Ed Casabar @edcasabar@qoto.org

Occurring now, a rare dual eruption of two, nearby volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, on the island of Hawaii.

Screenshot of video by David Swindler: @actionphototours (Instagram)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CljpqWJOSI4/

I took this photo at the start of the #GoldenEagle #Festival, October 8, 2019. Those fortunate enough, like me, to make it to this remote location were greeted by about a dozen mounted #Kazakh #eagle #hunters, who slowly rode their horses through the crowd, an eagle on their arm. I’ve been all over the world, but this festival ranks in my top three most amazing experiences.

Taken at the base of the Altai Mountains, outside of Bayan-Ulgii, #Mongolia, and ~100 mi/160 km from the nearly intersecting borders of Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and China.

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Looks like Xi Jinping and the CCP have a lot on their hands. Protests continue to spread to other cities. The Zero #CoVID policy is being blamed on the deaths of more than 10 people trapped in an apartment building.

Mark Rober, the ultimate nerd and former NASA engineer turned YouTuber, takes the typical engineering student's challenge to the next level - how to drop an egg from a certain height without breaking it. This time from space.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVZh5kqaFg

Obviously, his video's screen shot is photoshopped. But the video is entertaining anyway.

Once I recovered from the brief shock of this Kazakh eagle hunter deciding to plant himself next to me as I photographed the other eagle hunters, he let me take a few photos and this video. Yes, I got a selfie.

This was taken during the #GoldenEagleFestival at the base of the Altai Mountains, just outside Bayan-Ulgii, #Mongolia, about 100 miles/160 km from the nearly intersecting borders of #Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and China. October 8, 2019

I spent an afternoon at an eagle hunter ger camp. The lead/elder hunter told me that they capture their eagles in the surrounding mountains, care, feed and train them to hunt small game. Each eagle is released back to the wild after five years of captivity.

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