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Yesterday early afternoon I took this image from my window. Every 3 minutes the helicopters with retardant and water went back and forth to put this fire off and so they did.
The effort to control the raging Sand fire in the Santa Clarita Valley mountains has drawn firefighters and emergency crews in the hills toward Acton. So far, the fire has burned 37,473 acres.
A total of 3,048 firefighters are battling the blaze, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
The wildfire prompted the evacuation of at least 10,000 homes, although late Monday, officials allowed most evacuees to return to their homes. The blaze is 25% contained. At least 18 homes have been destroyed.
The majority of the estimated 20,000 people evacuated from the Sand fire will be allowed to return home tonight, fire officials said.
The downgrade of evacuations comes as the fire grew Monday to 35,155 acres and remained 10% contained, according to the Los Angeles County fire department.
Santa Clarita. California.
Macro Mondays theme Contained
I finally stumbled over some inspiration for this theme very late in the day HMM!
21-January-2024
Hoar Frost is due to the sublimation of water vapor into ice crystals contained in the dense mists and fogs freezing close to the ground of a basin, plain or valley floor after a clear and freezing night without wind and with high humidity.
This is a composition very similar to snow crystals (and Hard Rime) within clouds, which, in this case, are represented by freezing fog.
It is therefore white frost and not almost transparent ice or black ice which occurs when the valley is at temperatures below zero but fog is made up of supercooled droplets.
The formation process of Hoar Frost is basically similar to that of simply Rime, which however forms only on the ground by sublimation of water vapor on lawns (20-50cm thick, as Dew), but HF affects a greater thickness of the air column, depending on the line of temperature inversion altitude, under which stratified fog forms, generally from a few meters to a few dozen meters in height.
For this reason, trees and all surfaces that have been in contact with the freezing fog during the night, which then tends to dissolve with the sun, also turn white.
#MacroMonday - #contained
Kapstachelbeere - cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana)
I know what You say now. Yes, another physalis, Heayday. Again. But my wife is the guilty one. She bought them and inspired me to that shot. I couldn't resist. She says, it looks like a reptiles eye. What do You say ?
Ich weiß, was Ihr jetzt sagt. Eine Physalis, juchhe, Schon wieder. An dem hier ist jedoch meine Frau schuld. Sie hat die Dinger gekauft, und mich so zu dem Bild inspiriert. Ich konnte nicht widerstehen. Sie sagt, es sähe aus, wie das Auge eines Reptils. Was sagt Ihr ?
PHOTO BOOTH: FOXCITY - Contained
POSES: FOXCITY - Showstoppers
OUTFIT: Yasum Sandy Dress, Sleeves, Bling and Bag
SHOES: [hh] Group Gift Diletta Beaded Heels
HAIR: tram L0101
FASCINATOR: POISON ROUGE Angelina Hat in Gardenia (currently at Cosmopolitan)
NAILS: RAWR! Au Revoir Nails
RINGS: RAWR! Soiree Rings
Fifth picture of the series Green Dawn, taken in the Mediterranean Sea, just before sunrise.
It's not very usual to see coast with rocks in the province of Valencia, only the locals know these small and wonderful places.
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Just a punnet of raspberries in beer glass. Through the looking glass also comes to mind.
Macro Mondays :: HMM everyone!
To see the side view of the setup click here.
Photo from the previous year!
Observe the appearance and behavior of these remarkable insects, which will soon change into butterflies.
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In a vast open space, the soul wavers between two truths:
you are a speck against eternity,
and you are eternity contained in a speck.
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Taken for the Group #MacroMondays Theme: #Gift
My Christmas gift is somewhat delayed after Santa left his present sack on the roof and then got stuck in the chimney. His reindeer got bored and ate the sack that contained the last gift to be delivered but the cat did get a gift. It fell out of Santa's pocket and, with the cat's permission, here it is for all to see before savaging takes place and it becomes just a memory :) A small catnip scented fake mouse in case anyone is wondering!
Taken macro 1:1 in a cat-free environment lit from below while sitting patiently on textured pale blue paper. Lighting used 4 x 1.65W LED lamps. Additional accessories: Virtual, and therefore invisible, cheese to entice the mouse to sit still which obviously worked :)
Canon PowerShot SX430 IS
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ISO 100
Dedicated to RHC (ILYWAMHASAM)
Happy Macro Monday & New Year!
