Common Cottongrass

Hello Friends,

On our recent trip to Iceland, which ran from late May into mid June, we frequently had opportunities to enjoy one of Iceland's greatest treasures, it's geothermal waters. Per an online inquiry, ... "Geothermal waters and underground heat account for about 65% of Iceland's total primary energy supply. When broken down by use, geothermal sources provide roughly 25% to 30% of Iceland's electricity (with hydropower making up the rest) and heat about 90% of all homes and buildings."

Toward the end of our trip we spent a night at Hótel Flókalundur in Vatnsfirði in the Westfjords region of Iceland, near the Brjánslækur ferry terminal. We were scheduled to go on that ferry the next day, but it was not to be, another ferry on a more heavily travelled route was disabled and our ferry was taken away, but that's another story.

One of the nice local features near our hotel was a spring fed pool where we could sit in warm water and take in the breathtaking views around us. The area surrounding the pool was marshy, and there I found the cottongrass in the top image. Once before in Denali National Park and on the Denali Highway in Alaska we encountered cottongrass. It was featured as my image-of-the-week with more detailed information about cottongrass at https://3ddigitalphoto.com/ImageofTheWeek.asp?week=07-29-2023.

The top image was taken with my Panasonic Lumix GX7 macro camera with 3D lens using frame sides for phantogram processing. The bottom image was from a Google Pixel 9 Pro cellphone shot converted into 3D with DepthMaker.

Not wishing to get much into politics today, so let's just say that just about everything coming out of the Trump administration lately has been disgusting and reprehensible. They can't win us over with his actions and policies, which are insane, so instead they'll try to maintain power by preventing people from voting. Who could've thought or believed in our lifetime we'd see this day, but here we are. I can only hope that a reckoning is coming, and soon.

Wishing for better,

Barry Rothstein

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