Aug 29 - Super-Snakes?

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Hybrid super-snakes in South Florida? Interbreeding between Burmese and Indian pythons in South Florida might have resulted in what geneticists call hybrid vigor. One result is that the snakes seem to have adapted to both swamps and high, dry ground. Read more. Before dawn now … Orion and Sirius the Dog Star A sign of the changing season, Sirius - the sky's brightest star - is visible before sunup. You'll know it's Sirius if the very noticeable 3 stars in Orion's Belt point to it. Read more. Watch for zodiacal light or false dawn The zodiacal light, an eerie light extending up from the horizon before true dawn begins. Southern Hemisphere? Look after sunset! Read more. Volcano helped defeat Napoleon at Waterloo? In June 1815, the Allied army defeated Napoleon’s army at Waterloo. An Indonesian volcano helped, says a scientist at Imperial College London. Here’s how.

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Watch for zodiacal light or false dawn Lubomir Lenko Photography wrote from Brehov, Slovakia, on August 18: "The rise of Orion is back with the fine shine of zodiacal light." Orion is in the lower right. See its Belt, the 3 stars in a short, straight row? The zodiacal light nearly fills the frame in this photo. Can you see that the light is pyramid-shaped? Read more.

Hybrid super-snakes in South Florida? This 18-foot (5.5-meter) Burmese python captured and killed in the Everglades in 2014 is one of the largest pythons discovered there. Read more. Image via Daily Mail. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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