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Venta de la Cebada
Pinos del Valle.
Los desprendimientos en la carretera, por falta de sujección de los árboles son numerosos. El suelo se pierde.
Aspecto actual después del incendio que hubo en el años 2022.
El incendio forestal de Los Guájares de 2022 se refiere al incendio ocurrido en el verano de 2022 en el sur de la Provincia de Granada, y que afectó en distinta medida, a 5 municipios. Los municipios afectados fueron Los Guájares, Albuñuelas, El Pinar, El Valle y Vélez de Benaudalla.1
El fuego se inició el 8 de septiembre de 2022 y tardó en extinguirse 27 días. El incendio forestal arrasó 5194 hectáreas de pinar y monte bajo pertenecientes a la sierra de los Guájares y sus alrededores, con un perímetro de 150 km de longitud. Ha sido considerado «el peor fuego de la provincia en varias décadas».
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I LOVE THE SEA!!!
Under ALL circumstances, whether wild or calm...
What might here, SPECTACULAR, thunderingly beautiful and somehow frightening! I grew up by and with the sea and NEVER underestimate it!
This here is still the Atlantic Ocean.
"Cape of Good Hope" named thus because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East.
I wish you all a very good day and thank you for all your kind words, time, comments and likes.
Very much appreciated. Magda, (*_*)
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43308 "Highland Chieftain" gets the right away at Darlington and prepares to plunge into an almost impregnable East Coast haar with the eponymously named 1E13 0755 Inverness to London Kings Cross, at the time, operated by Virgin East Coast.
14th December 2015
The southern aspect of Back Tor and Losehill in the Peak District, UK, as seen on a fine February morning.
Illustrating the rear aspect of the new E400MMCs freshly into service on the 555 (Lancaster - Keswick). The livery is a clever reworking of the Stagecoach swoops. This example captured as it departs Keswick Bus Station.
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
`This part of the paperbark wetland/forest/swamp (with water after some cyclonic rains) is in the Buckleys Hole Conservation Park on Bribie Island. Buckley's Hole Conservation Park is situated in the south-west corner of Bribie Island and covers an area of 87.7 hectares and contains a freshwater lagoon, woodland, open forest and beach. It is this diversity of habitat that has led to such a large number of bird species being recorded in this small area, the present total standing at 270.
Melaleuca quinquenervia, commonly known as broad-leaved paperbark, the paper bark tea tree or niaouli, is a small- to medium-sized tree of the allspice family, Myrtaceae. The plant is native to New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and coastal eastern Australia, from Botany Bay in New South Wales northwards, into Queensland and the Northern Territory. It has become naturalised in the Everglades in Florida, where it is considered a serious weed by the USDA. The broad-leaved paperbark grows as a spreading tree up to 20 m high, with the trunk covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark. The grey-green leaves are ovate and the cream or white bottlebrush-like flowers appear from late spring to autumn. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Snowflake’s older-looking sentinel, with faded Federal Grain signage on it, was built in 1958 but used wood reclaimed from an elevator in nearby Fallison in its construction, giving it a rich patina that attracts photographers, painters and romantics who yearn for the golden age of Prairie agriculture.
Sadly, it's days are numbered and it's only a matter of time before it eventually disappears from the prairie landscape, either by the elements and Mother Nature or it's owner.
Here are two interesting reads about the history of Snowflake, MB...
The Iowa Northern and Canadian National operated a joint special across the majority of the railroad over 2 days. Many high-end officials sat down and talked about the many aspects of the upcoming sale between the 2 railroads. The special ran from Cedar Rapids to Cedar Falls via Oelwein on the 1st day. The 2nd day featured the run from Cedar Falls to Manly.
Day 2 wasn't as good for light as the 1st day, but the prime shot was here at Rockford. The officials get a slow good look at the bridge over the Shell Rock River. The train has roughly 25 miles to go before Manly, where the tour will be done.
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
`This part of the paperbark wetland/forest/swamp (with water after some cyclonic rains) is near the Buckleys Hole Conservation Park on Bribie Island. Buckley's Hole Conservation Park is situated in the south-west corner of Bribie Island and covers an area of 87.7 hectares and contains a freshwater lagoon, woodland, open forest and beach. It is this diversity of habitat that has led to such a large number of bird species being recorded in this small area, the present total standing at 270.
Melaleuca quinquenervia, commonly known as broad-leaved paperbark, the paper bark tea tree or niaouli, is a small- to medium-sized tree of the allspice family, Myrtaceae. The plant is native to New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and coastal eastern Australia, from Botany Bay in New South Wales northwards, into Queensland and the Northern Territory. It has become naturalised in the Everglades in Florida, where it is considered a serious weed by the USDA. The broad-leaved paperbark grows as a spreading tree up to 20 m high, with the trunk covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark. The grey-green leaves are ovate and the cream or white bottlebrush-like flowers appear from late spring to autumn. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Es una flor enorme de pétalos anchos y largos quizá el peso de la misma, le de este aspecto decaído y poco lozano,aunque estén recién abiertas, es el que normalmente lucen por la mañana este tipo de flores , luego de permanecer toda la noche esperando ser polinizadas.
