Also known as Laelia perrinii, an epiphytic orchid found in Brazil. The flowers are 14 cm wide and fragrant.

"... well ... then he told me ..." - gossip stories in the ZOOM Erlebniswelt

Also known as The Church on the Hill.

Found at Idsworth Waterlooville

History can be found :-

www.idsworthchurchfriends.org/?page_id=9

Also from the same day folks and cannot wait to return to the scene of the crime on Saturday weather permitting.

I spent some time with this guy and another Osprey which I will stay with for a while and explain as best I could as I go on and edit more of this series.

Thank you all for stopping by, and all the kind words, it is wonderful to hear all your thoughts.

Have a great day everyone.

Also known as Cot Valley. Two rocks called "The Brisons" are visible in the background. They are said to resemble General Charles De Gaulle in his bathtub.

Lee Big Stopper long exposure

De Zalmhaven, also referred to as Zalmhaven Toren, is a project that includes a 215m residential tower in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Other parts of the project are two buildings of 70m each. The project was approved by the city in February 2010.

The 215m high residential tower houses 295 apartments and a parking garage. The tower and a second office building are designed by Dam & Partner architects, with Claus en Kaan Architecten designing a residential unit it is one of the tallest residential towers in Europe and the tallest building in the Netherlands.

In September 2016, the Rotterdam city council approved the plan. After fifteen years of preparation, construction started on 25 October 2018. With Zalmhaven I, the Zalmhaven has a height of 215 meters. The building itself is 203 m and the mast takes up the last 12 m.

On December 15, 2020, the construction of Zalmhaven II and III reached the highest point. Zalmhaven I reached its highest point in September 2021 and the entire project is completed in 2022.

De Zalmhaven contains 452 apartments and penthouses, 33 townhouses, a parking garage, offices, commercial spaces and a restaurant. The townhouses have a private roof terrace and the apartments and penthouses all have one or more outdoor spaces. The basement accommodates a five-story parking garage with 456 spaces. An inner garden will be realized in the lobby. A roof garden will be realised on the parking garage that is only accessible to the residents of De Zalmhaven. The apartments and penthouses in De Zalmhaven II and III have their own entrance at Gedempte Zalmhaven, but residents also use the facilities in De Zalmhaven I.

Also known as Greenfield Falls, in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Miracle Plant ~ The word Aparajita means undefeated ~

~ It's Feng Shui properties are also miraculous -

Having an Aparajita in the house compound

gives the House an Invincible Aura,

which transcends on to it's inhabitants as well.

~ Its roots when grinded with vinegar and applied

on pimples cure it within no time.

~ Aparajita is a destroyer form of Goddess Durga

that destroys the demoniacal energies.

Heat is the end of every ice cube (also the end of the icebergs in the Arctic regions). When recording, I had to hurry. After the first test shots to set light and sharpness, the brooklet around the small iceberg became bigger and bigger. The result: He began to "swim" and turned constantly. That made the focus a gamble.

Wärme bedeutet das Ende eines jeden Eiswürfels (auch das Ende der Eisberge in den arktischen Regionen). Bei der Aufnahme musste ich mich beeilen. Schon nach den ersten Probeaufnahmen, um Licht und Schärfe einzustellen, wurde das Bächlein um den kleinen Eisberg immer größer. Die Folge: Er begann zu "schwimmen" und drehte sich fortwährend. Das machte die Scharfeinstellung zu einem Glücksspiel.

also on iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations/73217882

an album with the full series of the same individual photos.app.goo.gl/kCyw7TNDk72QH5Nt9

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also known as the rosy-collared or peach-faced lovebird,

Wailea, Maui, Hawaii

Also known as Valley Rose Chapel and located in Shedd, Oregon (Population 213), the United Presbyterian Church of Shedd is a historic Presbyterian church designed in a Gothic Revival style. It was built in 1892 and added to the NRHP on March 5, 1998.

Also called Hottentot Teal...

They were flying at a considerable distance... this was the first and only time I saw the species.

Belalanda wetlands, Ifaty, Madagascar

Also known as cock's-foot, orchard grass. Found in meadows, pasture, roadsides, and rough grassland. HMM!

Macro Mondays: Silhouette.

