John L's Miscellaneous PhotosClick on images for full view in separate window.
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1 – Here are a couple hummingbird moths. (Another species is shown here.) 2 – A luna moth. 3 – A moth I haven't identified yet. These little guys are quite numerous in the summertime in northern Wisconsin. 4 – Here is one of my latest intrusions on the fascinating fauna associated with mulleins. 5 – A couple common parasites: A woodtick and a leech, each trying to penetrate my thick sock. 6 – A petrified wormhole and its occupant, visible during the lifetime of E. B. Fred Hall at U.W.-Madison, just inside the door of the ground floor entranceway (on the south side). The stone block was presumably saved before the building was demolished in 2004. 7 – Whilst in flight over Iowa in August, 1997, this circular rainbow or "glory" was spotted surrounding the shadow made on the clouds by the airliner. 8 – Here we have clouds casting shadows onto other clouds. Another photo shows a jet contrail casting a shadow upon some older contrails; this image has been added to a slide show of contrails. 9 – Red clouds over campus at sunset. 10 – Sunset clouds over Lake Mendota. 11 – Twin manta-ray clouds, comin' at ya! 12 – Teargas clouds – an all-too-common sight on campus around 30 years ago. 13 through 15 – An interesting, unnamed pond which runs along the hills several miles north of Hayward, WI. This is the site from which I got the sample that yielded the first isolate of my new genus, still unpublished. (!) These photos were taken on October 9, 2004 near the peak of the fall colors. 16 and 17 – A couple old shots of the pond which can look plenty mysterious at times such as seen in Photo 16. Photo 17 shows a "golden pond" appearance often seen on sunny days. 18 – Up in the hills near the pond we occasionally see genuine forest cows attempting to revert to their auroch ancestry. Here are two specimens successfully blending into their surroundings. Albino deer, black squirrels and plenty of bears are also spotted in the area; photos are on my homepage. |
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Seen in an old forest in northern Wisconsin is this tree with a partially hollow trunk which quite possibly serves as an occasional shelter for the forest screechers. The outside appearance resembles that of the domiciles depicted in the old Walt Kelly comic strip Pogo – the interiors of which were regularly depicted as dimensionally larger than the exteriors, much like the TARDIS in Doctor Who. However, this tree is relatively cramped as seen on the right where the 3-D camera is pointed straight up. To view this image, sit back and – at the level of your monitor – look at the two photos, letting your eyes uncross and re-focus on the superimposed images.
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