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Shot this in heavy wind conditions in the last few moments of the sunset. Focus lies on a tiny island, colonized by cormorants. Lauwersmeer, Netherlands.
Hundreds of Pine Siskins have colonized my yard. They're really tame - some might say suicidal - one perched briefly on my finger when I was outside reading a book. My poor cats are losing their minds, can't even safely let them out on the deck right now.
A sea of Yellow Dryas going to seed. I'd never seen this flower before and in fact the flowering was finished but what is left is what looks like a dunce cap as the seed head unfurls into something akin to the dandelion seed head but with differences. Apparently this evergreen shrub is one of the first to colonize land after the retreat of a glacier. This photo was near the moraine of the Kennecott and Root glaciers.
Taken 16 July 2020 near McCarthy, Alaska in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
The village of Paraty was founded in 1597. It was established formally as a town by Portuguese colonizers in 1667, in a region populated by the Guaianás Indians.
The Guaianás people who lived where the city now stands called the entire area “Paraty”. In the Tupi language “Paraty” means “river of fish”. Even today the Brazilian Mullet (Mugil brasiliensis) still come back to spawn in the rivers that spill into the Bay of Paraty. When the region was colonized by the Portuguese, they adopted the Guaianás name for their new town.
Paraty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'm fortunate that for part of the year this view is on my commute to and from work. Winter had been dry at this time, but the storm pattern was beginning to take aim on the northern ranges in Colorado, with the lenticulars as a portent of moisture flowing in. To the right in the distance you can see the sunlit Great Plains.
The hill is called Grassy Top (~9000 feet/ 2700 m), and like the clouds it is often windswept. What caused the hill to be bare? Probably a fire at some point burned the lodgpole and ponderosa pines, and while the ridge was subsequently colonized by limber pines, grazing by elk may have limited colonization by trees in the grassy areas. The source of the fire? Lightning is a logical option, but to the right of the summit you can see the route of a narrow gauge railroad that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the steam engines may have produced sparks that ignited fires. The trains supplied the nearby mining town of Ward. Once the ore was exhausted the line was re-purposed to bring tourists to the mountains, and renamed to "The Switzerland Trail of America."
Elephant Falls got its name from the British who colonized India. There was a large rock at the falls that looked like an elephant, hence the name. In 1897 a major earthquake struck the region, thrusting the Shillong plateau upwards 11 meters, causing heavy damage throughout the region. This earthquake removed the rock by which the falls received its name.
Faces of people going by
Stanley Park Tourists
I get a kick out of taking a photo of a passing vehicle... you find so many people looking at the photographer and probably saying, what the heck? lol
Stanley Park is a 1,001-acre public park that borders the downtown of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada and is almost entirely surrounded by waters of Vancouver Harbour and English Bay.
The park has a long history and was one of the first areas to be 'EXPLORED' in the city. The land was originally used by indigenous peoples for thousands of years before British Columbia was colonized by the British during the 1858 Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. For many years after colonization, the future park with its abundant resources would also be home to nonaboriginal settlers. The land was later turned into Vancouver's first park when the city incorporated in 1886. It was named after Lord Stanley, a British politician who had recently been appointed governor general.
Unlike other large urban parks, Stanley Park is not the creation of a landscape architect, but rather the evolution of a forest and urban space over many years. Most of the manmade structures we see today were built between 1911 and 1937 under the influence of then superintendent W.S. Rawlings. Additional attractions, such as a polar bear exhibit (no longer present today), aquarium, and miniature train, were added in the post-war period.
Much of the park remains as densely forested as it was in the late 1800s, with about a half million trees, some of which stand as tall as 76 metres (249 ft) and are up to hundreds of years old. Thousands of trees were lost (and many replanted) after three major windstorms that took place in the past 100 years, the last in 2006.
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**Did you happen to notice the red breasted Robin?
Fort Santiago is one of the oldest historical fortifications in Manila built by the Spaniards in 1571 from what was once a palisaded structure of logs and earth built by Rajah Soliman on the native settlement called Maynila. The colonizers recognized that the tongue of land where the Pasig River flowed into the Manila Bay was a very strategic location. The fort was destroyed in 1574 during the Chinese attack led by Limahong. The stone fort was built between 1589 and 1592 and was repaired and extended after being damaged by the 1645 earthquake. Spanish, British, American and Japanese occupation forces used the fort as their headquarters and a prison for men, women, children and soldiers. After its destruction during the Battle of Manila in 1945, the fort was used by the U.S. Transportation Corps as a depot until it was turned over to the Philippine government in 1946. In 1950, Fort Santiago was declared a Shrine of Freedom and restoration began the following year. Today, it stands as a memorial to the victims of World War II and the sacrifices of the Filipino people in pursuit of freedom.
