Up At The Ranch And Beyond

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A VERY RARE ICE HALO

Astronomers call it a "suncave Parry arc." Usually, you have to go to the Arctic to find one. Last week, however, Marcella Giulia Pace saw the rarity in Sicily.





"On May 15th, I was in my garden, surrounded by the quietness of the Sicilian countryside, when, lifting my eyes to the sky, I saw an extraordinary halo display," says Pace. "With my camera in hand, I began running along the country road beside my home, searching for an open field that could reveal the entire composition."

The luminous network included a circumzenithal arc, a supralateral arc, a suncave Parry arc, an upper tangent arc, a 22° halo, a parhelic circle and a sundog.

"As I ran, the complex display kept transforming before my eyes," says Pace. "The greatest surprise came when I saw a Parry arc forming above the upper tangent arc--the rarest phenomenon of all!"

Suncave Parry arcs are exceptionally rare because they require sunlight to pass through column-shaped ice crystals suspended in a very specific, improbable, and unstable alignment in the atmosphere. They were first recorded in 1820 by William Edward Parry while icebound off Melville Island in the Canadian Arctic.



https://www.spaceweather.com/

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Gaze Into The Crystal Ball Nebula




See the light emitted by a dying star 1,500 years ago

The 8.1-meter Gemini North telescope, located on the summit of Maunakea in Hawai'i, has captured NGC 1514, nicknamed the Crystal Ball Nebula, in awe-inspiring detail. This nebula, with its mesmerizing glow of gas, harbors hints of a past stellar death, and its asymmetrical shell is now being shaped by the pair of binary stars that lie at its center.

NGC 1514, nicknamed the Crystal Ball Nebula, is showcased in this enchanting image captured by Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini North telescope, located on Maunakea in Hawai'i. Gemini North is one half of the International Gemini Observatory.

German–British astronomer William Herschel discovered the Crystal Ball Nebula in 1790. It is located in the constellation Taurus, near the border of Perseus. While, culturally, crystal balls are known for divining the future, the Crystal Ball Nebula provides us with a snapshot of the final stages of a star's life from long, long ago ...

Published 20th May 2026 by NSF NOIRLab, Stephanie Baum – Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-crysta...ted-dying.html

The Crystal Ball Nebula



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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RETW532Yttc

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MSM (Cont'd)



UFO FILES: Video of reported ‘flying saucer’ could soon be released

Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo. and director Spielberg contribute to the 'slow leak'.

Published 20th May 2026 (5:17)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4_vJHN-fPCw

More MSM:
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...=1#post1714739
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...=1#post1714815

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A ‘Super El Niño?’

Why it’s too early to forecast one with certainty, but not too soon to prepare

Talk of a “super El Niño” developing in 2026 is gaining momentum, with concerns rising that this climate pattern could bring extreme rainfall, heat, drought and destructive flooding around the world.

The signals appear to be in place: The tropical Pacific is warming along the equator, and computer models point toward extreme conditions by the end of the year.




Sea surface temperature data on May 12, 2026, shows warming along the equator west of South America, often a sign that El Niño conditions are developing. Credit: NOAA Coral Reef Watch

However, forecasting El Niño is not like predicting next week’s weather. Forecasts for El Niño typically aren’t reliable before late spring – not because scientists don’t understand the system, but because we understand its limits.

As an ocean-atmospheric scientist who studies El Niño, I spend a lot of time thinking about what scientists can forecast confidently – and what remains uncertain.

The current forecasts for 2026-27 still span a wide range in mid-May – from expecting weak to strong El Niño conditions.

How the winds behave in the coming weeks will determine what develops. If trade winds weaken again at the right moment, it could tip the system into self-sustaining warming – the kind that’s hard to stop.





As of mid-May, long-range weather forecasts weren’t showing strong eastward wind bursts on the horizon that could strengthen El Niño. In fact, quite the opposite was expected for the second half of May: a burst of winds blowing in the opposite direction. A full month without major eastward wind activity would be a meaningful brake on ocean warming.

