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In our earth-lab, a life form has existed randomly, thanks to the reaction of atoms of the ingredients which were already there, in the lab, for the creation of this life form. It has started to develop and expand on the earth, randomly. Later, after billions of years, it got conscious, randomly , but not all life forms have headed to the same direction. The evolution occurred according "the tree of life”.
Speculation:
Big bang has sealed the fate of our future by creating the atom based universe, like all the necessary ingredients were put in a beaker, in a chemical lab, to become the expected ( not randomly) chemical solution.
A life form is the expected result, depending of the time, of the existence and reaction of ingredients in a beaker.
I saw this form around 300 yards from me. I shot this as I hurriedly got back to my car since it had changed directions and was then coming straight at me. It was an intense couple of moments.
El Parque Natural del Monasterio de Piedra es un bello paraje que toma su nombre de un monasterio cistricense del siglo XII situado a orillas del río Piedra, que le presta sus aguas al parque a su paso por el término de Nuévalos, cruzando las abruptas sierras del Sistema Ibérico. Este vergel en el que el agua es la auténtica protagonista, fue ideado en su forma actual por Juan Federico Muntadas, influenciado por la corriente paisajista inglesa del siglo XIX. Densos bosques de ribera, grutas y cascadas forman un rico ecosistema con una gran variedad de especies animales y vegetales regalándonos un paisaje idílico que inunda todos los sentidos con agradables sensaciones durante el paseo.
The light burns the skin, erases the lines, and eats away the contours. The legs are no longer a shape or a pose to look at: they become just white, raw substance squeezed between the color of the fabric. Matter is wiped out by the light to subtract the body from the hypocrisy of the outside gaze. It is a radical refusal to sell oneself to the dynamics of exhibitionism and provocation: the flesh becomes an anonymous and pure mass precisely to exist without the obligation to please or to excite
This is a pair of Common Blue Damselflies 'in the wheel' forming a heart shape. Damselfly sex is complicated, so pay attention!
The (blue) male initiates the reproductive process by depositing some sperm from his primary genitalia near the tip of his tail onto secondary genitalia under the 2nd segment of his abdomen (just below his 'chest') . Grasping a female by the back of her head or 'prothorax', they fly around in tandem until she is ready to collect the sperm, which she does by looping around so she can collect the sperm with her genitalia located near the tip of her tail - which is what is happening in this picture. They can remain like this for a few seconds or a few minutes, and can even fly around conjoined like this. At some point, she will straighten out, and then they fly in tandem to a nearby stretch of slow flowing water where she will deposit her eggs. I believe that the eggs are not fertilized until they are laid, so it is important the male keeps hold of her until the eggs are deposited to prevent other males from mating with her. The damselflies play no role in caring for their offspring and, in fact, only live a matter of weeks in the winged form. The eggs hatch and develop over a few weeks and the nymphs grow, shedding their skins several times over at least one year, some species multiple years, until, when the time is right, the final 'instar' climbs up a plant stem and sheds its skin to emerge as the final, flying adult form - transitioning from water breathing to air breathing in the process. The adult forms only live for a few weeks, spending that time eating and breeding. Odonata (damselflies and dragonflies) are amongst the most successful animals on earth, surviving virtually unchanged (apart from size) for hundreds of millions of years, being found in fossil records. No species has evolved from them - it seems any mutation makes them less successful.
All these mentions of sex, mating, copulation, sperm and genitals will get lots of hits by people searching for porn on Flickr!
Beautiful world
Temperature just around zero degrees Celcius.
Hair ice (also known as ice wool or frost beard) is a type of ice that forms on dead wood and takes the shape of fine, silky hair. It is somewhat uncommon, and has been reported mostly at latitudes between 45 and 55°N in broadleaf forests. The meteorologist and discoverer of continental drift, Alfred Wegener, described hair ice on wet dead wood in 1918, assuming some specific fungi as the catalyst, a theory mostly confirmed by Gerhart Wagner and Christian Mätzler in 2005. In 2015, the fungus Exidiopsis effusa was identified as key to the formation of hair ice.
