Stunning rare Pyritized Ammonite Fossils from the lower Cretaceous period ~ 120 mil years old.✨ Found in Volga river, Ulyanovsk region, Russia Credit: Pacific Minerals

Very Rare Tsavorite crystal Garnet from Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania Credit: Wilensky Exquisite Minerals Evan D'Arpino

Iris Agate: Rainbow Agate slice. [Video: rarestonejewelry]

Pretty Koroit Boulder Opal with a steady mix of blue color tones. Photo ©️ Natural Opals and Gems

Premium Peridot from Pakistan: flawless, fully lustrous, and vivid green. Photo: AuGemsMinerals Aslam umar

All-time favorite type of videos: pre-fame bands playing their extremely famous songs to a tiny room of people, because they're not yet known. A thread of some examples 🧵 1. MGMT playing 'Kids' to a crowd of maybe 25 people on a college quad

Tom Cruise’s legendary Les Grossman dance in Tropic Thunder was never in the script—it was his idea. When Ben Stiller offered him the role, Cruise said: “I’ll do it, but he needs fat hairy arms, giant prosthetic hands… and he has to dance.”

New post on major Southwest/CA heatwave starting tomorrow and major uptick in wildfire risk--especially in SoCal. Also, a better-late-than-never monsoonal moisture surge will occur this week, w/at least mtn/desert t-storms... #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater weatherwest.com/archives/43475

Great advice for this upcoming situation. RFWs are not a predictor of wildfires, but just a description of the weather conditions that could allow any wildfire to grow quickly. Over the next few days, any fire could be one problematic very quickly. Ready…Set…Go!!!

An infrared view of #HurricaneErin via NOAA's #GOESEast 🛰️ shows the storm spinning off the East Coast this morning. #TropicalStorm Warnings and #StormSurge Warnings are in effect along coastal North Carolina. #GOES19 Follow #Erin's path with our Hurricane Tracker:

Bugs Bunny awakens to discover his rabbit hole disturbed by a robust construction worker named Hercules at a high-rise construction site 🏗️

Outstanding crystallized native gold specimen from the Serra do Caldeirao claims, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo: Weinrich Minerals, Inc

Getting concerned we may have a major wildfire outbreak in Southern California this weekend as monsoon thunderstorms roll through with surface temperatures above 100°F. Dry lightning can start large wildfires in remote areas firefighters won't have access to. Get ready.

Hurricane Erin is absolutely massive, looming off the East Coast and stretching over 800 miles across. To put that in perspective, if it were placed over the United States, it would span from Chicago all the way to New York City.

Here's the updated details for this hot, dry period. Be on the look out for smoke, and save outdoor activities that can create sparks to a later date. #socal #cawx #caheat

Wednesday August 20, 2025, 8:00 AM PDT: Today, marks the start of a prolonged heat wave for Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and also New Mexico a 594DM heat axis will begin to build an increasing in size over much of California and Arizona, and Nevada. By

Not just the heat: Thunderstorm-enhanced fire danger ahead, esp. for Southern California and the Sierra. Increasing mid-level moisture brings a risk for high-based convection/dry lightning potential tomorrow and Friday. Storms to our south/east look more favorable for rain

The sheer amount of information for the modern fire watcher is boggling. New start SE of Placerville. @alertcalifornia has California pretty wired. That said, cameras can’t provide ground access, and fires still get to do what they want, when they really want to.

Ready, Set, Go! As our Red Flag Warnings go into effect, know what actions to take to prepare. A Red Flag Warning means, Set: Prepare your family & home ahead of time, in case you need to evacuate. Review the Ready, Set, Go! Guide: readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wi…

She Gone! #CoyoteFire in #ElDoradoCounty near #Somerset.