Uncategorized Azurite specimen from Liu Feng Shan Anhui Province China. by user|Published May 7, 2015 This specimen was focus stacked using a macro rail to maximize the depth of field. To me it has a surreal look like an aerial view of s mountain range with blue lakes and rivers and strange icy peaks.
Published July 6, 2017 Rare Beauty For a few weeks in early summer, Gray’s lily brightens mountains in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. They grow on grassy balds, […]
Published October 8, 2015 Greedy grasshopper We are having Indian summer with warm sunny days in early autumn. The leaves are still mostly green, so it feels in […]
Published February 12, 2016 Winter’s War February is winter’s battleground, a month reluctantly moving toward spring. As the days grow longer, the sun gets stronger, but at night […]
Published July 7, 2016 Living Fossils Cycads are the oldest insect pollinated plants. The Jurassic is known as the age of the cycads, when these then […]