Formation
Hair ice forms on moist, rotting wood from broadleaf trees when temperatures are slightly under 0 °C (32 °F) and the air is humid. Each of the smooth, silky hairs has a diameter of about 0.02 mm and a length of up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in). The hairs are brittle, but take the shape of curls and waves. They can maintain their shape for hours and sometimes days. This long lifetime indicates that something is preventing the small ice crystals from recrystallizing into larger ones, since recrystallization normally occurs very quickly at temperatures near 0 °C.
The hairs appear to root at the mouth of wood rays (never on the bark), and their thickness is similar to the diameter of the wood ray channels. A piece of wood that produces hair ice once may continue to produce it over several years.
In 2015, German and Swiss scientists identified the fungus Exidiopsis effusa as key to the formation of hair ice. The fungus was found on every hair ice sample examined by the researchers, and disabling the fungus with fungicide or hot water prevented hair ice formation.[1] The fungus shapes the ice into fine hairs through an uncertain mechanism and likely stabilizes it by providing a recrystallization inhibitor similar to antifreeze proteins.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_ice
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Cheveux de glace
Les cheveux de glace, ou chevelure de glace, sont le phénomène d'apparition de glace sous forme de filaments très fins, par temps de gel, à partir de morceaux de bois mort ou d'autre végétaux. Le phénomène est comparable mais distinct des pipkrakes, issues du sol et plus grossières. Les cheveux de glace sont différents du givre par leur apparence comme par leur formation.
Formation
La formation des cheveux de glace se produit dans des conditions météorologiques particulières : par gel modéré et lorsque le sol, très humide, n'est pas encore gelé. Le phénomène est rare et s'observe plutôt dans les sites ombragés et tôt le matin.
Les cheveux de glace apparaissent sur des végétaux particuliers, comme le bois mort de hêtre ou de chêne. Leur observation donne à penser que l'eau contenue dans le bois est expulsée à travers les pores du bois par son expansion à l'approche du point de congélation, et gèle sous forme de fils très fin au contact de l'air. Le mécanisme pourrait néanmoins être plus complexe et être lié à la présence de champignons sur ces bois en décomposition; en 2015, le champignon Exidiopsis effusa (en) a été identifié comme essentiel à ce mécanisme. La poussée de ces fils de glace peut avoir une force suffisante pour repousser l'écorce d'un bois mort. La formation est très fragile, elle se détruit au toucher ou au souffle et disparait naturellement par fonte ou sublimation si elle est exposée au soleil.
Historique
En 1918 Alfred Wegener évoque que le mycélium sur le bois en décomposition contribue au phénomène. En 2014, Christian Mäztler, physicien de l’université de Berne associé à Diana Hofmann, chimiste et Gisela Preuss, biologiste ont élucidé le mystère de leur formation.
Source: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheveux_de_glace
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Haareis, manchmal auch Eiswolle genannt, besteht aus feinen Eisnadeln, die sich bei geeigneten Bedingungen auf morschem und feuchtem Totholz bilden können. Anders als Hydrometeore (zum Beispiel Raureifkristalle) entsteht Haareis aus dem im Holz enthaltenen Wasser, nicht aus Luftfeuchtigkeit.
Ähnlich aussehende und häufig nicht genau unterschiedene Phänomene sind Bandeis (engl. ice ribbons, ice flowers) an Pflanzenstängeln und Kammeis (engl. needle ice) am Boden, die beide jedoch anders gebildet werden.
Entstehung
Wissenschaftlich ist die Entstehung des nur selten zu beobachtenden Haareises noch wenig erforscht. 1918 beschrieb der Meteorologe Alfred Wegener Haareis auf nassem Totholz. Er vermutete einen „schimmelartigen Pilz“ als Auslöser, was jedoch von anderen Wissenschaftlern angezweifelt wurde, die rein physikalische Prozesse wie bei der Entstehung von Kammeis als Ursache annahmen.
