Here's one, not AI. What's wrong in this photo? Yep, a propeller on the C130 en route to the South Pole stopped. Had to go back to McMurdo. A subsequent flight got me to the pole for the solstice. Who says history isn't a field discipline...

And Humboldt describing his ambition for what became Cosmos:

Hmm I'll try again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-a...

Hmm. I'll try again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-a...

A real master who shows that nonfiction is also 'creative' - and, it shouldn't need to be said, literature.

Better to say "largest fire in recent (say, post WWII) times." Million-acres fires were reported in the panhandle in 1894 and 1895, and1906 had a 6-million acre along with a million-acre burn nearby; and no doubt others. Transitioning from a presettlement fire regime was prone to explosive burns.

I wrote a book on Voyager, using its narrative to distill the long history of exploration by Western civ. As the Voyager twins continue, I've updated my panegyrics. Here's one posted from the Planetary Society after V1 passed into interstellar space: www.planetary.org/articles/201...

It includes all kinds of fires. Most fires in Mexico have been agricultural, a heritage that can be used to pivot into prescribed burning.

Techno-klutz - didn't mean to repost.