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, Egyptian bean or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is often colloquially called a water lily. Under favorable circumstances the seeds of this aquatic perennial may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China. It has a very wide native distribution, ranging from central and northern India (at altitudes up to 1,400 m in the southern Himalayas), through northern Indochina and East Asia, with isolated locations at the Caspian Sea. It has a very long history (c. 3,000 years) of being cultivated for its edible seeds, and it is commonly cultivated in water gardens. It is the national flower of India and Vietnam. The roots of lotus are planted in the soil of the pond or river bottom, while the leaves float on the water's surface or are held well above it. The flowers are usually found on thick stems rising several centimeters above the leaves. The leaf stalks (petioles) can be up to 200 cm long, allowing the plant to grow in water to that depth, and a horizontal spread of 1 m. The leaves may be as large as 80 cm in diameter, while the showy flowers can be up to 30 cm in diameter. 7656

………We could always try the dogs home & see if they will have us!………An ‘also-ran’ for ’Smile on Saturday’ with the theme of ‘Backside’. The astute will recognise the Pink Floyd Album cover ‘Animals’ & know Battersea is home to an iconic power station famed also for its Dog & Cat home since the year 1860. Happy Friday everyone, Alan:-)

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After seeing a video by Thomas Heaton, we thought: We have to find it and photograph it.

We fly a while with Google, and then YES we found the region

The photo took a lot of sweat, because it certainly wasn't a childish hike. But definitely worth photographing this 300-year-old Pine tree.

You do me a big pleasure when you click to ENLARGE. It’s also more pleasure for you. (i hope so)

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also on iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations/97016139

The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away. It was discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in 1792. It is formed by the fast stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (HD 192163) colliding with and energizing the slower moving wind ejected by the star when it became a red giant around 250,000 to 400,000 years ago. The result of the collision is a shell and two shock waves, one moving outward and one moving inward. The inward moving shock wave heats the stellar wind to X-ray-emitting temperatures.

Details

M: Mesu 200

T: Orion Optics ODK10

C: QSI683 with 3nm Ha and OIII filter, Baader RGB filters

50x1800s in Ha

51x1800ss in OIII

15x300s in each RGB

Totalling 54hrs 15 mins

Also another young bird in the backyard on a Grevillea.

Plant natives and the birds will come :)

Photo taken in Woodford NSW Australia

Also called field clover and low hop clover

Tiny flower in the yard.

Visible spectrum

Hot mirror filter

Backyard photography

Also known as Japanese cherry blossom, seeing the sakura blossom tree covered in delicate pink blossoms put me in mind of the song "The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, Tra La" from my favourite Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta, "The Mikado".

"The flowers that bloom in the spring,

Tra la!

Breathe promise of merry sunshine —

As we merrily dance and we sing,

Tra la!

We welcome the hope that they bring,

Tra la!

Of a summer of roses and wine,

Of a summer of roses and wine.

And that's what we mean when we say that a thing,

Is welcome as flowers that bloom in the spring.

Tra la la la la,

Tra la la la la.

The flowers that bloom in the spring."

The theme for "Smile on Saturday" on the 6th of April is "blossoms", so whilst being in the Southern Hemisphere, I am slowly wending my way towards autumn, I do love spring, so I have lots of blossom shots that have yet to make their way up onto Flickr. The theme gives me the perfect excuse to select one and post it! My two favourite seasons are autumn, for its brightly coloured cascades of leaves, and spring for its pastel coloured blooms which are always a delight after the grey winter months. I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!

Also called Cuckoo Wasp

….also from a best friend…because I love baubles

I have deleted the first photo by mistake 😢

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Also captured during my short stint in Edmonton, walking about White Ave.

Also known as a Money tree (not that it's done me any good), Jade bushes are in flower at present with sweet, unassuming little flowers. After a good few photos, I think my phone's camera scrubs up quite well.

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On the left the the typical rock formations with the winding road, in the middle the small village Paul do Mar, and on the right the frequent storms:-O.

Stiched 50mm panorama.

* These Beech trees looked rather splendid last week in Duncombe Park . While the colours in England do not compare with the amazing Autumn display in New England they are still a lovely sight

Duncombe Park is on the edge of the town of Helmsley in North Yorkshire

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Also check out the view zoomed in (to the bridge) when viewed widescreen

Also called 'Willey Mill'.