The Pacific has loaded the dice for El Niño, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s May outlook reflects elevated odds of El Niño developing and potentially strengthening later in the year. By NOAA’s mid-June update, the picture should be substantially clearer.

Read more:
Published 14th May 2026 by Pedro DiNezio, University of Colorado Boulder – The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/a-super-...prepare-282574

The Most Powerful El Niño In Recorded History is Forming in the Pacific Ocean



Published 21st May 2026 (9:50)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nJwZ7W51_4w

00:00 Predictions of a Super El Niño
00:40 What is an El Niño?
02:40 How to Measure an El Niño
04:20 Effects on the Atlantic Hurricane Season
05:50 North America
07:20 UK & Europe
07:44 South America
08:10 Amazon Basin
08:20 Australia

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Star Wars AI



Star Wars 1920



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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Iifbaing1ko

Star Wars: A 1930s New Hope



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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=USrdpr4h4cY

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Insects May Feel Pain, New Study Suggests

When an antenna of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) is touched with a heated probe, something curious happens: the insect turns its attention to the burned spot, grooming it repeatedly, for far longer than it would after a harmless touch or no contact at all.





According to a team of entomologists at the University of Sydney, this behavior may be evidence of something scientists have long debated — that insects experience pain-like states.

“Once dismissed as too small-brained or simple to support experience, insects are now known as capable of remarkably complex tasks, including associative learning, context-sensitive decision-making and cross-modal sensory integration,” said Dr. Thomas White, an evolutionary ecologist and entomologist at the University of Sydney, and his colleagues.

“Recent studies have also identified brain regions such as the mushroom bodies and central complex that appear to support evaluative processing functionally analogous to that seen in vertebrates.”
In their research, the authors tested 80 adult house crickets in a carefully controlled experiment designed to rule out simple reflexes.

Each cricket was exposed to three conditions: a soldering iron tip heated to 65 degrees Celsius (149 degrees Fahrenheit) applied briefly to one antenna, the same probe applied without heat, and no contact at all.
Cameras recorded every movement for 10 min afterward, and three observers — unaware of which treatment each insect had received — coded the grooming behavior frame by frame.

Crickets that received the noxious heat stimulus were significantly more likely to groom the affected antenna, devoted a greater share of their total grooming time to it, and kept it up for roughly four times longer than crickets in the no-contact control group.

On average, grooming of the burned antenna lasted about 13 seconds after noxious treatment, compared with around 3 seconds in the control condition.

“Crickets’ heightened grooming intensity followed a clear temporal trajectory: noxiously stimulated individuals showed an elevated, sustained phase that gradually declined, a pattern reminiscent of findings in bees and rodents,” the researchers said.

What makes the findings significant is not just that the crickets reacted, but how they reacted.

A reflex — the kind of automatic, unconscious withdrawal that even simple nervous systems can produce — would be expected to stop when the stimulus stops. Instead, the crickets continued attending to the site long after the heated probe was removed, suggesting they were tracking something internally: a persistent, localized signal of harm.

“Pain remains one of the most elusive and consequential frontiers in animal cognition, and insects provide a particularly demanding test case,” the authors said.

Published 18th May 2026 by Natali Anderson – SciNews
https://www.sci.news/biology/insect-pain-14777.html

“... wouldn't even harm a fly ...”

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7_mxKS49Reo

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A 17th Century 'Supercomputer' Once Owned by Indian Royalty Sells for Record in Auction





A spectacular brass astrolabe - or a hand-held astronomical computer - from the 17th Century, once part of the royal collection of Jaipur city in western India, has been sold for more than £2m ($2.75m) at an auction in London.

This has set a record for the auction of an astronomical instrument from the Islamic world, a representative from Sotheby's, which held the auction, told the BBC. It was exhibited at the auction house's London galleries this week.

The object is "perhaps the largest in existence" and had never been exhibited before, Benedict Carter, head of the department of Islamic and Indian Art at Sotheby's, told the BBC.

Known to be part of the royal collection of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, it was passed on to his wife Maharani Gayatri Devi, one of the most glamorous women of her time, after his death. It then moved to a private collection during her lifetime.

It is unclear who the buyer or seller may be.





