Aspen🥪 - Blog Posts
AWWWWWWW !!! I LOVE IT !!! THANK YOU ♥️!!!
Bugbo oc doodles!! Also oc x canon
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Hc that Stone Merchant is both British and Filipino ^^
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!🤯🤯🤯
SHE IS SO CUTE !!! IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU ARE AMAZING!
Hello fanchild for a friend
Cutie patootie
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Made this lil bug in school
holy shit i actually drew smth 4 once hit oc aspen i love him sm!! i might write lil oneshots of all my other ocs interacting with eachother l8tr cuz im in oc brainrot
I like having ocs because i can be like" PinePick (aka Aspen and Lucas) is the best ship and the way they've grown to be better people and demonstrate a healthy relationship is actually awesome!!" and no one will know what im talking about
I just realised I've forgotten to post! Whoops!
Here's my characters:
Ophanim
Aspen
Solace
I'll make another post for the rest. :)
New Science from our Mission to Touch the Sun
In August 2018, our Parker Solar Probe mission launched to space, soon becoming the closest-ever spacecraft from the Sun. Now, scientists have announced their first discoveries from this exploration of our star!
The Sun may look calm to us here on Earth, but it’s an active star, unleashing powerful bursts of light, deluges of particles moving near the speed of light and billion-ton clouds of magnetized material. All of this activity can affect our technology here on Earth and in space.
Parker Solar Probe’s main science goals are to understand the physics that drive this activity — and its up-close look has given us a brand-new perspective. Here are a few highlights from what we’ve learned so far.
1. Surprising events in the solar wind
The Sun releases a continual outflow of magnetized material called the solar wind, which shapes space weather near Earth. Observed near Earth, the solar wind is a relatively uniform flow of plasma, with occasional turbulent tumbles. Closer to the solar wind’s source, Parker Solar Probe saw a much different picture: a complicated, active system.Â
One type of event in particular drew the eye of the science teams: flips in the direction of the magnetic field, which flows out from the Sun, embedded in the solar wind. These reversals — dubbed “switchbacks” — last anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes as they flow over Parker Solar Probe. During a switchback, the magnetic field whips back on itself until it is pointed almost directly back at the Sun.
The exact source of the switchbacks isn’t yet understood, but Parker Solar Probe’s measurements have allowed scientists to narrow down the possibilities — and observations from the mission’s 21 remaining solar flybys should help scientists better understand these events.Â
2. Seeing tiny particle events
The Sun can accelerate tiny electrons and ions into storms of energetic particles that rocket through the solar system at nearly the speed of light. These particles carry a lot of energy, so they can damage spacecraft electronics and even endanger astronauts, especially those in deep space, outside the protection of Earth’s magnetic field — and the short warning time for such particles makes them difficult to avoid.
Energetic particles from the Sun impact a detector on ESA & NASA’s SOHO satellite.
Parker Solar Probe’s energetic particle instruments have measured several never-before-seen events so small that all trace of them is lost before they reach Earth. These instruments have also measured a rare type of particle burst with a particularly high number of heavier elements — suggesting that both types of events may be more common than scientists previously thought.
3. Rotation of the solar wind
Near Earth, we see the solar wind flowing almost straight out from the Sun in all directions. But the Sun rotates as it releases the solar wind, and before it breaks free, the wind spins along in sync with the Sun’s surface. For the first time, Parker was able to observe the solar wind while it was still rotating – starting more than 20 million miles from the Sun.
The strength of the circulation was stronger than many scientists had predicted, but it also transitioned more quickly than predicted to an outward flow, which helps mask the effects of that fast rotation from the vantage point where we usually see them from, near Earth, about 93 million miles away. Understanding this transition point in the solar wind is key to helping us understand how the Sun sheds energy, with implications for the lifecycles of stars and the formation of protoplanetary disks.
4. Hints of a dust-free zone
Parker also saw the first direct evidence of dust starting to thin out near the Sun – an effect that has been theorized for nearly a century, but has been impossible to measure until now. Space is awash in dust, the cosmic crumbs of collisions that formed planets, asteroids, comets and other celestial bodies billions of years ago. Scientists have long suspected that, close to the Sun, this dust would be heated to high temperatures by powerful sunlight, turning it into a gas and creating a dust-free region around the Sun.
