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  Malpelo Island is a barren rock about 300 miles off the coast of Colombia.  In the ocean, three currents come together, creating upwellings of nutrient-rich waters, attracting a large number of sharks. More than 75 different species. Among them is what some locals came to call the Monster Shark.  Divers were able to go down the shelf enough to approach one up close in order to attach a recording device.  Once they obtained the data, they were able to confirm it's a Smalltooth Sandtiger shark. They prefer the cool, deep waters in temperatures from 43-68 degrees.  Females can grow as much as 11 feet, but some reports suggested the ones around Malpelo are closer to 20 feet. While populations in Australia and the Mediterranean are declining, these Colombian waters are protected as a marine sanctuary. In 2006, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  From our camp site, we took a drive on a windy day into Downieville. The Gallows. California's oldest weekly newspaper. And back to Lake of the Woods.

  Ozzy Osbourne, Prince of Darkness, died yesterday at age 76. In 2020, he revealed a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, and he had his farewell concert just earlier this month.  You could tell he was struggling then, but he still wanted to give it his all. And so we salute a heavy metal hero. In 1968, the band that would become Black Sabbath got together, and in 1970 they released their debut. Their only top 10 single in the UK reached #4. In 1980, he went solo. 1991.

  I'm off today and tomorrow, enjoying the lake and more time with my bestie. ^_^ Lake Life Vibes (Playlist)

  This is Arrokoth, located in the Kuiper Belt, as photographed by New Horizons. Launched in 2006, its primary mission was to collect data on Pluto and its moons.  This was completed in 2015, and then NASA sent the spacecraft towards the object above. Arriving in 2019, it was confirmed to be a cold object, not "because it's far from the Sun; it's dynamically cold.  Its orbit has been pretty much the same for the entire history of the Solar System," according to New Horizons mission scientist, Carey Lisse. Cold objects make up about 1/3 of the Kuiper belt, suggesting they haven't been much disturbed by the giant planets. Scientists learned that the clumping wasn't violent either, they appear to be just touching each other, "like they are kissing, or if they were spacecraft they would be docking," says co-investigator William McKinnon. Further study of such objects can tell us a lot about the formation of the Solar System. New Horizons  is still operat...