Leonids

 I woke up at 3am to go to the bathroom. So I figured I should go out to view the Leonid meteor shower.

In an hour and a half, I saw 3 good ones, and several faint ones.

Far short of the predicted one per four minutes.

And none of the "fireballs" that I was hoping for.

The dominant experience was the intense stench of skunk that only lasted a few minutes.  My guess is that it was not a skunk, but instead one of the local foxes patrolling the perimeter.

Whitetail Buck

 

Just a couple of blocks from downtown Silver Spring, MD. Stepped out in front of me, and I was one second too late with the camera.

Mule Deer Buck

 Mule Deer Buck near Trinidad, CO.

Bear

 Bear vandalizing a guzzler near Trinidad, CO.

Saber Tooth Anchovy

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/saber-toothed-anchovy-relatives-hunted-sea-50-million-years-ago

But were they good with pizza?

Soft Shelled Eggs

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fossil-discoveries-suggest-earliest-dinosaurs-laid-soft-shelled-eggs

Fascinating.

Dragon Lizard

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nose-horned-dragon-lizard-lost-science-found

Lost, then found.

Very interesting.

Red Racer in Penrose

Red Racer in Penrose, CO

Back

One day you are nothing and then....

Bang!

You are alive.