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Another story about the flag at Iwo Jima
Alan Wood, veteran who provided iconic flag at Iwo Jima, dies at 90 – The Washington Post.
Joe Rosenthal took the picture for the Associated Press, but is was Alan Wood who had, and offered, the flag that was raised. His obituary is in the Washington Post.
Dark-eyed junco brings bird relay to my yard
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I saw my first dark-eyed junco of the season in my yard today, perched in my bare lilac bush. That means he’s here for the winter, from someplace cold enough to make Central Illinois feel like a haven. Then I noticed not one, but many, robins flying about. Right now, six are gathered in my yard. If this is a track meet, the lone junco is here to hand the baton of winter to the relay flock of robins. They’ll carry it somewhere south. The lovely junco reminds me that winter is a matter of perspective.
LA Times explains Hollywood/Space Shuttle photo
Endeavour and the Hollywood sign: How we got the photo – latimes.com.
A powerful lens from a long distance allows a shot that the naked eye might not see. We allow magnification to show microscopic life without calling it distortion. But when we use magnification in contexts we usually can see, it can really confuse us.
