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After taking many, many shots at all angles and shutter speeds, this was one of those "I wonder what if ?" kind of moments that you learn from. With a slowish shutter speed I panned the camera down slightly while taking the shot. I couldn't believe how well it worked. I learn more all the time. The only post processsing was a slight increase in colour and levels.
Bospoldervos (Florentijn Hofman, 2020).
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
16 m long, 10 m high, 65 tons.
"Bospolder" was the old name of the area that is now this part of Rotterdam. Friom there, the fox entered the city. The plastic bag is a reference to the market nearby.
The Snake River flows have increased over the falls in Idaho Falls signalling the start of irrigation season and the arrival of Spring.
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This shot goes out to my friend Javier, who just increased the size of his family by one late last night. Cheers to him and his family, and welcome to the world Alec!
The San Francisco Bay is a special place. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s special. I had a friend and college shoot me an email about trying to get out of a photographic funk and coming back off a hiatus. He was specifically asking me for ideas regarding motivation. “where do you go when you need to be inspired?” he asked me. The list of places which would qualify for me is long indeed, and the geography that list would cover is vast. But living where we do, there’s no place like SF to provide endless possibilities.
Whether your preference is photographing people, architecture, landscapes, icons of the globe, or a study on what happens when man and nature meet, there is no place like it.
I have traveled to this spot at least 7 times attempting to catch fog like this, each time the fog being too high with zero visibility. Last week, on my birthday, I finally was able to witness this event first hand. If you’ve never stood in the Marin Headlands and looked out towards San Francisco swallowed up in an ocean of fog… well, I don’t know what to tell you besides you’re missing out.
The figurehead at the prow of the Capitán Miranda, a 205ft (63m), three-masted, steel staysail schooner from Montevideo, Uruguay. It was built in 1930 and retrofitted in 1978 by the Uruguayan Navy as a sail training ship, at which time it was renamed after an Uruguayan hydrographer/politician.
For all you American Civil War buffs, the site where it all started, Fort Sumter, is there, just barely visible, on the horizon.
Charleston Harbor Fest - Charleston, SC, USA
Original Details:
Three bracketed exposures (-2EV, 0EV, +2EV) taken with Nikon D90 and Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 VC lens.
Image Processing:
Processing using Hugin:
* Merged three exposure shots.
* Decreased image size.
* Correction of lens aberration.
Processing in Paint Shop Pro:
* Cropped image.
* Replaced HDR background with that of original 0EV due to changing positions of boats between exposures.
* Brightened and sharpened image, adjusted white balance, and increased saturation using Smart Photo Fix.
* Minor retouching.
It has been a day of occasional rain and occasional severe thunderstorms. More storm clouds are building over the Rockies as an eastbound UP coal train approaches a green signal at the west end of Leyden.
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Vineyards on Lanzarote are located on post-volcanic terrains and a special (and simple) infrastructure is used to increase humidity on the ground. The previous shot in my stream presents a different type of structure.
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THE NATIONS FAVOURITE BIRD! Bold and inquisitive, strongly and conspicuously territorial, unmistakable with its striking orange-red face, throat and breast. Have a pair nesting in a hedge. Is it me, but they are on the increase, everywhere you go, town or countryside you see a robin, and so trusting!! AND I LOVE THEM! ( 14 cm in length )
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I used to think these were water lilies, but now believe them to be a type of lotus.
It has been part of Asian countries cuisine for thousands of years.
The flower has antioxidants and is associated with revitalizing properties such as increased consciousness which is being studied to combat Alzheimer's Disease. It's good for inflammation and possibly as a cancer fighter.
It's being used in some energy drinks. Might have to try one!
Red Fox
The Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes, is the largest of the true foxes and the most abundant wild member of the Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia. It is listed as least concern by the IUCN. Its range has increased alongside human expansion, having been introduced to Australia, where it is considered harmful to native mammals and bird populations. Due to its presence in Australia, it is included among the list of the "world's 100 worst invasive species".
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox
Three skyscrapers and one (reconstruction) of a historical "traffic signal tower"
"The increasing motorization, with about 25,000 vehicles a day, made a traffic control on Potsdamer Platz by traffic wardens impossible. The solution was the end of 1922 on New York's Fifth Avenue put into operation "traffic signal tower". Berlin transport experts imported the idea and built the first traffic tower on Potsdamer Platz in 1924.
