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Überall wo wir Dunkelheit wahrnehmen, ist auch Licht - überall wo wir verzweifeln, gibt es Hoffnung.
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Wherever we see darkness, there is light - wherever we are desperate, there is hope!
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This image captures the stunning optical phenomenon of a sun pillar. The sun itself remains below the horizon and will not rise for another fifteen minutes.
A sun pillar forms when sunlight reflects off tiny, hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. These ice crystals, typically flat and plate-like, tend to align horizontally as they drift downward (assuming calm conditions). Acting as tiny mirrors, they reflect sunlight toward the observer, creating the illusion of a vertical column of light. Because the crystals are scattered at varying altitudes, the effect appears as a continuous, glowing pillar.
Thin, ice-crystal-rich clouds can enhance this phenomenon, as seen in the image. Interestingly, some observers initially mistook the bright patch in the sky for the sun itself, believing it to be obscured by clouds. It was only when the sun eventually rose—unveiling its full brilliance above the horizon—that they realized their mistake (see my next post for that moment).
This photograph was taken in southern Styria, Austria, near the Slovenian border. In post-processing, I aimed to preserve the scene’s original impression and depict the phenomenon as faithfully as possible. However, due to the high contrast between the sky and the landscape, I had to slightly brighten the foreground to maintain visual balance.
Hang out long enough and you start to become each other…just ask these galaxies.
In Webb’s latest image (shown at right here), two galaxies in the process of merging are twisting each other out of shape. Bright tendrils of star-forming regions connect their two glowing cores. These star-forming regions are particularly bright in infrared light, the wavelengths that Webb specializes in.
Read more:
www.nasa.gov/image-feature/vice-president-harris-french-p...
This image: Here are complementary Hubble & Webb views of this galactic pair. While Hubble shows the merger in visible light (left), Webb’s image shines in infrared (right).
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. Evans; the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Image description: Side-by-side comparison of two merging spiral galaxies as seen by the Hubble and Webb telescopes. Each view is labeled. In both images, the two galaxies form a bean-like shape together, with the more distorted galaxy above and to the left of the other. The background is black, and many tiny distant galaxies dot the scene. On the left, Hubble’s image shows the galaxies in white, with faint blue swirls of star formation and reddish brown dust. There is a bright star with four diffraction spikes above the galaxies surrounded by a pale arc of dust. On the right, Webb’s image shows the same galaxies in blue, as well as much brighter, clearer spiral tendrils of star-forming regions in orange-pink. To the right of the top galactic core, faint diffraction spikes stretch out of a particularly bright star-formation clump. The same star above the galaxies has a set of eight diffraction spikes that are much shorter than in Hubble’s view, and the arc of dust around it is more transparent.
Steuben County, Indiana.
I had never seen the white form until now. Four of them were found among the purple ones.
Le genre Ganoderma est caractérisé par des basidiocarpes longs et répétés formant des étagères encastrées dans les troncs des arbres, ils sont également connus en anglais sous le nom de «conk funguss» (fungus narigón). Ils sont appelés lignicoles (décomposeurs en bois) et coriaces (cuir) avec ou sans tige. Les corps de fructose se développent généralement sous la forme d'un ventilateur ou d'un sabot dans l'écorce des troncs vivants ou morts. Ils ont une double paroi et des spores tronquées qui forment des strates ornées allant du jaune au brun
Subjectivity. We all judge forms of media with it, and it forges a large part of the lasting impression or conclusion we arrive at about whatever it happens to be we feel, smell, taste, view or listen to. When working on a photograph, I'm sure I'm not alone in asking the opinions of those close to me - sometimes I get so wrapped up and 'involved' in a particular shot that it's difficult to maintain a level of neutrality. This is where it helps for someone to step in and tell me I'm heading in the right direction, or point out that it might be better were I to abandon a particular concept completely... Sometimes I listen to them and sometimes I don't - subjectivity, as I say.
Occasionally images are loved by the majority - I'm convinced there are near-universally accepted ideals in all artforms, otherwise how does a great musician, sculptor or author become so revered? Then there are photographs that appeal to many - it might be that they have pleasing qualities that are commonly accepted as beautiful, whether that be a certain arrangement of elements (compositional rules expertly applied), or the quality of light, or of course the subject matter itself. Naturally, there are shots that have niche appeal - I don't expect anybody would be excited about photographs of my children other than me! Then, there are those shots that appeal on an almost purely personal level.
When I took this image, I was drawn by several things - one in particular was the graffiti etched in the concrete before it dried, hence rendering those scribblings permanent. Funnily enough, it was the name 'Jes' that first struck me, and was the title I had in mind whilst shooting were the picture to prove successful. It wasn't until I viewed the file properly once home I really took notice of the other names - and of course that changed things completely. Narcissistic? Surely not!
It's my hope that this photograph will be enjoyed by you, but even if not then hopefully you'll appreciate why it has that personal appeal I mentioned. To me, at least.
“As a matter of habit, I stop and pick up seashells that interest me, and I always put the ones I really like in a lovely Baccarat bowl in my living room. It's my way of remembering that I once was young and carefree.”
― Adriana Trigiani, Rococo
She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.
The shells she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure.
For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore
Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells.
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A Kazakh nomadic Eagle Hunter shot in the ultra remote Altai Mountains of Mongolia.
This image formed part of a trilogy I was commissioned to shoot for Lonely Planet www.lonelyplanet.com
Carlisle, Northern England
Picture No: 2019-12-21-7109_P5_FRAMED_S
Edited in Canon DPP, framed in Photoshop 6
Cropped. No photomontage. No Photoshop.
These colorful umbrellas forming a geometric pattern were up in the air. I was lucky for great clouds in the desert area when we mostly just have a plain sky.
How Meteors Are Actually Formed
TK-1110: "Great Shot! I think this one went farther than that previous rock."
TK-420: "Nah, I think I hooked that shot. It will burn up like all the others."
TK-ID 10 T: "We better finish up. Vader wants us back at the clubhouse before the moon turns dark."
{{Voice from the sky: "That's no moon!"}}
National Meteor Watch Day Is June 30
National Meteor Watch Day is observed every year on June 30th. Also known as National Meteor Day, on a cloudless night, people turn their eyes to the heavens in hopes of spotting the glow of a falling star.
Daily there are millions of meteors that occur in the Earth’s atmosphere.
When space debris, such as pieces of rock, enter the earth’s atmosphere the friction causes the surrounding air to become scorching hot. This “shooting star” streaking through the sky surrounded by flaming hot air is a meteor.
The majority of the meteoroids that cause meteors are only the size of a pebble.
Meteors sometimes occur in showers. It’s an excellent time to plan for a meteor-watching party. Whether we catch a few stray falling stars or witness an entire meteor shower, this day calls for an evening with friends and family under the stars. Identify the constellations while waiting to make a wish or two. Sounds like a romantic night, as well.
In the Northern Hemisphere, one of the most active meteor showers is the Perseids. Named after the constellation Perseus where the majority of the activity takes place, particles released by the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle cause the meteors to shower down onto the earth. One of the most impressive meteor showers in the Northern Hemisphere, the Perseids put on dazzling displays. Some years, on a clear night with a new moon, sky watchers view more than one meteor per minute! The Perseids are active from mid-July to late August.
Meteors are usually observed at night and are visible when they are about 34 to 70 miles above the Earth, and they often disintegrated at about 31 to 51 miles above. Their glow time is usually about a second.
Despite a large number of meteors we see, a small percent of meteoroids hit the Earth’s atmosphere and then skip back into space.
The chemical composition and the speed of the meteoroid will cause different hues to the light. Possible colors and elements producing them include:
Orange/yellow (sodium)
Yellow (iron)
Blue/green (copper)
Purple (potassium)
Red (silicate)
How to Observe National Meteor Watching Day
Plan your night. Gather some friends together, a blanket and find a place far from the city lights on a cloudless night.
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We're halfway through 2020!
I recently acquired a +3 magnifying filter that threads onto my Nikkor 18-200mm lens and allows me to truly "fill the frame" when I use both of these tools together.
It is a bit tricky to work with since the combo produces a very shallow depth of field, but I'm pleased that a $25.00 filter can be so helpful for those of us who enjoy seeing the nature world up close......
that has been misunderstood.
Form and function should be
one, joined in a spiritual union.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
(This is probably my favorite photo from Saturday's trip.)
Check out the many color forms of Painted Mock Viper (Psammodynastes pictus). Lowland forest of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
Join us in Borneo: OrionHerpAdventure.com/Borneo.html
The wings are made up of rows of cloisonné stones crossed with vertical bands of gold. The inscription on the cartouche of Psusennes is in inlaid lapis lazuli. On the back, it is chased in gold.
Tanis, tomb of Psusennes I, burial chamber of Psusennes I
21 dynasty
Egyptian Museum of Cairo
One in a series of images titled 'Form minus Function'.
It's fair to say that type and ink only ever meet on a printed page. In this series of images, the two elements are presented to us in a way that is a little more unusual. Images of black and white ink in water are accompanied by small typographical letters to generate strange yet captivating forms that appear to float effortlessly in the air.
A contemporary tribute to traditional methods of print.
Best viewed large!
A former Restaurant
Lamm - Sheep - Steeb
Don Carlo -
Carlo Steeb: Der Samariter von Verona aus Tübingen
In Verona lehrte er am Priesterseminar, war Seelsorger in den Armenvierteln und wandte sich besonders Kranken und Gefangenen zu. Jahrelang war das habsburgische Oberitalien damals ein Kriegsschauplatz, an dem Konflikte zwischen Napoleon und Österreich ausgetragen wurden. Steeb war achtzehn Jahre lang in Lazaretten tätig und erwarb sich einen Ruf als besonders verständnisvoller Beichtvater, Seelsorger, Ratgeber und Übersetzer für Soldaten jeder Herkunft. Steeb kümmerte sich auch um Waisenhäuser und unterrichtete Kinder und Jugendliche in verschiedenen Schulen.
First Class Hotel - on the market place - next to the town hall
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Logo of the Lutherian City Church of the Collegiate Church SAINT George Saint Martin and Virgin Mary
Das evangelische Gemeindehaus Lamm
Die Stiftskirchengemeinde ist die evangelische Innenstadtgemeinde in Tübingen.
www.stiftskirche-tuebingen.de/Gemeindeleben/Gemeindehaus_...
liegt am Marktplatz an der Stelle, wo bis zu einem Brand das Hotel Lamm stand. Dahinter befindet sich der Lammhof mit der darunter liegenden Lammhofpassage. Das Gemeindehaus wurde 1974 eröffnet.
Im Foyer im ersten Stock hängt das Bild Erste Auferstehung des Tübinger Künstlers Herbert Rösler.
Johann Heinrich Karl Steeb
Seine Eltern, Johann Heinrich Steeb und Christine Elisabeth Immendörfer, beide überzeugte Pietisten , waren Besitzer des Hotels Lamm am Marktplatz, das sich seit über 150 Jahren im Familienbesitz befand.
www.kinderhaus-carlo-steeb.de/carlo_steeb.htm
Eine Gedenktafel erinnert daran, dass hier 1773 der katholische Ordensgründer Carlo Steeb geboren wurde.
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Als Verwalter der württembergischen Schäferei waren die Steebs auch im Wollhandel tätig. Der Vater betrieb zudem noch ein Landgut mit Schafhaltung im Schwärzloch, wohin er sich 1797, nach dem Verkauf des Lamm, zurückzog.
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. Er ist der Gründer der „Schwestern der Barmherzigkeit von Verona“ und wird von der römisch-katholischen Kirche als Seliger gelistet.
Carlo Steeb wurde am 6. Juli 1975 von Papst Paul VI. seliggesprochen. Sein Gedenktag ist der 15. Dezember. Nach ihm sind weltweit viele soziale Einrichtungen des von ihm gegründeten Ordensinstituts benannt. Unter anderem tragen Kirchen in Verona und Stuttgart seinen Namen.
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de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Steeb
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Gemeindebrief
www.stiftskirche-tuebingen.de/Gemeindeleben/Gemeindebrief...
Carlo Steeb (Tubinga, 18 dicembre 1773 – Verona, 15 dicembre 1865) è stato un presbitero tedesco, fondatore (con Vincenza Maria Poloni) della congregazione delle Sorelle della Misericordia: nel 1975 è stato proclamato beato da papa Paolo VI.
