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Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern Lebanese town of Kawkaba. The coordinated exercise brought together 20 participants, with 10 each from UNIFIL and the LAF 7th Brigade. Kawkabain, Habaya district, 8 January 2020. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/UN
Over a thousand people braved the freezing Lake Michigan water to raise money for the Special Olympics at the 13th annual Chicago Polar Plunge. They had to bring trucks in to clear out the snow and ice for the plungers to be able to enter the water.
I'm posting more than I usually do, but I figured that if these people were willing to jump in that frigid lake for charity and I got a picture of them, I owe it to them to post it!
Please take the time to view the entire set here.
Alpinia purpurata, red ginger, also called ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, are native Malaysian plants with showy flowers on long brightly colored red bracts. They look like the bloom, but the true flower is the small white flower on top.
It has cultivars called Jungle King and Jungle Queen. Red Ginger grows in Hawaii, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Vincent, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Suriname (where its Dutch name is 'bokkepoot', billy-goat's foot), and many Central American nations, including Belize. It is also found in Samoa, where it is the national flower, and is locally called "teuila."
Red ginger can also be grown in South Florida since, in general, the region does not fall below freezing temperatures. It prefers partial shade and moist humid conditions, although it can tolerate full sun in some climates. It tends to like to be well watered and not left to dry out.
Ginger can also be grown as a houseplant and its cut flowers can be used in arrangements.
Ginger tends to spread.
At the February, 2015 Upstate Cars & Coffee in Greenville, South Carolina. A great turnout of cars despite freezing temperatures and nasty cold wind.
Minnesota's north woods had a morning of spectacular hoarfrost this week. Heavy fog and below-freezing temperatures produced these beautiful crystal formations on everything.
Portland, Oregon
09 Dec 2009
Freezing temperatures over the last few days caused the courtyard fountain in my apartment complex to freeze.
This year has been a slow year for me in terms of photography. I've had a lot of ups and downs and it just became hard to put in the same effort I put in to the hobby last year. Many of you know that Jeff recently lost his battle with melanoma. He was one of my very best friends and my partner in crime in all things photo and beer related. I've only gotten my camera out a handful of times this year and Jeff was there for nearly all of them. We went on plenty of photography trips over the past few years. “f/it trips” as they've become known. We had plans to go to Iceland this summer but when Jeff's cancer resurfaced we had to put it off. Instead my wife and I were going to head to Norway for two weeks. That too was cancelled last minute for unrelated reasons. What seemed like bad luck and a good reason to feel sorry for myself was instead a gift of more time with my friend. Jeff ended up passing away just a few days after we would have returned from that trip.
In an attempt to honor Jeff in some small way, my wife and I took our new found vacation time and went on a backpacking trip to Titcomb Basin in the Wind River Range in Wyoming. This was a place Jeff and I were planning on going but we ran out of time. He would have hated so many parts of this trip. Hiking 30 miles at 10k ft, daily hail storms with the occasional lightning bolt flying by our heads and the freezing temperatures. When we returned he would have said how great it was though. Because it was great. Jaw dropping scenery, solitude, brisket and pulled pork sandwiches on the road and what every photographer wants, some wonderful light to go with the scenery. Sam was gracious enough to let me take Jeff's camera for this trip. Using a Nikon was like trying to learn Chinese on the fly but it was worth it. It was a 15 lb reminder of why I was there and to appreciate every moment of it.
This photo was taken on our third night. Every afternoon a storm would roll in, but it usually cleared for sunset. With the wind chasing the reflections from every pool of water I decided to set up at the creek exiting Upper Titcomb Lake. Just after sunset we encountered a wolverine. It seemed he was making his nightly rounds and we were blocking his usual creek crossing. After giving us a few looks he hopped further down the creek to make his way across. It's always fun to see wildlife. Especially when it has no interest in mauling me.
Oh and before any of you jokers say it... Jeff's camera sure does take nice pictures!