Here's a part ot the Plaza de Armas with the Rizal statue and museum. The plaza and its name is a common feature in fortresses built by the Spaniards in their colonies throughout the world. It got its name from the use of the area to stock arms and rifles when not in use. This is also where the soldiers marched around in their daily drills.
The history info comes from: intramuros.gov.ph/fs/
This view is looking down from the overlook on the road above the town of Ponta Delgada on the Island of Flores in the Azores. As the morining went on the clouds lifted and the coast became mostly sunny while the highlands remained partly cloudy. It turned ou to be a beautiful day.
Colonization of the Ponta Delgada area on Flores began at about 1571. It attain the position of parish almost immediately. Soon, according to historians, the parish contained over 150 homes and several roads leading to the ocean. The fertility of the land and access to potable water greatly assisted this growth. A primitive church was erected to the invocation of Santa Ana, It disappeared and a small church called São Pedro was built. In 1763 a larger church with the same name was built next to it, Also built in the town by the end of the 17th century was the chapel of Santo Amaro which sat in the town center near a grotto and a spring. Both together became the center of life in the Village. Festivals centered around São Pedro, the protector of fishermen and Santo Amaro, the protector of animals. Farming and fishing sustained the small remote community.
Over time, the inhabitants decided to move the town centre away from the exposure to local northern wind currents. Father Francisco de Fraga e Almeida was the principal promoter of a project to re-build the Church of São Pedro was Father Francisco de Fraga e Almeida. He died before the the inauguration of the new temple. It is not clear when that finally occurred, but documents show that in 1774 the builders were still working on the altars of the Church. This church was restored twice more (in 1971 and 1975), both times maintaining the interior and original foundations.
On September 27 ,1970 a large concrete cross was dedicated on Pico do Meio Dia above the town, A new chapel was built near the cross and on August 13, 1978 it was consecrated to the invocation of São João Baptista.
(Not Visible in the Photo).
Ponta Delgada has stayed rather remote. Cars and auto roads did not reach the town until 1966. Horse and wagon or cart was the only means of transportation till then. Many moved away to Santa Cruz, to other islands in the Azores or to other countries like the United States. The population given for the town and parish now (in 2021) is around 280 in an area of 17.65 km2 (6.81 mi 2).
Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay was colonized by both the Spanish and Portuguese, so there architecture that reflects both cultures here.
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Elephant Falls got its name from the British who colonized India. There was a large rock at the falls that looked like an elephant, hence the name. In 1897 a major earthquake struck the region, thrusting the Shillong plateau upwards 11 meters, causing heavy damage throughout the region. This earthquake removed the rock by which the falls received its name.
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During Japanese colonization, the mountain range was listed along with Alishan and Baxianshan
as one of the three major timber fields in Taiwan.
Taipingshan timber field was transformed into Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area in 1982,
after the lumber business came to an end.
...nectaring on Goldenrod.
The Common Buckeye is a permanent resident in the southern United States and north along the coasts to central California and North Carolina; south to Bermuda, Cuba, Isle of Pines, and southern Mexico. Adults from the south's first brood migrate north in late spring and summer to temporarily colonize most of the United States and parts of southern Canada.
Habitat includes open, sunny areas with low vegetation and some bare ground.
Adult butterlies favorite nectar sources are composites including aster, chickory, gumweed, knapweed, and tickseed sunflower. Dogbane, peppermint, and other flowers are also visited.
The caterpillar host plants are from the snapdragon family including snapdragon (Antirrhinum) and toadflax (Linaria); the plantain family including plantains (Plantago); and the acanthus family including ruellia (Ruellia nodiflora).
Male Buckeyes typically perch during the day on low plants or bare ground to watch for females, flying periodically to patrol or to chase away other flying insects. Females lay eggs singularly on leaf buds or on upperside of host plant leaves. Typically two to three broods from May - October, throughout the year in the Deep South. Caterpillars are solitary and eat leaves. Caterpillars and adults overwinter, but only in the south.
Buckeyes (Junonia) are known for their distinctive bold pattern of eyespots and white bars on the upper wing surface. The eyespots likely serve to startle or distract predators, especially young birds.
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Green frogs quickly colonize bodies of water, and are usually seen resting among weeds or on shore. They will quickly jump back into deeper water as soon as danger approaches. Amphibians as a whole are in danger, due to pesticide use, loss of habitat due to farming, housing and our incessant idea that wetlands are wasted land.
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Ifugao is both a geographic location and an ethnolinguistic group of Filipinos who inhabit a landlocked, mountainous region in Northern Philippines. Spanish colonizers were not able to spread Catholicism in much of the area due to the rough terrain and the group's resistance to change so the culture mostly pre-dates the arrival of Westerners.
This is actually part of a "bahag" or lower body garment as seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/wuzanru/8734538024/in/photolist-eiQ.... It is hand woven with a loom using threads colored with natural dyes.
