Image round-up for 18 March 2025

More pictures from my collection -- click any image for full size.

[For the link round-up, click here.  For Sunday's short post on the shutdown vote, click here.]

If that's how the men on this planet dress, you can't blame the women for apparently being more interested in each other

This gorilla looks like he's leading a discussion group

This is in downtown Portland.  I've seen it.  It's built right into the corner of the building just as it looks here.

The Faroe islands

Arabia before Islam

Aristotle

Arizona

Laguna agate

Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

Keukenhof botanical garden, the Netherlands

The "hexagon" cloud formation at the north pole of Saturn -- its width is about twice the diameter of the Earth

The kelpie, a creature from Scottish mythology



Farming poses more challenges in some places than others.  One wonders whether it would be worth it.