Memoria liturgica il 15 dicembre.
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Beato Carlo Steeb Sacerdote
15 dicembre
Tubinga (Würtemberg, Germania), 18 dicembre 1773 - Verona, 15 dicembre 1856
www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/35700
E lui, che molti chiamano “mamma dei malati”, muore dopo aver visto ultimata la chiesa dell’Istituto in Verona, dove è deposto il suo corpo. Papa Paolo VI lo ha beatificato nel 1975.
Oggi le Sorelle della Misericordia sono presenti, oltre che in Italia, in Germania, Portogallo, Albania, Tanzania¸ Angola, Burundi,Argentina, Brasile e Cile.
Seligsprechung:
(englische wiki erklärt es richtig.)
Der Selige wird nicht angebetet, sondern in seinem Namen zum Fürsprecher eines Anliegens im Gebet.
Anbetung gebührt Gott.
Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name.
Imagine a world before the Internet, where there was hardly any form of communication amongst the crossdressing/transvestite community. All was not completely lost however. One single light in the UK during the 1980's and 90's was Swish Publications's "World of Transvestism" (or WOTV as it became abbreviated). A successor to the much earlier "Tranz" magazine, WOTV was published monthly, inside was an "Aladin's Cave" of letters, photos (black and white), occasionally stories and illustrations. The publishing quality was quite poor and WOTV was not cheap (I think it was £6 when I first started to acquire my own personal copies).The cover usually graced some of the more photogenic girls, many of whom I am pleased to say are on Flickr. In view of their privacy I shall not post those, but I would like to share this cover showing an example of the sorts of illustrations that were often printed.
Stockists were few in fact in my area there was only one newsagent that stocked maybe one or two copies a month, but one could travel to Swish's main store in Greek Street London, to purchase missing copies or "bargain bundles".
Sadly I now longer have the magazines, but I did scan all the covers and most of the images of some of the girls from those magazines. If you did appear and would either like a scan, or have no objection to your cover (or image) being published here, by all means get in touch. The issues I have scans from are below.
Vol 11_10, Vol 12_01, Vol 12_02, Vol 12_03, Vol 12_05, Vol 12_09, Vol 13_01, Vol 13_02, Vol 13_04, Vol 13_08, Vol 13_09, Vol 13_10, Vol 13_11, Vol 13_12, Vol 14_01, Vol 14_02, Vol 14_03, Vol 14_04, Vol 14_05, Vol 14_06, Vol 14_07, Vol 14_08, Vol 14_09, Vol 14_10, Vol 14_11, Vol 14_12, Vol 15_01, Vol 15_02, Vol 15_03, Vol 15_04, Vol 15_05, Vol 15_06, Vol 15_07, Vol 15_08, Vol 15_09, Vol 15_10, Vol 15_12, Vol 16_01, Vol 16_02, Vol 16_03, Vol 16_04, Vol 16_06, Vol 16_11, Vol 17_04, Vol 17_05, Vol 17_07, Vol 18_10, Vol 19_03, Vol 20_06, Vol 21_01, Vol 21_04, Vol 21_05, Vol 21_12, Vol 22_02.
DISCLAIMER: I am not the copyright owner of the image and my publication on flickr is not intended to infringe any such copyright. I seek to make no financial gain from the reproduction. If you are the original copyright owner and wish the image to be removed, please contact myself.
Similar in scale and form to the example on the Causse de Lunas (see below), a warm water form in a monolithic block that is tilting and slipping down a gully. Although not obvious, the monolith is tilting at around 45 degrees and needs to be boxed in timber before being dragged on rails to a new resting place tens of meters to the north. An important project for the territorial army and their engineer brigade, with coordination from local heavy equipment as the rock is in the multiple hundreds of tonnes and if it slides further would present far greater problems. I have yet to feature this example in my album on the subject, and it is to be found up valley from Ayguebonne, hidden in a scribble of scrub and land slip.
See how the top 'pool' seems flatly functional and the near pool seems to suggest representation more than function, with its undulated token surface. The explanation I offer for this seeming anomaly is in the text associated with my pottery model linked below.
The stitch for this image was rushed and I hope one day to have the time to reupload a cleaner version.
AJM 22.10.22