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Light painted still life with Turkish pots, Turkish delight, dried apricots, crystallized ginger and figs.
A clear quartz crystal that contains long, thin, golden-orange crystals of another mineral, rutile. This specimen is illuminated from behind and is 1 cm wide. Rutile is a mineral of titanium. Quartz is a mineral of silicone.
Rutile forms within quartz crystals through a process of crystallization from hydrothermal fluids or molten rock (magma) under high temperature and pressure. As these fluids cool, both quartz and rutile (titanium dioxide) begin to crystallize. The rutile, often in needle-like formations, crystallizes first, and then the quartz grows around it, trapping the rutile within the quartz matrix. This creates the characteristic "rutilated quartz" with rutile inclusions appearing as golden, reddish, or black needles or strands within the quartz.
soap bubbles freeze in seconds
Inspired by a post I saw which showed the work of Angela Kelly here on Flickr.
something happened last night that doesn't happen very often in south carolina: we got an ice storm! for the past 24 hours, we've been having freezing rain, which turned into snow/sleet this morning. the last time it snowed was in 2010, so everyone i know is going crazy quoting Frozen lyrics and hash-tagging #charlestonsnow2014. i'm not a big fan of freezing weather or sleet, but at least it makes for some super pretty pictures! this is the first nature photo i've taken in FOREVER and it was great to have an excuse to do so. :)
Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. This opaque, green-banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses, in fractures and deep, underground spaces, where the water table and hydrothermal fluids provide the means for chemical precipitation. Individual crystals are rare, but occur as slender to acicular prisms.
When they first landed no one thought much about these meteors, each of which was made from the same material but shaped differently. At the time meteoriticists theorized that they had all split off from one larger object. But not long after the owner of this building - who had bid and paid a significantly large sum for this "meteor" - had installed it, the world around it began to change. All had been fine until a photographer began light painting it with a gel covered flash, when a passerby at the time said they had heard an unusually ethereal tone which was followed by a very slight but very sharp tremor in the ground. That was when the crystallization of the world began, and it was only a matter of weeks before they landed and life on earth changed forever. NB46514 - Happy Sliders Sunday!
Intra-ground ice formed during crystallization of free groundwater that has invaded under pressure from outside (Makarov)
Pastry, Dessert, "Orange Surprise" light curry fragranced orange mousse under saffron cracknels, chilled macadamia nut cream, candied orange segments.
Garnished with crystallized chili julienne & basil leafs, pulled caramel sticks & dark chocolate dressing.
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After time slicing this timelapse, I didn't find any of the directions (up, down, left, right) particularly interesting, so I tried combining them all with the lighten layer-blending mode in photoshop and this is what I got.
The Saline della Laguna are located in western Sicily, on the coast connecting Trapani to Marsala. It is a unique area in front of the island of Mothia, on the famous "salt route".
Sicily has always been tied to salt, and because it is surrounded by the sea, salt has always been one of its economic resources. Salt is produced in various parts of Sicily from the sea in some salt farms and from rocks in salt mines.
The "Stagnone" is the largest lagoon of Sicily (2000 hectares), and home to a reserve characterized by the presence of some small islands (Isola Longa, Santa Maria, San Pantaleo, Scola). Here, there is fishing galore and a luxuriant and varied fauna to observe. The Phoenicians harvested the "murex", mollusks from which drew purple dye. The stops allow views along the banks of reservoirs, and along the tanks used for salt crystallization. You can also see the Islands which contain restored windmills, a gentle reminder of a time when they were the main tools to pump water and grind salt.
Crystal Mountain/Jebel al-Izaz) looked underwhelming at first sight.
Crystal Mountain facts:
– It took at least one million years for these natural crystals to “grow” and enlarge.
– Crystals form when a solid is formed from a liquid. Miguel’s explanation: underwater sand, calcium, salt and oxide of magnesium created these crystals when the lake dried up due to intense underground heat coming from the earth’s core.
