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The life blood of the high desert here in eastern Idaho is precious water distributed through a vast system of canals. This one is just west of Hamer, Idaho. I'm reminded of the children's song...
"Give," said the little stream, "Give, oh! give, give, oh! give." "Give," said the little stream, As it hurried down the hill; "I'm small, I know, but wherever I go The fields grow greener still."
"Give," said the little rain, "Give, oh! give, give, oh! give." "Give," said the little rain, As it fell upon the flow'rs; "I'll raise their drooping heads again," As it fell upon the flow'rs.
Singing, singing all the day, "Give away, oh! give away." Singing, singing all the day, "Give, oh! give away."
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Myiarchus cephalotes
(Pale-edged flycatcher / Atrapamoscas montañero)
Distributed throughout subtropical montane forest in the Andes and northern Venezuela, the Pale-edged Flycatcher is a fairly typical member of the genus Myiarchus.
This species is typically a bird of humid forests and is one of the few species of Myiarchus that is restricted entirely to humid montane forest.
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Una vista frontal del viejo puente colgante de los Vizcaínos, construido en 1935 sobre la cola del Pantano de la Fuensanta en Yeste (Albacete), al Suroeste de la zona de La Vicaría.
Tras la construcción del pantano, se impuso la necesidad de comunicar sus orillas para de ese modo impedir que diversas aldeas quedasen aisladas, pues los caminos que las unían quedaron anegados por las aguas, construyéndose así este puente en la zona del río segura, y, al mismo tiempo, el de "Los Pajareles", practicamente igual, en la zona del río Tus.
En sus tiempos, fue el puente más grande de España construído a base de soldadura eléctrica.
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A frontal view of the old suspension bridge of "Los Vizcaínos". It was one of the two so called "footbridges" which were built in 1935 on the Fuensanta Reservoir (Yeste, Albacete, Spain) to replace the old roads that were flooded by its waters. Currently, this bridge is in a state of utter neglect and the transit is forbidden.
There were two of these bridges over the Fuensanta Reservoir, one at each end of it: this bridge of "Los Vizcaínos", where this reservoir joins the Segura River, in the South West area of "La Vicaría" zone, and another practically identical bridge, known as "Los Pajareles Bridge", built at the same time over the river "Tus".
In its days, it was the largest bridge in Spain built with electric welding.
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An iconic bird of the Andes, the Torrent Duck has adapted to fast flowing mountain rivers where it feeds on larvae. An expert swimmer, it confronts cascading and torrential water flows with ease. Nests on rock ledges way above water. It is found in the three Andean ranges in Colombia, and is distributed from Venezuela south to Argentina & Chile in Patagonia.
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The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is the largest living terrestrial animal with bulls reaching a shoulder height of up to 4 m (13 ft). Both sexes have tusks, which erupt when they are 1–3 years old and grow throughout life.
It is distributed across 37 African countries and inhabits forests, grasslands and woodlands, wetlands and agricultural land. It is a social mammal, traveling in herds composed of cows and their offspring. Adult bulls usually live alone or in small bachelor groups. It is a herbivore, feeding on grasses, creepers, herbs, leaves and bark.
Since 2004, it has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. It is threatened foremost by habitat destruction, and in parts of its range also by poaching for meat and ivory.
They can weigh 7 t (7.7 short tons). The heaviest male on record weighed 10.4 t (11.5 short tons) and was shot in 1974 in Angola. Females are much smaller at about 2.2–2.6 m (7.2–8.5 ft) tall at the shoulder and up to 4 t (4.4 short tons) in weight.
Elephants attain their maximum stature when they complete the fusion of long-bone epiphyses, occurring in males around the age of 40 and females around the age of 25. – Wikipedia
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The common moorhen is a bird species in the family Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World. The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands.
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Listen to one of the greatest love songs of all time: Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Stand by Me: Ben E King
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid
Oh, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
So darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand, stand by me
Stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me
Stand by me
Darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me
Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me
Oh stand by me, oh won't you stand now, stand
Stand by me...
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Dennis: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power
derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis: You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Arthur: Shut up!
Dennis: I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just
because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me
away!
Arthur: Shut up! Will you shut up?! [Grabs Dennis and shakes him]
Dennis: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system!
Arthur: Shut up!
