Days That End in 'Y' - editorial 'toons & memes

Saturday, November 09, 2019

Days That End in 'Y' - editorial 'toons & memes

The 11th Hour on the 11th Day of the 11th Month edition.

THE HELMET OF LOKI:

"In Norse mythology, Loki was a cunning trickster, able to change his shape into illusory forms. He must have been related to Lady Aurora. On Nov. 6th, tour guide Marianne Bergli was in northern Norway, the home of Loki, and saw his helmet in the sky:"

"Sometimes words alone cannot describe what the naked eye sees in the skies over Tromso," says Bergli. "In addition to Loki's Helmet, we saw many forms that have no names at all--but they were equally wonderful."

For the record, the helmet shape is not as tricky as it seems. Auroras glow in places where electrons rain down from space. Incoming streams of charged particles are modulated by electromagnetic waves high above Earth, and sculpted by the shape of Earth's magnetic field. The helmet shape appears to be a mash-up of a ring current and two particle streams following magnetic field lines connecting Tromso to space.

So words can describe it. Doing it justice is something else..."

Chainsaw Art: Mesmerizing Dragon Bench Sculpture
"Igor Loskutow from Estonia is an award winning artist of chainsaw carvings and is part of the Husqvarna chainsaw sculpture team.

The team travels all across Europe in order to show off their incredible chainsaw carving skills. Below are two different benches one being carved from red tinged wood.