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The Steedman-Ray House at 1925 F Street, NW in Washington, D.C. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The address above the door says 925, but trust me, it was on the 1900 block. I guess someone lost their number one.
Imagine our world without the light. Darkness would cover every corner n our existence...if possible...would be petryfying, depressive and condemned to failure. so see the light, see how it fills the dark rooms, illuminates them with rays of hope, joy, and optimism...thnx god for light.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae Whiptail Stingrays; whip-like tails, which are much longer than the disc and lack dorsaland caudal fins. Also have one or more venomous spines near the base of the tail.
Genus/species: Dasyatis kuhlii
GENERAL/CHARACTERISTICS: Angular disc. Dorsal color reddish-brown to olive drab with blue spots and smaller black spots, ventral side white. Tail with black and white bands is about as long as the body and usually has one stinging spine. Maximum disc width: 50 cm (20 inches).
DISTRIBUTION/ HABITAT: Tropical Indo-West Pacific from the Red Sea east to the Philippines, Japan, and south to Australia. Found on sandy bottoms near coral and rocky reefs, from intertidal zone to 50 m (160 feet). Moves onto reef flats and into shallow lagoon waters at high tide.
DIET IN THE WILD: Crabs and shrimp, also small fishes.
REPRODUCTION: Ovoviviparous; eggs retained in the female’s body; embryos receive nourishment from a yolk sac.
CONSERVATION: IUCN: Red List Data Deficient (DD)
The Bluespotted Maskray is exploited heavily across parts of its range, particularly in Southeast Asia, for commercial sale or consumption.
REMARKS: Venomous tail can deliver a painful wound. Like many other rays that wound humans, it most often stings only when inadvertently stepped on: it is difficult to see in turbid waters, especially when covered by sand with only the eyes visible.
References
California Academy of Sciences Reef Lagoon 2016
Ron's Wordpress shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-YD
IUCN Red List www.iucnredlist.org/details/161590/0
fishbase www.fishbase.us/summary/4508
EOL eol.org/pages/218430/details
5-16-13, 2-11-16
Family beach photo: Ray Mariner (WSTR-FM, Atlanta) smiles with his family at the end of the DJ FAM in South Walton, Saturday, 8/6/11.
Alternate picture of my Ray-Ban. Took the shot the same couple days, but didn't do much with it until today.
Ray of afternoon sunshine on our living room wall. Once my digidarkroom had its way with it, the color of the wall became much deeper and darker than it really is.
26 December 2015; Apple's Jade, back, with Johnny Burke up, ahead of Jer's Girl, with Robbie Power up, on their way to winning the Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle. Leopardstown Christmas Racing Festival, Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin. Picture credit: Ray McManus / SPORTSFILE *** NO REPRODUCTION FEE ***
photos by morgen schuler
Speaker: Ray Dubicki
Talk: You play in the dirt while I’m on the phone. A dad’s guide to Seattle playgrounds.
Ignite Seattle #33
05/18/17
Town Hall Seattle
Seattle, WA