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That's really pretty. The prints are kinda pricey, but very reasonable considering the work involved. IMHO
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“The dawn of a new era in human spaceflight,” NASA astronaut Anne McClain tweeted with this image. She captured this shot as the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approached the International Space Station to dock for the first time. (Photo credit: NASA/Anne McClain) NASA Kennedy
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Largest jellyfish, The lion's mane

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Only a handful of times each year Utah's deserts become blanketed in white. The combination between snow & sand is incredible. Castle Valley near Moab, UT

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i'm sure the conspiro-heads will take that as evidence of life on mars ... they're convinced there are whole forests there
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i'm sure the conspiro-heads will take that as evidence of life on mars ... they're convinced there are whole forests there

I know what that stuff is, I rad Dragon Riders of Pern. :worriedfrown:
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welcome to Kansas?

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Stuff of nightmares.
And Proteus brought the upright beast into the garden and chained him to a tree and the children did make sport of him.
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Once again, it seems Herodotus got it right. Still no word on whether griffins existed, though.
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‘Robo-mermaid’ able to reach depths too dangerous for human divers retrieves vase from wreck of Louis XIV’s flagship
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robo-mermaid

so... it seduces men and then kills them?
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... with digital efficiency ...
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Japanese Space Agency and Toyota to make a Moon Van
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‘Robo-mermaid’ able to reach depths too dangerous for human divers retrieves vase from wreck of Louis XIV’s flagship
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... -louis-xiv

surly their were more efficient designs available rather than creating a fake neck & skull with eye sockets. making it humanoid wasn't necessary.
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‘Robo-mermaid’ able to reach depths too dangerous for human divers retrieves vase from wreck of Louis XIV’s flagship
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... -louis-xiv

surly their were more efficient designs available rather than creating a fake neck & skull with eye sockets. making it humanoid wasn't necessary.

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A Goliath Birdeater, the world’s largest spider.

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I'll see your huge tarantula and raise you one eating an opossum.

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nuke them from orbit, and then bring in the death star, just to make sure
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just another reason to be glad about being born canadian
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That is one reason why I live in a place where the air hurts my face.
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Those spiders are harmless to people. Not so much, the brown recluses and black widows which live in Canada and the US.
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Oh, I bet their bite would hurt an awful lot and cause some localized necrosis at least.
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Dofleinia armata, the armed anemone. Also called the striped anemone. It is considered extremely dangerous as it can inflict painful stings that take months to heal.

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This nightmarish creature is the snaggle-toothed snake eel or the Aplatophis zorro. It is a tropical eel found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. According to the specimen found and studied by John E. McCosker and David Ross Robertson in 2001 they can reach a maximum length of 104 centimeters or 3"4 in feet (gulp). The eels live at 5-10 metres deep and live in burrows.

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The jaw structure reminds me of a xenomorph.
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guys, that's just the inner mouth and jaw .. the rest of it is outside the frame
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juice wrote: The jaw structure reminds me of a xenomorph.

It reminds me of a chihuahua.
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8K shot of the moon. Nice detail when at 100%.

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