Stellar self-portrait
Posted: October 16th, 2014 | Author: timp67 | Filed under: T Writes | Tags: Curious Things, Photography, Robots | No Comments »NASA rover Curiosity has taken the first selfie on Mars. Moments later, it posted the pic on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram. Universal reaction? Looking good, robot!
Close up and personal
Posted: August 8th, 2014 | Author: timp67 | Filed under: T Writes | Tags: Animals, Beauty, Photography | No Comments »Hummingbirds are some of my favorite creatures. No bigger than a ping-pong ball and no heavier than a nickel, they are fearless at confronting beings hundreds of times greater in size. I’ve put up a feeder by my window in order to watch their aerial antics, but the tiny fliers always seem too quick and too far away to get a really good look.
Photographer Chris Morgan has captured the iridescent plumage of this teensy terror in all its glory. Each intricate feather is smaller than a caraway seed but packs a colorful punch!
Hidden treasure
Posted: April 12th, 2014 | Author: timp67 | Filed under: T Writes | Tags: Beauty, Butterflies, Nature, Photography | No Comments »Photographer Linden Gledhill isn’t content to capture butterflies and moths in all their glory. He aims his lens at the microscopic scales of their wings. The results are breathtaking.
Here’s Hypolimnas dexithea, or the Madagascar diadem.
This is Papilio lormieri, the Central Emperor Swallowtail.
Here is Precis rhadama, or the Brush-footed Butterfly.
And last, but not least—Argema mittrei, the Comet Moth.
Find more of Linden Gledhill’s astounding microscopic photography here.
And look for hidden beauty around you today!
Bird brains
Posted: August 23rd, 2009 | Author: timp67 | Filed under: T Writes | Tags: Animals, Bad Behavior, Cleverness, Photography | 1 Comment »
Bully hummingbird photo by Dan True