– Natural crystal size depends on the temperature range of crystallization. Miguel’s explanation: the temperature was one million degrees. Yes, I would think that’s hot enough to form almost anything.
– This Crystal Mountain was formed 2-3 million years ago.
– Natural crystal is very rare. The largest natural crystals in the world are in the Crystal Cave of the Giants, Northern Mexico.
One very important thing to note is that you should never break off the crystals on the mountain. These crystals take many, many years to form, and breaking them would be ruining a piece of history. Additionally, you should not choose to pick up the pieces of crystal that scatter the landscape around the ridge. Essentially, you have to remember that if every tourist took away part of the mountain, there would soon be no mountain left to see.
Please respect the history and beauty of Crystal Mountain Egypt.
The Saline della Laguna are located in western Sicily, on the coast connecting Trapani to Marsala. It is a unique area in front of the island of Mothia, on the famous "salt route".
Sicily has always been tied to salt, and because it is surrounded by the sea, salt has always been one of its economic resources. Salt is produced in various parts of Sicily from the sea in some salt farms and from rocks in salt mines.
The "Stagnone" is the largest lagoon of Sicily (2000 hectares), and home to a reserve characterized by the presence of some small islands (Isola Longa, Santa Maria, San Pantaleo, Scola). Here, there is fishing galore and a luxuriant and varied fauna to observe. The Phoenicians harvested the "murex", mollusks from which drew purple dye. The stops allow views along the banks of reservoirs, and along the tanks used for salt crystallization. You can also see the Islands which contain restored windmills, a gentle reminder of a time when they were the main tools to pump water and grind salt.
I was away about a week and I am back now.
I would like to say "hope you have a great year 2009,all the best"
and I miss so many photoes from my contacts...and try to see your works.
thank you.XX
The photo is slightly blurred...but I don't care.
and then, here comes the poem........
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This is the sea, then, this great abeyance.
How the sun's poultice draws on my inflammation.
Electrifyingly-colored sherbets, scooped from the freeze;
By pale girls, travel the air in scorched hands.
Why is it so quiet, what are they hiding?
I have two legs, and I move smilingly.
A sandy damper kills the vibrations;
It stretches for miles, the shrunk voices
Waving and crutchless, half their old size.
The lines of the eye, scalded by these bald surfaces,
Boomerang like anchored elastics, hurting the owner.
Is it any wonder he puts on dark glasses?
Is it any wonder he affects a black cassock?
Here he comes now, among the mackerel gatherers
Who wall up their backs against him.
They are handling the black and green lozenges like the perts of a body.
The sea, that crystallized these,
Creeps away, many-snaked, with a long hiss of distress.
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Got my fingers frozen numb trying to picture these crystallized soap bubbles at -25 degrees Celcius!
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A great wide white open landscape. Winter sugar:-) It's nice fatbike conditions and crystallize snow
These round structures (discoid shapes) were deeper in the ice and harder to focus. What I noticed was their ability to refract light. Clearly seen are the colours blue towards the top yellow at the bottom, some scattered green and a hint of violet centrally. The sun was bright and at a 45 degree angle to the camera.
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Karez System, Turpan, China.
Karez systems are the crystallization of ancient people's diligence and intelligence. At its peak, this irrigation system exceeded 5,000 km (3,106 miles) and was also referred to as 'the underground Great Wall'. It is among the three ancient major irrigation projects with the other two being Ling Canal and Dujiangyan Irrigation Project.
Karez systems are the life source of Turpan. In a sense, without them, there would be no Turpan culture. According to records, the history of the karez in Xinjiang dates back to 103B.C. Currently there are still over 400 systems.