Eine biophysikalische Studie von Gerhart Wagner und Christian Mätzler bestätigte 2008 Wegeners Vermutung weitgehend. Demnach wird Haareis durch das Myzel winteraktiver Pilze (u. a. Schlauch- und Ständerpilze) ausgelöst, deren aerober Stoffwechsel (Dissimilation) Gase produziert, die das im Holz vorhandene leicht unterkühlte Wasser an die Oberfläche verdrängen. Dort gefriert es und wird durch nachdrängende, beim Austritt aus dem Holz ebenfalls gefrierende Flüssigkeit weitergeschoben. Dies geschieht ausschließlich bei Temperaturen knapp unter dem Gefrierpunkt, wenn das Wasser im Holz noch nicht gefroren ist, es an der geringfügig kälteren Umgebungsluft jedoch gefriert. Eine Randbedingung für die Haareisbildung ist außerdem hohe Luftfeuchtigkeit: Wenn die Luft nicht mit Wasserdampf gesättigt ist, sublimieren die feinen Eiskristalle kurz nach ihrer Bildung an der Holzoberfläche, so dass keine langen Haareiskristalle entstehen können. Eine Reproduktion von Haareis ist in Versuchen solange möglich, wie das Pilzmyzel im Holzkörper nicht abgetötet wird.
Quelle: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haareis
Single Form, by Barbara Hepworth.
This sculpture stands in Battersea Park London, on the South shore of the lake, and is a smaller version of the one that stands at the United Nations in New York.
The first cast was made in 1963, and was displayed in an open air sculpture exhibition in Battersea Park.
In October that year, It was was shipped to America. It was donated to the Johns Hopkins University, and displayed in Washington D.C.
A second cast was also made in 1963, and was bought by the London County Council and installed at Battersea Park. (pictured here)
Hepworth doubled the size for a casting that would become the largest bronze artwork ever cast at Morris Singer's London foundry.
It was commissioned for the United Nations building, and was erected in New York in May 1964. This bigger version weighs 5.5 tonnes, and stands 6.4m high.
It has now stood at the United Nations for 60 years.
Pentax K-3 mk lll
SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135mm f2.8 ED [IF] SDM
form of visual communication, usually illegal, involving the unauthorized marking of public space by an individual or group. Although the common image of graffiti is a stylistic symbol or phrase spray-painted on a wall by a member of a street gang, some graffiti is not gang-related.
Dieses Foto entstand auf der diesjährigen Orchideenmesse in Neu-Ulm im Edwin-Scharff-Haus.
Es ist äußerst faszinierend, wie viele unterschiedliche Formen und Farben Orchideen haben können
is as necessary to great architecture as foliage is to the tree, blossoms to the plant or flesh to the body.
Frank Lloyd Wright
NGC2070, The Tarantula Nebula, is a large region of ionized gas surrounding a collection of newly-forming stars at the eastern end of the stellar bar in the Large Magellanic Cloud and is located approximately 170000 light years away.
It has been several months of less than ideal conditions to setup for Deep Sky Astrophotography, so when we had a clear moonless night last night, I took the opportunity to capture a couple of hours on the Tarantula Nebula. I was concerned that as it had been quite a while since my last image, that I would have forgotten the process. The ASIAir and ZWO equipment worked like clockwork with no issues at all. I managed only 20 x 180 seconds (1 hour) each of Ha and Oiii, but am very happy with the final image.
Equipment Details:
•6 Inch GSO Ritchey-Chretien (RC) F9 1370mm Focal length
•Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
•ZWO ASI1600mm Cmos Camera cooled to -10'c
•ZWO EFW7 Filter Wheel
•Baader 36mm unmounted Ha, Oiii
•Orion ST80 80mm Guide Scope
•ZWO ASI120mm mini Guide Camera
•ZWO ASIAIR Pro for full automation
Exposure Details: (HOO Combination
•Ha 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1 (Red)
•Oiii 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1 (Green)
•Oiii 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1 (Blue)
Total Integration Time: 2 hours
Tiel. Prins Bernhardsluizen.
