This was a day filled with unusual and surprising things. First was this face that only a mother could love... a round nosed guitar fish. The relative of a skate or a ray, this poor little guy was definitely out of his element. Maybe 18 inches nose to tail he blended in so well with the sand that I almost stepped on him.
The next surprise was the rocket launched from Cape Canaveral. My first thought was that the sun was shining strangely on the 7 a.m. flight to Atlanta from our local airport. Then I realized that flight was going straight up. Only thing that does that is a rocket. After returning home I found out that the Air Force had launched an Atlas 5 rocket with a new and highly sophisticated communications satellite onboard.
From a species of fish that is estimated to be over 150 million years old to a rocket and satellite launched into space... the anachronism was mind boggling. How strange that within just a few minutes I was exposed to this strange juxtaposition of ancient creature and new science. Gives one lots to think about!
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