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Buzz Aldrin photographed by Neil Armstrong, early during the Apollo 11 EVA. NASA photo ID AS11-40-5873
For all UK and most European orchidists, there is one species that stands head and shoulders above all others, and that is the Ghost.
Since 2008, just two plants have are known to have been seen in the UK, one in 2008, just after the plant was declared extinct, and the second and most recent in 2024 by a friend, Richard. Who just happens to be a tour co-leader on this tour.
In mainland Europe, populations of Ghosts are more stable, and so with some knowledge and luck you can see some. But this is 2026, the year of the drought, record temperatures through Spring and into summer. Wildfires are sweeping the continent from the highlands of Scotland, through Suffolk, Kent and onto mainland Europe through France, Spain and Italy.
Europe is burning.
And for Ghosts which like damp, moist ground to grow from, this is a problem, meaning that the still hyper-rare plant will be more elusive for us.
We began the day in a hotel at Lyon Airport. We had slept well thanks to the best air conditioning I have known, so were well rested.
We met with the rest at breakfast, then loaded the car, and they loaded the two vans.
Their first call was to see the epipacticis fibri, and as I had my shots, it was suggested we met at a town in The Alps, we could take our time, have lunch and/or a coffee. So, we programmed the village in, and set off, some two hours drive away.
All on motorways, and in glorious hot sunshine. It was already twenty five at nine in the morning, and even as the roads began to climb, it got warmer and warmer.
As we headed further east, the ground rose, and hills melted into the distance, each layer getting higher and higher.
We turned off the motorway, but continued along a valley, until we reach a large industrial town of Les Chavonnes, from there the road climbed in a proper Le Tour Col de something, into the foothills and crashing through the three thousand feet mark.
We stopped in Bozel, to stretch our legs and to get a drink. It was thirty degrees, the sun beat down in a way that made just standing still sweaty.
We had a cold drink in a cafe, watched the world go by.
A struggle up the hill to the parish church revealed a heavily painted interior, all saints and cherubs. It was most surprising in what seemed like a modest church. We rested in the cool interior until midday when the lights came on and mass was to begin.
We got news of our meeting point, we headed back down the valley, the way we came for ten miles, then turned south up a narrow twisty lane which took us over four thousand feet. It was wooded, heavily shaded.
At a lay by on a long straight road, some thirty miles from Bozel, we found the two buses, and we walked with our friends up into the woods.
In a shaded spot, hundreds of yards from the road was a banks, trees grew at the top, and the bank was covered in moss. Saplings covered much in shade, and in the deepest shade was a single Ghost.
We took turns to snap the small plant, and its three flowers. It was in good condition.
And so the quest ended in a wood, miles away from the modern world.
Afterwards we hugged and shook hands with each other, for most this was the first, and probably only time we would see one.
We walked back to the vehicles, then drove an hour to our hotel for the next two nights, me finding the last parking space in the small car park.
It was a chalet style building. Old and full of character, but the demands of the modern world and en-suite rooms meant that each room was small, but ours had a balcony overlooking the town, with the backdrop of the High Alps in the background.
For a leg-stretcher, we went up a high pass to an Alpine meadow which was full of butterflies and plants, so we wandered for a couple of hours, up the waterfall that tumbled down from the high cliffs hundred of metres above.
A small building did drinks, so we stopped for liquid refreshments. I had a 50cl beer, and in the hot late afternoon sunshine, it was delicious.
Back to the hotel for a debrief at seven, and then dinner at half past, which took the best part of three hours to complete, but was washed down with more cold beer and a half bottle of Beaujolais.
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An amazing butterfly of mountainous regions. You would not forget the first time you saw one, and it rightly has iconic status in the Alpes. Its hairiness, body size, wing shape and markings make it appear to be a throwback to prehistoric insects, unrelated to today’s delicate little creatures. However, it glides effortlessly over mountain slopes in a way that transfixes the watcher. Although it is threatened in France and protected in many European countries, I have found it not uncommon in areas such as the Vercors, the Pyrénées and the Alpes-Maritimes.
The markings are very variable, with many different local forms, especially the red spots, and sometimes the underside veins can be clearly yellow (e.g. 25728).
The wings tend to have a waxy appearance when worn, through loss of scales, although the forewing margins are usually devoid of scales even in fresh specimens, but it does not seems to affect its flight. The only other non-Parnassius species that has the same waxy appearance is the Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi).
A statuette of the Greek god Apollo at the Bowes Museum. Apollo is a sun-god, and I wanted the picture to convey this.
Venue dès le premier jour de mon séjour dans la Drôme à l'endroit où je l'avais vu pour la première fois, je suis bredouille. Il est 18h30, je décide d'arrêter la séance et retourne vers la voiture. Peu attentive, un peu déçue, c'est àlors qu'il décolle juste devant moi et se pose un peu plus loin ouvrant largement ses ailes pour profiter des ultimes rayons de soleil...
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Coming from the first day of my stay in the Drôme where I saw for the first time, I am empty-handed. It's 18:30, I decided to stop the session and returns to the car. Little attention, a little disappointed, then he takes off in front of me and landed a little further opening its wings wide to enjoy the ultimate sunshine
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Apollo Butterfly (Parnassius apollo)
Apollo female foraging a flower of a tuberous thistle in an alpine meadow. Vercors, France.
Apollon femelle butinant une fleur de cirse tubéreux dans une prairie alpine. Vercors, France.
The Temple of Apollo in Side, Turkey, stands on the edge of the Mediterranean where the ancient city once thrived as a major port of Pamphylia. Built around 150 A.D. during the Roman era, it was dedicated to Apollo, the god of music, light, and harmony.
