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Went outside to do a little yardwork the other day and decided to grab the camera instead. The daffodils and pink thrift, growing around our mailbox, are finally blooming at the same time. There is a small window when this happens as daffodils are "early bloomers" and the thrift starts later when the daffs are on their way out.
Now back to the point - the main focus here is all that amazing lichen - growing on ... our mailbox! Or the wooden cover! It's been growing for years so I hardly ever notice it except for this time of year. This particular lichen is called British Soldier.
Am betting if any neighbors saw me, they probably thought, "There's that lady with the camera. Look what she's taking a picture of this time!"
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These very tiny mushrooms looks like they belong on some alien terrain in another galaxy.
Well, maybe that's stretching it, but going through my mushroom field guide I could not find this/these tiny mushrooms anywhere. I've narrowed it down to a coral mushroom but the size and color didn't quite match anything.
And the things with the red growths stumped me. Closest I've come to is British Soldier Lichen, Cladonia cristatella. And who knows - it might all be lichen? I'm sure someone out there knows what these are, and I'll continue my research until someone can help.
Oh. I'm almost embarrassed to say this is a macro of .... the top of my mail box. Or that wooden cover on my mail box.
** And yes, I've been told it IS all lichens.
Duncan Rawlinson's "Radio Silence" stirs curiosity about the sound of wind in an alien atmosphere, where radio transmissions take thousands of light years to travel. This artwork combines contemporary photography with AI imaging techniques to explore the unknown. Rawlinson's portrayal of an off-world landscape evokes a sense of isolation and mystery, inviting viewers to ponder the vastness and enigma of distant horizons.
A fantastic RCA Astro-Electronics artist’s concept that oozes that classic 50’s sci-fi look, unintentionally. Check out the very early Lunar Excursion Module's landing struts/gear. The lunar terrain/horizon & zodiacal light...maybe? Although, probably, artistic license. And that television camera, with RCA logo of course…a ‘miniaturized’ version of the box-like configuration of those in earthly television studios of the time. But, by golly, it’s employable by both tripod…and precariously, by hand!
Based on the photograph’s numbering and the space suits, complete with flag football "flags", I’m pretty sure from 1963. In fact, the 1962 Ames Research Center space suits they’re based upon are linked to below.
Don’t the colors/hues & landscape have a “Forbidden Planet” look?
My sincere thanks to Paul Carsola for indentifying/confirming this to be the NAA LEM seen in the iconic photo of JFK at MSC in 1962, hence my rework of my crappy original description.
The RCA artist is “Scotto”. Maybe? I think so. Supported by his residence of 55+ years being less than 10 miles from the David Sarnoff Research Center (DSRC)…the central research organization for the Radio Corporation of America (RCA).
www.pepplerfh.com/obituary/3631628
Credit: Peppler Funeral Home website
And…fascinating:
timely-atlas-comics.blogspot.com/2016/03/augie-scotto-192...
Credit: Doc V./Timely-Atlas-Comics blog
A WIN…I THINK!!!
I LOVE IT.
These very tiny mushrooms are a complete mystery. Going through my mushroom field guide I could not find this/these tiny mushrooms anywhere.
I've narrowed down the obvious to a coral mushroom but the size and color didn't quite match anything. And the things with the red growths stumped me - maybe British Soldier Lichen, Cladonia cristatella? Which makes me wonder if all this is lichen?
I'm sure someone out there knows what these are, and I'll continue my research until someone can help.
Oh. I'm almost embarrassed to say this is a macro of .... my mail box. Or that wooden cover on my mail box. Seriously!