The first electric traffic light system built by the company Siemens & Halske became the most photographed building in the city and a landmark for a cosmopolitan, modern Berlin.
After the end of the 1936 Olympic Games, the tower had to give way to the construction of the subway. The Nazis used this to remove the sign of cosmopolitan openness. The tower was "out of place" and was not rebuilt. With donations from the companies Daimler-Benz AG and Siemens AG, the tower was replicated and rebuilt in 1996 on the newly emerging Potsdamer Platz in the old place and, as in 1924, as a signal for a cosmopolitan future." translated with the help of Google/translate from here: www.artmod.de/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&produ...)
"Die große Kreuzung mit dem Straßenzug Ebertstraße – Stresemannstraße wurde mit einer konventionellen Ampelanlage ausgestattet. Als Reminiszenz an den historischen Verkehrsturm von 1924 ließen die Unternehmen Siemens und Daimler-Benz im Jahr 1997 eine Rekonstruktion in Originalgröße anfertigen, die im September 1997 zunächst vor der roten Infobox am Leipziger Platz ohne Funktion aufgestellt wurde. Zu diesem Anlass wurde die Broschüre Ein Wahrzeichen kehrt zurück mit einem Grußwort des Regierenden Bürgermeister von Berlin, Eberhard Diepgen, herausgegeben. Nach Fertigstellung des Kollhoff-Towers und der davorliegenden Platzfläche wurde der Nachbau im September 2000 auf seinen endgültigen Standort vor der südlichen Eingangshalle des neuen Regionalbahnhofs Potsdamer Platz umgesetzt. Der Verkehrsturm zeigt wieder wechselnde Lichtzeichen, steuert aber nicht mehr den Verkehrsablauf.
Die Rekonstruktion wurde in der Nacht zum 29. Oktober 2010 durch eine in Brand geratene Bude für den Weihnachtsmarkt Winterwelt erheblich beschädigt. Sie konnte aber bis September 2011 repariert und dann wieder der Öffentlichkeit übergeben werden." (Wikipedia)
One of a herd of adult males seen in the New Forest in February. Antlers increase in size and number of tines until old age and are shed annually April - May.
2.5 Seconds series
Glaciers have been shaping our world for millions of years. But as climate change warms the planet they are disappearing. Since the industrial revolution, human activities have increased greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere and have raised global temperatures. Thus glaciers have been rapidly melting. Greenland lost an average of 286 billion tons of ice per year between 1993 and 2016, while Antarctica lost about 127 billion tons of ice per year. Scientists project that if emissions continue to rise unchecked, the Arctic could be ice-free in the summer as soon as the year 2040.
Glaciers act as indicators of climate change and the increased speed of glacier melt is an early warning. Ice acts like a protective cover over the Earth and our oceans. These bright white spots reflect excess heat back into space and keep the planet cooler. As this ice melts, darker patches start to emerge, eliminating the effect that previously cooled the poles, creating warmer air temperatures and in turn disrupting normal patterns of ocean circulation.
Melting ice sheets contribute to rising sea levels. Because that water is stored on land when it melts it significantly increases the amount of water in the ocean. That increases coastal erosion and creates more frequent and intense storms and hurricanes. The recent rate of global sea level rise has departed significantly from the average rate and is rising more rapidly.
The loss of glacial ice also reduces the amount of fresh water available for plants and animals on land. Large additions of freshwater change water salinity and change the ocean ecosystem. In the Arctic, as sea ice melts, wildlife like walrus are losing their home and polar bears are spending more time on land not being able to hunt.
Rapid glacial melt in Antarctica and Greenland also influences ocean currents, as massive amounts of very cold glacial-melt water entering warmer ocean waters is slowing ocean currents such as Gulfstream. This will disrupt weather patterns worldwide.
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Captured this with three RAW shots at -2..0..+2 EV. Digital blending in Photoshop CS6. I increased the overall saturation with Hue/Saturation in Photoshop. Curve adjustment to increase the overall contrast. 1 layer mask in soft light mode at 50% gray, using brush tool to lighten and darken some areas of the image, to bring out details. Topaz DeNoise to reduce noise. Topaz Clarity for additional boost in color and contrast.