Dennis: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
- from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Corvus is a widely distributed genus of medium-sized to large birds in the family Corvidae. The genus includes species commonly known as crows, ravens and rooks; there is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", and these appellations have been assigned to different species chiefly on the basis of their size, crows generally being smaller than ravens.
The 45 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents except South America, and several islands. The crow genus makes up a third of the species in the family Corvidae. The members appear to have evolved in Asia from the corvid stock, which had evolved in Australia. The collective name for a group of crows is a "flock" or a "murder".[1] The genus name is Latin for "raven".[2]
Recent research has found some crow species capable of not only tool use, but also tool construction.[3] Crows are now considered to be among the world's most intelligent animals[4] with an encephalization quotient equal to that of many non-human primates.[5]
April 29, 2022 - South Central Nebraska US
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A short jaunt down the severe weather risk area that day from Kearney Nebraska. Arrived in Alma Nebraska a tad behind schedule. The storm was already tornado warned and produced a tornado southwest of Alma. Storm was raging and I wasn't in a good place. Had to core punch this storm & headed east via Hwy 136. That's were this collection of images starts.
I was east bound on Hwy 136 that skirts the border of Nebraska / Kansas. This would take me deep into the Moderate Risk for that severe weather day. Instability was visible everywhere out in front of this storm. A Mammatus Cluster with a wall cloud was right in front of me while another supercell was producing tornadoes behind my current location.
Wicked Beautiful Supercell Structure as I got up close & personal. Especially by Franklin Nebraska where I encountered my first Tornado of 2022.
East then north out of Red Cloud Nebraska. The storms were still producing severe weather but was exiting fast out of my range. End this day with a spectacular view of the backside of the storm. A huge mammatus cloud cluster to enjoy as I was heading home!
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The Thick-billed Euphonia is distributed from Costa Rica south to southern Amazonia. Despite its name, the size of the bill is of extremely limited use in the identification process. The species is mostly found below 1200 m in secondary woodland, forest borders, and scrubby clearings and gardens. It is typically encountered in pairs or small groups, like most euphonias, and often joins mixed-species flocks, especially those dominated by tanagers. Males are mainly glossy steel blue with a yellow forecrown patch that reaches to just behind the eye, and bright yellow underparts including the throat. Females are, like those of most euphonias, much duller, being olive above and yellow below.
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Il Sacro Monte si trova in un contesto paesaggistico straordinario, su un promontorio boscoso che si protende nel lago di Orta. Venti cappelle immerse nella natura illustrano con sculture e pitture gli episodi della vita di San Francesco, distribuite lungo un percorso che si snoda sulla cima del monte, aprendo spettacolari vedute sul lago e sull'isola di San Giulio.
La prima idea della comunità di realizzare un itinerario religioso sul modello del Sacro Monte di Varallo risale al 1583, ma si concretizzò soltanto nel 1590 grazie all’apporto dell’abate novarese Amico Canobio e al progetto dell'architetto cappuccino Cleto da Castelletto Ticino. Tra il 1593 e il 1615 il vescovo di Novara Carlo Bascapé divenne il vero protagonista del cantiere, decidendo la successione di scene da realizzare all'interno delle cappelle, stabilendo con Cleto da Castelletto la struttura architettonica del complesso e chiamando ad Orta artisti di notevole fama.
Le statue e i dipinti del Sacro Monte compongono scene di grande realismo, dove le atmosfere intime e naturali tipiche dell'arte lombarda di primo Seicento si combinano con la vivace teatralità barocca di fine secolo. Tra gli artisti che lavorarono al Sacro Monte di Orta, spiccano i Fiammenghini, il Morazzone, Cristoforo Prestinari, i fratelli d’Enrico, Dionigi Bussola e i fratelli Nuvolone.
Il percorso di visita termina all'interno della chiesa di San Nicolao, edificio proto-romanico, completamente rimodellato nel corso del XVII secolo ad imitazione della Basilica inferiore di Assisi, che ospita l'antico gruppo ligneo della Madonna della Pietà (XIV secolo).
La bellezza del paesaggio, il silenzio e il rapporto armonico tra arte, architettura e natura riflettono pienamente la spiritualità francescana.
The Sacro Monte is located in a charming landscape, on a promontory overlooking Lake Orta. A sequence of twenty chapels surrounded by nature illustrates some episodes of the life of St. Francis, with sculptures and paintings. The chapels are distributed along a route that runs along the hilltop, offering spectacular views on the lake and on San Giulio Island.