Taken on a very cold photoshoot with the amazing Tamara. She is a true professional to work with, staying focused and collected in freezing temperatures.
Sub freezing temperatures the last few days caused this creek to turn solid in an interesting way. Seen in Lion's Den Gorge on Lake Michigan.
Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern Lebanese town of Kawkaba. The coordinated exercise brought together 20 participants, with 10 each from UNIFIL and the LAF 7th Brigade. Kawkabain, Habaya district, 8 January 2020. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/UN
Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern Lebanese town of Kawkaba. The coordinated exercise brought together 20 participants, with 10 each from UNIFIL and the LAF 7th Brigade. Kawkabain, Habaya district, 8 January 2020. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/UN
A group of hikers stands at an overlook above the California Trail Interpretive Center during the third annual Moonlight Snowshoe hike on Jan. 17, 2014. Although there was no snow and no moon, 55 hikers braved the freezing temperatures to get outside and enjoy their public lands.
Wednesday evening April 26, 2017 it was cold enough to snow in Minnesota. The following morning, April 27, 2017, all the flowers in our garden were covered with a thin layer of snow. This yellow Daffodil was covered with a layer of snow and struggling to stay warm in the near-freezing temperatures. Fortunately all the flowers survived the snow and cold! Photographed in our front yard flower garden. Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony SAL AF 75-300mm lens on tripod.
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Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern Lebanese town of Kawkaba. The coordinated exercise brought together 20 participants, with 10 each from UNIFIL and the LAF 7th Brigade. Kawkabain, Habaya district, 8 January 2020. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/UN
Flufy and nice today but blizzardy a few days ago; no school for 4 days now. Freezing temperatures day and night for 4 days, very rare in Texas.
Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern Lebanese town of Kawkaba. The coordinated exercise brought together 20 participants, with 10 each from UNIFIL and the LAF 7th Brigade. Kawkabain, Habaya district, 8 January 2020. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/UN
Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern Lebanese town of Kawkaba. The coordinated exercise brought together 20 participants, with 10 each from UNIFIL and the LAF 7th Brigade. Kawkabain, Habaya district, 8 January 2020. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/UN
An early Spring ice storm has crippled East Coast Canada, many without power and below freezing temperatures. Above is my driveway, I've been snowed in many times but never treed in.
Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern Lebanese town of Kawkaba. The coordinated exercise brought together 20 participants, with 10 each from UNIFIL and the LAF 7th Brigade. Kawkabain, Habaya district, 8 January 2020. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/UN
Hewitt, New Jersey, a part of West Milford, at the south end of Greenwood Lake, which straddles the New York and New Jersey border. I lived here when I edited a local paper: The West Milford Argus, and stayed while I worked for the anti-poverty program that also operated there.
I had put seeds out for the ground feeding birds due to the freezing temperatures. When I got back from my walk, I noticed a quick movement on the terrace and waited to see what it was. This little field mouse came back to fill its face a few times before disappearing back to its nest.
It was hard to fight the freezing temperatures and the wind (and my husband's bulky parka and boots) to get this final shot. This is my favourite one. Please forgive the quality of these pictures - I took them for the record, only.
We've had some beautifully sunn days this weekend which means freezing temperatures. I don't know if I will ever not marvel at playing at the park which has frozen grass. This So Cal girl is in a whole new world, and I like it.
Took this at the Lachine Canal this morning. Regardless of the cold and freezing temperatures, this family of ducks was wading and foraging the canal waters.
Above freezing temperatures, a patch of ground without snow, low wind and batteries charged.... yep, time to launch my DJI Spark.
For the record, I'm flying my Spark with an iPhone 8+ so I kept it in "Beginner" mode. The 100' height and distance restriction and the slower flying speed are OK for me.
For this flight, I decided to do a panorama view of the nearby condos. In addition, I captured a video of what remains of the golf course clubhouse. The structure was torn down years ago and, as you can see, provides a place to park some golf carts. In hindsight, I should have pointed the camera down and flown over the silo but I simply didn't think of it. Maybe another time.
