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I have this distinct feeling, he is laughing his ... off!
Another experience in Emirates. While I take pride in being a horse rider, riding a camel is 180 degrees off from what a horse riding feels like.
I was told to be nice to the camel. I think they should have told the camel to be nice to me. Every time, I tried to turn him right or left, he would make, ah awful sound like as if he was hurt, but I was told by the owner, that is normal. Oh Well!
The average life expectancy of a camel is 40 to 50 years. A full-grown adult camel stands 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) at the shoulder and 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) at the hump. Camels can run at up to 65 km/h (40 mph) in short bursts and sustain speeds of up to 40 km/h (25 mph).
One of the two red gantries at Soissons Landing at Governors Island National Monument with the distinct white lettering of Governors (the other is labeled Island) contrasting against the red which can be seen from Manhattan which is only 800 yards away from the island. Governors Island is in fact where the first Dutch settlement by Peter Minuit of the Dutch East India Company was laid, before the Dutch moved across the narrow channel separating Governors Island from Manhattan Island to build the permanent settlement of New Amsterdam. When the British took ownership of New Amsterdam and changed the name New York after the Duke of York, James who received the land from his brother King Charles II, the royal governor resided on the small island, thus it current name Governors Island is derived from this fact. At the start of the American Revolution, General Washington had troops on the island as well as on Manhattan and Brooklyn as the British Fleet came into New York Harbor and landed on Staten Island. When General Washington engaged the British Red Coats in Brooklyn, the soldiers posted on Governors Island were witnesses to one of the largest battles of the Revolution, a battle General Washington lost badly. As the General retreated in the night from what now is known as Fulton’s landing in Brooklyn to Manhattan under the cover of night, the soldiers on Governors Island saw and joined their comrades on Manhattan. One of the first things George Washington did later after the revolution when elected president was push for congress to budget fortifications in the harbor, including Governors Island to protect New York City from being attacked and taken over as it had during the Revolution because let’s face it, the British didn’t really lose the war, they just left because the war effort was huge drain on the empire’s resources particularly because the span of the feisty American colonies. The founding fathers were very cognizant of this fact and why the push to establish fortifications to its most important port. Governors Island became military base right in New York Harbor which remained in that capacity until the late twentieth century.
Now where Soissons Landing got its name is a story in itself specifically from World War I. Soissons is from a city in Northern France where over a five day period in 1918 Allied Forces consisting of French, British and Americans battled German soldiers, the last line of defense before the Germans would attack the nearby capital Paris. It was a bloody five day battle, the Allies losing 125,000 men to the Germans 168,000 men and gave the Allies the impetus to regain the much of the Germans gains of the German Spring offensive and in fact reverse what had been the deepest penetration into Allied territory of the War. The Army’s 16th Regiment was among the combatants and after the Great War were posted at Governors Island and the name Soissons Landing was given to the ferry landing to commemorate the 16th Regiment’s role in the victory at Soissons
I visited Governors Island this past weekend, taking a historic tour celebrating the National Parks Service 101 birthday as it came into being in late August 1916.
Taken with an Olympus E-5 using an Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD lens raw file processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
Two distinct desert ecosystems, the Mojave and the Colorado, come together in Joshua Tree National Park. A fascinating variety of plants and animals make their homes in a land sculpted by strong winds and occasional torrents of rain.
California USA
Le bâtiment qui abrite à la fois la Cour suprême et le Comité judiciaire du Conseil privé a une riche histoire juridique qui est évidente dans sa conception et sa décoration.
Le bâtiment néo-gothique a commencé sa vie sous le nom de Middlesex Guildhall en 1913 et abritait deux tribunaux et les bureaux du Conseil du comté de Middlesex. A ce titre, c'est un bel exemple d'un savant mélange de techniques de construction contemporaines et d'une architecture délibérément ancrée dans l'histoire.
Au moment de la construction, le choix d'un style gothique était inhabituel, mais le critique bien connu Nikolaus Pevsner l'a classé comme une interprétation très libre du gothique, avec une saveur presque art nouveau.
Conçu par l'architecte écossais James Gibson (1864 - 1951), le bâtiment est situé en face du Parlement et flanqué du Trésor et de l'abbaye de Westminster. Gibson a fait preuve d'une approche moderne de son design en «le gardant tout à fait distinct dans l'échelle et le style afin de préserver sa propre individualité».
Variable Oysterling / crepidotus variabilis (?)
Pioneer Meadows, Derbyshire. 26/11/19.
I'm taking an educated guess that these are another group of Variable Oysterling fungi. I found them in the same location (as those posted previously), but a month later.
The largest, mature specimen was about 1.5cm at it's widest point and had changed shape from an original kidney-shaped fruiting body. It had developed distinct lobes and a random, meandering margin. The gills were more complex and had changed colour. Their delicate pinkish-brown tone was due to them being coated in spores.
Blue liveried class101 Met Cam unit coupled to another one arrive at Llandanwg in July 1982.
I believe the front car is M51176. Nice to see some sign of humanity in this fairly remote location.
From holidays in the 1960's at Butlins to railtours in the early 1970's with 24's and 25's [and a 40] I always felt at home here. Once we had returned from living in Devon in 1979 we made regular visits and several holidays thoughout the 1980's.
I had the distinct pleasure of taking time this past Saturday to head down to Mount Rainier with fellow Seattle photographer Mike Hornblade. Our destination was Spray Park in the northwest end of the park - a reasonable place to make a day-trip from Seattle. If I had been on my own, I surely would have turned back earlier, and likely not reached Spray Park at all. The conditions were not looking very favorable, with heavy cloud and sporadic fog blocking Rainier from view, as well as the miles of hiking back to the car in the dark (plus the cold temperatures and unrelenting switchbacks up the trail). But we stuck it out and sure enough, just around the time we expected to be missing the sunset, the clouds began to clear up and Rainier emerged in plain view, lit up in warm sunset light.
I had spent some time at this particular tarn, and once Rainier appeared I focused on capturing the reflected image in the water. Mike quickly returned to a dense patch of wildflowers and produced this outstanding image. I struggled in processing this image to give the foreground some light and warmth, but it was largely in shadow and the rich colors of the abundant wildflowers (particularly back behind the larger boulders) still appear muted to me. While it may not match the ideal image in my mind, the resultant image feels fairly accurate for the reality of the situation.
We finished shooting after sunset and hiked back in the dark. After a midnight Denny's stop for dinner on the way back I finally made it home around 1:30AM. A late night, but well worth it. My thanks again to Mike for making the trip down there - I encourage others to take a look at his great work too.
Nikon D90 | Nikon 18-200VR@18mm | f/9 | 1/30s | ISO200 | Tripod
In a scene never before seen on the Belmont to Douglas branchline, Class 25NC No. 3437 gracefully steams through the picturesque Karoo landscape, pulling a long line of grain wagons. In the midst of this iconic desert scenery, a majestic South African windmill stands tall, adding to the distinctive charm and allure of the Karoo.
Taken during a Farrail Photographic Tour run by the New Cape Central Railway.
Sheephouse, Karoo
June 2023
The distinct dominant of the town Fiľakovo on the Slovak-Hungarian frontier are the ruins of its Castle, which survived the Tartar raids in the 13th century.
The Castle is first referred to in the 13th century. It was rebuilt in the first half of the 15th century, widened and fortified in the 16th century. Although the fortification of the Castle was to defend it against the Turks, they conquered it in 1554.
It remained in the hands of the Turks for almost 40 years. It became the centre of the so-called Fiľakovo sanjak, (a Turkish administrative district) encompassing the whole of what is today the region of Poiplie. The Castle was re-conquered from the Turks only in 1593. The year 1682 was also fatal for the Castle, as the rebellious troops of Imrich Thököly conquered it and it has gone derelict since then.
The pentagonal Bebekova bašta bastion stands next to the entrance to the Castle. It has a roof and its gross shape has been preserved until the present day. In one of its external walls there is a half-sunk bulky canon ball, reminiscent of the 1682 siege. An exhibition of Castle and town history has been installed in the bastion. Remains of the Palace, a watchtower and a massive half-circle cannon bastion (the "clock" bastion) can still be seen in the upper castle. The Castle provides a wonderful view of the whole town and its environs.
The distinct "green backed" subspecies in Morocco is "africana", sometimes referred to as "North African" Chaffinch. The nominate "coelebs" subspecies found in the UK is a winter visitor to Morocco.
This male was seen near Oukaimeden - one of the premier skiing resorts on the African continent. It is located in Morocco, about 80 kilometres from Marrakesh, in the Atlas mountains near Jebel Toubkal.
