Thirty days hath caught us off guard, so we failed to remember to download Hmm Daily’s full April allotment of Associated Press photographs before May arrived, to present to our readers in our customary end-of-month gallery post. We apologize for allowing the monthly photo quota to expire without delivering you, the readers, the maximum amount of content per dollar. But our desire to share visual material transcends mere dollar incentives, so rather than making you wait till the end of May for the next themed image gallery, we present an alternative collection of photographs, courtesy of the United States government, on the theme of ABANDONMENT.
Abandoned oil well on refuge lands. (Steve Hillebrand, USFWS)An Iranian mariner gives a thumbs up while aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy (WPB-1326). Monomoy rendered assistance to six Iranian mariners, who had to abandon their dhow, Ya-Hussayn, after its engine room flooded. Monomoy is assigned to Commander, Task Force 55, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Released)These are the first known photographs of the Kauai no-eyed spider (Adelocosa anops) with young. The spiderlings appear to have just hatched and the abandoned egg case is in the foreground. The baby spiders have climbed on to the parent spider’s back. This behavior is demonstrated in other species of wolf spider. (GordonSmith/USFWS) German ammunition abandoned at Battle of the Marne. Photograph shows a man and woman looking at artillery shells on the ground in France, after the First Battle of the Marne which took place during World War I. (Flickr Commons project, 2011). George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).Coyote pups explore an abandoned tire on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. (USFWS)Where confiscated wildlife ends up. The National Wildlife Property Repository is responsible for receiving wildlife items that have been forfeited or abandoned to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These items are stored in a secure environment, and disposed of in accordance with the law. Many of the items are donated to educational facilities, non profit organizations, and conservation agencies to aid in teaching about endangered species and other wildlife. Others items are sent to scientific institutions to be used in research to develop better identify and/or protect the wildlife. The facility is a 22,000 square foot office and warehouse located northeast of Denver, Colorado at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. (Ryan Moehring, USFWS)Retired and salvaged U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service truck. Picture shows an abandoned, rusted truck with a service logo. (Steve Hillebrand, USFWS)Western toad. Anaxyrus boreas. Western toad habitat’s vary from desert streams to mountain meadows; burrows in loose soil or abandoned burrows; and is always found near water. (Teal Waterstrat) An artificial leg and abandoned wheelchairs symbolize the determination of disabled veterans learning to ski at the National Disabled Americans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass Village, Colo., March 29, 2010. (defense.gov)Here comes the bear! Ursus arctos alascensis. Picture shows a bear with a can in its mouth standing by a fisherman’s abandoned site. (Steve Hillebrand, USFWS)An abandoned blue ribbon lying on a chair during a discussion about “16 Days of Activism Against Violence” Campaign on November 28, 2011. (Department of State)Abandoned dory. Wooden dory boat in an Alaskan meadow. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 6, 2010) Personnelman Cory Merchant takes muster during an abandon ship drill aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), while Mercy transits the South China Sea during Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance endeavors to strengthen regional partnerships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)Cluster of Little Brown Bats. Myotis lucifugus. Cluster of little brown bats during hibernation in an abandoned limestone mine at the Wayne National Forest in Lawrence County, Ohio. (Tim Krynak)Sgt. Louis Pearson, a field radio operator with the Jump Platoon of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, explores an abandoned building on Market Street in Husaybah, Iraq, July 23. When the platoon is not busy providing escorts for the battalion commander, Lt. Col. Steven J. Grass, they conduct various auxiliary missions, such as route reconnaissance, smuggler searches and contraband checks. (Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray)The 40-foot recreational craft Invictus burns on the water north of Protection Island, Wash., June 11, 2018. The three people who were aboard abandoned ship into the water after donning survival suits, and were picked up by a good Samaritan in another vessel, then transferred to Coast Guard small boat and taken to Port Hudson Marina. (Courtesy photo by the U.S. Coast Guard)U.S. Soldiers destroy an abandoned compound near Highway 1 in Hutal, Afghanistan, Feb. 18, 2010. The Soldiers are with 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell, U.S. Air Force/Released)Abandoned farm house on coastal plains in Florida. (George Gentry, USFWS)
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