Astrolabes are metallic disks with multi-layered, interlocking components that were historically used to tell the time, map the stars, the direction of Mecca and the motion of the sky.

"They are essentially a two-dimensional projection of a three-dimensional universe. I compare them to modern-day smartphones because you can do so many things with them," says Dr Federica Gigante of the Oxford Centre for History of Science, Medicine and Technology.

"You can calculate the time of sunset, sunrise, the height of a building, the depth of a well, distance and even use them to predict the future. Along with an almanac they were once used to cast horoscopes."

Astrolabes were first developed in ancient Greece in the 2nd Century BCE and spread to the Islamic world by the 8th Century. Over the following centuries, centres of production flourished across Iraq, Iran, North Africa and al-Andalus (in present-day Spain).




Mughal nobleman Aqa Afzal commissioned the astrolabe while overseeing the administration of Lahore

This particular instrument was made in the early 17th Century in Lahore, now in Pakistan, at a time when the city had become a leading hub of astrolabe-making in the Mughal world. It was created by two brothers, Qa'im Muhammad and Muhammad Muqim, for a Mughal nobleman.

The pair were part of the so-called "Lahore School", one of the most renowned centres of astrolabe production of its time. The craft itself was kept within a single family and passed down generations.

Published 30th April 2026 by Nikhil Inamdar – BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8x7kw9lp8do

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ISS Astronauts Pose With Fresh Fruit in Microgravity




They're happy

Astronaut food has come a long way from the freeze dried packets aboard the Apollo missions. During their historic lunar fly-by in April, the Artemis II crew dined on beef brisket, mac and cheese, quiche, and a lot of tortillas.

The same can be said for the hungry inhabitants of the International Space Station (ISS). With regularly scheduled restocks, the astronauts don’t have to worry as much about issues like shelf life. That means that even when nearly 250 miles above Earth, ISS residents can still snack on fresh fruit and vegetables.

NASA highlighted one such astronaut grocery delivery in a photo released on May 14. Taken on April 19, astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir, Chris Williams, and Sophie Adenot are seen in microgravity alongside what are presumably upcoming snacks like oranges, apples, peppers, and one conspicuous onion.

Food wasn’t the only precious cargo on the Cygnus XL spacecraft visit that month, however. In addition to the colorful produce, the ISS also received over 2,300 pounds of research hardware and science equipment. These materials encompass the tools the crew needs for their research on blood stem cells for cancer treatments and ways to strengthen astronaut gut health.

The ISS is now also home to a new exercise machine, courtesy of the European Space Agency, as well as replacement nitrogen and oxygen tanks for spacesuits.

Published 14th May 2026 by Andrew Paul – Popular Science
https://www.popsci.com/science/astro...uit-photo-iss/

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McAfee Sports Radio

We Officially Have Confirmed Aliens Exist ...

... & They Don't Stand A Chance In An Oklahoma Drill

Naturally, Pat McAfee and the jocks assume the aliens have come here to play football. Or basketball. Or maybe learn to dance.

“You can tell just by looking at 'em they got no rhythm.”

Published 18th May 2026 (7:12)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ihiqPJ0ig6M

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The Sky This Week


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C D


A – Late on the evenings of May 26 and 27, the waxing gibbous moon will be close to Spica, the brightest star in Virgo the Maiden. They’ll set several hours after midnight.

B – In the late evening hours of May 28 and 29, the bright waxing gibbous moon will shine near Antares and the star with the unpronounceable name, Zubenelgenubi. Antares is the brightest star in Scorpius the Scorpion, and Zubenelgenubi is the brightest star in Libra the Scales.

C – At sunset on May 30, the full Blue Moon will rise in the east close to the bright red star Antares, the brightest star in Scorpius the Scorpion. The crest of the full moon falls at 8:45 UTC on May 31. That’s 3:45 a.m. CDT. So, it’s almost as full when it rises in the east after sunset on May 30 and May 31. Plus it’s the second of three full micromoons – or most distant full moons – in a row in 2026. In fact, it’ll be the smallest full moon of 2026. It’ll be 252,360 miles (406,135 km) away. The average moon distance is 238,900 miles (384,472 km) away.

