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Caption: New sea ice forms in a rift created when the B-46 iceberg broke off from Pine Island Glacier.
Credits: NASA/Kate Ramsayer
NASA’s Operation IceBridge on Wednesday, November 7, flew over an iceberg that is three times the size of Manhattan. This was the first time anyone has laid eyes on the giant iceberg, dubbed B-46 by the U.S. National Ice Center, that broke off from Pine Island Glacier in late October.
On October 29, the National Ice Center, which tracks icebergs for navigation purposes, estimated the surface area of B-46 at 66 square nautical miles, though satellite imagery and the IceBridge flight showed that the main iceberg is already beginning to break up.
Ice shelves, floating glacial ice areas that surround much of Antarctica, calve icebergs as part of the natural process of ice flowing out to sea. But scientists are also watching closely to see if the frequency of calving events is changing over time. In late 2016, IceBridge saw a crack beginning across the ~ approximately 22 mile-wide trunk of Pine Island Glacier. It took a year for the rift to fully form and the iceberg named B-44 to break away in September 2017. The crack that would become B-46 was first noticed in late September 2018 and the iceberg broke away about a month later. Pine Island has now calved major icebergs in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018. Prior to that stretch, the glacier was experiencing major calving events about every six years.
Pine Island and nearby Thwaites Glacier alone are contributing about 1 millimeter per decade to global sea level rise, as their flow of ice to the sea has accelerated in recent years, according to NASA research.
Read more: go.nasa.gov/2OyvIBT
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Form follows function is a principle associated with 20th-century modernist architecture and industrial design which says that the shape of a building or object should primarily relate to its intended function or purpose.
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Museumpark, Chabot museum, Bauhaus exposition, Form and color organ with touching color sound (slightly cut)
The 'Form and color organ with touching color sounds ' art work was designed in 1901 by Kurt Schmidt and crafted by Holger Zolkowski in 1960. The structure is wood painted with oil and distemper.
Kurt Schmiidt was a painter and a stage and set designer. He studied at Bauhaus in Dessau from 1920 to 1924. His teachers included Paul Klee, Wassiliy Kandinsky, Theo van Doesburg, László Moholy-Nagy and Johannes Itten.
About Bauhaus: "Bauhaus, the 20th century’s most influential school of art and design. Active during the years of Germany’s Weimar Republic (1919–33), the Bauhaus aimed to unite artists, architects, and craftsmen in the utopian project of designing a new world. The school promoted experimental, hands-on production; realigned hierarchies between high and low, artist and worker, teacher and student; sharpened the human senses toward both physical materials and media environments; embraced new technologies in conjunction with industry; and imagined and enacted cosmopolitan forms of communal living. The legacies of the Bauhaus are visible today, extending well beyond modernist forms and into the ways we live, teach, and learn." Source: here.
About Schmidt: "Der 1901 im sächsischen Limbach geborenen und 1991 in Gera verstorbenen Bauhauskünstlers Kurt Schmidt lebte mit seiner Familie seit 1903 in Gera. 1919 besuchte er die Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg, ging ein Jahr später an das Bauhaus nach Weimar, wo er bis 1925 die entscheidenden Impulse für seine künstlerische Entwicklung erfuhr. Noch heute wird sein Name weltweit vor allem mit dem „Mechanischen Ballett“ identifiziert, das er 1923 für die Bauhaus-Festwoche kreierte. Diese "Bühnenorganisation mit einfachen Formen", wie es Kurt Schmidt wenig später präziser bezeichnete, zählt zu den revolutionären Bühnenexperimenten der 1920er Jahre. Nach seinem Weggang aus Weimar arbeitete Kurt Schmidt in den Jahren 1925 bis 1929 als Dekorationsmaler in Stuttgart, kehrte anschließend nach Gera zurück und musste sich in der Folgezeit in verschiedenen Notberufen durchschlagen. In vielen Jahren der persönlichen und künstlerischen Isolation vom Bauhaus, beschäftigte sich Kurt Schmidt erst ab 1968 wieder mit eigenen abstrakten Kompositionen. Die von 1976 bis 1988 in verschiedenen Arbeitsphasen entstandenen Glasbilder stellen einen herausragenden Komplex des Alterswerkes von Kurt Schmidt dar. Die ersten Anerkennungen für seine Bauhaus-Arbeiten erhielt er Anfang der 1960er Jahre in Westdeutschland. Ab 1975 erfährt er nach einer Ausstellung im Gothaer Museum, zumindest beim Fachpublikum im Osten Deutschlands, einen gewissen Grad an Aufmerksamkeit. 1991, noch zu Lebzeiten des Künstlers, veranstaltete die Kunstsammlung Gera eine umfangreiche Retrospektive seines Schaffens. In der Geraer Sammlung wird heute auch der Nachlass bewahrt." Source: here.
El cerro Tronador es un volcán geológicamente inactivo; su origen está asociado al proceso de formación de los Andes en el periodo Pleistoceno, comenzando hace aproximadamente 1.3 millones de años y terminando hace 340000 años. Se encuentra en la zona sur de la Cordillera de los Andes, en la frontera entre Argentina y Chile cerca de la ciudad de Bariloche, Argentina. Este cerro con el correr de los años ha sufrido una importante acción erosiva producto de los glaciares que se sitúan sobre él, por esto ha escarpado y reducido sus laderas hasta casi perder la forma de un volcán típico. El Tronador separa dos parques nacionales: el Vicente Pérez Rosales en la provincia de Llanquihue, Chile, y el Nahuel Huapi, en Río Negro y Neuquén, Argentina.
