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Geraniums, after the rain.
I thought is was amazing to see something of the anatomy of this beautiful wee flower - just as beautiful having dropped most of its petals.
Big, showy rudbeckia in the foreground.
In my garden,
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland
This noble beast has been inspiring Celtic thought for thousands of years. In Celtic myth and religion, the stag personifies the power of the Other World (realm of the dead and/or the Gods), the forest and untamed nature generally. The animal is powerful, agile and sexually vigorous. Its antlers, which resemble the branches of a tree, are an emblem of the regenerative and cyclical pattern of nature — they grow throughout the summer, are used in the rutting duels, and drop off in the winter only to grow again next spring. The antlers also remind
Texture's and Effect's by William Walton & Topaz.
Information by the Scottish tourist board.
Qualche giorno fa ho postato una parziale immagine della Croda Rossa di Sesto (lato nord).
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Pubblico oggi una piu’ ampia visione di questo spettacolare Gruppo Dolomitico dal “Passo della Sentinella” a sinistra, sino all’ampio valico a fianco della “Cima del Triangolo”. Accompagno il tutto con una foto dettagliata del “Passo della Sentinella”.
Le foto sono state fatte con una Olympus OM1, ottica 35mm. + filtro polarizzatore cicolare - Diapositiva Kodak Ektachrome
A few days ago I posted a partial image of the Croda Rossa di Sesto (north side). www.flickr.com/photos/phil102/49647715483/in/dateposted-p...
Today I am publishing a wider view of this spectacular Dolomitic Group from the "Passo della Sentinella" on the left, up to the wide pass alongside the "Cima del Triangolo". I accompany everything with a detailed photo of the "Sentinel Pass".
The photos were taken with an Olympus OM1, 35mm lens. + cyclic polarizing filter - Color Slide Kodak Ektachrome
Crowded house at Great Ocean Road (Australia) of limestone stacks, a couple being 2 of the 12 Apostles and the rest, rugged cliffs. In time, the rugged cliffs will become severely eroded by the ocean and what remains will become stacks, as the other stacks (to the left in the picture) dissolve and disappear; well demonstrating the never-ending and cyclic processes of nature.
🎧 "The Green Era" (Ex Nihilo: Album By Oceanvs Orientalis:
A Melodic Story of the Universal History): soundcloud.com/oceanvsorientalis/x-the-green-era
🎧 Mozart - Requiem For a Dream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPHzs6YwsvA
Canon EOS 60D
If you decide to travel along this highway into the bowels of the Universe, carry enough fuel to cover the billions of light years ahead of you. You won't find a place to refuel. When you have travelled this distance without finding anything, not even a little bit of intelligent life and you reach the far reaches of the Universe... don't be scared... there's nothing there, either. Only the "nothing". Or since everything is cyclical, perhaps you have returned to the place where you started, full of wisdom from your long trip. It's probably better to look for intelligent life on Earth, but it's also very likely that you'll have a hard time finding it. Don't worry about not understanding the Universe or the reason for its existence... you're not Einstein, but one day you'll understand that... The Universe is wounded, but it still has infinity ahead of it. It still has you and me. Merry Christmas to all and to the infinite Universe that is within you.
Gregory Alan Isakov - The Universe
Y el Universo está susurrando tan suavemente que puedo oírlo todo... el zumbido de los insectos, todos los taxis, todo el cambio gastado de los vagabundos, todos los chicos jugando a la pelota en los callejones. Son sólo pliegues en su vestido. El Universo, está herido, pero aún tiene el infinito por delante. Todavía nos tiene a ti y a mí. Y todos dicen que es hermoso. Y todos dicen...
Image dédiée à Pat. Joyeux Noël. Bisou, jolie.
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Music for your trip to the Universe:
Ground Control to Major Tom. Ground Control to Major Tom. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. Ground Control to Major Tom (ten, nine, eight, seven, six)... Commencing countdown, engines on (five, four, three)... Check ignition and may God's love be with you (two, one, liftoff...)
