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Reflection rainbows
The middle rainbow that is standing vertical between the primary and secondary arcs is an unusual phenomenon, resulting from the sunlight shining as a beam upwards through the same water droplets that are refracting the primary solar rays after being reflected by the surface of the body of water (though wet sand can also produce this optical effect). These appear most often when the sun is low on the horizon at dawn or dusk when the water reflects the solar rays most powerfully, as evidenced in this case by the steep angle of the primary arc. The arcs and reflection bow will draw closer together as the sun sets lower in the sky before vanishing with it into the growing dusk.
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Image credit: Manolis Thravalos via EPOD
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https://www.atoptics.co.uk/rainbows/reflect.htm
This is all kinds of dumb like for one thing mres these days are extremely diverse and tailored to specific soldiers dietary needs and religious needs, they have kosher ones and halal ones, meanwhile commods (usda food distribution program) you gotta take what you can get. This makes it seem like mres are a worse choice but if I had the option of a tailored pack of food that had a buncha goodies in it too cause yes they get treats I’d choose that over a block of cheese and questionable meat. I still remember ndns on my rez lining up for army leftovers at the community center in the 90s because that food was better than than the stuff we were getting from commods.
Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana - Elephants
Mashatu, “Land of Giants”, takes its name from the locally sacrosanct
Mashatu or Nyala berry tree (Xanthrocercis zambesiaca) and the giants
that roam its terrain. These magnificent dark green trees, which are
found along the rivers in the reserve, provide refuge, shade and food to
a myriad wildlife. Mashatu, which is one of the largest privately owned
game reserves in southern Africa, avails a sanctuary to the largest
herds of elephant on privately owned land on the continent. In addition
to that, the world’s tallest mammal, the giraffe, the world’s largest
antelope, the eland, the world’s largest bird, the ostrich, and the
world’s heaviest flying bird, the kori bustard are all part of the game
drive experience on Mashatu. Add the king of the beasts, the lion and
the iconic baobab tree…and you have Africa’s big seven land based
giants.
Read more here
All photos taken by Keith Connelly
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Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana - Elephants
Mashatu, “Land of Giants”, takes its name from the locally sacrosanct
Mashatu or Nyala berry tree (Xanthrocercis zambesiaca) and the giants
that roam its terrain. These magnificent dark green trees, which are
found along the rivers in the reserve, provide refuge, shade and food to
a myriad wildlife. Mashatu, which is one of the largest privately owned
game reserves in southern Africa, avails a sanctuary to the largest
herds of elephant on privately owned land on the continent. In addition
to that, the world’s tallest mammal, the giraffe, the world’s largest
antelope, the eland, the world’s largest bird, the ostrich, and the
world’s heaviest flying bird, the kori bustard are all part of the game
drive experience on Mashatu. Add the king of the beasts, the lion and
the iconic baobab tree…and you have Africa’s big seven land based
giants.
Read more here
All photos taken by Keith Connelly