(Cut to Ronan's office where Caly and Sienna are going through his
parchments, scrolls and books seeking the words "cache" and "Assembly"
They all look toward the stairs when they hear footsteps. Mateo enters
the office.)
Sienna: (worried) Caly said you found Lucas?
Lucas: (coming up the stairs, behind Mateo) They did. (smiles as Sienna
hurries to hug him)
Sienna: (draws back, a little embarrassed at the hug) Are you okay?
Lucas: They roughed me up a little, but I don't think they got around to
whatever it was they really planned to do to me.
Mateo: I can't wait to wipe them out. Aliens are supposed to be
enlightened. (to Caly) You guys suck!
Caly: My people were seeking an unpopulated planet to colonize. The Rift
didn't occur until after my people blended with yours.
Mateo: Are you trying to blame this on US?
Caly: I am simply stating a fact.
Sienna: No fighting, you two. We're the good guys, remember? (turns to
Ronan) Any progress with all the bits we found? Something hopeful would
be good.
Ronan: I think ... I think Lilitus is about to conquer the entire world.
Caly: (gives Mateo a little shoulder shrug) You win. We suck.
Ronan: We didn't always suck. Look, we are a race of explorers, but we
never interfered with other races. We observed, we didn't approach. If
they could enter space to approach us, then we introduced ourselves, but
it was always a lengthy, cautious process.
Caly: Like I said, crashing here was definitely not the plan.
Ronan: We've been over that, but something that didn't occur to me was
the cache.
Caly: Why is that familiar?
Ronan: Because it's slang for a ship safety measure. (pauses) A
lifevessel. (Caly looks surprised)
Sienna: Life vessel? What's that?
Mateo: Probably something bad.
Ronan: Au contraire, it was something good. They were something good,
someone good, good for the ships.
Caly: The blend is babbling.
Ronan: (clears his throat) They are scientifically bred multicarriers.
(waves his hand toward the humans) Like a lifeboat on a sailing ship.
Sienna/Mateo: (in unison) Ohhh.
Ronan: In the event of a shipboard disaster, a lifevessel could hold
many of our kind's life energies until hosts could be cloned.
Mateo: You guys clone?
Ronan: Our ships travel the galaxy. Yes, we can clone. (holds up a hand
to Caly and she automatically slaps it then looks at her hand, mystified)
Sienna: So, Lili's got her mitts on a lifeboat and, what, plans to
unleash a pack of your people on our people?
Ronan: That wouldn't work. I mean, she could definitely release our
people into your people, IF they chose to consume and invade human
bodies, but anyone occupying a lifevessel would be an original, someone
from the ship. I can't imagine any of them making the choice to leave a
lifevessel to intentionally harm a human.
Caly: Perhaps one in a thousand. (shrugs at Mateo) I already agreed with
you that we suck.
Mateo: Then what use would one of those life guys be to her?
Ronan: They wouldn't. Even if there was one unsavory energy, the
lifevessel can choose who may board, or debark.
Sienna: So, she'd need an evil lifeboat AND a pack of evil energies to
get anything evil done.
Mateo: (enthuses) Like a pirate lifeboat!
Caly: I don't even know if any lifevessels still exist, but they were
not evil.
Mateo: What about an evil clone?
Caly: Most of our science was destroyed in the crash, and over the
millennia. I have never heard of a clone being generated since that time.
Ronan: Oh, oh no... (hurries back to his desk, tossing aside books and
scrolls)
Sienna: Well, his obvious terror isn't inspiring confidence. (to Caly)
Caly: (approaches the desk, ducking a tossed book) Ronan?
Ronan: The cache, the cache. Remember when we talked about what KIND of
cache?
Mateo: Like weapons.
Ronan: Yes, or science. (produces a scroll) Here! (shoves aside books
and rolls it across the desk)
(Sienna and Mateo move closer, looking at the handwritten scroll)
Sienna: What language is that? (Ronan makes a sort of soothing synth
sound) Excuse you?
Caly: That's a close approximation of our native language, which is what
this is written in. And this looks like a list of scientific equipment.
Ronan: Salvaged from the wreck, yes. All of this was rumored to be lost,
long ago, like nearly everything else. But look at this. (to Caly,
stabbing a finger at part of the writing)
(Caly looks at the scroll then meets Ronan's eyes and makes a series of
the same kind of soothing synth sound)
Sienna: Man, I hate it when people speak another language so I don't
know if they're talking smack about me.
Mateo: Sé lo que quieres decir.
Sienna: (frowns at Mateo then looks at Caly) Exposition, please?
Caly: It means...the closest thing would be "life transformation."
Mateo: Like a self-help book?
Ronan: Like a scientific tool designed for shipboard emergencies. In the
event a lifevessel became injured, their biology could be transferred to
another person.
