Images Dated 2004 October

Sun pillar

Sun pillar, a visual phenomenon created by the reflection of light from ice crystals with near horizontal parallel planar surfaces. The light comes from the sun usually at or low to the horizon. A similar effect can come from the moon or from terrestrial sources such as street lights

Atmospheric, Column, Drifting Crystals, Illusion, Light, Natural, Optical, Phenomena, Pillar, Rainbow, Refraction, Solar, Spectrum, Sunlight, Vertical

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), close, open mouth, seemingly smiling. Monkey Mia, Shark Bay, Western Australia

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Aquatic, Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin, Cetacea, Cetacean, Daily Feeding Tourist Attraction, Delphinidae, Dolphin, Echolocator, Eutheria, Fauna, Friendly, Happy, Intelligent, Jaws, Mammal, Mammalia, Marine, Melon Headed, Odontoceti, Sea Life, Sociable, Social, Stocky, Teeth, Toothed, Tourist Attraction, Tursiops, Warm Blooded, Wildlife, Worldwide

Hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum pyrrhosticta)

Hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum pyrrhosticta) feeding with its long proboscis on the nectar of Touch-me-not (Impatiens textori). Japan

Balsaminaceae, Hawk Moth, Insect, Lepidoptera, Maile Pilau Hornworm, Moth, Sphingidae