https://youtu.be/cdlecO3gyOo
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Henry Repeating Arms Big Boy All-Weather Rifle
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photos of sakurajima, the most active volcano in japan, by takehito miyatake and martin rietze. volcanic storms can rival the intensity of massive supercell thunderstorms, but the source of the charge responsible for this phenomenon remains hotly debated.
in the kind of storm clouds that generate conventional lightning, ice particles and soft hail collide, building up positive and negative charges, respectively. they separate into layers, and the charge builds up until the electric field is high enough to trigger lightning.
but the specific mechanism by which particles of differing charges are separated in the ash cloud is still unknown. lightning has been observed between the eruption plume and the volcano right at the start of an eruption, suggesting that there are processes that occur inside the volcano to lead to charge separation.
volcanic lightning could yield clues about the earth’s geological past, and could answer questions about the beginning of life on our planet. volcanic lightning could have been the essential spark that converted water, hydrogen, ammonia, and methane molecules present on a primeval earth into amino acids, the building blocks of life.
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“Duel on Yew River” by Don Stivers
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Physical education and Sports. No. 19 (71), may 11, 1929
Sign: “Worker learn to shoot!”
Физкультура и Спорт. № 19 (71), 11 мая 1929 г
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Flintlock long rifle crafted by J. Worley of Berks County, Pennsylvania, early 19th century
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A beautiful cast bronze Matchlock Musket,
OaL: 30.8 in/78.2 cm
Barrel Length: 20.5 in/52.1 cm
Calibre: 0.43 in/10.9 mm
Nuremberg, Germany, ca. 1500, housed at the State Hermitage Museum.
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Charleville pattern flintlock musket produced at the Valley Forge Armory, Pennsylvania, dated 1775.
from Morphy Auctions
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Silver mounted flintlock long rifle crafted by James Teaff of Steubenville, Ohio, early 19th century
from Morphy Auctions
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