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God of Thunder, God of Storm
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As RT moves ever closer to completing his rewrite of Gilgamesh tablet 4, he is reminded again and again of the powers at the disposal of Enlil, the Sumerian God of Storm–powers that are pitted against the advance of Gilgamesh and his companion Enkidu towards the Cedar Mountain. Gilgamesh may be more god than man, but not even his father/patron, the sun-god Utu, can always prevail against the master of storm and flood. This exceptional photo, taken by Mr. Shane Lear in Orange, Australia, reminds us why. RT
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Photo: Cloud-to-Cloud Lightening Strike over Orange, Australia. Shane Lear. Originally posted on Flickr via the NOAA Photo Library. WikiCmns. CC 2.0 Generic.
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more than a pretty face…
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start a revolution & fall in love with a fat woman RT
(reposted from radical acts)
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Day 238: Venice in winter…
Climbing Glaciar Martial Tierra del Fuego Patagonia!
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Incredible photos…what an experience! RT
(reposted from Cindy Knoke)
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Towanroath Engine House Revisited
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Once more from the wilds of Britain… RT
(reposted from Cornwall, a Photographic Journey)
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Veni, Vidi – 10
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Lost Creek Publishing: Alabama, Columbia, orchids…check these folks out… RT
(reposted from Lost Creek Publishing)
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On the Socialism of Indigenous America
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a thoughtful commentary on Ernesto Cardenal’s poetry and politics in Central America…definitely worth reading!!! RT
(reposted from Brett Alan Sanders)
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Space Walk!!!
It’s been decades since Alexei Leonov became the first person to walk in space (on March 18, 1965), but somehow the thrill of seeing someone floating (or working) in space has never vanished. The gentleman in this picture is commander Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov (photographed by Flight Engineer Dmitriyevich Oleg Kononenko) during expedition 17 to the ISS. Kononenko is at the end of the manual Strela crane operated by the commander; the crane has a mass of around 45kg. An orange safety lifeline along the boom fastens the men to the Space Station.
It’s remarkable what we can accomplish when we set our minds to it. RT
(And, for the record, the first woman to walk in space was Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya–on July 17, 1984.)
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Photograph: WikiCmns, NASA, Public Domain.
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Look at Me–A Poem
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Look at Me
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no word is hidden; no
love forgotten. we say we
can’t, we say don’t think
of me, but the memory
comes
at the bottom of the
broken hour. sitting naked
on the bed, the v of herself like
the sun shouting its name fearless
fearless in the great purpose of
its light, its fierce anger shouting
look at me, look at me
though we can’t
but
i do, blind in her flesh
burning in those wings
tumbling but
not
dead, that orchard
silken, receiving
me.
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Photo: Stained Glass Window, Sun. WikiCmns; CC 2.0 Generic. Author: Enrique Lopez-Tomayo Biosca.
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