Mar 24, 2021

Butterflies and us, how we can interact for superior photographs

A viceroy butterfly rests on grass with water in the background. — A viceroy in the sun.

With the coming of spring, color bursts forth as the greyscale of winter subsides. Soon, the butterflies, the most beautiful of all insects, will return to brighten our world. They do not bite, but rather fly around and alight, seemingly to delight us. Of course, their more important purpose is…

On the structure of an iron-nickel meteorite

his is a macro photograph of the Muonionalusta meteorite in the ground and etched condition showing the Wedmanstatten structure. The diagonal line in the lower right hand zone of the specimen is a prior-Taenite grain boundary. — *Figure 1: This is a macro photograph of the Muonionalusta meteorite in the ground and…*

An earlier version of this article appeard on rexp2research.com.

It is illegal in the United States to own a moon rock. However, this does not prevent one from possessing other interstellar material. Meteorites are a great example of material not from the earth. They have fascinated people for centuries and…

Richard Rateick, Jr.

Richard Rateick, Jr., is a Materials Scientist, Mechanical Engineer and Chemist who is also a consulting business owner: rexp2research.com.

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