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Harry Potter can be very absorbing!
Emily's been allowed to read ahead of the others by a couple of books, since she read the first book on her own before the others started. :)
A small, nimble pod, used in orbital facilities across the galactic disc. The pods feature two sets of access doors at the rear and shock absorbing landing feet. The blue fittings at the top allowed the pods to be moved around docking bays by overhead cranes.
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Another fun project to help me get to grips with Stud.io. The main render was done in Mecabricks, with the two smaller ones done on my laptop via Stud.io.
The two halves of the pod are held together at the rear and the floor. In real bricks, the top windows might need to be replaced with a third join to increase the strength and playability.
fungus (plural: fungi or funguses is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista.
A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the Eumycota (true fungi or Eumycetes), that share a common ancestor (i.e. they form a monophyletic group), an interpretation that is also strongly supported by molecular phylogenetics. This fungal group is distinct from the structurally similar myxomycetes (slime molds) and oomycetes (water molds). The discipline of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as mycology (from the Greek μύκης mykes, mushroom). In the past, mycology was regarded as a branch of botany, although it is now known fungi are genetically more closely related to animals than to plants.
Abundant worldwide, most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter. Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or other fungi and also parasites. They may become noticeable when fruiting, either as mushrooms or as molds. Fungi perform an essential role in the decomposition of organic matter and have fundamental roles in nutrient cycling and exchange in the environment. They have long been used as a direct source of human food, in the form of mushrooms and truffles; as a leavening agent for bread; and in the fermentation of various food products, such as wine, beer, and soy sauce. Since the 1940s, fungi have been used for the production of antibiotics, and, more recently, various enzymes produced by fungi are used industrially and in detergents. Fungi are also used as biological pesticides to control weeds, plant diseases and insect pests. Many species produce bioactive compounds called mycotoxins, such as alkaloids and polyketides, that are toxic to animals including humans. The fruiting structures of a few species contain psychotropic compounds and are consumed recreationally or in traditional spiritual ceremonies. Fungi can break down manufactured materials and buildings, and become significant pathogens of humans and other animals. Losses of crops due to fungal diseases (e.g., rice blast disease) or food spoilage can have a large impact on human food supplies and local economies.
The fungus kingdom encompasses an enormous diversity of taxa with varied ecologies, life cycle strategies, and morphologies ranging from unicellular aquatic chytrids to large mushrooms. However, little is known of the true biodiversity of Kingdom Fungi, which has been estimated at 2.2 million to 3.8 million species. Of these, only about 148,000 have been described,[6] with over 8,000 species known to be detrimental to plants and at least 300 that can be pathogenic to humans.[7] Ever since the pioneering 18th and 19th century taxonomical works of Carl Linnaeus, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, and Elias Magnus Fries, fungi have been classified according to their morphology (e.g., characteristics such as spore color or microscopic features) or physiology. Advances in molecular genetics have opened the way for DNA analysis to be incorporated into taxonomy, which has sometimes challenged the historical groupings based on morphology and other traits. Phylogenetic studies published in the first decade of the 21st century have helped reshape the classification within Kingdom Fungi, which is divided into one subkingdom, seven phyla, and ten subphyla.
absorbing the heavy light of a secret rain. woke up with this. and the tiny new birds... the new birds of the city. they sing like sad emigrants...
Like a lot of people I have struggled to get out much with the camera this year and have been relying heavily on my archives. One type of photography that I have had a go at is Back garden Astrophotography. I have had to rely heavily on YouTube videos to try and figure out how to do it and I have also had to invest in some equipment. It has proved to be a thoroughly absorbing branch of our hobby, not only from the technical aspect of acquiring the images but also the very different methods of processing them. I am still at a very early stage but I am loving it.
This is a shot of the Pleiades star cluster with associated gas clouds, approximately 50x 2 minute images acquired over a number of nights using a skywatcher 72ED telescope and EQM35 tracker and unmodified Canon 6D. Processed in DSS, lightroom, photoshop and Nik.
If you have read down to here I would like to wish you a safe and Happy Christmas as I am not going to post on here again before Christmas, this image I felt had a Christmassy feel to it.
Excerpt from zermatt.ch:
Zermatt is proud of its Old Village, home to more than 30 buildings constructed in the traditional style of the barns and stores of the upper Valais. Many sit on flat stone slabs balanced on stilts to keep out mice.
