Guess what this is a photo of!

[Andy M.]

Yeah, but what stealth plane?

*googles furiously*

F-1................

 

[Barbara L]

Northrup Tacit Blue

Barbara

 

[qmax]

Northrup Tacit Blue

Barbara

Give the lady a cheroot. Very good.

 

[Barbara L]

Thank you! I thought for sure someone was going to beat me to it!

Okay, what, specifically, is this?

Barbara

 

[keltin]

Well, it’s obviously a cut log with some thick bark, and is that a fungus on the bark? Is that Cloud Ear Fungus, a Japanese mushroom that grows on infected trees or some other mushroom that infects trees?

 

[Barbara L]

Cross-section of a tree, yes. What kind of tree? (As far as I know there is no fungus--it didn't mention it).

Barbara

 

[keltin]

California Red Oak?

 

[Barbara L]

The oak part is right, but not the rest of it.

Barbara

 

[jeninga75]

Scrub oak?

 

[jeninga75]

Is it a cork oak?

 

[qmax]

Chestnut oak?

BTW - how did you know about Tacit Blue?

 

[Barbara L]

Is it a cork oak?

You got it!

Barbara

 

[Barbara L]

BTW - how did you know about Tacit Blue?

I don't know much about stealth planes, and I had never heard of Tacit Blue. I did a search for "Stealth Plane" and found a Wikipedia article. There were a lot of links to different stealth planes (used, rejected, past, and planned) at the bottom. I just started clicking on links.

Barbara

 

[qmax]

I don't know much about stealth planes, and I had never heard of Tacit Blue. I did a search for "Stealth Plane" and found a Wikipedia article. There were a lot of links to different stealth planes (used, rejected, past, and planned) at the bottom. I just started clicking on links.

Barbara

Well that one was very obscure. Demonstrator for technologies used on the B-2. Wasn't declassified until about 8-9 years ago.

 

[jeninga75]

Sorry long day, just got home.

Ok! What is this cranky looking creature?

 

[Katie H]

Looks like a horseshoe crab.

 

[keltin]

That's a Giant Isopod! In particular, the Bathynomus giganteus.

 

[qmax]

That is one freaky creature.

 

[Katie H]

That is one freaky creature.

With a face only a mother could love!

 

[qmax]

With a face only a mother could love!

Wonder how they taste?