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This outline is based off of a sketch I did for Stae2 for The Exchange. I didn't really like the sketch I did for him but thought the base was cool. I ended up making the S and T from that sketch work for me here. The rest is freestyle as usual. Sorry Stae! haha.
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We were invited to a wine tasting party at a Swiss friend's home in San Jose, California. We also enjoyed Tête de Moine, a yummy semi-hard Swiss Alpine cheese they brought back from Switzerland, literally translated to monk's head. Here is host Martin taken with the vintage Canon 50mm f0.95 "Dream Lens".
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Our AirBnB host had slipped a page into the guest book saying "My favorite place to stargaze in the desert is a plot of land out in the middle of Wonder Valley. I call it the Star Box. It's far from light pollution and you'll be all alone out there. Venmo $25 for access to the land. I do not take responsibility for nails or glass in tires. Arrive before sunset or you'll never find the place." The tire thing worried us, but we paid up, got the coords, and checked it out in daylight - soft sand road, but seemed fine. It was indeed magical - I hadn't seen a sky this big before - free of obstructions in every direction, ringed by distant mountains all the way around, a totally enveloping experience. I'd expected the temps to drop with nightfall, but a warm wind persisted. We ate pizza and watched the North Star appear, then watched as cosmos lit up. The downside of the location for astro photography is that there were no landmarks, so there's nothing to include (skies with stars and nothing else are boring). But we had fun doing some light painting in the desert while we waited for the full star show. Amazing evening.
Arizona hosts many types of hummingbirds. While some live in the state year-round, hummingbird migration accounts for the numerous types of hummingbirds flashing among the flowers of the Grand Canyon State. At least 13 species have been witnessed in southeastern Arizona alone. The source of much hummingbird migration is in Central and South America.
The name, hummingbird, comes from the humming noise their wings make as they beat so fast.
A ruby-throated hummingbird's heart beats from 225 times per minute when the bird is at rest to more than 1,200 times per minute when it is flying. Its wings beat about 70 times per second in direct flight and more than 200 times per second while diving.
Hummingbirds need to eat a ridiculous amount of food so that they don’t starve overnight, if they slept in a normal way. Instead, they go into a deeper state of sleep that’s more like a mini hibernation called torpor, where their metabolism slows right down so that they can get through the night.
A host of astronomical objects are scattered across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Background galaxies ranging from stately spirals to fuzzy ellipticals are strewn across the image, while a smattering of bright foreground stars are closer to home. In the center of the image, the vague shape of the small galaxy UGC 7983 appears as a hazy cloud of light. UGC 7983 is around 30 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. It is a dwarf irregular galaxy – a type thought to be similar to the very earliest galaxies in the universe.
This image also reveals a relatively nearby astronomical interloper. A minor asteroid in our own solar system streaks across the upper left-hand side of the image. The asteroid’s trail is visible as four streaks of light separated by small gaps. These streaks of light represent the four separate exposures that were combined to create this image. The small gaps between each observation reflect filter changes inside Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys between exposures.
Capturing an asteroid was a fortunate side effect of a larger effort to observe every known galaxy close to the Milky Way. Hubble had imaged roughly 75% of all the Milky Way’s near galactic neighbors, when a group of astronomers proposed using the gaps between longer Hubble observations to capture images of the remaining 25%. The project was an elegant efficient way to fill gaps in Hubble's observing schedule and in our knowledge of nearby galaxies.
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully
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It was nice to see some new growth growing out of the old host trees that had been cut down may years ago. Nature will always fine a way to make it right again if given the opportunity. Loved the new dark trees wrapped around the light old growth stump. Kris..
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Foto presa amb una càmera Kodak Pocket, fabricada el 1895; pel·licula Fomapan 100 de 35mm adaptada al format 102, revelada amb HC110.
Aquest és l'antic Hostal Els Munts, a Sant Boi de Lluçanès, actualment una residencia d'avis.
Fotografies amb una de les càmeres de pel·licula més antigues que tinc, una Kodak Pocket del 1895. El format 102 va deixar de fabricar-se el 1949, i és impossible de trobar. Per sort tinc dos "spools", pel que he creat una imitació de rodet de 102: retallant el paper protector del usual format 120 i fent servir pel·licula de 35mm com a substitut de la pel·licula original, de mida força similar.
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Picture taken with a very early Kodak Pocket, made in 1895; Fomapan 100 35mm film respooled as 102 roll-film; developed with HC110.
This is the Hostal dels Munts, a former hotel in Sant Boi de Lluçanès, now a nursing home. I remember eating here several times when it was still a hotel in the 80's.
Some photos with one of the oldest film cameras I have, an 1895 Kodak Pocket. The 102 format stopped being made in 1949, and is almost impossible to find, even expired. Luckily I have two 102 spools, so I created an imitation of 102 roll-film: cutting the backing paper from the usual 120 format and using 35mm film as a replacement for the original film, which was of quite similar size.
Ålgårds kvarn och såg finns omnämnd i den äldsta bevarade skattelängden för Norge, den så kallade gengärden från 1528. Där nämns ”Moghens på Aalgaard”. Samma Moghens betalade 1542 en tunna ål och tre tunnor mjöl i skatt, enligt den äldsta bevarade jordeboken, från ca 1542. Samma skatt betalas senare under 1500-talet av både Nils och Olof på Ålgård.
Både kvarn och såg nämns 1594 i den norska biskopen Jens Nilssöns visitatsböcker och reiseoptegnelser. Enligt texten är en såg nyss byggd, den enda sågen på Orust.
L’hosta se repère facilement au jardin : une grande touffe au feuillage large et décoratif, où le vert et le jaune clair se marient pour le plaisir des yeux. Il se plait à l’ombre et si les fleurs sont de la partie, il tolérera aussi l’ensoleillement. Ainsi, il habille les sous-bois, les massifs et les bordures. Souvent, il prend place en pot, apportant sa touche à une terrasse ou un balcon. Contre la limace, son ennemi juré, il a aujourd’hui plus d’une parade à son actif !
Puente Poncebos, en la carretera de Arenas de Cabrales hacia Sotres. Reflejos sobre las aguas del río Cares.
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