The first idea for a Sacro Monte in Orta dates back to 1583, modelled after the religious itinerary of the Sacro Monte of Varallo. It only became reality in 1590, thanks to the contribution of Abbot Amico Canobio from Novara, and according to the project of Capuchin architect Cleto from Castelletto Ticino. From 1593 to 1615, Bishop Carlo Bascapé of Novara became the main actor of the building process, setting an indelible stamp on the Sacro Monte. He established the sequence of mysteries to be built inside the chapels, he defined the architecture of the complex, in close cooperation with Cleto, and he invited renowned artists to work in Orta.
Statues and paintings create scenes of deep realism: the intimate and natural atmospheres typical of early seventeenth-century Lombard art are combined with the lively theatrical Baroque style of the end of the century. Among the artists that worked at the Sacro Monte of Orta, we can remember the Fiammenghinis, Morazzone, Cristoforo Prestinari, the d’Enricos, Dionigi Bussola and the Nuvolone brothers.
The route ends at the Church of San Nicolao, a proto-Romanesque building, completely redesigned during the seventeenth century to recreate the spaces of the lower Basilica of Assisi. The Church houses an ancient group of wooden statues representing Our Lady of Mercy (XIV century).
The beauty of the landscape, its silence and harmonious balance between art, architecture and nature mirror the essence of Franciscan spirituality.
There are a number of varieties of Great Egret distributed in semi-tropical and temperate areas around the world. The European variety, Ardea alba alba, is also sometimes known (incorrectly) as the White Heron. The subspecies A. alba modesta, found in south and east Asia, is the largest, and some authorities consider it to be a separate species. In Africa the subspecies is A. alba melanorhynchos.
The American subspecies is Ardea alba egretta. Standing about three feet tall and with a wingspan over four feet, it is one of the largest birds in North America. Like the other subspecies, the plumage is pure white. In southern Florida, the Great Egret can be confused with the pure-white color morph of the Great Blue Heron, but the Egret can be distinguished by its yellow beak and black legs and feet, and its longer and wider wings in flight. Egrets are mostly silent, except for a weak “skronk” call when disturbed.
In Florida, the Egret is a year-round resident. Other populations can range as far north as Canada, with western groups migrating to Mexico for the winter, and easterns wintering in Central or South America. Like all wading waterbirds, they can be found in virtually any permanent body of water, including ponds, lakes, rivers, salt marshes, and seashores.
Typically, Egrets spend most of their time in shallow water, hunting for fish, frogs, and aquatic invertebrates. They wade along slowly, spearing prey with their long bills. Egrets have been observed holding out their wings to create a spot of shade in the water to attract fish. I have also seen them investigating shrubbery onshore for Anole lizards, which they eagerly snap up. They will also eat baby alligators, mice, and snakes; there have even been reports of Great Egrets nabbing and eating smaller birds.
I found this one sporting its breeding colors along the shore of Lake Kissimmee at Joe Overstreet Landing. Osceola County, Florida.
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Achlyodes pallida is distributed from Mexico to Bolivia.
Butterflies in the genus Achlyodes are known as Batwings or Bat Skippers. There are only 2 species: busirus and pallida.
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Mount Pleasant bound distributed power coal train MP281, slows down on approach to Muswellbrook with QR National logo loco 5030 and promotional wagon leading, unit 5035 was on the rear.
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Widely distributed across central & South America but generally uncommon, small plover of beaches, coastal lagoons, lakeshores, gravel bars, and sandbars along rivers. This the only individual we saw on this trip gave good views as it fed along the shore of the main lagoon at SFF Los Flamencos near Camerones (La Guajira/Colombia).
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Rear DPU (distributed power unit) on NS train 055 (unit train of pipe loads) passing through Boyce, Virginia on May 22, 2024.
