Photo Of The Day - July 2023

[stillcrazyman]

 

[iMyke]

A somewhat dorsal view of a Tobacco hornworm

 

[oldBCguy]

.. first poppies seen this year .. taken during an early-morning walk last week.

 

[tizeye]

 

[r.harris1]

Bristly Pricklypoppy (I think). Rocky Mountain Arsenal.

 

[rjjacobson]

Dad had a pair of cufflinks made with tribolite fossils he got from Alberta iirc, not sure what happened to them as I inherited a few but not those.

That would have been cool

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Stormy sunset

 

[rjjacobson]

Well today I promised a closeup of the same rare trilobite closeup minus the whole slab view here it is:

Species: Lichakephalus? n. Sp.
Order and Suborder:
Order LICHIDA Moore, 1959
Family LICHAKEPHALIDAE Tripp, 1957
Formation: Lowermost Fezouata Shale
System: Lower Ordovician
Description: A very rare undescibed genus and species with forked pygidium. Only second ever found both prepared by Aziz (aka Harapis Trilobite on Facebook( for Hassane Mhamadi whom I purchsed from.
Location: Drâa Valley Tisguine, Morocco (I do have precise GPS coordinates for the find a short distance above the valley floor in the top of the lowermost Lower Fezouata Shale. FYI but that will not be shared here but remain with this specimen as a holotype that I am currently describing it could also be new genus and just in the family LICHAKEPHALIDAE
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This is second specimen found in nearly 15 years and no others have been found except two tails (pygidia )

This slab was collected for the two other trilobites this was found by accident by my good friend from Erfoud Morocco when they were cleaning the two other trilobites (Listed below on left shade from the rare specimen)

iphone 14 ProMax ISO 200 Ultra Wide Camera 13 mm f1.8 12 MP 3024 X 4032 2MB 1/60s

 

[AZhappyjack]

 

[OldMacs4Me]

An artsy interpretation of an image taken below Castle Falls, in Southwest Alberta.

 

[Clix Pix]

Most of the time one sees cormorants either in the water or standing around drying their wings. Yesterday as I was watching this guy he suddenly decided to take off:

 

[Susurs]

 

[Margrave]

Summer Dragon Fly

 

[jazz1]

 

[walkbutneverun]

Golden Gate at sunrise

 

[madmin]

This cat was making the record jump and scratch with his tail in my local record shop yesterday
(unedited 13P)

 

[ovbacon]

 

[Flore]

Star trails over the landscapes of Wadi Rum, 🇯🇴. A small meteor photobombed the sequence, can you spot it above my head?

(90x 120s, F 2.8, ISO 1000, plus a separate photo for foreground and myself).

More on my www.instagram.com/djflore

 

[Killbynumbers]

Of course I'm learning what my camera can do and the best way to learn is to take pictures.

 

[PhillyGuy72]

From earlier last week, storms rolled in around 8pm and it was almost non-stop until after 12am. Haven't seen vivid, frequent lightning like this around here in a while.

 

[katbel]

Another astrantia

 

[svish]

 

[dimme]

Golden Gate Bridge 50th Anniversary bridge walk 1987

Sunday, May 24, 1987, marked the bridge's fiftieth anniversary. People traveled from all over the world to see the bridge and be part of the historical event. The day began as it had on "Pedestrian Day 1937" — with approximately 300,000 people stepping out onto the roadway for "Bridgewalk 1987."

 

[Steven-iphone]

Golden Gate Bridge 50th Anniversary bridge walk 1987 View attachment 2227132
Sunday, May 24, 1987, marked the bridge's fiftieth anniversary. People traveled from all over the world to see the bridge and be part of the historical event. The day began as it had on "Pedestrian Day 1937" — with approximately 300,000 people stepping out onto the roadway for "Bridgewalk 1987."

The Golden Gate bridge is impressive. However my choice is the San Francisco Bay bridge suspension portion. Traveled over that many times until the BART tube was built. The east span portion has been redone - haven't seen that in person.

 

[mollyc]