The Apollo

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The Apollo

The Year 2020 is finally over!

However it looked like 20 years!

Have a Healthy and Happy New Year!!

I hope the Year 2021 will be better for all of us .... ❄️🎄 ❄️

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Apollo at one of his first flights

These are my pet rocks I picked up in Norway a few years back. I like to think they are dwelling in a cave here, because that’s what you do in caves. And there may even be a troll sleeping somewhere nearby. I like trolls. Not the internet variety!

Anyway a friend told me that they didn’t like puns about stones. My sediment exactly! the one on the left, Apollo, is the shy one, I think he wishes he was a little boulder. Did I mention I picked these guys up quite cheap? They were on shale. But I do like them, I never take them for granite. Though I did make the mistake of mentioning to send them home once, they looked petrified! They forgave me though and we started with a clean slate , and now have a plutonic relationship :)

Happy new week all

FlickrFriday - concept of rocks being pets

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High Road, North Finchley, London

Apollovlinder (Parnassius apollo) Picture taken in the Eifel area. Germany.

Many thanks for your visits, kind comments and faves, very much appreciated.

Parnassius apollo

Photographed in the Western Rodopi Mountains (Bulgaria).

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Katara Pass, Greece

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The Temple of Apollo in the grounds of Stourhead, Hasselblad X1D.

The giant statue of Apollo at Achilleon, Corfu.

The apollo butterfly is the largest butterfly in Germany and unfortunately also the most endangered one. It is classified as critically endangered. There are only some very small isolated populations left. Reasons for the massive decline is again loss and destruction of habitat and the use of herbicides in agriculture. Photographing these beautiful butterflies was long on my bucket list. I really hope that the conservation measures will bring this unique butterfly back from the brink of extinction.

a little photo shoot with my dear friend and Daddy, Apollo - potential Profile work with his new look.

@ Port of IJmuiden

Parnassius apollo

The Temple of Apollo at Stourhead Gardens, England. Hasselblad X1D.

My friends dog was apparently sad & missed his master while we were gone.

Rattling Run

Apollo, Pennsylvania

Tripod. ND filter. Not cropped.

This version at 50mm. (See 70mm.)

One of three waterfalls on Rattling Run. This was my first time here. I only made it to the first waterfall this time, but I will be back soon.

If you make the hike, access via Rock Furnace Trail. Take the trail down the beaten path until you reach a random park bench. Make a right at the park bench and follow the lower trail. It's very rocky/difficult to navigate with handheld gear. Trekking poles and a secure backpack with your gear will get you there with ease. Waterproof / water resistant boots suggested.

Roter Apollo - Parnassius apollo

Apollo Temple in Side Turkey

... on hard-fought knapweed 😄

Roter Apollo - Parnassius apollo

Roter Apollo - Parnassius apollo

Roter Apollo - Parnassius apollo

Roter Apollo - Parnassius apollo

Wegen Lieferschwierigkeiten seitens Bombardier für Apollo, sind auf der Frankenbahn Ersatzzüge der WFL im Einsatz. Geschoben von 145 091 ist DPN 95878 unterwegs von Tübingen nach Heilbronn und wurde im letzten Licht bei Nordheim in den Weinbergen fotografiert.

DPN 95878 with 145 091 from Tübingen to Heilbronn near Nordheim.

Roter Apollo - Parnassius apollo

Another shot of the endangered Apollo butterfly.

Cópula, Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid, en una de sus escasas y amenazadas colonias. Un día glorioso, pues pude observar y fotografiar dos cópulas de este hermoso animal.

Smolikas, Greece

Amsterdam - Gerrit van der Veenstraat.

Office building, built in 1939. Architect: Dirk Roosenburg.

Het Apollo House is een kantoorgebouw aan de Apollolaan en de Stadionweg in Amsterdam-Zuid. Het is sinds 2004 een rijksmonument.

Het is in 1937-1939 gebouwd naar een ontwerp van Dirk Roosenburg als hoofdkantoor van de Rijksverzekeringsbank (RVB), later genaamd Sociale Verzekeringsbank. Het bestaat uit een 10 meter hoog ringgebouw en een 40 meter hoog gebouw op een as van de ring. Het heeft een staalskelet. Aanvankelijk waren de gevels bekleed met geglazuurde keramische platen; deze zijn in 1968 vervangen door witte platen van travertijn. Het gebouw is ook bekend onder de bijnaam 'Oceaanstomer'. (Wp).

Thanks for taking time to fave, comment and look at my work. It is much appreciated.

and a Happy New Year!

Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Papilionoidea▸Papilionidae▸Parnassiinae

Apollo (EN), Roter Apollo (DE)

Photo captured in the wild, under natural light, in Austria.

Greece, Naxos

Parnassius apollo

Ce papillon est rare dans le Jura et malheureusement en déclin.

Canton de Neuchâtel, Suisse

This butterfly is rare in the Jura mountains and unfortunately its numbers are in decline.

Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Parnassius apollo (Apollofalter, mountain Apollo) on Centaurea jacea (Wiesen-Flockenblume), Lac Brenet, Jura, Vaud, Switzerland

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