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| Comet Neowise. Photo by Alberto S. |
Comet NEOWISE was discovered on March 27, 2020 by astronomers using Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope.
Alberto, who is obviously a talented photographer, captured this photo of the recently discovered comet.
That is not easy. Thanks Alberto.
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A thermal drone was used to find ancient earthworks connected to Etzanoa.
... It was in April 2017 that the New York Post reported that the location of "Etzanoa” was finally discovered when a local teenager unearthed a cannonball that was fired in a battle near Arkansas City, Kansas, in the year 1601 AD. Local researchers presented this artifact as evidence pinpointing Etzanoa, a historical Wichita site that flourished between 1450 and 1700 AD.
In 1904 George Parker Winship wrote "The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the City of Mexico to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and th Buffalo Paoins of Texas, Kansas, and Nebraska," in which he told the story of Spanish Conquistador, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado visiting central Kansas in 1541 AD and naming Wichita settlements, “Quivira.” Then, in 1594 AD, the Umana and Leyba expedition visited the Etzanoa site before Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate visited in 1601 AD and recorded “the Great Settlement” (Etzanoa) as housing “20,000 Wichita people, who he called “Rayados” - a Spanish word meaning “striped” because Wichita people painted and tattooed straight lines onto their faces and bodies...
Here is the link for the rest of the story.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/kansas-earthwork-0014217
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PADDLEWHEELS OF STEAMBOAT PHOENIX DISCOVERED IN LAKE CHAMPLAIN
Montpelier, Vt. – The Division for Historic Preservation (VDHP) and Lake Champlain Maritime Museum announced the discovery of two paddlewheels, likely fragments of the Steamboat Phoenix, which caught fire and sank exactly 201 years ago today on September 4, 1819 on Lake Champlain.
This past weekend avocational diver Gary Lefebvre of Colchester identified some unusual wreckage off Colchester Shoal in Lake Champlain using a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Lefebvre brought footage of the discovery to the attention of Chris Sabick, Director of Research and Archaeology at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, who identified the wreckage as the remains of one of two paddlewheels from an early steamboat. Based on the location, the style of construction, and the presence of extensive charring on the timbers, Sabick determined it is likely a paddlewheel from the Steamboat Phoenix. Acting on this assumption, a second reconnaissance with the ROV found another paddlewheel in the vicinity of the first. This second paddlewheel structure was identical to the first in construction and also displayed extensive charring on the surface of its timbers verifying that it came from the same vessel...
Here is the link for that story.
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MEXICO CITY -- The number of mammoth skeletons recovered at an airport construction site north of Mexico City has risen to at least 200, with a large number still to be excavated, experts said Thursday.
Archaeologists hope the site that has become “mammoth central” — the shores of an ancient lakebed that both attracted and trapped mammoths in its marshy soil — may help solve the riddle of their extinction.
Experts said that finds are still being made at the site, including signs that humans may have made tools from the bones of the lumbering animals that died somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago...
Here is that link.
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So the first and second story is about discoveries made with drones, one was submersible. Just like a lot of other things these days, searching is being done remotely.
The third article is one of those examples of turning over earth and unexpectedly finding something interesting underneath.
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Yesterday I posted an excerpt explaining how to determine the porostiy of sand, but had lost the source. Trevor M. found it for me, so now the source link is attached to the information.
Here is the link for that. https://www.geological-digressions.com/the-architecture-of-connected-holes-a-different-way-to-look-at-the-liquid-earth/
You can find a lot of interesting articles on that site.
Thanks much Trevor!
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
Paulette and Rene won't affect us.
We'll have to keep an eye on the new system that will be coming off Africa.
The Treasure Coast surf will increas a bit on Saturday and Sunday, but just something like three or four feet.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net