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Explanation: If you could only see gamma-rays, photons with up to a billion or more times the energy of visible light, the Moon would be brighter than the Sun! That startling notion underlies this novel image of the Moon, based on data collected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument during its first seven years of operation (2008-2015). Fermi's gamma-ray vision doesn't distinguish details on the lunar surface, but a gamma-ray glow consistent with the Moon's size and position is clearly found at the center of the false color map. The brightest pixels correspond to the...

Snowy Egrets and White Ibis today. The tide is exceptionally high, it's a seasonal trend, lots of marsh birds way out, perched in the Mangroves. Nothing moving at the pond. I waited a while and the Snowies and Ibis started showing up. I put out some french fries and dry cat food to bring in some gulls, they just weren't eating at the time, and a gull will usually eat anything. If you know you have a good spot, and nothing is there, wait for a while, often, they will come. Hunting is an exercise in patience, and wildlife photography...

This Snowy Egret was hunting nest building materials today. They constantly repair and reinforce their nests, but this one may be starting a new effort, the weather has killed a lot of chicks this year. When they are constantly wet their body temperature falls too low.

Fishing is harder on cloudy days, the fish and small crustaceans aren't as visible. This snowy Egret was just waiting for a break.

I prowled around the edges of the saltmarsh, found some Snowy Egrets. These birds aren't showing color change for breeding season yet, although the plumage is right for the time. The lores and feet will get red before long.The Ibis are from the flock out near my homestead.

Supposed to be Sunny tomorrow! Foggy and rainy days kill the colors in my world. I sure do need to get out of this house!

The breeding season is near, the birds are sprucing up their wardrobes.. These shots are from Friday, Panasonic FZ 30 with the Olympus Tcon 17 lens. Brown Pelican and Snowy Egret. fr

Cloudy and raining, but good for shooting white feathers.

Hospital Creek, in St. Augustine. The Great Egret has a crab in its beak if you look closely. Happy New Year, Freepers!!

This is a great place to sit with a good cup of coffee. The light gets too harsh really early, got to be ahead of it to get a shot.

Early, at the lake.