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We are experiencing a particularly hot summer this year. No wonder this Elkhorn Fern's outer fronds are dried and discolored.
Elkhorn ferns (also called Staghorn ferns) are ‘epiphyte’, meaning that they grow on tree branches and trunks naturally. They can grow fairly large, although they require at least 10 years to achieve their maximum size.
These plants make two types of fronds. The shield, or sterile fronds, wrap around the tree or rock on which the plant is growing. These shields usually form a basket which collects debris, providing a medium for root growth, and aiding in moisture collection and retention. The fertile, or normal fronds, grow out from the bud, and the spores are borne on these. Some species make fertile fronds much like the antler of a deer. Others are nearly round, or wedge shaped.
La famosa pareidolia que forman los acantilados de la costa de Llanes en Celorio. Durante la puesta de sol.
... Le Bruant zizi - 17 cm-granivore ressemble superficiellement au Bruant jaune. La confusion peut venir surtout des femelles et des jeunes . Il est un peut plus petit et la queue plus courte -Le Bruant zizi recherche les milieux agricoles traditionnels
( parcelles agricoles avec marges incultes, jardins, vignobles, prairies. Sédentaire, mais il lui arrive de migrer vers le sud lors d'hivers rigoureux . Dès la mi-mars, le mâle s'embellit. Son plumage devient plus vif. Il recherche les premiers postes de guets favorables. Commence alors le chant des mâles pour signaler leur présence et marquer leur territoire. Lorsque le couple est formé, le mâle donne le signal en tenant dans son bec les matériaux de constructions du nid. la femelle se mettra à l'oeuvre pour confectionner un nid en forme de coupe. Généralement , un arbuste épineux ou un buisson dense servent de support pour l'ouvrage. Le Bruant zizi lance un trille
court, parfois ponctué de petit cris du sommet de son perchoir. Il doit son nom à sa litanie monotone, ressemblant un peu à la stridulation d'un insecte, qu'il répète inlassablement Zi Zi Zi
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These cats form part of the decor in a wonderful little spice shop in the town near us.
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Hoodoos take millions of years to form and stand 5 to 7 metres tall. Each hoodoo is a sandstone pillar resting on a thick base of shale that is capped by a large stone. Hoodoos are very fragile and can erode completely if their capstone is dislodged (in other words, no climbing allowed). The protected Hoodoos site is a guaranteed spot to see Hoodoos but smaller versions of these sandstone giants can be found all over the Badlands.
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Broadway Tower is a folly on Broadway Hill, near the large village of Broadway, in the English county of Worcestershire, at the second-highest point of the Cotswolds (after Cleeve Hill). Broadway Tower's base is 1,024 feet (312 metres) above sea level. The tower itself stands 65 feet (20 metres) high.
The 'Saxon' tower was the brainchild of Capability Brown and designed by James Wyatt in 1794 in the form of a castle, and built for Lady Coventry in 1798–1799. The tower was built on a beacon hill, where beacons were lit on special occasions. Lady Coventry wondered whether a beacon on this hill could be seen from her house in Worcester — about 22 miles (35 km) away — and sponsored the construction of the folly to find out. Indeed, the beacon could be seen clearly.
Esta pequeña plaza medieval se encuentra en pleno centro de Pontevedra, presidida por la original Capela da Virxe Peregrina, con su planta en forma de vieira, que alberga la imagen de la patrona.
Encrucijada de varias calles y que como nota curiosa alberga la figura del loro Ravachol, propiedad del farmacéutico Perfecto Feijoo, que vivió en la botica que se encontraba en ese lugar.
Vivió en Pontevedra entre 1891 y 1913 y está considerado el loro más famoso del mundo, ya que fue conocido y querido por toda la ciudad por su carisma, simpatía y carácter alborotador y personalidad rebelde.
El simpático animal identificaba algunas situaciones para aplicar sus frases, casi siempre en gallego, que pronto se hicieron populares como (“se collo a vara” “vaite de ahí lambón” “aquí non se fía” …).
Los clientes le regalaban caramelos y golosinas para no recibir ninguna de sus dedicatorias.
Sus insultos llegaron a personas tan importantes como la escritora Emilia Pardo Bazán.
También llegó a decir alguna de sus inapropiadas frases en plena misa, e incluso fue elegido para actuar en el teatro, pero el indisciplinado loro dijo lo que quiso y pronto lo retiraron de escena.
Se dice que la causa de su muerte fue un empacho de bizcochos mojados en vino.
Los pontevedreses quedaron realmente afectados por la mala noticia y decidieron organizar una calurosa despedida para decir adiós a un referente de la ciudad.
