The relationships between the species need to be further clarified

Hidden almost out of sight, just off the Huron Street bridge in downtown Stratford, Ontario lies the Shakespearean Gardens. This well manicured English garden offers a formal setting with boxwood hedges,stone walkways, benches and gazebo yet comes alive with the brilliant colour of an amazing array of flowers, herbs, shrubs and trees.

The views from the garden are just as impressive with the historic Perth County Courthouse to one side and the gently flowing Avon River on the other side. Stone steps and a pathway along the Avon River lead you underneath the old Huron Street bridge and towards the Shakespeare Festival.

Snow, warm water and sun.

Hand mixture of three exposure and little more.

Edit: Just to clarify. This is not a sunset. It's taken just before noon at 12:18 (24h format).

Located in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin), around 50 million light-years from Earth, the galaxy NGC 4535 is truly a stunning sight to behold. Despite the incredible quality of this image, taken from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NGC 4535 has a hazy, somewhat ghostly, appearance when viewed from a smaller telescope. This led amateur astronomer Leland S. Copeland to nickname NGC 4535 the “Lost Galaxy” in the 1950s.

The bright colors in this image aren’t just beautiful to look at, as they actually tell us about the population of stars within this barred spiral galaxy. The bright blue-ish colors, seen nestled amongst NGC 4535’s long, spiral arms, indicate the presence of a greater number of younger and hotter stars. In contrast, the yellower tones of this galaxy’s bulge suggest that this central area is home to stars which are older and cooler.

This galaxy was studied as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) survey, which aims to clarify many of the links between cold gas clouds, star formation, and the overall shape and other properties of galaxies. On January 11, 2021 the first release of the PHANGS-HST Collection was made publicly available.

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team

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I find it curious how one can find traces of dignity in forgotten things.

The door level is actually a mystery that I hurry to clarify. The picture was taken from the inner side of the house. There are some small size pillars that must have been used to support a flooring at the door level. This can be seen on the following picture:

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OK admit it. How many of you found yourself saying the second line of the verse? A little reprieve from pre surgery preparations this afternoon.

Secret Garden Tsawwassen.

Guess I should clarify that I am fine but Kevin is having knee surgery

Part 2 - Time-lapse shooting

To clarify this first. I know what you're thinking. Where tf does the light come from? It is coming from one of many cars that are driving through the Dolomites in the holiday season, even late at night. Of course I took advantage of it and used this frame.

In part 1 I showed you a nice sunset which I took on top of the ridge which you can see far to the left in this picture. 250m elevation gain below, I arrived at Hotel Car just before darkness, had a typical outdoor dinner and a problem. I only brought one T-shirt and a sweater. Both where soaking wet from the humidity and my poor fitness. I thought I can not spend the night outside with just a jacket, so I had the idea, in best manner of MacGyver to open the hood of my car and to dry them on the engine which was still fairly warm.

Of course it didn't work well because I was running out of time. The spot that I scouted beforehand was 1 kilometer away and the Milky way won't wait for me.

Ok, no choice. A jacket and a sleeping bag should do it. I walked to another beautiful ridge that impressed me with spectacular views from east to west. It was clear, the Milky way was up, battling with the unavoidable light pollution and I tried to set up my gear as fast as possible. That means, putting a lens heating on (impossible without when humid), connecting Camranger to remote control the camera. Guys, this is a very good thing if you have to spend many hours in darkness, not knowing if everything is ok with the camera. It also helps to kill time when you can see the results on the fly. Sometimes there is a beautiful meteor right in the frame like it was the case here. (I added some of the nicest of the sequence to this shot.)

Three hours later I couldn't take it anymore. My sleeping back my backpack and most importantly my camera where so wet as if they had taken a shower (Great job Nikon!). Fatigue was overwhelming and I decided that I have enough frames and should get 3hrs of sleep. My journey wasn't over. Ten kilometers away from here, in the heart of the Dolomites I wanted to capture the sunrise. But that's another story...

Ah the White river, I'm so glad I got to paddle this lovely section that runs through the Bibon swamp preserve.

I had to try this again to clarify the heart shape

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The little bug is coming home with me today! He's been sleeping in my room at the breeder's house for the past 3 nights, and while there have been some growing pains (yaaawn), last night was fantastic; Lux was quiet for a full 5 hours, and I don't want to kill anyone today!

Last part was a joke. This is the internet, important to clarify.

when i got into work today, this is what i found.

wow.

365(2nd) - 1

New year resolution: to clarify my vision and upgrade my PS skills

Yes, I changed the BG of the shot above.