D – May stars: On May evenings, the Big Dipper is high overhead in the sky. The Big Dipper is an asterism – a well know pattern of stars – in the constellation of Ursa Major the Great Bear. It’s handy to locate the North Star, Polaris. And you can use the Big Dipper to locate Leo the Lion. Draw an imaginary line southward from the pointer stars in the Big Dipper – the 2 outer stars in the Dipper’s bowl – to point toward Leo the Lion; the brightest star in Leo is Regulus.

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COCKTAILS ON MARS

The Lounge Club Vol. 10: Space Jazz, Cosmic Bossa & Retro Futuristic Grooves





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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CgpVIcb5-Gs

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Space Rock News

Meteor Fireball Plunges Behind Mayon Volcano During Eruption (May 25, 2026)



A rare fireball was captured descending behind Mayon Volcano in the Philippines on May 25, 2026 at 10:33 PM local time, creating a dramatic scene over one of the world’s most iconic active volcanoes. At first, scientists believed the meteor may have struck Mayon after cameras recorded the bright object falling over the volcano’s slopes. After reviewing seismic, infrasound, and video data, it was later determined that the object disintegrated in the atmosphere before reaching the ground.

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kRntP5h3AqI

Livestream started 6th January 2026
https://www.youtube.com/live/UDAZWxehMAI

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1920s GENTRY BROTHERS CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN

SIDESHOWS & ELEPHANTS - HARVARD-YALE CREW RACE



This silent home movie was shot by a family that lived in New York. It shows the Gentry Brothers Circus coming to town, and must pre-date 1929 as Gentry Bros. folded in that year as part of Great Depression financial woes.

At the time the film was shot, the circus was a major form of American entertainment that included major players such as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. Gentry Brothers began as a small dog and pony show in 1885 by 17 year old Henry B. Gentry. Henry and his two brothers expanded into tent shows in 1891. By 1910, they were the largest traveling American circus.

The film presents a slice of early circus history, starting with shots of the roustabouts as they set up for the show, ornate bandwagons, equestrian riders and clowns marching into the main arena for opening day.

It shows the set up process as workers tend to animals and string up banners advertising various acts. The film also includes other scenes including a parade, what might be the Harvard-Yale crew races, and footage of siblings as they tend to the family pony, play pretend with an early telephone model and teach the dog tricks in the yard.

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RJLwoDxR4PY

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6VRoOrD3Yps

0:00 The film opens with tents, performers on the grounds (:11), a bandwagon, horses and Ford Model T’s (:13). Draft horses drive forward (:24). The Circus relied heavily on horses often employing the larger draft breeds especially the docile Percheron. Shots pan over zebras (:52). Roustabouts set up tents near the elephants (:55). Tent set up continues (1:06-1:25). A bandwagon with the Gentry Bros. name (1:30), workers pulling lumber from a wagon (1:35) and hammering stakes into the ground follow (1:42). A worker tends to elephants (2:24). A pair of zebras stand by a Gentry Bros. bandwagon (3:14). Camels follow (3:25). Elephants scoop hay with long trunks (3:36). Horses cart in hay bales (4:18). An elephant helps to raise tent material as workers follow behind with poles (4:40). Sideshow banners advertise a snake charmer (6:24) and the Museum Minstrel Annex (6:28). This indicates a portion of the show featuring archival materials related to the minstrel shows. These were at one point in American history, among the most popular forms of entertainment. Shows involved overtly racist and offensive depictions of African stereotypes. They were generally considered out of favor by the 1950’s and 1960’s. Banners advertise the Hawaiian Opera (6:53), an Illusionist (6:59), Strange People from all Parts of the World (7:02) and the Monkey Village (7:11). Decorative bandwagons (7:17), elephants (7:24) and an animal cage bandwagon follow (7:43). Horses pull another decorative bandwagon (7:56). Scenes capture a sense of excitement as set up bustles towards the start of the show. Made up clowns and performers march the grounds (8:02-8:06). A clown passes a particularly intricate calliope bandwagon (8:24). Equestrian performers (9:18), camels (9:22), zebras (9:24) and elephants (9:28) ride in. Footage switches to a parade possibly July 4th (9:58). Equestrian riders, a marching band (10:00) and motorcade (10:10) fill the thoroughfare of an unidentified town as spectators jam the sidewalks. Uneven footage follows a crew boat race, possibly the Harvard-Yale match which spectators watched from moving railroad train cars (11:01) capturing a tug boat (11:41) and the finish line (12:22). At home scenes show (13:01) the family’s home. A boy in a Gunnery School football sweater cheers at a wooden table (13:04). A younger sibling holds twigs in his mouth (13:29). Youth play pretend for the camera (13:45) with and early candlestick telephone. Shots capture playful antics (14:04). A pair sits with the family dog (14:23). The youngest smiles for the camera (15:06). They hug the pony’s head (15:10). Expressive shots of the youth follow (15:23-15:32). They play with an unhinged door (15:36) as the youngest gallops behind in an effort to keep up (15:53). The dogs learn new tricks (16:09).