Brayford Pool in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Brayford Pool is a natural lake formed from a widening of the River Witham in the centre of the city of Lincoln. It was used as a port by the Romans who connected it to the River Trent by constructing the Foss Dyke Canal and the area has a long industrial heritage.
The Pool has been the focus of Lincoln's urban regeneration since the early 1990s. It is now overlooked by bars, restaurants, a cinema and, most significantly, the University of Lincoln. The only reminder of the past is the Royal William public house, a traditional pub housed inside a listed building. The Pool is used as a marina by houseboats and pleasure craft, as well as by anglers and kayakers.
It has long been a favourite place for mute swans. Mute swans are one of the UK's largest birds and they can grow up to about 1.5m high. Although the mute swans are usually silent, they do make a loud hissing noise when they are angry and young swans make a high-pitched whistling noise.
They breed upstream on the River Witham, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, but are attracted down to the Brayford Pool area by food provided by passers-by. The number of swans usually peaks in the autumn and can be anything up to 130 birds. In recent years the swans have moved out of the city along the River Witham.
Mallard ducks, Coots and Moor Hens can be found in the area as well as the less commonly known Muscovy ducks, native to Central and South America but brought to Europe by explorers in the 16th Century. The strange looking ducks have been immortalized to a degree with a ground floor suite named after them in the University’s Main Admin Building.
Other birds seen around the Brayford include the pied wagtail, kingfishers, mallards, moorhens, coots, and herons. There are at least five different types of dragonfly, whilst the fish in the Brayford include roach, common bream, tench and pike.
Plants that can be found along River Witham include common species such as reed sweet grass, branched bur-reed and red mace, the much rarer arrowhead and flowering rush along with great water dock, skull cap and wild celery. A common tree along the riverbank is the Alder.
Information Source:
www.visitlincoln.com/about-lincoln/areas-of-lincoln/brayf...
Kyusyu Shinkansen N700 Series.
Bullet Train SHINKANSEN SAKURA
Located : Shin-Kobe station, Hyogo pref, Japan.
九州新幹線 / さくら N700系
Mumurations of budgies form over a shrinking water hole -------------------------During the summer months in central Australia (November to February), the temperature can be in the 40s and water is scarce. I knew that budgies (Melopsittacus undulatus) would start to flock together as they sought out what little water remained . It was a challenge to locate where they might gather but I heard reports from an area south of the town of Alice Springs. I drove up and down the desert searching the horizon for flocks. I eventually found a small waterhole littered with little green feathers and fresh droppings. I returned just before dawn. It was silent but it wasn’t long before the sky above me was filled with the flutters of thousands of budgies, all desperate to drink. Birds of prey also gathered to take advantage. To confuse the hunting raptors the budgies erupted into mesmerising clouds of green, creating huge murmurations like starlings in the UK. to February), the temperature can be in the 40s and water is scarce. I knew that budgies (Melopsittacus undulatus) would start to flock together as they sought out what little water remained . It was a challenge to locate where they might gather but I heard reports from an area south of the town of Alice Springs. I drove up and down the desert searching the horizon for flocks. I eventually found a small waterhole littered with little green feathers and fresh droppings. I returned just before dawn. It was silent but it wasn’t long before the sky above me was filled with the flutters of thousands of budgies, all desperate to drink. Birds of prey also gathered to take advantage. To confuse the hunting raptors the budgies erupted into mesmerising clouds of green, creating huge murmurations like starlings in the UK.
Ora anche nel nuovo e pratico formato con chiusura ermetica meccanica.
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In Explore: #18 (best position )
Handleturer på Ikea er ikke akkurat forbundet med glede. Heller ikke denne gangen. Jeg hadde derfor tatt med fotosekken for å gjøre turen mer hyggelig. På vei til Oslo regnet det så ille at jeg ikke stoppet. På vei tilbake regnet det fortsatt i bøtter og spann, men jeg stoppet på ren trass. Planen var å ta bilder langs elvepromenaden i Drammen. Jeg dro innom en butikk for å få pose rundt kamera og var nok ikke særlig optimistisk i forhold til mulighetene. Tok noen bilder i trappen ned mot elva, men manglet en menneskeskikkelse. Da kom det en mann gående mot meg. Han kunne ikke norsk og dårlig engelsk, men han lot til å forstå at jeg ønsket at han skulle fortsette opp trappen. Jeg rakk tre-fire skudd hvorav ett satt som det skulle.
Dette er et bilde med stor grad av symmetri. Det er bare rekkverket og stolpen til venstre som gir en viss asymmetri. Dybdeskarpheten er bra til tross for en stor blender. Bildet gikk inn på topp 20 på Explore den 17. september 2013 og er mitt mest sette på Flickr noensinne, med nær 25.000.
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For me, shopping at Ikea is not associated with pleasure. Nor this time. I took my photobag with me to make the trip more enjoyable. On the way to Oslo it rained so bad that I did`nt stop. On the way back the rain still poured down, but I stopped of pure spite. I wanted to take pictures along the riverwalk in Drammen. Went to a store to get the plastic bag around the camera and was probably not very optimistic about the prospects. In the stairs down to the river I took some pictures. I lacked, however, a human form. Then a man came walking towards me. He could not Norwegian and talked bad English, but he seemed to understand that I wanted him to continue up the stairs. I managed three to four shots.