The mill still stands, almost in its original state, at a bend in the Tame some 100yds down stream from Delph Bridge. The mill race still flows beneath the building, and continues alongside and above the river to the Rasping Mill some 250yds downstream.

It was described .. “There was a home in the mill, with living room, parlour and kitchen”

More of interest if you like - www.hamandbud.co.uk/industrial_valleys/shore.html

Also known as the Grey Jay and Whiskey Jack

I think he was used to getting "treats" on the trails in Gillies Grove (Arnprior, Ontario) and therefore agreed to pose for me ....

This photo also shows the balancing benefit of the large bushy tail.

also on iNaturalist with other photos

www.inaturalist.org/observations/113190853

Plan de la Besurta, La Ribagorza, Huesca, Aragón, España.

Ruta cuyo itinerario discurre en el entorno de las pistas de esquí nórdico de Llanos del Hospital en el Valle de Benasque. La ruta tiene su inicio en el Plan del Hospital atravesando en su recorrido bellos parajes como el Plan de Estan y el Plan de la Besurta para llegar finalmente hasta el espectacular Plan d´Aiguallut con magnificas vistas al pico Aneto. Se trata de recorrer una parte del conocido como Camino dels Aranesos que originalmente unía el Plan del Hospital con el Valle de Arán.

El recorrido se divide en tres tramos, un primer tramo muy corto y sencillo hasta el Plan de l'Estan, un segundo tramo tambien muy sencillo hasta la Besurta y un tramo final algo más exigente aunque accesible a cualquier senderista acostumbrado a la montaña hasta el Forau d´Aiguallut.

Route whose itinerary runs around the Nordic ski slopes of Llanos del Hospital in the Benasque Valley. The route begins in the Pllan del Hospital, passing through beautiful places such as the Plan de Estan and the Plan de la Besurta to finally reach the spectacular Plan d'Aiguallut with magnificent views of the Aneto peak. It involves walking through a part of what is known as the Camino dels Aranesos, which originally linked the Hospital Plan with the Aran Valley.

The route is divided into three sections, a first very short and easy section to Plan de l'Estan, a second section that is also very simple to Besurta and a final section that is somewhat more demanding although accessible to any hiker accustomed to the mountains until the Forau d'Aiguallut.

Also known as Vermont's little grand canyon, the Quechee Gorge is located in Quechee, Vermont along U.S. Route 4. The gorge is 165 feet deep and is the deepest gorge in Vermont.

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Also known as Yosemite of the North, Alaska

Also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, pokeberry, poke sallet, dragonberries, and inkberry, the ripe berries of this poisonous perennial are red to purple to almost black and are a food source for songbirds, which are unaffected by the poisons in the berries. As birds eat the berries, they help to disperse the seeds. All parts of the plant are toxic to mammals. BTW: those are the actual colours of this plant, no slider pushing needed.

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Collegiate Peaks, Colorado

I think that's Jenkins Mountain highlighted toward the right.

Also known as Vinca and many more. This one plant has self sown into the space between the paving bricks and has been there for a couple of years. It gets watered and protected when too cold.

Also known as "Narcissi"...Making their first appearance for this Year ..

Southwest Arizona USA.

Also known as Dune Cat's-Eye. In the Forget-Me-Not family. Very, very tiny flower. See: flic.kr/p/2dWmpnH

Cryptantha ganderi is rare in the United States; it is found only in southwest AZ and CA.

In North America Cryptantha ganderi is listed as Rare Plant.

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Also beautiful in the evening: at the Mökki, the Finnish weekend cottage by the lake. Here with a beautiful sunset sky. It doesn't get completely dark during the short summer nights. | Auch am Abend schön: im Mökki, dem finnischen Wochenendhäuschen am See. Hier mit schönem Sonnenuntergangshimmel. Ganz dunkel wird es in den kurzen Sommernächten nicht.

Sunset, also called sundown in some American English dialects, is the instant when the trailing edge of the sun's disk disappears below the horizon in the west. It should not be confused with dusk, which is the point at which darkness falls, some time after the beginning of twilight when the sun itself sets.