Week of May
30th
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INCREDIBLE *
Pearl
Harbor
Photos
These photos were recently found stored in a foot locker in an old brownie
camera. You will definitely show your age if you even know what a brownie camera
is or looks like. The quality of these photos is unreal, even after sitting in
an old camera for over 66 years.
To see all the photos click
HERE
Transparent Butterfly
Submitted by: Wendy D.
It comes from Central America and is found from Mexico to
Panama . It is quite common in its zone, but it not easy to find because of its
transparent wings, which is a natural camouflage mechanism.
A butterfly with transparent wings is rare and beautiful.
As delicate as finely blown glass, the presence of this rare tropical gem is
used by rain forest ecologists as an
indication of high habitat quality and its demise alerts
them of ecological change. Rivaling the refined beauty of a stained glass
window, the translucent wings of the
Glasswing butterfly shimmer in the sunlight like polished
panes of turquoise, orange, green, and red. All things beautiful do not have to
be full of color to be noticed: in life that which is unnoticed has the most
power.
Bunnies +++
Submitted by: Carol S.
Striped
Icebergs
Submitted by: Judy S.
Icebergs
in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that
react to different conditions. Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in
the ice sheet fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles
form.
When an
iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can freeze to the
underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a green stripe.
Brown,
black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet
grinds downhill towards the sea.
