The Road to the Sun
by terranovabay
Foggy morning sunrise with a path seemingly rising toward the Sun at the Stick Marsh.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Fellsmere, Stick Marsh, Sun
Principal Bird Deity
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From Mayan mythology, possibly based on a Turkey Vulture, that is not seen as particularly evil but who, nevertheless, set himself up as a false Sun at the dawn of time. The Hero Twins, as told in the Popol Vuh, kill the Bird Deity, freeing the true Sun to rise allowing for the creation of night and day.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Cathartes aura, Fells, Hero Twins, Mayan, Popol Vuh, Principal Bird Deity, Stick Marsh, Turkey Vulture
Tricolored Heron | Stick Marsh
by terranovabay
A Tricolored Heron comes in for a landing with its image distorted in the Stick Marsh waters.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Egretta tricolor, Fellsmere, Stick Marsh, Tricolored Heron
Roseate Spoonbill | Stick Marsh
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A Roseate Spoonbill aloft on a foggy morning at the Stick Marsh.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Fellsmere, Platalea ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill, Stick Marsh
Black-necked Stilt | Stick Marsh
by terranovabay
A Black-necked Stilt at the Stick Marsh.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Black-necked Stilt, Fellsmere, Himantopus mexicanus, Stick Marsh
Great Blue Heron | Stick Marsh
by terranovabay
A Great Blue Heron in the early morning light at the Stick Marsh.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Ardea herodias, Fellsmere, Great Blue Heron, Stick Marsh
Roseate Spoonbill Video Sampler
by terranovabay
A short video of the Roseate Spoonbills at the Stick Marsh in Fellsmere, Florida. The birds are on a rookery island in a designated Critical Wildlife Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Critical Wildlife Area, Fellsmere, Platalea ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill, Stick Marsh
AEHF-6
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A hot and hazy day made for murky launch photos as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carried into orbit the first mission for the U.S. Space Force on 26 March 2020 at 4:18 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The sixth launch of an Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite went off without a hitch after a slight delay and as the rocket climbed higher above the hazy ground into clearer air the view became much better […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Advanced Extremely High Frequency, AEHF-6, Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ULA, United Launch Alliance
Stick Marsh Spoonbill
by terranovabay
A Roseate Spoonbill flying at sunset at the Stick Marsh.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Platalea ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill, Stick Marsh
Launch Traffic
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The cars are bumper-to-bumper on the the Max Brewer Bridge going over the Indian River Lagoon in Titusville after the 15 March 2020 scrub of Starlink 5. It looks like a pain but actually the traffic was moving quite well and we were out of it in a few minutes.
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Max Brewer Bridge, Starlink, Titusville
