International Vulture Awareness Day
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A bull elephant stands under the shade of a tree in the midday heat of 34C during Winter at Etosha national park, Namibia...the only movement was its ears flapping to keep cool and this very slight turn of its head acknowledging that it was aware of our presence...
For this weeks theme "blue for you me - 2023".
Our health is the most precious thing we have, we cannot take it for granted.
Because this statue is at ground level it was often getting damaged so they put up a road sign to make people aware of it.
Well we all know its not but I've been singing along to Roy Orbison as I so often do when a photo 'strikes a chord' as it were... when I am processing a raw file.
Padstow Harbour actually but looking so sunny last October between lockdowns.
Looking like a typical post card and I’m well aware of that but it just epitomises Cornwall for me re the light and colours so I make no apologies for putting this on. Neither a sunrise sunset or slow shutter...the four S’s that a landscape photographer strives for lol. Just that Cornish light that I happen to love ❤️
Thank you so much everyone for all your encouraging comments which I appreciate so much.
I am unable to reply or comment at the moment as I’m not feeling too well at present but I wish you all well....❤️
I tried to approach stealthily, but even though I had some foliage between us, this song sparrow knew I was there. I find that there follows a short time that, unless I move on, the bird will. This was during that window.
May 12 is ME/CFS/Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day, a day to bring attention to how ME/CFS/Fibromyalgia affects those suffering from the illness.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a serious, long-term illness that affects many body systems. Often, people with ME/CFS may not be able to do their usual activities. People with ME/CFS have severe fatigue and sleep problems. ME/CFS may get worse after people with the illness try to do as much as they want or need to do. This symptom is known as post-exertional malaise (PEM). Other symptoms can include problems with thinking and concentrating, pain, and dizziness.
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a medical condition characterised by chronic widespread pain and a heightened pain response to pressure. Other symptoms include tiredness to a degree that normal activities are affected, sleep problems and troubles with memory. Some people also report restless legs syndrome, bowel or bladder problems, numbness and tingling and sensitivity to noise, lights or temperature. Fibromyalgia is frequently associated with depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder. Other types of chronic pain are also frequently present.
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Hooded vultures taken in Masai Mara, Kenya. International Vulture Awareness Day, 3rd September 2022.
It is suspected that this species is currently undergoing an extremely rapid population reduction owing to indiscriminate poisoning, trade for traditional medicine, hunting for food, persecution and electrocution, as well as habitat loss and degradation.
Wildlife poachers sometimes poison vultures because their presence in the skies near animal corpses can alert rangers to their illegal activities.
Because many species of vultures are social, vultures are highly affected by poisoning.
Over a hundred birds can be killed at just one poisoned carcass.
Vultures are the ultimate recyclers. They can strip a carcass in just a few hours.
They keep our environment clean and disease-free.
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Peaceful Sunday
Background:
"Forget ME not" was created to raise awareness about M.E (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) - an extremely debilitating, life changing, complex chronic disease that has received shamefully low attention and fundings for research for decades. Patients are being disbelieved, misunderstood and dismissed. There is no treatment and no cure.
Over 20 million people across the globe are affected and in the aftermaths of COVID this number is quickly rising (many Long Covid patients end up being diagnosed with M.E).
During our events in May we will create awareness, break the stigma and fundraise for the "Open Medicine Foundation" who conduct research into M.E, Long Covid, Fibromyalgia and related chronic conditions. They are a registered, US based non-profit organization that has been around for over 10 years.
You can also support by wearing this blue ribbon exclusively made by Enewa, when you click the information box at the Forget ME Not sim.
Get it here in-world: Forget ME Not events place and exhibit 💙
To know more about the event and how you can raise awareness and support the cause to research and find cure for ME/CFS, link here: Facebook: forgetMEnotSL 💙Flickr group: forget ME not SL
💙 Website and donation page: Forget ME Not SL site
Often we humans look only straight ahead, moving quickly with a sense of urgency. We miss what Nature has to offer. The ability to see outside oneself, to become lost in wonder and even finding the time to take in slow, deep breaths. "Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain."...Henry David Thoreau
World Fibromyalgia Awareness Day May 12th and Fibromyalgia Awareness Month May 1st-30th – May is the month we all come together to educate and raise awareness about Fibromyalgia with friends and family, at work, and in our neighbourhoods.
Word by Vic
Onlt the ocean and you by Jack Johnson
DRS Class 88/0 No.88009 Diana leads 68007 Valiant past the water tower at Dungeness on the 7th of July 2021, working the 16:29 6M95 Nuclear Flasks from Dungeness Power Station to Crewe Coal Sidings. As far as I’m aware, this is the first time a Class 88 has been on a revenue earning working down into Kent?
Taken with the aid of a pole.
A direct unfiltered experience of awareness. More than pictures, New Topographics images were a way of discovering the presence of humans occupation within the landscape.
Ricoh FF 3-AF
Fujifilm 200
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Smile on Saturday - Made by Me
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A Statement Against Pollution
This was a sculpture I did for an exhibition done in collaboration with the Moving Ethos Modern Dancer Company called Purity & Pollution. It was floating in the pool during the exhibition. It is entirely made out of garbage (rubbish) and is mostly made of plastics, although glass and cans (tins) are included and the surfboard of course. I am trying to encourage people to throw their garbage (rubbish) in the appropriate places, not just throw it anywhere thereby destroying, land, birds, animals, the ocean, and other waterways.
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Maybe not everybody's cup of tea. But I was excited after I got home and found this image of the stag beetle on my SD-card. The largest insect of the Netherlands is not common. In fact I only found them a couple of times. This male with it's huge antler-like jaws looked tired after mating season was finished.
I hoped for a close up with shallow depth of field of the impressive jaws, and this is what I got.
Enjoy!
(do yourself a favour and click L for a full-screen)
*Image is under copyright by Bram de Jong. Contact me if you want to buy or use my photographs
37407 is at full growl as it rushes through Melton Mowbray station.
Playing to the crowd? Can only think the driver was aware of the waiting photographers