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Hi Jasestorm

Beautiful monarch - had a few of monarchs fly through in and around the garden last week - it is nice to see their return again - anyway, great pic - take care.

Richard wrote:
Took these photos a few weeks ago of a early morning N West arch cloud

Hi Richard

Nice pano, thank you for sharing this - take care.

I found this really nice picture of morning glory clouds on the net this morning !!!

I so wish to share my Joy - I took this pic over the weekend of my eight year old scoring a try for his team (DT, places her hand over her heart) YES, and although they did not win their game, non the less I am very proud of them all, godbles them
Great pic Lacertae I would have loved to have experienced seeing these bands of clouds - thank you for posting it, awesome

Lacertae wrote:I found this really nice picture of morning glory clouds on the net this morning !!!

http://www.aerialvideo.com.au/gloryfootage.html

Bit more info

Today the SW change was quite interesting, starting with a good convection over neighbourhoods like Cashmere and turning in some sort of a structured "linear" cloud oriented SW/NE with lots of virga.
I took a couple of shots from the summit of Mount Vernon, a bit too early though to get the most interesting part of it, sorry ...

Found this Bettle in my garden a few weeks ago, still cant find the species name though as so many from online are very simular.

I've seen one like this in Governors Bay a couple of weeks ago ... can't remember the name unfortunately ...

Looks like Megadromus-antarcticus, or 'Alexander beetle' as it's known in Canterbury, common in most urban and agricultural habitats around there.

We were in Auckland on Wednesday and as I had alittle time to spare before I headed up to neurosurgical we decided to visit the Museum.

My attention was immediately drawn to the ceiling inside the muesum building -the light, the colours captured my focus and gaze - I was spellbound by the craft and beauty of it.

I just wish that my time was not so rushed or hurried in which I could enjoy visiting each level and the galleries, take care.

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The moonlight was so bright yesterday morning that the brightness of it actually woke me from my sleep.

These images of the moon were taken from Rangikapiti @ approx 06:16hrs looking west... take care.

The 2nd pic is nice ! Good work DT !

Some birds from the Ohinetahi Reserve in Governors Bay :

Clouds were dramatic last evening when we were out walking... a few photographs taken from Taipa.

Very tame Monarch Butterfly in my garden this morning, laying eggs under Swan Plant leaves. Also had the visit of what I think is a Red Admiral (anyone to confirm or correct ?).

Wind Rotation Clouds and Rainbows...

Lacertae wrote:Also had the visit of what I think is a Red Admiral (anyone to confirm or correct ?).

What a winged creature of beauty she/he is... and a delight of colour in your garden it could be a Red Admiral... certainly it looks like one...

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Lacertae wrote:Also had the visit of what I think is a Red Admiral (anyone to confirm or correct ?).

Nah, it's a descendant of the Aussie Yellow Admiral (Bassaris itea) - not quite as common here as our Red Admiral (Bassaris gonerilla).

Nev wrote:

Lacertae wrote:Also had the visit of what I think is a Red Admiral (anyone to confirm or correct ?).

Nah, it's a descendant of the Aussie Yellow Admiral (Bassaris itea) - not quite as common here as our Red Admiral (Bassaris gonerilla).

The yellow spot on wing span had me thinking that although it looked like a Red Admiral... the splash of yellow kept putting me - anyway, thanks for that

Thanks Nev for the info !

These possibly are Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, possibly strata, cumulus or cirrus ( I maybe wrong and am happy to be corrected so that I can learn)

I typed in goggle using the search word cork screw cloud to help me learn more about these cloud types, identification etc... I have observed and watched these clouds over the past two days I never took much notice of them until yesterday... they are fascinating.

The first pic has definitely got a KH feeling to it ! Not very developed but still there !

Quickly before I go to sleep, a picture of a Kereru taken near Reefton on the shore of the Inangahua River. I was only 3 metres away, but as the light wasn't good I struggled a bit to get an "unblurred" shot as the bird was moving all the time (and working at 1/30s) ... thanksfully the continuous shooting mode on my camera at 4fps is a good option in that sort of situation !
I've also got a HD video of the same bird eating Coprosma leaves and will try to find some time to post it here. EDIT : I couldn't possibly reduce the size of the video at less than 30MB (close to 300MB initially ...), so if you feel like it :
http://alpha-nz.net/Kokako/MVI_2117.mov

Lacertae wrote:The first pic has definitely got a KH feeling to it ! Not very developed but still there !

Thanks Lacertae... and I agree with you it has that KH feel to it... I had to search cloud types to find out what it was... what impressed upon me the most was the swirling action... and it reminded me of a cork screw... anyway............

It would be great if there were a small pocket book of NZ cloud types where a newbie to weather could easily use as a guide for visual identification... I get TIRED easily... sitting at the computer... and it take's FOREVER to type a few paragraphs when I post on the fourm *yawns*... my cue to log off... I need to rest... so take care of you beautiful.

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Lacertae wrote:I've also got a HD video of the same bird eating Coprosma leaves and will try to find some time to post it here.

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EDIT : I couldn't possibly reduce the size of the video at less than 30MB (close to 300MB initially ...), so if you feel like it :
http://alpha-nz.net/Kokako/MVI_2117.mov

I forgot to mention... Lacertae, you know you photograph birds beautifully... you catch the soul and essence of these creatures... did you know that (smile) would love to see a video... how about putting it on youtube...

The problem of YouTube is the quality ... and as I'm quite picky I don't really want to see my video reduced any further ...