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Pentax K-5 • 125 ISO • Pentax DA* 50-135mm F2.8 SDM
Hoya Pro1 Digital Filter Close-Up N°3
Jardin d'altitude du Haut-Chitelet • Vosges • France
It's beginning to look alot like Christmas in my home. Season's Greetings!
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In fact, "blue moon" refers not to color, but to rarity. Blue moons are defined as either the fourth full moon in a season, or, more recently, as the second full moon in a month. It's the second definition that covers August's blue moon; the month's first full moon was on Aug. 1.
Blue moons happen because our calendar months don't precisely sync with the moon's orbit. It takes the moon 29.5 days to wax and wane from full to new to full again. With the exception of February, months are longer than that, meaning that once in a while the timing works out so there are two full moons in one month.
Blue moons are best known from the phrase "once in a blue moon," meant to refer to something extremely rare. Two blue moons in a month aren't all that unusual, however; they occur 2.7 years apart on average, though not with great regularity. The last blue moon occurred on Dec. 31, 2009. That "New Year's Eve Blue Moon" also coincided with a partial lunar eclipse for viewers in Europe, Asia, Africa and some parts of Alaska.
Another truly rare event is a year with two blue moons. The last time a single year had two months with two full moons was in 1999. The next time double blue moons will occur is in 2018.
The Tint was done to have a BLUE LOOK
Blue Butterwort (Pinguicula caerulea) along a trail at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Martin County, Florida. There were also Yellow Butterwort in the area. No color enhancement, the flower is actually somewhat bluer than this. This one is carnivorous!
Here is the plant with her sticky insect-catching leaves:
Last few days,have not been feeling that great.Finally,went out today.Got to get my "Photogrove" back.
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A great blue heron (ardea herodias) standing in the Wakodahatchee Wetlands.
Nikon D4 + Nikon 400mm f/2.8 + Nikon TC-20E III
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I've been waiting and waiting for winter to set in to finish my "52 in 2014" challenge but after just one week of a little bit snow in November, the weather just remains mild, grey and wet.
That's why I need to resort to a photo from February this year, which represents the required theme quite well, I think. Taken onboard a passenger ferry, just after leaving the port of Helsinki, on our way to Stockholm. After sunset there is often this mysterious, cold, blue moment before everything vanishes inside the winter cloak of darkness.
52 in 2014 - #13 cold
Blue Mountains is a popular spot,, 2 hours drive from Sydney city. As you can see, the mountains in the background looks a bit blueish when looked from afar. Hence the name Blue Mountains.
The 3 rock formations in the pictures has a sad story behind them. The village witch doctor turn 3 sisters from his villa in the rocks above as punishment for seeing men from a rival village. The 3 rocks in the picture are the sisters, famously known as The Three Sisters.
Note: search blue mountains on the internet to find really spectacular panoramas.