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The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising about 750 feet (230 m) from the floor of the San Luis Valley on the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Range, covering about 19,000 acres (77 km²). They are perhaps 12,000 years old.
The dunes were formed from sand deposits of the Rio Grande and its tributaries, flowing through the San Luis Valley. Over the ages, westerly winds picked up sand particles from the river flood plain. As the wind lost power before crossing the Sangre de Cristo Range, the sand was deposited on the east edge of the valley. This process continues, and the dunes are slowly growing. The wind changes the shape of the dunes daily.
There are several streams flowing on the perimeter of the dunes. The streams erode the edge of the dune field, and sand is carried downstream. The water disappears into the ground, depositing sand on the surface. Winds pick up the deposits of sand, and blow them up onto the dune field once again.
Digging a few inches into the dunes even at their peaks reveals wet sand. If the streams were to dry up, the dunes would disappear; in fact part of the motivation of turning the Monument into a National Park was the extra protection of the water, which Colorado's cities and agriculture covet. -Wikipedia
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Sometimes, I just do beautiful styles. I bought this "Sealed Carving" tattoo at the skin fair and needed a very widely open top or dress to wear it. And Salem just had released one ! Sometimes you just get lucky.
I don't always overly sexualize my avatar cause the aim isn't to do pretty, sexy, outrageous stuff but to create unique styles. In this case, while the dress is pretty edgy, I still find the more classic hair give it a good balance and the IV bag adds some needed creepiness.
I'll also post a picture from an event @Adrenalin just after the 3 photoshoot post, just to show how I managed to add some beauty to it with a wonderful umbrella by Lavish.
Body/Head/Shape :
Body : Legacy (f 1.3)
Head : Lelutka Evo Head Fleur 2.5
Custom homemade shape
Skin/Ears/Eyes/etc. :
Eyes : PUMEC Arisha eyes
Eyebrows : Mister Razzor Donna eyebrows
Eyelashes : POUT Oh my lash! (NEW, skin fair)
Skin : Heaux Stasia browless petal (NEW, skin fair)
Blush/Contour : Essences Blush contour middle peach
Highlight : Lelutka Highlight light
Beauty marks : Finer threads black beauty marks left
Blush : Persephone Porcelain blush 25%
Face tattoos : Lepunk Flower Face tattoo
Scar : Lepunk Bloody Scar V1 (NEW, group gift)
DEVIL face tat : Finer Threats Chris tattoo (neck removed)
Scar 2 : Suicidal unborn scar #01 tone 02
Nails : Suicidal unborn minerva nails
Ears : PUMEC Mesh ears gothic longing
Outfit & accessories :
Eyeshadow : TOP1SALON Oily
Eyeliner : TOP1SALON Stalker liner
Tattoo 1 : Lilithe Mya Nan Nwe Tattoos 1 fresh
Lipstick : TOP1SALON Omen
Back tattoo : Rekt Royalty Sealed carving
Leg scar : lepunk Love my branding legband
Tattoo 2 : Lilithe Mania Tattoos fresh
Tattoo 3 : Lilithe Atina tattoos fresh
Bracelets & rings : RE Zorah Bracelets & rings
Necklace : Avaway Felicity Necklaces
Armbands : Cult Moonie Armband
Legband : Cult Moonie legband
Septum : BLAISE Arachne septum ring
Hair : DOUX Venezia hairstyle
IV bag : Insomnia Angel Rose pickled blood pack (blood)
Piercings : Mellow lip rings erin
Shoes : Reign Dolly plats v2 + over knee socks
Leg wrap : Spoiled bad b*tch grenade leg wrap
Rings (left) : Vibing Ciara rings
pasties : Salem : Lilith pasties
Dress : Salem Naahmah Dress (WCF Porn 18+, NEW)
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Courtesy of Viegas Harp. Thanks, Aurelie for inviting me to a harp concert and letting me take some photos of the harps. It's a really beautiful instrument both in sound and looks.
Aspléniacée de 5-15 cm en touffe persistant l'hiver, à frondes 2-3 fois divisées de contour triangulaire. Pétiole brun seulement à sa base. 3-5 pennes de chaque côté du rachis, la plus longue à la base, à 3-5 folioles larges de 3-4 mm, sessiles ou courtement pétiolulées, en coin à leur base et de forme variable : les juvéniles à sommet arrondi et denté, les fertiles cunéiformes ou losangiques.
Les sores sont généralement de couleur sombre et présents sur la face inférieure du limbe. Ils sont protégés par une indusie à bords ciliés, plus claire que le foliole. Les folioles fertiles portent de 1 à 5 sores regroupant de nombreux sporanges contenant chacun plus de 60 spores, disséminées par le vent (anémochorie). Sores à la fin confluents et indusium crénelé.
