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Unexpected science lesson! We just found an owl pellet outside my backdoor. My daughter pulled it apart and found the bones of a recent meal.

I like this shirt. It's comfortable. But it is wildly inaccurate.

A butte, named Tolhuaca by mission scientists, up ahead of the Mars Curiosity Rover. Imaged using MastCam this past weekend on Sol 4966. flic.kr/p/2srD6xq

Some bits of epidote found near Pasadena, CA. flic.kr/p/2srSgaB flic.kr/p/2srLqoX flic.kr/p/2srSgcR flic.kr/p/2srSgbd

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains.

While I was in New Hampshire recently, I found this nifty rock right in my in-law's backyard. I think it's a form of quartz monzodiorite* with big microcline crystals. Lots of time in the deep crust gave it abundant almandine garnet and sphene.

Another chunk of 1.2 Ga anorthosite/leucogabbro from the Anorthosite-Syenite-Gabbro Complex in Los Angeles' San Gabriel Mountains. It has these big chunky andesine or labradorite crystals.

Some nice colors in a cloud below the Sun near Los Angeles.

Some close-up shots of a chunk of talc-actinolite found in Los Angeles County (part of the Pelona Schist Formation). flic.kr/p/2sr2Rfu flic.kr/p/2sr1suQ flic.kr/p/2sr1K5u flic.kr/p/2sr2Rfu

The workspace in front of the Mars Curiosity Rover following it's Sol 4963 drive. flic.kr/p/2sqX1xB

Orthoceras fossils in limestone tiles at the dentist office.

WHAT ARE THEY FEEDING THE PLAYERS AND CAN I HAVE SOME?!

Bird I saw this weekend in Irvine, CA.

Circles in the sand made by the Mars Curiosity Rover's spinning DRT brush over the weekend on Sol 4958. flic.kr/p/2sq1mXb

Great game!!

Jimothy, but on Mars

The @redsox.com are 17-2 since I posted this, have a 12 game win streak. Best team in baseball right now.

As an occasional cloud-enjoyer I enjoyed this cloud.

Some neat shots taken from the International Space Station taken over the last two weeks by astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams. flic.kr/p/2spxB2B flic.kr/p/2spxB1K flic.kr/p/2spwvY6

Los Angeles County Fire helicopters fighting a fire that broke out today in Santa Clarita, CA.