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Delicate Arch is a 52-foot-tall freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park, near Moab in Grand County, Utah, United States.
The arch is the most widely recognized landmark in Arches National Park and is depicted on Utah license plates and a postage stamp commemorating Utah's centennial anniversary of admission to the Union in 1996.
The Olympic torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics passed through the arch.
it's a long hike to get to the best vantage points to photograph it.
I reworked my original photo of the Delicate Arch. I used LAB color mode and tried to open up the shadows a little. The colors really become intense as you near sundown. This is the arch that is seen on Utah's license plates.
Well, I guess I'll be in the market for a new cherry tree this spring.
I'm rather sad to report that my pretty weeping cherry tree on the front yard is a-goner. 8-((
I noticed last spring that it didn't bloom as brilliantly as usual, and it hardly got any leaves during the summer. On closer examination I realized that it seemed to have picked up some kind of borer bug that attacked it at the base and had basically killed it. 8-(((
This spring we'll take it down and I'll replace it with something new.
The classic shot of Delicate Arch from the northern side of the bowl with the La Sal mountains in the background.
This is a picture of a Cycnia tenera at Ferry Point Park near the Kent Narrows in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
Queenstown Quad
After an early morning rain all that was left of this dandelion was it's lower seeds and to me it looked like a fragile Windmill.
sometimes,
you feel delicate.
perched on a sill...
waiting.
waiting for whatever might happen,
hoping that it won't shatter you.
hoping that you won't break.
knowing that you might,
you still wait.
delicate, that you are,
they taunt and tease,
but you wait,
wait for your day.
you know that you are special,
you know that you are kind,
you know that you are beautiful,
and you have that piece of mind.
you are delicate.
beautiful.
simple.
alone.
but loved.
The Paper Kite, Rice Paper, or Large Tree Nymph[1] butterfly (Idea leuconoe) is known especially for its presence in butterfly greenhouses and live butterfly expositions. The Paper Kite is of Southeast Asian origin.
Paper Kite's are thought to be distasteful to birds. Their bodies contain toxins which are derived from the lactiferous larval foodplants, and are often supplemented by further toxins sequestered from adult food sources. The bright wing patterns "advertise" these unpalatable qualities, in much the same way that the bands of yellow and black of wasps advertise the fact that they can sting. Consequently any bird that suffers the highly unpleasant experience of tasting a Danaine is unlikely to attack other similarly coloured butterflies. Effectively, a few individuals are sacrificed for the good of the species as a whole.
There are 12 Idea species, of which 5 occur in West Malaysia i.e. hypermnestra, leuconoe, lynceus, iasonia and stolli. The other 7 species are found variously in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Irian and Papua New Guinea.
Tree Nymphs are very large butterflies, characterised by having translucent white wings patterned with black veins, and numerous oval black spots. They are noted for their slow and very graceful flight, which gives them the appearance of white handkerchiefs floating gently on the breeze.
Idea leuconoe occurs in West Malaysia, and possibly on Taiwan and the Philippines, although there is some confusion among taxonomists about whether the non-Malaysian forms are subspecies of leuconoe, or of another species.