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The badlands formation seen from Zabriskie Point is made up of sediment from an ancient lake that dried up some nine million years ago. The chemicals absorbed by the mud create a very soft pallet in the eroding lakebed. The dark larva deposit capping the mountains in the background is the result of volcanic eruptions three to five millions years ago.
I was only going to take a small bite...but before I know it, the whole piece was slowly absorbed into my mouth then my stomach.
This would have made more sense to me in motion...meaning video, getting the spiral spinning and clouds flying by...
Big thanks to Sky, not the regular "what to do" activity oon a sunday at 1am...
No award groups please
The use of this photo is allowed only with written authorization of Svante Oldenburg
Europe, Germany, Berlin, Mitte, Hamburger Bahnhof, People, Corridor (slightly cut from all sides)
Shot in the greenlit main corridor of the Hamburger Bahnhof, to me it's one of the most inspiring contemporary art museums of Western Europe.
The Hamburger Bahnhof was designed by in 1847 by Friedrich Neuhaus and Ferdinand Wilhelm Holz in classicist style as the terminus of the Berlin-Hamburger Bahn. It was in commission for only 37 years - it closed in 1884. The reason: the railway traffic to Hamburg was taken over by the neighbouring Lehrter Bahnhof. After that the Königliches Bau- und Verkehrsmuseum found a home in the former station. The building was extended between 1906 and1916 and was heavily damaged during WW2. Between the end of the war and the1991 Wende, the building stood empty. From 1987 –to 1992 it was used as a venue for different exhibitions. After a renovation/modernization/ extension (1992-1996) designed by Josef Paul Kleihues, it reopened as the Museum für Gegenwart.
This is number 6 of the Hamburger Bahnhof album and 86 of the Berlin album.
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers. Trying out my "Moose" filter.
The pneumatophores of Avicennia poke through the surface of the waterlogged soils to absorb oxygen at Nudgee Beach, south-east Queensland.
...from a walk on the Nudgee Beach Mangrove Boardwalk at low tide. (Tabbil-ban dhagun Boardwalk (Place of Salt Water))
Mangroves
These flowering plants grow in the intertidal zone between the low and high water marks. They live in one of the harshest environments on the planet, and have to survive in saltwater, with freshwater runoff, waterlogged soils and dry conditions at low tide. Mangroves can grow only in more sheltered places, such as in estuaries and along creeks where there are freshwater seeps, and where mud and silt hold nutrients.
Remarkably, unrelated species of mangroves have very similar adaptations. Most mangroves have pneumatophores, 'breathing' or aerial roots that absorb oxygen directly from the air, because they usually grow in waterlogged mud with low oxygen levels. To deal with the high salt environment, mangroves either prevent salt from entering their roots, or remove it using glands on their leaves. For example, the under side of the leaves of the common grey mangrove, Avicennia, have small deposits of salt.
Reproduction is difficult for mangroves because they grow in shifting mud. Some mangroves produce seeds and fruit that float and disperse away from the parent tree. Others have seeds that germinate in the fruit, so the seedling first develops attached to the parent, later to anchor and grow in the mud.
Mangrove forests and woodlands are some of the most productive coastal ecosystems. They contain many microhabitats where a variety of crabs, snails and other molluscs live. Mangrove animals often have an exoskeleton or shell that prevents them drying out at low tide. Some, such as crabs, sift through the mud feeding on detritus, or decaying plant matter. Other animals feed directly on algae or mangrove leaves and seedlings. Juveniles of fish species such as the commercially important Sea Mullet swim from the open seas to develop in the mangroves. Very few terrestrial vertebrates live or feed in the mangroves, so the Water Mouse is a notable exception. (Source: Queensland Museum)
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… and made sure that Nashville stayed occupied and U.S. troops were well supplied.
This was a fort that protected Louisville. It was located here in Shepherdsville. It was physically bisected by the Louisville & Nashville rail line, which provided supplies to occupied Nashville, the state capital of Tennessee. The Confederate Army could not take back Nashville so they tried hard to go north into Kentucky and cut this particular rail line off from Tennessee. Several skirmishes happened between Confederate and U.S. troops here, on the south end of the bridge over Salt River.
The battlefield and fort are nowadays just trees, overgrown weeds, steep river banks, and a railroad line. But it is that same rail line. In the late 20th Century, the L&N railroad company would eventually be absorbed and then that bigger company would be acquired in the early 21st to become part of CSX Transportation.
40 years ago PacMan captured our imaginations. Today's games are infinitely more intricate and next level absorbing. Having gaming so available at any time has it's problems - I think something has been lost when you don't need to scrounge coins and walk to the shops to play.
and out of this profusion of dazzling light came the autumnal tints :-)
Henry David Thoreau, Oct. 12, 1852
beautyberry, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, Raleigh, north carolina
I am dreaming of the sea and the peace in my mind while I hear the waves.
I imagine I gaze at the sky with the wind touching my face.
It's funny that today was a cold rainy day that felt like October and yet my mind was filled with blue.
Stay strong,stay positive and above all,be safe.
Not sure how it happened but I'm really into mutilated body parts right now.
