Deep time. (If you follow the road going off to the left, on the far left you can see a house to give scale). AMonument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. #photo #navajoland #monumentvalley #desert #photography #dawn #desertphotography #geology #navajonation #sunrise #foto #arizona #mesa #monolith

The beauty of a twilight orbital alignment. Dusk on Feb. 24, 2023. Gainesville, FL (Top to bottom: Moon, Jupiter and Venus) #photography #photo #foto #astronomy #planets #moon #twilight #skyphotography #naturephotography

Cloudless sulpur butterfly (Phoebis sennae) on a cobbler pegs flower (Bidens pilosa). #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insects #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #sulfurbutterfly #naturephotography #flowers #flowerphotography #photo

American white ibis adultA(Eudocimus albus).Can't be sure but the eye looks like its nictitating membrane may be covering it. #photography #photo #ornithology #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #wadingbirds #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #ibis #whiteibis

Waiting. Watching. Tricolor heron (Egretta tricolor). Jacksonville, FL. #photography #photo #aves #ornithology #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #wadingbirds #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #floridawildlife #heron #tricolorheron #louisiannaheron

Early morning reveals long shadows across the desertE cast by monoliths. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. #photo #navajoland #monumentvalley #desert #photography #dawn #desertphotography #geology #navajonation #sunrise #foto #arizona

Twilight posing. Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). #photography #photo #squirrel #graysquirrel ##mammals #mammalia #wildlife #naturephotography #floridawildlife #floridasquirrel

Snowy egret (Egretta thula) hunting at Depot Park, Gainesville, FL. #photography #photo #aves #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #wadingbirds #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #floridawildlife #egret #snowyegret #yellow

Battle Royale! Of the two monarch butterflies(Danaus plexippus), I can only idenify the one on the flower as a male . #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insects #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #monarch #monarchbutterfly #naturephotograph #flowers #flowerphotography#photo

Do not drink while cat!

Ready...aim... Great white egret (Ardea alba) on the prowl at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Gainesville, FL. #photography #photo #aves #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #wadingbirds #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #floridawildlife #egret #greategret #paynesprairiepreserve

American bumble bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) gathers nectar and pollen from a flower. #photography#photo #bumblebee #insect #flowers #nature #wildlife #hymenoptera #naturephotography #arthropoda #wildlifephotograpy #florida

Tranquility. Antelope Canon, Navajo Nation Tribal Park. #navajoland #antelopecanyon #desert #photography #slotcanyons #desertphotography #photo #geology #navajonation #arizona #pagearizona #navajotours #canyon

American green tree frog (Dryophytes cinereus) who didn't read the "Frog Camouflage Users Manual: Why you have it and how to use it". #photography #naturephotography #frogs #treefrogs #amphibians #floridaramphibians #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #herpetology #floridafrogs #floridawildlife

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) warming up and drying out before the next dive. #photography #photo #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #diviingbirds #aquaticbirds #floridabirds #floridawildlife #anhinga

Forest tent-caterpillar moth caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria). General rule, if caterpillars have bristles, they are irritating if touched, and very painful to some. #photography #photo #tentcaterpillar #caterpillar #moths #insect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #arthropoda #floridawildlife

Apparently, there is something interesting on the left that I'm not privy to. (Mallard drakes and a Tri-colored heron) #photography #birdphotography #birds #wetlands #nature #wildlife #wadingbirds #herons #tricoloredheron #floridabirds #floridawildlife #ducks #mallardduck #dabblingduck

Early dawn reveals monolithic guardians of the ancient ones. (Totem pole formation on the right). #photo #navajoland #monumentvalley #desert #photography #dawn #desertphotography #geology #navajonation #sunrise #foto #arizona

Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus). #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insect #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #spicebushswallowtail #spicebushbutterfly #naturephotograph #photos A

Moon stetting over Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. #navajoland #coloradoriver #gorge #desert #photography #desertphotography #photo #geology #arizona #pagearizona #canyon #horshoebend #glencanyon

Florida red-bellied cooters (Pseudemys nelsoni).Notice how they raise one rear leg trying to optimize about of body exposed to the sun while warming. #photography #naturephotography #turtles #cooters #reptiles #floridareptiles #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #herpetology #floridacooter

Shower time! Double breasted cormorant (Nannopterum auritum). #photography #photo #cormorant #wildlife #ornithology #aves #nature #floridabirds #wetlands #wetlandbirds

Zebra longing butterfly (Heliconius charithonia). #photography #photo #butterfly #butterflies #insect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #insectphotography #butterflyphotography.#zebralongwingbutterfly #zebralongwing

Serenity. Antelope Canon, Navajo Nation Tribal Park. #navajoland #antelopecanyon #desert #photography #slotcanyons #desertphotography #photo #geology #navajonation #arizona #pagearizona #navajotours #canyon

These fruiting bodies are growing in the knot of a large, old live oak tree. Any mycologist or fungi collector know the ID of the fungus? #photography #fungi #photo #liveoak #nature #mycology #naturephotography #forestfungi #floridafungi #oakfungus

INRE to helium supplies: i have stage IV prostate cancer, yet i am fortunate. I have routine blood tests for PSA levels to monitor the disease status. However, most other oncology patients rely on MARS or PETscans monitor their disease regression/progression . Helium is vital to MRIs.