My son. He kinda looks like me, sometimes ;-P

I should start uploading differently, original is much sharper...

I like the outtake below in comments too, but it does not completely express the resolution i.e. it gained a 2nd place. Anyhow, I adore those colours.

Since I couldn't resist, I then combined both to get the result in the 2nd comment and I have a feeling the last one will end up on his FB as the new profile pic ;-)

Day 001

1/1/11

Previous 365 on Day 1 I was admiring a mother

The Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral in London is seen through a walkway at One New Change.

As one walks through life, it is good to often reflect, with gratitude, on past experiences and lessons learned, which clarifies and brings into focus the right way forward.

Long sight in age

They say eyes clear with age,

As dew clarifies air

To sharpen evenings,

As if time put an edge

Round the last shape of things

To show them there;

The many-levelled trees,

The long soft tides of grass

Wrinkling away the gold

Wind-ridden waves- all these,

They say, come back to focus

As we grow old.

Philip Larkin

In a pitch-black hall of mirrors (ISO 25600), artist Julian Charrière presents the

Panchronic Garden -

specially developed for the museum, a seemingly endless greenhouse full of plants, living ferns that glow jet black when bathed in infrared light. This installation evokes the history of coal mining in North Rhine-Westphalia and the huge primeval forests of the Carboniferous that grew there 300 million years ago.

Charrière clarifies also with this

which unimaginably long periods of time the earth's history is in comparison with human scales.

Why the artist is concerned ...

The title of his exhibition is "Controlled Burn"

The basic material of coal is mainly of plant origin.

Typical coal formation takes its beginning in extensive swamp forests of lowlands. The trees and ferns bind carbon dioxide, CO2 from the air by means of photosynthesis and convert it into the carbohydrate cellulose and other organic compounds.

After individual trees die, they sink into the swamp and are thus removed from the normal aerobic decomposition process - peat is initially formed.

Coal is formed from the peat when subsidence occurs over geological periods of time, i.e. many tens of millions of years, and overburden.

In this process, with increasing depth of subsidence, both the ambient pressure and the ambient temperature rise to well above 1000°. This causes the so-called incarburization of the peaty sediments.

Initially, lignite is formed. As the depth of injection increases, the coalification process intensifies. Lignite becomes hard coal and finally anthracite. For this reason, the quality of coal is often better the deeper it lies in the earth and the older it is.

Similar processes occur in the formation of oil and gas. The artist wants to make clear to us the time span of our waste and the corresponding climate and earth damage in proportion to the formation time of the fossil energy sources ...

Betreten auf eigen Gefahr ...

In einem stockfinsteren Spiegelsaal (ISO 25600) stellt der Künstler Julian Charrière den eigens für das Museum entwickelte

Panchronischen Garten

vor – ein scheinbar endloses Gewächshaus voller Pflanzen, lebendige Farne, die in Infrarotlicht getaucht, tiefschwarz leuchten. Diese Installation erinnert an die Geschichte des Kohleabbaus in Nordrhein-Westfalen und an die

riesigen Urwälder des Karbons, die dort vor 300 Millionen Jahren wuchsen.

Charrière verdeutlicht auch mit diesem

Werk, welche unvorstellbar langen Zeiträume die Erdge-

schichte im Vergleich zu menschlichen Massstäben

kennzeichnen.

Sein Ausstellungstitel - Controlled Burn ...

Das Ausgangsmaterial von Kohle ist hauptsächlich pflanzlichen Ursprungs.

Typische Kohlebildung nimmt ihren Anfang in ausgedehnten Sumpfwäldern von Tiefebenen. Die Bäume und Farne binden mittels Photosynthese Kohlendioxid, CO2 aus der Luft und wandeln es in das Kohlenhydrat Zellulose und andere organische Verbindungen um.

Nach dem Absterben einzelner Bäume versinken diese im Sumpf und werden so dem normalen aeroben Zersetzungsprozess entzogen – es entsteht zunächst Torf.

Aus dem Torf entsteht Kohle, wenn es zu Absenkung über geologische Zeiträume hinweg, also viele dutzend Millionen Jahre kommt und zu Überdeckungen.

Dabei steigen mit zunehmender Versenkungstiefe sowohl der Umgebungsdruck als auch die Umgebungstemperatur bis weit über 1000°. Dies verursacht die sogenannte Inkohlung der torfigen Sedimente.