The "back 9" of the golf course is still intact. The "front 9" has, sadly, been torn up for new home construction.
Stockport's (wedding cake) Town Hall from the corner of Greek Street.
Last weeks snow forced me out of my car and onto public transport, so I decided to take my camera along for the ride to record some of my journey. A normal 15-20 minutes drive turned into the best part of an hour long commute on 2 busses in below freezing temperatures and the novelty quickly wore off. The following pictures were taken between Wednesday and Friday last week.
Curing the finished bridge deck, which takes about 10 days. In these freezing temperatures, the deck is heated to keep it from freezing during this critical period.
Over a thousand people braved the freezing Lake Michigan water to raise money for the Special Olympics at the 13th annual Chicago Polar Plunge. They had to bring trucks in to clear out the snow and ice for the plungers to be able to enter the water.
I'm posting more than I usually do, but I figured that if these people were willing to jump in that frigid lake for charity and I got a picture of them, I owe it to them to post it!
Please take the time to view the entire set here.
A man stand-up paddleboards (SUP) in the early winter morning in sub-freezing temperatures on a lake in eastern Pennsylvania.
Those of you of a certain age will remember UK's winter of 1962 - 1963 where snow and freezing temperatures lasted for more than 60 days, and I remember our mum saying there was still remnants of dirty black snow on the side of the roads in April.
It started snowing on Boxing Day and I remember playing with my new football where everything went quiet with large flakes of snow falling. The disruption across the country was widespread with snowdrifts followed by the (big) freeze with the sea frozen over in harbours and the like, to crops unworkable in the ground. Unquestionably a long memorable winter here in the UK.
This butterfly is unique in Florida. It has bright orange and black uppersides and iridescent silver spots on the underside of the wings. It is named after the orange red Fritillary flower. And Gulf because this species is common in the states around the Gulf of Mexico. The male is slightly brighter in color than the female.
This species can't survive freezing temperatures at any stage of its life. Its habitat is the same as the Zebra longwing... woodland edges, city gardens and open brushy fields where adults eagerly visit Lantana flowers.
Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae
Seaside Goldenrod
Caterpillar food is the passion vine
Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve, North Miami, FL
Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern Lebanese town of Kawkaba. The coordinated exercise brought together 20 participants, with 10 each from UNIFIL and the LAF 7th Brigade. Kawkabain, Habaya district, 8 January 2020. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/UN
...makes you get inside a refrigerator, act stupid infront of the camera, asks you to come out in freezing temperatures to watch houses being burnt down (who does that???), puts cooking utensils on top of your head, makes your girlfriend beat the shit out of you using a fire extinguisher, puts your children inside buckets, asks you to line up in the mens room... and pee...while he is taking photos... oh yea... makes you wear a boxer, and pose with your classy girlfriend...
haha... worst of all... he is gonna put alll that shit on the web... for everyone to see...
btw...
Strobist: one SB 800... on top...
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - Freezing temperatures, muddy conditions, simulated explosions and countless physical challenges awaited Team APG Soldiers and civilians who honored the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor during the Physically, Mentally and Emotionally, or PME, Hard Challenge, Dec. 9, 2016.
Held on the grounds of the former Ordnance Museum on APG North (Aberdeen), the even focused on a range of survival tactics used by the survivors – and victims – of the infamous Dec. 7, 1941 attack.
Entry in category 1. Object of study; Copyright CC-BY-NC-ND: Farrokh Tarpoudi Baheri
Freezing of supercooled droplets from condensation on bitumen surface. At the moment of freezing due to latent heat release the temperature jumps to the equilibrium freezing temperature of 0 C at the 1 atm. The mock colered droplet shows the higher temperature.
Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern Lebanese town of Kawkaba. The coordinated exercise brought together 20 participants, with 10 each from UNIFIL and the LAF 7th Brigade. Kawkabain, Habaya district, 8 January 2020. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/UN
It is starting to get cold. Freezing temperatures this morning. A few hours later at the old tree it was maybe 4C. But no wind at all and very quiet.
Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern Lebanese town of Kawkaba. The coordinated exercise brought together 20 participants, with 10 each from UNIFIL and the LAF 7th Brigade. Kawkabain, Habaya district, 8 January 2020. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/UN
St Mel’s of Longford town is the cathedral church for the diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise. Ambitious plans for a fine church building in Longford began to take form after the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 and became a reality when sufficient funds had been collected. Construction began in 1840 with the laying of the foundation stone which was taken from the original cathedral of St. Mel at Ardagh, only a few miles from Longford. The main body of the new cathedral was completed in 1856 to a neo-classical design by the architect Joseph Benjamin Keane, work having been delayed during the period of the Great Famine (1846 and recommenced 1853). After Joseph’s death in 1849, work was continued after by his assistant John Bourke (d.1871) who was also responsible for the belfry tower completed in 1860, but with major alterations to its original design. The neo-classical portico was designed by George Coppinger Ashlin (1837-1921) and completed in 1889 with its pediment and sculpted tympanum depicting the enthronement of St. Mel as Bishop of Ardagh along with three statues above the pediment. By this time, the cathedral building has taken on its definitive form with no further major alterations until its refurbishment after the devastating fire of 2009.
On 25th December 2009, the entire building was gutted by a fire which accidently started within the boiler chimney flue at the rear and quickly spread. The alarm was raised just after 5am but fire-fighting attempts were hampered by frozen pipes as the country was in the grip of one of its worst and prolonged periods of freezing temperatures for decades. By daylight, the entire building had been reduced to a burnt-out shell with the loss of all its furnishing, fittings and diocesan museum. The museum contained many priceless artefacts that included the Crozier of Saint Mel and the book-shrine of St. Caillin (1536), the latter damaged beyond restoration but it may be possible to conserve some of the remnants. The 28 supporting columns were also damaged beyond repair and had to replaced anew. Very little was recoverable that survived the worst of the 1,000 deg.C fire and even these suffered some degree of fire damage such as The Bell of Fenagh which is undergoing conservation treatment at the National Museum of Ireland and the original baptismal font with its brass fittings and surrounding mosaic floor. But the most puzzling of all and described by many as nothing short of a miracle was the survival of the Holy Family painting in the northern transept and the undamaged Eucharistic Host still inside the fire damaged tabernacle. The Holy Family oil painting on a cotton-based canvas should have readily gone up in flames due to its highly combustible materials but somehow survived relatively unscathed despite the intense fire around it. This painting was of Italian origins by an unknown artist and is now back on display requiring little more than a cleaning!
After five years of work by many expert disciplines using traditional methods, the cathedral building has been totally refurbished and which included quarried blue-limestone for 28 columns with hand-carved capitals that support the roof. Both Harry Clarke Studio windows were salvaged from the transepts and restored to their former glory by Abbey Stained Glass Ltd of Dublin, a company with much experience in the restoration of stained glass windows. Other replacements such as the wooden pews, alter, stained glass, Stations of the Cross tablets, pipe-organ, fixtures and fitting were all made in a modern style to the best materials and craftsmanship available. It is also planned to open a diocesan museum in the cathedral’s new crypts. The total cost of refurbishment and fitting out came to around €30 million, funded mostly from the insurance cover and after five years of hard work the cathedral was reopened for services at Christmas 2014.
Photos taken Thursday 22nd January 2015.