For the first time, Parker’s imagers saw the cosmic dust begin to thin out a little over 7 million miles from the Sun. This decrease in dust continues steadily to the current limits of Parker Solar Probe’s instruments, measurements at a little over 4 million miles from the Sun. At that rate of thinning, scientists expect to see a truly dust-free zone starting a little more than 2-3 million miles from the Sun — meaning the spacecraft could observe the dust-free zone as early as 2020, when its sixth flyby of the Sun will carry it closer to our star than ever before.
These are just a few of Parker Solar Probe’s first discoveries, and there’s plenty more science to come throughout the mission! For the latest on our Sun, follow @NASASun on Twitter and NASA Sun Science on Facebook.
Spaceships Don’t Go to the Moon Until They’ve Gone Through Ohio
From the South, to the Midwest, to infinity and beyond. The Orion spacecraft for Artemis I has several stops to make before heading out into the expanse, and it can’t go to the Moon until it stops in Ohio. It landed at the Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport on Nov. 24, and then it was transferred to Plum Brook Station where it will undergo a series of environmental tests over the next four months to make sure it’s ready for space. Here are the highlights of its journey so far.
It’s a bird? It’s a whale? It’s the Super Guppy!
The 40-degree-and-extremely-windy weather couldn’t stop the massive crowd at Mansfield from waiting hours to see the Super Guppy land. Families huddled together as they waited, some decked out in NASA gear, including one astronaut costume complete with a helmet. Despite the delays, about 1,500 people held out to watch the bulbous airplane touch down.
Buckle up. It’s time for an extremely safe ride.
After Orion safely made it to Ohio, the next step was transporting it 41 miles to Plum Brook Station. It was loaded onto a massive truck to make the trip, and the drive lasted several hours as it slowly maneuvered the rural route to the facility. The 130-foot, 38-wheel truck hit a peak speed of about 20 miles per hour. It was the largest load ever driven through the state, and more than 700 utility lines were raised or moved in preparation to let the vehicle pass.
Calling us clean freaks would be an understatement.
Any person who even thinks about breathing near Orion has to be suited up. We’re talking “bunny” suit, shoe covers, beard covers, hoods, latex gloves – the works. One of our top priorities is keeping Orion clean during testing to prevent contaminants from sticking to the vehicle’s surface. These substances could cause issues for the capsule during testing and, more importantly, later during its flight around the Moon.
And liftoff of Orion… via crane.
On the ceiling of the Space Environments Complex at Plum Brook Station is a colossal crane used to move large pieces of space hardware into position for testing. It’s an important tool during pretest work, as it is used to lift Orion from the “verticator”—the name we use for the massive contraption used to rotate the vehicle from its laying down position into an upright testing orientation. After liftoff from the verticator, technicians then used the crane to install the spacecraft inside the Heat Flux System for testing.
It’s really not tin foil.
Although it looks like tin foil, the metallic material wrapped around Orion and the Heat Flux System—the bird cage-looking hardware encapsulating the spacecraft—is a material called Mylar. It’s used as a thermal barrier to help control which areas of the spacecraft get heated or cooled during testing. This helps our team avoid wasting energy heating and cooling spots unnecessarily.
Bake at 300° for 63 days.
It took a little over a week to prep Orion for its thermal test in the vacuum chamber. Now begins the 63-day process of heating and cooling (ranging from -250° to 300° Fahrenheit) the capsule to ensure it’s ready to withstand the journey around the Moon and back.Â
View more images of Orion’s transportation and preparation here.
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I love the moon!!!! she follows me everywhere to make sure I’m safe
Wood Exterior (Denver)
Oc doodle :3
Aspens pets are the cat and the not cat (yes those are their names) the other cat it the cats mom.
Aspen, my gravity falls line oc,
In this au
Bill has hexagon and line friends, line friend is pregnant with hexagons baby, line friend is heavily pregnant, due in two weeks.
Bill destroys dimension forgetting they’re there. He finds them quickly, but not soon enough and by some miracle (axolotls power, he didn’t wanna leave bill as the last of his race (it must be incredibly lonely to be the last like that little Hawaii bird except definitely not calling for a mate) so he gave him a child) the unborn aspen survives.
He then decides to use his powers to keep baby aspen alive outside of his mother (not needed for long since aspen is so developed) and then raises her, being transparent about their past and family. (bills evil not a monster, hes gonna let a kid (especially one of his species) know about their world and family)
Bill found the henchmaniacs in an already formed group about four days after burning his dimension down. (The group was mostly for safety so no one really knew each other well, they just hung out in the same general areas) He forced suggested a couple rules (and scared the henchmaniacs with his power) and they made him leader.
