Good morning, Whitewater.
Our week begins with sunny skies and a high of seventy-eight. Sunrise is 6:32 AM and sunset 7:08 PM, for 12h 35m 31s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 78% of its visible disk illuminated.
A Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission subcommittee is scheduled to meet at 9:30 AM, the Community Development Authority at 5 PM, and the Planning Commission at 6:30 PM.
Cave painting of aurochs, horses, and deer at Lascaux. Via Wikipedia.
On this day in 1940, a French teenager discovers a cave with astonishing Upper Paleolithic art:
Lascaux (Lascaux Caves) … is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne. They contain some of the best-known Upper Paleolithic art. These paintings are estimated to be circa 17,300 years old.[citation needed] They primarily consist of images of large animals, most of which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the time. In 1979, Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list along with other prehistoric sites in the Vézère valley.[3]
Modern entrance to the Lascaux cave.
….On September 12, 1940, the entrance to Lascaux Cave was discovered by 18-year-old Marcel Ravidat. Ravidat returned to the scene with three friends, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas, and entered the cave via a long shaft. The teenagers discovered that the cave walls were covered with depictions of animals.[4][5] The cave complex was opened to the public in 1948.[6] By 1955, the carbon dioxide, heat, humidity, and other contaminants produced by 1,200 visitors per day had visibly damaged the paintings and introduced lichen on the walls. The cave was closed to the public in 1963 to preserve the art. After the cave was closed, the paintings were restored to their original state and were monitored daily. Rooms in the cave include the Hall of the Bulls, the Passageway, the Shaft, the Nave, the Apse, and the Chamber of Felines.
Lascaux II, a replica of the Great Hall of the Bulls and the Painted Gallery located 200 meters away from the original, was opened in 1983, so that visitors may view the painted scenes without harming the originals.[5] Reproductions of other Lascaux artwork can be seen at the Centre of Prehistoric Art at Le Thot, France.
On this day in 1892, three schools open at UW-Madison:
On this date the School of Economics, Political Science and History at UW-Madison opened under the leadership of Professor Richard T. Ely. [Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison]
It’s ships for the Monday JigZone puzzle: