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It truly kills me from inside when you see such stunning clouds with amazing sunset moment that is ruined by trash on the beach and smokes from factories !!
Do people really leave trash like this at their home ? in their room ? if yes , then they really have something wrong with them !
Also , didn't these factories heard about something called Filters !!
It's just a feeling that being reflected by an environment that try to show us its pretty side for the sake of taking care of it !
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from a series "Somewhere in Poland" (2009-2015)
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This view shows the variety of coastal environments in this portion of Humboldt County. This is the mouth of Guthrie Creek southwest of Ferndale. The dry growth in the foreground is representative of the south facing slope leading down to the creek. In the background to the right is the Pacific Ocean. To the left is a north facing slope of redwood, coast cypress and Douglas fir
This is part of what it looks like around my new home within an residential area near the Alexander Platz in Berlin.
Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 2m LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM).
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Landscape: Watauga soils are on gently sloping to very steep ridges and side slopes in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Slopes range from 2 to 50 percent. Elevation ranges from 1,400 to 4,000 feet. They formed in residuum that is affected by soil creep in the upper part, and are weathered from high-grade metamorphic rocks that are high in mica content such as mica gneiss and mica schist. (Photo from the Upper Mountain Research Station, NCSU)
In the summer of 2003, a team of soil scientists was assembled to study and evaluate how mica has historically been described in soil profile descriptions (official soil descriptions and field descriptions) and to determine if a need exists to refine quantification and description techniques as related to soil classification and making and interpreting soil maps. In addition to soil scientists, resource specialists (geologists, engineers, research specialists, and university staff) were asked to provide input, guidance, and historical perspective.
For more information about the Mica Research Project, visit:
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For more information about the Soil Survey Report of Ashe County, NC, visit:
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The station is located in Ashe County: (cals.ncsu.edu/research/research-stations/upper-mountain-r...
For a detailed description, visit:
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For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
(2007) Environment concept sketches and visualization with color for an escape from hell horror game pitch back in 2007.
River fragmentation - The interruption of a river’s natural flow by dams, inter-basin transfers or water withdrawal - is an indicator of the degree to which rivers have been modified by man (Ward and Stanford, 1989, and Dynesius and Nilsson, 1994, as cited in Revenga et al., 2000). A fragmentation analysis carried out by the University of Umea and the World Resources Institute showed that, of 227 rivers assessed, 37% were strongly affected by fragmentation and altered flows, 23% were moderately affected, and 40% were unaffected. Analysis indicates that: - Strongly or moderately fragmented systems accounted for nearly 90% of the total water volume flowing through the rivers analyzed. - Strongly fragmented river systems are defined as 'rivers with less than a quarter of their main channel remaining without dams, where the largest tributary has at least one dam, as well as rivers where the annual flow pattern has changed substantially.' Fragmented rivers are only considered unaffected if their main channel has no dams or, if their tributaries have been dammed, the total river discharge has only declined by less than 2% (Revenga et al., 2000). - The combined length of rivers altered for shipping increased from less than 9,000 km in 1900 to more than 500,000 km in 1997 (Naiman et al., 1995, as cited in Revenga et al., 2000). - The only remaining large free-flowing rivers in the world are found in the tundra regions of North America and Russia, and in smaller coastal basins in Africa and Latin America. - Considerable parts of large rivers in the tropics, such as the Amazon, the Orinoco and the Congo, remain basically unaffected. China’s Yangtze River will become strongly affected with the completion of the Three Gorges Dam project (Revenga et al., 2000). The last three decades have seen several inland ecosystems (e.g. the Aral Sea, Lake Chad, and the Mesopotamian Marshlands) decline in size and function.
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Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks in front of the Space Environment Simulator (SES). Harris underscored how the U.S. is harnessing one of the nations’ most powerful tools – our space program to combat the climate crisis and protect vulnerable communities. (Photo Credit: NASA/Taylor Mickal)
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This is my submission for the second round of K-3 contest on pentaxforums.
Petronilla, female orangutan. She was born in 1970 (she's older than me) and has 2 daughters, Zoe and Martina. She "lives" (is that a true life?) at the Bioparco, Rome, Italy. I spend some time looking at her from the glass of her cage, she was lying on the floor and her hand was inspecting the straws, till she found a small piece of rope, and the she lifted and sank onto a log, with her right hand inspecting again some straws. I chose this pic from the various of her I've shot because i think this one can pass down to the viewer the hardness of her condition, caged, deprived of freedom, without the stirring she would find in her natural environment. After so many years caged, she's used at this horrible condition, but I can perceive at least some of her feelings and I hope the viewers will be able to get a glimpse of this by this (not perfect) pic.
Just about every rocky shoreline in the Galapagos Islands is home to the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), the only sea-going lizard in the world. The marine iguana is an extraordinary animal that lives on land but feeds in the sea, grazing on a variety of seaweed – on exposed rocks, in subtidal areas, or by diving deeper into the cold seawater. This habit, totally unique in iguanas and in fact all lizard species of the world, provides them with an abundant food source. However, they cannot withstand the cold temperatures of the sea for too long and must pull out on land to warm up.Marine iguanas also mate and nest on land. While they have few predators in the sea, on land, young iguanas fall prey to hawks, herons, and other birds. Predation by introduced cats has had a major impact on many populations. Found throughout the islands, concentrations of up to 4,500 individuals per mile are not uncommon in some areas. The total population has been estimated at between 200,000 and 300,000.
