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Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 2m LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DTM).
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I tried to look at the positive aspect of the environment. I took this picture on a sunrise hike at Estes park. I think it really shows how beautiful the world really is.
there is so much being done for environment, though it is still one of the most important issues this days.
Engordany, Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra center, Andorra, Pyrenees - (c) Lutz Meyer
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I wonder what's been missing which was there a time ago. Our environment is changing fast and only few are able to see the major change around them. When you think of nature what do you think of? Maybe a sunset, possible a mountain or even a puppy. The most beautiful aspect of nature is the fact it exist and we need to protect its existence.
Stop for a moment and realize, absorb the beauty of nature. Yes, we need the functionality of the rain but think about the smell of fresh cool rain on a hot summer day, what a glorious smell the rain produces. Listen to the drops of water as they splash upon the ground; remember that without rain we do not exist. Nature is indeed spectacular and it is our responsibility to keep nature beautiful.
Are you doing your responsibility in keeping nature wonderfully beautiful? Take a moment and list the things you do to help the environment. Think about what you can do in your community to protect your water supply and other natural resources.
Nature requires that humans change lifestyles to accommodate and enjoy the beauty of nature. Don't throw your bottles out the window of the car. Stop throwing cigarette butts along the way, pick up that piece of paper, nature's beauty depends on us to keep it beautiful.
Lets indulge our self into the nature, nourishing it with our own hands, enjoying it and Protecting the beauty of nature or one day there will not a thing to cherish over.
This beautiful spring was one of my favorite destination along the way to Ban, but for last two years all I see over there are arid stones speaking the history of what we have lost and not realized in the short time. The beauty of nature is so simple and undemanding that we often fail to perceive it. Modern man is deluged with artificial things that cut out his awareness of nature.
Taken: Water Spring on the Road to Karoor & Ban, Nilor Valley, Islamabad, Pakistan
Protaras is a predominantly tourist resort which comes under the administrative jurisdiction of Paralimni Municipality in Cyprus.
Protaras is the tourist area of Paralimni , one of the most beautiful areas on the island of Cyprus. Protaras is an iconic bay with clear waters and golden beaches.
Life is better in flip flops.
Don’t worry. Beach happy.
Don’t Count The Days. Make The Days Count.
Time for some Vitamin Sea.
My favorite place to vacation is anyplace by the ocean.
Sands Point Preserve,
Port Washington North, Long Island
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The most likely colors to attract bees, according to scientists, are purple, violet and blue. Bees also have the ability to see color much faster than humans.
-- Mark Owens
Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 0.50m LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DSM).
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Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 2m LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM).
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Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 2m LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DTM).
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Alcan Iceland's environmental management fully complies with the requirements of the ISO 14001 international environmental standard. Alcan was the first company in Iceland to receive this accreditation for its environmental management system.
The ISO 14001 standard covers management organization, production methods, processes and resources in order to make companies realize their environmental impact and how that impact can be reduced. When a company has implemented such a system, it can be verified by independent organizations that confirm that the system fulfils the standard requirements.
Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 1m LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM).
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Photo Credit 1: By Paul Hermans (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons
Over the last few years, I have seen a rise in the popularity of Phalaenopsis as house plants. For good reason, too. Their needs are simple and are very hearty in a typical household environment. Phalaenopsis Orchids come in an array of beautiful colors that can bring a festive splash or flora in your home. How do I know? Because I have one in my little orchid collection.
With the love of these little plants increasing, there is an ever-growing community of orchid lovers on the internet. If you love orchids as I do, I want to share eight unbelievable things you probably never knew about orchids.
1. Ice Orchids Are Mini Phalaenopsis
Yes, you heard me correctly. Ice orchids are just miniature hybrid versions of the Phalaenopsis species of orchid.
Don't get me wrong. These mini phals are beautiful, dainty, and are delightful to have in any collection. I just don't want you to be misled by false hype.
2. They Have a Life Cycle
Like most plants and animals on the planet, these little beauties have a life cycle. Since the Phalaenopsis can be grown year-round as a houseplant, their cycle is not seasonal.
First, new leaves will grow from the base of the plant. Next, a stem with a node that looks like a mitten will grow. These are called flower spikes, but the orchid will usually only throw one spike per cycle.
As the spike continues to grow, more nodes will form along the new growth. From these nodes, buds will start to form. Healthy buds will swell in size and burst into bloom. A well cared for ice orchid can bloom for up to 3 months at a time.
Finally, after the last flower shrivels and falls, the plant will go back to a semi-dormant stage as it gathers energy and nutrition to start the cycle over again.
3. Using Ice to Water your Orchid is Harmful
As a general rule, orchids do not care for cold, nor they like having their feet wet. Ice orchids are a marketing gimmick. Watering your orchids with ice can be harmful, especially is it touches their leaves and roots.
Orchids like good drainage, and plenty or air. The ice orchids that you get in grocery stores and super stores like Wal-Mart are likely in either soil or moss. These hold too much moisture without enough air. The orchid is, in a sense, drowning.
