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30 days of gratitude - day30 - thankful for the beautiful day we had to end the month of gratitude. It has been a great month!
Happy Wednesday my friends xo
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This is Lion's Park which is adjacent to the subdivision that I live in, it is used heavily all year long.
I borrowed the title "King and Queen" from this very cool couple pose gift from Diesel. It does come with a crown too, but Zack refused to wear it (he said it messed up his hair :P) and promptly threw it out of our skybox. I'll retrieve it and pretend to be a Queen some other time :D
My first pic using the new in-built filters on the most recent version of the SL viewer. This one is the spotlight.
Picher, OK, was a mining town in the northeast corner of Oklahoma, and the area around it was a major producer of lead and zinc in the first half of the 20th Century. At its peak, more that 14,000 men worked the mines in the area, and 4,000 more in mining-related services. Eventually, the mines played out and the last one closed in the late 1960s, leading many people to move away from Picher.
The result of this activity was huge piles of mine waste (chat) in various places in and around Picher. Although not economically viable, the chat piles still had trace amounts of lead in them, and the wind would stir up fine dust particles which the townspeople would inhale. Contaminated water turned the local creek red, and sinkholes began to appear as the abandoned mines collapsed.
In 1983, the Environmental Protection Agency declared a 40-mile (104km) square area around Picher one of the most contaminated areas in the United States. A study in the mid 1990s showed about a third of the children in Picher had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The federal government began buyouts of the remaining residents in 2005, but not all took the offer. In 2008, an EF-4 tornado cut a path through the remainder of the town killing 7 people and destroying many houses; none were rebuilt. In 2009, Picher disincorporated and the school district dissolved, making it a modern-day ghost town. More wildlife than people now inhabit the area, but Picher’s legacy remains. Early in 2015, more than 1,000 migratory birds were found dead in Picher; the cause was thought to be zinc poisoning.
Infrared
The first day of 2020 was so dull and grey, that I did not take any photographs. I spent my time working on my last photos from last decade!
Sony α7 II
Sigma 24-70mm lens
Though I set out to do some wildlife photography, I always bring a landscape (and vice versa) lens as well. You just don't ever know how the day ... or your photography journey ... will unfold. On this particular morning, I'm so very glad that I did.
While the sunrise was a bit of a bust due to the overcast skies, it settled down and cleared up, almost unknowingly to us. The fog layer though remained present and lent itself to a moody landscape moment. So quiet, so still, so beautiful!
I know everyone always says it, but I'll say it again ... it's so important to turn around when you're out shooting ... you never know what's evolving and present behind you. :-)
Snowing this morning, so I'm quite happy. Not just for me, but for the wildlife and our water availability. If there's one thing that I've learned since being out here and residing in the high desert, it's how important and precious is water. Something that I believe that I took for granted in Florida. Not any more though.
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© 2018 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
this was a beautiful sunset scene captured last fall season along the banks of the Des Plaines River that runs thru the Gurnee Woods Preserve....can't wait to go back there and explore this forest preserve some more...pls. View On Black
El Valle del Río Puelo es una cuenca Binacional que nace en Argentina en el Lago Puelo y desemboca en el Oceano Pacifico en termina en el Estuario de Reloncaví, el primer gran fiordo de la Patagonia Chilena, en la localidad de Río Puelo, al oriente de la ciudad de Puerto Montt y a tan sólo 120 Km al sur de Puerto Varas en la Región de Los Lagos de Chile.
El río Puelo (mapudungún: Está en el este) es uno de los 5 rios mas caudalosos de Chile, en su curso superior, a la salida del Lago Puelo forma el Lago Inferior, en territorio chileno y recibe las aguas de los lagos Las Rocas, Verde, Totoral, Azul, del río Ventisquero. En su curso medio, recibe al río Manso, su principal afluente, y da origen al Lago Tagua-Tagua para terminar desembocando en el seno de Reloncaví.
El valle del Rio Puelo no solo es reconocido por su extraordinaria belleza sino tambien por ser valorado como una de las mejoras zonas para la pesca deportiva Fly Fishing de Trucha y Salmon, ofreciendo ademas un entorno natural ideal para otras actividades como senderismo, cabalgatas, montañismo, rafting y mountainbike
"SALVEMOS EL RIO PUELO: No a las Torres y Centrales Hidroelectricas"
Un proyecto, perteneciente a la empresa Central Mediterráneo, en fase de aprobacion por el Gobierno Chileno, pretende construir una central hidrolelectrica en la confluencia de los ríos Torrentoso y Manso, afluentes del río Puelo. Lugareños y la industria turística cercana al río Puelo, la principal fuente de ingresos del valle, temen que el ecosistema en el que viven y trabajan se vea afectado con la construcción de esta central hidroeléctrica que instalaría grandes torres de alta tensión que arrasara bosques terminando con el encanto natural y pristino del valle. Ademas esto podria ser solo el comienzo de una serie de proyectos similares en el futuro como el que pretende realizar Endesa.
