Court of Amenhotep III
View of the Court of Amenhotep III at Luxor Temple, Ancient Thebes.
On this day, 21 April 1920, the Anaconda Road massacre took place in Butte, Montana, when mine guards employed by the Anaconda company shot 17 striking mineworkers. Tom Manning was killed and the others were injured. All of them had been shot in the back as they tried to flee. No one was charged for the killing. More info here: http://bit.ly/2VeBaBc
Pictured: Anaconda miners around this time http://bit.ly/2KRxEbQ
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Photography by © (Anne Hay). Harpy Eagles are one of the world’s largest and strongest eagles. According to the #Peregrine fund, their hallux (a raptor’s back talon) averages 3 to 4 inches in size. This is the same size as a grizzly bear’s claw. In the world of raptors, females are larger than males. Female Harpy Eagles, can weight up to two times more than their mate. #Wild #Nature #Wildlife #Birds #Eagles #HarpyEagles #Animals
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nasa:
A Surprising Surge at Vavilov Ice Cap
After moving quite slowly for decades, the outlet glacier of Vavilov Ice Cap began sliding dozens of times faster than is typical. The ice moved fast enough for the fan-shaped edge of the glacier to protrude from an ice cap on October Revolution Island and spread widely across the Kara Sea. The Landsat images above were acquired on July 1, 2013, June 18, 2015, and June 24, 2018, respectively.
“The fact that an apparently stable, cold-based glacier suddenly went from moving 20 meters per year to 20 meters per day was extremely unusual, perhaps unprecedented,” said University of Colorado Boulder glaciologist Michael Willis. “The numbers here are simply nuts. Before this happened, as far as I knew, cold-based glaciers simply didn’t do that…couldn’t do that.”
Willis and his colleagues are still piecing together what triggered such a dramatic surge. They suspect that marine sediments immediately offshore are unusually slippery, perhaps containing clay. Also, water must have somehow found its way under the land-based part of the glacier, reducing friction and priming the ice to slide.
Full story here: go.nasa.gov/2Z931lc
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At a rally Thursday outside City Hall, Pam Africa, chair of the International Concerned Family and Friends for Mumia Abu-Jamal, called the decision a victory.
“A partial victory,” she said, “for the entire movement.”
“The charges should be dismissed, not simply get a new trial,” said Rachel Wolkenstein, a former attorney for Abu-Jamal during his appeals.
She claims evidence of judicial and police misconduct are plentiful, and they plan to up the pressure on Krasner for more.
Statue of Anubis
Detail of a statue of the jackal-headed god Anubis, associated with mummification and the afterlife. Anubis is one of the most iconic gods of ancient Egypt. This statue dates to Late Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664-525 BC. Now in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