Más de 15 géneros de cactáceas (con 73 especies) se encuentran en grave peligro de extinción, por deterioro del hábitat o por depredación.Se considera que las cactáceas han evolucionado entre 30 y 40 millones de años atrás en América cuando los continentes ya se habían separado. El continente americano estaba unido a los demás, pero se fue separando progresivamente por la deriva continental. Las especies endémicas del Nuevo Mundo debieron desarrollarse después de esta separación. Esto podría explicar la inexistencia de cactus endémicos en África
I liked the patchwork aspect of the prompt, so I used up some of my gazillion 6x6 papers & spent the afternoon using the hexagon punch in my CKC kit to make Grandmother's Flower Garden "blocks".We scored this mint pony for $5 and it holds center stage for our grandson :~) It's just like the one my brother & I had when we were little.
At the time when I acquired the exposures for this image, my idea was to produce a panorama. I did that and posted it to this photo-stream, but somehow I never really liked it. Too busy I think.
Recently, I reassembled the images into a panorama, and fiddled with that idea, and still did not like it, so I decided to crop the field and generate an image which emphasizes the reflection aspect of the scene.
The water in the reservoir is near it's lowest annual level and it is very clear, having had a winter to allow fine particles to settle to the bottom. I like the contrast between the color of the water and that of the sky. It's real. And the jet aircraft exhaust trail - what more could you ask for?
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
Brisbane from 1 William Street tower.
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Azulejo
Wikipedia: Azulejo is a form of Spanish and Portuguese painted tin-glazed ceramic tile-work. Azulejos are found on the interior and exterior of churches, palaces, ordinary houses, schools, and nowadays, restaurants, bars and even railways or subway stations. They are an ornamental art form, but also had a specific functional capacity like temperature control in homes. Azulejos constitute a major aspect of Spanish architecture and Portuguese architecture to this day and are fixtures of buildings across Spain and Portugal and their former territories. Many azulejos chronicle major historical and cultural aspects of Spanish and Portuguese history.
The images were found whilst exploring Lisbon on foot.
This was rebuilt around 1338 to help defend the abbey from French raids during the Hundred Years War. It is considered to be one of the finest examples of its kind in an English monastery.
El Fiat 593-081, con origen Valladolid-Campo Grande y destino Salamanca, a punto de hacer parada en la estación de Medina del Campo.
Su aspecto ya denota el paso de los años. Al final esta fue una de las unidades que se vendieron a Argentina.
Detrás, la reluciente 333-405 espera tranquilamente a que llegue la noche para tomar el relevo a la 252 que traiga de Madrid el Tren Hotel con destino A Coruña.
F100 Ultrafine Extreme 400 @800 HC-110 7:30@68 Nikon AF Nikkor 28-105mm 1:3.5-4.5D Yellow Filter 04/18/2020
Here it is another night shot, long exposure, portraying the righteously world famous Swiss side of the Matterhorn mirroring in the calm waters of lake Stellisee (2.537 m).
I have already posted a few shots taken during the very same night.
Although these may look similar, each shot is a new scenario in itself, thanks to the movement of the clouds, which are stretched due to their movements during the exposure.
In this case I liked how they formed a sort of eye, within which lies the Matterhorn.
Actually, you can never exactly predict how the clouds will look like at the end of a long exposure, and this is certainly one of the most fascinating aspects of this photographic technique.
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El insecto de aspecto curioso que os presento es conocido como Aceitera real o Carraleja, su nombre científico es Berberomeloe insignis (Charpentier, 1818). El nombre de aceitera le viene dado por su método de defensa que consiste en expulsar unas gotas de un líquido aceitoso de sabor desagradable cuando se le molesta. Son coleópteros de la familia Meloidae.
Es muy similar en aspecto al otro miembro de su género, Berberomeloe majalis (antiguamente era considerada una simple “variedad” de esta) de la que se diferencia fácilmente por su mayor tamaño, la ausencia de líneas rojas en el abdomen y la presencia de unas manchas rojas en las sienes. A nivel más detallado podemos diferenciarlos por la forma del pronoto y de las antenas.
El hecho de que fuese cuestionado su valor taxonómico se debió a la escasez de material para su estudio. No fue hasta 1.998 cuando se realizó una revisión del género y volvió a revalidarse como especie válida.
Se trata del coleóptero de mayor tamaño de Europa, puede alcanzar 8 centímetros superando a Cerambyx cerdo o Lucanus cervus que rara vez superan los 6 cm.
Esta especie es un endemismo del sureste ibérico semiárido, solo podemos encontrarla en las provincias de Almería, Murcia y Granada, siendo sus territorios muy escasos y muy amenazados por la presión urbanística y los cambios en los usos del suelo (urbanizaciones, campos de golf, etc.) y en los sistemas agrícolas (invernaderos), cada vez más intensivos y por lo general, menos respetuosos con el medio ambiente.
