Cirsium discolor Field Thistle

Cirsium discolor Field Thistle

Field thistle is a North American Species in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.  It is a biennial or perennial herb up to 78.5" tall producing a large taproot.  Butterflies like it. It is used as a component of some North American prairie and wildflower meadow restoration mixes.

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Yofortierite Eudialyte

Yofortierite Eudialyte

I showed a series named Yofortierite back in April.  This is another sample including Yofortierite and also including Eudialyite.  They are in the same group.

This sample comes to us from Varennes, Saint Amable Sill, Quebec, Canada. 

Yofortierite Eudialyte

The formula for Eudialyte is  Na15Ca6(Fe2+,Mn2+)3Zr3[Si25O73](O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2 

North American F-86F Hay Maker

North American F-86F Hay Maker

The RF-86F above was the reconnaissance variant of the well known F-86 Super Sabre.  It looked so much like the F-86 Super Sabre that they applied a painted picture of the 50 cal gun ports to fool the enemy into thinking the unarmed Hay Maker was a standard Super Sabre.

F-86 Gun Ports

 As a photographer, I find the reconnaissance aircraft interesting.  I like looking at the cameras used.

K-17 Camera with Film Magazine and 6 inch Lens.

  RF-86Fs carried a single K-17 camera fitted with 6" focal length lens.  Widely employed by US Army Air Forces during WW II,. the versatile K-17 camera was useful for reconnaissance, bomb damage assessment, mapping.  The K-17 used 9" x 9" format film and could be fitted with a 6", 12", or 24" focal length lenses.

Thanks to NMUSAF Dayton, OH  for the information provided and permission to photograph.

Lloyd Family

Thanks to Lloyd family for accommodations during the capturing of these images.

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Coneflower

Coneflower

I have watched these grow beside my house for about 20 years.  They are in the daisy family, draught tolerant and in the sunflower family.

Coneflower

They have taproots, alternate leaves and the "petals" are really bracts.

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Stibnite

Stibnite

This sample is from Puhipuhi, Northland, North Island, New Zealand.

The dark needle-like crystals are stibnite.

Stibnite

It is also known as Antimonite, Sb2S3: and Antimony Trisulfide

Stibnite

 It has been used in cosmetics since 3000 BC.  It is a component of modern safety matches.  Large deposits of it are rare.

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First To Fly Across The English Channel

Bleriot Monoplane

This aircraft was the first to fly from France, across the English Channel, in 1909.  It boasted 25HP engine.  That's the size of my son's riding mower engine.

The English quickly realized they must take measures to protect themselves in the event of aggression from East.  They started working on the Chain Home radar.  But they had time to refine their system during WW I.

Louis Bleriot built and sold his planes to England and other countries for WW I reconnaissance.  His planes were used extensively to train pilots.  Most if not all aircraft except Bleriot's were biplanes during the Great War.

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Crocosmia Lucifer

Crocosmia Lucifer

This plant is in the iris family and is a small genus.  Lucifer is a cultivar, it has been developed in selective breeding.  The plant is endemic to Africa, grasslands, southern and eastern to Sudan.  They have bulbs resembling those of gladiolas.

Thanks to Kingwood Center for the opportunity to capture these images.

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