Jeremy @biggles@nod.pegg.net

nod is now runnning on Ubuntu aarch64!

Rocky the Christmas tree stowaway owl returns to the wild. #nature https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/christmas-tree-owl-1.5817084

Whale saves train! A metro train in the city of Spijkenisse, in the Netherlands, rests precariously on an art installation of a whale after crashing through a barrier at the end of the tracks. The sculpture stopped the train from plummeting 10m (32ft) into water below, and the driver walked away uninjured. https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-54840566

The first ever picture of a black hole: It's surrounded by a halo of bright gas. A network of 8 telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), captured this image of the black hole over 500 million trillion km distant. #space
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47873592

Spoon-billed Sandpiper. One of the most endangered bird species, saved from the brink of extinction. #nature
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50788571

Apollo 8 Genesis reading, Christmas 1968.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8
#space

Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise
#space

Jeremy and Sheilagh, 1990, on our honeymoon in Hawaii.