A Don Perfecto le llegaron telegramas de toda la geografía española para dar el pésame por su enorme pérdida y también le instalaron una capilla ardiente en la propia farmacia.
Actualmente se recrea el velatorio y entierro del Loro Ravachol en el carnaval de la ciudad, celebración que cierra la semana del carnaval pontevedrés.
Curiosa historia, verdad?
-Rashani
when i downloaded this image from my camera i knew instantly that i needed to convert it to black & white with just a bit of tint. to me i can better appreciate this flower's beautiful form, its graceful lines and subtle textures, without the distraction of colors.
225 days to go before my next trip to the Philippines.
Snowy Egret
From Cornell:
Highly social all year long, Snowy Egrets forage with gulls, terns, ibises, and other herons, and they nest in colonies alongside many other species, including Great Egrets, night-herons, Glossy Ibises, Little Blue Herons, Tricolored Herons, Cattle Egrets, and Roseate Spoonbills.
I funghi sono organismi prodigiosi e, al tempo stesso, misteriosi. La Scienza li ha collocati in un regno diverso dalle piante e dagli animali, di cui presentano singolari e segrete caratteristiche. La loro funzione di demolizione dei rifiuti organici e in particolare del legno, risulta fondamentale per il buon funzionamento dell'ecosistema forestale e le loro forme sono pura bellezza cromatica e formale ..... ..
Puppy escultura floral con forma de perro.
En 1992 el Museo Guggenheim de Bilbao le encargó el diseño al artista estadounidense Jeff Koons ,fue instalada en 1997,tiene 12m.de altura,se encuentra en la fachada principal del Museo Guggenheim es uno de los símbolos de Bilbao del siglo XXI.Antes de la inauguración del Museo estuvo en los jardines del castillo de Aronsel (Alemania) y delante del el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Sidney (Australia)
Ama. Si no puedes amar mucho, no enseñes a niños.
2. Simplifica. Saber es simplificar sin quitar esencia.
3. Insiste. Repite como la naturaleza repite las especies hasta alcanzar la perfección.
4. Enseña con intención de hermosura, porque la hermosura es madre.
5. Maestro, sé fervoroso. Para encender lámparas basta llevar fuego en el corazón.
6. Vivifica tu clase. Cada lección ha de ser viva como un ser.
7. Acuérdate de que tu oficio no es mercancía sino oficio divino.
8. Acuérdate. Para dar hay que tener mucho.
9. Antes de dictar tu lección cotidiana mira a tu corazón y ve si está puro.
10. Piensa en que Dios se ha puesto a crear el mundo de mañana.
Gabriela Mistral - Decálogo del Maestro
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The largest sphere of the Pearl of the Orient Tower.
The tower features in total 11 spheres in various sizes. The biggest sphere is 50 meters in diameter with an open air observation deck 90 meters above ground level.
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So many forces act to provide these forms and lines – geologic upthrust and erosive carving, where the light falls and how the winds prevail, patterns of moisture and light that determine the growth of trees and shrubs. In the Wasatch Mountains, near Salt Lake City.
Es una especie de la familia Cactaceae. Su nombre, kleistos, deriva del griego y significa cerrado, debido a que sus flores , que surgen a lo largo del tallo, son tubulares o en forma de embudo y apenas abiertas, siendo visibles solamente el estilo y los.Es endémica de Bolivia una especie común en la vida silvestre.Los tallos, cuelgan a más de 2 m y se suelen ramificar profusamente desde la base formando apretados macizos. también están cubiertas de cerdas de color blanquecino, tan densamente, que ocultan el tallo y parecen pelos blancos largos los que han originado su nombre.
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Castroviejo, Soria, Castilla y León, España.
En Duruelo de la Sierra se puede encontrar uno de los parajes más impresionantes de la provincia de Soria: Castroviejo, sin duda su más firme emblema.
Sin dejar volar mucho la imaginación, estas rocas labradas en la naturaleza por la erosión del viento, la lluvia, la nieve y el hielo, adoptan formas increíbles y fantásticas.
Los amplios prados otorgan al viajero un relajante lugar para realizar una parada entre bosques de hoja perenne y helechos, pero lo más importante e indispensable de esta visita es sin lugar a dudas, contemplar las vistas panorámicas desde su mirador. Ante los ojos se abre un auténtico ‘mar de pinos’ hasta el horizonte.
In Duruelo de la Sierra one can find one of the most impressive places in the province of Soria: Castroviejo, undoubtedly its strongest emblem.
Without letting much imagination fly, these rocks carved in the nature by the erosion of the wind, the rain, the snow and the ice, take incredible and fantastic forms.
