137/365: My first confirmed Cicadas sighting of 2013 (a Brood II Magicicada septendecim, sometimes called the Pharaoh Cicada or the 17-year Locust) [Explored]

SONY SLT-A77V | 100mm F10 1/160 ISO100 DSC02652

"This year's invasion, Brood II, is one of the bigger ones. Several experts say that they really don't have a handle on how many cicadas are lurking underground but that 30 billion seems like a good estimate. At the Smithsonian Institution, researcher Gary Hevel thinks it may be more like 1 trillion.

Even if it's merely 30 billion, if they were lined up head to tail, they'd reach the moon and back.

"There will be some places where it's wall-to-wall cicadas," says University of Maryland entomologist Mike Raupp.

More about the coming invasion: io9.com/you-wont-believe-how-many-cicadas-are-about-to-en...

For the month of May I'm not going to edit or process my Project 365 images; all images will be straight out of camera (though some images may be cropped).

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Taken in: United States / Virginia / Groveton (show map)

Taken on: May 17, 2013

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Camera: Sony SLT-A77V, f/10.0, 1/160 sec, 100mm (=150mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony SLT-A77V
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	100mm (35mm equivalent: 150mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	SLT-A77V v1.04
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