La empresa española de energía tiene proyectado construir una central hidroeléctrica, represando este río con un muro de 100 m de altura, e inundando cerca de 5000 ha, la cual tendría un impacto de grandes proporciones aún no evaluadas en la flora y fauna de toda la cuenca del río Puelo y en las diferentes actividades económicas de la zona.
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Puelo River Valley is a binational basin born in Argentina on Lake Puelo flowing through the land to its mouth at the Reloncaví estuary the first great fjord of Chilean Patagonia that ends into the Pacific Ocean near the town of Rio Puelo east of the Puerto Montt city only 120 Km south of Puerto Varas in Los Lagos Region of Chile.
The Puelo River (mapudungún: It is in the East) is one of the 5 mightiest rivers of Chile its upper reaches drain out Lake Puelo forming the Lower Lake in Chilean territory and receives water from lakes Rocks Green Totoral Blue and Ventisquero River. In its middle course receives the Manso River the main tributary forming both Tagua Tagua lake to finish within Reloncaví estuary.
The valley of the Rio Puelo is not only known for its extraordinary beauty but also for being rated as one of the best areas for Fishing Trout and Salmon besides offering natural environment an ideal for other activities such as hiking horseback riding, mountaineering rafting and mountain biking.
"SAVE THE PUELO RIVER: No to pylons and hydroelectric dams "
A project from the Central Mediterranean company is awaiting to approval by the Chilean government that aims to build an hydroelectric plant at the confluence of the rivers Manso and Torrentoso Puelo River tributaries both. Locals and the tourist industry near the Puelo River the valley main income source fear about the ecosystem and how work and way of life would be affected by the construction of this power plant that will install large pylons swepting forests ending with the natural charm of the pristine valley. In addition this could be just the beginning of a series of similar projects in the future as it seeks to make Endesa.
The Spanish energy company has planned to build a hydroelectric plant, damming the river with a wall of 100 m height, and flooding about 5000 ha, which would have an impact of great proportions not yet evaluated in the flora and fauna of the whole Puelo River basin and in the different economic activities in the area.
My dog and I walked around the farm, then detoured to take a look at the pond - I was wondering if the frogs have started to appear yet.
I didn't see any frogs but I had the most magnificent but fleeting sight of a dazzling blue Kingfisher. What a wonderful way to end the year.
Wishing you all a Very Happy New Year.
The Lost Unicorn Gallery has been transformed into a Winter Wonderland with frozen lakes, snowy mountains, and beautiful snowflakes falling all around. Visit the new Christmas art exhibition at the gallery and the Winter forest here: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ethereal/125/189/49
In ten years of living here, that is the only term I've heard used for this housing development on Railway Ave., at the edge of town. "The Hi-Rises." Towering over everything except the two grain elevators.
Single family units are the norm in Val Marie, but with the establishment of a large national park nearby in the early 1980s - headquarters in the village - short term housing became necessary to accommodate temporary employees who may be here only to work their way upward within the bureaucracy. Parks Canada is the largest employer in town, by far. Val Marie without the nearby park would be a ghost town by now.
The existence of the park has created an interesting demographic, separating this place from most other dusty little prairie towns. The old core of ranchers and farmers remains intact: the traditional agriculture-based community. These are often retired folks who can no longer handle the rigorous work involved in running a ranch, and so have moved into town. Then there is the professional group of managers who run the park, and various scientists, service personnel, and infrastructure workers, the latter mostly drawn from the local community. These numbers rise dramatically in summer with the hiring of park interpreters and other personnel, temporary jobs that generally run until sometime in September.
Meanwhile, Grasslands National Park has attracted a number of creative individuals - painters, photographers, writers, etc. - who collectively have injected a dose of culture into the mix. And finally, the place has pulled in more than a few people with an entrepreneurial spirit. Several older buildings have been renovated as tourist accommodation; you can get a new roof put on your house, go horseback riding, or buy local honey. There's even a guy who will sell you photographs!
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Another 'naked' tree shot. This is near Norsworthy Bridge, with Leather Tor in the background.
Photo taken same day as my previous post. It was a lovely day for photography with some nice lighting.
APOLOGIES: I've just discovered I have already posted this photo - a year ago! I put shots to consider for Flickr in a separate folder, then once one has been posted, I move it. This one I missed and was not moved..... Too late to delete this now as someone has already faved it......Head hanging with embarrassment :-(