The short, blunt nose is well-adapted to feeding on algae growing on rocks. The flattened tail is perfect for swimming, propelling the iguana through the water while its legs hang useless at its sides. Iguanas rid themselves of excess salt, consumed along with the algae, by a special gland connected to their nostrils. Marine iguanas are an excellent example of a species well-adapted and continuing to adapt to their environment. While marine iguanas feed mainly on algae, they have also been known to consume crustaceans and grasshoppers. On one or two islands, a small percentage of marine iguanas have been observed feeding on terrestrial vegetation, perhaps an adaptation to the near complete absence of nutritional sea algae during strong El Niño events.
When marine iguanas go hungry, they don’t just become thinner, they get shorter too. A scientist recently found that in times of El Niño-induced famine, the marine iguanas will shrink in length and then regrow as food becomes plentiful again. This finding, reported in the scientific journal Nature, is the first of a shrinking adult vertebrate. The adult iguanas can switch between growth and shrinkage repeatedly throughout their lifetime – a perfect adaptation to the boom and bust cycles in Galapagos associated with El Niño. The researchers postulate that bone absorption accounts for much of the reduction, with iguanas literally digesting part of their bones to survive.
Marine iguanas show their color as they mature – the young are black, while adults range from red and black, to black, green, red and grey, depending on the island, with Española marine iguanas being the most colorful of all, and earning them the nickname “Christmas Iguanas.” Marine iguanas become more colorful in the breeding season, at which time males defend territories on land where they mate with the females, who then lay their eggs in burrows. Marine iguanas lay 2 to 3 large eggs, which hatch between 2 ½ and 4 months later. Marine iguanas are known to live up to 60 years.
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Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 2m LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DTM).
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Closed in 2012 along with the rest of the Borders chain.
This shopping center in Dearborn, Michigan was built by the Kmart Corporation to house the variety of brands they had in the early 1990s. Few if any of these "Kmart Corp. shopping centers" were built outside of Detroit or Chicago. This particular shopping center was built to look slightly more upscale than the others, maybe because it was built five miles from the first Kmart store, less than 20 miles from Kmart's Headquarters at the time, and literally across the street from Ford's Headquarters complex.
This shopping center was originally opened with Builders Square, Pace, Super Kmart Center, Office Max, Sports Authority, Service Merchandise (the only place not owned by Kmart when it opened), and Borders Books & Music. In the 1990s Kmart sold most pace stores to Sam's Club (including this one), split off Builders Square (which later liquidated), then sold Office Max, Sports Authority, and Borders (which also has liquidated).
After Builders Square liquidated a Home Depot opened in its place. Super Kmart closed in 2003 and later became a Walmart. Sam's Club also closed then became Garden Ridge (since rebranded "at home"). The Borders store sits vacant as of early 2015. The Service Merchandise store is now Value City Furniture. Office Max and Sports Authority still remain in the shopping center.
It is neat to take into consideration that the whole shopping center was built by one retail company and it actually feels much more expansive in person rather that just seeing it through pictures. It is also important to note that in the more than 20 years this shopping center has been built not one retail store has modified its exterior in any notable way besides Walmart bricking in Super Kmart's cafe windows and auto center. I guess this shopping center was built in a fairly timeless design.
Fairlane North Shopping Center, Mercury Drive and Ford Road, Dearborn, Michigan
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1. autumn indoors, 2. Homeworks, 3. coffee bench, 4. livingroom3, 5. with my things, 6. Sitting room with felt, 7. Vintage cupboard, 8. my little green planet, 9. white & wood, 10. wood & wool pillow, 11. Is not a towel !, 12. kitchen, 13. Untitled, 14. Konstnärliga rum, 15. flickr.com/photos/8599848@N05/2570345937/, 16. Danish Style
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As I went for a walk in the woods today, I started to notice the traces we humans leave behind in nature. Combined this is a little documentation of the traces I found.
Editor's note: NASA's Marshall Center will be offering a live telescope view of the skies tonight, Nov. 16. Watch for Leonids here: www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/le.... The moon will be dim and the weather is clear, so there should be good viewing conditions tonight over Huntsville, Ala. Happy viewing to all! :)
Archive image: This image is a false-color video still from the 2002 Leonid meteor shower, seen through a camera operated by the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office at Marshall Space Flight Center. The 20-second video can be seen here: www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=....
More information:, The 2012 Leonid meteor shower peaks on the night/morning of Nov. 16-17. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America, followed by a more intense outburst over Asia. The new moon will set the stage for what could be one of the best Leonid showers in years.
"We're predicting 20-30 meteors per hour over the Americas, and as many as 200-300 per hour over Asia," says Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. "Our forecast is in good accord with independent theoretical work by other astronomers."
The Marshall Center will offer a live Ustream telescope view of the skies over Huntsville, Ala., on the night of Nov. 16-17. Clear weather is forecast, so make plans to share our skies if your local weather doesn't cooperate. The live Ustream feed will be embedded on this page on the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 16.
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