Feb 23 2009
UFO over El Cielo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
I consider myself a pretty skeptical person–most of the time. But I think the picture below speaks for itself:
A large, rapidly rotating disc-shaped object floats in the sky over a remote mountainous area know for sightings of UFOs. I want to believe–how about you?
Well, the truth, as they say, is out there: below is the same scene, photographed with a flash and with the camera set to macro:
OK, it’s not proof of extraterrestrial life, but it’s an awfully cool bug, nonetheless. It’s a Guava Skipper. In the first photo, I disabled the flash and the camera focussed on the mountains outside the window on which the skipper was resting. In the second shot, I fixed the focus and used flash. You can see the reflection of the skipper in the window just below its wings.
Guava Skipper is a species that regularly visits South Texas, always getting oohs and ahhs from those lucky enough to see it. It may not be quite as exciting as a close encounter of the third kind, but it’ll do.
I think I see Sasquatch (known as El Yeti in Meheeko) on that mountainside in the first photo. Has Geraldo seen these yet?
ha ha ha! (to simulate genuine laughter). This is good. Great bug!!
My man…
Cool! Good post…with a great caption. Beautiful bug too!
Jeffrey A. Gordon » UFO over El Cielo, Tamaulipas, Mexico…
UFO over El Cielo, from Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas, Mexico. A large, rapidly rotating disc-shaped object floats in the sky over a remote mountainous area know for sightings of UFOs. I want to believe–how about you? ……