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Yarn on a loom in the Bhutan textile display at the Smithsonian folklife festival. Bhutan is the one justifiably distinct culture at this year's festival. Not that NASA isn't cool, and the Texas displays include some great music.
Also, the curry in the Texas tea house (?!?!) is really good.
Matilija Poppy, unique and distinct, is one of the most recognized and beloved of California’s native plants. The large white blooms are the size of a saucer. The petals look like wrinkled crepe paper, the center is a bright yellow disk.
Some have likened the flower to the appearance of a fried egg. A solitary bloom is a very fine thing, but a large stand of Matilija in full bloom is a sight to behold! Hundreds of huge white flowers borne at eye-level on long straight stems, contrasted by attractive blue-green foliage… a real show stopper in late spring/early summer!
Distinct oxbow shape of the River Forth as it runs through the city of Stirling.
In the song Waltzing Matilda a Billabong is an Australian English word meaning a smallish lake, specifically an oxbow lake, a stagnant pool of water attached to a waterway.
Smaller and distinctly slimmer than the moorhen, the water rail is a fairly common but highly secretive inhabitant of freshwater wetlands. It has chestnut-brown and black upperparts, grey face and underparts and black-and-white barred flanks, and a long red bill. Difficult to see in the breeding season, it is relatively easier to find in winter, when it is also more numerous and widespread. Although usually secretive they can become confident but are still far more often heard than seen.
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I love them, they last at least 2 weeks in a vase. Beauties.
Alstroemeria, the genus named after the Swedish baron Alströmer who brought them back from a trip to South America in 1753.
Also called the Peruvian Lily or Inca Lily, is a South American genus of about 50 species of flowering plants.
Almost all of the species are restricted to one of two distinct centers of diversity, one in central Chile, the other in eastern Brazil.
Species of Alstroemeria from the Atacama Desert of Chile are winter-growing plants while those of Brazil are summer-growing.
The flower, which resembles a miniature lily, is very popular for bouquets and flower arrangements in the commercial cut flower trade.
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Ce nouveau complexe polyvalent situé au cœur de la ville allemande de Düsseldorf fait partie d’un vaste projet de réhabilitation urbaine. De par sa forme sinueuse distinctive, le complexe crée une transition artistique entre le centre-ville bondé et le paysage verdoyant du jardin mitoyen Hofgarten. ArcelorMittal a livré des poutrelles en acier pour la construction de cette nouvelle icône d’architecture.
L’architecte Daniel Libeskind, résidant à New York, s’est chargé de la conception de ce nouveau complexe immobilier qui constitue la première étape du vaste projet de réhabilitation urbaine du centre-ville de Düsseldorf. Situé à la fin de l’avenue principale de la ville, Königsallee, où commence le jardin à l’anglaise créé dernièrement, le Hofgarten, le Kö-Bogen (« l’arc du roi ») est composé de deux bâtiments de 5 étages de forme organique. Leur nom vient de l’avenue mitoyenne Königsallee et de la ligne de démarcation en forme d’arc du jardin Hofgarten. Les deux structures sont séparées par un passage piéton mais elles sont reliées en hauteur par un pont de deux étages.
Achevé en 2013, le complexe architectural offre environ 42.000 m2 d’espace dédiés aux bureaux, commerces et restaurants, présents sur 5 étages sans compter le parking souterrain.
Les façades courbées du Kö-Bogen sont faites de verre et d’une pierre d’un blanc naturel (travertin) et sont cassées par plusieurs coupures diagonales qui composent de petits jardins de façades. Les motifs très élaborés de la façade paraissent horizontaux depuis certaines perspectives et verticaux depuis d’autres. Les panneaux de pierre et de verre ainsi que les volets en aluminium ont été aménagés de façon à créer un ensemble homogène.
La conception du Kö-Bogen consiste en une géométrie à la fois droite et courbe. Alors que les lignes droites essayent de refléter le contexte de la ville des bâtiments voisins de l’avenue Königsallee, les lignes courbes à l’intérieur et aux alentours des cours du Kö-Bogen créent des connections fluides avec l’environnement piéton. Cette conception tente d’intégrer des paysages au sein de l’espace immobilier, ce qui est possible non seulement grâce à ses formes géométriques mais également grâce aux coupures sur les façades, aux cours vertes et aux systèmes de toitures végétales. Tous ces éléments font de ce nouveau complexe une partie d’un nouvel environnement qui construit à la fois un espace urbain et un jardin.