A small present was given for Xmas would fit well for the MM´s theme of the week #contained#
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I took one bite from the top of a dark chocolate cherry filled candy, and instantly knew I had found my "contained" photo-op. A cherry contained in its chocolate shell.
HMM!
Jumping spiders use their legs to pounce on their prey, which is typically other insects. Amazingly, jumping spiders don't have special leg muscles, like grasshoppers, to help them leap. They propel themselves by suddenly changing the blood flow in their body. Terminix
Jumping spiders or the Salticidae are a family of spiders. As of 2019, it contained over 600 described genera and over 6000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Wikipedia
At the back of my cupboard, left over from when I made Tomato chutney.
'Contained' for Macro Mondays.
Thank you for your views, faves and comments.
HMM
I love that I’m in one of the most beautiful cities in the world and I use a photo of the docks and some shipping containers. I just loved the colours.
The creation of a parish named Saint-Irenée was first authorized by the Archdiocese of Quebec on May 12, 1840, and then confirmed in 1844 after a church was built there. The first resident priest was Father Charles Pouliot, and the territory then contained about 800 inhabitants. On July 1, 1855, the creation of the municipality of Saint-Irenée was made official by the drafting of a constitution. The population was 1,060 in 1861 and was divided among about a hundred families, according to what the French consul Charles-Henri-Philippe Gauldrée-Boilleau was able to observe when he conducted a sociological survey of peasant families there. He noted, among other things, certain peculiarities in the language of the locals, such as saying "espérez un instant" instead of "attendez un instant" or "c'est de valeur" to react to a fortuitous event. At the turn of the 20th century, Judge Adolphe-Basile Routhier, who also wrote the lyrics to Canada's national anthem, and businessman and financier Rodolphe Forget owned summer estates facing the river, in the area now occupied by Domaine Forget. The latter owned a sumptuous estate called Gil'Mont (destroyed by fire in 1965) where his daughter, politician Thérèse Casgrain, spent many summers, as she recounted in her autobiography.
The municipality was linked to La Malbaie and Québec by the Charlevoix Railway starting in 1919.
Shillingham’s south-facing fields roll their way to the historic tidal shores of the River Lynher, just a few miles from the sea. This creates a unique micro-climate with little frost and a very early Spring. Ideal for a vineyard.
Shillingham has been a working farm for four centuries. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was a dairy farm and in more recent years a beef, arable and lamb business.
However, Shillingham’s micro-climate has often made traditional farming practices challenging. Winter can be wild, Spring comes early, Autumn can linger and Summer can be very hot.
Shillingham is home to a stretch of Brunel’s original London-Penzance railway, which wound its way across the creeks and inlets of South Cornwall. After its construction, Shillingham became a major producer of vegetables, such as, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale, broccoli, turnips, and cauliflower. which could be in London within 24 hours of harvest.
Shillingham’s proximity to the river meant that it was also at the centre of the busy marine trade. Vessels carrying stone destined for Plymouth and London passed East by its foreshores, and those returning West stopped to off-load their “dock-dung”. This was the manure from the naval dockyard at Royal William Yard and later Devonport.
The dock dung contained a wealth of broken pottery and old, thick glass, much of which was uncovered during the vineyard’s soil preparation. It is now being transformed into a mosaic map of the vineyard.
The idea of a vineyard at Shillingham was first conceived in 1604 when Richard Carew of Antony published “A Survey of Cornwall”. Having previously travelled across Europe on an anthropological tour of discovery, he returned home and mused why nobody had tried to grow vines on the shores of the Lynher as its climate and soil seemed perfectly suited. 500 years later, in Spring 2021 preparation of the land and planting of the vines began.
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This bottle is 1 and 3/4 inches wide. I use the bbs for weight. Hold a single flower. Or just take a picture of the bbs. MacroMondays Contained.
Oglethorpe Square
Named in honor of James Oglethorpe [1696-1785].
Georgia's founder and designer of Savannahs unique street plan. Which was originally conceived as self contained wards with the ability to defend themselves. Surrounded by a wooden wall for defense.
Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK.
