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It died, but its growth form may give some insight to its death. At the top left of the tree is a proliferation of branches that is decidedly non-juniperish. Forest biologists call these witches brooms, and they occur in a variety of conifers and deciduous trees. They are usually caused by fungi, viruses, or plant parasites called mistletoes. This growth may have been the last straw for a tree growing in an arid environment.
Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness, Utah
We drove down to Denali National Park and Wilderness Preserve on Sunday, Mother's Day. What was intended to be a relaxing day was anything but. We should have known better than to go yesterday, but we went anyways.
Normally, we stay away from Denali during tourist season because of the crowds. We prefer going where no one goes, but we do venture down to the Park in off season.
We seen the usual, moose and caribou, and there were a few people stopped to watch them. We went further on and there was a traffic jam, maybe 15 cars parked watching a bear on the hill. It wouldn't have been so bad if the people parked their cars on the side of the road, but no, in their haste and excitement, they parked their brains in their sphincter and not only parked in the middle of the road, but left their car doors open. It took us a few minutes to get through the congestion, and we parked along the side of the road a few hundred yards down the road. It was pathetic to watch, cars were hopscotching down the road, following the bear. The poor bear was on a hill and wanted to cross the road, but the cars would not let him.
Finally, the bear was right out our window looking at us, I snapped a few photos, this being one of them, then the cars and foot traffic surrounded us.
It took us another five or so minutes to get out of the jam again, we turned around where we could and waited, soon the traffic all passed us, so we knew the bear was out of sight. We left the park, disgusted at the people who park their brains when the see wildlife.
We may try Denali again on a weekday, but we have other places to go where no one goes.
I still can't hike like I used too before I got sick, but we did manage a small hike at another spot on the way home.
but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore ...
(quote by Ferdinand Magellan)
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Shot in infrared ;o)
Happy Fence Friday, and have a great weekend!
I'm busy writing about my journey through the world of infrared photography at the moment, so I'm taking a whole lot of photos. This is across the howe, looking up the hillside, and there's no snow, which is unusual for February!
Shot with the Nikon D90, a converted camera that shoots only infrared, and with a 720nm filter.
My Fence Friday photos set: Here
My Infrared set: Here
My landscape set Here
My Tree set is here: Here
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But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful
Like a rainbow
In my opinion Cyndi Lauper provides the best description of this picture.
A colorful staircase somewhere in Germany.
Every criticism and comment is very much appreciated.
Well, the result here is no mistake - but it is due to one.
This is the central, octagonal tower as seen from the interior of Ely cathedral. It's current look is due to a collapse to the tower structure in 1322, probably due to building works in the vicinity. The tower dated to Norman times (work on the cathedral we see today began in 1083) and the tower was not so much completely replaced as re-styled to its current, quite eye-catching Gothic look.
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The past two years I've happily watched a volunteer perennial plant return to my garden. Even though it towered over my other plants, I loved how many insects seemed to adore it. Then a friend mentioned I was growing Tansy Ragwort.
I discovered Tansy ragwort reproduces by seed. A single plant is capable of producing up to 150,000 seeds, which can remain viable for up to 15 years. Seeds in the upper 2 cm of soil remain viable for 4 to 5 years. Plants can flower from June to October, but typically start to form seeds by mid August. It only seemed right to remove the plant with its bright yellow flowers and make this tribute to their short life in my garden. Something tells me the plant will appear next year....and the year after. :)
Back to the barnies today. With so many pictures to process from the shoot, these guys will feature regularly for some time
The barn owl is renowned for it's silent wing beat, as it quarters the countryside in search of unsuspecting voles.
Owls are known as silent predators of the night, capable of flying just inches from their prey without being detected. The quietness of their flight is owed to their specialized feathers.
When air rushes over an ordinary wing, it typically creates a “gushing” noise as large areas of air turbulence build up. But the owl has developed feathers which stabilise the air flow, resulting in a large reduction in aerodynamic noise. This is then further absorbed, by their downy feathers, resulting in the ultimate stealth attack.
As I watched his display my excited breathing was the only noise to be heard.
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Yorkshire Dales - Lower Barn/ Embankment Female
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Apologies for repeating myself, but when I updated my home page I suddenly felt that these two needed to be together. Not in the least because of how they reflect the ideas behind the design of this pavilion.
"For the Sonsbeek pavilion Van Eyck provided an elementary structure of six parallel walls made out of concrete blocks, which he manipulated into a surprisingly rich and labyrinthine interior by inserting semicircular niches and apses into the rectilinear structure. Van Eyck described the result as an urban space intentionally conceived in opposition to the natural idyll of the nineteenth-century park, which followed the formal language of the English landscape garden.
The scenography aimed to create the experience of an almost spontaneous encounter with the artworks on display. This was not only communicated through the spatial typology of streets, alleys and small piazzas, but it was also crucially achieved by a relatively high density of artworks gathered together in the narrow spaces which forced one to walk by the sculptures in close proximity."
But the world has gone
Where you belong
And it feels too late so you're moving on
But can you find your way back home
After the winter aconites, snowdrops, and crocuses, the small irises appeared. They were so lush after a long time.
But how he set – I know not –
-Emily Dickinson
This is my image for category 104 – Terracotta, in the group 120 pictures in 2020.
Padiham, Lancashire
Another wet grey miserable day but just had a short wander as the autumn colour is fast declining. The heavy rain is putting a swift end to our beautiful fall trees!
Another week and all out trees will be stripped bare for another year! Autumn never lasts long enough.