One good thing living in North Dighton country side, you don’t have to go to far for some wonderful nature viewing. Just look out your window, it comes to you. These images were all within a few hours.
Plymouth Eclipse With Jackson
What better place to spend the day, Plymouth, MA, waterfront. Especially on the “Great American Eclipse”, day. April 2024 will be the next one. I hope crickets will chirp and streetlights pop on during this one. Jackson, where were you on August 21, 2017 ?
There is no science in this world like physics. Nothing comes close to the precision with which physics enables you to understand the world around you. It’s the laws of physics that allow us to say exactly what time the sun is going to rise. What time the eclipse is going to begin. What time the eclipse is going to end. “Neil deGrasse Tyson”
If the sun were just a little bit bigger or the moon a bit farther away, total solar eclipses may never occur. But they do, and it turns out this celestial phenomenon that has changed human history, and our perspective of the universe, may be a sheer coincidence. So until 2024, REMEMBER: Looking directly at the sun, even when it is partially covered by the moon, can cause serious eye damage or blindness. NEVER look at a partial solar eclipse without proper eye protection.
Who Am I
If you are from the Plymouth MA area reading this, and recognize the bride and groom, or engaged couple, send me a note. I will send the images on over. Hanging out in Plymouth, I get some great shots from far off, using an old Nikkor 1200-1700mm.
American Snapping Turtle
American Snapping Turtle mating in a once used waste water sewer pond. I repeat “unused waste water pond”. In this pond, “see size below” I counted at least 12 turtles. Turtles are ectothermic animals. That means they get their body heat from their surroundings–the air, water or ground. They need to be warm to move around and eat. If they get too cold, everything in the body will slow down. Then they can’t eat and digest food. The heart slows down and the lungs do too.
Swan, Plymouth MA, Jenny Pond
Swan glides across Jenny Pond, Plymouth, MA
Sometimes I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
