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Not being able to sleep this morning I decided to get out of bed and try my luck for sunrise. I called up Aaron who was awakened at 3am by loud sounds coming from below his apartment. With promising skies, we headed to this dry lakebed I had scouted out with Jave the night before. Upon arrival the clouds looked thick and ominous but fortunately Mother Nature cooperated as the clouds moved quickly and created some holes in the thick blanket of clouds enough to create the morning glow. With epic foreground textures that beautiful sunrise was the icing on the cake. Now, onto the story of how I found this place:
The previous evening, a large cloud front moved through the Bay Area and seemed to have potential for a beautiful sunset. I called up Jave for his thoughts and we ultimately ended up avoiding the coast in fear of fog. Instead we headed for the local south bay area swamps. Normally the swamps are filled with water but due to the dry climate this winter the swamps had mostly all dried up. Then we found this completely dried up lakebed that resembled terrain right out of Death Valley or a dried up desert. This lakebed was littered with bones and empty clam shells as all living things had been exterminated by the desiccation of the lake. Who would have thought there would be such landscape so close by?
I descended into the dried lakebed and snapped off some shots before the last of the sunset colors disappeared. Afterwards I decided to venture a bit farther and explore more of the area. That’s when things went south. Unfortunately the lakebed was not completely solidified and I mistakenly stepped on a soft patch. There I went sinking knee deep into a soft section. Within seconds, Jave yells out “We have a sinker!” Luckily I was not alone there and Jave and his buddy Matt were able to pry me out of that soft patch. What lengths we go to get our shots.
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 17-40mm f/4L
LEE 0.9 SE GND
Briana just learned about the Amur Leopard * and is devastated.
Hannah tries to comfort her friend by telling there is still
some hope left and explaining what can be\is being done
to save this gorgeous, critically endangered animal from extinction.
First step is, as always, simply let people know about the
situation around the Amur leopard (Far East, Manchurian or the Korean
leopard.). It will be Hannah's (and of course Briana's) next
big school project.
* Amur Leopard is critically endangered wild cat, found in the
Russian Far East and North East China .
There are less than 35 of these cats left in the wild.
Think about it - some of you have more pet cats and rabbits than
this entire wild population.
Amur leopard has exceptionally beautiful fur, and thus
poaching is a main threat. People shoot these precious rare
creatures illegally to sell their fur.
Loss of prey and habitat, as always with endangered species, are
also a problem. Then there is a real danger of inbreeding when population
is so critically small. It's also serious risk for all Amur leopards currently held
in captivity.
Saving Amur tiger is a success, let's hope it's not too late for
the Amur leopard if we take action - any action, feels like not
enough people are aware of all the beautiful, important creatures we are
losing these days because of our greed, ignorance and barbaric approach.
Thanks to Stefanie for pressing the shutter. Saw this place on the way back from lunch somewhere nearby where I stayed. Place was in a pretty bad shape though, had to patch out all the rubbish that was lying around. instagram.com/yanweitan
Extinction rebellion climate change protest in the city of Bath. A protest against the polluted air problems we have in the city and more. This protest included protestors playing dead on the streets of Bath.
And so another great Species is on the brink of Extinction after the last male Northern White Rhino died this week. RIP Sudan. so Sad
image was found on the internet
this one is scary... it's a comet hitting earth... what if?? this was probably the last thing that the dinosaurs saw...
Just beside the city of Dhaka these brick factories are silently destroying the environment with the clouds of smoke it exhales from the countless number of chimneys. The river Ganges [Buriganga] is already highly contaminated with oil and other industrial waste. The water has turned black and virtually no water being exists in these parts [around Dhaka] of the river.
It is time to turn around and try restoring what we have lost.
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captured reflections in Bristol showing extinction rebellion stickers.
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The 1305 from Bognor Regis is about to complete its journey to Littlehampton on 17th April 2023. Seen arriving into the Seaside town from the A259 Bridge. The 313s will sadly go the same way as the DoDo this time next month
(Signal post removed from foreground)
In the US car sales seem to depend on a few things (a) balloons (b) tinsel (c) balloons and tinsel....oe even better (d) a giant inflatable critter with balloons and tinsel
a special fold in a special paper Melina Hermsen gifted me in poland. I've decide to mix traditionnal fold with my recent gorilla design and explore something new to me: The printing of object on paper. Here I used a skull casting to leave the imprint in the paper, not this is not a folds sequence ! :-p
from one uncut 45/65cm piece of awagami paper
Bus Operator: JAM Liner, Inc.
Fleet Number: 362
Area of Operation: Provincial Operation
Seating Configuration:
Seating Capacity:
Bus Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc.
Model: SR Flexstar
Chassis: Nissan Diesel RB46S
Engine: Nissan Diesel PE6-T
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Taken at: Batangas Port Access Road, Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines
*Specifications are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.
*note: ---
Victory Liner Inc
Bus No.: 1678
Bus Body: Almazora Motor Corp
Bus Model: Lion's Star HD
Engine: MAN Diesel D2866LOH
Chassis: PBM-A55 - 18.310
Seat Config.: 2x2 - 51
Seat Type: Regular
Class: Air Conditioned
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Mankind is creating the path to its own extinction. Unplanned development, greed, and politics are making it faster and no one is paying attention. Third world countries like Bangladesh is suffering the most, where there is hardly any control and law enforcement from the Governments side and awareness of the people is close to nothing.