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Jupiter Abyss https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241103.html
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NASA, Juno, SwRI, MSSS; Processing & License: Gerald Eichstädt & Sean Doran
Explanation: What's that black spot on Jupiter? No one is sure. During one pass of NASA's Juno over Jupiter, the robotic spacecraft imaged an usually dark cloudfeature informally dubbed the Abyss. Surrounding cloud patterns show the Abyss to be at the center of a vortex. Since dark features on Jupiter's atmosphere tend to run deeper than light features, the Abyss may really be the deep hole that it appears -- but without more evidence that remains conjecture. The Abyss is surrounded by a complex of meandering clouds and other swirling storm systems, some of which are topped by light colored, high-altitude clouds. The featured image was captured in 2019 while Juno passed only about 15,000 kilometers above Jupiter's cloud tops. The next close pass of Juno near Jupiter will be in about three weeks.
 

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The course fairways are looking good. Must be cool in the mornings. Some mornings I would have to get on the tractor and gather up the balls on the driving range, that was a cold job with the wind blowing, freeze your butt of first thing.
I see what appears to be an eagle on the hunt. The ravens at our course use to like to take golfer's balls some times.
It was kind of fun to to deflate the golfers excitement when they would come in and excitedly say, "do you know what just happened to me," yeah a raven stole your golf ball. Their shoulders would slump their laughter was gone and "how did you know," just guessed.
Is your season coming to a close soon?
 

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Maybe a mole/vole?
Yep ….

Pesky moles are nature's perfect tunneling machine​

Outdoors columnist says battling moles and voles is a no-win proposition and it's best to learn to live with them and their excavations
David Hawke May 19, 2020 7:29 PM


  • Hairy-tailed moles live the vast majority of their lives underground and are nature's perfect tunneling machine. David Hawke/OrilliaMatters
  • If you have mounds of dirt in your yard, that is likely the work of the hairy-tailed mole, as they like a sandy loam soil type: it can be shaped and not collapse yet is easy to dig through. David Hawke/OrilliaMatters
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2 / 2 If you have mounds of dirt in your yard, that is likely the work of the hairy-tailed mole, as they like a sandy loam soil type: it can be shaped and not collapse yet is easy to dig through. David Hawke/OrilliaMatters
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There have been reports coming in of “unauthorized construction” appearing in many yards this spring: heaps of soil and haphazard tunneling have shown up regularly since the snow cover melted away.
All good evidence that moles have been ‘busy as beavers’ helping you maintain a beautiful lawn. However, their messy habit of leaving soil debris may not fit with your vision of a manicured grassland.
Also creating tunnels across your verdant green are voles, which have quite a few differences from moles, starting with that one letter in their name. So who are these critters and why have they decided to rip your lawn to shreds?
In Ontario there are three species of moles but only two reside in Simcoe County: the hairy-tailed mole and the star-nosed mole (the eastern mole shows up only in the deep south of the province).
These small mammals live the vast majority of their lives underground and are very well adapted to do so. They are tube-shaped to slide through tight tunnels, have very short legs, no external ears to plug up with dirt, eyes are present but quite weak, each has a very sensitive sense of smell, and their fur is short and dense so that backing up in a tunnel is not a hindrance.
 

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