This is an image with a high degree of symmetry. The depth is good despite a large aperture. The picture went into the top 20 on Explore, and is my most viewed shot at Flickr.
La pointe de Pen-Hir (en breton Beg Penn Hir) est une pointe de terre qui se trouve dans la presqu'île de Crozon, en Bretagne. Elle est située au sud-ouest sur le territoire de la commune de Camaret-sur-Mer. Les falaises à pic, hautes, avec une différence de niveau d'environ 70 mètres avec la mer d'Iroise, formées de grès armoricain.
The cranes usually form themselves into horizontal lines when in flight. This group seems to be bucking that trend. While not actually vertically stacked, this perspective suggests that they are minimally spread horizontally. If this is a long-range flight, they'll soon correct this for increased flight efficiency (V-formations enhance energy conservation).
IMG_4787; Sandhill Cranes
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白花ヤクシマギボウシ
Hosta sieboldii (Paxton) J.W.Ingram forma spathulata (Miq.) W.G.Schmid, 1991 ‘White Flower Form’
This name is Synonym. 09/07, 2022.
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Family: Asparagaceae (APG IV)
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Authors:
Joseph Paxton (1803-1865)
John William Ingram (1924-)
Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811-1871)
Wolfram George Schmid (fl. 1991)
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Published In:
The Genus Hosta 326. 1991. (Genus Hosta)
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白花ヤクシマギボウシ
Hosta sieboldii (Paxton) J.W.Ingram, 1967 ‘Spathulata White Flower Form’
This name is Accepted. 09/07, 2022.
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Family: Asparagaceae (APG IV)
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Authors:
Joseph Paxton (1803-1865)
John William Ingram (1924-)
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Publication:
Baileya; a Quarterly Journal of Horticultural Taxonomy. Ithaca, NY
Collation:
xv. 29 (1967)
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Homotypic Names:
Hemerocallis sieboldii Paxton, Paxton's Mag. Bot. 5: 25 (1838).
Hosta lancifolia f. sieboldii (Paxton) F.Maek., Engei Dai-jiten 2: 638 (1950).
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Basionym/Replaced Synonym:
Hemerocallis sieboldii Paxton, Paxton's Mag. Bot. 5: 25 (1838).
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Heterotypic Synonyms:
Funkia albomarginata Hook., Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3657 (1838).
Hemerocallis albomarginata (Hook.) H.Vilm., Fl. Pleine Terre: 366 (1863).
Funkia ovata var. albomarginata (Hook.) Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 153 (1867).
Funkia ovata f. spathulata Miq., Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., ser. 2, 3: 299 (1869).
Funkia lancifolia f. albomarginata (Hook.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 368 (1870).
Funkia lancifolia var. angustifolia Regel, Gartenflora 25: 163 (1876).
Funkia lancifolia var. alba Rob., Engl. Fl. Gard., ed. 3: 423 (1893).
Hosta japonica f. albomarginata (Hook.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1076 (1896).
Hosta caerulea f. albomarginata (Hook.) Matsum., Index Pl. Jap. 2: 199 (1905).
Hosta japonica var. albomarginata (Hook.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 55 (1905).
Hosta japonica var. angustifolia (Regel) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 55 (1905).
Hosta japonica var. intermedia Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 2: 464 (1910).
Niobe japonica var. albomarginata (Hook.) Nash, Torreya 11: 5 (1911).
Hosta lancifolia var. albomarginata (Hook.) L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort.: 1605 (1915).
Hosta japonica f. variegata K.Onuma in Iwasaki, Honzo-Zuhu, later ed., 20: 4 (1918).
Hosta atropurpurea Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 26 (1930).
Hosta decorata L.H.Bailey, Gentes Herbarum 2: 141 (1930).
Hosta rectifolia Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 26 (1930).
Hosta decorata f. marginata Stearn, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 90: 89 (1931).
Hosta decorata f. normalis Stearn, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 90: 110 (1931), not validly publ.
Hosta atropurpurea f. albiflora Tatew., Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 111 (1934).
Hosta harunaensis Honda, J. Jap. Bot. 11: 572 (1935).
Hosta latifolia var. albomarginata (Hook.) H.R.Wehrh., Gartenflora 85: 7 (1936).
Hosta sachalinensis Koidz., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 40 (1936).
Hosta lancifolia f. kabitan F.Maek., J. Jap. Bot. 13: 894 (1937).
Hosta opipara F.Maek., J. Jap. Bot. 13: 895 (1937).
Hosta rohdeifolia F.Maek., J. Jap. Bot. 13: 897 (1937).
Hosta clavata F.Maek., J. Jap. Bot. 14: 45 (1938).
Hosta intermedia (Makino) F.Maek., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 41 (1938).
Hosta rectifolia var. chionea F.Maek., J. Jap. Bot. 14: 45 (1938).
Hosta lancifolia f. albomarginata (Hook.) F.Maek., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 5: 402 (1940).
Hosta lancifolia f. mediopicta F.Maek., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 5: 402 (1940).
Hosta lancifolia f. subchrocea F.Maek., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 5: 402 (1940).
Hosta lancifolia var. thunbergiana F.Maek., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 5: 402 (1940).
Hosta okamii F.Maek., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 5: 398 (1940).
Hosta rectifolia f. albiflora (Tatew.) F.Maek., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 5: 410 (1940).
