Puffball

I've seen puffballs (Basidiomycota) this big before, but never when I had a camera.



I put a quarter on top, to give you an idea of its size.



You can see that some other photographer before me had put a smaller coin on it. I'm not sure if it was a nickel, penny, or dime. The puffball might have grown since its last photo shoot.

It looks like a crater on the moon.



I found it on a trail that had always been closed. It turned out that the sign had been relocated.




(Fel-pro RRR Park, Cary, Illinois, 09/27/2009)

Puff

Click to zoom. There's a lot of detail.


(from Fel-Pro RRR Park; Cary Illinois, 9/7/09)

Virginia Ctenucha Moth

Spotted at the Fel-pro RRR park in Cary, 07/02/09

Southern Streets

The view from the streets of southern Chile

Villarica


Achao



Ancud


Castro


Pucón


Temuco

The Road to Junín

Sights along the roads to and from Junín de Los Andes, Argentina





Vulcán Lanín


These are "descansos". Souls who die on the highway may rest in them, on their final journey.





In an araucaria (monkey puzzle tree) forest near Vulcán Lanín.

Oceanviews

Views of the Pacific ocean, from Isla Chiloé, Chile.

From the men's room of the ferry from Puerto Montt to Isla Chiloé


Sea lions following the ferry to Isla Quinchao


From the market in Achao...

...and on the beach


The Bay of Ancud




Palafitos in Castro


(Feb. 6, 7, & 8, 2007)

Lagos y Ríos

Some beautiful lakes and rivers in and around the south-central Andes.

Lago Calafquén

(On the beach in Lican Ray, Chile)

Lago Quillelhue

(On the road to the Argentine border & Junín de Los Andes)

Lago Lácar

(From the cliffs near San Martín de Los Andes, Argentina)

Río Chimehuin
(At the park in Junín de Los Andes, Argentina)




(Feb. 1 & 2, 2007)

Temuco

The capital of the Araucanía Region of Chile

La Plaza de Armas...




Street scenes...




(From Temuco, Chile - January, 2007)

Traveler's Tribute

(Airport art in Santiago Airport, Chile - 2/10/2007)

Window Seat

Volcán El Palomo, Chile


Volcán Descabezado Grande, Chile


(On a flight from Santiago to Temuco, Chile - 2/10/2007)