The old part of the village of Zermatt, known as the “Hinterdorf” (rear village), is a delight to explore. The barns, stores, stables and old houses built between the 16th and 18th centuries form a harmonious whole.
The buildings are made of larch, the tree that dominates Zermatt’s surroundings. Rich in resin, the timber is particularly resistant to pests. The houses are roofed with heavy slabs of rock, which compress the timber supporting it and make the construction more robust still. Sunshine and weather darken the wood, and over the course of many years it turns black. As a result, the building becomes much more effective at absorbing and storing heat.
•Barn: for keeping hay; one door
•Store: for keeping food such as dried meat; usually four doors. One section, individually accessible, per family
“Then suddenly comes the awakening to a new level of experience. The soul one day begins to realize, in a manner completely unexpected and surprising, that in this darkness it has found the living God. One’s being is overwhelmed with the sense that He is there and that His love is surrounding and absorbing the soul on all sides. In fact, He has been there all the time—but He was utterly unknown. Now He is recognized. At that instant, there is no other important reality but God, infinite Love. Nothing else matters. The darkness remains as dark as ever and yet, somehow, it seems to have become brighter than noonday. The soul has entered a new world, a world of rich experience that transcends the level of all other knowledge and all other love. From then on one’s whole life is transformed. Although externally sufferings and difficulties and labor may be multiplied, the soul’s interior life has become completely simple. It consists of one thought, one preoccupation, one love: GOD ALONE.” -
-Thomas Merton from The Inner Experience
Taken on a trip to the Spittal on the Northumberland coast. Spent an enjoyable afternoon exploring the geology of the rocks there, I haven't done a huge amount of this sort of photography but the time passed so quickly, really absorbing looking for different compositions.
You can't help but look up and be in awe of the treasures that are being created along with what it does to your soul.
Spectacular...beautiful and absorbing !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Have yourselves a safe and soulful day dear Flickr friends !!!!
Sitting on a rock in the shade of an oleaster, absorbing the warm morning calm. All I can hear is the soft shushing of waves breaking on the rocks below and the rapid, scratchy song of a Dartford Warbler.
Here is a view of an emission nebula in the constellation Centaurus known as the Running Chicken Nebula. The bright glowing red is hydrogen gas that is emitting red wavelengths of light after absorbing energy from nearby starlight. I used a PlaneWave CDK24 telescope and L-600 mount to capture 8 hours of images through LRGB filters from ObsTech in Chile. I processed the images with PixInsight and Photoshop. Happy to answer any questions about imaging from the dark skies at ObsTech in Chile.
"The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround himself with people. But the man who learns, in solitude and recollection, to be at peace with his own loneliness, and to prefer its reality to the illusion of merely natural companionship, comes to know the invisible companionship of God. Such a one is alone with God in all places, and he alone truly enjoys the companionship of other men, because he loves them in God in Whom their presence is not tiresome, and because of Whom his own love for them can never know satiety."
- THOMAS MERTON
www.richardfraserphotography.co.uk
The sun at this time of year is exciting. It's still low and casts those beautiful, long, wintry shadows where frost can hide for hours but on crisp, clear days will catch and highlight complete elevations of buildings and structures, leaving them totally bathed in a rich, smooth, warming light which is increasing in heat and intensity day by day. Soon we'll have mornings where it rises and screaches its way high in to a noon sky, and these slow, absorbing scenes will be a distant winter memory, so enjoy them while they last!
A very smart Green Hairstreak absorbing some rays earlier this year.
My first post in a while, hope you enjoy it :)
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Two of Gracie's favorite activities - absorbing as much sunlight as possible, and watching the yard for critters. Here she is in the morning light, watching the deer and squirrels. What might not be obvious is that she is lying on a comfy dog bed, put there by her "dad" (of course) .
Tachinidae: Chrysopasta elegans
I was pleased to see this large (~15mm) fly resting on a leaf catching the afternoon sun.
ID'd by Dr Bryan Cantrell via Ken Walker 5 Sept 2014
The Pier at Garden City at Sunset, Garden City Beach, South Carolina. Title from "Under The Pier" by Randolph Krauch.
Stalwart pylons stand on their own.
Supporting each other, never alone.
Marking time down below.