References:
www.facebook.com/StMelsRestoration (St Mel’s Cathedral restoration – Facebook page).
www.rte.ie/news/special-reports/2014/1215/667007-longford... (RTE News article about TV program The Longford Phoenix).
www.longfordtourism.ie/event/st-mels-cathedral-rise-from-...
irishcatholic.ie/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/... (Sculptor Ken Thompson working on one of his Stations of the Cross panels).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mel%27s_cathedral,_Longford
l7.alamy.com/zooms/5e9904767cdb4317b39e15ee189488c3/shrin... (Image of St. Caillin book shrine created in 1536 before it was damaged beyond repair in the 2009 fire at St. Mel’s cathedral).
www.alamy.com/stock-photo-st-mels-crozier-longford-cathed... (Image of the 10th century St. Mel’s Crozier and sadly, completely destroyed in the cathedral fire of 2009).
Glendonites are stellar pseudomorphs of calcite after ikatite formed under near-freezing temperatures (< 4˚C)
The mosaic patterned underwings of these two butterflies are exquisite! It was exciting to see them from this point of view... bottom up! The striped body and bright orange legs. The bulging eyes and glistening antennae. What a treat to get so close!
At first glance, the Gulf Fritillary butterfly is quite similar to the Monarch... the same colors and general pattern. But the caterpillar isn't! The Gulf Fritillary one has a shiny coral-legged caterpillar... a sight to behold! And quite a contrast to the yellow, black and white striped Monarch caterpillar.
The Gulf Fritillary, even though it is one of Florida's three longwing (heliconian) butterflies, is a bit different from the Julia and the Zebra. Its wings are not as long and it feeds only nectar, not on pollen. However scientifically it is still considered a longwing. True Fritillaries are also orange and have silver spots on the underside of their hindwings, but they have more rounded forewings and a more compact appearance. True fritillaries, in the genus Speyeria, only occur north and west of Florida.
This butterfly is unique in Florida. It has bright orange and black uppersides and iridescent silver spots on the underside of the wings. It is named after the orange red Fritillary flower. And Gulf because this species is common in the states around the Gulf of Mexico. The male male is slightly brighter in color than the female.
This species can't survive freezing temperatures at any stage of its life. Its habitat is the same as the Zebra longwing... woodland edges, city gardens and open brushy fields where adults eagerly visit Lantana flowers.
Butterflies reproduce the way other animals do -- sperm from a male fertilizes eggs from a female. Males and females of the same species recognize one another by the size, color, shape and vein structure of the wings, all of which are species specific. Butterflies also recognize each other through pheromones or scents. During mating, males use clasping organs on their abdomens to grasp females.
Many male butterflies deliver more than just sperm to their mates. Most provide a spermatophore, a package of sperm and nutrients the female needs to produce and lay eggs. Some males collect specific nutrients to produce a better spermatophore in an attempt to attract a mate. Some females, however, don't have a choice -- in some species, males mate with females before they have left their chrysalis or swarm the chrysalis waiting for the female to appear. In most species, males and females look a lot a like, but females often have larger abdomens for carrying their eggs.
Females store the sperm in a sac called a bursa until she's ready to lay her eggs. She fertilizes her eggs as she lays them, using the last sperm she received first. For this reason, males of some species will leave a substance that dries into a film on the female's abdomen in an effort to keep her from mating with other males. Females lay their eggs one at a time or in batches of hundreds depending on their species.
A butterfly has to take special care when laying eggs. The eggs must be kept warm and at the right humidity level. Too much moisture and the egg will rot or be attacked by fungus. Too little and the egg will dry out. Caterpillars also need to start eating as soon as they hatch, so most of the time females place the eggs directly onto a plant the caterpillar will eat. Typically, the eggs attach to the underside of a leaf so they are hidden from predators.
In spite of all the effort female butterflies make to protect their eggs, very few make it to adulthood. Ants, birds and other animals can eat the eggs themselves. Also caterpillars and butterflies are popular snacks for everything from birds to bats. Some insects also lurk in or around flowers to prey on adult butterflies. A butterfly's chrysalis also has few defenses from predators and, at all stages of life, a butterfly can succumb to fungi and diseases.
Gulf Fritillary or Passion Butterfly, Agraulis vanillae, Nymphalidae, Heliconian
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Butterfly Garden, Miami, FL