Hosta rectifolia f. pruinosa F.Maek., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 5: 413 (1940).
Hosta rectifolia var. sachalinensis (Koidz.) F.Maek., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 5: 413 (1940).
Hosta rohdeifolia f. viridis F.Maek., J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 5: 407 (1940).
Hosta albomarginata (Hook.) Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 265 (1942).
Hosta albomarginata f. kabitan (F.Maek.) Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 265 (1942).
Hosta albomarginata f. mediopicta (F.Maek.) Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 265 (1942).
Hosta albomarginata f. subchrocea (F.Maek.) Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 265 (1942).
Hosta calliantha Araki, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 324 (1942).
Hosta campanulata Araki, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 325 (1942).
Hosta campanulata var. parviflora Araki, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 326 (1942).
Hosta ibukiensis Araki, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 325 (1942).
Hosta lancifolia f. carpellata F.Maek., J. Jap. Bot. 20: 27 (1944).
Hosta lancifolia f. polycarpellata F.Maek., J. Jap. Bot. 20: 28 (1944).
Hosta lancifolia f. albiflora F.Maek., Engei Dai-jiten 2: 639 (1950).
Hosta lancifolia f. okamii (F.Maek.) F.Maek., Engei Dai-jiten 2: 639 (1950).
Hosta rectifolia f. atropurpurea (Nakai) Nakai ex F.Maek., Engei Dai-jiten 2: 639 (1950).
Hosta albomarginata var. alba (Rob.) Hyl., Acta Horti Berg. 16: 401 (1954).
Hosta albomarginata f. viridis Hyl., Acta Horti Berg. 16: 407 (1954).
Hosta decorata f. albiflora J.Ohara, J. Geobot. 7: 96 (1958).
Hosta albomarginata f. alba (Rob.) Hensen, Meded. Directeur Tuinb. 26: 730 (1963).
Hosta albomarginata f. spathulata Hensen, Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool 63(6): 17 (1963).
Hosta rectifolia subsp. atropurpurea (Nakai) Inagaki & Toyok., Rep. Taisetsuzan Inst. Sci. 2: 17 (1963).
Hosta lancifolia f. bunchoko F.Maek., New Encycl. Hort.: 1106 (1969).
Hosta lancifolia f. kifukurin F.Maek., New Encycl. Hort.: 1106 (1969).
Hosta rectifolia var. atropurpurea (Nakai) Koji Ito, J. Geobot. 17: 92 (1969).
Hosta rectifolia f. leucantha Koji Ito, J. Geobot. 17: 92 (1969).
Hosta sieboldii f. alba (Rob.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 178 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii f. albiflora (Tatew.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 180 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii f. atropurpurea (Nakai) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 181 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii f. chionea (F.Maek.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 181 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii var. intermedia (Makino) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 180 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii f. kabitan (F.Maek.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 179 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii f. leucantha (Koji Ito) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 181 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii f. mediopicta (F.Maek.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 179 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii f. okamii (F.Maek.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 179 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii f. polycarpellata (F.Maek.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 180 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii f. pruinosa (F.Maek.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 181 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii var. rectifolia (Nakai) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 180 (1984).
Hosta sieboldii f. subchrocea (F.Maek.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 59: 180 (1984).
Hosta rectifolia var. australis F.Maek. ex W.G.Schmid, Gen. Hosta: 329 (1991).
Hosta sieboldii f. angustifolia (Regel) W.G.Schmid, Gen. Hosta: 326 (1991).
Hosta sieboldii f. campanulata (Araki) W.G.Schmid, Gen. Hosta: 326 (1991).
Hosta sieboldii f. spathulata (Miq.) W.G.Schmid, Gen. Hosta: 326 (1991).
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This name is Accepted by:
Schmid, W.G. (1991). The Genus Hosta Giboshi Zoku: 1-428. B.T.Batsford Ltd., London.
Zonneveld, B.J.M. & Van Iren, F. (2001). Genome size and pollon viablility as taxonomic criteria: application to the genus Hosta. Plant Biology (Stuttgart, Germany) 2: 176-185.
Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
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A fotografia de Mário Silva captura a beleza singular da dedaleira (Digitalis purpurea), uma planta que encanta com as suas flores em forma de dedal, nas tonalidades vibrantes do rosa e púrpura.
As suas pétalas delicadas, salpicadas de pintinhas roxas, criam um contraste marcante com o verde intenso das folhas e do caule.
A imagem transmite a elegância e a fragilidade dessa espécie, convidando-nos a apreciar a natureza na sua forma mais pura.
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A dedaleira é uma planta herbácea bienal ou perene, nativa da Europa, que se adaptou a diversos habitats, desde bosques e campos até áreas mais rochosas.
A sua altura pode variar consideravelmente, atingindo até 1,5 metro em condições favoráveis. As folhas são grandes e aveludadas, formando uma roseta basal que confere à planta um aspeto imponente.
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Apesar da sua beleza, a dedaleira esconde um segredo perigoso: todas as suas partes são altamente tóxicas, contendo glicosídeos cardíacos que podem causar sérios problemas cardíacos se ingeridos.
Essa toxicidade é um mecanismo de defesa da planta contra herbívoros, garantindo sua sobrevivência.
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No entanto, a dedaleira desempenha um papel importante no ecossistema.
As suas flores tubulares são uma fonte de néctar para diversos polinizadores, como abelhas e borboletas, contribuindo para a reprodução de outras plantas e para a manutenção da biodiversidade.
Além disso, a dedaleira é utilizada na medicina tradicional para o tratamento de algumas doenças cardíacas, mas seu uso requer cuidados especiais devido à sua alta toxicidade.
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A fotografia de Mário Silva convida-nos a refletir sobre a complexidade da natureza e a importância de apreciar a beleza de todas as espécies, mesmo daquelas que podem ser perigosas.
A dedaleira é um exemplo perfeito desse equilíbrio delicado entre beleza e toxicidade, um lembrete de que a natureza é uma força poderosa e imprevisível.
Em resumo, a fotografia de Mário Silva, captura a beleza singular da dedaleira (Digitalis purpurea);
Destaca as características distintivas da planta, como as suas flores em forma de dedal e suas folhas aveludadas;
Revela a importância ecológica da dedaleira como fonte de alimento para polinizadores;
Chama a atenção para a toxicidade da planta e a necessidade de cuidado ao manuseá-la.
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Texto & Fotografia: ©MárioSilva
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We visited a very dimly lit Batemans today, the former home of Rudyard Kipling. Lovely house and gardens to wander around, nice and quiet when it's this cold!
142058 formed of 55708 and 55754 is seen preserved at Spring Village Station on the Telford Steam Railway, complete with protective cover over the windscreens.
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam,Centre, Blaak, Library, Market, People, Blaakse Bos, het Potlood, Witte Huis (uncut)
No almost abstract play with perspective, angle and form today, but a ferris wheel capture that’s aligned with the reason the wheel was there – to enable the public to see the way Rotterdam was reconstructed after WW2 and the permanent transformation of the city that followed.
Only one building in this panorama predates WW2 . It’s the art nouveau ‘Witte huis’ (Willem Moenbroek, 1898) in the BG near one of the red pylons of the Willems-brige. And all the others buildings were constructed in the 80s and after that! Change as permanent urban condition.
The most notable buildings are: from left to right: the functionalist municipal library (Jaap Bakema, Hans Boot, 1983) with its Centre Pompidou like external pipes, the structuralist Blaakse Bos (38 cubic homes) and ‘Het Potlood’ (The Pencil) housing complex, both by Piet Blom (1984) , the neo-modernist underground ‘Blaak’ railway station (Harry Reijnders, 1993) with its characteristic big metal/lexan ‘lid’ (diameter: 35 m, the lid (structural engineer: L. Válkár), isn’t flat but curved – it’s in fact the top section of a virtual mega globe). This station is by he way the second one with the name 'Blaak'. The first one was part of the Luchtspoor the 2,2 km long elevated railway that bisected Rotterdam from 1877 to 1993. Like the station it’s demolished and replaced by the underground ‘Willemsspoortunnel (1993) .The market stalls in the FG are placed on the elongated square (Binnerotte) where the ‘Luchtspoor’ used to be.
In the background is the aforementioned red Willems bridge (Gemeentewerken-C.Veerling, 1983) crossing the river Maas.
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Various trees of life are recounted in folklore, culture and fiction, often relating to immortality or fertility. They had their origin in religious symbolism.
Ancient Iran
In pre-Islamic Persian mythology, the Gaokerena world tree is a large, sacred Haoma tree which bears all seeds. Ahriman (Ahreman, Angremainyu) created a frog to invade the tree and destroy it, aiming to prevent all trees from growing on the earth. As a reaction, God (Ahura Mazda) created two kar fish staring at the frog to guard the tree. The two fishes are always staring at the frog and stay ready to react to it. Because Ahriman is responsible for all evil including death, while Ahura Mazda is responsible for all good (including life) the concept of world tree in Persian Mythology is very closely related to the concept of Tree of Life.The sacred plant haoma and the drink made from it. The preparation of the drink from the plant by pounding and the drinking of it are central features of Zoroastrian ritual. Haoma is also personified as a divinity. It bestows essential vital qualities—health, fertility, husbands for maidens, even immortality. The source of the earthly haoma plant is a shining white tree that grows on a paradisiacal mountain. Sprigs of this white haoma were brought to earth by divine birds.Haoma is the Avestan form of the Sanskrit soma. The near identity of the two in ritual significance is considered by scholars to point to a salient feature of an Indo-Iranian religion antedating Zoroastrianism.
Another related issue in ancient mythology of Iran is the myth of Mashyа and Mashyane, two trees who were the ancestors of all living beings. This myth can be considered as a prototype for the creation myth where living beings are created by Gods (who have a human form).
Ancient Egypt
Worshipping Osiris, Isis, and Horus
To the Ancient Egyptians, the Tree of Life represented the hierarchical chain of events that brought every thing into existence. The spheres of the Tree of Life demonstrate the order, process, and method of creation.In Egyptian mythology, in the Ennead system of Heliopolis, the first couple, apart from Shu and Tefnut (moisture and dryness) are Geb and Nuit (earth and sky), are Isis and Osiris. They were said to have emerged from the acacia tree of Iusaaset, which the Egyptians considered the tree of life, referring to it as the "tree in which life and death are enclosed." Some acacia trees contain DMT, a psychedelic drug associated with spiritual experiences. The drug is not orally bio-available, however and there is no evidence the Egyptians had techniques for extracting or otherwise harnessing the drug. A much later myth relates how Set and 72 conspirators killed Osiris, putting him in a coffin, and throwing it into the Nile, the coffin becoming embedded in the base of a tamarisk tree.The Egyptians' Holy Sycamore also stood on the threshold of life and death, connecting the two worlds.
