Gulf Fritillary – Americana Collection
A Gulf fritillary Agraulis vanillae feeds on Seaside Goldenrod Solidago mexicana. Multiple Gulf fritillary were sighted on a sunny 96F afternoon in a sandy Florida marsh edging the Gulf of Mexico. This specimen has been verified and accepted in the photographic library of the Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) project. Sighting details page for this butterfly is available at the BAMONA web site: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org.
According to the organization’s web site, the Butterflies and Moths of North America project is an ambitious effort to collect and provide access to quality-controlled data about butterflies and moths for the continent of North America from Panama to Canada.
camera: Nikon D500 | lens: AF Nikkor VR 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED
focal length: 300mm | exposure: f/8 – 1/3200th second – ISO 1600
Little Finland – Americana Collection
Fissures and arches are among the geological features protected in Gold Butte National Monument, Little Finland, Nevada.
camera: DJI Mavic Pro lens: 4.7mm | video frame capture
1https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/nevada/gold-butte
Little Finland – Americana Collection
Do you see one or more faces in this section of weathered Aztec Sandstone within the Gold Butte National Monument1 site known as Little Finland. If so, you may be a neurotic with Pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing patterns in a random object or faces in weird places.
"While pareidolia was at one time thought to be related to psychosis, it’s now generally recognized as a perfectly healthy tendency. Some anthropologists have even suggested it may have played a role in helping people in ancient societies make sense of the chaos of the world."2
OK, now do you see one or more faces?
camera: DJI Mavic Pro lens: 4.7mm | video frame capture
1https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/nevada/gold-butte
2https://www.huffpost.com/entry/seeing-faces-in-inanimate-objects_n_55ad30a7e4b065dfe89edec9