This new multi-purpose complex located in the heart of the German city of Düsseldorf is part of a large urban rehabilitation project. With its distinctive sinuous shape, the complex creates an artistic transition between the crowded city center and the green landscape of the adjoining Hofgarten garden. ArcelorMittal delivered steel joists for the construction of this new architectural icon.
Architect Daniel Libeskind, residing in New York, was responsible for designing this new building complex, which is the first stage of the vast urban rehabilitation project for downtown Düsseldorf. Located at the end of the city's main avenue, Königsallee, where the recently created English garden, the Hofgarten, begins, the Kö-Bogen ("King's Arch") consists of two 5-storey buildings organic form. Their name comes from the adjoining avenue Königsallee and the arc-shaped boundary line of the Hofgarten garden. The two structures are separated by a pedestrian walkway but they are connected in height by a two-storey bridge.
Completed in 2013, the architectural complex offers approximately 42,000 m2 of space dedicated to offices, shops and restaurants, present on 5 floors, not including the underground car park.
The curved facades of the Kö-Bogen are made of glass and a natural white stone (travertine) and are broken by several diagonal cuts that make up small gardens of facades. The intricate patterns of the façade appear horizontal from some perspectives and vertical from others. The stone and glass panels as well as the aluminum shutters have been arranged to create a homogeneous whole.
The design of the Kö-Bogen consists of both straight and curved geometry. While the straight lines attempt to reflect the city context of the neighboring buildings on Königsallee Avenue, the curved lines in and around the Kö-Bogen courtyards create fluid connections with the pedestrian environment. This design tries to integrate landscapes within the real estate space, which is possible not only thanks to its geometric shapes but also thanks to the cuts on the facades, the green courtyards and the green roof systems. All these elements make this new complex part of a new environment that builds both an urban space and a garden.
The White-Quilled Honeyeater (which occurs in Northern Australia) is now recognised as a genetically distinct sub-species from the Blue-Faced Honeyeater. Previously the name Blue-Faced Honeyeater was applied to birds throughout Australia.
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Kakadu National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin.
The park is located within the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory. It covers an area of 19,804 km2 (7,646 sq mi), extending nearly 200 kilometres from north to south and over 100 kilometres from east to west. It is the size of Slovenia, about one-third the size of Tasmania, or nearly half the size of Switzerland.
The park comprises several landforms – sandstone escarpment and plateaux, savannah woodlands, monsoon forests, tidal and freshwater rivers, wetlands and tidal deltas.
The name Kakadu may come from the mispronunciation of Gaagudju, which is the name of an Aboriginal language spoken in the northern part of the park. This name may derive from the Indonesian word kakatuwah, (via Dutch kaketoe and German Kakadu) subsequently Anglicised as "cockatoo”.
Aboriginal people have occupied the Kakadu area continuously for at least 40,000 years. Kakadu National Park is renowned for the richness of its Aboriginal cultural sites. There are more than 5,000 recorded art sites illustrating Aboriginal culture over thousands of years. The archaeological sites demonstrate Aboriginal occupation for up to 60,000 years.
The cultural and natural values of Kakadu National Park were recognised internationally when the park was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This is an international register of properties that are recognised as having outstanding cultural or natural values of international significance. Kakadu was listed in three stages: stage 1 in 1981, stage 2 in 1987, and the entire park in 1992.
Approximately half of the land in Kakadu is Aboriginal land under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, and most of the remaining land is currently under claim by Aboriginal people. The areas of the park that are owned by Aboriginal people are leased by the traditional owners to the Director of National Parks to be managed as a national park. The remaining area is Commonwealth land vested under the Director of National Parks. All of Kakadu is declared a national park under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
The Aboriginal traditional owners of the park are descendants of various clan groups from the Kakadu area and have longstanding affiliations with this country. Their lifestyle has changed in recent years, but their traditional customs and beliefs remain very important. About 500 Aboriginal people live in the park, many of them are traditional owners. All of Kakadu is jointly managed by Aboriginal traditional owners and the Australian Government's Department of the Environment and Water Resources through a division known as Parks Australia. Park Management is directed by the Kakadu Board of Management.