Planks up top, horizontally laid
With bolts and nuts these are staid.
But buried deep and never asleep
Are verticals sunk in the ground.
Absorbing the forces of Pacific’s swell
They shutter and resonate like a bell.
And in time, with each blow,
On these poles barnacles grow.
Among them walk and come to know
Shadows cast in late afternoon’s glow.
Or silent and strong in foggy gloom.
Peeking through, the setting moon.
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Welcoming in 2025 by winning a nights stay at the luxurious @otsluxury has been a great entry into a new year and I want to share my experience with you!
The moment the competition closed, the level of professionalism was already set at a high bar, from one on one conversations to notecards making sure I had all the information prior to my stay, ensuring everything went smooth and seamless.
I was met at the Chateau gates by the fabulous owner Linda @ogespanish, who greeted me with a warm and caring voice that was bursting with information and joy about her luxurious creation. She took the time to personally guide me around the grounds, explaining the different buildings and landscape quirks that were available to explore during my stay. I was truly in awe of the surroundings, not knowing where I would like to spend my day.
Once the tour of the grounds was complete, it was then onto the magnificent Chateau itself! Walking through the grand entrance, I was immediately wowed by the decor that surrounded me, as if Ide just walked through a portal that took me straight to an era of Regency.
Linda showed me all of the available rooms for me to stay in, explaining the decore theme within each one before allowing me to choose a room that spoke to me most. Without much hesitation, I opted for the first room we visited, perfectly named the 'Queenette Suite', filled with blues, pinks and the finest gold. Linda then made sure I was comfortable before leaving me to enjoy my stay.
I started by absorbing in the views from my window before siping on the provided refreshments while sitting and taking in the rooms beauty. I then ventured out to explore the Chateau and grounds, the level of divine detail was mesmerising. Later, I got myself glammed up and had a wonderful meal within one of the restaurants on the grounds. Dining on a warming vegetable soup, followed by a delicious shrimp risotto, washed down with a crisp white wine before retiring back to my room. I had another taste of luxury getting into my four poster bed, enrobing myself in the blue and gold embroidered sheets ready for what was a restful and highly comfortable sleep.
What a wonderful first day!
In Vouzela, we found three (late) medieval towers that had no defensive or military functions but served as lords' houses or as part of their estates. Their design was intended to convey power and authority.
We are referring to the towers of Alcofra, Cambra and Vilharigues. The last one is partially destroyed, but all three deserve a visit.
Today's photos focus on Cambra Tower, which surprised us with its setting. A stream between bucolic banks, the vegetation that has already taken over part of the tower, the tranquillity. Everything makes the whole place particularly beautiful. We sat for a while by the water, absorbing this surprising atmosphere.
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Em Vouzela, descobrimos três torres medievais (tardias), que não tinham funções defensivas ou militares, mas eram morada dos senhores da zona, ou parte das suas propriedades. O seu traçado era criado expressamente para demonstrar poder e autoridade.
Falamos das torres de Alcofra, Cambra e Vilharigues. A última está parcialmente destruída, mas as três merecem uma visita.
Nas fotos de hoje relembramos a Torre de Cambra, que nos surpreendeu pelo enquadramento. Um curso de água entre margens bucólicas, a vegetação que já se apoderou de uma parte da torre, o sossego. Tudo cria um conjunto particularmente bonito. Ficámos um pouco, sentados junto à água, a absorver esta atmosfera surpreendente.
I have been heavily attracted by the liquid element since I was a young boy ... I like strolling by the sea, I like sitting at selected seaside spots visually absorbing its vastness, I enjoy the impact it has on me by managing to reduce my pulse rate down to somewhere around fifty bits per second ...
That explains the fact why most of my photo themes are related to the sea and are inspired by it ... That and also the fact that my country's geography offers to its visitors generous and constant contact with offing views ...
I fall in 100% with Ansel Adams's opinion that every photograph is an absolutely effective means of communication between two people ... The photographer and the viewer ... That is why my processing effort is trying to bring to the viewer the exact atmosphere of the moment ... I want to make him/her understand what actually urged me to take down that moment ... Not just the place, the moment !!!!
