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Filaments of the Aurora rain down in different colors in this wide angle shot taken near North Pole, Alaska. This was a spectacular Aurora that also included an unpredicted solar storm. Fairbanks, Alaska is one of the destinations for folks hoping to glimpse the Northern Lights as it lies under the normal path of the Aurora.
Taken 23 March 2023 near North Pole, Alaska.
This lily was one of a huge bouquet of mixed flowers that my sweetie gave me for our 25th wedding anniversary recently. I wanted to see it in natural light and took the whole bouquet outside. I was fascinated by the little drop of nectar, or whatever that is, just under the stigma. This blossom had no orange anthers on the stamens, just the simple filaments, curving gracefully around the pistil. Our darkening forest provided a perfect backdrop for the bright pink petals and the backlit pistil.
A theme of "Bulb" and I decided to photograph the filament of a light bulb going up in flames after the glass had been broken and the switch was turned on.
This would cause the filament to burn out when exposed to oxygen and would briefly burst into flames and emit a bit of smoke.
This was captured with the camera set to continuous shooting mode and is a frame towards the end of the sequence. i liked this one as the filament was visible and still glowing.
I also used a flashgun to help illuminate the glass and smoke and was impressed it kept up with the camera at 1/32 of it's power.
Explore Oct 26, 2020 #456
Glorybower is one of the easiest, most delightful tropical shrubs I know. It fills medians and surrounds homes. It's beautiful in bloom and in seed... in fact, it's spectacular! I love all its phases! Search my photostream for more views of this glorious plant.
Glorybower, Clerodendrum splendens
Biscayne Park, FL
This image (false coloured) shows our Sun captured in Hydrogen Alpha.
This was captured on 23rd June 2021 from my backyard in the UK.
Equipment used :
Sky-watcher 120mm Evostar Achro
Daystar Quark Chromosphere Ha Eyepiece
Point Grey Blackfly mono CMOS
CEM70
The spiralling light trail is wonderfully peculiar. Such that I do not know what to title this picture. Car Headlights do not often leave light trails where elements of there bulbs are visible. Here the centre of this car light appears to be drawing loops as it passes by me.
This is a crop of, “Before The Pentland Hills a path of light unravels upon long exposure.” Both front bulbs are leaving a brilliant bright pattern as they flicker their way along their route. The fuller picture is in the same album on Flickr.
Before The Pentland Hills a path of light unravels upon long exposure
Our vision shows us light and shadow and each of us has little difference in perception. Take a moment and extend it through an open shutter to discover how the image in our eyes is made from light that we watch inaccurately. The truth of ‘seeing is believing’ is a gentle fantasy we make of the world around us.
© PHH Sykes 2026
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Pentland Hills Regional Park
Lilium.
Estilo y estigma (femenino); estambres y anteras (masculino) / Style and stigma (female); filament and anther (male).
7957 - Raw image post-edited with RawTherapee.
Santiago, Chile
A single filament burns above the quiet geometry of shelves, its warm spiral casting a gentle glow across the stories waiting in the half‑shadow. In this Edinburgh bookshop, the light feels almost archival — a small beacon holding space for memory, craft, and the quiet persistence of ideas. A moment where illumination becomes atmosphere, and atmosphere becomes its own kind of narrative.
Sepals...Protect the unopened flower
Petals...May be brightly coloured to attract insects
Stamens...The male parts of the flower (each consists of an anther held up on a filament)
Anthers...Produce male sex cells (pollen grains)
Stigma...The top of the female part of the flower which collects pollen grains
Ovary...Produces the female sex cells (contained in the ovules)
Nectary...Produce a sugary solution called nectar, which attracts insects..."
Spider web, Quail Hollow State Park, Hartville, Ohio
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(EN) Filament blenny - (FR) Blennie à filaments
Alticus monochrus, subadult grazing on emerged rocks, Réunion Island
Incandescent light bulb filament (46 micrometer diameter) breaking the surface of water. The filament is against a glass surface and surface tension creates a sheath around it as it enters the water.
Gorse, Furze or Whin (Ulex europaeus) is an evergreen, spikey and densely branched shrub, with golden yellow flowers. Its habitat includes grassland heaths, hedgerows, and roadsides.
Images clockwise from top left:
1. Anther, with pollen grains. Dry Mount, with underlighting. 10x objective, Digicam UCMOS 5M composite EDF image.
2. Stamen (anther and filament), with pollen grains. Dry mount, no underlighting. 4x objective, Digicam UCMOS 5M composite EDF image.
3. Gorse on towpath of Grand Union canal, Knowle, 7 December 2017.
4. Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) foraging on gorse, Grand Union canal, Knowle, 7 December 2017.
Microscopy equipment and support from Brunel Microscopes. www.brunelmicroscopessecure.co.uk/
I'm not a botantist, so welcome any feedback - and/or corrections!
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL FONT
A reflection of a stained glass window from the font.
Water is the predominant feature of this work, its surface reflecting and extending the surrounding architecture, while four smooth filaments of water pass through spouts at each of the four corners of a bronze vessel and disappear through a bronze grating set into the floor.