What do you do with all those left over jack-o-lanterns from Halloween? Make a pile and add 80 sticks of dynamite.
“An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water dripping or falling from an object freezes. Typically, icicles will form when ice or snow is melted by either sunlight or some other heat source (such as heat leaking from the interior of a heated building), and the resulting melted water runs off into an area where the ambient temperature is below the freezing point of water (0°C/32°F), causing the water to refreeze. Over time continued water runoff will cause the icicle to grow.” Quoted from Icicle on Wikipedia.org
Photo by David Densley taken October 2009 North Logan Utah.
The North Logan Pumpkin Walk is now open. Here are just a few of the displays. All displays are made from pumpkin, squash and other garden vegetables by local residents. Admission is free. The Pumpkin Walk will be open October 22-24, 26-27 from 9:00am-10:00pm at Elk Ridge Park 1100 E. 2500 N. If your coming after 6:00 see the website for parking and shuttle bus information.
Big Tooth Maple leaves decorate this abandoned birds nest near Providence Canyon, Providence Utah.
“the king of our forest; … the symbol of the Canadian people.” is what Jacques Viger the first mayor of Montreal said of the maple. The maple leaf eventually caught on as the nations symbol and was included on the coat of arms for both Ontario and Quebec. In 1867 Alexander Muir composed the patriotic “The Maple Leaf Forever,” which became an unofficial anthem. From 1876 until 1901, the leaf appeared on all Canadian coins, and remained on the penny after 1901. The maple leaf finally became the central national symbol with the introduction of the Canadian flag (designed by George F. G. Stanley) in 1965, which uses a highly-stylized eleven-pointed maple leaf, referring to no specific species of maple. Source: Maple Leaf Wikipedia.org
The Bear River is a river, approximately 350 miles (560 km) long, in southwestern Wyoming, southeastern Idaho, and northern Utah, in the United States. The largest tributary of the Great Salt Lake, it drains a mountainous area and farming valleys east of the lake and southwest of the Snake River Plain.” Seen here from “Cutler Reservoir an impoundment on the Bear River built for irrigation, flood control, and water supply.” Quoted From Cutler Reservoir and Bear River on Wikipedia.org
Four beautifully dark and foreboding images taken at sunset west of Logan Utah on October 10th 2009. Fence posts, barbed wire and teasel stalks in silhouette.
The deer seem to be elusive this hunting season. Grammar too.
“ATK’s human space capability includes solid rocket boosters, engineering services, astronaut tools and solar arrays. Its Reusable Solid Rocket Motors (RSRM) — part of the world’s largest product line of solid rocket motors — have been propelling the space shuttle since its beginning, and will provide the main lift for NASA’s new Ares I crew launch vehicle. ATK is also developing the launch abort and attitude control motors for the Ares I Orion crew capsule, as well as the circular shape ultra-light solar arrays that will power the capsule.
Propulsion systems for the nation’s strategic missiles and missile defense systems is another core capability. ATK provides all three stages for the Minuteman III and Trident II D-5 missiles. In the missile defense arena, ATK also provides all three stages for the Ground-based Missile Defense (GMD) system and the first two stages for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) programs.” Quoted from ATK.com See also Thiokol on Wikipedia.org