EXIF: High end compact Olympus Digital Camera SZ-31MR , Normal program , f 3, Focal Length 3 mm, ISO 200, spot metering mode, light source fine weather, manually adjusted white balance, auto focus mode, Orton effect processing applied, shutter speed 1/60 s, no tripod, no flash ...
I don't know why, but in autumn we have many more ladybugs than in spring. They gather in large groups on sunny walls as if absorbing heat to survive the winter. Since the first frost is coming soon, I think this is the last one I will photograph.
HFF!
That hollyhocks can survive—let alone thrive—on the Long Beach Peninsula of southwest Washington is something of a horticultural miracle. Here, the temperature rarely exceeds 70°F, sunny days are precious, and rain does not take a summer vacation.
Yet since 2022, I’ve been photographing a self-seeding colony of hollyhocks that have carved out a niche for themselves against the heat-absorbing, west-facing wall of a business not far from the beach.
Their hearty, sun-kissed cousins in Kansas might be shocked by the blemished state of their leaves—but being Kansans, they are much too polite to say so.
This text is a collaboration with Chat GPT.
Snowdonia`s Crib Goch absorbing the first light of day amid the drama of the clouds. Taken in Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK.
Sunrise over 277GM. What's left of the August 21 crash @ FXE remains on display. I love the little bird who's perched upon the tail absorbing some early morning Vitamin D.
Been trying to learn how to shoot woodland. I found these mosses nearby and spent a very absorbing hour.
This cute little Meerkat was looking up absorbing the light. During my editing process I felt soft rays of light and a warm feeling would look best in this Meerkat portraiture.
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This is the view looking to the right of my last post (shown below).
A rather well named peak huh? Easy to remember. I enjoyed hiking the edge of it's steep cliffs and absorbing the tremendous views in any direction.
This was taken a couple hours after the image below, which did catch some bright dawn rays. Horrible light to shoot into, but I had to have this view for my memory at that moment as well, so here tis. My pp skills are still still rudimentary so the skies are blown out. PS5 is on my wish list.
I overslept in our truck camper and missed the prime sunup time. I had to hike roughly a mile thru snow and lots of mud to get here from the camper. My bad. I left Karen and the 3 dogs snoozing cozily. I'm more a sunset shooter myself for that reason. Intend on doing better this year at capturing the days's first warm light.
We had the pleasure and liberty of having this setting to ourselves for 2 days. Prime nature to recharge our souls.
Thanks for taking a look. Always appreciated.
The Black Eye Galaxy, Messier 64 (M64), or NGC 4826, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. The dark band of absorbing dust gives this galaxy the name “Black Eye” or “Evil Eye” galaxy.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right ascension: 12h 56m 43.696s
Declination: +21° 40′ 57.57″
Distance: 17.3 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V): 8.52
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, Antares Focal Reducer, ZWO ASI290MC (on Orion 60mm Guidescope), ASI071MC-Pro, ZWO AAPlus, ZWO EAF, 96 x 60 seconds at 0C plus darks and flats, processed using PixInsight and DSS. Image Date: June 3, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Londres es una ciudad grande y dinámica. A lo largo de
los siglos ha ido creciendo, absorbiendo los barrios y pueblos
colindantes.La foto que no puede faltar en una visita.
Entre cristal y lluvia.
London is a large and dynamic city. Along
the centuries has been growing, absorbing the districts and villages
colindantes.La photo you can not miss on a visit.
One of my favorite views. Love standing on Sulphur Mountain above Banff and the Bow River absorbing all this beauty.
This shot was taken right after the first snow of last year. That was a blessing, as while it added a chill snow makes mountains stand out and shine (IMHO). Was a wonderful day taking in this grandeur. A couple more shots from up here below:
I took many shots from up here. I'll post a series of shots from this special viewpoint soon.
Wishing you all a wonderful Friday and weekend.
The sun was beaming on the fountain and I was on the other side shooting into the sun and was able to capture how the water was absorbing the light! The original photo is in my first comment below. Please view LARGE for a better look at the details!
