Even when I'm not in the woods, I like to practice!
Images
No Leonids, but…
Driving home late Thursday night, I caught a long streaking meteor through the trees - probably associated with the Leonid shower that peaked early Friday. Set the GoPro up for long-term exposures and tried to catch another, but only found a few airplanes! However, this shot does show Orion just rising, Taurus and the Pleaides…Read more No Leonids, but…
Experiments!
This may be a little to exact for this week's challenge, but hey, it's Science Fair season! One of my sons has been experimenting with the chemistry that creates cool light - along the bioluminescence capabilities of fireflies (lightning bugs), jellyfish, and our own man-made glow sticks, generally referred to as chemiluminescence. After several iterations…Read more Experiments!
Experiments!
This may be a little to exact for this week's challenge, but hey, it's Science Fair season! One of my sons has been experimenting with the chemistry that creates cool light - along the bioluminescence capabilities of fireflies (lightning bugs), jellyfish, and our own man-made glow sticks, generally referred to as chemiluminescence. After several iterations…Read more Experiments!
Splashdown
When the landing area is a soft sand dune, it's amazing how much fun you can have just jumping off the top of a hill! No computers required! Photo Credit - Lynn Abbott
Survived Another Season
On the constantly changing Atlantic shore, nothing is constant. The dunes erode, the land shifts - but nothing is quite so temporary as the structures we build here. This pier, held up by a haphazard forest of pilings, is still fighting an angry sea... for now. Photo Credit - Lynn Abbott This photo…Read more Survived Another Season
Survived Another Season
On the constantly changing Atlantic shore, nothing is constant. The dunes erode, the land shifts - but nothing is quite so temporary as the structures we build here. This pier, held up by a haphazard forest of pilings, is still fighting an angry sea... for now. Photo Credit - Lynn Abbott This photo is published…Read more Survived Another Season
Harbor Seal
While we're at sea... here's a harbor seal, hanging out around a buoy. Photo Credit - Lynn Abbott
Whales and Lobsters
About 15 miles off the Maine coast, a Minke Whale surfaces near a lobster boat working a line of traps. Photo Credit - Lynn Abbott
Tiny Crabs
I know you can't see any crabs in this picture, but that's sort of the point. It's easy to take in the landscape - in this case tide pools left behind in an Atlantic inlet - and still completely miss the details. You have to get out there and look. These guys discovered that when…Read more Tiny Crabs
Restless Shore
Roanoke Sound in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. As storms and tides shift the banks east and west, the sound-side is subject to shifting marshlands that support forests one day, and undercut them the next. Photo Credit - Lynn Abbott
White Birch
I live too far south to see birch trees. They're beautiful, and their paper-like bark is very useful, especially for starting a campfire on a wet day. To find one, though, I have to travel hundreds of miles north, OR climb about 4,000 feet UP, to a point where the climate mimics an environment closer…Read more White Birch
Peek-A-Boo
I’ve shared this photo before, but it was a good match for this week’s photo challenge. We were paddling along at Mallows Bay, when we spotted this raccoon foraging along the shore. She knew we could see her, and knew we were watching. It wasn’t until she was able to hide behind a low shrub that…Read more Peek-A-Boo
Peek-A-Boo
I've shared this photo before, but it was a good match for this week's photo challenge. We were paddling along at Mallows Bay, when we spotted this raccoon foraging along the shore. She knew we could see her, and knew we were watching. It wasn't until she was able to hide behind a low shrub…Read more Peek-A-Boo
Jack O’ Lanterns
In keeping with an outdoors theme appropriate to my site, today I present artisanally crafted, handmade pieces of art made entirely of natural materials. We have an unfortunate fellow whose face was removed during the carving process, a phantom-style half-mask, half-face, and an homage to a leading character in a somewhat obscure video game with…Read more Jack O’ Lanterns
Flying Squirrel Outdoors 