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI–IX
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond", was written as a tribute to Syd Barrett, one of the founders of Pink Floyd. He was also known as "The Crazy Diamond Syd". Barrett was a very creative musician and is considered one of the rock icons, with a strong influence on many artists, very especially to David Bowie. Syd Barrett is a key piece to understand the evolution of rock in the 70s.. Excessive drug use, especially LSD, caused him serious mental health problems. Syd Barrett died in 2006 at the age of 60. Always shine diamond.
The Universal is a science fiction song written as a tribute to two films by film director Stanley Kubrick. In the video, the Blur members wear outfits similar to Alex and his gang of thugs, the protagonists of the movie "A Clockwork Orange." The image used for the cover of the single alluded to what is possibly Kubrick's best film: "2001: To Space Odyssey."
We haven't changed that much in 300,000 years of evolution.
Moby - We Are All Made of Stars
Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien
Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun
PS: Electronic - Can't Find My Way Home Just a recommendation. It is important to learn the road signs of the Universe... happy return.
PS: Ground Control to Major Tom. Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong. Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you...
"Here am I floating 'round my tin can, far above the moon. Planet Earth is blue. And there's nothing I can do" (Major Tom)
PS: Merry Christmas to all Flick(e)r users... and to the Universe full of crazy diamonds that shine... And Major Tom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsprslvvP-4
Reflecting and refracting
I love the woods! I love the smells and peaceful mood in the woods and forest!
Active and passionate rest on the water. A little romance on a warm sunny day on the Volga. The city of Konakovo. Russia.
Cyclic, rhythmic rowing on a boat is ideal for strengthening the myocardium. Paddle manipulation trains, in particular, the left ventricle, which is in charge of transporting arterial blood.
The systolic volume of the heart in rowers reaches significant values. Active contraction of the myocardium during the stroke helps to work the "second heart" - all muscle groups that are involved in the return blood circulation and accelerate the outflow of "used" venous blood. At the same time, our "fiery motor" operates in particularly comfortable conditions. He, too, is "swimming" - bathing in oxygen-enriched arterial blood.
Rowing develops the respiratory system, and working lungs strengthen the diaphragm. The pull of the paddle helps the intercostal muscles to expand and increase the volume of the chest, increasing the lung capacity to seven liters!
Those who are engaged in rowing have good muscle tone, a toned figure - an attractive appearance, and fat reserves ... and the appearance is not served. Apparently, they burn out much faster than they allow themselves to be discovered.
The need to keep an effort on the oar, sometimes up to thirty kilograms, including up to 95% of all muscles in the work. But this figure depends on what kind of rowing sport you are doing: family tourism with children and fishing or rowing at the limit of possibilities.
With age, the human musculoskeletal system acquires a lot of irreversible changes. They touch all bones and joints, but are especially noticeable at the level of the spine - our "axis of symmetry". No amount of gymnastics will ever help the skeleton to escape from them. Accumulating, these changes limit the range of motion, radiculitis, osteochondrosis, discosis and other, as one friend of mine says, bodily monsters appear.
Nevertheless, no one forbids an attempt to "swim away" from them. During rowing, the connective tissue elements are stretched and tense. This prevents the deposition of salts in the ligaments and tendons, in the joints of the arms and legs, in all parts of the spine. Rotational movements of the body, right and left, back and forth, "grind" the deposits of "minerals" accumulated in the intervertebral discs.
Anabolic and metabolic processes in the body, activated during rowing, promote the absorption of nutrients and the utilization of toxins. By flicking the paddle, the work of the nervous, endocrine, digestive and excretory systems of the body improves.
It is shown to be engaged in rowing at any age - from pioneers to pensioners - and, I must say, at the same time, grandfather with an oar evokes respect and sympathy no less than a young man with a barbell.
The process of germination and growth of acorns offers profound insights into the very essence of life itself. From a tiny seed, a great tree may arise, representing the awe-inspiring potential for growth and transformation inherent in all living beings. The sprouting of the acorn into a seedling also highlights the delicate balance of environmental factors necessary for life to flourish, such as water, soil, and sunlight. Moreover, the process of growth can be seen as a reflection of the cyclical nature of existence, as the seedling transforms into a mature tree, which in turn produces its own acorns, perpetuating the cycle of life. Overall, the germination and growth of acorns offer a powerful reminder of the beauty and complexity of life and the interconnectedness of all things.
Saṃsāra is a Sanskrit word that means "wandering" or "world", with the connotation of cyclic, circuitous change.
Once upon a woman, inspiring with her gentleness and recklessness through her unwavering commitment to all the causes she espoused.
Her mind shaped to understand and appease the thorniest human mechanics would fill grimoires with exemplarity on so many levels.
Like a talkative stalk that envelops us and fills us with love and courage, the sap of which invites us to a cyclical floral exaltation since the world is world.
Thank you Lawrence for your invitation
Poland - Park in Żelazowa Wola
In this beautiful park, there is a reconstructed manor house - the house where Fryderyk Chopin was born in 1810.
Magnificent trees and shrubs, ponds, bridges over the Utrata River flowing here create a beautiful, picturesque space. While walking through the park, one has the impression that the music quietly flowing from small loudspeakers will not sound anywhere as good as it does here, which is why the cyclical Chopin recitals held here and performed by the most outstanding Polish and foreign pianists are a great attraction for music lovers from all over the world.
San Carlo C.se (Torino - Piemonte): passano i giorni ed i mesi, la natura ciclicamente muta e ripresenta la sua bellezza
San Carlo Canavese (Turin - Piedmont): the days and months pass, nature cyclically changes and re-presents its beauty
Lives interrupted, paused, asleep, sometimes in a dream, sometimes in a nightmare.Prague, war, soon starvation. A trilogy that repeats itself cyclically over the centuries. Sustained breath.... pause.
How much can you take before you snap? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYYVfvYwAz4
El bosque tiene su propia homeóstasis, su funcionamiento cíclico.Las estaciones despiertan, agotan, dejan descansar, reciclan o renuevan el bosque que mantiene su equilibrio interno y ese equilibrio se transmite al visitarlo.
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The forest has its own homeostasis, its cyclical functioning. The seasons awaken, exhaust, let rest, recycle or renew the forest that maintains its internal balance and that balance is transmitted when visiting it.
Explored October 2, 2022
#sliderssunday
This is somewhat anti-cyclic because it's a photo taken in spring, whereas autumn is in full swing – but spring is so, too, in the southern hemisphere, so let's say it's an autumn image as seen from somewhere down under ;)
This is also another re-edit from a holiday on Baltic sea semi-island Usedom in 2013. I've already re-edited a few images taken during that holiday (please check my album), and I've always wanted to re-process this one because it's one of my favourites from that trip. The woods along the Usedom high coast are incredibly beautiful, and to wander through them felt like being in an enchanted forest. It was a truly magical experience.
Photographed with the tiny Pen-E-PL3, my very first MFT camera (which still exists). Needless to say, the 12,8 MP sensor isn't capable of capturing the absolute best details, and especially on the horizon there is a considerable loss of detail, but not to the extent that you couldn't at least guess what you see, namely a sailboat and one of the many ferries crossing the Baltic sea every day to different destinations such as Poland, Scandinavia, and the Baltic countries.
Please don't ask me about the (over-)processing steps in this re-editing journey, because a journey it was, and a rather long one, as I've been returning to this image on and off, doing this and that in different programmes until it finally felt "right" – at least for this moment ;) You can find the original, almost SOOC image in the second comment.
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone!
♫ Burial, Four Tet, Thom Yorke - Mirror ♫
♫ This is where we came in, so we're going back again
Slack-jawed, good-bad, barring our anatomy
It was just a fracture, time is cyclical
Touch of both our wings, butterfly fluttering
What was once separate can be joined again
Near a bend, memory caving in
What was once opaque is now mercury
Thick fog, your face, filling my heady dreams
reveal yourself
No more games, reveal yourself,
Reveal yourself... reveal yourself
Show your face... ♫
The "ghost in the machine" is a term originally used to describe and critique the notion of the mind existing alongside and separate to the body. In more recent times, the term has several uses, including the concept that the intellectual part of the human mind is influenced by emotions; and within fiction, for an emergent consciousness residing in a computer.
The term originates with British philosopher Gilbert Ryle's description of René Descartes' mind-body dualism. Ryle introduced the phrase in The Concept of Mind (1949) to highlight the view of Descartes and others that mental and physical activity occur simultaneously but separately.
In his essay "Descartes' Myth", Ryle's philosophical arguments lay out his notion of the mistaken foundations of mind-body dualism. He suggests that, to speak of mind and body as substances, as a dualist does, is to commit a category mistake:
"Such in outline is the official theory. I shall often speak of it, with deliberate abusiveness, as "the dogma of the Ghost in the Machine". I hope to prove that it is entirely false, and false not in detail but in principle. It is not merely an assemblage of particular mistakes. It is one big mistake and a mistake of a special kind. It is, namely, a category mistake."
Ryle then attempts to show that the "official doctrine" of mind/body dualism is false by asserting that it confuses two logical-types, or categories, as being compatible: "it represents the facts of mental life as if they belonged to one logical type/category, when they actually belong to another. The dogma is therefore a philosopher's myth."
Arthur Koestler brought Ryle's concept to wider attention in his 1967 book The Ghost in the Machine. The book's main focus is the movement of mankind towards self-destruction, particularly in the nuclear arms arena. It is particularly critical of the behaviourist theory of B. F. Skinner.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_machine
French readers:
the fields sway with light
underneath grass roots hold firm
while next year ripens
and for those inclined... 'Time will tell' by Gregory Alan Isakov
from the album 'The Weatherman'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7soNPnsebPs
comments off just now as I'm a million miles behind..
but I'll be back (soon :-)
HFFFF ;-)
Forgive me for deleting group comment codes... they're not my thing. Tho I do appreciate the visit!
Sulfur (in British English, sulphur) or brimestone ("burning stone") is a chemical element with the symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent, and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow, crystalline solid at room temperature. -- Wikipedia
This is the oldest image (March 2018) and the one that inspired the entire collection - with Kara's participation, thanks for posing for me.
‘…the cyclicality of all life where one repeats sunless states…’
Charcoal - 290mm x 136.5mm
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From the Hammer Museum website: Chiharu Shiota (b. 1972, Osaka) is a Berlin-based artist whose installations, sculpture, and performance art invoke psychogeographic spaces of memory, emotions, and the cyclical nature of life and death. Using red, black, or white yarn as a base material, Shiota often creates meticulously webbed environments that span the length of entire galleries and mimic organic forms such as cobwebs, veins, and fractals. Shiota also includes a range of found objects in her work such as wooden chairs, abandoned shoes, rusted keys, and used dresses as a strategy to implicate the viewer in the artist's personal narratives that are often universal experiences.
Shiota will be the inaugural artist featured in the Hammer’s redesigned lobby and will envelop the area with a unique and visceral installation.
The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California
Hello there,
This was taken in 2019 which was the last time that great numbers of Painted Ladies were spotted in early fall. These butterflies are cyclic and have years of population highs and lows. Last year I only spotted a few of them. I'm hoping that this year will see a greater number of these beauties like what was observed in 2019. Fingers crossed!
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James Joyce begins his "Finnegans Wake" with the phrase "a commodious vicus of recirculation" - a reference to Giambattista Vico and his reinterpretation of the thinking of antiquity. Life (and death) can either be seen as a straight line from A to Z (as in the Judeo-Christian and much of the Enlightenment traditions) or as a cyclical process as Vico suggested (and some of the Asian religious and philosophical schools of thought). Watching and photographing the discontinuity and the "return" of flowers we are faced with these two options.
‘…mundane existence cyclically going through sunless metempsychosis…’
Charcoal - 290mm x 136.5mm
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This picture is taken at Mouse hole a section of Frogmore Sim. It is an amazing place to visit. Lovely place nice scene, takes you to a different world
Battening upon spruce budworms has its challenges; the Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) is intimately familiar with them. The budworm's populations are quite cyclical and so, too, are this warbler's numbers. In some years, when budworms are plentiful, the bay-breasted warblers proliferate, only to all but disappear when the budworms are in a down cycle. Interestingly, the vast majority of these handsome birds spend very little time in the U.S. Almost the entire population breeds in the boreal forests in Canada, and then winters in South America. That means that our chances of spotting them--even in years of plenty--are limited to a few weeks a year!
Hoodoos and spires greet hikers along the trail that leads from the The Gooseberry Badlands overlook near Gooseberry Creek, Wyoming. This overlook lies along WY 431 and provides a glimpse of the badlands topography common in the Early Eocene Willwood Formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The Willwood, famous for its mammalian fossils, consists of a series of cyclic fluvial (stream/river) and floodplain deposits. In the badlands visible from the overlook, ribbon-like thin channel sandstones thought to be ancient avulsion channels or splays can be seen alternating with red paleosol and drab floodplain deposits. There are some thicker fluvial sandstones that represent the trunk or main stream channels. Present day intermittent, ephemeral streams have eroded these sediments into fanciful hoodoos, pillars; castles; small arches and fluted walls often capped by one of the ribbon or thicker fluvial sands A 1.5 mile nature trails winds into the badlands formations from the overlook giving hikers a glimpse into the rugged terrain that covers much of the central Bighorn Basin.
This hoodoo is one of the badland features visible from the trail that leads from the The Gooseberry Badlands overlook near Gooseberry Creek, Wyoming. This overlook lies along WY 431 and provides a glimpse of the badlands formations common in Early Eocene Willwood formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The Willwood, famous for its mammalian fossils, consists of a series of cyclic fluvial (stream/river) and floodplain deposits. In the badlands visible from the overlook, ribbon-like thin channel sandstones thought to be avulsion channels or splays can be seen alternating with red paleosol and drab floodplain deposits. There are some thicker fluvial sandstones that represent the trunk or main stream channels. Present day intermittent, ephemeral streams have eroded these sediments into fanciful hoodoos, pillars; castles; small arches and fluted walls often capped by one of the ribbon or thicker fluvial sands A 1.5 mile nature trails winds into the badlands formations from the overlook giving hikers a glimpse into the rugged terrain that covers much of the central Bighorn Basin.
James Joyce begins his "Finnegans Wake" with the phrase "a commodious vicus of recirculation" - a reference to Giambattista Vico and his reinterpretation of the thinking of antiquity. Life (and death) can either be seen as a straight line from A to Z (as in the Judeo-Christian and much of the Enlightenment traditions) or as a cyclical process as Vico suggested (and some of the Asian religious and philosophical schools of thought). Watching and photographing the discontinuity and the "return" of flowers we are faced with these two options.
This is a Hibiscus bud, a Malaysian national flower.
Nikon F=70-210mm 1:4 Series-E
Setubal, Portugal 🇵🇹
October 2022
A short trail leads from the Gooseberry Badlands overlook through the badlands formations near Gooseberry Creek, Wyoming. This overlook lies along WY 431 and provides a glimpse of the badlands topography common in the Early Eocene Willwood Formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The Willwood, famous for its mammalian fossils, consists of a series of cyclic fluvial (stream/river) and floodplain deposits. In the badlands visible from the overlook, ribbon-like thin channel sands thought to be avulsion channels or splays can be seen alternating with red paleosol and drab floodplain deposits. There are some thicker fluvial sands that represent the trunk or main stream channels. Present day intermittent, ephemeral streams have eroded these sediments into fanciful hoodoos, pillars; castles; small arches and fluted walls often capped by one of the ribbon or thicker fluvial sands. This 1.5 mile nature trails gives hikers a glimpse into the rugged terrain that covers much of the central Bighorn Basin.
