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Beech tree expands its roots like an octopus leg, for this place is covered with lava rocks layer.
Taken at Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
頑張るねぇ～(*´Д｀)
火山活動で形成された伊豆半島。土壌層はごく浅くて直ぐに溶岩層に至ります。地表面までゴロゴロした溶岩で覆われたこの場所では, ブナは板根に成ったり, タコ脚の様に根を伸ばして溶岩岩石を掴んで幹をしっかりと支えます。
This Green Heron was just singing away while we snapped away. Compared with most herons, Green Herons are short and stocky, with relatively short legs and thick necks that are often drawn up against their bodies. They have broad, rounded wings and a long, daggerlike bill. The Green Heron will hunt by standing still at the water’s edge, in vegetation, or by walking slowly in shallow water. When a fish approaches, the heron lunges and darts its head, grasping (or sometimes spearing) the fish with its heavy bill.
A few miles from Cork City, Blarney Castle is most famous for its stone, which has the traditional power of conferring eloquence on all who kiss it. The word “Blarney” was introduced into the English language by Queen Elizabeth I and is described as pleasant talk, intended to deceive without offending. The stone is set in the wall below the battlements, and to kiss it, one has to lean backwards (grasping an iron railing) from the parapet walk.
In the grounds of the castle the Rock Close, and its surroundings, is a curious place of ancient trees and far more ancient stones, by legend a garden of druidic origin and a center of worship in pre-Christian days. The place has an aura of magic and mystique with Wishing Steps, Witch's Kitchen, Druid's Cave and many other delights, telling a story of centuries past.
Ever get a feeling in a particular landscape of having been there before? who knows, maybe in another life ....
The reflection in this water is as transient as my thoughts ....
often like the fragments of a dream that are sensed, only to become ever more elusive.
The mind is like that ... grasping .... hard edged and ego driven from a lifetime of identification with this body.
The way of the soul, I imagine is much softer edged and difficult to comprehend.
King Crimson ~ The Sheltering Sky. ~
Botswana
Okavango Delta
Africa
African elephants are elephants of the genus Loxodonta. The genus consists of two extant species: the African bush elephant, L. africana, and the smaller African forest elephant. They are the two existing genera of the family Elephantidae. Fossil remains of Loxodonta have been found only in Africa, in strata as old as the middle Pliocene.
African elephant societies are arranged around family units. Each family unit is made up of around ten closely related females and their calves and is led by an older female known as the matriarch. When separate family units bond, they form kinship or bond groups. After puberty, male elephants tend to form close alliances with other males.
Elephants are at their most fertile between the ages of 25 and 45. Calves are born after a gestation period of up to nearly two years. The calves are cared for by their mother and other young females in the group.
Elephants use some vocalisations that are beyond the hearing range of humans, to communicate across large distances. Elephant mating rituals include the gentle entwining of trunks. While feeding, elephants use their trunks to pluck at leaves and their tusks to tear at branches, which can cause enormous damage to foliage. – Wikipedia
What now, little Englander? Buccaneering? Dominating the seas again? Being 21 again and grasping golden opportunities? Do you really believe the Golden-Age rhetoric? These are nationalistic soap bubbles waiting to be pricked. The next couple of years will be hard, very hard. And nobody can honestly say how and in what kind of shape Britain will emerge from this self-inflicted madness.
Mitakon Speedmaster manual lens at F8, three LED lights.
The door closed shut with a deep thunderous boom, the ground yielding to the concussive force.
No way back , only forward.
The light dwindling as though it was purposefully obscuring the path that lay ahead.
Stagnant air displaced by a creeping odourous grasping mist of ............................wait!............ what was that?.......surely not now ...............eyes widened, almost child like..................here? now? ....no...wait!
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33/100: 100 Flowers 2020
This huge clematis flower is in my garden and I really had to resist the temptation to pick it to make it easier to get a photo.
It's another one with the Lensbaby, I'm still not sure I am grasping the focus but I quite liked it anyway. I added a texture (my own) for a bit of added interest in the background.
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The girl spent most of the next three days cleaning the theater, scavenging chairs from other buildings, and even finding some curtains that could be used to dress up the stage.
The Angel would drop in occasionally, to watch, or sit and chat, and on one occasion to do maintenance on her leg frame, which fascinated the girl.
"Does it ever hurt?" she asked the Angel, who was tightening something, with a fixed look of concentration on her face.
"Oh no, well; rarely, I did try dancing last year and that got a bit iffy, although I'd been to the ballerina camp so I was slightly wobbly from the Vodka.
"I'm wondering if you *are* one of the Russian Ballet members, you know - I visited the camp last night .. " The girl rubbed the back of her head as if soothing a headache, then continued .. "They asked me to help them out."