Sienna: One of your own people? (she sees Ronan glance at Caly) What? What
was that look?
Mateo: They did a look? What look?
Sienna: Not a good look.
Ronan: Look, (gets squints from Sienna and Mateo), I mean, you see, our
life energy is compatible with yours. And that means...
Caly: (interrupts) It means one of your people can become a lifevessel, too.
Sienna: Well, that's not good. That means one of her evil henchdudes can
do her evil bidding.
Mateo: And they'll just, run around looking for evil aliens to do the
evil lifeboating?
Ronan: They don't have to run around. They've already gathered. (looks
at Caly) Tonight, at the country club. The Assembly.
Caly: Here, take this. (hands over her weapon to Ronan) Are the two of
you still armed? (to Mateo and Sienna, who both raise their weapons)
Good. I'll meet you at the coffee lot. Don't go near the club until I
meet you. (she heads for the stairs)
Ronan: Where are you going?
Caly: Need to change. You should all change, too. Long sleeves, gloves.
Cover all the skin you can.
(to be continued)
Thank you to the cast!
Ronan: Seth
Caly: TB
Caly's costume designer: Bailey
Seth's Costume designer: Seth
Caly's hair by Bailey
We went to see the Valley of Fire State Park for an afternoon. The park is located one hour north-east of Las Vegas, Nevada, and is very unique with red rock, yellow rocks and black rocks. It feels like being on Mars.
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Bronseplassen, Norway.The Viking Age (793–1066 AD) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe, and reached North America.
It followed the Migration Period and the Germanic Iron Age.[7] The Viking Age applies not only to their homeland of Scandinavia, but to any place significantly settled by Scandinavians during the period.[3] The Scandinavians of the Viking Age are often referred to as Vikings as well as Norsemen, although few of them were Vikings in the technical sense.
Voyaging by sea from their homelands in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the Norse people settled in the British Isles, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, the Baltic coast, and along the Dnieper and Volga trade routes in eastern Europe, where they were also known as Varangians. They also briefly settled in Newfoundland, becoming the first Europeans to reach North America. The Norse-Gaels, Normans, Rus' people, Faroese and Icelanders emerged from these Norse colonies.
The Vikings founded several kingdoms and earldoms in Europe: the kingdom of the Isles (Suðreyjar), Orkney (Norðreyjar), York (Jórvík) and the Danelaw (Danalǫg), Dublin (Dyflin), Normandy, and Kievan Rus' (Garðaríki). The Norse homelands were also unified into larger kingdoms during the Viking Age, and the short-lived North Sea Empire included large swathes of Scandinavia and Britain.
Several things drove this expansion. The Vikings were drawn by the growth of wealthy towns and monasteries overseas, and weak kingdoms. They may also have been pushed to leave their homeland by overpopulation, lack of good farmland, and political strife arising from the unification of Norway. The aggressive expansion of the Carolingian Empire and forced conversion of the neighboring Saxons to Christianity may also have been a factor.
Sailing innovations had allowed the Vikings to sail further and longer to begin with.
Information about the Viking Age is drawn largely from primary sources written by those the Vikings encountered, as well as archaeology, supplemented with secondary sources such as the Icelandic Sagas.
Kudos to the birders who figure out who these drifters are and then take the trouble to help other birders find them.
This guy was way off his patch.
"While today’s vagrant might be tomorrow’s model citizen, destined to become a colonizer and perhaps an established resident, as Grinnell (1922) asserted, most vagrants might be viewed as “failed colonization attempts”. Newton (2008: 267–299) summarized quite well the various explanations of the causes of vagrancy put forward over the past century or so. They include: normal dispersal over long distances, population growth or expansion, drift by winds, migration overshoots, deviant directional tendencies (right time but wrong direction), mirror-image migration, and reversed direction migration. While all explanations probably play a role and explain the occurrence of some vagrant individuals, we address the latter three explanations as they likely involve the vast majority of landbirds. The mirror-image misorientation theory, originally developed by DeSante (1973), and described by Diamond (1982), proposed that vagrants are misoriented by confusion of right and left in relating an inherited migration direction to a compass reference direction. Mirror-image misorientation theory accounts for observations made by DeSante (1983a) that in certain situations large-angle misorientations seem more frequent than small or intermediate deviations from the normal migration course (Alerstam, 1990). Misorientation by the wind has long been suggested as a cause of accidentals (Austin, 1971), but Thorup et al. (2012) found differently, as the authors used radio telemetry to track individual migratory flights of several species of songbirds from the Faroe Islands, approximately halfway between Norway and Iceland, far west of their normal migration route. Birds with expected easterly and south-easterly migration direction departed westward out over the Atlantic Ocean, indicating that these birds are actively flying in the “wrong” direction and that their occurrence is not caused by wind drift. However, on Attu Island, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, Hameed et al. (2009) found statistical evidence that the occurrence of spring Asian vagrants on this North Pacific island were correlated with storm winds from the west."