Assyria
Assyrian tree of life, from Nimrud panels.The Assyrian Tree of Life was represented by a series of nodes and criss-crossing lines. It was apparently an important religious symbol, often attended to in Assyrian palace reliefs by human or eagle-headed winged genies, or the King, and blessed or fertilized with bucket and cone. Assyriologists have not reached consensus as to the meaning of this symbol. The name "Tree of Life" has been attributed to it by modern scholarship; it is not used in the Assyrian sources. In fact, no textual evidence pertaining to the symbol is known to exist.
Baha'i Faith
The concept of the tree of life appears in the writings of the Baha'i Faith, where it can refer to the Manifestation of God, a great teacher who appears to humanity from age to age. An example of this can be found in the Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh:["Have ye forgotten that true and radiant morn, when in those hallowed and blessed surroundings ye were all gathered in My presence beneath the shade of the tree of life, which is planted in the all-glorious paradise? Awestruck ye listened as I gave utterance to these three most holy words: O friends! Prefer not your will to Mine, never desire that which I have not desired for you, and approach Me not with lifeless hearts, defiled with worldly desires and cravings. Would ye but sanctify your souls, ye would at this present hour recall that place and those surroundings, and the truth of My utterance should be made evident unto all of you."Also, in the Tablet of Ahmad [1], of Bahá'u'lláh:"Verily He is the Tree of Life, that bringeth forth the fruits of God, the Exalted, the Powerful, the Great".Bahá'u'lláh refers to his male descendents as branches (Aghsán) and calls women leaves.
A distinction has been made between the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The latter represents the physical world with its opposites, such as good and evil and light and dark. In a different context from the one above, the tree of life represents the spiritual realm, where this duality does not exist.
Buddhism
The Bo tree, also called Bodhi tree, according to Buddhist tradition, is the pipal (Ficus religiosa) under which the Buddha sat when he attained Enlightenment (Bodhi) at Bodh Gaya (near Gaya, west-central Bihar state, India). A living pipal at Anuradhapura, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), is said to have grown from a cutting from the Bo tree sent to that city by King Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE.According to Tibetan tradition when Buddha went to the holy Lake Manasorovar along with 500 monks, he took with him the energy of Prayaga Raj. Upon his arrival, he installed the energy of Prayaga Raj near Lake Manasorovar, at a place now known as Prayang. Then he planted the seed of this eternal banyan tree next to Mt. Kailash on a mountain known as the "Palace of Medicine Buddha".
China
In Chinese mythology, a carving of a Tree of Life depicts a phoenix and a dragon; the dragon often represents immortality. A Taoist story tells of a tree that produces a peach every three thousand years. The one who eats the fruit receives immortality.An archaeological discovery in the 1990s was of a sacrificial pit at Sanxingdui in Sichuan, China. Dating from about 1200 BCE, it contained three bronze trees, one of them 4 meters high. At the base was a dragon, and fruit hanging from the lower branches. At the top is a strange bird-like (phoenix) creature with claws. Also found in Sichuan, from the late Han dynasty (c 25 – 220 CE), is another tree of life. The ceramic base is guarded by a horned beast with wings. The leaves of the tree are coins and people. At the apex is a bird with coins and the Sun.
Christianity
In Catholic Christianity, the Tree of Life represents the immaculate state of humanity free from corruption and Original Sin before the Fall. Pope Benedict XVI has said that "the Cross is the true tree of life." Saint Bonaventure taught that the medicinal fruit of the Tree of Life is Christ himself. Saint Albert the Great taught that the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Christ, is the Fruit of the Tree of Life.[18] Augustine of Hippo said that the tree of life is Christ: "All these things stood for something other than what they were, but all the same they were themselves bodily realities. And when the narrator mentioned them he was not employing figurative language, but giving an explicit account of things which had a forward reference that was figurative. So then the tree of life also was Christ... and indeed God did not wish the man to live in Paradise without the mysteries of spiritual things being presented to him in bodily form. So then in the other trees he was provided with nourishment, in this one with a sacrament... He is rightly called whatever came before him in order to signify him."[19]
The tree first appeared in Genesis 2:9 and 3:22-24 as the source of eternal life in the Garden of Eden, from which access is revoked when man is driven from the garden. It then reappears in the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, and most predominantly in the last chapter of that book (Chapter 22) as a part of the new garden of paradise. Access is then no longer forbidden, for those who "wash their robes" (or as the textual variant in the King James Version has it, "they that do his commandments") "have right to the tree of life" (v.14). A similar statement appears in Rev 2:7, where the tree of life is promised as a reward to those who overcome. Revelation 22 begins with a reference to the "pure river of water of life" which proceeds "out of the throne of God". The river seems to feed two trees of life, one "on either side of the river" which "bear twelve manner of fruits" "and the leaves of the tree were for healing of the nations" (v.1-2).[20] Or this may indicate that the tree of life is a vine that grows on both sides of the river, as John 15:1 would hint at.
In Eastern Christianity the tree of life is the love of God.The tree of life appears in the Book of Mormon in a revelation to Lehi (see 1 Nephi 8:10). It is symbolic of the love of God (see 1 Nephi 11:21-23). Its fruit is described as "most precious and most desirable above all other fruits," which "is the greatest of all the gifts of God" (see 1 Nephi 15:36). In another scriptural book, salvation is called "the greatest of all the gifts of God" (see Doctrine and Covenants 6:13). In the same book eternal life is also called the "greatest of all the gifts of God" (see Doctrine and Covenants 14:7). Because of these references, the tree of life and its fruit is sometimes understood to be symbolic of salvation and post-mortal existence in the presence of God and his love.