The Prins Bernhardsluizen form the shipping connection between the river Waal and the southern part of the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. They are located on the east side of Tiel, the lock gates were built in 1952 by Werkspoor Utrecht and are owned by Rijkswaterstaat. The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal is designated as CEMT class VIb with maximum dimensions (L × W × D) of 200 × 23.5 × 4.0 metres.[4]
North of the lock, the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal is crossed by:
• The Betuwelijn, the railway line between Tiel and Arnhem
• Rijksweg 15 (A15)
• The Betuweroute, the railway connection between Rotterdam and Germany
• The Grotebrugse Grintweg, a local connection between the industrial estates on either side of the canal
De Prins Bernhardsluizen vormen de scheepvaartverbinding tussen de rivier de Waal en het zuidelijk gedeelte van het Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal. Ze liggen aan de oostkant van Tiel, de sluisdeuren zijn in 1952 gebouwd door Werkspoor Utrecht en eigendom van Rijkswaterstaat. Het Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal is aangewezen als CEMT-klasse VIb met als maximale maten (L × B × D) 200 × 23,5 × 4,0 meter.[4]
Ten noorden van de sluis wordt het Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal gekruist door:
•De Betuwelijn, de spoorlijn tussen Tiel en Arnhem
•Rijksweg 15 (A15)
•De Betuweroute, de spoorverbinding tussen Rotterdam en Duitsland
•De Grotebrugse Grintweg, een lokale verbinding tussen de bedrijventerreinen aan weerszijden van het kanaal
Zwei rote Zebras in Form von 189 901 und 905 bespannten am 15. November 2024 den KLV-Zug DGS 43821 von Bremen Grolland nach Verona Q.E. ab München Ost Rbf für die Fahrt über den Brennerpass. Die einheitlich mit Aufliegern der Speditionen Terratrans und paneuropa beladene Leistung befindet sich hier im deutschen Teil des Inntals und wird nach wenigen Kilometern Kufstein erreichen.
Two "red zebras" in the form of 189 901 and 905 hauled the intermodal train DGS 43821 from Bremen Grolland to Verona Q.E. from Munich Ost Rbf for the journey over the Brenner Pass on 15 November 2024. The service, uniformly loaded with trailers from Terratrans and paneuropa, is located here in the German part of the Inn Valley and will reach Kufstein after a few kilometres.
144004 forms the 16.04 service to Castleford.
All of the Northern Trains Pacer units were withdrawn from service by November 2020.
The rock formation "Twelve Apostles" in morning light. Australia is still closed for most tourists. So, all we have left are "postcards" like this one.
"Die zwölf Apostel" strahlen in der Morgensonne. Australien ist immer noch für die meisten Touristen geschlossen. Also, bleiben uns nur "Postkarten" wie diese.
Two different forms of transportation momentarily meet as the BHS heads lite to switch Odyssey. The MASSIVE Cargill terminal at the port sets the backdrop for this scene. This may or may not be what I've heard called the "100" Crew. I clearly have a lot to learn about this operation... but that's what makes things fun!
BILBAU (Espanha): Museu Guggenheim.
Situado à beira do Rio Nervión, em Bilbau, Espanha, o Museu Guggenheim caracteriza-se pela fusão de complexas formas curvilíneas e uma materialidade cativante, respondendo a um programa extenso e um contexto urbano industrial. Com mais de uma centena de exposições e mais de dez milhões de visitantes, o Museu de Frank Gehry não só mudou a maneira que os arquitetos e o público pensam sobre museus, mas também impulsionou a economia de Bilbau com o seu surpreendente sucesso. De fato, o fenômeno da transformação de uma cidade após a construção de uma peça arquitetônica significativa é agora referida como o "Efeito Bilbao". Após vinte anos, o Museu continua a desafiar suposições sobre as conexões entre arte e arquitetura.
Em 1991, o governo basco propôs à Fundação Solomon R. Guggenheim que financiasse um museu Guggenheim a ser construído na zona portuária degradada de Bilbau, que na época constituía-se como a principal fonte de renda da cidade. O museu passou a fazer parte de um plano de desenvolvimento maior, cujo objetivo era renovar e modernizar a cidade industrial. Quase imediatamente após sua abertura em 1997, o Guggenheim de Bilbau tornou-se uma atração turística popular, atraindo visitantes de todo o mundo.
Embora a forma metálica exterior pareça uma flor observada pelo topo, o edifício mais se assemelha a um barco visto do solo, evocando o passado industrial portuário da cidade. Construído em titânio, calcário e vidro, as curvas aparentemente aleatórias do exterior são projetadas para capturar a luz e reagir ao sol e ao tempo. Clipes de fixação criam uma pequena deformação no centro das peças de 0.38mm de titânio, fazendo com que a superfície pareça ondular com a alteração da luz e dando uma iridescência extraordinária na composição total.
info: www.archdaily.com.br/br/786175/classicos-da-arquitetura-m...
The view over a coffee plantation on the southwest side of the island of Kauai.
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