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Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), juvenile, family Carettochelyidae, found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea

ENDANGERED.

These turtles have no scales, and thus have a leathery shell. Its shell is made of bone, however, unlike “softshell turtles” in the family Trionychidae.

photograph by Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx Zoo

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#omg yes lol

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Shapeshifter who gets horribly grotesque and mutilated when flustered

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I heard through the grapevine that Bungie said Unveiling is like a biblical story (i.e. metaphor/cosmogenic myth) narrated to us entirely by the Witness, and I know some people are now upset because that debunks its true-ness. But! But. Isn't the thing about myths that they are made true through people believing in the answers they provide? Cyclical time. Every autumn Persephone comes down to Hades. The prodigal son's brother who never existed, but disgruntled Christians (me) relate to him at a core-deep level. Verses of wisdom put down thousands of years ago that we still quote and apply to our own lives. Folklore and the tooth fairy. Isn't it all true, as long as we believe it, as long as a better answer doesn't come up?

#reviewing my druid stuff and I’m on a section about seasonal cycles and this was the first thing I thought of #of course there’s also Brigid /An Callieach #etc etc. I just think it’s neat how they work extant myth + mythological concepts into the story

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Sleep Token is music for thirsty godspousers I will not be elaborating

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Setting Sail to Travel Through Space: 5 Things to Know about our New Mission

Our Advanced Composite Solar Sail System will launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand no earlier than April 23, at 6 p.m. EDT. This mission will demonstrate the use of innovative materials and structures to deploy a next-generation solar sail from a CubeSat in low Earth orbit.

Here are five things to know about this upcoming mission:

1. Sailing on Sunshine

Solar sails use the pressure of sunlight for propulsion much like sailboats harness the wind, eliminating the need for rocket fuel after the spacecraft has launched. If all goes according to plan, this technology demonstration will help us test how the solar sail shape and design work in different orbits.

2. Small Package, Big Impact

The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft is a CubeSat the size of a microwave, but when the package inside is fully unfurled, it will measure about 860 square feet (80 square meters) which is about the size of six parking spots. Once fully deployed, it will be the biggest, functional solar sail system – capable of controlled propulsion maneuvers – to be tested in space.

3. Second NASA Solar Sail in Space

If successful, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System will be  the second NASA solar sail to deploy in space, and not only will it be much larger, but this system will also test navigation capabilities to change the spacecraft’s orbit. This will help us gather data for future missions with even larger sails.

4. BOOM: Stronger, Lighter Booms

Just like a sailboat mast supports its cloth sails, a solar sail has support beams called booms that provide structure. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System mission’s primary objective is to deploy a new type of boom. These booms are made from flexible polymer and carbon fiber materials that are stiffer and 75% lighter than previous boom designs. They can also be flattened and rolled like a tape measure. Two booms spanning the diagonal of the square (23 feet or about 7 meters in length) could be rolled up and fit into the palm of your hand!

5. It’s a bird...it’s a plane...it’s our solar sail!

About one to two months after launch, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft will deploy its booms and unfurl its solar sail. Because of its large size and reflective material, the spacecraft may be visible from Earth with the naked eye if the lighting conditions and orientation are just right!

To learn more about this mission that will inform future space travel and expand our understanding of our Sun and solar system, visit https://www.nasa.gov/mission/acs3/.

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#I thought this was a Ghost from the thumbnail #eyes up I guess

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#~*just morrigan things*~ #lmao

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a few thoughts I had about the whole symbology around the Light and the Darkness, and especially with the new trailer dropped.

i love how much shapes are being put to the front of it all.

not just the title, although this is a part of it.

shapes are the most basic thing, it's how we learn. we learn to create from shapes, the most simple ones, circles and spheres, triangles and pyramids, squares, and then we built these complex things, but at the heart of it all - it's made of basic shapes.

there is something so... thematic about them. it's like going back to the basics, to the start, where there is black and white, right and wrong.

but it isn't that easy.

and then we arrive to the final shape.

as if the witness is trying to make it all... simple. to unify all these complex shapes into something singular, understandable, palatable.

but it doesn't work like that.

i don't know yet what those cubes are going to be within the new dlc, but they also look so wrong against this amazing, varied, colourful landscape. beautiful and terrifying and wrong, because you so rarely find perfection out in the wild.

anyway, it's about the shapes!!

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reblog to slowblink at your mutuals

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I have never wanted to open a spam email so badly

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have ads been getting more annoying lately. to anyone else or just me

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Caves are weirder and more varied than you think

#I thought the first one was from Destiny for a second #ANYWAY caves!!!!

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#prev post #eris could spray me in the face with that water bottle 😏 #i mean what

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Immaru, as Eris points a spray bottle at him: I ain't scared of you, mooncrust. This little thing here ain't nothin' more than an empty threat. You ain't got the guts to use it, so go on, prove your worth, I don't believe for a sec-

Eris: (spritzes him right in the face)

Immaru, immediately recoiling: ECK-

#destiny 2

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my local weed store is the best

there was a system outage today of all days when I was checking out so I had to leave and they called me when the system came back up 🥺

everyone’s always been super nice too and not stuck up and miserable

yeah

happy (belated, now) 4/20

#420