There are a number of mill buildings, some very large, mostly named with letters of the alphabet. Most of them are in the bottom of the steep sided Hebble Valley but G Mill stands on the steep bank to the south of Dean Clough Road, reducing from nine storeys at the road to five at the top of the bank. The first mill built on the site by the Crossley family in 1841 was A mill, followed by six storey B Mill in 1844. They are likely to have originally contained spinning and some weaving equipment. The first weaving shed, Old Shed, was built in 1849. These were followed by C Mill in 1850, New Shed in 1853, E Mill in 1857, F Mill in 1858, G Mill in 1867, and H Mill in 1869. Other smaller buildings were also built on the site; (Wikipedia)
There is an Art Gallery in the main building containing many contemporary paintings; Worth a visit at Free admission!
"You belong to me" - Snow White Blood
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWgKkVJ6THU
The jolly sound
Of chiming bells
Where has it gone?
Now I'm a bird
Trapped in your cage
What have I done?
And you say
I'm your prince –
You better be my princess
Lie beside me
Give me your sweet kiss
Don't play coy, you want it too!
I suffocate because of you
My little bird
Your eyes reveal
You'd fly away from me
But I always get
The things I want
That's what you
Fail to see, my dear
And you say
I'm your prince –
You bettеr be my princess
Lie bеside me
Give me your sweet kiss
Don't play coy, you want it too!
I suffocate because of you
But still, a glimmer
Of hope remains
Finally, one day
We will be okay...
...if you just obey me
...if I try hard enough for you...
You can't escape ...
...and in the end, you'll see...
...we will live in harmony
...you belong to me
All that you've said
All that you've done –
Scars on my mind
My dear, you're mine
Yet, I can't go
What if I'm wrong?
Can't leave you behind
We're intertwined
I'm your prince –
You better be my princess
Lie beside me
Give me your sweet kiss
Don't play coy, you want it too!
I suffocate because of you
But still, a glimmer
Of hope remains
Finally, one day
We will be okay...
...if you just obey me
...if I try hard enough for you...
You can't escape ...
...and in the end, you'll see...
...we will live in harmony
...you belong to me
But still, a glimmer
Of hope remains
Finally, one day
We will be okay...
...if you just obey me
...if I try hard enough for you...
You can't escape ...
...and in the end, you'll see...
...we will live in harmony
...you belong to me
Close your eyes to this disaster
They lived happily ever after
Close your eyes to this disaster
They lived happily ever after
Close your eyes to this disaster
They lived happily ever after
Close your eyes to this disaster
They lived happily ever after
You belong to me
Río Dulce ("Sweet River") is a river in Guatemala, completely contained within the department of Izabal. It is part of a lake and river system that has become a popular cruising sailboat destination.
The river begins at the point where it flows out of Lake Izabal. At the entrance to the river there is a small Spanish colonial fort, the Castillo de San Felipe de Lara, built to stop pirates entering the lake from the Caribbean when this part of Central America was an important shipping staging point.
Just after the river flows from Lake Izabal it is spanned by one of the biggest bridges in Central America. On one side of the bridge is the town of Fronteras, commonly referred to by the name Río Dulce, the local center of commerce for the area. Fronteras has a local vegetable market, attracting locals from the countryside who arrive in dugout canoes. Most of these boats are powered with Japanese outboard motors but many come to market day paddling these cayucos by hand. On the other side is the town of Rellenos.
From Fronteras the river flows east for a couple of miles. In this stretch there are several marinas and resorts. The river then flows into a long narrow lake called El Golfete. This lake has an island and a large natural anchorage. A few houses and a couple of small businesses line the shore. El Golfete is about 16 km long and a couple of miles wide.
From El Golfete the river meanders for 10 km in a spectacular gorge. The sides of the gorge rise up to 91 m on either side and are covered with teak, mahogany and palms. Wild flowers bloom throughout the foliage and howler monkeys and toucans can be seen. Waterfalls flow over the lip of the gorge after rainfall.
The river enters the Caribbean Sea near the Garifuna town of Livingston.
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Out this morning with the birthday boy ianbartlett for a 9 mile circular walk from Robertsbridge.
We knew that Storm Barra was due to hit our area at about midday, so hadn't planned to be out all day. The rain arrived at 11.45am ... 15 minutes early!!! But it wasn't very heavy and we still sat on an open air bench to have our lunch. Yes, it was a bit windy at times and yes we got wet, but it wasn't as cold as we were expecting, and still really nice to be out in the fresh air.
I only took little Ollie with the 17mm (34mm full frame) lens. Yes I could have positioned myself so I didn't get the power lines, but I quite liked the way they contained the tree.