The Angel glanced up from her work, a twinkling eye directed at the girl...."A tasting?" she asked.
The girl shook her head, then thought better of it, grasping the back of her head again. "No, no.... washing, I needed to wash a few things, and traded my time.." She paused a moment... "might have been some tasting...."
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Entropy is a physical property of one system that relates to its degree of disorder. It is a concept I came across when at university, and I confess I had much trouble grasping it. The second principle of thermodynamics -- which Einstein considered to be the first law of all sciences -- states, in very simple terms, that unless you do something (some work is produced) systems will always get more and more disorganised.
I now see it everywhere....
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Leica M10-M, Summilux 1.4/50 Asph., Affinity Photo, EI 250 ISO, 1/180s, F/5.6
Lit up by the late afternoon sun, an immature Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis) perches on a fence post while hunting. Northern Shrikes consume small birds and mammals as well as insects. They are among the smallest of the vertebrate hunters in the bird world. Like the larger raptors, they have a hooked bill used for tearing flesh. They also have tooth-like projections on their upper bill that matches a groove on the lower bill- together they are used for grasping and suffocating prey.
Unlike most other flesh eating animals Shrikes will capture and kill more prey than they can immediately consume. The birds will impale the uneaten prey on spines, saving them for later consumption. This behavior has earned Shrikes the unofficial common name "butcher birds."
[OOC - I've been slowly absorbing Anya Ohmai's photography tutorials and while my editing materials are limited, I'm gradually grasping it and I'm having a ton of fun, too!]
A very snowy week of January passes, and Eve collects her thoughts on the happenings.
My attempt at the "Looking close... on Friday!" theme "Tasty Minimalism".
A little macro-study, testing different PP approaches and finding out the limits of these Tomioka lenses.
Shot with a (Tomioka) "Tominon-MC 58 mm F 4" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
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Australasian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
Description: The Darter is a large, slim water bird with a long snake-like neck, sharp pointed bill, and long, rounded tail. Male birds are dark brownish black with glossy black upperwings, streaked and spotted white, silver-grey and brown. The strongly kinked neck has a white or pale brown stripe from the bill to where the neck kinks and the breast is chestnut brown. Females and immatures are grey-brown above, pale grey to white below, with a white neck stripe that is less distinct in young birds. The Darter is often seen swimming with only the snake-like neck visible above the water, or drying its wings while perched on a tree or stump over water. While its gait is clumsy on land, it can soar gracefully to great heights on thermals, gliding from updraft to updraft. It has a cross-shaped silhouette when flying.
Distribution: In Australia, the Darter is found from Adelaide, South Australia, to Tennant Creek, Northern Territory and then to Broome, Western Australia. it is also found in south-western Australia, from Perth to Esperance. Worldwide, it has been thought of as one of two mainAnhinga species (the other, A. anhinga, is found in North America), found in the southern half of Africa, Madagascar, Iraq, Pakistan, India, south-east Asia, Indonesia and New Guinea. However, A. melanogaster is now considered to be further divided into three species, with rufa being found in Africa, melanogaster in south Asia and novaehollandiae in New Guinea and Australia (the Australasian Darter).
Habitat: The Darter is found in wetlands and sheltered coastal waters, mainly in the Tropics and Subtropics. It prefers smooth, open waters, for feeding, with tree trunks, branches, stumps or posts fringing the water, for resting and drying its wings. Most often seen inland, around permanent and temporary water bodies at least half a metre deep, but may be seen in calm seas near shore, fishing. The Darter is not affected by salinity or murky waters, but does require waters with sparse vegetation that allow it to swim and dive easily. It builds its nests in trees standing in water, and will move to deeper waters if the waters begin to dry up.
Feeding: The Darter catches fish with its sharp bill partly open while diving in water deeper than 60 cm. The fish is pierced from underneath, flicked onto the water's surface and then swallowed head first. Smaller items are eaten underwater and large items may be carried to a convenient perch and then swallowed. Insects and other aquatic animals, including tortoises, may also be eaten, as well as some vegetable matter. In hot weather, adult birds may pour water from their bills into the gullets of their young chicks when they are still in the nest.
Breeding: The Darter is usually a solitary bird, forming pairs only while breeding. Breeding is erratic, happening whenever water levels and food supplies are suitable, but most often occurs in spring and summer. Nests are usually solitary, but Darters may nest within loose colonies with other water birds that nest in trees, such as cormorants, spoonbills and ibis. The male decorates a nest-site with green leafy twigs and displays to attract a mate, with elaborate wing-waving and twig-grasping movements. The male carries most of the nest material to the nest-site, which is normally in the fork of a tree standing in water, usually about 3.5 m above the water's surface. Both sexes complete the nest, incubate the eggs and raise the young. Chicks are kept warm by brooding continously (or cooled down by shading with spread wings) for up to a week after hatching and both adults stay in the nest with the chicks overnight. In hot weather, the adults will even shake water over the chicks after a swim. Chicks can swim after about four weeks in the nest and start to fly at about 50 days.