Most of the sand hill cranes from central Florida have left for the midwest if they're going. Classic vee formation.Gainesville FL. #photography #photo #cranes #sandhillcranes #wildlife #migratorybirds #ornithology #aves #nature #floridabirds #wetlands #wetlandbirds

Saw the first fur tussock moth caterpillar of the year yesterday. This one is on the bark of a Chinese elm tree, making for a cool color photo. #photography #photo #tussockmoth #caterpillar #moths #insect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #furtussockmoth #naturephotograph #chineseelm #chineseelmtree

Here's some boats. #photography #boats #boatphotography #sailboats #photo #marina #marinaboats #photo

Eastern swallowtail butterfly (Papilio cresphontes) visiting my lemon tree. Their caterpillars love citrus trees. They are the largest butterflies in North America. #photography #photo #butterfly #butterflies #insect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #giantswallowtailbutterfly #swallowtailbutterfly

Here's a beautiful "log" of petrified wood in the Paris botanical gardens (Jardin des Plantes de Paris). #photography #photo #botanical #botanicalgardens #jardindesplantes #petrifiedwood #Paris #parisfrance #geology #fossils #paleontology

Florida tickseed flowers (Coreopsis floridana) enjoying some bright sunlight. Tickseeds are Florida's state flower. #photography #tickseed #coreopsis #flowers #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #flowerphotography #wildlifephotograpy #wildflowers #wildflowerphotography

Sunrise in the desert. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. For scale, there are two small houses in the lower right of the photo #navajoland #monumentvalley #desert #photography #dawn #desertphotography #mesa #geology #navajonation #sunrise

Final "insects on flowers" post for now: Male monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) collecting nectar from an unidentified (by me) flower. #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #monarch #monarchbutterfly #naturephotograph #flowers #flowerphotography

Two spotted scolid wasp (Scolia dubai) harvesting pollen off goldenrod blossoms (Solidago spp.). #photography #wasp #scolids #insect #flowers #nature #wildlife #hymenoptera #goldenrods #naturephotography #arthropoda #wildlifephotograpy

A zebra longwing butterfly (Heliconius charithonia) on an Echinacea blossom. #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insect #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #zebralongwing #zebralongwings #naturephotograph #flowers #echinacea #flowerphotography

Continuing the posting of "insects on flowers", here's a Western honeybee (Apis mellifera) collecting nectar and pollen from a beggar-tick flower (Bidens alba). #photography #honeybee #insect #flowers #nature #wildlife #hymenoptera #beggarticks #naturephotography #arthropoda #wildlifephotograpy

Amorous delta flower scarab beetles (Trigonopeltastes delta) on a duck potato blossom (Sagittaria latifolia). #photography #scarabs #beetles #insects #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #coleoptera #arthopoda #wetlands #wetlandplants #naturephotography #insectphotography

Female eastern amberwing dragonfly (Perithemis tenera) sunning atop the leaf of a blossoming jasmine vine (Jasminum spp.). #photography #dragonfly #dragonflies #insect #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #odanata #amberwing #naturephotography #arthropoda #wildlifephotograpy

Moonrise on Petrified Forest National Park, AZ. #petrifiedforestnationalpark #arizona #arizonadesert #desert #photography #desertphotography #geology #petrifiedforest #moonrise #fullmoon #nationalpark #park

Young alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) doing what gators do best...loafing. #photography #naturephotography #alligator #gator #reptiles #crocodilians #floridareptiles #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #herpetology #floridagalligator

Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata). Native most of South America but introduced in many areas of the world, the species was bred by pre-Columbian Native Americans. #photography #muscovy #ducks #aquaticbirds #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #floridabirds #nativeamerican

Shelf (bracket) fungus. Looks like turkey-tail fungi but polypore are so taxonomic diverse I'm not sure. Any mycologists out there are welcome to help ID. #photography #fungi #shelffungi #bracketfungi #nature #naturephotography #forestfungi #floridafungi #mycology

Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) getting a drink out of a Cypress vine morning glory (Ipomoea quamoclit). #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insect #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #spicebushswallowtail #spicebushbutterfly #naturephotograph

Killdeer(Charadrius vociferus) is a type plover famous for feigning injury to lure predators away from its nest (eggs laid on bare ground). Even with this background, the birds are not easily noticed. #photography #killdeer #plover #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #floridabirds #ornithology

White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). I have mixed feelings about zoos. In this case, they have become vital to the survival and the eventual reintroduction of the species. Also, rhinos are REALLY fast. #photography #rhinos #rhinoceros #mammals #mammalia #wildlife #perissodactyla #conservation

Snow showers dusting the flanks of Navajo Mountain in the afternoon. Navajo Nation. #navajo #navajomountain #desert #photography #desertphotography #geology #navajonation #navajoland

14th century old fortification, La Lieutenance, sits at the entrance the Vieux Bassin, Honfleur's Old Port. Honfleur, Calvados, France. #photography #boats #boatphotography #honfleur #calvados #france #harbors #lalieutenance #honfleurport #historicbuildings #medievalbuildings

Male eastern pondhawk dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis). Dragonfly wings create some of the most interesting optical effects. #photography #dragonfly #insect #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #odanata #pondhawk #naturephotography #arthropoda #wildlifephotograpy

Great blue (Ardea herodias) getting some fishing-time in. Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Gainesville, FL #photography #birds #herons #greatblueheron #wadingbird #floridabird #floridawildlife #wetlands #americanbird #ornithology #birdphotography #paynesprairie