Europe
11th century Tree of Life sculpture at an ancient Swedish church
In Dictionnaire Mytho-Hermetique (Paris, 1737), Antoine-Joseph Pernety, a famous alchemist, identified the Tree of Life with the Elixir of Life and the Philosopher's Stone.
In Eden in the East (1998), Stephen Oppenheimer suggests that a tree-worshipping culture arose in Indonesia and was diffused by the so-called "Younger Dryas" event of c. 8000 BCE, when the sea level rose. This culture reached China (Szechuan), then India and the Middle East. Finally the Finno-Ugaritic strand of this diffusion spread through Russia to Finland where the Norse myth of Yggdrasil took root.
Georgia
The Borjgali (Georgian: ბორჯღალი) is an ancient Georgian Tree of Life symbol.
Germanic paganism and Norse mythology[
In Germanic paganism, trees played (and, in the form of reconstructive Heathenry and Germanic Neopaganism, continue to play) a prominent role, appearing in various aspects of surviving texts and possibly in the name of gods.
The tree of life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the world tree, a massive tree (sometimes considered a yew or ash tree) with extensive lore surrounding it. Perhaps related to Yggdrasil, accounts have survived of Germanic Tribes' honouring sacred trees within their societies. Examples include Thor's Oak, sacred groves, the Sacred tree at Uppsala, and the wooden Irminsul pillar. In Norse Mythology, the apples from Iðunn's ash box provide immortality for the gods.
Hinduism
The Eternal Banyan Tree (Akshaya Vata) is located on the bank of the Yamuna inside the courtyard of Allahabad Fort near the confluence of the Yamuna and Ganga Rivers in Allahabad. The eternal and divine nature of this tree has been documented at length in the scriptures.[citation needed]
During the cyclic destruction of creation when the whole earth was enveloped by waters, akshaya vata remained unaffected. It is on the leaves of this tree that Lord Krishna rested in the form of a baby when land was no longer visible. And it is here that the immortal sage, Markandeya, received the cosmic vision of the Lord. It is under this tree that Buddha meditates eternally. Legend also has it that the Bodi tree at Gaya is a manifestation of this tree.
Islam
Carpet Tree of Life
Main article: Quranic tree of life
See also: Sidrat al-Muntaha
The "Tree of Immortality" (Arabic: شجرة الخلود) is the tree of life motif as it appears in the Quran. It is also alluded to in hadiths and tafsir. Unlike the biblical account, the Quran mentions only one tree in Eden, also called the tree of immortality, which Allah specifically forbade to Adam and Eve. Satan, disguised as a serpent, repeatedly told Adam to eat from the tree, and eventually both Adam and Eve did so, thus disobeying Allah.] The hadiths also speak about other trees in heaven.
According to the Ahmadiyya movement, Quranic reference to the tree is symbolic; eating of the forbidden tree signifies that Adam disobeyed God.[
Jewish sources
Main articles: Etz Chaim and Biblical tree of life
Etz Chaim, Hebrew for "tree of life," is a common term used in Judaism. The expression, found in the Book of Proverbs, is figuratively applied to the Torah itself. Etz Chaim is also a common name for yeshivas and synagogues as well as for works of Rabbinic literature. It is also used to describe each of the wooden poles to which the parchment of a Sefer Torah is attached.The tree of life is mentioned in the Book of Genesis; it is distinct from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. After Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they were driven out of the Garden of Eden. Remaining in the garden, however, was the tree of life. To prevent their access to this tree in the future, Cherubim with a flaming sword were placed at the east of the garden. (Genesis 3:22-24)
In the Book of Proverbs, the tree of life is associated with wisdom: "[Wisdom] is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy [is every one] that retaineth her." (Proverbs 3:13-18) In 15:4 the tree of life is associated with calmness: "A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit."
The Book of Enoch, generally considered non-canonical, states that in the time of the great judgment God will give all those whose names are in the Book of Life fruit to eat from the Tree of Life.
Kathara grid
The esoteric bio-spiritual healing system of kathara which is presented on Earth by the official Speaker of the Guardian Alliance – E’Asha Ashayana,explains in detail the function of the code of the kathara grid] as the natural tree of life. Kathara reveals the anatomy of Creation, core structure, the blueprints & interconnectedness of all matter forms and in the center is the replication of the kathara grid everywhere.The kathara grid consists of 12 kathara centers and the relationships between them represent the true meaning of the phrase "As above, so below" and the correspondence between microcosmos and macrocosmos.
Kabbalah. Judaic Kabbalah Tree of Life 10 Sephirot, through which the Ein Sof unknowable Divine manifests Creation. The configuration relates to manJewish mysticism depicts the Tree of Life in the form of ten interconnected nodes, as the central symbol of the Kabbalah. It comprises the ten Sephirot powers in the Divine realm. The panentheistic and anthropomorphic emphasis of this emanationist theology interpreted the Torah, Jewish observance, and the purpose of Creation as the symbolic esoteric drama of unification in the Sephirot, restoring harmony to Creation. From the time of the Renaissance onwards, Jewish Kabbalah became incorporated as an important tradition in non-Jewish Western culture, first through its adoption by Christian Cabala, and continuing in Western esotericism occult Hermetic Qabalah. These adapted the Judaic Kabbalah Tree of Life syncretically by associating it with other religious traditions, esoteric theologies, and magical practices.
