Tootfinder

Heute vor 67 Jahren: Am 6. Juli 1959 stürzte ein USAF C-124 in Barksdale AFB, #Louisiana, mit drei Mark 39 #Atombomben ab. Die Explosion blieb aus, aber ein Sprengkopf wurde zerstört, zwei weitere erlitten Hitzeschäden und Tritiumleckagen. Das Gebiet war geringfügig kontaminiert.

"Nearly 1.5M people in Louisiana depend on this strip of marsh. But it needs saving."
#US #USA #America #Louisiana

Nearly 1.5M people in Louisiana depend on this strip of marsh. But it needs saving.
The New Orleans Land Bridge protects New Orleans from storm surge. Like much of Louisiana's coast, it's disappearing at a rapid rate.

Mia at Catalpa Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana. She would stay in this position for the duration of petting, just gazing lovingly up the whole time. I wish I could have picked her up and held her during the tour of the house. #cat #cats #caturday #katzen #plantation #louisiana

"Recycling Glass into Sand Helps Protect Louisiana’s Coast from Erosion"
#US #USA #America #Louisiana

Recycling Glass into Sand Helps Protect Louisiana’s Coast from Erosion | Happy Eco News
Recycling glass into sand by New Orleans startup Glass Half Full processes 100,000 pounds monthly to restore Louisiana's eroding coastline, creating disaster relief materials and supporting wetland protection while diverting bottles from landfills.

Brick fans, is the spiral pattern here evidence that several different types of clay were rolled together prior to shaping? I'm not positive of age but nearby residence was built in 1834. Rosedown Plantation, St. Francisville, Louisiana. #bricks #clay #paving #masonry #beneficiation #louisiana #plantation

Dark ricefield mosquito (Psorophora columbiae) near the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana. Or at least I think that's what it is. The species can become so numerous after a flood that cows can die from exsanguination. #mosquito #diptera #nature #flies #louisiana #vacherie #blood

Mexican pygmy grasshopper (Clypeotettix mexicanus) on the banks of the Mississippi River. Like many species in the Tetrigidae it grazes on stranded river algae, so that's why it was there. In related news they are fairly good swimmers compared to other grasshoppers, in part due to expanded hind tibiae. Apparently not uncommon to find them partly submerged and seemingly pretending to be frogs, complete with fake poison glands. Some species carry extra air below the pronotum so that they can stay submerged. Vacherie, Louisiana. #grasshoppers #algae #riparian #tetrigidae #insects #nature #louisiana #nature #macro

Say's armored harvestman (Libitioides sayi). Reported to hunt slow-moving arthropods but like most opiliones not opposed to scavenging. At night they clump together with others of the same species (use a 365nm flashlight to find them, because they fluoresce). Found under a log near the Mississippi River in West Feliciana Parish, LA. #harvestman #opiliones #cosmetidae #arachnid #nature #louisiana