Cattle Egret with Power Lines
by terranovabay
Power lines are dimly visible in the background as a Cattle Egret wings by.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Bubulcus ibis, Cattle Egret
Late night San Francisco in the fog
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Late night San Francisco in the fog. From the slide archive.
Categories: Darkroom Photography • Tags: California, fog, Marine Layer, San Francisco
Mars 2020
by terranovabay
The Mars 2020 mission spacecraft that includes the Perseverance rover launched from Space Launch Complex 41 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 7:50 a.m. on 30 July 2020. At the time of this posting it was already over a million miles away from Earth on its way to Mars with approximately 290 million miles more to go. Click to view more photos and info of the Mars 2020 launch.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Atlas V, Mars, Mars 2020, NASA, Perseverance, United Launch Alliance
Portrait of an Atala Butterfly
by terranovabay
A newly emerged Atala butterfly rests on a Coontie plant before heading out into the world.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Atala, butterfly, caterpillar, Chrysalis, Coontie, Eumaeus atala, larval host plant
Red Alert 2
by terranovabay
Like its caterpillar form, the adult Atala is also potentially toxic and warns would be predators of this fact by it bright orange abdomen and red wing markings.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Atala, butterfly, caterpillar, Chrysalis, Coontie, Eumaeus atala, larval host plant
Blue Highlights
by terranovabay
A newly emerged Atala butterfly by the husk of its chrysalis. The Atala is waiting for its once compacted wings to firm up to support flight.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Atala, butterfly, caterpillar, Chrysalis, Coontie, Eumaeus atala, larval host plant
Emergence
by terranovabay
An Atala butterfly begins to emerge from its chrysalis attached to a leaf of the Coontie plant. The Coontie plant is all things to the Atala. A place to lay its eggs, a grocery store for the caterpillars to consume its leaves, a quiet place to form a chrysalis to carry out metamorphosis. Then a place to return to later in life to lay eggs to start the process all over again.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Atala, butterfly, caterpillar, Chrysalis, Coontie, Eumaeus atala, larval host plant
Red Alert!
by terranovabay
The Atala caterpillar warns potential predators of its toxicity by its garish red and yellow coloration. The Coontie plant, the Atala’s larval host plant, is toxic but the Atala thrives on its leaves and uses its deadly attributes to its own advantage for survival.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Atala, butterfly, caterpillar, Coontie, Eumaeus atala, larval host plant
San Francisco Late Night Still Life
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San Francisco Late Night Still Life From the slide archive.
Categories: Darkroom Photography • Tags: California, San Francisco, Still Life
ANASIS-2
by terranovabay
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Army/Navy/Air Force Satellite Information System (ANASIS)-II satellite for the South Korean Agency for Defense Development to be used as a communications satellite by the South Korean armed forces. Formerly known as KMilSatCom 1, the satellite lifted off at 5:30 p.m. on 20 July 2020 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click for more info and photos of the ANASIS-2 launch.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: ANASIS-2, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, KMilSatCom 1, South Korea, South Korean Agency for Defense Development, SpaceX