Mesoamerican
The concept of world trees is a prevalent motif in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cosmologies and iconography. World trees embodied the four cardinal directions, which represented also the fourfold nature of a central world tree, a symbolic axis mundi connecting the planes of the Underworld and the sky with that of the terrestrial world.Depictions of world trees, both in their directional and central aspects, are found in the art and mythological traditions of cultures such as the Maya, Aztec, Izapan, Mixtec, Olmec, and others, dating to at least the Mid/Late Formative periods of Mesoamerican chronology. Among the Maya, the central world tree was conceived as or represented by a ceiba tree, and is known variously as a wacah chan or yax imix che, depending on the Mayan language.[32] The trunk of the tree could also be represented by an upright caiman, whose skin evokes the tree's spiny trunk.Directional world trees are also associated with the four Yearbearers in Mesoamerican calendars, and the directional colors and deities. Mesoamerican codices which have this association outlined include the Dresden, Borgia and Fejérváry-Mayer codices.[31] It is supposed that Mesoamerican sites and ceremonial centers frequently had actual trees planted at each of the four cardinal directions, representing the quadripartite concept.World trees are frequently depicted with birds in their branches, and their roots extending into earth or water (sometimes atop a "water-monster," symbolic of the underworld). The central world tree has also been interpreted as a representation of the band of the Milky Way.
Middle East
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a similar quest for immortality. In Mesopotamian mythology, Etana searches for a 'plant of birth' to provide him with a son. This has a solid provenance of antiquity, being found in cylinder seals from Akkad (2390–2249 BCE).The Book of One Thousand and One Nights has a story, 'The Tale of Buluqiya', in which the hero searches for immortality and finds a paradise with jewel-encrusted trees. Nearby is a Fountain of Youth guarded by Al-Khidr. Unable to defeat the guard, Buluqiya has to return empty-handed.
North American
In a myth passed down among the Iroquois, The World on the Turtle's Back, explains the origin of the land in which a tree of life is described. According to the myth, it is found in the heavens, where the first humans lived, until a pregnant woman fell and landed in an endless sea. Saved by a giant turtle from drowning, she formed the world on its back by planting bark taken from the tree.The tree of life motif is present in the traditional Ojibway cosmology and traditions. It is sometimes described as Grandmother Cedar, or Nookomis Giizhig in Anishinaabemowin.In the book Black Elk Speaks, Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota (Sioux) wičháša wakȟáŋ (medicine man and holy man), describes his vision in which after dancing around a dying tree that has never bloomed he is transported to the other world (spirit world) where he meets wise elders, 12 men and 12 women. The elders tell Black Elk that they will bring him to meet "Our Father, the two-legged chief" and bring him to the center of a hoop where he sees the tree in full leaf and bloom and the "chief" standing against the tree. Coming out of his trance he hopes to see that the earthly tree has bloomed, but it is dead
Serer religion
In Serer religion, the tree of life as a religious concept forms the basis of Serer cosmogony. Trees were the first things created on Earth by the supreme being Roog (or Koox among the Cangin). In the competing versions of the Serer creation myth, the Somb (Prosopis africana) and the Saas tree (acacia albida) are both viewed as trees of life. However, the prevailing view is that, the Somb was the first tree on Earth and the progenitor of plant life. The Somb was also used in the Serer tumuli and burial chambers, many of which had survived for more than a thousand years.Thus, Somb is not only the Tree of Life in Serer society, but the symbol of immortality
Urartian Tree of Life
In ancient Urartu, the Tree of Life was a religious symbol and was drawn on walls of fortresses and carved on the armor of warriors. The branches of the tree were equally divided on the right and left sides of the stem, with each branch having one leaf, and one leaf on the apex of the tree. Servants stood on each side of the tree with one of their hands up as if they are taking care of the tree.
Turkic .The Tree of Life, as seen as in flag of Chuvashia, a Turkic state in the Russian FederationThe Tree of Life design on 0,05 Turkish lira (5 kuruş).
The World Tree or Tree of Life is a central symbol in Turkic mythology.[citation needed] It is a common motif in carpets.
It is also used as the main design of a common Turkish lira sub-unit 5 kuruş since 2009.
Wild sky with mammatus clouds forming over natural arch in Joshua Tree National Park, California.
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We had some wild skies in Joshua Tree during our night photo workshop over the weekend. I'd never seen the park so crowded in the summer time. All campsites were full by suns
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We watched these mammatus clouds form under the giant anvil or cumulonimbus cloud. Which one is it, you tell me? We see something interesting and we shoot it now and ask questions later!!
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My first attempt at traditional Hubble Colour Palette in SHO Narrowband. Got lucky with a run of clear skies, so managed over 16hrs of capture. Spending time understanding more about Pixinsight processing. It’s going to be long road, but rewarding. Many versions of post processing before this one to achieve this tone, but time to move on.
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This is the result of a day-long visit to northern Georgia, Murray County to be specific. Joining me on the trip were my good friends from Atlanta, Alan Cressler and Henning von Schmeling.
There were wildflowers galore, including some very rare ones and ones yet to be named. Included were a couple of "life list" ones for me, so it was a super botanizing day!
To read the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog.