Brisket anyone?

By GottaLaff

It's Goofy Post time!

Paddy's dying for a good brisket recipe.

I'm dying to know what your holiday wishes are. Anything goes. Want world peace? A public option? A car? A more literate America?

This is Open Threaditude! Have at it.

Overnight and Open Thread

Sunrise over the Parthenon
Credit & Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis (TWAN)

Explanation: Today, the sun will stay in the sky longer than any other day of the year, as seen from the northern hemisphere of Earth. Named the Summer Solstice, today's maximum daylight is indicative of the high amount of sunlight this time of year that is primarily responsible for the heat of the summer season. At the north pole and for all places above the arctic circle, there will be no night -- the entire day today will be lit by sunlight. The situation is reversed in Earth's southern hemisphere, where today has the least sunlight of any day.

As I'm wont to say, that's some gorgeous shit.

Overnight and Open Thread

Messier 106
Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford (Rancho Del Sol Observatory) Explanation: Close to the Great Bear (Ursa Major) and surrounded by the stars of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici), this celestial wonder was discovered in 1781 by the metric French astronomer Pierre Mechain. Modern deep telescopic views reveal it to be an island universe -- a spiral galaxy around 30 thousand light-years across located only about 21 million light-years beyond the stars of the Milky Way.
It's been awhile since I've posted one of these, and I really like how psychedelic this one looks. Click to enlarge, via.

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Explanation: How can gas float above the Sun? Twisted magnetic fields arching from the solar surface can trap ionized gas, suspending it in huge looping structures. These majestic plasma arches are seen as prominences above the solar limb. Via.