(1962) Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. participates in MERCURY water egress training. He is wearing a snorkel and holding a camera for underwater photography. (Photo: HUM Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
GOOD AFTERNOON! Today is the first day of July, which means we are a pinch and a punch overdue to present our monthly GETTY IMAGES ROUNDUP.
To keep you, the readers, supplied with visually appealing, topically appropriate, and legally licensed images in our newsletters, Indignity maintains a paid subscription to the Getty Images service. Because even the lowest available tier of the Getty plan still offers more photos and illustrations than we generally use, and because we want to make sure all of us get our full money's worth, at the end of each month we prepare a bonus collection of images to keep using up our annual allotment at the appropriate rate.
In recognition of the mind-roasting heat past and apparently to come, we present our end-of-June photographic roundup, organized around the thematic keyword MERCURY.
As always, thank you for reading the Indignity Getty Image Roundup, or at least shielding your eyes while looking at the pictures. We remain grateful for your continued interest and support.
★★★ Sun angling down past the balcony above made a shape on the blinds that the half-asleep mind took for home plate, or possibly Superman's emblem. Outside, a man tugged his black T-shirt to make it flap as he walked along. A dandelion puff stood up among the things growing tall between the paving blocks along Central Park West. Down in the Pool, a turtle stuck its bright-cheeked head up above a shell sequined with duckweed, on a rock jutting out from a stretch of water covered over with duckweed. Darting dragonflies cast their darting shadows on the duckweed; a second turtle cut a disturbance through the duckweed, too short-lived to count as a wake, tried to climb up on the rock, then vanished beneath the duckweed again. The air above the sun-baked grass felt extra thick and steamy to breathe. Duckweed floated to the top of the falls and gathered in duckweed island or duckweed peninsula or duckweed delta forms while the rest of the duckweed went past, sped up, and plunged away.
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SANDWICH RECIPES DEP'T.
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS in aid of the assembly of a sandwich selected from Encyclopedia of Cookery; 1001 Recipes, Menus & Rules for Modern, Scientific and Economic Cookery (Vol. 4), by Eugene Christian and Molly Griswold Christian, published by the Corrective Eating Society in 1920, and available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
NASTURTIUM SANDWICHES
Place a few of the yellow petals and one leaf between buttered bread or crackers. Dressing may be used, though it is unnecessary, as the nasturtium possesses a distinctive pungency.
These are novel and very delicious when the flowers and leaves are fresh from the garden.
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SELF-SERVING SELF-PROMOTION DEP'T.
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