Dabei entsteht zunächst Braunkohle. Mit zunehmender Versenkung intensiviert sich die Inkohlung. Aus Braunkohle wird Steinkohle und schließlich Anthrazit. Deshalb ist die Qualität von Kohle oft umso besser, je tiefer sie in der Erde liegt und je älter sie ist.

Ähnliche Prozesse laufen bei der Entstehung von Öl und Gas ab. Der Künstler möchte uns die Zeitspanne unserer Verschwendung und der entsprechenden Klima- und Erdschädigung in der Proportion zur Entstehungszeit der fossilen Energieträger verdeutlichen ...

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10 Year Project

Each month I take a favourite photo from ten years back, and re-edit it, using current tools and knowledge.

This one is a bit different. I just wanted to clarify things a little, so that the details were more apparent. The current tools made that much easier, and I quite like the result.

Unlike my usual drive-by shooting, I'm quite familiar with this place. It was my grandfather's farmhouse, and we used to visit frequently as kids, before we moved too far away. RIP, Grandad.

do you ever feel like a day is magical? i do. and today was one of those days.

okay, i just wanted to add this description that clarifies who i am.

this picture is me.

some people seem to get confused..heh.

One from the past Aug 2017

My 7 year old grandson is starting to take an interest in wildlife watching.

Bird identification has taken on a few strange twists however. So to clarify these are now blue birds and dunnocks obviously are Duncan's.

Blue Tit - Cyanistes Caeruleus

Golden Acre Park

Many thanks to all those who take the time to comment on my photos. It is truly appreciated.

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Hola a tod@s!

Hoy rescato de los archivos este colirrojo tizón de hace algunos inviernos. Muy colaborador, le hice algunas sesiones con la ventanilla del coche bajada, sin cebo ni posadero. Tenía querencia por ese montículo, desde el que se lanzaba a por los pequeños insectos de los alrededores.

Su historia es un tanto interesante, pues en los dos inviernos que disfruté de su presencia pude constatar ese plumaje tan peculiar que tenía: por la mancha alar blanca se puede identificar como la spp. gibraltariensis (la habitual en la península), pero la mancha rojiza de la cola que le da nombre se extiende también por el abdomen, lo cual correspondería a la spp. ochruros (presente en Turquía y el Cáucaso), según datos de la guía de aves de Svensson. Mi duda es ¿hibridación?, ¿otras posibilidades?, ... Tras casi seis años, sigo dándole vueltas, a ver si alguien me lo puede aclarar.

Saludos y gracias por pasaros.

Hello everyone!

Today I rescue from the archives this red-haired blight of some winters ago. Very collaborative, I did some sessions with the car window down, without bait or innkeeper. He had a love for that mound, from which he threw himself for the small insects in the surroundings.

Its history is somewhat interesting, because in the two winters that I enjoyed its presence I could see that peculiar plumage it had: by the white alar spot it can be identified as the spp. Gibraltariensis (the usual one in the peninsula), but the reddish spot of the tail that gives it its name also extends through the abdomen, which would correspond to spp. ochruros (present in Turkey and the Caucasus), according to data from the Svensson bird guide. My question is hybridization ?, other possibilities ?, ... After almost six years, I keep turning, to see if someone can clarify it.

The ducklings spend their time doing five things: eating, napping, preening, swimming and sleeping. This photo was taken August 19 and I think a couple of the broods hatched quite late in the season. There are about a dozen chicks at this young stage, while most others around the pond are almost the size of their mothers.

Of all the chicks, this one youngster seemed quite curious. While her siblings were huddled close together, she would walk a few steps away on her own and do some exploring.

Linda made a comment yesterday about the wet appearance of the ducklings. I don't know much about ducks but I know they have a gland that secretes oil, which waterproofs their down. I think the wet look of this duck is caused by preening, as she spreads the oil onto her outer feathers. I'm sure there are some birders out there that can clarify that.

The Cathedral of Seville is built on the old aljama mosque of the city, this shows the power that one culture exercises over another when it is conquered. This fact makes its plan different, facing Mecca and not Jerusalem, that is, facing south instead of east. It should be clarified that Mecca is oriented at 10o from Seville and not at 86o as the old mosque is oriented, this is due to the fact that in Al-Andalus the mosques had to be oriented towards the south quadrant and not towards the east, as the Christian churches did. When the Cathedral Chapter commissioned the design of the Gothic Cathedral, it stated verbatim that it wanted a Cathedral that everyone who saw it would take for crazy. For this, 5 naves were created that covered the 116 by 76 meter rectangle occupied by the Almohad mosque, this results, unlike what was usual in the great European Gothic Cathedrals, a hall plan with a Latin cross marked in height and in width by the central naves and the transept. This hall plan also results in the absence of an ambulatory at the head, which ends in a straight line like the wall of the old mosque. Later the Royal Chapel would be added, which is a Renaissance apse, but it does not really correspond to the Gothic company. In the naves of the Gospel and the Epistle, which are the lateral naves, there are many chapels. The 60 pillars support 68 ogive vaults, highlighting those of the transept and central nave with their star shapes. Instead of placing a clerestory, a continuous balcony was chosen along the main nave in order to be able to wander around the temple without being seen. Located in the central nave, in order from the feet, are the Retrochoir, the Choir, with two organs, the Transept, the Main Altar, the Back of Altar and the Royal Chapel.

