9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The morning I photographed this 13-year cicada at the base of an oak at the northeast corner of our house, there were already thousands in the trees. their whir reminded me that the last time I heard

The morning I photographed this 13-year cicada at the base of an oak at the northeast corner of our house, there were already thousands in the trees. their whir reminded me that the last time I heard them was the spring our son was born.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2011
Date Uploaded: 08.2011
Photo Location: Macon, Georgia, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Copyright: © Steve Mosley