Ann Hodges shows off her bruise after being hit by a meteorite, 1954.
In Sylacauga, Alabama in 1954, Ann Hodges was napping on her couch, when a softball-size hunk of black rock broke through the ceiling, bounced off her radio console, and hit her in the thigh, leaving a very large bruise.
A geologist working in the area was called to the scene and determined the object was a meteorite weighing 8.5 pounds and measuring seven inches in length.
Ann Elizabeth Hodges is the first documented case of a human struck by a meteorite.
'O spiral of ascension
From the vultured urn
Of the morning
Of man when
The land
And
The
Born sea
Praised the sun...'
Dylan Thomas, Vision and prayer
📷John #brunaboinne#jewelsofhistorl
🏺Ancient Greek red-figure cup in the shape of a cow's hoof. Dated 470-460 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (38.11.2): Photo source and more info: https://t.co/PDaVOsOSyG
With the cold snap continuing - Littlebugs media wonderful shot here gives off an Eastern European vibe- while it is of course, the Church of the Holy Ghost at Dennehys Cross.
The beautiful tri-spiral at Newgrange. Situated in end recess on C10 . The second example of this amazing design is on the entrance stone.
'The design consists of three double spirals, the two on the right being S - or returning spirals as well.
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“When our friendless standards were first unfurled, who were the strangers who first mustered around our staff, Erin’s generous sons. Ireland, thou friend of my country in my most friendless days".
George Washington's praise for his Irish soldiers.
#Ireland#History#4thofJuly
This is the approximate location of the Sun in the Milky Way. The distance from us to the galactic center is 26,000 light years, where a supermassive black hole known as "Sagittarius A*" is located.