"E'en now the west grows clear of storm and threat, / But midst the lightning did the fair sun die"

[larryhammer]

On the agenda today are owls, big ships, and valkyries:

The 100 Greatest Owl Pictures You'll Ever See is not inaccurately titled. Content warning: not actually a Buzzfeed listicle. (via)

Timelapse of 30 days on a container ship at sea, including unloading/loading at various ports. Content warnings: pretty thunderstorms, lack of owls. (via)

Famous Viking Warrior Had Two X Chromosomes, No Y Chromosome. At least, that's what the headline should have read. Content warning: lack of owls. (via)

And in conclusion, owls!

---L.

Subject quote from "The Earthly Paradise, introduction to July, William Morris.

Comments

[sartorias]

Cool links!

[larryhammer]

I thought so!

[asakiyume]

Wow, the container one! It got me all choked up, watching the sky and clouds, the stars and the sun. And then the fascination of seeing the ship go into dock and have some of the containers removed--I've never seen this done, and it's pretty awe inspiring. I know how big each container is--and here they're like lego bricks. And then to see how **big** the sea is, days and days of just water, makes you really feel Earth as a water planet. Thank you so much for this!

[asakiyume]

And the OWLS.

OMG

[larryhammer]

:-)

[larryhammer]

What gets me is knowing they have stack them perfectly based on where they'll be unloaded, at the time of loading. THAT's logistics for ya.