It is best just to mist and water your ice orchid just as you would any other Phalaenopsis. Just make sure you repot it into the proper pot with orchid bark after it finishes blooming.
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4. They are known as the Moth Orchid
No, really. It is true. The genus Phalaenopsis is a Greek generic name. It is likely that it refers to the word Phalaena, which is the family of a kind of moth. If you get a chance to see some pictures of the Phalaena moths while they are flying, you might see a resemblance to some species of Phalaenopsis.
5. Phalaenopsis Orchids can be Stubborn
Many new orchid fanatics get their plants from supermarkets or big box stores. A great deal of these orchids has been forced into bloom so they will be shown to buyers. If you started out that way, as I know I did, it was a significant effort to learn their habits.
Even with the best care: repotting, orchid medium, the right light, moisture, and temperature, they can still take a couple of years to bloom again. The shock of the forced bloom makes it take that much longer to recover enough to grow and bloom again for you.
Photo Credit 3: By Guillaume Paumier (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons
6. They can get Stressed Out!
When you bring a new plant home, or transition them into a different medium, they can get just as stressed as we do. They just display it in a differently. Sometimes the leaves will get soft, but not mushy. It may look a little wilted. The best advice for this is just to be patient, and care for it properly, and it will heal itself. Phalaenopsis are pretty resilient with proper treatment.
7. Orchids can Reproduce Asexually
Orchids, like other plants, can produce seeds through sexual breeding, but did you know that orchids can reproduce asexually, too? With no help from its human caretakers or wild pollinators, orchids can make babies on their spikes. The baby plants are called keikis.
A keiki is an exact clone of the parent plant. This is common in Phalaenopsis orchids, as well as Dendrobiums, and Epidendrums. These babies can be removed once you see it growing roots of its own, and placed into its home.
This video from the American Orchid Society shows you just how easy it is to repot a keiki.
Photo Credit 4: Public Domain--fb207 ( pixabay.com/en/orchid-phalaenopsis-rosa-green-525197/ )
8. Phalaenopsis is the Perfect Orchid for Beginners
As you start on your journey of orchid-husbandry, it is recommended to read all you can. When you are prepared to obtain your first plant, getting a Phalaenopsis is a good choice. They are not as temperamental as other orchids and do very well in the typical household. There are hundreds of varieties and hybridizations in any combination of colors you could ever want.
I have been an orchid addict for a long time. My personal collection is small but satisfying. I have a couple of Phalaenopsis myself, including one of the Just Add Ice orchids. We all live quite happily with the vanilla and Brassia orchids, as well as a couple of bromeliads. They are my children with leaves. Come to the orchid side. We are waiting for you. nikisessentials.com/8-unbelievable-things-you-probably-ne...
like our two new shubunkin. A couple of years ago two of our fish became too large for the pond and we took them to a new home at a water garden. So we were left with two large goldfish. Recently, sadly, one of the goldfish died so we decided to get a couple of small fish to keep the other one company. Shubunkin are hardy fancy goldfish with calico patterns. Here they are being 'introduced' to the pond. It takes about an hour to acclimatise them by ensuring the get used to the temperature and water in their new environment. Our big goldfish was very curious. Two more in comments below
26/52 (look at that we are half way through the year!)
Hand crafted with original plans in 1987, it is thought that this may be the first of its kind in Canada.
Straddling the borders of Chad, Niger and Cameroon in West Africa, Lake Chad has been a source of freshwater for irrigation projects in each of these countries. Maps drawn from a series of satellite images show a dramatic decrease in the size of the lake over the past 30 years. Since 1963, the lake has shrunk to nearly a twentieth of its original size, due both to climatic changes and to high demands for agricultural water. Since 1963, the surface area of Lake Chad has decreased from approximately 25,000 km2 to 1,350 km2 (Scientific American, 2001). The changes in the lake have contributed to local lack of water, crop failures, livestock deaths, collapsed fisheries, soil salinity, and increasing poverty throughout the region: - Between June 1966 and January 1973, the surface area of Lake Chad shrunk from 22,772 km2 to 15,400 km2. - In 1982, the lake’s surface area was estimated to be about 2,276 km2. In February 1994, Meteosat images measured it at just 1,756 km2. - Between 1953 and 1979, irrigation had only a modest impact on the Lake Chad ecosystem. But between 1983 and 1994 irrigation had increased four-fold. - About 50% of the decrease in the lake’s size since the 1960s is attributed to human water use, with the remainder attributed to shifting climate patterns. - Invasive plant species currently cover about 50% of the remaining surface of Lake Chad. Research carried out over the past 40 years indicates that the main factors in the shrinking of the lake have been: - Major overgrazing in the region (Coe and Foley, 2001), resulting in a loss of vegetation and serious deforestation, contributing to a drier climate. - Large and unsustainable irrigation projects built by Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad, which have diverted water from both the lake and the Chari and Logone rivers.
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Philippe Rekacewicz, February 2006
Colourful Camden, with the great street art, and so many expressions, on the weekend many many people…..This image is one I am adding to the Flickr World Day Photography for the their theme of Built Environment