The forest contains some of the world's biggest and largest trees and is located in what is now known as Kings Canyon National Park (east of Fresno, California). The well-known Big Stump can be found here. This massive stump, which has a diameter of 52 feet, once held an enormous sequoia tree nicknamed "Mark Twain," after the actual writer Mark Twain visited the stump and was … [Read more...] about The Intriguing History Of The Enormous Sequoia Tree Known As Mark Twain, Which Was Felled In 1891
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When Your Shadow Is Cast Upon A Cloud In Opposition To A Powerful Light Source, This Rare Optical Sight Known As “Brocken Spectre” Occurs
The phenomenon is also known as a "mountain spectre" because it most commonly occurs when an observer stands at a higher altitude on a mountain and sees their shadow cast on a cloud at a lower altitude. A Brocken spectre, on the other hand, can occur in any setting when an observer's magnified (and seemingly enormous) shadow is cast in mid air against any type of cloud … [Read more...] about When Your Shadow Is Cast Upon A Cloud In Opposition To A Powerful Light Source, This Rare Optical Sight Known As “Brocken Spectre” Occurs
The Public Has Now Been Given Access To The Last Known Footage of a Thylacine
What is believed to be the last known footage of a thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, has been made available by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) as a "new" lost film (despite being a marsupial and looking nothing like a tiger apart from its stripy back). When "Benjamin," the last verified member of the species, passed away in captivity in … [Read more...] about The Public Has Now Been Given Access To The Last Known Footage of a Thylacine
“Man of the Hole”: The Last Known Member Of An Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Has Died
The Man of the Hole resisted all attempts at contact after his tribe was wiped out in a series of attacks dating back 50 years. The death of the so-called "Man of the Hole," assumed to be the last inhabitant of the Tanaru Indigenous Territory in Brazil, completes a long genocide. The man, whose exact name will never be revealed, was the sole survivor of a series of killings … [Read more...] about “Man of the Hole”: The Last Known Member Of An Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Has Died
The Oldest Known Human-Made Structures in North America are Ceremonial Mounds, Which Date Back 11,000 Years
The mounds were once ceremonial pyres, although it's unclear if they were used to incinerate humans or animals. According to recent findings published in the American Journal of Science, two six-meter (20-foot) high mounds on the campus of Louisiana State University (LSU) are the oldest man-made structures yet found in North America. The construction of the mounds began some … [Read more...] about The Oldest Known Human-Made Structures in North America are Ceremonial Mounds, Which Date Back 11,000 Years