(Source: www.birdlife.org.au)
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I am not really sure if this is an ambush or assassin bug? Does anyone know? My first thought was that it is a member of the former, however it lacks the typical crab-like grasping foreleg.
Assassin bugs are a diverse group of insects belonging the family Reduviidae (suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera). Over 7000 species have been described, most of which are predatory. Most members of the family are fairly easily recognizable; they have a relatively narrow neck, sturdy build, and formidable curved proboscis (sometimes called a rostrum).
Ambush bugs belong to the insect subfamily Phymatinae, They are called ambush bugs feed because of their habit of lying in wait for prey. They are successful in this mode of hunting because they have superb camouflage and crab-like grasping forelegs (which I do not see here?). They are able to capture prey ten or more times their own size.
For the Macro Monday challenge "Ribbon" (January 18th 2021)
I had fun playing with a small piece of ribbon (edged in metallic thread) that I've used in my still life shots. I let it roll about on a piece of glass, and took several shots. Mike found several of them hinted at real objects or people or animals. That made me think of my Tai Chi where, like the ribbon, you weave through the air and make circular shapes ... and the moves have lovely names, like "Grasping the bird's tail' or 'Snake creeps down' ..... so this is one move from my imaginary Ribbon Tai Chi - "The smiling dog". Can you see it?
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HMM!! and stay safe and well this week!
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My 2020 set: Here
My 2019 set: Here
My 2018 set: Here
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My 2016 set: Here
My 2015 set: Here
My 2014 set: Here
My 2013 set: Here
"Birds pay a price for the advantages of flight. They must commit their forelimbs almost entirely to that enterprise. As a result the bill (or “beak”) often must assume responsibility for diverse functions for which many mammals use their forelimbs—grasping, carrying, scratching, fighting, and digging.
The bill consists of the upper and lower jaws (mandibles), ensheathed in a layer of toughened skin. As tools, bills are not used just for eating food, but also for catching it. Have you ever watched a perched bird launch itself, and after a few quick flaps of its wings, seize an insect in mid-air, and then, holding its catch firmly in its bill, loop back to the same or another close-by perch? This is the “art of flycatching.”
Flycatchers have ligaments connecting the upper and lower jaws that act as springs to snap the gaped jaw shut when an insect is snared."
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This is a photo from this autumn at Katzensee. In this one I liked the bright white trunk of this birch with the strong yellow colour of its leaves, that is mirrord in the yellow of the undergrowth. I also thought that branch in the background looked a bit like a grasping hand of an old Ent, trying to touch the birch.
Somewhere between dream and reality yet unaware of either... She sways grasping to the fumes of yesterday.
There is never enough time, the dial rotates onward never meeting expectation.
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African Openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus), a species of stork found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The gap in the bill of the bill, for which it is named, seems to facilitate grasping the shells of the aquatic snails -its primary diet.
Okavanga Delta, Botswana.
Conservation Status: Least Concern
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From the San Diego Zoo:
What makes a macaw? Macaws are king-sized members of the parrot family and have typical parrot features. Their large, strong, curved beaks are adapted for crushing nuts and seeds. Their strong, agile toes are used like hands to grasp things. Loud, screeching and squawking voices help make their presence known in dense rainforests. They are also famous for their bright colors, which seem bold and conspicuous to us but actually blend in well with the green leaves, red and yellow fruits, and bluish shadows of the forest homes.
Macaws are adapted for flying through the trees in the forest, with a streamlined body and tail shape and wings that don’t flap deeply. When they come in for a landing, they drop their tail and feet downward and use their wings like brakes to slow down before grasping a perch with their feet. Most macaws nest in holes of trees or in earthen banks and cliff sides.
Macaws are intelligent and curious birds that like to explore and keep busy. They are very aware of their surroundings, which is necessary to keep watch for predators. As social birds, they spend a lot of time interacting with their mates and their family groups. Macaws have been known to use items as tools, and they like to play with interesting objects they find. They examine the objects from different angles, moving them with their feet, testing them with their tongue, and tossing them around. Macaws are also big chewers, something they need to do to keep their beaks in good shape. They can do impressive damage to even very hard wood with their beaks. Most macaws like to take baths, and they play in the water as they splash around.
