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A female Northern Cardinal stands with her crest fully extended atop her head as she stands in the brush at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. —from the OspreyWatch project
Categories: Nature • Tags: Cardinalis cardinalis, OspreyWatch, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR
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Cattle rancher and artist Sean Sexton scrutinizes the Treasure Hammock Ranch landscape at sunset for a painting he is working on. —from the Florida Cattle Ranch project
Categories: Dog's Tail • Tags: Florida Cattle Ranch, Sean Sexton, Treasure Hammock Ranch
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Low Tide | Sebastian Inlet State Park | tidal pool and channel
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Brevard County, Indian River County, Sebastian Inlet State Park
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Grasping Limbs | Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Maritime Hammock, Oak Trees, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR
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A rainstorm out over the Atlantic Ocean catches the last bright rays of the late afternoon Sun before fading into dusk.
Categories: Weather • Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Rainstorm
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For those who hate black and white, presented here is the colorized version of Railroad Earth. Click to view the original.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: Beat, Florida, Fort Pierce, Jack Kerouac, railroad, St. Lucie County
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage used for the Telstar 18 Vantage communications satellite launch returns to Port Canaveral on 12 September 2018 aboard the Of Course I Still Love You droneship that the booster landed on about eight minutes after launch a few hundred miles out in the Atlantic Ocean. Click to view a gallery of my Telstar 18 Vantage launch & booster recovery photos.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, droneship, Falcon 9, OCISLY, Of Course I Still Love You, Port Canaveral, SpaceX, Telstar 18 VANTAGE
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Lightning and rain around Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station delayed the launch of the Telstar 18 Vantage communications satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for over an hour until the weather cleared allowing for lift off at 12:45AM on 10 September 2018. Click to view a gallery of my Telstar 18 Vantage launch & booster recovery photos.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, Launch Complex 40, LC 40, lightning, SpaceX, Telstar 18 VANTAGE
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:45 a.m. on 10 September 2018. Following stage separation, the Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Click to view my Telstar 18V gallery of launch & booster return photographs.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, droneship, Falcon 9, Of Course I Still Love You, SpaceX, Telstar 18 VANTAGE
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The SpaceX recovery ship Go Quest heads into Port Canaveral while in front of it is the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel named City of Bismarck. The Go Quest supports ocean landings of SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets on the autonomous spaceport drone ship, sort of a rocket landing pad on a barge, that is then towed back to Port Canaveral so the rocket can be refurbished and reused. In this case, the return of the booster on 12 September […]
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: autonomous spaceport drone ship, City of Bismarck, Expeditionary Fast Transport, Go Quest, Port Canaveral, U.S. Navy
