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Monday in Nature 25 July 2022


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Forster's terns dive to catch fish. If the fish is small enough, as soon as they take off again from water, Forster's terns can quickly rotate their heads by 180 degrees (or even more than 180) to swallow their prey. That can happen within a couple of seconds.

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Cacophony of wildflowers, along the Mirror Lake Highway (Utah 150), Summit County, Utah.

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Utah and most of the US South-West are in an extreme drought. And yet, on a long weekend drive in the mountains, today we happened upon this spectacular vignette, right along the roadside. It seems our mountains have benefited enormously from some local rain, even if the region is drying up and blowing away. Captured with iPhone 12 Pro and edited in LR5.

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