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The weather isn't too good at the moment, so Snow White prefers to survey the garden from inside.
Snow White (mixed breed), 14.01.2015
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera
For the Macro Mondays challenge "High Key" (August 14th 2017)
HMM!!
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A joey and his mom. I am not sure which one is more uncomfortable! Photo taken on September 12, 2015.
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Les parois intérieures ont été traitées à la vapeur de titane, créant ainsi un contraste étonnant et une couleur dorée remarquable qui symbolise l’embrasement du volcan. Véritable puits de lumière.
Groupe Charlie:
Level 1 : 20 awards
Level 2 : 13 awards
Level 3 : 15 awards
Level 4 : 13 awards
Level 5 : 8 awards
Level 6 : 9 awards
Level 7 : 8 awards
Level 8 : 8 awards
Level 9 : 14 awards
Level 10 : 13 awards
Level 11 : 11 awards
Level final 12 : 9 awards
I met Clarke out at Willrett Road to photograph the vernal equinox sunset on the tracks and while talking to him I noticed the reflections in his sunglasses. Couldn't resist the shot. Thanks for the pose, Clarke!! www.flickr.com/photos/56135304@N00/
Enjoy the first weekend of the Spring season everyone. Im still wearing my scarf and gloves out there.....lol :-)
~ Malta, Illinois
Approximately 279 of the C17 Globemasters were built from 1991 to 2015 for the United States Air Force as a large transport aircraft, with a wingspan of 169 feet and 174 feet long.
8/16/2022©ttounces images
Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-28E/ER arrives runway 28L at San Francisco (SFO/KSFO) while Delta Airlines Boeing 767-332 N127DL arrives 28R, October 6 2015. OZ 212 ICN-SFO, DL 745 DTW-SFO.
Dans la coulée verte à Châtillon, le 12 Avril 2015
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Boîtier : CANON EOS 60D
Objectif : TAMRON SP 90mm f/2.8 Di VC USD MACRO 1:1
Flash : Yongnuo YN-560 III déporté.
Griffon vultures have been used as model organisms for the study of soaring and thermoregulation. The energy costs of level flight tend to be high, prompting alternatives to flapping in larger birds. Vultures in particular utilize more efficient flying methods such as soaring. Compared to other birds, which elevate their metabolic rate to upwards of 16 times their basal metabolic rate in flight, soaring griffon vultures expend about 1.43 times their basal metabolic rate in flight. Griffon vultures are also efficient flyers in their ability to return to a resting heart rate after flight within ten minutes.
As large scavengers, griffon vultures have not been observed to seek shelter for thermoregulation. Vultures use their bald heads as a means to thermoregulate in both extreme cold and hot temperatures. Changes in posture can increase bare skin exposure from 7% to 32%. This change allows for the more than doubling of convective heat loss in still air. Griffon vultures have also been found to tolerate increased body temperatures as a response to high ambient temperatures. By allowing their internal body temperature to change independently of their metabolic rate, griffon vultures minimize their loss of water and energy in thermoregulating. One study in particular (Bahat 1995) found that these adaptations have allowed the Griffon vulture to have one of the widest thermal neutral zones of any bird.
It declined markedly throughout the 19th–20th centuries in much of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, mainly due to direct persecution and "bycatch" from the poisoned carcasses set for livestock predators (Snow and Perrins 1998, Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001, Orta et al. 2015). In some areas a reduction in available food supplies, arising from changes in livestock management practices, also had an impact (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001, Orta et al. 2015). It is very highly vulnerable to the effects of potential wind energy development (Strix 2012) and electrocution has been identified as a threat (Global Raptors Information Network 2015). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) used for veterinary purposes pose a threat to this species. One case of suspected poisoning caused by flunixin, an NSAID, was recorded in this species in 2012 in Spain (Zorrilla et al. 2015). Diclofenac, a similar NSAID, has caused severe declines in Gyps vulture species across Asia.
BIRD NOTE: A highly coloured finch with a bright red face and yellow wing patch. Sociable, often breeding in loose colonies, they have a delightful liquid twittering song and call. Their long fine beaks allow them to extract otherwise inaccessible seeds from thistles and teasels. Increasingly they are visiting birdtables and feeders. In winter many UK goldfinches migrate as far south as Spain.
That's a view from St Peter's church. In order to admire the impressive view, I climbed 299 narrow steps in very hot weather :) No complaints, though, it was worth it. The view includes Frauenkirche, Cathedral of Our Dear Lady and a part of the New Town Hall, (Neues Rathaus).
The Frauenkirche is a landmark and is considered a symbol of the Bavarian capital city. Its south tower is currently under the renovation, so I couldn't climb the stairs and enjoy the view.
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after a nice walk in the park we stopped by this weekly car show nearby the park, Niko posed nicely by this beauty of a car for me... Niko is our 13.5 year old American Eskimo he is super sweet.
