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Monday in Nature Weekly Photo May 11, 2015


Laura Weishaupt

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<p>Salutations,<br>

Before sunrise darkness prevails. Dark outside, dark trail to the out buildings. Moon shadows seem to only create shades of darkness. The coffee is dark. It's not gloomy darkness. On a hot summer morning it can be a pleasant backdrop to the noisy forest. It's the domain of other creatures.</p>

<p>We want light. Even before the sun breaks the horizon light slowly fills the sky, and color follows. We live in a world of color that is ever changing. It's easy to take for granted. It's all around. We teach children about color early in life. Isn't that what M&Ms are for? We see a color that almost defies description, yet we always find ways to describe it. Ferrari, fire engine, or whorehouse red. Robin's egg, ice, or cobalt blue. Peacock, forest, and emerald green. Granite gray is covered by white as snow. Sometimes Cokin magenta is desirable. I think sea foam green only exists in a can of paint. Have you ever seen green sea foam? The world may look good through rose colored glasses, but it looks better with a good neutral density filter.</p>

<p>The Redbud Tree (<em>Cercis canadensis</em>) graces the under story and forest edge in eastern North America. It's branches are covered with these beautiful small flowers. It is a welcome sight on any day. Bring on some color for Monday in Nature.</p><div>00dHdt-556720184.JPG.276f84243334bf9d9e217d3aed8bc8ee.JPG</div>

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<p>Barrel cactus in Death Valley National Park. Despite the fact that Death Valley is mostly a desert, there are few cacti in the park except at high elevations, due to the extremely harsh conditions during the summer. The elevation at the location of this cactus is approximately 4,000 ft. I am hardly a cactus expert, but, according to the web site cactiguide.com the cactus is probably Echinocactus polycephalus, a type of barrel cactus.</p><div>00dHeX-556722484.jpg.11e1ee760b6affeaf2972e779284b7b7.jpg</div>
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<p>I'd been planning on and off to go check out Afton Canyon near Baker, CA for over a year now. Yesterday I finally made it there and found these quarter sized "go-bug-nators" hopping in and out puddles of Mojave River water. </p>

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<p><img src="/photo/18018599" alt="" />Great shots as usual. I have encountered loons in the Fall but I have been unable to get anything this good. They are great underwater swimmers and they usual resurface at a good distance from their entry point.<br>

Mine was taken on Eagle beach in Aruba which is a fabulous stretch of white sand with warm waters. </p>

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<p>Talking about colours here is a shot of some Green Alkanet <em>(pentaglottis sempervirens</em>) this week. As can be seen the flower itself is blue, but the roots were used to give a red dye and the derivation of the name Alkanet is from spanish/arabic meaning <em>henna.</em> Confusing, eh?<em><br /></em></p><div>00dHhE-556725084.jpg.9cefea80b479c900cb5be4609af471e8.jpg</div>
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<p>Great shots, everyone! I got up early to try and get some dew drops on the overgrown grasses and weeds along the fence line of our back yard. I was focusing on these grass seeds when I noticed a preying mantis hanging off a strand in the background.</p><div>00dHiE-556728184.jpg.748099d73848ce19515e16b5fcc0ee01.jpg</div>
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