No Just Cause For Anger
by terranovabay
A Duskywing Skipper in the garden.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, Duskywing Skipper, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, pollinator garden
Yet Must I Rule
by terranovabay
Alligators at the Stick Marsh.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, Fellsmere, Stick Marsh
USSF-7
by terranovabay
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 501 rocket launched the United States Space Force-7 (USSF-7) mission carrying the sixth flight of an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, OTV-6, a space plane similar to the Space Shuttle but much smaller that can land on a runway. Liftoff occurred from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 9:14 a.m. on 17 May 2020. Of note, thick fog obscured the launch to the point where it was almost not visible. […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, SLC 41, Space Force, Space Launch Complex 41, ULA, United Launch Alliance, USSF-7, X-37B
USSF-7 Weather Scrub
by terranovabay
Seemingly endless stormy weather from a developing tropical storm kept the USSF-7 mission grounded for at least another day at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday, 16 May 2020. The rain was so severe at times that the launch pad with its Atlas V rocket was lost to view at times.
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Space Force, ULA, United Launch, USSF-7, X-37B
Stronger Nature
by terranovabay
A Tricolored Heron lifts off with a new found stick for its nest.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Egretta tricolor, Stick Marsh, Tricolored Heron
Aware of the Day
by terranovabay
A Roseate Spoonbill in flight.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Platalea ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill, Stick Marsh
Respective Ideals
by terranovabay
Great Egret in flight.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Ardea alba, Great Egret, Stick Marsh
Critical Wildlife Area
by terranovabay
Sad that the Limpkin’s home most be preserved by mandate at the Stick Marsh Critical Wildlife Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Aramus guarauna, Limpkin, Stick Marsh Critical Wildlife Area
Intemperance of the Day
by terranovabay
Two alligators sunning themselves on a sandbar at the Stick Marsh.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, Stick Marsh
Island Fog
by terranovabay
A fogbow appears opposite the rising Sun at the Stick Marsh Critical Wildlife Area. The white objects on the islands are just some of the many birds that call the island home.
Categories: Weather • Tags: Fellsmere, Fogbow, Stick Marsh Critical Wildlife Area