We were visiting Spello, a medieval walled town of pre-Roman origins preserving three Roman gates and many other remains from the Roman age. Stone upon stone, in such ancient towns every inch is colonized and civilized. Houses, churches, palaces and towers are huddled together like male Emperor penguins in a colony during incubation. As you are strolling around, breathing with the breath of history, you should expect some suprise at every bending - a flight of steps running up towards the bright colours of a walled garden, an enticing alley carved out of the crowded buildings, a small curiosity shop or a brewery where you can eat some local food while tasting their (usually quite good) handmade beer...
Yet there is even more than this to Umbria - more than simply this flavourful cocktail of nature, history, and art. One of the things I love of Umbria is the Umbrian people. The Umbrians are generally friendly, even congenial, and they enjoy taking (or rather tasting) life at an easy pace - which is particularly refreshing for people like us, coming from antipodean places where every day is, well... just a new damn hectic day.
Here I have captured a typical view of Spello: you are strolling along a long street and lo, suddenly the succession of houses breaks open and you can see the beautiful plain below, bathed in the sunlight - much like the surprise effect at the end of Eugenio Montale’s poem The lemon trees (you can read it in English translation here).
I am not fully satisfied with this picture for a variety of reasons - the main one being that the sky is dull and uninteresting (if you have visited my photostream you should have realised that I love the sky in my photos). Nothing to be done: the best upgrade I have been able to get has been from ugly to a bit less ugly ;.) However this issue (and those I do not mention here) has not made me change my mind, so I am uploading it. Hope that you enjoy the view and that it can uplift a bit your spirits...
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Scorned as an invasive species that in the 100+ years of its introduction has successfully colonized all of North America, this is an otherwise colorful and intelligent bird. Selfridge Boat Launch.
In order to colonize in space, to rebuild our cities,
which are so far out of whack, to tackle any number of problems,
we must imagine the future, including the new technologies that are required.
Ray Bradbury
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The Viking Age (793–1066 AD) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe, and reached North America.
It followed the Migration Period and the Germanic Iron Age.[7] The Viking Age applies not only to their homeland of Scandinavia, but to any place significantly settled by Scandinavians during the period.[3] The Scandinavians of the Viking Age are often referred to as Vikings as well as Norsemen, although few of them were Vikings in the technical sense.
Voyaging by sea from their homelands in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the Norse people settled in the British Isles, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, the Baltic coast, and along the Dnieper and Volga trade routes in eastern Europe, where they were also known as Varangians. They also briefly settled in Newfoundland, becoming the first Europeans to reach North America. The Norse-Gaels, Normans, Rus' people, Faroese and Icelanders emerged from these Norse colonies.
The Vikings founded several kingdoms and earldoms in Europe: the kingdom of the Isles (Suðreyjar), Orkney (Norðreyjar), York (Jórvík) and the Danelaw (Danalǫg), Dublin (Dyflin), Normandy, and Kievan Rus' (Garðaríki). The Norse homelands were also unified into larger kingdoms during the Viking Age, and the short-lived North Sea Empire included large swathes of Scandinavia and Britain.
Several things drove this expansion. The Vikings were drawn by the growth of wealthy towns and monasteries overseas, and weak kingdoms. They may also have been pushed to leave their homeland by overpopulation, lack of good farmland, and political strife arising from the unification of Norway. The aggressive expansion of the Carolingian Empire and forced conversion of the neighboring Saxons to Christianity may also have been a factor.
Sailing innovations had allowed the Vikings to sail further and longer to begin with.
Information about the Viking Age is drawn largely from primary sources written by those the Vikings encountered, as well as archaeology, supplemented with secondary sources such as the Icelandic Sagas.
The steady mist settling on nearby rocks sets in motion a colonization of life which grows outward and upward.
Miyahara Ice Cream is the most famous ice cream shop in Taichung city, the waiting line could extend to two blocks of streets away, but it’s still worthwhile to wait and try these delicious ice creams. This store does more than ice creams, they sell local food and gifts, which are packed and displayed in an exquisite and attractive way, in addition to excellent service, this is a great place to visit.
The name Miyahara is a Japanese one, Taiwan had been colonized by Japan for quite a while, you can still find influence of Japanese culture easily.
Nestled among the stars lies a world where machines left by long-forgotten creators have pried the secrets of the cosmos from the grasp of mystery. Strange entities have taken up artificial bodies to colonize worlds through their mastery of technology and connection to spirituality; the likes of which were previously mere whispers of myth. Seven noble houses congregate on an artificial moon forged from technology so incomprehensible to mortal perception, that it can only be perceived as magic. Take a brave step onto an Aetherpunk artificial moon and explore a congregation of seven noble eclectic and extraordinary houses.
