The town has a new water treatment plant, and the tap water is better, but there are still calcium deposits in this potted plant (they just accumulate more slowly).

Found all of these cicada molts under the red maple in the backyard.

The field of sunflowers under my bird feeder. Birds and squirrels forage among the fallen shells everyday, but they don't seem to be very efficient.

Built the @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social Blue Ghost lunar lander. Annoyed that I tore the antenna sticker, but oh well.

Melania is cosplaying as a Dark City Stranger:
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Drainage in an artificial lake in eastern Pennsylvania. Water is mostly frozen, but still pouring down the sides.

Niagara Cave, MN (because it still has an active waterfall inside). These pictures are where ancient seafloor mud built up, hardened into sedimentary rock, and then cracked to form the cave. Invertebrate fossils can be seen in the walls.

I love the shapes the duckweed makes, and the look of the turbines on the horizon.

A still standing tree, hollowed out in the middle.

Lichen in eastern Pennsylvania, June 2024.

Moths mating in eastern Pennsylvania in June. Not sure what the species is.

Found this cicada molting back in August. My first time seeing one in the process.