Evolving Thoughts

Watch Wilkins from Space

The Wilkins Ice Shelf, of course. The European Space Agency has a “satcam” up for you to see how it’s going.

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Comments (8)

  1. The metaphor hadn’t escaped me. I’m fat, all wet, and my future is uncertain. But I’m far from frigid, and penguins don’t shit on me.

  2. Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You’re not going on a diet as well, are you?

  3. Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You’re not going on a diet as well, are you?

  4. Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You’re not going on a diet as well, are you?

  5. Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You’re not going on a diet as well, are you?

  6. Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You’re not going on a diet as well, are you?

  7. I’ve been watching it, and that ice bridge is getting real narrow at the far end. I’m thinking a clean break pretty dang soon.

  8. I’ve been watching it, and that ice bridge is getting real narrow at the far end. I’m thinking a clean break pretty dang soon.

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