For context, this was lying along a well-trod jogging/walking path:
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Did you step on it? For fun. I mean it’s asking for it.
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well played!
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That’s a hop, skip, and a jump from both the Illinois and Indiana Nature Conservancy preserves known as Kankakee Sands, if you’re looking for other excellent nature locations in the general area.
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I’ll have to check that out sometime. Also nearby is Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, on the former site of the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, and a slew of conservation areas nearby. Slightly further afield is another gem, Joliet’s Pilcher Park, which has now achieved official nature preserve status.
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Yup: all great choices!
You know, I’m not that far away. We could do a BB get-together!
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Well this is fucking depressing. The last remaining ancient American mound in St Louis (sometimes called “Mound City” for their former abundance) is this sad, fenced off remnant.
ETA: some history. Sugarloaf Mound is the oldest human-made structure in St. Louis.
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moon behind coconut tree. I guess that is Jupiter and then Saturn?
thanks for the “heads up”! when I looked up, there they were! cool!
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Just after sunset you should also be able to see Venus easily, and maybe Mercury with difficulty.
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I think you are right. I have to confess I still have to use an app to “read” the skies.
By the way, your picture is very good!
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this was around 1 AM EDT. long exposure made the sky seem brighter. that and moon was very bright.
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We got pretty rocked this evening by the storms.
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looks like Cracker Jacks
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