Image Boss! (no politics, no sexy pics) Have fun. ❤️

So tempted to post a photo of some Congress person. Must… resist… :disappointed:

Well, you did say “really old”, so how about this pic? The dark side of the moon, with Earth ‘up-staging’ in the background. Only a few billion years old.

Here’s a unique find in a shallow river some years back. After a lot of research and eventual consultation, I found out that this was a prairie dog skull. It was undergoing the remineralization process, well on its way to becoming a potential fossil. At that time “they” didn’t have a good idea of the timeline of this process and evidence shows that it can begin very quickly but of course it depends upon conditions and particulars. Based on species they could say that it was no older than 5000 years because at that point a previous now-extinct prairie dog disappeared and our current smaller black-tailed prairie dogs became the norm. It may only be 10 or 50 years old (when it was found…25 years ago or so). I’ve found some “modern” dog skull parts that I think were likely rottweiler in similar river conditions and they were defatted and beginning to turn dark brown with some black…those were likely pretty recent I think, like 5-15 years. I thought it was neat how the silt polished this skull to such a nice luster, and also remarkable that the tooth enamel stayed so white. The incisors were still firmly in their cavities when this was removed but as it dried out eventually they loosened and are easily removable now. In this area there is little to no limestone and not much calcium so the chemical makeup of the soil and waterways is different than many places where fossils are found.

Dirt

Several nice ones.
But I gotta go for the dark side of the moon. (or maybe the congress members…)

Take it away Rexlion

All the Best,
Jeff

I was spreading a little lead today, grabbed a gun picture with a little flashlight flavor.

Huh? I haven’t been paying attention, obviously. :person_facepalming: Thanks though.

Well, um…. since it’s autumn, let’s see some pics of colorful fall foliage.

Some foilage… :laughing:

Some baby doves enjoying my foliage.

I have to give it to RC for this nice bunch of leaf-peeping goodness. Bonus points for the waterfall, too. Go forth and be the Boss, RC!

Thanks!

Since Rexlion chose me as Image Boss, let's see pics of lions.

Not Li-Ions, but the large cats native to Africa and India.

My favorite lion of all time:

Barry Sanders!

Let's kiss and make up.

Not an entry. I know rules say one image but when I saw this I just wanted everybody to see the HIPPO not the lion. According to the story the lion won. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/gallery/a-very-hungry-lion-4166505

Ouch in advance!

Time to pick a new Image Boss.

I choose species8472 because of this interesting photo and funny caption.

Take it away, species8472!