Photo of the Day - September 2023

[Dockland]

 

[AlaskaMoose]

 

[zagato27]

 

[_timo_redux_]

out on Shepherd Avenue

1/80s 28mm @ f/2.2

 

[bushman4]

Grilled salmon with marinated zucchini and cherry tomatoes

 

[JapanApple]

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Grilled salmon with marinated zucchini and cherry tomatoes

salmon, garlic, olive oil, baby tomatoes, and oregano among the veggies

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

USNS VADM K. R. Wheeler (T-AG-5001), (formerly (AG-5001)), is an Offshore ⛽️ Petroleum Distribution System (OPDS) ship built in 2007. The ship is named after Vice Admiral Kenneth Ray Wheeler, an American sailor who was a Legion of Merit recipient and Prisoner of War during World War II.

⚓️ United States Navy General Cargo Carrier: USNS VADM K. R. Wheeler​

The ship was built in 2007 by Edison Chouest Offshore, Louisiana. Later acquired and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) on 20 September 2007, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida under a 5-year contract. She was put into the Prepositioning Program and the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron 3. The ship operates in the Pacific Ocean.

Official Name: VADM K. R. Wheeler 🎖️ - Country: 🇺🇸 United States - Namesake: Kenneth Ray Wheeler - Owner: Military Sealift Command (2007–2012) - United States Navy (2012–present) - Builder: Edison Chouest Offshore - Completed: 2007 - Acquired: 20 September 2007 - Homeport: Galliano LA - Navigational Status: 🟢 Active - Type: Offshore Distribution System -Displacement: 6,491 t (6,388 long tons) - Length: 349 ft 0 in (106.38 m) - Beam: 70 ft 0 in (21.34 m) - Draft: 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) - Propulsion: Diesel Engine ⛽️ - Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) - Capacity: 500,000 Barrels Petroleum ⛽️ - Complement: 26 mariners - Geniro Systems, Inc. - ⚡️ Electrical Engineering - Type: General Cargo Carrier - Vessel Type - Detailed: Offshore Supply Ship - Location: Lake Union, Seattle, Washington. 🌲

U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command - USNS Vice Adm. K. R. Wheeler 🎖️ - United States Navy

Identification: IMO number: 9354038 / MMSI number: 369887000 - Callsign: NWLE - ​

 

[Ish]

Beautiful. Fall prairie flowers Meadowbrook Park Urbana IL

Oenothera gaura, formerly known as Gaura biennis, the biennial gaura or biennial beeblossom, is a North American flowering plantthat can reach 6 ft (1.8 m) in height at maturity. Its upper half is made up of flowering stems, which are covered with soft, white hairs. It has light pink colored flowers, which turn a vibrant red/pink color in the late summer to early fall seasons (typically August to September). These colors make this plant attractive to butterflies and bees, and are in full bloom just before many fall plant species begin to bloom.[2][3]

Research has been done in order to test the hybridization between different species of the section Oenothera sect. Gaura and to describe why many members of this group are so similar morphologically. According to Carr et al., readily crossbreeds with Gaura longiflora (now called Oenothera filiformis), and showed it is a direct derivative from G. longiflora, but the specialized feature of permanent translocation heterozygosity set Oenothera gaura apart as a unique genetic system amongst the genus.

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Thank you for your interesting flower descriptions! 🌷

 

[Apple fanboy]

One from my recent trip to the Lake District. This would be on my way up Scafell Pike.

 

[stillcrazyman]

 

[dhershberger]

Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace. Westminster, London, England. October, 2016.

 

[Hughmac]

From earlier this morning...



Nikon D7200, Sigma Bigma 50-500mm at 210mm, 1/320 @ f/8, ISO 100

Cheers

Hugh

 

[sparksd]

 

[JapanApple]

Late night munchies run

 

[dimme]

Last in the Crystal Springs Reservoir walk series


Crystal Springs Reservoir is a pair of artificial lakes located in the northern Santa Cruz Mountains of San Mateo County, California situated in the rift valley created by the San Andreas Fault just to the west of the cities of San Mateo and Hillsborough, and I-280. The lakes are part of the San Mateo Creek watershed.

Crystal Springs-230729-9.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr

 

[tizeye]

Early morning light, backlit with foggy water background

 

[rjjacobson]

Thank you for your interesting flower descriptions! 🌷

You are welcome. I use the plant ID on iphone that is now there in iOS 16 with the i button (when there is a star). It works most of time.

 

[Janichsan]

Cross-post from the current P52 thread:

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

First encounter with a black widow, under an animal feed trough. It was about 500 miles from home, and that was still a little too close for my liking.

 

[rjjacobson]

One of my favorite birds is watching these little creatures. A juvenile Ruby-Throated hummingbird at our flowers in hummingbird garden September 2023 Urbana IL

 

[C0ncreteBl0nde]

Only the wildflowers still thrive.

 

[AZhappyjack]

View from the deck on a friend's cabin outside of Mayer, AZ

 

[OldMacs4Me]

 

[ovbacon]

 

[Apple_Glen_UK]

London recently.