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I clipped this with four pegs in the back so I could photograph it closed like a compass. It looks nice in its relaxed state, too. Red tant, 6"
Amitermes meridionalis, commonly known as the magnetic termite or compass termite, is a species of eusocial insect in the family Termitidae. It is endemic to northern Australia and the common names derive from the fact that the wedge-shaped mound is aligned with its main axis running north and south.
A large mound may house up to a million individual termites. Each is the nest of a colony of Amitermes meridionalis and houses the queen, king, reproductives, soldiers and workers. The outer surface of the mound is hard and durable whereas the material separating the chambers and galleries inside is more papery. The soldiers are 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in) long and their curved mandibles bear a single in-turned tooth.[1] Many termites never leave the mound and as a result of this protected environment they have thin cuticles, colourless bodies, little sight and little ability to protect themselves.
Amitermes meridionalis is native to the northern part of Northern Territory of Australia, around Darwin. The slab-like mounds are found in low-lying grassland areas that flood during the rainy season. The mounds are often widely scattered, but may be grouped together in a graveyard-like manner.
The mounds built by this termite can be up to 4 m (13 ft) tall, 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) deep. The nests are laterally flattened and are oriented so that they receive the warmth of the sun on their eastern and western sides in the morning and evening while exposing less surface to the sun at midday when the nest might overheat. The interior of the mound is kept at a relatively stable temperature and a high humidity. In the summer, when the land floods, the termites remain safely inside feeding on their stored food supplies. In the dry season, when the water drains away, the surrounding grass senesces and the termites gather the drying grass and other plant material to store as hay in chambers in the mound. Feeding as it does on grass and other vegetation, Amitermes meridionalis is of little economic importance.
Vintage compass on a vintage map.
My husband got me this lovely, palm-sized vintage compass at a ship salvage shop and antique dealer in Bangladesh.
The walnut-toned wood box has a metal label reading "Negretti & Zambra, as does the compass itself, both on the cover, and under the glass on the rose's face. The outside of the compass lid reads "Edward VII Compass King & Emporer 1908". The date, 1908, and the word, "London" is inscribed on the compass rose under the glass. The compass has a fob, as well as a sliding knob to lock the floating needle in place when not in use.
The poem, Robert Frost's "The Road Less Taken" has been engraved on brass-toned metal and appears to have been attached to the inside cover. This poem dates to 1915 and was not really considered a classic until the mid-1920s. I'm assuming that the inscription was added later, particularly because the font-styles are more modern.
My husband isn't sure if the compass actually dates to 1908. Negretti & Zambra manufactured compasses, telescopes, monocules, barameters and other scientific items during this time period, but I was unable to find a similar compass style during a fairly comprehensive Internet search.
If you know anything about vintage compasses, please leave a comment. No matter whether this is a reproduction or an actual antique, it is still a wonderful addition to my collection of cartography and geographic ephemera.
Un piccolo arbusto mosso dal vento, un compasso naturale disegna archi di cerchio sulla sabbia.
Porto Caleri, Venezia.
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This is a brass geologists compass. Geologists sometimes have to hike in remote areas so are limited on the equipment they can carry.
This compass not only does map reading but can also measure the angles, heights and directions of rock strata and fault lines. The other numbers and dials you see in the picture give the geologist the information they need to carry out the trigonometry calculus for these angles.
The camera was set to macro and I used a preset function to create a pin-hole effect.
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Well, I did not get the shot that I had hoped for this morning because of the clouds. Maine had lots of showers through the summer and into the fall. It did not rain this morning but there were lots of clouds. Behind the clouds is Mount Katahdin as would be seen from Compass Pond in Northern Maine. This is my attempt to salvage a shot out of the series that day. (image M1A0924) Please also visit: acadiamagic.com.
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Compass Bus Enviro 300 SN61 CYY and Enviro 200 YX18 KUE on rail replacement at Haywards Heath, 24th February, 2022.
One of Compass Bus' ex GHA Coaches Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse buses cruises along the seafront at Rustington this afternoon, 22nd March, 2019 on its way to Sainsburyos (sic).
Today's Daylily blooms.
It took me awhile to figure this one out. I think the notches on the edge of the large eye look like main bearing points on a compass. But I could be wrong.
June 30, 2018
Columbia, Missouri
Alexander Dennis Enviro 200. One of Compass's latest offerings, seen here on its way to west tarring in Worthing town centre.
seen in Worthing August 2018 this bus is in Stagecoach livery operating a Connect 7 route on behalf of Stagecoach
Series of seven. As I was walking out of the sea after a nice cooling swim, I spotted this lovely Compass jellyfish floating by me! I also rescued two that had been stranded as the tide went out. We do not usually see them, unless the weather is exceptionally warm!!
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PIRATE COMPASS
4 Metals | 8 Wood | 8 Glass | 5 Gem options
PBR and Baked textures
PSD included in readme!
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HOW IT WORKS:
Click the compass for a menu that will let you select an avatar that the compass will point at when they are in the same region
if your target leaves the region the compass will spin since it cant find what you are tracking
menu buttons
'UUID' allows you to manually enter an avatar key found in their profile
'Nearby' will give you a list of all avatars in the current region you can choose from
'Stop' will clear the tracked avatar and the compass will point north instead.
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Compass Travel Reg DK09 DZF waits in Mardens overflow yard for its turn for attention
8 February 2017
A compass rose adorns the square in front of the Monument to the Discoveries. Made of black and red lioz limestone, it has a 50 m diameter, and contains a 14 m-wide planisphere decorated with vegetal elements, 5 small compass roses, 3 blowing faces personifying the wind, a mermaid, a mythical fish and Neptune with a trident and a trumpet, riding a marine beast. Dates, ships and caravels mark the main routes of the Portuguese expansion between the 15th and 16th centuries. The background consists of ‘open sea’ waves, a motif commonly used for the typical Portuguese cobblestone pavements. The compass rose was designed by architect LuÃs Cristino da Silva, and bestowed by the Republic of South Africa, which joined in the commemorations for the Infante. Inaugurated on 5 August 1960
Well, here she is.
My wife doesn't like the model.
Calls it: "real estate broker wannabe SUV."
But: "with the gloss black roof, those rims and tires, you'll get away as a mid-manager in one of the gangs in the southern suburbs."
(The latter though, is better than being labelled as a real estate broker...)
"under the surface trying to break through
deciphering the codes in you
i need a compass, draw me a map
i'm on the top, i can't get back
is there anybody out there who
is lost and hurt and lonely too
are they bleeding all your colours into one?
and if you come undone
as if you've been run through
some catapult it fired you
you wonder if your chance will ever come
or if you're stuck in square one"