Landscape is one area I would like to be good at but do not have the time or patience to dedicate to it. This shot was taken on route to shooting wildlife. It looked a bit flat out of camera so I passed it on to some of the wonderful photoshoppers over on the DP review forums. This is just one (by Babine aka Gary) of many stunning versions their imagination and skills came up with. You can see how the image looked out of camera and all the other edits here - www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3980964
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The François' langur (Trachypithecus francoisi), also known as the Francois' leaf monkey, Tonkin leaf monkey, or white side-burned black langur is a species of lutung and the type species of its species group. François' langur is a medium-sized primate with black, silky hair. It has very distinct white sideburns that grow down from its ears to the corners of its cheeks. It is one of the least studied of the species belonging to the Colobinae subfamily. The species is distributed from Southwestern China to northeastern Vietnam. The total number of wild individuals is unknown, but fewer than 500 are believed to be left in Vietnam and 1,400–1,650 in China. About 60 langurs are in captivity in North American zoos. The species is named after Auguste François (1857–1935), who was the French Consul at Lungchow in southern China.
Leaf monkeys take their name from the lush jungle foliage that makes up the bulk of their diets. All are equipped with a large, chambered stomach, like that of a cow, which allows them to break down and digest their fibrous fare.
Langurs are born bright orange, but start to change to an adult's black fur with silver tips at about six months old. The orange coloring is believed to help the females in a langur community keep track of, and help raise, the kids—this is referred to as “allomothering.” 14638
A distinct system of rays signals that the bright crater Tycho is one of the moon's youngest. From the vantage point of the crater, the sun angle was low when the photograph was taken this morning (19 July 2022), throwing the surrounding highlands into stark relief. (Compare to my Eleven-Day Tycho from last year and also in my Sky and Space album.)
This is one of several lunar photographs I'm posting this week to commemorate the July 20 Apollo 11 landing fifty-three years ago. It is a choice video frame captured via eyepiece projection from a 25cm Newtonian reflecting telescope.
Three distinct galaxies in on field of view.
TS130 APO w TV .8 reducer =f5.5
ZWO 1600mm mono Pro
SS 50mm auto guider
SW NEQ6 pro
15x3 min (R,G,B) 20x3min (L)
North Frontenac dark Sky Preserve
March 19 2018
Popped out to try the new macro toy, the 80D. I got this as a dedicated macro body to replace my old 7D. The 7D has done well, many years of abuse and over 500k clicks on the shutter. It is nice to be able you use higher ISOs and not loose too much detail.
Malgré leur apparence distincte, la vigne et le rosier partagent quelques points communs. Une découverte ancestrale qui a amené les viticulteurs à utiliser le rosier comme dépisteur de maladies de la vigne. En effet, le rosier et la vigne s’avèrent être sujets aux mêmes maladies, et en particulier à l’oïdium, un champignon bien connu des viticulteurs aux conséquences dramatiques pour la récolte. Etant plus sensibles à cette maladie, les rosiers sont donc toujours attaqués en premier. Ainsi, en les plantant devant chaque rangée de vigne, les viticulteurs sont alertés de l’arrivée de la terrible maladie et peuvent ainsi sauver leur récolte en entamant des traitements de prévention.
Pour rappel, l’oïdium, au même titre que le mildiou, est l’une des maladies les plus dévastatrices de la vigne, et encore malheureusement bien présente dans l’ensemble du vignoble français. Favorisée par l’humidité, la propagation de ce champignon se traduit par l’apparition d’une fine pellicule de poudre blanche sur les feuilles et les baies de la vigne, qu’il dégrade ensuite progressivement.
I love the distinctly blue eye and inside mouth of this water bird. And the arch of the neck of its companion. The blue strongly contrasts with by this bright golden faces.
Cormorants or Shags are fish-eaters, dining on small eels, fish, and even water snakes. They dive from the surface, though many species make a characteristic half-jump as they dive to give themselves a more streamlined entry into the water. Under water they propel themselves with their feet. Some cormorant species have been found, using depth gauges, to dive to depths of as much as 45 meters.
