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There are many green-veined whites around at present but this looks like a small white. Hardly a butterfly to get excited about but good to have a decent photo of it. I rarely photograph them and do need a good photo of one.
Female Small White butterfly in my gdn this morning. A male photo from last month is in comments for comparison
A touch of spring. It looked a bit worse for wear so it must have just come out of hibernation.Hope the weather stays kind.
Taken at Powerstock DWT reserve. Thought this was quite an unusual combination to be on the same flower but to be fair the odds were pretty good as there was a green beetle in almost every buttercup flower we saw. Best viewed large.
My new Canon EOS Rebel SL1
"The Worlds Smallest & Lightest DSLR Camera"
… and for all who've seen the 40mm pancake you can appreciate just how super tiny this full featured DSLR camera is! Of course, I didn't technically "NEED IT", but I wanted a small camera to use when I'm cruising around town on my moped.
SL1 SPECS: www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/slr_came...
Boeing
Boeing 747-8KZF/SCD
cn 36137/1422/ JAW
This aircraft later set a record:
Powered by a biofuel blend, the new Boeing 747-8F completed the first-ever transatlantic flight by a commercial jetliner that was powered by biofuel in all four engines.
The 747-8 is a development of the Boeing 747, which takes advantage of improvements in technology and aerodynamics. The two variants of the 747-8 were launched in 2005, and, as of 2006, both will feature a fuselage stretch of 18.3 ft (5.6 m) over the 747-400, bringing the total length to 250 ft 2½ in (76.264 m). The 747-8 will be the world's longest passenger airliner, surpassing the Airbus A340-600 by 3.6 ft (1.1 m). With a maximum take-off weight of 975,000 lb (442,000 kg),] the 747-8 is the heaviest aircraft, commercial or military, manufactured in the United States.
Compared to the 747-400, the main technical changes will be on the wing of the aircraft, which will undergo a complete design overhaul. The sweep and basic structure will be kept to contain costs, but the wing will be thicker and deeper, with the aerodynamics recalculated. The pressure distribution and bending moments will be different, with the new wing for the passenger version being planned to hold 64,225 US gal (243,120 L) of jet fuel, and the cargo aircraft 60,925 US gal (230,630 L). The new wing will have single-slotted outboard flaps and double-slotted inboard flaps.
Raked wingtips, similar to the ones used on the 777-200LR, 777-300ER, and 787 models, are used on the new 747 variant instead of winglets used on the 747-400. These wingtip structures help reduce the wingtip vortices at the lateral edges of the wings, decreasing wake turbulence and drag, and thereby increasing fuel efficiency. Another effort to reduce weight is the introduction of fly-by-wire technology for the majority of the lateral controls.
The extra fuel capacity in the redesigned wing compared to the 747-400 obviates the need to radically change the horizontal tail unit to accommodate auxiliary tanks, further saving costs. The -8's vertical tail unit will be largely unchanged with a height of 63 feet 6 inches (19.35 m).[43] Some carbon fiber-reinforced plastic will be part of the 747-8's airframe to reduce weight. However, structural changes will mostly be evolutionary, rather than revolutionary with respect to the 747-400.
The General Electric GEnx, which is one of the two powerplant choices currently offered for the Boeing 787, will be the only engine available for the 747-8. However, the 747 variant will be adapted to provide bleed air for conventional aircraft systems and feature a smaller diameter to fit on the 747 wing. The flight tests of the GEnx 2b engine fitted to a Boeing 747-100 aircraft at the left inner engine began in March 2009.
Thirteen species of butterfly using one patch of brambles this morning.
At one point there were 19 Red Admirals in front of me.
The species were as follows -
Large Skipper, Small Skipper, Small Copper, Small White, Holly Blue, Peacock, Brimstone, Painted lady, Red Admiral, Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Gatekeeper & Meadow Brown
Marden Meadow - at least one still active today (same one I photographed a week ago, with a nick out of the wing - not looking quite so bright now)
The Sinks, Little River
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sevier County, Tennessee
Although several feet high, this waterfall is not very large, as waterfalls go. It was one of the few points at The Sinks with enough flowing water to command much attention two weeks ago though, when Great Smoky Mountains Photography Workshop leader John Deas said water in The Sinks was several feet lower than usual. A good many photographers were at The Sinks, though, so I had to wait my turn for a spot at the edge of the observation area to get this shot. Perhaps contributing to the rather large number of photographers here is the fact that The Sinks and Meigs Creek Trailhead share a parking area.
Press "L" for larger image, on black.
GWR Small Prairie 4566 pulls away from Highley station on the Severn Vallley Railway heading for Arley station
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