Autres noms français : Capillaire blanc (le doré étant le Cétérach) ou à feuilles de rue, Doradille de muraille, Sauve-vie. Espèce héliophile ou de demi-ombre des substrats préférentiellement calcaires ou parfois siliceux. Souvent avec la Capillaire (Asplenium trichomanes), elle est certainement la fougère la plus répandue dans la région d'Ile-de-France (cf. H des Abbayes, P Fournier, P Jauzein et R Prelli).
Pastureland outside Rio Vista, California.
Taken by a camera lofted by a kite.
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I worked with pencil and mostly 'blind' (without looking)...then filled in my lines with ink, filling in other spaces and connecting lines. My work table this morning with yesterday's roses. Lots of water, gouache on card prepared with acrylic matte gel for texture. #daisyyellowart
Next tractor from me. I have no idea how much I've built them. This time it's a model of the one of newest tractors from Claas. It was't very easy to build. Especially shape of back mudguards were very hard to do. Luckily Karwik (flickr member) showed a genius idea for mudguards in one his creation. When I saw it, I was sure, that will be suit to my Claas. As an addition to tractor, I've built 2 mowers, also from Claas. Hope you enjoy ;)
The Leica files are huge to deal with but, there is a certain feel to them but, thats coming from a photoshop neophyte.
48th FW, F-15E, vortices streaming from it's wingtips, hugs the contours of a Welsh valley during low level training.
if you haven't yet heard that the ruth asawa exhibit currently at the deyoung is gorgeous and well worth seeing, it is.
these huge wire mesh sculptures cast the most amazing shadows on the wall and all of the forms are all very organic. along with the exhibit is a series of photos of the artist in her workshop taken by imogen cunningham.
photography isn't "allowed" since it's a special temporary exhibit, but those of you with pocket cams might have better luck.
The Chesterfield Canal in Worskop, Nottinghamshire.
Known locally as Cuckoo Dyke, The Chesterfield Canal was opened in 1777 and ran 46 miles (74 km) from the River Trent at West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire to Chesterfield, Derbyshire. It is currently only navigable as far as Kiveton Park near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, plus an isolated section near Chesterfield. The canal was built to export coal, limestone, and lead from Derbyshire, iron from Chesterfield, and corn, deals, timber, groceries, etc. into Derbyshire. The stone for the Palace of Westminster was quarried in North Anston, Rotherham, and transported via the canal.
The route of the canal was surveyed by James Brindley and John Varley, who estimated the cost at £94,908 17s. Brindley presented his proposals to a meeting in Worksop on 24 August 1769. The investors asked John Grundy to carry out a second survey. He proposed a rather shorter course, from Stockwith in a straight line to Bawtry and then by Scrooby, Blyth and Carlton, to join Brindley's line at Shire Oaks. Grundy's line was 5 1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) shorter, and the cost estimated at £71,479, 6s. 9½d. Although Grundy's line was considerably cheaper, it achieved this by missing Worksop and Retford, and the investors decided in favour of Brindley's route.
The promoters consisted of one hundred and seventy-four persons, amongst whom were the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Scarsdale, the Dean of York, and Sir Cecil Wray. They were incorporated by the name of The Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation from Chesterfield to the River Trent, and empowered to raise among themselves the sum of £100,000, in one thousand shares of £100 each, to fund the construction.
Immediately on the passing of the act, construction began under the direction of Brindley. Upon his death in September 1772, John Varley moved from Clerk of Works to Resident Engineer with Hugh Henshall, Brindley's brother-in-law, appointed Chief Engineer in 1773. The canal was to be built as a narrow canal, but in 1775, nine shareholders offered to fund the extra cost of making it a broad canal from Retford to Stockwith. Retford Corporation joined them, and each contributed £500. The additional cost exceeded £6000. The canal was opened throughout in 1777, but the only record of wide-beamed boats using it at Retford is prior to 1799.
There were 65 locks in all, with two tunnels: a short 154 yards (141 m) tunnel near Gringley Beacon, and the major 2,880 yard long Norwood Tunnel. At the time of construction, Norwood Tunnel was the joint longest canal tunnel in Britain, and it was sixth longest by the time it collapsed. The canal was a typical Brindley contour canal, following the contours to avoid costly cuttings and embankments, which resulted in a less than direct route in places.
The canal was initially fairly successful, with dividends being returned to the investors. However, the building of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway line parallel to the canal (1849) left much of the navigation redundant, and the Worksop to Chesterfield stretch ceased to serve commercial traffic in 1908, when problems with mining subsidence necessitated the closure of Norwood Tunnel. The stretch between the tunnel and Worksop subsequently fell into ruin and became un-navigable, while parts of the isolated section from the tunnel to Chesterfield were infilled and redeveloped.