one bad apple

Elderberries

They’re known as Butterworts or Pinguicula and they are officially THE COOLEST PLANTS EVER

See those leaves? They’re coated with DIGESTIVE ENZYMES TO TRAP AND KILL INSECTS

And they look FREAKING AMAZING

Fighting evil by moonlight 

Winning love by daylight 

Never slithering from a real fight! 

She is the one named Ssssailor Moon!

October is the time of year for the Orionids Meteor Shower! Pictured here, over two dozen meteors were caught in successively added exposures last October in Inner Mongolia. The featured image shows multiple meteor streaks that can all be connected to a single small region on the sky called the radiant, here visible just above and to the left of the belt of Orion. The Orionids meteors started as sand sized bits expelled from Comet Halley during one of its trips to the inner Solar System. Comet Halley is actually responsible for two known meteor showers, the other known as the Eta Aquarids and visible every May. 

Next month, the Leonids Meteor Shower from Comet Tempel-Tuttle should also result in some bright meteor streaks.

Sunny day in the woods.