Karez are very delicate irrigation systems made up of vertical wells, underground canals, above-ground canals and small reservoirs. Generally, a karez is 3 km (1.9 miles) with the longest being 20 to 30 km (12-19 miles) with several dozen vertical wells. Sometimes the number of vertical wells exceeds 300. Until today, the shortest karez found is only 30 meters (98 feet) long. The vertical wells are for ventilation, digging and maintenance of the karez. The bottoms of all the vertical wells are connected so that water can pass through. The underground canal is about 2 meters (6.5 feet) high and covered with earth to resist the heat. The surface canals, connected to the underground ones, are not more than 1 meter (3.2 feet) wide with trees planted on both sides to prevent evaporation.
Melting snow from the Tianshan Mountain is the water source of the karez. Water is collected by vertical wells and conducted by the underground canals to the oasis, where the water is held in the ground canals for irrigation. The vertical wells near the water source may be 100 meters (328 feet) deep while further downstream they are less than 10 meters (32.8 feet) deep.
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Artist Drive, Death Valley, California
A boulder, dropped by some past debris flow, sits atop alluvial deposits at the foot of the Black Mountains. A few desert holly plants keep it company on this overcast evening. Not even creosote grows in this arid, salty soil.
The boulder is literally falling apart, likely from salt weathering. A rock sitting in salt water will aborb the saline solution through various microscopic cracks. When the it dries out, the crystallizing salt will force those cracks wider. Repeat again through many wetting and drying cycles. I've seen a number of rocks along Artist Drive crumbling through salt weathering or salt jacking, as it is sometimes called. I suspect the colorful soft sediments along Artist Drive are the salt source, laid down as they were in an ancient lake.
30 second daylight exposure of Svartifoss using a 10 stop neutral density filter and polarizer. Svartifoss (Black Falls) is surrounded by dark basalt columns. It is located within Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland. These hexagonal columns were formed by lava that cooled at a slow rate which crystallized forming basalt. Over time rapid temperature fluctuations resulted in fractures in the basalt creating hexagonal patterns. It was nice to see a little green growing around the falls.
Photo by Russell Eck
Macro Mondays, texture theme.
The whole piece, which I photographed last year.
Here's link to a site about the amazing crystal cave found in 2000, Naica 'crystal cave' discovered in 2000 which is composed of crystallized gypsum.
This part of the subject measures approx 3.5 cm x 2.5 cm
Longshen, Guangxi province, China.
The terrace rice fields were first built in the Yuan Dynasty ( about 800 years ago) and completed in the Qing dynasty as the crystallization of the wisdom and labor of the Zhuang people.
200 iso, f10. 1/60 sec.
View large at 1600 px wide.
I entered the old coal washing plant in Carmaux on a late winter afternoon, when the raking light transforms industrial ruins into golden cathedrals. Moss colonizes the floor, graffiti tells other lives, and this infinite perspective of beams and windows seized me – as if time itself had crystallized between these walls. I searched for the perfect point of balance: centered enough to capture the monumental symmetry of the space, open enough to let the emptiness and silence breathe. This is not simply documentation of abandonment, it's a portrait of working-class memory that refuses to be completely erased.
Carmaux was one of the mining strongholds of the Tarn region, and these coal washing facilities bear witness to an era when thousands of men worked in the shadows. Walking alone through this deserted immensity, listening to the wind whistle through broken windows, feeling the contrast between the violence of abandonment and the softness of winter light – this is exactly what I seek in urbex: not the thrill of the forbidden, but the confrontation with the fragility of our constructions against time.
Sufism (Arabic: ٱلصُّوفِيَّة), also known as Tasawwuf[1] (ٱلتَّصَوُّف), is a mystic body of religious practice with Islam characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ritualism, asceticism and esotericism.
It has been variously defined as "Islamic mysticism""the mystical expression of Islamic faiththe inward dimension of Islam the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam"the "main manifestation and the most important and central crystallization" of mystical practice in Islam,and "the interiorization and intensification of Islamic faith and practice".
Practitioners of Sufism are referred to as "Sufis" (from صُوفِيّ, ṣūfīy), and historically typically belonged to "orders" known as tariqa (pl. ṭuruq) – congregations formed around a grand master wali who would be the last in a chain of successive teachers linking back to Muhammad.
