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Just like a muscle, the creative mind needs to be stretched and warmed up before it can fully function to its fullest potential. Two hours into the shoot, the ideas began to flow, and i began to have some interesting ideas, and these are the results...
Ray gave an anecdote about Richard, who volunteered for the navy in World War II and fought in several battles. Ray said Richard doesn't need to be told how to be patriotic.
This illuminated shrine is dedicated to Steve Irwin. Goofball delivery and ironic death aside, he was a great conservationist and used his popularity and his money well.
It features a fetal ray, a stingray spine, a chipboard gear and alcohol inks that came from Hannah Grey. The frame was a gaudy thing from Ross or somewhere like that and the shadow box is made from an Altoid-style mint tin (treated with alcohol inks and a blowtorch), and the rice lights were procured from the wedding aisle of a hobby store-- these were all provided to the class by the instructor for the project.
I ended up using the back of the frame since the rhinestone-studded front didn't suit the imagery. (Besides, the back took alcohol inks wonderfully.) The stage (the chipboard gear) is fastened to a little bezel cut from a copper pipe and soldered directly to the mint tin as a standoff. I believe I might have had to add a couple washers in there to clear the tips of the tiny lights poking through from the back.
Researchers can identify manta rays by their unique underside markings. More than 60 individuals have been added to the catalog of mantas that have been spotted at this "hot spot" for marine life in the Gulf of Mexico - Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Photo Credit: G.P. Schmahl/NOAA
TAXONOMY
Class: Elasmobranchii (Sharks and rays),
Order: Rajiformes (Skates and rays)
Family: Potamotrygonidae (River stingrays)
Genus/species: Potamotrygon sp.
DISTRIBUTION: Collected in the Rio Tapajos River, Brazil.
HABITAT: The shallows of major rivers and slow-moving tributaries with substrates of mud or sand. Lost ability to retain urea decreasing osmolarity for fresh water unlike salt water relatives.
APPEARANCE: Patterning is highly variable, with no two examples appearing the same. Some have golden markings, while others are almost white. Similarly, the amount of darker pigmentation can also vary in both shade and coverage.
REMARKS: Consumed by native tribes of the Amazon.
Potamotrygon sp. Have a venomous barb which can cause a serious and painful wound usually in the lower leg. (Walking with a shuffling gate in water will encourage the ray to move out of the way.) In severe wounds symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, fainting, salivation, muscle cramps, diarrhea, seizures, shock and rarely death. Initial treatment uses hot water to help inactivate the venom.
*Not currently on exhibit 10-1-14, 3-2-18
Here's a two-photo panorama near our trail's intersection with the Tobin Harbor Trail, which would take us along Tobin Harbor back to the outpost of civilization at Rock Harbor. I didn't take a lot of pictures today, because there are only so many ways to photograph a trail through a forest. But I really liked the way the light was falling through the trees here.
This is Ray's fourty-first season as a Lifeguard,..
at Watch Hill , Fire Island National Seashore.
Fire Island , N.Y.
At the Patchogue stop on the LIRR , it is a 30 minute ferry ride
to a beautiful Atlantic beach
and the wilderness wonderland
of Watch Hill at the Fire Island National Seashore ,
Fire Island ( Long Island , N.Y. )
Info about Watch Hill , Fire Island National Seashore :
ferry: (631) 475-1665
marina : (631) 597-3109 (188 slips)
camping : (631) 567-6664 ($25 per night for a site ,.. 26 campsites)
visitor center: (631)597-6455 ( Wilderness Camping Permit isfree!)
Ray Borbon seconding on c. the 10th pitch of the Northeast Buttress of Talchako during the first ascent. The glaciers below are unnamed.
Restored areas contrast with farmed cattle land in the hills of Guanacaste.
May 2017
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Photo Credit: Sabin Ray, World Resources Institute
Picture by Kandace Nuckolls. Ray at work on the new episode of Noboto (see www.noboto.com) ... nice windows but that sun gets real hot in the afternoon...
The stump can help shelter the seedling as it grows up.
May 2017
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Photo Credit: Sabin Ray, World Resources Institute