House of Progress
The house of science and research. The drive for discovery burns within their breast and leads them to advancement after advancement. Their passion for achievement enables them to deliver revelations of creation other houses hadn’t dared to imagine. To this house, knowledge is divinity, discovery is belief.
Taken at the wonderful Szystrum Synod build by Walton Wainwright and the Contraption crew at Fantasy Faire 2023.
A Mucor species has colonized the cap of a Mycena species.
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La Amistad was a 19th-century two-masted schooner, owned by a Spaniard colonizing Cuba. It became renowned in July 1839 for a slave revolt by Mende captives. They took control of the ship, killing the captain and the cook. In the melee, three Africans were also killed. A US ship, the revenue cutter Washington, seized Amistad off Montauk Point on Long Island, New York. La Amistad was towed to New London, Connecticut, and those remaining on the ship were arrested. Between 1998 and 2000, artisans at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut, built a replica of La Amistad. Discovering Amistad Inc. purchased the ship from the receiver. Amistad has now been restored to educational and promotional activity in New Haven, Connecticut.
The village of Paraty was founded in 1597. It was established formally as a town by Portuguese colonizers in 1667, in a region populated by the Guaianás Indians.
The Guaianás people who lived where the city now stands called the entire area “Paraty”. In the Tupi language “Paraty” means “river of fish”. Even today the Brazilian Mullet (Mugil brasiliensis) still come back to spawn in the rivers that spill into the Bay of Paraty. When the region was colonized by the Portuguese, they adopted the Guaianás name for their new town.
Paraty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Santiago is one of the oldest historical fortifications in Manila built by the Spaniards in 1571 from what was once a palisaded structure of logs and earth built by Rajah Soliman on the native settlement called Maynila. The colonizers recognized that the tongue of land where the Pasig River flowed into the Manila Bay was a very strategic location. The fort was destroyed in 1574 during the Chinese attack led by Limahong. The stone fort was built between 1589 and 1592 and was repaired and extended after being damaged by the 1645 earthquake. Spanish, British, American and Japanese occupation forces used the fort as their headquarters and a prison for men, women, children and soldiers. After its destruction during the Battle of Manila in 1945, the fort was used by the U.S. Transportation Corps as a depot until it was turned over to the Philippine government in 1946. In 1950, Fort Santiago was declared a Shrine of Freedom and restoration began the following year. Today, it stands as a memorial to the victims of World War II and the sacrifices of the Filipino people in pursuit of freedom.
The gate of Fort Santiago was destroyed during the Battle of Manila in 1945. The main gate is decorated by a relieve or wood relief carving of Santiago Matamoros (St. James, the “Moor-slayer”), the patron saint of Spain; together with the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Castile and Leon. What remains of the original gate are the embossed Spanish soldiers, now defaced. The image of St. James (Santiago), a symbol of Spanish sovereignty, decorates countries occupied by the Spaniards, such as Chile and Mexico.
The history info comes from: intramuros.gov.ph/fs/
La famille des pics à colonisé mon jardin pour le plus grand bonheur de pouvoir les observer.
The woodpecker family colonized my garden to the delight of being able to observe them.
Kerinci National Park, Jambi Province, Indonesia.
The tea plantations was established during the dutch colonization era.
At that time, lots of workers from Java were sent there as plantation labors. Our homestay owner told us that his grandparents were also part of the migrant workers. Later on, the camps transformed into villages as of nowadays.
Captured at FlashPoint Photography Studio.
Planet REACH
Reach was colonized by humans in the 23rd century and became a significant military and industrial hub for the United Nations Space Command (UNSC). Reach played a crucial role during the Human-Covenant War, acting as a frontline defense against the Covenant forces. In 2552, Reach was attacked by the Covenant, leading to its eventual fall and significant loss of life, including many Spartans. The events on Reach had a profound impact on the UNSC. The Fall of Reach influenced the shape and course of the war against the Covenant.
Source: Yahoo AI.
Project 365, 2022 Edition: Day 59/365
Theme of the week: Shapes
The circular shape is typical of Phlebia radiata, a common fungus causing white rot in trees. Increased rainfall is making the soil muddier. I believe it's killing beech trees in Twin Oaks Woods. I don't know whether the Phlebia contributed to this tree's demise or colonized it after death.
Thank you to everyone who visits, faves, and comments.
SN/NC: Cecropia Pachystachya, Urticaceae Family
The Embauba, or Trumpet Tree (genus Cecropia), is a fast-growing pioneer tree of the Neotropics. Its most common is Cecropia Pachystachya of the Urticaceae Family. It is easily identified by its large, fast growing, umbrella-shaped leaves with silvery undersides. It has a famous mutualistic relationship with Azteca ants, which live in its hollow stems and defend it from herbivores. The tree colonizes disturbed areas and produces clusters of fruit that are a key food source for rainforest animals. It has its name from Tupi origin. It is very important to recover deteriorated areas. The fruit is delicious, one favorite of the monkeys and birds.
