I miss her already. And since I don't do predawn, odds of me seeing her anytime soon is slim. But then my sense of time must be off. It seemed like almost two weeks the moon was missing from my midnight rambles over this last new moon period.
They did a segment on those on BBC’s Planet Earth series. Scenes of predation narrated with Sir Richard’s inimitable genteel wheeze.
Waitomo Glowworm Caves in New Zealand
It’s far less romantic to call them Arachnocampa luminosa or fungus gnats, so let’s go with the common name: New Zealand glowworms. It’s those luminescent insects that make the ceiling of the Waitomo Glowworm Caves shine like a starry night sky. Some scientists suggest that illusion of a night sky is precisely what might draw a mayfly or mosquito to soar up and fly into the snare of a waiting glowworm. Feeding on other insects is how the larva of this species survives long enough to mature into an adult gnat whose sole purpose is to find a mate. The adult doesn’t even eat during the few days it lives.
great picture... I've tried to capture sunsets with digital lots of times and never get it... any secrets?
iPhone 10 camera. Great light capture but an intractable tendency not to focus on infinity. That’s why no white dot, dang.
I like that mother-of-pearl effect
Yeah it was cool.
Iridescent cumulonimbus anvil.
I think (not certain) that that might be a cap cloud or pileus. They form sometimes over very strong updrafts, like severe storms or volcanic ash columns. Or here
Hard to tell with the other clouds in the way.
