In Soviet Union...

 ... Hell go to you!

How the Soviets accidentally discovered the 'Gates of Hell', video article at the BBC

Looks like an apt travel destination for 2020.  And maybe 2021 if we don't turn this boat around pdq.

One more, in case you missed it.

 Telescope view of Monday's conjunction, at APOD.

We all just knew APOD would have to put a view like this one up.  Nice to see in person, nice to have the full telescope view too.

Yesterday's Conjunction

 The weather was largely clear, but not the stunning clear you need to really see these things well.  Through binos you could make out two dots, with some fuzz thanks to the high, wispy clouds.  Eh, NASA's APOD covered this better a couple of days ago here.  (no really, go look!)

No volcanoes sighted either.  Somehow though that pic just needs a T Rex somewhere in the background.

So you're tired of wearling a mask...

 Take a look at Gaston Julia's predicament.  Yikes.  WWI left so many scars, some more literal than others.  What a brilliant mind.

Reminder: Tomorrow's Conjunction

 Jupiter and Saturn will appear very close in the early evening sky tomorrow.  This also happens to be the solstice.  Here, read up on it at Scientific American.  It's been nice seeing the slow wind-up to this while out walking or hanging in friends' yards.  But don't forget, tomorrow's the closest approach.

If you miss this one, don't worry, there'll be another along in about 60 years.  Yes, that sounds like a long time, but by astronomical timetables that's only a blink away.

KLEB Streams

 The one that works that is, not the one linked from their web site.  Found via Radio-Locator.  Anyway, the link: KLEB online.

Epidemiologists Surveyed, Give Their Thoughts

 Article at The NYT (yeah, I know...) 

How 700 Epidemiologists Are Living Now, and What They Think is Next

Hey, their guesses are better than mine.

Expect spotty posting over the next few weeks, but things are rolling again here.