This is one of the badland features visible from the trail that leads from the The Gooseberry Badlands overlook near Gooseberry Creek, Wyoming. This overlook lies along WY 431 and provides a glimpse of the badlands formations common in Early Eocene Willwood formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The Willwood, famous for its mammalian fossils, consists of a series of cyclic fluvial (stream/river) and floodplain deposits. Here a ribbon-like thin channel of sandstone thought to be an avulsion channels overlys claystone deposited on the floodplain. Present day erosion by ephermeral streams have shaped these outcrops into hoodoos; fluted walls; spires, and columns common in “badlands topography”.
This is a view looking east from the rim of stream eroded ampitheater visible from the Gooseberry Badlands overlook near Gooseberry Creek, Wyoming. This overlook lies along WY 431 and provides a glimpse of the badlands formations common in Early Eocene Willwood formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The Willwood, famous for its mammalian fossils, consists of a series of cyclic fluvial (stream/river) and floodplain deposits. In the badlands visible from the overlook, ribbon-like thin channel sands thought to be avulsion channels or splays can be seen alternating with red paleosol and drab floodplain deposits. There are some thicker fluvial sands that represent the trunk or main stream channels. Intermittent, ephemeral streams have eroded these sediments into fanciful hoodoos, pillars; castles; small arches and fluted walls often capped by one of the ribbon or thicker fluvial sands A 1.5 mile nature trails winds into the badlands formations from the overlook giving hikers a glimpse into the rugged terrain that covers much of the central Bighorn Basin.
This macro photo where flowers ( much smaller than shown ) just touching the window but looking disappearing, was influenced by the song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
When I first saw the lyrics, I liked it but was not sure what it really meant. However, I did love the idea of cyclical nature, happening series of events. So, I thought to express the idea by photography but quite hard for me. Finally, I took this photo which would symbolize the song.
Composer: Pete Seeger
Lyricists: Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson: (From Wikipedia)
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone for husbands everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time passing?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time ago?
Where have all the husbands gone?
Gone for soldiers everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Composer: Pete Seeger
Lyricists: Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson:
All blend into my experience ... as events. Since I experience everything as an event, I want my photographs to express events. I reject the concept that a photograph freezes things in time merely because it records them at a particular moment in time :-)
Wynn Bullock
HPPT! Character Matters!
prunus mume, pink japanese flowering apricot, 'Bonita', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
This is a view looking west toward Fifteen Mile Gulch down the intermittent stream that eroded the ampitheater visible from the Gooseberry Badlands overlook near Gooseberry Creek, Wyoming. This overlook lies along WY 431 and provides a glimpse of the badlands topography common in Early Eocene Willwood formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The Willwood, famous for its mammalian fossils, consists of a series of cyclic fluvial (stream/river) and floodplain deposits. Recent erosion by iephermeral streams of the interbedded claystones and sandstones resulted in the badland topography visible here.
I returned to this location last week, and conditions have changed. The ice edge seen here has expanded, pushing out of the shadow of the tall riverbank behind me. Consequently, the cool-warm contrast that I've been playing with is no longer present. There was still some open water, but not much. I think this amazing combination of colours and shapes is gone until next winter.
But that's why we do it, don't you think? Being a nature photographer is to recognize the temporal beauty of all things wild and cyclical, and to feel a compulsion to capture some of the essence even as it fades or makes the transition into something else. And to understand that every moment is unique. The clouds above that peak will never again look precisely like this; the combination of lines, shapes, and textures in front of my lens right now will never be repeated, no matter how long the future stretches out for our species. It's the same with human faces, with fingerprints.
