Friday, December 14, 2012

Rare Photograph of a Flying Reptile

"Pterodactyl", Boardwalk, Shem Creek, Mt. Pleasant, SC
© Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved




Today (or maybe it was yesterday or last week), an intrepid photographer made this image of what he asserts is a rarely seen prehistoric animal. In fact it is so rare that some experts speculate it is the first and only sighting of a pterodactyl in, well, 150 million years.

Others (foolhardy skeptics mostly) believe the said photographer displays a delusional imagination, and that the reputed flying reptile is nothing more than the ubiquitous brown pelican.

Believe whatever you wish...
 it's the internet after all
and truth is elusive.




16 comments:

  1. Now that's a pterodactyl if ever I've seen one. What a hoot. Have a good weekend Doug. I'm off on a dinosaur safari.

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  2. A fine image that mirrors your chosen words so nicely.
    Gorgeous capture of this ‘pterosaurian’ in motion.

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  3. What wonderful light ! magnificent.

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  4. What a catch!
    Beautiful light and colors.

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  5. wow, it's the new canon with the built-in time-machine?

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  6. Well, that would of been great, right? The geologists will have a field day! Great shot and colour.

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  7. lovely warm light. looks prehistoric to me:-))

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  8. That's a brown pelican?
    He he... I thought it was a snipe.

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  9. Snipe...pelican...pterodactyl...whatever, it picked a great evening to take to the wing. And what a shot, lovely textures, shadows and leading lines all bathed in beautiful light.

    The stuff of legends...

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  10. I'm going with pterodactyl because it makes my brain happy.

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  11. L'image est très belle, l'intrusion de la préhistoire apporte du mystère à la photo.

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  12. great (evening?) light along this boardwalk. hope you found a safe spot in view of this dino attack ... ;-)

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  13. if it's from the internets, it must be true.. ;D nice catch!

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