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Archive for January, 2015
Space
Posted in Etchings, tagged Galaxy, Space Exploration on January 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Cavorting Beetles
Posted in Etchings, Natural Phenomena, tagged Beetles, Death Valley on January 14, 2015| 1 Comment »
1975 Death Valley, California : SPRING
While driving thru a barren desert I glimpsed a red band circling around a hill.
I stopped, got out, and walked a quarter-mile to the base of the hill.
What could that red stripe be ?
It was a pile of red beetles … 2 or 3 deep …
too wide to step over … too wide to jump over …
Reddish orange with a black edge and each one inch long …
each individual struggling to reproduce the species.
Shining in the sun … copulating …
Why was this strip of land their chosen place to gather ?