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I can't tell from this post where you are at the moment, but remember our invitation for southern Georgia still stands.

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Thanks again for the kind offer, Janisse. Well, I sorta blew it -- had to head north a few days ago. But perhaps in the future! I'll certainly be back to Georgia!

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Apr 5Liked by Bryan Pfeiffer

Love it! While I'm looking forward to seeing the solar eclipse on Monday, you, once again, remind me to just be wherever I am seeing and appreciating what is there. (Also, methane bubbles in ice!)

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We gotta get you onto Substack!

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Apr 5Liked by Bryan Pfeiffer

Life is awesome.

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Everywhere we look! We are indeed fortunate.

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Gorgeous pictures and I love how you found the "eclipses" in other parts of nature, in addition to the sky. Thank you for sharing! What a great first read in my inbox this morning.

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Thanks, Karen. (I made a visit to see Torreya before leaving FL -- so sad. I'll be writing about those trees.)

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Apr 5Liked by Bryan Pfeiffer

I can't tell you how much I loved this post, a reminder of the many patterns and miracles in our extravagantly gorgeous Earth. Thank you!

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I'll bet you've got ideas for more!

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Yes. Yes, look down. Yes, look around. No need to go far away for exquisite beauty. You're the man. Bryan.

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We do indeed like looking down at earth -- and around, especially on tree trunks. 😀

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Apr 5Liked by Bryan Pfeiffer

In all the absurd hype going on here in VT right now around the mother of all celestial events, it is so refreshing to remember to look to the micro. Now I'm going to look for coronas everywhere. Thanks, Bryan.

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What about that white blush/bloom on blueberries. Does it count?

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Apr 5Liked by Bryan Pfeiffer

So poetic, these earthly coronas. Galaxies of nano-eclipses on butterfly wings!

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Aw, shucks — from my fave Substack poet. Thanks, MK!

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Apr 5Liked by Bryan Pfeiffer

Lovely … thank you!

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You are so welcome, Kathy. Thanks so much for reading.

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I loved this. Especially with the marks left on leaves by caterpillars, which we usually just view as "damage" but you invite us to see in another light.

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Speaking for and of trees, I've got post to write on those caterpillars! An update on this one:

https://bryanpfeiffer.com/2019/09/12/fall-migration-in-the-skies-and-at-your-feet/

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Fascinating! Two questions: how do they "stitch" the leaves together, and is each shelter also stitched or anchored to the leaf they're eating?

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I think they bind with silk so that they can be covered while feeding on tissue below (one side of the "pita" is smaller and facing down -- I think they feed out of the edge). (Goes to show that I've got even more observing to do.) In the fall, the little "pitas" aren't attached to the rest of the leaf so that they can drop to the forest floor (with wind or leaf drop) for pupating and then overwintering. They're all over the trails in September in years when the caterpillars are abundant.

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It's truly an amazing thing they're doing that's for sure!

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Thanks so much for sharing your observations

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Apr 5Liked by Bryan Pfeiffer

I hear there will be a good viewing in Vermont- will you get to see the eclipse? 🌓

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I'm wrapping up my trip to the Southeast and heading home to Vermont just in time (and perhaps in traffic)! If only I could invite Chasing Nature subscribers for a big party! 🎉😀

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how exciting!! And gathering the Chasing Nature community around an eclipse would be so epic!

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Oh, I just love this concept. Thanks for sharing these beautiful eclipses.

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I hope you're finding little eclipses of your own, Lindsay!

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Thank you - I definitely have some bird and squirrel eye ones around, but will be on the lookout for others going forward :)

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A wonderful series of coronas, how so much of the living natural world is related in form. Thank you.

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Apr 6Liked by Bryan Pfeiffer

Thanks for this lovely reminder. Nature is indeed a marvel, no matter where you look.

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This is so cool, Bryan! I did not remotely make the connection between a solar eclipse and these nature patterns - and here you've collected a wonderful gallery of them all around us every day!

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Thank you; a learning moment in a way that I enjoyed. Thank you from Toronto.

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