Screaming is a natural call for macaws. They do it to make contact with one another, to define territory, and even as part of their play. Their calls can be quite earsplitting to humans! Macaws can also imitate sounds, and macaws that live with or near humans often repeat words they hear, practicing to themselves until they get it right.
A pair of River Otters enjoying some warm sunshine near the Big Wood River in Hailey, Idaho
"The playful North American river otter is well adapted for semi-aquatic living. The mammals have thick, protective fur to help them keep warm while swimming in cold waters. They have short legs, webbed feet for faster swimming, and a long, narrow body and flattened head for streamlined movement in the water. A long, strong tail helps propels the otter through the water. They can stay underwater for as many as eight minutes. North American river otters have long whiskers, which they use to detect prey in dark or cloudy water, and clawed feet for grasping onto slippery prey. They are very flexible and can make sharp, sudden turns that help them catch fish. Their fur is dark brown over much of the body, and lighter brown on the belly and face. On land a river otter can run at speeds of up to 15 miles (24 kilometers) an hour—they can slide even faster. Their playful snow and mud sliding, tail chasing, water play, and snow burrowing activities also serve other purposes—they help strengthen social bonds and let young otters practice hunting techniques."
www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/...
Practically speaking, we ritually verify what is there, and are disposed to call it reality. But, with photographs, we have concrete proof that we have not been hallucinating all our lives :-)
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Devocional | ¿Qué es la verdadera adoración a Dios?
Versículos bíblicos como referencia:
“Dios es espíritu, y los que le adoran deben adorarle en espíritu y en verdad” (Juan 4:24).
Las palabras relevantes de Dios:
Para adorar a Dios con tu corazón y tu honestidad, debes tener un corazón tranquilo y sincero; en lo más profundo de él debes saber buscar la voluntad de Dios y la verdad, y reflexionar acerca de cómo cumplir correctamente con el deber, qué partes de este no entiendes todavía y cómo llevarlo a cabo mejor. Solo si piensas a menudo en estas cosas dentro de tu corazón podrás ganar la verdad. Si estas cosas no son aquellas sobre las que sueles reflexionar dentro de tu corazón y este, en cambio, está lleno de cosas de la mente o externas, ocupado con cosas que no tienen nada que ver con adorar a Dios con tu corazón y tu honestidad, absolutamente nada que ver, ¿puedes ganar la verdad? ¿Tienes relación con Dios?
Extracto de ‘Solo si se es honesto se puede vivir con auténtica semejanza humana’ en “Registros de las pláticas de Cristo”
Continuará… www.kingdomsalvation.org/es/gospel/what-is-true-worship-o...
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The climb starts heavy and hard. From the bottom of the hill at Clifton, AZ, Freeport McMoRan's mine-owned railroad points to the sky and begins its ascent towards one of the US's largest copper mines at Morenci a short distance away, a mere 6 rail miles if we are keeping track. But those 6 miles are hardly insignificant, challenging FMI's fleet of modified GP38s in consists of 4 or 5 to prove their worth, dragging cars delivered and interchanged from shortline Arizona Eastern up a literal mountain to keep the production of copper ore flowing at a maximum rate of 115,000 metric tons per day. The incline? Try over 5%. That's one of the steepest (the steepest?) active climbs on a traction railway in North America. So despite only having been burdened with 13 cars, this 4 pack of 38s has their work cut out for them, already grasping for every mph they can grab before the hill rips whatever progress was made away. They will balance out well under 10 mph as the climb thickens, but ultimately victory is in their hands as they will conquer the mountain as they most always do.
This is another view from Glacial Park, looking west. From the summit of a glacial kame (a hill created by glacial deposition), you have a view of this extensive plain of rural Illinois. I had had this view twice before and imagined it covered in a light mist. I anticipated to have a view with a mist that morning but mist didn't generate. Instead, I had a clear view that overlooks the entire park and beyond. Wildflowers were in bloom along the Nippersink River. I took a zoomed-in photo around the river with one of the bridges in center. The yellow flowers were in all the spaces in that photo. Sunlight was shining onto the flowers. It looks more like a spring scene instead of late summer. It is my favourite photo.
This place may look quiet, but the sound of traffic never ceased white I was there. There is a country highway outside the park, between the plain and the woods. There is a traffic noise even on a country road like this on the outskirts far from Chicago city limits. I have never been to the areas seen in this photo or beyond because I never had a reason to go. I checked the areas I would be seeing in this photo on the map. The farthest point in this photo is probably only in the eastern half of McHenry County. The county's limit is about ten miles away from the park, then there is another 60 liner miles or so to the state border. This state is immensely large. I always have difficulty grasping its scale.