These photos were taken this week in Joshua Tree National Park, California. These were live Joshua Trees, but people visiting the park killed them. Due to a lapse in funding associated with the partial government shutdown, park staff has been at a minimum, but unlike the previous government shutdown where closed park gates were some of the most commonly shared images of the shutdown, the US Federal Government chose to keep the parks open with minimal staff.
dude seeing these Mega high quality images of the surface of mars that we now have has me fucked up. Like. Mars is a place. mars is a real actual place where one could hypothetically stand. It is a physical place in the universe. ITS JUST OUT THERE LOOKING LIKE UH IDK A REGULAR OLD DESERT WITH LOTS OF ROCKS BUT ITS A WHOLE OTHER PLANET?
LIKE THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A PERSON’S BACKYARD. LIKE YEA A LITTLE DUSTY MAYBE THERE WAS A SANDSTORM BUT THAT’S COOL I’M JUST GONNA WALK DOWN TO THE STORE P S Y C H YOU’RE ON MARS BICH!
It really makes you THINK that in all seriousness, we have so much yet to explore. And seeing actual pictures like these cement it for a lot of people who didnt even think twice about it before. Hell, when footage from Comet 67P (the gif below) showed up I know I cried. Because it was a moment of awe, because we finally have actual footage from the surface of a comet! And it felt and still feels like “hey, humanity has come so far and we still have so much to go. And I may not explore the universe but we’re the people who are going to make sure the people in the future do.”
There’s so many beautiful, amazing places to go here on Earth, but I cant wait for the day that we set sail into the distant unknown.
me, babbling: whos a chungky babbey??!! whos a chunkey babbey??!!
Dog: Superb, you funky little biped.
Our normal speech turns into white noise for dogs, it’s just background chatter they tune out. When you use a specific voice for dogs (like the baby voice, but it could be anything differentiated) they learn that you’re directing it at them and learn to tune into it. They’re probably excited that you’re speaking to them, or may expect to get something (like a treat or other positive reinforcement) out of it.
y’all ever see a sibling interaction in media and just know….it was written by an only child
It’s weird when sibilings apologize in the movies. Because sibilings only apologize when they did something really really bad, like murder someone or something, otherwise the sibilings just casually start to talk to each other as if nothing had happened.
Siblings in a movie making up: I’m so sorry I hurt you…you’re not only my sister, you’re my best friend.
Siblings in real life making up: Lmao idk if you’re still mad bitch but look at this meme really quick.
