Disappointed Crowd
by terranovabay
A line of people wend their way through Kennedy Space Center’s Saturn V Center to the busses after the Arabsat-6A launch attempt scrub on 10 April 2019. That is an Apollo Saturn V rocket lying on its side overhead with Snoopy and a mockup of an Apollo lunar rover in the foreground.
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Apollo, Arabsat-6A, Kennedy Space Center, Lunar Rover, Saturn V Center, Snoopy
Arabsat-6A
by terranovabay
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched Arabsat-6A into orbit at 6:35 p.m. on 11 April 2019 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Click to view my gallery of selected images from the launch.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Arabsat-6A, Falcon Heavy, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX
PINWR Sunday: Home building continues
by terranovabay
An Osprey flies in with a stick for the nest while its mate looks on from where she is incubating eggs at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. From the OspreyWatch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR
Ranch Saturday: Golden Namesake
by terranovabay
Goldie the quarter horse in the golden rays of the setting sun at Treasure Hammock Ranch. From the Florida Cattle Ranch project.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Goldie, Quarter Horse, Treasure Hammock Ranch
Tern in flight
by terranovabay
Tern in flight over the Indian River Lagoon as seen from the Wabasso Causeway.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Indian River Lagoon, Tern, Wabasso Causeway
Wood Duck on the power line
by terranovabay
Wood Duck on the power line.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Aix sponsa, power line, Wood Duck
Predator-Prey Relationship
by terranovabay
I came upon this Black Racer stalking prey through the sea grapes along a trail at Fort Pierce Inlet State Park. The Racer’s focus was not disturbed by my presence as its powerful jaws grabbed an unsuspecting Brown Anole and devoured it in the span of just a few minutes. The Anole, which struggled to the very end, its tail whipping back and forth as it disappeared down the snake’s throat, was deftly maneuvered by the snake into a head […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: Anolis sagrei, Black Racer, Brown Anole, Coluber constrictor priapus, Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, Southern Black Racer
Danger at a distance
by terranovabay
Two alligators sunning themselves out near the Stick Marsh.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, Stick Marsh
Eggs on a stalk
by terranovabay
A cluster of eggs at the ends of stalks are the hallmark of a lacewing insect. Once hatched out, the larvae are intense predators of other insects, the adults not so much. The eggs are on a leaf at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Chrysopopidea, Green Lacewing, Lacewing, Neuroptera, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