The wide meadows give the traveler a relaxing place to make a stop between evergreen forests and ferns, but the most important and indispensable of this visit is without a doubt, to contemplate the panoramic views from its viewpoint. Before the eyes opens a real 'sea of pines' to the horizon.
The canals of Bruges can also be enjoyed on foot by walking through their docks, crossing their bridges and enjoying their views. You can also enjoy the "flea market" in the Dijver canal, where you will find authentic relics.
But a less touristy area is the area of the great canal surrounding the old town of Bruges. If we take a map of Bruges, we will see that the historic centre is a large oval-shaped area surrounded by a wide canal with dense vegetation on its banks. This canal is currently located where the former city walls (which no longer exist) stood.
This canal has many spacious green areas with few visitors, where there are normally no tourist boats. You will get here views of Bruges that are very different form the typical ones. Even to the northeast of the historic centre, on the banks of this canal, you can see four wooden windmills, so traditional at the time in this region.
Los estromatolitos poco a poco van enlazando las piedras del río formando figuras como estas.
Estos estromatolitos son estructuras minerales originadas por la actividad metabólica de las cianobacterias presentes en sus aguas.
¿Por qué este río es tan especial para la ciencia?
Durante mucho tiempo las aguas del Tinto se creyeron carentes de vida, hasta el punto de que se plantearon procesos para la limpieza de "su contaminación", que afortunadamente no llegaron a desarrollarse. Y en cierto modo sí que parece un río estéril porque no hay organismos eucariotas superiores en sus aguas; sin embargo, su biodiversidad es enorme: se han descrito más de 1.100 especies distintas de hongos y un centenar de algas, además de protistas y bacterias.
La aparente contaminación del río no es tal, sino que se trata del resultado de un complejo proceso de interacción entre las comunidades bacterianas que lo habitan y el sustrato. Algunas bacterias presentes en el río no obtienen su energía al quemar con oxígeno la glucosa y otros nutrientes como hacemos gran parte de los seres vivos, sino que la obtienen a expensas de los minerales que afloran de la franja pirítica de Huelva.
Por tanto, las condiciones de extrema acidez y de elevadas concentraciones de iones férrico y sulfato en las aguas del Tinto son debidas a la actividad quimiolitotrófica de los microorganismos que lo habitan y que son capaces de oxidar los sulfuros metálicos, en alta concentración en la zona de afloramiento del Tinto.
Lo que hace del Tinto un lugar especial para el estudio de las posibilidades de existencia de vida en Marte es que los seres vivos que lo habitan no han llegado de otros lugares y se han adaptado a este medio tan extremo, sino que han ido evolucionando en el propio río y han ido modulando el medio en el que viven.
El conocimiento de todo esto nos debe llevar a la necesidad de defender la protección de ese ecosistema tan excepcional, por eso es muy lamentable que los vertidos que muy a menudo transforman en los últimos tiempos la coloración de sus aguas (probablemente procedentes del vertedero de residuos tóxicos de Nerva), o la reapertura de la mina estén deteriorándolo muy rápidamente.
Con información procedente de www.espacial.org/planetarias/exobiologia/riotinto1.htm
Alberto González Fairén
Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Seminario de Ciencias Planetarias, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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Flores de Santa Gemita - 111721 - Vivero San Jose-5
En forme olympienne, sous les applaudissements de ses plus grandes admiratrices et couvert du regard bienveillant de Kiki, le Petit AV participe au relais de la flamme Olympique !
À No-Man's-Land cet événement (qui n'a lieu malheureusement que tous les quatre ans) a pu être célébré comme il se doit en rendant breuvages hommage au drapeau des jeux sous une forme plus traditionnelle en total accord avec les traditions.
Sui monti che circondano la conca d'Alpago è scesa la prima neve. E' una neve tardoautunnale; sono veli leggeri ed effimeri che avranno beve durata. Eppure essi rivestono la montagna di fascino e ne alleggeriscono l'immagine cupa e massiccia. Grazie ai primi veli di vene, infatti, la montagna rivela tutta se stessa, tutte le sue asperità, le sue forme, i suoi anfratti. Come una signora che offre d'improvviso tutta la sua bellezza ..... ..
Plastic - An interesting theme for this week's Macro Monday. I like plastic and as suggested, it wasn't too tough finding a worthy subject in the house. I had a few CD's lying around and thought it would be interesting if I could extract the data via some unconventional means. I chose a torch and applied a little heat to the underside of the CD. Before my eyes, the data started to emerge in the form of little bubbles and I knew I was on to something. For the shot, I added a little sunlight (fleeting sunlight I might add) and my trusty 55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro with a PK-13, 27.5mm extension tube and it was done. Included in the experimentation was my 50mm Pentacon and various extension tube lengths. I liked this one the best but the bokeh of the Pentacon is very unique.