Sigue siendo una especie poco estudiada y si bien, sabemos que sus larvas parasitan diferentes abejas solitarias, aunque no sabemos con exactitud cuales son estas especies. En estado adulto se alimentan de hojas y flores de plantas bajas, ha sido citada alimentándose de flores de Convolvulus sp., y como vemos en la foto, también consumen las flores de Gladiolus sp.
Berberomeloe insignis está catalogada como especie VULNERABLE B1 ab (ii,iii,iv) por la UICN. Vive en terrenos muy secos con formaciones de tomillar y monte bajo sin cobertura arbórea o ésta muy escasa.
Actualmente no existen medidas de conservación de esta especie. Es necesario realizar estudios poblacionales para establecer áreas de reserva conectadas entre si por corredores biológicos en los que no se empleen productos fitosanitarios. Sería interesante además, el conocer las las especies a las cuales parasita para evaluar la salud del ecosistema en el que viven.
Cuthand is fascinated by medicine, disease and our body systems. Her past work has beautifully represented the horrifying viruses that arrived through the trade routes – the same trade routes that introduced glass beads – and decimated Indigenous populations. Here she presents a series of intricately beaded reproduction of MRI scans evoking the brains of people dealing with trauma, anxiety, depression and other illnesses. Cuthand’s series gives voice to issues of Indigenous mental health and illustrate the physical aspect of illness.
"... I think about how many different aspects of India I have seen and how many more I will. The crowded and chaotic streets of Delhi, heads full of lice of the children who tend their hands for a few rupees, cows and people who sleep on sidewalks, the dazzling splendor of the Taj Mahal, and people who spit on the trains at night, rats emerging from the kitchens of restaurants, dark, penetrating eyes of the wrinkled old face, the smell of urine and cow dung, the sadhus shirtless and barefoot living along the ghats of Varanasi , the intriguing and mystical sculptures at Khajuraho and the Kama Sutra, the butterflies as colorful saris worn by the smiling women, old ladies who squatting in their dark rooms prepare food, groups of men chatting in the street, or upload their rickshaw to bend wheels, the smell of incense and flowers. "
- Paola Pedrini -
“…penso a quanti aspetti diversi dell’India ho già visto e quanti ancora me ne aspettano. Le strade affollate e caotiche di Delhi, le teste piene di pidocchi dei bambini che tendono le mani per qualche rupia, gente e vacche che dormono lungo i marciapiedi e sugli sparti-traffico, lo splendore accecante del Taj Mahal, gente che sputa e scatarra sui treni di notte, i topi che escono dalle cucine dei ristoranti, gli occhi scuri e penetranti dei vecchi dal viso grinzoso, l’odore di piscio e di sterco di mucca, i sadhu a torso nudo e piedi scalzi che vivono lungo i ghat di Varanasi, le intriganti e mistiche sculture del kamasutra a Khajuraho, i sari colorati come farfalle che indossano le donne sorridenti, le vecchie accovacciate nelle loro buie stanze mentre preparano da mangiare, gruppi di uomini che chiacchierano per strada o caricano i loro rickshaw fino a piegare le ruote, l’odore di incenso e di fiori.”
- Paola Pedrini -
I introduce some photos I took when I picked up my wife in Shiogama town, a local port town.
I walked around the street till my wife finished her job.
She attended the rehearsal for the hula school presentation.
港町の塩釜に家内を拾いに行ったときに撮影した写真を紹介します。
家内が用事を済ませるまで通りを歩きました。
家内は、フラの学校の発表会のリハーサルに参加したのです。
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This part of the paperbark wetland/forest/swamp is in the Bongaree wetlands on Bribie Island.
Melaleuca quinquenervia, commonly known as broad-leaved paperbark, the paper bark tea tree or niaouli, is a small- to medium-sized tree of the allspice family, Myrtaceae. The plant is native to New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and coastal eastern Australia, from Botany Bay in New South Wales northwards, into Queensland and the Northern Territory. It has become naturalised in the Everglades in Florida, where it is considered a serious weed by the USDA. The broad-leaved paperbark grows as a spreading tree up to 20 m high, with the trunk covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark. The grey-green leaves are ovate and the cream or white bottlebrush-like flowers appear from late spring to autumn. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Perhaps it's because of their mirror'd aspect that I think to photograph these houses every time I walk by. (Which is not to say that I do.) This is as close as I've come, however, to seeing no parked vehicles.
The Corniche (Egyptian Arabic: الكرنيش, El Kornesh) is a waterfront promenade corniche in Alexandria, Egypt, running along the Eastern Harbour. It is one of the major corridors for traffic in Alexandria.
The Corniche is formally designated "26 of July Road" west of Mansheya and "El Geish Road" east of it; however, these names are rarely used.
Italian-Egyptian architect Pietro Avoscani designed it in 1870.
The western end starts by the Citadel of Qaitbay (built in place of the Lighthouse of Alexandria). It runs for over ten miles and ends at Montaza.
(Wikipedia)