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The UFO Crash That Was Covered Up Before Roswell



THE BEST Charlotte Mann Testimony Ever Recorded

The Roswell before Roswell? 1941 Cape Girardeau UFO crash testimony from Charlotte Mann. Audio only.

Published 24th April 2026 (10:06)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nB5Z_4q2v2g

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New Research Challenges the Idea That Geometry Is Uniquely Human





Discussions about how humans learn and understand geometry go back to ancient Greece and the time of Plato. In recent decades, some researchers have argued that only humans possess the mental foundations needed for geometric thinking.

But a new analysis from New York University psychology professor Moira Dillon challenges that idea, concluding that the roots of geometry are shared across many species, including rats, chickens, and fish.

“Our ability to think geometrically may not come from a built-in, uniquely human ‘math module’ in the brain, but rather from the same cognitive systems that help humans, as well as animals, find their way home,” explains Dillon, whose work appears in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences. “Put another way, our understanding of geometry may very well come from wandering rather than from worksheets.”



Ms Dillon

Philosophers, including Plato, Descartes, and Kant, all explored the origins of geometry and the role of human thought in shaping it. However, scientists did not begin experimentally studying how geometry is learned until the second half of the 20th century.

“Animals that have never studied angles or triangles can navigate efficiently and simulate that navigation in their minds to plan their routes—and even babies seem to understand something about distance, direction, and shape,” adds Dillon, whose 2023 study found that infants could outperform AI in certain cognitive tasks. “These abilities rely on geometry that captures some, but not all, of the properties of Euclidean geometry.”

Published 27th May 2026 by New York University
https://scitechdaily.com/new-researc...niquely-human/

It Grows On Trees

Scientists Discover Hidden Math Secret Inside Chinese Money Plants

People often spot familiar shapes in random places. Maybe you have looked at the clouds and imagined a sailboat, a seahorse, or even your great-aunt Rosemary staring back at you.

Scientists call this tendency to find meaningful patterns in randomness "apophenia." But in some cases, those patterns are very real. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Associate Professor Saket Navlakha studies the hidden structures that appear throughout nature.

One of the best known examples of organized patterning is the Voronoi diagram, a geometric system that divides space into separate regions around central points. A simple example would be school districts. Each district (region) is arranged so students are always closest to the school (central point) assigned to them.




Left: The round, flat leaf of Pilea Peperomioides, the Chinese money plant. Right: A computer model of a Voronoi diagram traces the leaf’s central hydathode pores and looping reticulate veins.

The Chinese money plant is a perennial species native to China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. It is also a popular houseplant often given as a gift. Its circular leaves contain noticeable pores called hydathodes, which are surrounded by looping vein networks that move water and nutrients through the leaf.

After carefully mapping the pores and veins, Navlakha and Zheng found that the leaf structure naturally forms a Voronoi pattern.

To better understand how the pattern develops, the researchers partnered with Przemysław Prusinkiewicz, a scientist internationally recognized for his work on plant vein formation. Together, they identified the "natural algorithm" responsible for creating the looping veins around the pores in the leaves.

