in front of and behind the cluster.
For more info, visit this NASA article
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Located at Garrison Elementary School, Washington, D.C., the 99 F [37.7 C] degree heat, around
the end of June, was just too much for this 3000 lb [1360 kg] wax sculpture of President Lincoln.
Doc: "Being as I've carried mail in those temperatures, I know exactly how he feels."
Thanx to Renee for sending me this link to an article on CulturalDC.
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In May 2022, astronomers released the first image of the accretion disk around
the event horizon of Sagittarius A* (the super-massive black hole at the center
of the Milky Way), confirming it to be a black hole, using the Event Horizon
Telescope, a world-wide network of radio observatories. Wiki Page
MusicMan: "That's our glue from flying off into deep space!"
Doc: "Yes... that and dark matter."
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Here's a nice picture of Jupiter for the space geeks among us.
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Ever: "Wait....it's not very round...lol. It may be stupid (likely is) but I never
expected to see a moon that isn't round like a planet."
Doc: "Depending upon the material that a space object collects, it doesn't become spherical
till it gets to about 1000 km in diameter. Then gravity begins to take over and rounds things out.
Phobos is only 26.8 km by 22.4 km by 18.2 km (about 16.7 miles by 13.9 miles by 11.3 miles)"
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Dubbed the "Plateau Sky Road" by local residents, this is the Sky road on the Pamir Plateau,
NW China's Xinjiang. It has 208 bends and drops a vertical distance of 1000m [3,281 ft].
More info can be found on Dangerous Roads
Also, a great gallery of pictures can be found at XinhuaNet
Fre: "This is amazing ... a longboarder's dream!"
Steve: "Looks like something someone designed while intoxicated. LOL."
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1.9 km = 1.18 miles
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Here's a great article at China Highlights with some
incredible photos and a list of things to do in the magical place.
Sunny: "Wow, talk about 'living on the edge'."
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Infant star, HOPS-315, about 1,300 light-years away, is building a new solar system.
Here's an article at Space.
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Located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California,
it is neither the tallest nor the widest tree in the world but it is the largest living
single stem tree by volume at 1,487 cubic meters (52,513 cu ft),
with an estimated age of 2,300 - 2,700 years. Wiki Page
Hiking: "I have visited the Sequoia National Park....and seen this tree.
The General Sherman is absolutely breath taking! Actually, the shear
size of all the trees here humble you. If you have not seen this
tree in person, it is worth putting on your bucket list!"
Sunny: "I have seen this tree!"
Kris: "September 16, 2021, the tree was threatened by the KNP Complex Fire
in Sequoia National Park. Park and firefighting personnel wrapped the tree's
base in a protective foil usually used on structures in case the wildfire
approached the General Sherman Tree - which, in the end, was left unharmed.
Foil saved this tree! It is grand, beautiful and strong. See it someday if you can!"
Hiking: "Foil, not just for TV antennas!
Kudos to all those amazing firefighting personnel."
Bluz: "The scale of it is unbelievable"
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