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Taken 13-May-11
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Dimensions3610 x 2422
Original file size1.45 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken13-May-11 08:18
Date modified10-Feb-12 13:36
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D5000
Focal length105 mm
Focal length (35mm)157 mm
Max lens aperturef/4
Exposure1/10 at f/25
FlashNot fired
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeAuto
Exposure prog.Normal
ISO speedISO 200
Metering modePattern
Digital zoom1x
Suspended Animation

Suspended Animation

Taken an hour and a half later, at 8:18 am. This bee (?) has just spent the night in this position, in suspended animation, riding out the cold and damp. It is covered in dewdrops -- and pollen. Over the course of the next hour, it thawed up and moved away. Chaparral Mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus) (?)