A Embauba, ou Árvore-da-Trombeta (gênero Cecropia), é uma árvore pioneira de crescimento rápido neotropical. A espécie mais comum é a Cecropia pachystachya da família Urticaceae. É facilmente identificada por suas folhas grandes, de crescimento rápido, em forma de guarda-chuva com a parte inferior prateada. Ela tem uma famosa relação mutualística com as formigas Azteca, que vivem em seus caules ocos e a defendem de herbívoros. A árvore coloniza áreas perturbadas e produz cachos de frutos que são uma fonte de alimento fundamental para os animais da floresta tropical. Seu nome é de origem tupi. É muito importante para a recuperação de áreas degradadas. O fruto é delicioso, um favorito de macacos e pássaros.
La Embauba, o Árbol de la Trompeta (género Cecropia), es un árbol pionero de rápido crecimiento neotropical. La especie más común es Cecropia pachystachya de la familia Urticaceae. Se identifica fácilmente por sus hojas grandes, de rápido crecimiento, en forma de paraguas con el envés plateado. Tiene una famosa relación mutualista con las hormigas Azteca, que viven en sus tallos huecos y la defienden de los herbívoros. El árbol coloniza áreas perturbadas y produce racimos de frutos que son un alimento clave para los animales del bosque tropical. Su nombre es de origen tupí. Es muy importante para recuperar áreas deterioradas. La fruta es deliciosa, una de las favoritas de monos y pássaros.
L'Embauba, ou Arbre à Trompette (genre Cecropia), est un arbre pionnier à croissance rapide des néotropiques. L'espèce la plus commune est Cecropia pachystachya de la famille des Urticacées. Il est facilement identifiable par ses grandes feuilles en forme de parapluie, à croissance rapide, au dessous argenté. Il a une relation mutualiste célèbre avec les fourmis Azteca, qui vivent dans ses tiges creuses et le défendent contre les herbivores. L'arbre colonise les zones perturbées et produit des grappes de fruits qui sont une source alimentaire clé pour les animaux de la forêt tropicale. Son nom est d'origine tupi. Il est très important pour la récupération des zones dégradées. Le fruit est délicieux, un favori des singes et des oiseaux.
L'Embauba, o Albero della Tromba (genere Cecropia), è un albero pioniere a crescita rapida delle regioni neotropicali. La specie più comune è la Cecropia pachystachya della famiglia delle Urticaceae. È facilmente identificabile per le sue grandi foglie a crescita rapida, a forma di ombrello con la pagina inferiore argentata. Ha una famosa relazione mutualistica con le formiche Azteca, che vivono nei suoi fusti cavi e la difendono dagli erbivori. L'albero colonizza aree disturbate e produce grappoli di frutti che sono un alimento chiave per gli animali della foresta pluviale. Il suo nome è di origine tupi. È molto importante per il recupero di aree deteriorate. Il frutto è delizioso, un favorito di scimmie e uccelli.
De Embauba, of Trompetboom (geslacht Cecropia), is een snelgroeiende pioniersboom uit de Neotropen. De meest voorkomende soort is Cecropia pachystachya van de Urticaceae-familie. Hij is gemakkelijk te herkennen aan zijn grote, snelgroeiende, parapluvormige bladeren met een zilverwitte onderkant. Hij heeft een beroemde mutualistische relatie met Azteca-mieren, die in zijn holle stengels leven en hem verdedigen tegen herbivoren. De boom koloniseert verstoorde gebieden en produceert trossen vruchten die een belangrijke voedselbron zijn voor regenwouddieren. Zijn naam is van Tupi-oorsprong. Hij is erg belangrijk voor het herstel van aangetaste gebieden. De vrucht is heerlijk, een favoriet van apen en vogels.
Die Embauba, oder Trompetenbaum (Gattung Cecropia), ist ein schnell wachsender Pionierbaum der Neotropis. Die häufigste Art ist Cecropia pachystachya aus der Familie der Urticaceae. Sie ist leicht an ihren großen, schnell wachsenden, schirmförmigen Blättern mit silbriger Unterseite zu erkennen. Sie hat eine berühmte mutualistische Beziehung mit Azteca-Ameisen, die in ihren hohlen Stängeln leben und sie vor Pflanzenfressern verteidigen. Der Baum besiedelt gestörte Flächen und produziert Fruchtbüschel, die eine wichtige Nahrungsquelle für Regenwaldtiere sind. Sein Name stammt aus der Tupi-Sprache. Er ist sehr wichtig für die Wiederherstellung geschädigter Gebiete. Die Frucht ist köstlich, ein Favorit von Affen und Vögeln.