"Just as humans have to solve problems to survive, the same goes for other organisms," says Zheng, now a postdoc at the Allen Institute. "But unlike humans, plants cannot explicitly measure distances. Instead, they rely on local biological interactions to achieve the same Voronoi solution."

Published 14th May by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory – Science Daily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0513221754.htm

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Laser Beams Blast Through the Cosmos

Fear not, these lasers are just doing science





Four glowing laser beams blasting through open space converge at the center of our galaxy. But this isn't Star Wars, it's real science.The European Space Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile has four giant Unit Telescopes (UTs), which emitted lasers pointed to the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

The UTs create what ESO refers to as "artificial stars" in our atmosphere, about 56 miles (90 kilometers) above Earth's surface.

These beams of light allow scientists to see how our planet's ever-changing atmosphere might be distorting incoming light, which is critical for accurately analyzing telescope observations. This information allows the VLT to make real-time changes in response to Earth's atmosphere.

https://www.space.com/astronomy/lase...or-may-27-2026

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Worldwide UFO's



- Chinese airline passenger films white orbs, perspective does change a bit
- Chilean sailors are confused about something 'popping up' over the water
- Glowing, crazy-moving UFO over Norwalk, CA 5-16-2026
- Arnherm, the Netherlands 16-05-2026

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kpd9HV-sngc

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MzUhfYAxDTY

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| Blue Moon |

Posted by Johnnycomelately (here)

Posted by Bluegreen (here)
Krazy Kat - Not a Blue Moon

Well that big red halfpipe is intruiging!

Blue moon lol, never thought to ask when and how that expression originated, until now. Found a page on it.

https://wordhistories.net/2017/06/21...e-moon-origin/

Excerpt with old-style talk:

“The term blue moon in the sense of a long or indefinite length of time is first recorded in Real Life in London, or the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall through the Metropolis (1821), by the sporting journalist and author Pierce Egan (1772-1849):

Their attention was at this moment attracted by the appearance of two persons dressed in the extreme of fashion, who, upon meeting just by them, caught eagerly hold of each other’s hand, and they overheard the following—‘Why, Bill, how am you, my hearty?—where have you been trotting your galloper?—what is your arter?—how’s Harry and Ben?—haven’t seen you this blue moon.’
[footnote:] Blue Moon—This is usually intended to imply a long time.”

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However, I think that there may have actually been a seen (by humans) true BLUE moon. My reasoning stems from talk like this, about possible huge (“planetary”) electrical events in the past:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3xB-7cVmm7s

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NASA’s X-59 About to Break the Sound Barrier for the First Time





NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is approaching one of the most important stages of its development. The experimental X-plane is set to begin a new series of test flights that will include its first trip beyond the speed of sound, along with several other key objectives for the mission.

"What comes next is the first time this one-of-a-kind aircraft will fly supersonic," said Cathy Bahm, project manager for NASA's Low Boom Flight Demonstrator. "We are starting toward the mission conditions test point that X-59 was designed for."

Following months of flight testing, the X-59 team reviewed its progress in late May and is now preparing for a new phase that will push the aircraft to greater altitudes and higher speeds. These flights are intended to show how the aircraft performs under the operating conditions required for NASA's Quesst mission, which aims to collect data on quiet supersonic flight.

NASA expects the X-59 to exceed the speed of sound for the first time during test flights scheduled for early June. The aircraft is expected to fly at more than 630 mph at an altitude of about 43,000 feet, marking a major milestone in the program.

The aircraft will then attempt a "mission conditions" flight, reaching Mach 1.4 (925 mph) at approximately 55,000 feet. Those performance targets are important because they match the conditions NASA plans to use when flying the X-59 over U.S. communities. During those future flights, researchers will gather public feedback about the aircraft's quieter sonic "thump" and evaluate how people respond to it.

Published 1st June 2026 by NASA – Science Daily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0601025338.htm

America Introduces Its New Supersonic Jet



This bro is excited about the latest from Lockheed Martin Skunkworks.

Published 29th May 2026 (22:20)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TYUw9IfJIqg