Uturuncu is a dormant volcano in the Sur Lípez Province of Bolivia that
has active fumaroles between its two summits. Its name means "jaguar" in
Quechua. The highest mountain in southwestern Bolivia, it rises to
6,008 metres (19,711 ft) within the Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex,
a province of large volcanoes and calderas which over the last few
million years have emplaced about 10,000 km3 (2,000 cu mi) of
ignimbrites in large eruptions. Uturuncu's last eruption was about
250,000 years ago. Although it has no glaciers at present, it shows
traces of a former glaciation. Underneath it lies the Altiplano–Puna
Magma Body, a large sill formed by partially molten rocks. Since 1992,
satellite observations have indicated a large area of regional uplift
centered on Uturuncu, which may indicate magma intrusion under the
volcano. This might be a prelude to large-scale volcanic activity,
including supervolcanic activity and caldera formation.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uturuncu>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1859:
British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species
was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first
day.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species>
1941:
The Holocaust: The Theresienstadt Ghetto was founded as a
waystation to Nazi extermination camps and a "retirement settlement" for
elderly and prominent Jews to mislead their communities about the Final
Solution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresienstadt_Ghetto>
1971:
After collecting a ransom payout of $200,000, D. B. Cooper
(depicted) parachuted out of the rear stairway of the airplane he had
hijacked over the Pacific Northwest and disappeared.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper>
2015:
A Turkish fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 after
the latter allegedly strayed into Turkish airspace and ignored warnings
to change course.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_shootdown>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
slimeball:
1. (biology) A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-
like substance such as mucus.
2. (helminthology, specifically) A mucus-coated lump containing the
cercariae (“parasitic larvae”) of a liver fluke (of the phylum
Platyhelminthes).
3. (originally US, colloquial, derogatory) A person who is regarded as
slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slimeball>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate human
actions, but to understand them.
--Baruch Spinoza
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza>
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