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Our head guide (Rinie van Meurs) after hiking up the tundra in the Arctic. I thought I was fair at spotting wildlife, but Rinie truly has the gift.
"Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships." ~ Charles Simic
“Twilight campfighter
You build your fire into an open wound
You want us to feel better
On these darker trails
With light revealing holy grails
To hike through dangerous weather
You need twilight eyes”
~From the song by Guided by Voices,
“Twilight Campfighter”, written by
Robert Pollard
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Cattle Egret
The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a cosmopolitan species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard two of its subspecies as full species, the western cattle egret and the eastern cattle egret. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonized much of the rest of the world in the last century.
It is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands, and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations are migratory, and others show post breeding dispersal.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_cattle_egret
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cattle_Egret/id
One of two Egyptian lighthouses in Crete, this one at Rethymno built in the 1830s. Crete, Greece.
Travelling on Tuesdays (retrospective).
Guide dog Zita working at station, waiting for the train,
With a fresh summer trim.
Taken by the owner, iPhone
Byron Bay, NSW Australia
Took me a few goes to get this shot. Everything from thunderstorms to leaving memory cards behind came in the way, but finally it happened.
Hope you like it.
Le Criquet Savant - Follow the Guide -The Scholar Locust
Caelifera - Criquet
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Dictionnaire petit Larousse illustré 1986
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Walking along the canal on a Friday afternoon in September.
Later on we went on a boat ride over the Aqueduct. Great experience with a fantastic guide on the boat. She was also a
" skipper " and lived on the canal.
Tynemouth Pier extends 900 metres out to sea and the walk to the pier lighthouse is rewarded with some magnificent views of the river entrance and back towards Tynemouth Priory & Castle. The pier is a Grade II Listed building and dates back to Victorian times when its construction was a major feat of engineering.
"For the last three years, ProRail, The Eye Association Netherlands (Oogvereniging) and more than 200 Dutch municipalities have worked together to make Dutch train stations accessible to the 350.000 blind or partially sighted people in the Netherlands. On Tuesday, October 31, the task, costing around 30 million euros, was completed.
Measures taken
In order to make NS stations accessible to the blind and partially sighted, more than 90 kilometres of visible and perceptible guidelines have been installed in 410 train stations. The guidelines will ensure that visually impaired people do not lose their way."
( www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-expat-news/all-dutch-tra...)
Leasowe Lighthouse on the Wirral, Merseyside, looks like it is out of it`s place being set back from the waters edge, almost like it was misplaced by aliens.
every now and then
forced to wander through
endless darkness again
when your solitude is true
look up and have your guide
show you the way
to come back to life
FIND THE LIGHT TO GUIDE YOUR WAYS
coz there is always light, even in the night!
8 second exposure with 2-stop soft split GND and CPL filters. Low tide revealed the foreground element under first morning light. I was standing in water during the exposure.
The human eye needs a certain amount of time to get used to the alternation of light and dark, and this bridge is no exception. However, thanks to the bright strip of light on the ceiling, I couldn't get lost even during the day and reached the other side safely.
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