Caption: MAVEN's Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph obtained this image of Mars on July 13, 2016, when the planet appeared nearly full when viewed from the highest altitudes in the MAVEN orbit. The ultraviolet colors of the planet have been rendered in false color, to show what we would see with ultraviolet-sensitive eyes. The ultraviolet (UV) view gives several new perspectives on Mars. Valles Marineris, a two-thousand-mile canyon system, appears prominently across the middle of the image as a blue gash. The deep canyon appears blue due to the scattering of ultraviolet light by the atmosphere, so strong that we cannot make out the bottom of the canyon. The greenish cast of the planet as a whole is a combination of the reflection of the surface plus the atmospheric scattering. The three tall Tharsis volcanoes appear near the left edge, dotted by white clouds forming as the winds flow over them. Bright white polar caps appear at both poles, typical for this season, in which there is a transition from southern-hemisphere winter to summer. The magenta-colored region visible at the south pole shows where ozone is absorbing ultraviolet light — the same property of ozone that protects life on Earth from harmful UV radiation. While ozone tends to be destroyed by chemical processes in the winter on Earth, different atmospheric chemistry at Mars caused it to build up in the winter there. A hint of ozone is also visible near the north pole; more will accumulate there as winter is coming. IUVS obtains images of Mars every orbit when the sunlit portion of the planet is visible from high altitude.
Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Colorado/LASP
Read more: go.nasa.gov/2d9aU1N
Today, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission completed one Mars year of science observations. One Mars year is just under two Earth years.
MAVEN launched on Nov. 18, 2013, and went into orbit around Mars on Sept. 21, 2014. During its time at Mars, MAVEN has answered many questions about the Red Planet.
“Taken together, the MAVEN results tell us that loss of gas from the atmosphere to space has been the major force behind the climate having changed from a warm, wet environment to the cold, dry one that we see today,” said Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN principal investigator, from the University of Colorado in Boulder.
NASA recently declared that MAVEN had achieved mission success during its primary mission. Mission success means that the spacecraft operated as intended, made the expected science measurements, and achieved its proposed science objectives.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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Almost SOOC- just levels and curves. No sliders or manipulations unless you include my back which may never feel quite the same after twisting my reflective objects around with one hand whilst shooting with the other..
Can only achieve this level of brightness in my conservatory in bright daylight...
Nikon D850
Nikon PK11A 8mm extension ring
M42 thin washer type adapter
Pentacon 50mm F1.8 Lens
I'll be searching my way to another 'Roid Week. So nice to see you my friends. Thank you for sharing your passion and creativity. Will be absorbing for days and weeks to follow. So lucky to be able to witness such beautiful things in this life. Be well and see ya next time. <3
My son and I spent an absorbing day watching a population of Dorset sand lizards this morning. We saw feeding, courtship, mating and a no-holds barred combat which lasted at least 15 minutes during which the rival males forsook all awareness of their surroundings as the genetic imperative took hold. I'll put some more up in the next few days but here's a taster.
As you can tell my first real experience of photography was in those slightly cheesy but absorbing books that used to appear in WHSmiths, packed full of starburst filters and soft lens.Its when photography kinda felt illicit and mysterious to me. Emma and I wanted to do something very different from what we normally do on this shoot- you will be able to see the rest in GangUp magazine when it surfaces in the summer.
Ambient light and a bounce/gelled strobe. Focussing through tights is a fucker- especially when you have gaffer taped the lens. Shot on a the might James Kendalls 6x6 Bronica, on some 2yr expired fuji400H 120 film, this is handheld at 1/15s with some white tights over the lens to give that distinctive feel.
Oh and flickr has done something hideous to the colours on this... its not really jaundiced.
Styling Emma Sandham-King, MUA Janeen Witherspoon, Asst Tash Alipour-Faridani, Hair Ricardo, shot on location by DD.
oh and some TGE pics up on my blog Blog
and you can follow more good stuff on tumblr darkdaze.tumblr.com/
Easily identified by the spectacular band of absorbing dust partially obscuring its bright nucleus, M64, or the Black Eye galaxy, is characterized by its bizarre internal motion. The gas in the outer regions of this remarkable galaxy is rotating in the opposite direction from the gas and stars in its inner regions. This strange behavior can be attributed to a merger between M64 and a satellite galaxy over a billion years ago. M64 is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices, about 5 degrees away from the bright star Arcturus. (text from NASA Goddard)
Made possible by the help and generosity of Larry Parker, head gaffer.
Mount: MYT
Scope: Vixen VCL200 @ F6.4
Camera: QSI 683
L:R:G:B = 19:3:3:3 hours
Taken from Santa Rosa CA
Reprocessed December 2022