Hope your weekend was wonderful! ❤️
First of all, this car absorbs all of the attention from anything! Also, I have seen the YouTube channel DRIVE ride in this car. It just looks and sounds incredible! I would dream to go to the Koenigsegg HQ. This and the Enzo are tied for my favorite car. What's your favorite car??
The image of the same male Common Blue butterfly just before and after the sun comes out from behind the clouds, the butterfly open his wings to absorb the warmth... and who could blame him. The left image was flipped and merged with another. Bath, England
Turda’s salt deposit (Romanian: Salina Turda), (central-west) is to re-enter the tourist and spa circuit in January 2010, after ample rebuilding and modernization works were carried out here in the latest years.
The works absorbed European Funds worth 4.8 million euros and 1 million euros in co- financing from the Turda City Hall and the Cluj County Council.
On Tuesday, December 15, there began the final verification of what was done here.
The Turda City mayor Tudor Stefanie told that by the finalization of this project, appreciated by many of the representatives of tour operators European aide, ‘the salt deposit will re- become a reference point for Turda and it will for sure stimulate the economic life of the city’.
The modernization works at the salt mine began in January 2008, with architect Dumitru Iosif supervising the development of the four stages of the project. A 4-storey spa complex was erected close to the Durgau Lake, the Rudolf salt mine was rearranged, with an 80-seat amphitheatre having been placed here for concerts, a mini-golf field and a multi-sport one.
The Rudolf mine, 40-m in height, benefits now of a state-of-the-art elevator, from the board of which one can admire the entire view offered by the salt deposit. Another stage of the project was represented by the rearranging of the Terezia mine, where tourists can now row across the salt lake, an wharf having been built there too.
The Ghizela mine became the actual spa complex, with good specialists working here. The salt-air therapy takes between 7 and 12 days, with a daily programme of at least 30 minutes. Inside the salt deposit the microclimate rarely exceeds 10-12 Celsius degrees, with the speed of the airflow being of maximum 0.2 m/s (0.02 m/s in the Rudolf mine).
The exploitation of the mine dates from the Roman Empire era, when people built here rooms of 17-34 m depth and 10-12 m width, disposed one near the other an separated by a safety consolidation, so as to obtain the precious crystals. Nevertheless, the massive exploitation of the salt mine was documentary attested in the 13th century. The extractions stopped in 1932, with the mines having been re-opened in 1992, for tourists and for patients with breathing problems.
The lack of pathogen bacterium and a moderate ionization of the air have have their contribution to the well- known benefic effect over the breathing apparatus.
The Turda salt mine is considered among the historic monument in the Cluj County. (Wikipedia)
Shot in Malaga, Spain. Please do not use my photos for websites, blogs or any other media without my permission. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Caroline Forest
Things change, as well as people. But to be honest, if you're all the same, rude, selfish, self absorbed, egotistical fucking wankers, then i would rather be alone, than have anything to do with you.
Hate IS a pretty strong word, and i probably don't mean it when i say it right now, at the height of my anger.
I'm in no way bitter, just fucking sane, and can see right through you. But can you see, that i see, you? Probably not, seeing as your so wrapped up in your own little fantasy.
Hypocritical, maybe a little bit. But essentially, deep down, inside my hole of a heart, i have a lot of love. But im just afraid to show it. Afraid to tell people, no, you how i feel. Afraid to show a weak point, a weak spot, a place for you to play with my head. No, i won't let that happen. Leave me to my fantasy's, my day dreams, my nightmares, where only you and me will ever be together.
Just because, i'm afraid.
I think today was one of my favourite shoots in my 365 thus far. I've got a few photos like this and I'm tempted to upload all of them. I think just being in a different enviroment made me feel calmer and ultimately more inspired, although I want to revisit this location with some props!
I spent an hour today (whilst eating a sandwich) sitting right on top of the hill in this photo just watching the waves and it was just awesome - until the rain started, but it was still pretty swell. I think I need to do more of this.
Observed at Starbucks in Market Harborough on Saturday 28th May 2022.
Fomapan 100
Nikon FM2
Nikkor 24mm lens
Epson V600 scanner
Ilfosol 3, 1+9, 5 minutes, 20º C.
It is cold, for the past few hours I have been completely absorbed in photographing one remarkable tree. I hadn't noticed the growing chill of evening. Throwing on my coat, I turn to retrace my steps, wading through knee high bracken, clouds touching the hills, the valleys a fading blue. I am alone on the hillside and in a contemplative mood, in a land of sheepsong and thickening light. As I head over the protecting hill that shelter these last few high trees from exposure I begin to realise that in the two year gap since my last visit to the tree line something has changed within me, I suspect it's a profound realisation about my motivations as an artist, but not really fully formed until days later when I sit down to write and examine my thoughts more closely and the consider work I'd produced that evening…. more on my blog at creative-skin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/tree-line.html
Once we had absorbed the beauty of the view of Chapmans Pool on Saturday morning (well, what we could see as it was just starting to get light!), we began the descent of the hill. It was easy to see just how many Jurassic fossils were present in the cove. I might have to return at low tide to discover more - and with a recent cliff fall - here's hoping to finding some dinosaur bones!