It only took a year before they were all family.
The family!
Kryptos: big brother to aspen
8-ball: awkward uncle
Teeth: pet
Pyronica: nothing close but not strangers either
Amorphous shape: Aspens gossiping/relaxing/venting buddy, Aspen will also take her to parties. (bill makes them take someone. Due to amorphous shapes laid back nature she don’t really care what aspen does at said parties. Her job is to keep Aspen alive, not make sure she doesn’t do stupid stuff)
Pacifire and hectorgon: Aspen really only talks to them if someone else is around, nothing against them they just don’t click
Keyhole: Aspen is the nicest to him. He’s an introvert but if he had to choose someone to interact with, it’d be Aspen.
Xanthar: Gives Aspen advice. Personal couch/bed or Aspen when they travel much to his dismay. (Bill wont let him shake Aspen off)
Eye bats: Aspen adores them
Jessie: Bills go to babysitter for baby Aspen. She helped bill learn how to care for kids. (she was an oldest sibling and had experience with babies) She had a short lived sort of almost thing with bill (before she left) She was around him constantly, and joked about Aspen being their (Jessie and bills) kid, sometimes they’d cuddle with Aspen because he would cry if both of their “parents” weren’t around. Jessie would’ve been the one to teach Aspen if she didn’t leave
And finally, aspens beta design
Mudroom - Midcentury Entry Mid-sized mid-century modern front door idea with a medium wood front door, white walls, and a light wood floor.
Deck Roof Extensions Los Angeles
Here's an illustration of a medium-sized, minimalist backyard outdoor shower deck with a roof extension.
Exterior Brick in Denver Motives for a mid-sized, two-story, brick exterior home renovation
The best Zombie Trios:
Zombies: Zed,Eliza,Bonzo
Aceys:Stacy,Kacey,Tracy
Werewolves:Willa,Wyatt,Wynter
Aliens:A-Spen,A-Li,A-Lan
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THE SILLIES !!! THE EVERS !!!
Forgor to post these traditional doodles with OCs from @omuricebreakfast @maxzemillian @the-autumn-apple-artworks and @pacifyai !!!
WAWA!!! LOOK AT THE SILLY!!!
Doodles from yesterday!!! With @maxzemillian and @the-autumn-apple-artworks OCs pls go check em out hehe
౨ৎ. Kinito Master(re)post!
Y'know, since I've moved my art blog here instead of reblogging everything from the other blog I'll just repost this one only cuz I'm sillay, the other spin off doodles and old art can be found on @autumn-applepie, which is now my spam blog
With that said! Kinito content!! Again!! Wooo!!
Sadly have to use these goofy aa dividers instead of the pretty ones due to the image limit </3 Will look better on phone
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౨ৎ. New Life AU
Starting off with the main AU!
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౨ৎ. Daycare AU
Co-owned by my friend @omuricebreakfast !! I love this AU sm
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౨ৎ. Literally just two stoners!
Me and @omuricebreakfast, yet again being menaces, this time shipping our knockoff Kinito plushies (Amazonito on the left, Temunito on the right) and made them into gay stoners
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౨ৎ. If you appreciate my art, consider commissioning me!
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It's crazy to know from which video it is just by this scene.
do you think cats hear you calling for them, and just smugly stay put because they’re amused by you running around looking for them?
or they’re petty because you didn’t give them chicken??
she was fr mad at me for not giving her chicken off my plate.
Quaking Aspen - Populus tremuloides
Today I want to bring up a charismatic favorite: the Quaking Aspen. Like all populus species, it's a fast growing, clonal colony forming, northern extreme and mountain loving tree (just like its Eurasian sister species: A. tremula) with an incredibly wide range of distribution. In addition to all those interesting qualities, the oldest known organism is presumed to be a Quaking Aspen colony (Pando, in Utah)
General identification before I can talk about the more interesting bits, Aspens are best known for their yellow autumn leaves and smooth white bark with dark knots, they can grow as large as 60' but depending on their environment can be stunted to around 5-20' (think of krummholz). Leaves of this species appear slightly heart shaped and retain the same sheen on both sides (image 1). Plants are unisexual meaning individuals either have male or female flowers, interestingly enough this is a good method to distinguish where one colony begins and ends by looking at the color of the branches in spring (see image from Colorado below, note trees with light green and those without). Emerging catkins are white at first which become green and longer as the season changes, male catkins having slightly longer stamen but female fruiting catkins ultimately growing longest at 10 cm. Seeds are small capsules with silky hairs to assist in wind dispersion, these trees are ruderal so they produce around 1.6 Million a season with many unable to germinate. Seedlings often need consistent moisture and full sun to even germinate, most of the seeds growth goes to root structure the first year.