After fishing, cormorants go ashore, and are frequently seen holding their wings out in the sun. All cormorants have preen gland secretions that are used ostensibly to keep the feathers waterproof. Some sources say that cormorants have waterproof feathers while others say that they have water permeable feathers. Still others suggests that the outer plumage absorbs water but does not permit it to penetrate the layer of air next to the skin. The wing drying action is seen even in the flightless cormorant but commonly in the Antarctic shags and red-legged cormorants. Alternate functions suggested for the spread-wing posture include that it aids thermoregulation, digestion, balances the bird or indicates presence of fish. A detailed study of the Great Cormorant concludes that it is without doubt to dry the plumage.
Cormorants are colonial nesters, using trees, rocky islets, or cliffs. The eggs are a chalky-blue color. There is usually one brood a year. The young are fed through regurgitation. They typically have deep, ungainly bills, showing a greater resemblance to those of the pelicans', to which they are related, than is obvious in the adults. Fishermen in Asia use Cormorants to fish for them. www.bing.com/videos/search?q=using+cormorant+birds+for+fi...
Flamingo Garden, Davie FL
Londolozi Game Reserve
In Kruger National Park
South Africa
The crested barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) is a sub-Saharan bird in the Lybiidae family. Its specific name commemorates François Levaillant, a famed French naturalist.
With its thick bill and very colourful plumage the crested barbet is unmistakable. This small bird has a speckled yellow and red face with a small black crest. The belly is yellow with red speckles, wings are black with white specks and it has a broad black band on its neck. Yellow head and body with black and white feathers, red markings on end of body, its colour blends well in the bush.
They have a distinct shrill.
The crested barbet feeds on insects, other birds' eggs and fruits. It is found in forests, savannah, suburban gardens, woodland thickets and watercourses. – Wikipedia
Two distinct biomes across the pond - one, recovery and rebirth after a wildfire in 2010, (see the 'bleached bones' of the dead spruce) the other has been undisturbed by wildfire, but is a tangle on toppled and bent trees from a powerful wind storm a couple of years ago.
Recent rains have filled this pond to the brim, completely flooding an island that attracts water nesting birds... and perhaps their nests were destroyed, as sometimes happens on this pond.
All natural events, destruction and regeneration.
The distinct dominant of the town Fiľakovo on the Slovak-Hungarian frontier are the ruins of its Castle, which survived the Tartar raids in the 13th century.
The Castle is first referred to in the 13th century. It was rebuilt in the first half of the 15th century, widened and fortified in the 16th century. Although the fortification of the Castle was to defend it against the Turks, they conquered it in 1554.
It remained in the hands of the Turks for almost 40 years. It became the centre of the so-called Fiľakovo sanjak, (a Turkish administrative district) encompassing the whole of what is today the region of Poiplie. The Castle was re-conquered from the Turks only in 1593. The year 1682 was also fatal for the Castle, as the rebellious troops of Imrich Thököly conquered it and it has gone derelict since then.
The pentagonal Bebekova bašta bastion stands next to the entrance to the Castle. It has a roof and its gross shape has been preserved until the present day. In one of its external walls there is a half-sunk bulky canon ball, reminiscent of the 1682 siege. An exhibition of Castle and town history has been installed in the bastion. Remains of the Palace, a watchtower and a massive half-circle cannon bastion (the "clock" bastion) can still be seen in the upper castle. The Castle provides a wonderful view of the whole town and its environs.
Gardens by the Bay (Chinese: 滨海湾花园) consists of three distinct waterfront gardens – Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central, set in the heart of Singapore’s new downtown Marina Bay, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir.
Spanning 101 hectares, Gardens by the Bay is an integral part of a strategy by the Singapore government to transform Singapore from a ‘Garden City’ to a ‘City in a Garden’. The stated aim is to raise the quality of life by enhancing greenery and flora in the city.
First announced to the public by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the National Day Rally in August 2005, Gardens by the Bay is intended to become Singapore’s premier urban outdoor recreation space, and a national icon.
An international competition for the design of the master plan, held in January 2006, attracted more than 70 entries submitted by 170 firms from 24 countries. Two firms – Grant Associates and Gustafson Porter – were eventually awarded the master plan design for the Bay South and Bay East Gardens respectively.
The Gardens are being developed in phases. Bay South is currently being constructed and is slated to be completed and opened on 29 Jun 2012. Bay East has been developed as an interim park in support of the Youth Olympic Games 2010, and is opened to the public since Nov 2011, allowing an alternate access to the Marina Barrage. The full master plan implementation of Bay East and the development of Bay Central are part of the next phase of development.
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The Trinidad Motmot is one of the more striking birds to be found on Tobago. While they are also found on Trinidad, the birds on Tobago differ radically in their behavior – Trinidad birds tend to be shy residents of deep forest while Tobago birds are much braver and are found just about anywhere, including gardens. Easily identified by their long raquet tipped tail feathers, the Motmot has blue green upper-parts and rich chestnut under-parts. It was formerly known as the Blue-crowned Motmot (distributed through much of South America) but was reclassified as a distinct species and renamed the Trinidad Motmot (found only in Trinidad and Tobago). Surprisingly, these birds nest in tunnels and favour exposed sandy hills and road embankments. Motmots feed mainly on insects but will eat any other invertebtrate or small reptile that they encounter. Motmots will also visit bird feeders where they feed on bread and table scraps.
The distinct dominant of the town Fiľakovo on the Slovak-Hungarian frontier are the ruins of its Castle, which survived the Tartar raids in the 13th century.
The Castle is first referred to in the 13th century. It was rebuilt in the first half of the 15th century, widened and fortified in the 16th century. Although the fortification of the Castle was to defend it against the Turks, they conquered it in 1554.
It remained in the hands of the Turks for almost 40 years. It became the centre of the so-called Fiľakovo sanjak, (a Turkish administrative district) encompassing the whole of what is today the region of Poiplie. The Castle was re-conquered from the Turks only in 1593. The year 1682 was also fatal for the Castle, as the rebellious troops of Imrich Thököly conquered it and it has gone derelict since then.
The pentagonal Bebekova bašta bastion stands next to the entrance to the Castle. It has a roof and its gross shape has been preserved until the present day. In one of its external walls there is a half-sunk bulky canon ball, reminiscent of the 1682 siege. An exhibition of Castle and town history has been installed in the bastion. Remains of the Palace, a watchtower and a massive half-circle cannon bastion (the "clock" bastion) can still be seen in the upper castle. The Castle provides a wonderful view of the whole town and its environs.
Street art.
It is the accepted norm on the streets of Newtown to see street art.
This street art is not merely graffiti it is much more complex and carries a very distinct artistic quality.
Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Hummingbirds have the distinct ability to fly forward, backward, and even upside down briefly. They can also hover in place. The bones in hummingbird wings are permanently fixed except at the shoulder where they can move in all directions. While they hover, the wings move in a figure 8 pattern. The wings can beat upwards of 80 plus times per second depending on the species. VIEW LARGE for a closer look at the wings of this female hovering in place. The wings appear to be both in front and in back of her as they rotate through the figure 8 motion.
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Wetlands are distinct ecosystems saturated with water (freshwater, brackish, or saltwater), either permanently or seasonally. They support aquatic plants.
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Can AI "photos" coexist with the "traditional" imagery? Who are we kidding. Can't imagine a Hollywood movie without AI. too many to mention
Do you feel "betrayed" when (if) you found out a photo was an Artificial "photo"... are we getting used to being "lied" too?
Things are likely to become yet more complex as use of artificial intelligence by artists becomes more widespread, and as the machines get better at producing creative works, further blurring the distinction between artwork that is made by a human and that made by a computer.
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A distinctly dull jacamar with beige and brown tones. Like many birds on this trip, distributed in Colombia and Venezuela only. A lifer found on a "field birding" (vs. "feeder birding") trip to Colombia in the Casanare region. Hato La Aurora.
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Two distinct buildings in and across the City Park Budapest are eyeing each other.
Jugendstil aka 'German' take on Art Nouveau has many fine examples around the city.
By contrast, contemporary architecture is also on the up - the second image, a deconstructivist office building by a Dutch architect.
90008 ‘The East Anglian’ has 40 miles to go as it rushes past Kelvedon in Essex with the 1000 Norwich to Liverpool Street.
While class 90s powered daily passenger trains in England and Scotland for 30 years, this image has several pointers to it being taken in East Anglia.
The flat, arable landscape, the tubular overhead electric supports (which are unique in the UK to this section of the line) as well as the liveries carried by train all point to East Anglia.
While the regular use of class 90s on passenger duties has now ceased, 90008 continues to ply these metals. At the time of writing in 2024, the locomotive was operated by Freightliner, working container trains from Ipswich to North West England and Scotland.