Geology Picture of the Week, December 19-25, 2004: Merry Christmas (Island)

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[cogitator]

The reason it's named Christmas Island is as one would expect: it was discovered on Christmas Day 1643 by Captain William Mynors. Click for double size:

And since this is Christmas Island, the posting would not be complete without a couple of pictures of its most famous annual event:

[cogitator]

As far as I know, there's no "Auld Lang Syne" Island.

Note: the linked source page has a number of very nice wallpaper-suitable space and Earth-from-space images. Even though I'm not a fan of the Space Shuttle and definitely not a fan of the International Space Boondoggle, er, Station, the images are always quite beautiful. I may have to revisit this site for a couple more Geology Pictures of the Week.

[cogitator]

Merry Christmas *ping*!

[frog_jerk_2004]

And since this is Christmas Island, the posting would not be complete without a couple of pictures of its most famous annual event:

Looks like a bunch of DIMs (crabs) complaining about the election results!

[CPT Clay]

thanks

[GVnana]

"Have you ever had Christmas, on Christmas Island?" I have the song.

[7.62 x 51mm]

"...wallpaper-suitable..."

Save them as *.BMP and put into the Windows root directory.

[Slicksadick]

Excellent bonefishing there...

[Slicksadick]

[Snickersnee]

Is a Muslim allowed to live on a place that looks like a giant pork chop?

[cogitator]

Where'd you get that one from? (I could check the source code, of course...)

[funkywbr]

A trip down to the drug store should fix that right up!~}

[Slicksadick]

LOL, which one? The bonefisher I bet...
Both found via google image search.

[cogitator]

LOL, which one? The bonefisher I bet... Both found via google image search.

Actually, I saw the bonefish picture Google searching myself. I was talking about the bigger Christmas Island image.

[Cedar]

Nice place to be in December---he had the right idea.