Miami Skyline Tight, Miami, Florida
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1910 Packard photographed during the CCCA annual meet at the Gilmore Car Museum in July of 2015. One of the rare moments that the car was sitting idle.
In the north east suburbs of Viseu de Sus in Romania at Fabrica Trei on 18 March 2015, two forms of transport meet; one of the numerous rail taxis that operate on the 760mm gauge forestry railway, a Ford Transit 'Auto Drezina 04' trundles up the Vaza Valley to collect passengers heading to town as a horse-drawn cart heads towards the saw mills. The Vaser Valley is an enclave of the German-speaking 'Zipfers' who settled here in the 1700-1800s and originated from a region of Slovakia and Upper Austria.
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DOMAINE DE LA CHARTREUSE DU LIGET
O LA CHARTREUSE DU LIGET est l'un des tous premiers monastères cartusiens construit en Europe au XIIème siècle. Edifiée en 1180 par Henri II Plantagenêt, elle est la seule représentation de l'ordre en Touraine et a donc un caractère tout à fait exceptionnel.
O Cosme Edmond de Marsay l'acquiert en 1837, et la sauve d'une disparition certaine.
O En Janvier 2015, LE SITE HISTORIQUE DE LA CHARTREUSE DU LIGET EST INSCRIT AU TITRE DES MONUMENTS HISTORIQUES car considéré comme l'unique édifice de ce genre conservé dans l'actuelle RÉGION CENTRE.
O Aujourd'hui vous pouvez découvrir cette Chartreuse dont les vestiges témoignent encore de son importance et de sa richesse architecturale.
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Boreal Owl ( Aegolius funereus ). 24.3.2015, Tornio, Finland.
From Our Backyard today...just 30 meters from our terrace...
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On a recent trip to bowness park Calgary Alberta, I have seen eagles fishing here in the past but didn't see them today.
A red maple in all its autumn splendor. Purchased it at Wal-Mart about 10 years ago, and now its at least 35 feet tall.
October 2015
Acer rubrum (Red Maple, also known as Swamp, Water or Soft Maple), is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern and central North America. The U.S. Forest service recognizes it as the most common species of tree in America. The red maple ranges from southeastern Manitoba around the Lake of the Woods on the border with Ontario and Minnesota, east to Newfoundland, south to Florida, and southwest to eastern Texas. Many of its features, especially its leaves, are quite variable in form. At maturity it often attains a height of around 15 m (49 ft). It is aptly named as its flowers, petioles, twigs and seeds are all red to varying degrees. Among these features, however, it is best known for its brilliant deep scarlet foliage in autumn.
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Voordat de PB 06 door Sint Mariaburg reed, passeerde ook de 2833 met de Beneluxtrein.
(NMBS HLE 2833 + Beneluxtrein, Sint Mariaburg, lijn 12, 18/02/2015)
Mahaica River, Guyana - The Hoatzin is the national bird of Guyana. According to Wikipedia: "In 2015, genetic research indicated that the Hoatzin is the last surviving member of a bird line that branched off in its own direction 64 million years ago, shortly after the extinction event that killed the non-avian dinosaurs. The alternative name of 'stinkbird' is derived from the bird's foul odor, which is caused by the fermentation of food in its digestive system. The newly hatched bird has claws on its thumb and first finger enabling it to dexterously climb tree branches until its wings are strong enough for sustained flight. These claws are gone by the time the bird reaches adulthood."
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goldfinch ~ carduelis carduelis
RSPB green status list.
I am not sure if this bird was watching me or whether it was looking down at something on the grass.
The Ghost of Harecastle Tunnel.
The month of December is a time for ghost stories! :)
The white cottage is the Tunnel Keepers Cottage, the instructions of the Tunnel Keeper must be adhered to at all times. The journey through the tunnel takes about 30 - 40 minutes. Looks quite spooky, look it up on youtube!
The Ghost Story.
The tunnel apparently suffers from a ‘haunting manifestation’, the ghost of a murdered woman, Kit Crewbucket, whose headless corpse was dumped in the canal in the 1800s. She was a poor woman murdered on a narrow-boat by the men she was travelling with. It is said that "Her shrieks can still be heard in woods nearby."
Three boatmen promised her they would give her transport to London on their canal barge. The men had all been drinking, they took a pint of porter and then set off with the woman through the Harecastle Tunnel. At the mouth of the tunnel, one of the boatmen took the pony up the track to Boathorse Road, and the other two set off into the tunnel with their passenger. the journey then would have been around 2 - 3 hours. The barge emerged at the other side carrying the boatmen but no woman. In the hope that she had riches in her luggage, they had murdered her and hid her body in the underground culvert to Goldenhill Colliery, known as Gilbert's Hole. She was found some days later in the tunnel, without her head.The boatmen were tried and executed for murder in Kidsgrove.
Kit Crewbucket.