The Moon to right of the thrusters.
Not sure if these have ever been stitched together before now.
Still it's done now, what a nightmare ;-)
Credit:- NASA, scanning credit to Kipp Teague & Ed Hengeveld.
Michael L Hyde (c) 2014
American Kestrel male (captive bird)
'Apollo' is one of the raptors of Wild Ontario, and is an ambassador for his species. He's beautiful all on his own, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to photograph him, side-lit in the late afternoon sun, with a background of autumn leaves.
www.ourwildontario.ca/ourteam/birds.html
PGT 365 Challenge #143 - The Colour Orange
This is the entree and foyer of "Roncalli's Apollo Variete Theater".
The variety is located directly under the "Rheinknie"-bridge.
MD, Baltimore MD. Walters Museum.
Marble statue "Apollo Victorious over Python" dated 1591, by sculptor Pietro Francavilla. Located in the sculpture court in the museum, one of the only locations in the museum with natural light.
Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot Apollo 12, and the fourth man to walk on the Moon, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018 after suddenly falling ill two weeks prior.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bean
July 3, 1969, Image S69-38859 courtesy NASA Johnson Space Center
Apollo 7 lifts off from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 A.M., Eastern Daylight Time. The astronauts aboard, for the first Apollo mission, were Walter M. Schirra Jr., Commander; Donn F. Eisele, Command Module Pilot; and Walter Cunningham, Lunar Module Pilot.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: jsc2005e16192
Date: October 11, 1968
still frame from the Maurer automatic 16mm data acquisition camera (DAC), shot through the LM window
Buzz Aldrin on Day 3 of the Apollo 11 mission, in the Lunar Module during its checkout en route to the Moon. Buzz is on the left side of the cabin (where Armstrong would stand during the lunar landing) and is placing a pair of sunglasses in his jacket's arm pocket. NASA photo ID AS11-36-5390
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Images credit Project Apollo Archive.
Michael L Hyde (c) 2015
This is a LEGO model of the famous photo of Dr. Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11). Notice the helmet reflection of the LEGO lunar lander 10266 and astronaut (Neil Armstrong) minifigure & shadow!
I also made a LEGO model of the NASA ARTEMIS space suit- the next generation spacesuit for the first woman and next man to land and walk on the moon in 2024.
Please support the idea at the LEGO Ideas website.
With 10000 votes in 1 year, LEGO will consider making it a real LEGO set.
Thank you for your support!
Earthrise from Apollo 11, about 86 hours into the mission, prior to separation of the Lunar Module from the Command & Service Modules, and about 17 hours prior to powered descent to the Moon's surface. NASA photo ID AS11-37-5442
Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 44/V - LM inspection, rendezvous
Credit the new Project Apollo Archive:-
www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/albums
High-resolution Apollo imagery scanned by NASA's Johnson Space Center
Michael L Hyde (c) 2015
For Release: May 20, 1969
Photo No. 69-HC-619
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Vehicle for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Apollo 11, Lunar Landing mission is rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building down the 3.5 mile Crawlerway to Launch Complex 39-A at a speed of one mile per hour.
The flight crew of the Apollo 11 mission is Neil A. Armstrong, Commander, Michael Collins, Command Module Pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot. The preliminary flight plan for the Apollo 11 mission, scheduled for launch no earlier than July 16 calls for touchdown on the Moon at 2:22 PM EDT, July 20.
For Release: May 20, 1969
Photo No.: 69-HC-622
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. -- The Space Vehicle for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Apollo 11, Lunar landing mission is shown arriving at Launch Complex 39-A, after roll-out from the Vehicle Assembly Building 3.5 miles away. The 363 foot tall Saturn/Apollo vehicle and its mobile launcher were transported down the Crawlerway at a speed of one mile per hour, and are shown being carried up the pad incline by the Crawler-transporter.
National Air & Space Museum
From Wikipedia:
Apollo 11 fu la missione spaziale che per prima portò gli uomini sulla Luna, gli statunitensi Neil Armstrong e Buzz Aldrin, il 20 luglio 1969 alle 20:18 UTC. Armstrong fu il primo a mettere piede sul suolo lunare, sei ore più tardi dell'allunaggio, il 21 luglio alle ore 02:56 UTC. Armstrong trascorse due ore e mezza al di fuori della navicella, Aldrin poco meno. Insieme raccolsero 21,5 kg di materiale lunare che riportarono a Terra. Un terzo membro della missione, Michael Collins, rimase in orbita lunare, pilotando il modulo di Comando che riportò gli astronauti a casa. La missione terminò il 24 luglio, con l'ammaraggio nell'Oceano Pacifico.
For Release: May 20, 1969
Photo No.: KSC-69PC-249
"Carrying the Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle and mobile launcher, the transporter inches its way to the hardstand atop Launch Complex 39A where it positioned the 12.5 million-pound load on support pedestals. (Unfueled Saturn V weighs 1/2 million pounds.) Rollout began at 12:30 p.m. EDT today, and was completed at 7:46 p.m. The transporter carried the vehicle along the 3.5 mile crawlerway at an average speed less than one mile per hour. The 363-foot-high space vehicle is to launch Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., on the Nations' first manned lunar landing mission."
Neil Armstrong's first Hasselblad photograph on the Moon at the beginning of the Apollo 11 EVA, which was the beginning of a panoramic sequence. In this photo is one of the jettison bags, which were used to the keep the cabin free of trash. NASA photo ID AS11-40-5850
Currently newest bridge in Bratislava named Apollo by a factory that used to be on one of its borders :)