This is the 596th edition of the Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue). Here is the April 20 edition. Inclusion of a story in the Spotlight does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it.
OUTSTANDING GREEN STORIES
Spot-winged comb jelly, Ocyropsis maculata.OceanDiver writes—The Daily Bucket - comb jellies in the Caribbee: “Just back from my annual dive trip to the Caribbee, and as I rinse my gear and watch the no-see-um bug bites fade, some memories are still vivid, along with a residual gentle rocking motion of ocean swells, very pleasurable. One site had a remarkable proliferation of Comb jellies, a type of planktonic marine creature that is mostly invisible, although they glow at night (wasn’t able to see that tho). For folks interested in more information about the group, ADW has a nice page on them animaldiversity.org/.… They are somewhat like jellyfish in overall structure and jellyness, but they don’t sting. They do have rows of cilia — tiny hairs — that beat in concert to give them some movement, and look iridescent when the light is right. While almost impossible to photograph or film, I did catch some footage of a few. After the fact I discovered they show up best against the blue. I’ll remember that for next year.”
lynnekz writes—Solar Panel Carport Installations a Win-Win: “I take a class at my local community college. I usually park in a small lot next to the building where my class is held. A couple of weeks ago I had occasion to visit another part of the campus. As I drove around to the other side of the campus where there is a large parking lot I saw what looked to me at first glance as carport awnings thoughtfully provided by the school to help shade students’ cars from sun and inclement weather. However, as I got closer to the lot I saw that the “awnings” were actually large solar panels installed over the parking lot. There are over 3100 solar panels over the parking lot which produce 900MWh annually (enough to power 90 homes). The solar panels will save the college $300,000 over the next 15 years. The project was funded by grants and a Purchase Power Agreement. Providing shade on sunny days and shelter from snow, ice, and rain on bad weather days is just an added benefit. They also have lights underneath so the area is well lit for students returning to their vehicles after dark. [...] I had never seen an installation like this before and it just blew me away.”
American flamingos in Bonaire.matching mole writes—Dawn Chorus: Flamingos: “Just over six months ago Hurricane Michael, now officially reclassified as a category 5 storm, plowed north across the Gulf of Mexico and slammed into the Florida Panhandle. While doing so, it dropped a flamingo off at St Marks National Wildlife Refuge, south of Tallahassee. The bird has become arguably the refuge’s most famous and documented organism, although it has stiff competition from the vermilion flycatcher that winters in the same spot next to the road every year. Last time I was in the visitor’s center there were greeting cards with flamingo photos. I imagine t-shirts aren’t far behind. I’ve seen the flamingo twice. Once was a couple of weeks after it was originally discovered. We had failed to see it on an earlier visit we made to the refuge and figured it had left the area by our next trip. However there was a steady stream of ‘hikers’ coming down the path along the dike beside Stony Bayou 1 and we learned that the flamingo was a 15-20 minute walk away.”
from Daily Kos http://bit.ly/2XPf3Pp
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