Figure 1 – Blue dasher on a lotus bud, Great Meadows national Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA. July 25, 2020. (c) DE Wolf 2020.
Continuing with yesterday morning’s heat visit to the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, MA I took the image of Figure 1, which truly captures a sacred pair of memes. The lotus blossom is symbolic of the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. The dragon fly is an object of magic and imagination. Here we have the beautiful and iridescent blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) spreading its delicately constructed wings in the warm sunlight. The appeal of the dragonfly is the hovering flight and their magical ability to catch the light as if they themselves were on fire.
“Dragonflies are reminders that we are light and we can reflect light in powerful ways if we choose to do so.”
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Canon T2i with EF70-200 mm F/4.0L USM lens at 200 mm, ISO 200, Aperture Priority AE Mode 1/250 th sec at f/7.1 with no exposure compensation.