The bubbles don't really contain data but it seemed to fit so I went with it. You may think you're looking at a curved surface but its flat and looks just like a CD with one side melted a bit. Enjoy large.
Subject size: app. 3/4 in X 3/4 in.
Happy Macro Mondays
The Atomium was designed by engineer André Waterkeyn for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. It is composed of nine steel spheres linked together to form a unit cell of an iron crystal enlarged 165 billion times.
Azimuth 321.2°, 4.28 km away (2.66 mi), height 102 m (335 ft).
Address: Place de l'Atomium 1, 1020 Laeken (Brussels)
The Grand Palais (or Palais 5) is a large Art-Deco exhibition hall (13 040 m²) erected for the the Brussels International Exposition of 1935. Its four pilasters are topped by 4.3 meters high bronze statues.
Azimuth 324.0°, 4.8 km away (2.98 mi), height 47.3 m (155 ft).
Address: Place de Belgique 1, 1020 Laeken (Brussels)
Photo taken in 2012 from the top of the Brusilia Residence.
FR : L' Atomium et le Palais 5 du Heysel à Laeken (Bruxelles)
L' Atomium fut conçu par l'ingénieur André Waterkeyn pour l'exposition universelle de Bruxelles en 1958. Il est composé de neuf sphères en acier reliées entre elles pour former une cellule unitaire d'un cristal de fer agrandi 165 milliards de fois.
Azimut 321.2°, distance 4.28 km, hauteur 102 m.
Adresse : Place de l'Atomium 1, 1020 Laeken (Brussels)
Le Palais 5 est un grand hall d'exposition Art-Déco (13 040 m²) érigé pour l'Exposition internationale de 1935 à Bruxelles. Ses quatre pilastres sont surmontés de statues en bronze de 4,3 mètres de haut.
Azimut 324.0°, distance 4.8 km, hauteur 47.3 m.
Adresse : Place de Belgique 1, 1020 Laeken (Brussels)
Photo prise en 2012 du haut de la Résidence Brusilia.
NL: Heyzels Atomium en Paleis 5 in Laeken
Het Atomium werd ontworpen door ingenieur André Waterkeyn voor de Wereldtentoonstelling van Brussel in 1958. Het bestaat uit negen stalen bollen die met elkaar verbonden zijn tot een eenheidscel van een ijzerkristal dat 165 miljard keer vergroot is.
Azimut 321.2°, 4.28 km ver, 102 m hoog.
Adres: Place de l'Atomium 1, 1020 Laeken (Brussels)
Het Paleis 5 is een grote Art-Deco tentoonstellingshal (13 040 m²), gebouwd voor de Internationale Tentoonstelling van 1935 in Brussel. De vier pilasters worden bekroond door 4,3 meter hoge bronzen beelden.
Azimut 324.0°, 4.8 km ver, 47.3 m hoog.
Adres: Place de Belgique 1, 1020 Laeken (Brussels)
Foto genomen in 2012 vanaf de top van de Brusilia Residentie.
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(Aulacorhynchus prasinus cyanolaemus) B28I0899 Huembo - North Peru
Cyanolaemus form is found in North Peru - Note the difference with the previous photo dimidiatus form
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Western Pasqueflower, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
These are two different life stages of the same flower. It blooms as seen in the top photo, then forms a green spiky ball, then it "lets its hair down" in the final seed stage. (The hairy stage often reminds me of a Muppet!)
It is one of the earlier subalpine flowers to bloom so the meadow and lake basin at Owyhigh were filled with these flowers in their various stages of life.
SÜDAFRIKA( South-Africa), KLeine Karoo, Richtung Oudtshoorn,
Genug Platz zum Überholen
SOUTH AFRICA( South-Africa), KLeine Karoo, direction Oudtshoorn.
The name Karoo comes from kurú in the language of the San, who once lived and hunted here. In their language, this word means "dry, arid, stony land".
Great and Little Karoo
The Great Karoo has a west-east extension of over 750 kilometers and a north-south extension of around 110 kilometers. It is bordered to the west by the Cedar Mountains massif and to the east by the Winter Mountains. In the north, the Roggeveldberge, Komsberg, Nuweveldberge and Sneeuberg mountain ranges and in the south the Witteberge, Groot Swartberge and Groot Winterhoek form the natural boundary.
South of this region, bordered by the Swartberge in the north, the Little Karoo extends in a clearing basin. This in turn is bordered on its southern flank by the coastal Langeberge and Outeniqua Mountains.