The most widely distributed resident game bird in North America, living now or recently in all of the Canadian Provinces and in 38 of the 49 states on the continent. Their range in the East extends from near the tree-line in Labrador to northern Georgia and northeastern Alabama, and they once occurred as far south as Arkansas in the central part of the continent, although now they occur only in isolated pockets west of the Appalachians and south of the states bordering the Great Lakes. Quite isolated populations live in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the Turtle Mountains in North Dakota. In the mountains of the West, they range south to central Wyoming and central Utah, but apparently never reached most of the mountains of Colorado, northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. Ruffed Grouse have become established where they were not native in both Newfoundland and Nevada by transplanting wild-trapped birds. On the Pacific Coast, Ruffed Grouse occur on the western slopes of the Cascades and in the coastal ranges south into northwestern California (but not in the high Sierras), and north to the Yukon River valley in Alaska. By far the major portion of the Ruffed Grouse range and population is in regions where snow is an important part of the winter scene and consistently covers the ground from late November to late March, early April or later. The Ruffed Grouse is a hearty, snow-loving, bud-eating native which thrives during severe winters that decimate flocks of partridges, quail, pheasants and turkeys.
Having come from Whyalla into Spencer Junction and change direction, 6911 has not long resumed its journey to Wirrida with GWA005,GWA003+ consist +GWA002 trailing just north of Yorkeys Crossing on 25-4-21
Distributed Power Units shoving hard on the rear of a westbound BNSF doublestack train, Ludlow, California, just before sunset.
July 13, 2019 - Close to Riverdale Nebraska US
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Well its be close to a month since I've actually been out chasing. July 2019 in South Central Nebraska has been hot and dry... for the most part. Another reason for my absence is my trusty storm chasing truck is on her last leg. I've had transmission problems and the wheel bearings are going out on 2 of the tires. Its 20 years old and she has taken good care of me and my storm chasing adventures over the past. I'm going to have to retire her instead of putting more money into the till for her to get fixed. I have new truck being custom built for storm chasing in 2020. She has been ordered and will be picking it up in September.
Oh yeah... we have had severe storms in the State of Nebraska, both West and East throughout the month of July. By the time they would even get to our location in the South Central Region of the state....they were just rain showers. More flooding rains to the east a about a week ago 3rd time for some of the folks in the state. I'm sure the farmers are not to happy and are waiting for harvest to start.
So with that being said...I did get out just once in July. On a night that the storms were perking and it was late. Extremely tired but you all know when it comes to lightning, I don't miss a beat! Opportunities are rare this time of year and I really never miss a storm. Especially if it is close! I couldn't resist!
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Food packs are currently being distributed among all residents of the Subic Town by the local municipal government in a gesture aimed at bringing Christmas cheers to its constituents.
The food assistance consist mainly of one pack of Spaghetti noodles and one pack of tomato sauce, which the recipients may cook and serve for their family's Christmas Eve dinner.
It is provided to all the people living in all the 16 villages of the first-class municipality, regardless of their economic and social status.
Photo shows a group of municipal government workers disributing the Christmas gift loaded on a cargo truck to the residents of a village located adjacent to the town proper.
The town of Subic is in the Zambales province, Philippines.
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East Africa
While perhaps not as widely distributed as Grant's, Thomson's are still the most common gazelles in East Africa. Though their numbers have diminished in some areas, in others they have persisted on ranches and farmlands long after other species have disappeared.
The graceful "tommie" is noticeably smaller than the Grant's gazelle, which it resembles in shape and color. It is also distinguished from a Grant's by the dark side stripe that runs from the shoulder to the flank and the white patch on the rump.
The males are larger than the females and have strongly ridged, almost parallel horns that curve backwards, with the tips curving forward. Female tommies have short, smooth, pencil-slim horns, or none at all. The face is accented by a black stripe running down from the eye, a dark marking on the nose and a light patch on the forehead.
Although more reliant on water than Grant's gazelle, the tommy has adapted to the open plains and grasslands of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Wikipedia
Distributed from Mexico to southern Brazil. I have also photographed it in Costa Rica, but this is the better image. The large eyes give away that this is a nocturnal species that usually spends the day roosting in dense mangroves.
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Corvus is a widely distributed genus of medium-sized to large birds in the family Corvidae. The genus includes species commonly known as crows, ravens, rooks and jackdaws; there is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", and these appellations have been assigned to different species chiefly on the basis of their size, crows generally being smaller than ravens. In Europe, the word "crow" is used to refer to the carrion crow or the hooded crow, while in North America, it is used for the American crow, fish crow, or the northwestern crow.
Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the common raven of the Holarctic region and thick-billed raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 45 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents except South America, and several islands. The crow genus makes up a third of the species in the family Corvidae. The members appear to have evolved in Asia from the corvid stock, which had evolved in Australia. The collective name for a group of crows is a 'flock' or a 'murder'. The genus name is Latin for "raven".
Recent research has found some crow species capable of not only tool use, but also tool construction. Crows are now considered to be among the world's most intelligent animals with an encephalization quotient equal to that of many non-human primates.
In medieval times, crows were thought to live abnormally long lives. They were also thought to be monogamous throughout their long lives. They were thought to predict the future, to predict rain and reveal ambushes. Crows were also thought to lead flocks of storks while they crossed the sea to Asia.
July 15, 2018 - North of Phillipsburg Kansas US
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This set of images were few... It was extremely hot that day. 102 on the thermometer and 112 on heat index. I squeezed every drop of
photographic energy that afternoon.
Finally my new camera and lens were in hand after I had smashed the last one a few week prior. I knew we were bound to get some pulse storms before the severe storms popped on the Nebraska Kansas Border. I couldn't resist to get out. I had missed a few opportunists that past week.
I still wasn't feeling good, in fact my condition would get much worse before better. So simply no chasing that afternoon. Equipment charged and ready to go. A time lapse was on for that afternoon. A few hours of footage from a distance... Oh I took a few snaps also!
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Anartia jatrophae is distributed from the southern USA to Bolivia and Argentina. It is also found on most Caribbean islands. When freshly emerged jatrophae has a beautiful mother-of-pearl luminescence that is difficult to reproduce in a photograph, but after only a short while the colours fade to a dull greyish-white.
This is a sun-loving species. It is active mainly in the mornings when it can be seen basking on the ground or on low foliage. Later in the day when temperatures rise it rests in semi-shaded situations at the forest edge, or sits in open sunlight with the wings held erect. In the late afternoon when the temperature begins to dip, the butterflies commonly bask at the top of coarse grasses and herbage.
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The best food bank in town. Delivering food to the local charity in my hood who distributes to the needy.
Porpoises are the commonest and most widely distributed cetaceans in north European seas yet they are frustratingly difficult to see. They only surface occasionally, usually for a split second when you get a glimpse of the back and triangular dorsal fin. They usually surface two or three times before taking a deeper dive, so disappearing for about five minutes then resurfacing elsewhere. This behaviour makes them frustratingly difficult to see, let alone photograph. I just searched Flickr to see how others had fared photographing Porpoises and the vast majority are misidentified Dolphins that are often much easier to photograph. There seem to be rather few good quality photos of genuine Harbour Porpoises on Flickr. When I was at Spurn Point we spotted maybe half a dozen Porpoises feeding on fish in the tidal race just offshore. Usually my views of Porpoises are quite distant but these were close. Amazingly I managed this lucky shot of two surfacing together which I assume is a mother and well-grown calf. None of the other Porpoises surfaced simultaneously. You can just about see the blowhole on the right hand animal. Incidentally cetaceans can never fully go to sleep as they have to consciously come to the surface to breathe. So they shut down one hemisphere of their brain at a time to sleep, like many birds do. Harbour Porpoises are found mainly in waters 20-200m depth from the Arctic down as far as Senegal, and North Carolina in the East Atlantic, But this same species is also found in the North Pacific, which is the only place I have previously managed to photograph them: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/15305706026/in/photolist The name Porpoise comes from Mediaeval Latin "Porcopiscus" meaning Pig-fish (Porcus; Pig, Piscis; Fish) and the scientific name Phocoena phocoena is a Latinised form of the Greek word for Porpoise (Phokaina). They are also Europe's smallest cetacean at about 1.5m. The next smallest is Common Dolphin at about 1.7 to 2m in length, while Bottlenose Dolphins are much larger at 3 to 3.8m.
Still mostly fresh in new paint, CSX 3194, the "Honoring our Law Enforcement" tribute GEVO rolls down the Lurgan Subdivision in the middle of the train. The locomotive is acting as the distributed power unit (DPU) here - it led the intermodal train to Chambersburg the day before. As the yard builds the outbound train, the DPU and is placed against a cut of cars that will be dropped in Cumberland, MD, making for an easy drop. They will eventually make their way to Baltimore while the rest of the train heads for Ohio and Chicago.