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Rework of an older picture of mine. I improved the clouds, clarified the mountain some more, and added the windmill. If you look close enough I'm standing next to it.

Today's photo was taken late this afternoon at the Canal Basin in Coventry. The view is showing the scene at the start of the Coventry Canal along with some of the shops and converted warehouses that for the Canal Basin area. There are also the reflections of a couple of Narrow Boats in the foreground.

The photo was taken using the app KitCam on my iPhone 6.

First I used the app Snapseed to edit the picture. I cropped the image and applied the Tonal Contrast preset and decreased the Highlights. I then increased the Shadow areas and boosted the Saturation, Contrast, Warmth and Ambiance. I finally applied a vignette to the image. After this I used the app PicsArt to apply the Artistic Oil Paint preset to the image but decreased the intensity a little. Finally I used PhotoToaster to add the Clarify preset, the Vibrant FX and a Small Dark Vignette. I then applied the Stucco texture and the Charcoal frame.

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I am the guardian angel who looks after your dreams at nights,

which makes the moon shine in your window,

when there is darkness in your room.

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Rocky Mountain National Park. Just to clarify, everyone - that's the formation's name. I wish I was the clever person to come up with that name, but alas, no.

To clarify, this was taken on the way up to the summit 'Großes Teufelshorn', not from the summit itself.

69002 and 69005 take the 321 express Parcels SWIFT unit back to Doncaster from Long Marston after being launched at the Rail Live event

due to the way the Translator vehicles work this could not be top and tailed as some had thought

this was delayed from last week due to train crew and route restrictions that needed clarifying at Kemble

"The years passed by and Sofia got more and more involved in the business of Tane and his farm. Today she’s visiting Ol’Zeke’s Water Mill to clarify the details of future grain deliveries. Over the years the girl had grown to be quite tenacious, and Ol’Zeke expected hard negotiations today."

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December just started and it's time to tackle the CCC. And since it's more fun to build together, I teamed up with my friend Markus . On a weekly basis we’ll be telling the story of Sofia and following her on her adventures.

Part 1

Part 2

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Don’t pin us down to that, but the plan is as follows: I will upload on Mondays while Markus will upload his parts on Thursdays.

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Geraniaceae

To clarify the name of this widespread plant: The greek "geranos" means crane. It referes to the inflorescence of the plant, rather than the blossom.

Vintage lens:

Oscillo-Quinon, 1:1.9/75mm Steinheil München

Another photo from the Green Lake in Austria - just to clarify: the water is really like this and not manipulated by me haha (view on black)

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"1st of January

Said you starting over

Your heart's been in remission

Making a new beginning ..."

- Jah Cure, Unconditional Love

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=38A1NZEHpxY

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE - JAH CURE

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

As the arms of the trees outstretch to reach the sun

So can we rise up and touch the stars

As the sun falls to meet another day in a far off land

So may we fall down and rise to begin again anew

Love is not lost when truth is known

It is strengthened and clarifies our vision

The veils may fall from our eyes

but what we see is still heaven with a brighter light

The sun may nestle in the clouds

as we may soften the fall of those we love

but we will help them stay afloat

and buoy them up with love and understanding

The sun does not ask for anything

but gives us warmth and light

Ask for nothing in return

but offer unconditional love

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Nez Perce Peak (11,901 ft.) emerges from the fog obscuring adjacent peaks on a beautiful morning in Grand Teton National Park.

Camera Nikon D3S

Exposure 1/3200 sec

Aperture f/10.0

Focal Length 290 mm

ISO Speed 1600

Exposure Bias 0 EV

View the entire Tetons - East and West Set

View my - Most Interesting according to Flickr

26/03/2016; Originality wasn't my drive to make this shot, as I was with a group of 5 other people, and then there were also some 15 Germans on a photo course next to me, and some more people behind me. Guess that's enough clarifying for now. ;)

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The time clarifies everything and there is no mood to remain unchanged with the passing hours.