Kit Crewbucket appears as the generic name of a spirit presence said to haunt various canal tunnels across the country and appearing in various forms depending upon the local folklore. Sometimes appears as a character name in pantomimes too.
Info on Harecastle from The Canal & River Trust.
Harecastle Tunnel is actually two tunnels - though only one is navigable today. They sit, side-by-side, on the Trent & Mersey Canal just north of Stoke-on-Trent. Both are nearly 3000 yards in length. The first Harecastle tunnel was engineered by James Brindley, took eleven years to construct, was completed in 1777, and was more than twice the length of Britain's longest tunnel at that time. The second was required to relieve congestion in the first, and was built by Thomas Telford. It took just three years to complete, and opened in 1827.
Today, diesel-powered boats use the tunnel: to solve the ventilation problem at the southern end an air extraction fan-house has been built around the portal. Unless a boat is actually passing the portal, airtight gates are closed, allowing the fan system to extract more efficiently.
P.s for those of you who have been following The Great Pottery Throw Down on the BBC, Middleport Pottery is about 3-4 miles south from the tunnel.
114. A Tunnel. theme for 115 pictures in 2015
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EXPLORED highest position 63
It sure took a while for the clouds to get out of the way… but when they did, I got treated to an incredible Milky Way scene at the barn! I really like it when I'm lucky enough to see when clouds break up and clear out of an area.
Some clouds ended up hanging around to cover up the big peaks in the distance but the foreground grass and barn seemed to work well with the clouds and Milky Way stars above. This image was captured at the Thomas Alma Moulton Barn in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming...
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Views from the Bogong High Plains Road near the Rocky Valley dam..Podolepis robusta, commonly known as Alpine Podolepis, Mountain Lettuce or Cattleman's Lettuce, is a perennial herb from the Australian Alps in the family Asteraceae.
Day 131 of the 365 days of photography project.
This is the very majestic Gawthorpe Hall.
“Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan country house on the banks of the River Calder, in the civil parish of Ightenhill in the Borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. Its estate extends into Padiham, with the Stockbridge Drive entrance situated there.
Since 1953 it has been designated a grade I listed building. The hall is financed and run by the National Trust in partnership with Lancashire County Council. In 2015 the Hall was given £500,000 funding from Lancashire County Council for vital restoration work needed on the south and west sides of the house.
Gawthorpe Hall's origins are in a pele tower, a strong fortification built by the Shuttleworths in the 14th century as a defence against invading Scots. The Shuttleworths occupied Shuttleworth Hall near Hapton from the 12th century. The Elizabethan house was dovetailed around the pele tower from plans drawn up by Richard Shuttleworth but carried out after his death by his brother the Reverend Lawrence Shuttleworth.
The foundation stone was laid on 26 August 1600. The architect is not recorded, but the house is generally attributed to Robert Smythson.
In 1604 Richard Stone, from Carr House in Bretherton, imported Irish panel boards and timber and stored 1,000 pieces in the tithe barn at Hoole until they were needed. The mottoes of the Kay-Shuttleworths are Prudentia et Justitia (Prudence and Justice – Shuttleworth) and Kynd Kynn Knawne Kepe (Kind Friends Know and Keep – Kay). Mottoes are found in the front porch and around the top of the tower. The initials KS, Kay-Shuttleworth occur in decoration throughout the house, on the front door and plaster roundels on the ceiling in the main dining room.
An early occupant was Colonel Richard Shuttleworth, who inherited it in about 1607 from his uncle. Colonel Shuttleworth was High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1637, Member of Parliament for Preston (1640 to 1648 and 1654 to 1659) and commander of the Parliamentarian Army of the Blackburn Hundred during the Civil War. After his death Gawthorpe was leased to tenants, the Shuttleworths preferring to live at Forcett Hall near Richmond.
After Forcett was sold the Shuttleworths returned to Gawthorpe. In 1818 barrister, Robert Shuttleworth died and his daughter Janet inherited the estate at an early age. Her mother remarried and remained at Gawthorpe to protect her inheritance. In 1842 Janet married Sir James Kay of Rochdale, who adopted the surname Kay-Shuttleworth and commissioned Sir Charles Barry to carry out restoration and improvements to the house in the 1850s. Sir James was made a baronet in 1849 and served as High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1864.
Charlotte Brontë, a family friend, visited the house. In 1953 Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 4th Baron Shuttleworth, left Gawthorpe to live at Leck Hall near Kirkby Lonsdale and in 1970, after the death of Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth, Gawthorpe was gifted to the National Trust.
The National Trust described the hall as "an Elizabethan gem in the heart of industrial Lancashire". Nicholas Cooper described the hall's plan as an early example in which the main stair is immediately accessible from the main entrance, a feature that became standard. The hall has a collection of 17th and 18th century portraits on permanent loan from the National Portrait Gallery and is notable for its textiles, collected by the last resident family member Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth, about a fifth of which is on display.”
- Wikipedia
Discovered in Padiham, Lancashire
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