Sufi doctrines and institutions are complementary to the basic framework of Islamic practice. While Sufis strictly observed Islamic law and belonged to various schools of Islamic jurisprudence and theology, they are unified by their opposition to dry legalism. Important focuses of Sufi worship include dhikr, the practice of remembrance of God.
Sufism emerged early on in Islamic history, partly as a reaction against the worldliness of the early Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), and Sufis played an important role in Islamic history through their missionary and educational activities.
Despite a relative decline of Sufi orders in the modern era, Sufism has continued to play an important role in the Islamic world, and has also influenced various forms of spirituality in the West.
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“ La brina ci racconta i mille istanti
della notte che si sono cristallizzati.”
( F. Caramagna )
“ The hoarfrost recount us the thousand instants
of the night that have crystallized. “
This is Fluorite from the Le Burg Mine France at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show.
A large fluorite vein (1200 m long and 3 m in width), hosted in Ordovician black schists. As all fluorite deposits in Tarn, this one is mainly composed of blue fluorite with quartz and siderite. It is well known for its nice blue and/or yellow fluorite crystals on quartz.
The vein was mined during antiquity (for copper) but was only rediscovered in 1945 and operated (for fluorite) from 1954 until April 2006. During the operation up to 290m depth, 650,000 tons of fluorite were worked out. It was the last fluorite mine in France ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorite
Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It belongs to the halide minerals. It crystallizes in isometric cubic habit, although octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon.
Pure fluorite is colourless and transparent, both in visible and ultraviolet light, but impurities usually make it a colorful mineral and the stone has ornamental and lapidary uses. Industrially, fluorite is used as a flux for smelting, and in the production of certain glasses and enamels. The purest grades of fluorite are a source of fluoride for hydrofluoric acid manufacture, which is the intermediate source of most fluorine-containing fine chemicals. Optically clear transparent fluorite has anomalous partial dispersion, that is, its refractive index varies with the wavelength of light in a manner that differs from that of commonly used glasses, so fluorite is useful in making apochromatic lenses, and particularly valuable in photographic optics. Fluorite optics are also usable in the far-ultraviolet and mid-infrared ranges, where conventional glasses are too opaque for use. Fluorite also has low dispersion, and a high refractive index for its density.
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Karez System, Turpan, China.
Karez systems are the crystallization of ancient people's diligence and intelligence. At its peak, this irrigation system exceeded 5,000 km (3,106 miles) and was also referred to as 'the underground Great Wall'. It is among the three ancient major irrigation projects with the other two being Ling Canal and Dujiangyan Irrigation Project.
Karez systems are the life source of Turpan. In a sense, without them, there would be no Turpan culture. According to records, the history of the karez in Xinjiang dates back to 103B.C. Currently there are still over 400 systems.
Karez are very delicate irrigation systems made up of vertical wells, underground canals, above-ground canals and small reservoirs. Generally, a karez is 3 km (1.9 miles) with the longest being 20 to 30 km (12-19 miles) with several dozen vertical wells. Sometimes the number of vertical wells exceeds 300. Until today, the shortest karez found is only 30 meters (98 feet) long. The vertical wells are for ventilation, digging and maintenance of the karez. The bottoms of all the vertical wells are connected so that water can pass through. The underground canal is about 2 meters (6.5 feet) high and covered with earth to resist the heat. The surface canals, connected to the underground ones, are not more than 1 meter (3.2 feet) wide with trees planted on both sides to prevent evaporation.
Melting snow from the Tianshan Mountain is the water source of the karez. Water is collected by vertical wells and conducted by the underground canals to the oasis, where the water is held in the ground canals for irrigation. The vertical wells near the water source may be 100 meters (328 feet) deep while further downstream they are less than 10 meters (32.8 feet) deep.
For video, please visit youtu.be/3jGEnljoI_8