The peony or paeony is a flowering plant in the genus Paeonia, the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, Europe and Western North America. Scientists differ on the number of species that can be distinguished ranging from 25 to 40,although the current consensus is 33 known species. The relationships between the species need to be further clarified.

Most are herbaceous perennial plants 0.25–1 metre (0.82–3.28 ft) tall, but some are woody shrubs 0.25–3.5 metres (0.82–11.48 ft) tall. They have compound, deeply lobed leaves and large, often fragrant flowers, in colors ranging from purple red to white or yellow, in late spring and early summer.

Peonies are among the most popular garden plants in temperate regions. Herbaceous peonies are also sold as cut flower on a large scale, although generally only available in late spring and early summer

Hope you guys don’t mind, I took this entry to clarify some things. It turns out my past entries have been done by other builder specifically Melanie who expressed her complain…(Hi there, Melanie) :)

For sure I don’t have the intention to copy a build that have been done before since it literally will waste my limited time that I have, moreover to copy such a wonderful build she’d done by making way lesser build that I did…hahaha. I haven’t been around and get my hands with Lego nor I have open TBB or BrickNerd for more than a year, I also chose not to see what Grant’s have build with this piece, so I’m not sure what builds have been done using this piece.

As far as I know based from last year, other builders have made a lightbulb, flower, and vase from this piece and I’m lost track since then.

As for behind the thought that I did it to win this competition, I can assure you that I knew that I will definitely loose this round when I found out that the mystery part is way to large for my part collection which will make me difficult to build my ideas into realization, moreover with my limited time and bad scheduling conflict I have this time around and the fact that I have to compete with Grant who I think is way much better and skilled builder than I am…(I hate you Grant!)...hahaha

My personal goal for this round is not to win, I’m just so glad and happy that I can get to build again eventhough I can only spare an hour or two to build and took the shot of my build. It reminds me how much I love to build and how much I love to took the shot of my build.

Having said that, it’s 4.00 am in the morning and I haven’t sleep yet due to catch a project deadline I've been working on, but I managed to build something simple for you guys, I hope it haven’t build by other builder though. Enjoy and hope you guys like it :)

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My 6th build for Iron Builder vs. Grant Davis.

The part that we need to use the whole month is the Panel 4 x 4 x 13 Curved Tapered with Clip at Each End.

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A mosaic floor is not one of the best place to show off a plantain leaf laden with Onam delicacies, but then that's what it is for several of us who live away from our traditional homes back in Kerala.

Just testing out the 100-400 II + 1.4x III combination. The lack of moveable autofocus points might be a problem with moving subjects, but fortunately this robin was content to pose. This is a circa 70% crop; the robin was about 5m away.

Edit to add: To clarify, the 1.4x Extender reduces AF to single point which remains movable, but one loses area AF and 61-point automatic AF. Which was fine for this robin but un-usable when I was photographing flying birds of prey a week later.

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Nova Scotia's sou'west coast

Actually, this is Arizona (just to clarify things, in case you took me seriously :P), taken with a fisheye lens and processed to give a painting like feel.

The Grand Canyon in Arizona is a natural formation distinguished by layered bands of red rock, revealing millions of years of geological history in cross-section. Vast in scale, the canyon averages 10 miles across and a mile deep along its 277-mile length. Much of the area is a national park, with Colorado River white-water rapids and sweeping vistas.

There is something that I must clarify here, when I took this photo, a long time ago, there were many more people with cameras, so I do not want problems with anyone about it,

This is my student's Melanie Zhu work.

On Explore Mar 26, 2013

The town has ancient origins, even if these have not been clarified with absolute certainty. The name, which is derived from 'caccabe' [horse-heads], may have been given by the Carthaginians who took refuge here after their defeat at Himera in 480 BC.Different suppositions have been made on the origin of the name Caccamo anyway: from Greek kakkabe (partridge); from Latin Càcabus (kier); from Carthaginian caccabe (horse's head).

The Arabs promoted its growth in the 9th C and the Normans built the castle that made it one of the major strategic centers in Sicily.

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Every attempt will be promptly removed. Thank you.

The title clarifies what I did in post-processing. A little bit of everything, but mainly used Adobe Creative Cloud and NIK (now known as MacPhun) filters. Having fun with the one-eyed Volkswagen at Don's Bug Barn in Athens, TX.

Thanks all for your views, faves and comments!