Last evening, several javelina (collared peccaries) wandered into the back yard, so I grabbed my camera and went out on the RV drive to take some pix of them. Suddenly, a hummingbird came to the feeder just a few feet from where I was standing. It sipped and hovered there for about thirty seconds. I took a bunch of shots of it and this one turned out pretty good. Click on the image to enlarge.
I’ll post photos of the javelina later.
NASA’s twin Van Allen Probes, launched just last August, have revealed a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth. Video and highlighted quote courtesy NASA.
Van Allen Probes Discover a New Radiation Belt
Previous observations of the Van Allen belts dating back to the late 1950s have documented two distinct regions of trapped radiation surrounding our planet, known as the inner and outer radiation belts. Particle sensors aboard the twin Van Allen Probes quickly revealed to scientists the existence of a transient, third radiation belt. Scientists observed the third belt for four weeks before a powerful interplanetary shock wave from the sun annihilated it.
What a surprise – the Sun modulates the Van Allen Belts.