The name Quaking Aspen (or trembling per the Latin) refers to the extremely mobile habit of the leaf. Leaves are connected to flexible petioles (stems) which flip around in the slightest breeze. Environmentally speaking, I was once told that leaves have chlorophyll on both sides however this stem could also be a biological strategy to cope with harsh wind conditions in mountainous environments, I didn't encounter any recent research verifying this though. Interestingly enough, given the harsh nature of which this tree thrives, apparently, there is chlorophyll in its trunk, allowing extra energy to enter the tree when it's leaves are gone.
Quaking Aspen is an early succession species, able to reestablish/colonize a site after a fire or other major disturbance. Many of Upstate New York's famous Aspen forests are actually a result of logging and fires in the early 1900s rather than a typical forest compostion. Establishment is different depending on opportunity, in the west its often long lived clonal roots systems, in the high arctic its often through wind blown seed, in the east its generally short lived clones out-competed by hardwood/conifer forest after a century, and in its furthest southeastern range I typically only encounter individuals on rocky outcrops or former fields.
Above ground trees usually live less than a century, in the east maybe 50-80 years given our moisture, out west individual trunks can live two centuries. It's common to find dense forests with even-age trees since clonal root structures re-emerge together (Image above from Bluebell Knoll Mountain in Utah). Its also thought that the root system can live for two millenia or longer, Pando being an example of extreme longevity (I mean 40,000 years would survive an ice age, even in Utah there would be mountain glaciation, thats quite spectacular if true). Ironically, one of the best survival tools in the Aspen's playback is fire recovery, otherwise it will get out-competed/shaded pretty fast (see the context in image 2, that NJ forest used to have lots of aspen).
All this in mind its good to point out that Aspen's early successional habit makes it great for ecological restoration. It's common to find them as the first pioneers on former mines or superfund sites (aspen grove below from Palmerton gap, Pennsylvania). Unfortunately one of the negative side affects is that populus species often bring up a lot of heavy metals in their leaves and wood meaning they can re-contaminate through their own biological accumulation. Which is good for extracting small scale contaiminants...very bad for large sites where you need to trap metal under soil to prevent toxins from eroding offsite
All this being said Quaking Aspen's large geographic range mirrors that of the last glacial maximum, implying a rapid spread onto retreating glaciers. This also suggests a growth habit requiring wet or moist soil conditions. This range is North West to Alaska nearly touching the Arctic Ocean at its Northern-most range in the Yukon, then east to Newfoundland; south west to Mexico (usually restricted to high mountains) and east from Iowa to New Jersey (with scattered populations in West Virginia).
Since Aspen often colonizes sites of former glaciation, with climate change it's predicted there will be a northward and uphill progression of populations. Aspen isn't really in intense danger of dissappearing but studies have shown major stressors (draught, extreme heat, over-grazing) cause higher mass-mortality events from minor stressors (typically disease and insect herbivorey). Given the fact that many forests are clonal there was a question of low genetic diversity amoung populations, yet interestingly, individuals undergo somatic mutations (DNA alterations after conception) and are extremely variable, so different individuals often place different energies into different defense tactics.
In addition to all of this information Aspens are primarily used today to make paper pulp. Historically settlers used aspen to derive quinine (think gin and tonic), and indigenous tribes have a history of using big trunks to create dug out canoes.
So please go out to your nearest mountain/boreal forest to enjoy the Quaking Aspen's lovely smooth bark and haunting shaking in the wind!
Basalt High School Trail
Description-This hike starts directly behind Basalt High School and heads west along a gentle trail before climbing steeply to reach a ridge near the top of Light Hill.
Directions- Â From the main Basalt stoplight on Highway 82, go south on Basalt Avenue (away from downtown). Take a right onto Fiou Lane and then go left on Southside Drive to where it ends at the high school. Behind and to the left of the school there is a bus turnaround. The trail begins at the left side of the turnaround.
Our description and directions today comes from the Basalt Chamber of Commerce, accessed May 14, 2016.Â