Embauba，或称喇叭树（Cecropia 属），是一种新热带地区的速生先锋树种。最常见的物种是荨麻科的 Cecropia pachystachya。它很容易识别，其叶片大、生长快、呈伞形，且叶背为银白色。它与 Azteca 蚂蚁有着著名的互利共生关系，这些蚂蚁居住在其中空的茎干中，并保护它免受食草动物的侵害。这种树能定殖于受干扰的区域，其产生的簇生果实是雨林动物的关键食物来源。它的名字起源于图皮语。它对恢复退化地区非常重要。果实很美味，是猴子和鸟类的最爱之一。
エンボウバ（トランペットツリー、Cecropia属）は、新熱帯区に生息する成長の早い先駆樹です。最も一般的な種はイラクサ科のCecropia pachystachyaです。大きく、成長が早く、傘のような形状で裏側が銀白色の葉で簡単に見分けられます。アズテカアリと有名な相利共生関係にあり、アリは木の中空の茎に住み、草食動物から守ります。この木は撹乱された地域に群生し、熱帯雨林の動物にとって重要な食物源となる房状の果実を実らせます。その名前はトゥピ語に由来します。劣化した地域の回復に非常に重要です。果実は美味しく、サルや鳥のお気に入りです。
شجرة إيمبوبا، أو شجرة البوق (جنس Cecropia)، هي شجرة رائدة سريعة النمو في المنطقة الاستوائية الحديثة. أكثر أنواعها شيوعًا هو Cecropia pachystachya من فصيلة القراصيات. يمكن تمييزها easily من خلال أوراقها الكبيرة سريعة النمو والتي تشبه المظلة وذات لون فضي على الجانب السفلي. تربطها علاقة تبادلية شهيرة مع نمل Azteca، الذي يعيش في سيقانها المجوفة ويدافع عنها ضد آكلات الأعشاب. تستوطن الشجرة المناطق المضطربة وتنتج عناقيد من الثمار تعد مصدرًا غذائيًا رئيسيًا لحيوانات الغابات المطيرة. اسم الشجرة أصله من لغة التوبي. وهي مهمة جدًا لاستعادة المناطق المتدهورة. الثمرة لذيذة ومفضلة لدى القردة والطيور.
Several plants, including a red maple, have colonized this boulder surrounded by the water of a New Hampshire pond, perhaps 50 feet from the shore. I'm afraid their future is not rosy, but I will come back next year to see how they are doing.
Murphy Corners was an early pioneer settlement located on the failed Hastings Road. It was named after James and Pat Murphy, who settled on the southeast corner of the crossroads. The small settlement served a brief but important function as a mill town.
The Hastings Road was first opened in 1854 as part of the government's road colonization program. The program was designed to attract settlement in the under populated areas further north, and to encourage agriculture. The government was also under pressure from the lumbering industry, to provide roads and settlements where they could obtain food and provisions and set up sawmills for the newly harvested timber.
Once the lumbering companies began moving in, A. L. Purdy jumped on the opportunity and opened a sawmill. Situated a few kilometres north of Thanet, Murphy Corners was in an ideal location to serve the milling needs of the surrounding communities. By 1860, the tiny community had grown to include a school. A church was added in 1870. Prior to 1870, Roman Catholic services were held in Martin Murphy's home.
The Hasting Road was one of the most notable failures of the road colonization program. Plagued by poor construction and lack of maintenance, the road had fallen into a serious state of disrepair by the late 1860s. Once the woods were cleared, and the lumber barons gone, the settlers discovered that farming the rocky swamps of upper Hastings was a near impossibility. In the early 1870s, the government opened the rich farmlands of the Canadian prairies and many of the farmers headed out west. The arrival of the Central Ontario Railway in 1883 rendered the Hastings Road obsolete. One-by-one the small communities began to fail as settlers abandoned their lands in search of better opportunities. Murphy Corners faded along with them.
Unlike most of the failed communities along the Hastings Road, Murphy Corners still has a few relics left to show. The original Murphy home still stands along with an old gas station, that was closed at least 30 years ago. A log cabin, once owned by H. Dittman, stood until 2007. All that remains of Murphy Corners' sister community Thanet, five kilometres north, is the cemetery.
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Knarr Gallery
Daryl Knarr
Knarr Photography
Intramuros is the walled City of Manila during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. Intramuros is made up of two Latin words: "intra" meaning within and "muros" meaning walls. It is claimed that the name Manila was derived from the word "Nilad" which is a type of Mangrove that bore white waxy flowers. The walled city was built by the Spanish to protect itself from attacks during its regime in the Philippines.
The building shown in the photo is Illustrado, a very popular restaurant situated in a preserved edifice with the walls.
For more information on the history of Intramuros, please go here