And yet, even as the ice melts away - or in this case, expands until the river fully freezes over - I experience a sort of speechless wonder when I'm out there, especially when I'm alone, as if I have entered a zone of timelessness. This seems to happen most often when I'm shooting macro. Somehow, the viewfinder image becomes the world. After twenty minutes or so of intense concentration, I may look up and feel astonished, because I've lost track of the larger world and where I am in it - in this instance, lying flat on the ice with my tripod, a few inches from the edge of a rushing river. It's almost an out-of-body experience. It's when I feel most alive.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
A brief return to the Classic "TumbleWorld" imagery in order to touch back in with the heart of the practice. What's become variously known as "Pano", "Pano-Vision" and Pano Sabotage I originally called "TumbleWorld".
When I first discovered ( for myself ) and began using the distortion or "sabotage" of the iPhone 4S's panoramic function ( Sept 2014 ) I came up with the name. I dropped the "TumbleWorld" "prefix" from the titles of the pieces in this style after a while, having established my personal "branding" of it. It's nice, though, to put it back in for this "return home".
"TumbleWorld" began with urban architectural images. In fact some of the very first ones I posted were taken at this same intersection in Toronto.
Just ahead of me, Paul Ewing of Arizona had discovered the technique for himself as well. When we both saw that we were doing the same thing we formed the group "PANO-Vision" to create a forum or showcase for photographic artists who were also waving cell phones around in the air, frightening passersby and putting their own individual stamps on the new medium.
This is a return to home base, not as a final arrival, but as a cyclic recapitulation in preparation for further forays into the unknown. It's good to go "home" once in a while, refresh the roots and head out again ...
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© Richard S Warner ( Visionheart ) - 2016. All Rights Reserved. This image is not for use in any form without explicit, express, written permission.
I was sorting through older shots last night. (I must admit the situation is becoming desperate... I may have to take a Flickr break, as I am quickly running out of memory chip space.)
This is the Strait of Juan de Fuca near the breakwater in Victoria, on an unsettled day that had cyclical rain squalls followed by sunny breaks.
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This hoodoo is one of the badland features visible from the trail that leads from the The Gooseberry Badlands overlook near Gooseberry Creek, Wyoming. This overlook lies along WY 431 and provides a glimpse of the badlands formations common in Early Eocene Willwood formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The Willwood, famous for its mammalian fossils, consists of a series of cyclic fluvial (stream/river) and floodplain deposits. This hoodoo is composed of a fluvial sand lying atop floodplain claystones.
This hoodoo is one of the badland features visible from the trail that leads from the The Gooseberry Badlands overlook near Gooseberry Creek, Wyoming. This overlook lies along WY 431 and provides a glimpse of the badlands formations common in Early Eocene Willwood formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The Willwood, famous for its mammalian fossils, consists of a series of cyclic fluvial (stream/river) and floodplain deposits. In the badlands visible from the overlook, ribbon-like thin channel sands thought to be avulsion channels or splays can be seen alternating with red paleosol and drab floodplain deposits. There are some thicker fluvial sands that represent the trunk or main stream channels. Intermittent, ephemeral streams have eroded these sediments into fanciful hoodoos, pillars; castles; small arches and fluted walls often capped by one of the ribbon or thicker fluvial sands A 1.5 mile nature trails winds into the badlands formations from the overlook giving hikers a glimpse into the rugged terrain that covers much of the central Bighorn Basin.
This is a part of my son's fascinating mini model of a Stirling engine that actually works when you put it on top of a cup of hot water for instance. A cup filled with ice also works.
A Stirling engine ( invented and patented in 1816 by Robert Stirling ) is a heat engine that operates by cyclic compression and expansion of air or other gas at different temperatures, such that there is a conversion of heat energy to mechanical work.
Stirling engines have a high efficiency compared to internal combustion engines. They are also capable of quiet operation and can use almost any heat source. The heat energy source is generated external to the Stirling engine rather than by internal combustion. Because the Stirling engine is compatible with alternative and renewable energy sources it could become increasingly significant as the price of conventional fuels rises, and also in light of concerns such as depletion of oil supplies and climate change.