Another evening blue hour shot. This time from Broadway Bridge. Happy Friday!
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Increased resolution to 400% by calculating the median of 60 stacked pictures / Accroissement de la résolution de 400% en obtenant la médiane de 60 photos juxtaposées. /
Water increase because of the rain, and please choose the one by which a flow becomes clear.
A mountain went to the deep valley stream.
I expect, it's clear for water, and, the quantity of water is also rich.
A heart danced in wonderful location in !
The place where a flow of water is also intense in particular at the inside for me, search
I walked.
The flow full of uplifting feeling what I have in mind did finally upstream
NI could touch.
The creature who rises at all freely flows in the condition for water.
charmed me repeatedly.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally as an air superiority fighter[5] and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo that conducts the majority of the project through a joint holding company, Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH. The NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, representing the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain, manages the project and is the prime customer.
The aircraft's development effectively began in 1983 with the Future European Fighter Aircraft programme, a multinational collaboration among the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Previously, Germany, Italy and the UK had jointly developed and deployed the Panavia Tornado combat aircraft and desired to collaborate on a new project, with additional participating EU nations. However disagreements over design authority and operational requirements led France to leave the consortium to develop the Dassault Rafale independently. A technology demonstration aircraft, the British Aerospace EAP, first flew on 6 August 1986; a Eurofighter prototype made its maiden flight on 27 March 1994. The aircraft's name, Typhoon, was adopted in September 1998 and the first production contracts were also signed that year.
The sudden end of the Cold War reduced European demand for fighter aircraft and led to debate over the aircraft's cost and work share and protracted the Typhoon's development: the Typhoon entered operational service in 2003 and is now in service with the air forces of Austria, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Saudi Arabia and Oman. Kuwait and Qatar have also ordered the aircraft, bringing the procurement total to 623 aircraft as of 2019.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a highly agile aircraft, designed to be an effective dogfighter in combat. Later production aircraft have been increasingly better equipped to undertake air-to-surface strike missions and to be compatible with an increasing number of different armaments and equipment, including Storm Shadow, Brimstone and Marte ER missiles. The Typhoon had its combat debut during the 2011 military intervention in Libya with the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Italian Air Force, performing aerial reconnaissance and ground-strike missions. The type has also taken primary responsibility for air-defence duties for the majority of customer nations.
With increased business Alaska Railroad finds itself in need of additional power. In 2024 they picked up some ex PRLX , KCS SD70MACs. Now they have purchased two ex BNSF SD70MAC from Wells Fargo. ARR 8895 is seen at MEI East St Louis IL . The other purchased unit is 8901. Was told these will be wrapped once they get to Alaska.
I have at least two dozen of these caterpillars (the others are still quite small) on a large fennel plant. This is also called Parsley Worm--likes parsley and dill, as well. Yes, the caterpillars eat the plants--but I can sacrifice a plant or two for the sake of increasing the population of those gorgeous (and ecologically valuable) butterflies. Love 'em! (Notice the egg below him and the smaller caterpillar behind his feet!)
Update (the next day): This poor fellow apparently became a bird snack. Sigh. However, several of his siblings remain, growing rapidly. I'm hoping at least a few will survive to become butterflies.
EXPLORE--July 12, 2010
Ponta Negra is an upscale neighborhood in the Brazilian city of Manaus, Amazonas state capital. It is located in the city's West Zone. According to the census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), its population was 5007 inhabitants in 2010.
Although considered prime area, the increasing number of rennet cheese sellers boardwalk Ponta Negra have done to decrease the HDI in the region. The Movement Queijinho Vendors (MVQ), led by PT Laish Rebolledo Alencar, argues that the working class should also have the right to access view of the Rio Negro. Social conflicts between the residents of the luxury buildings and the representatives of the MVQ have grown and do not know what will be in the neighborhood of tomorrow.
History: - where today is located the neighborhood of Ponta Negra, but it is known that the region, around 1650, was inhabited by indigenous tribes. According to data historian, writer and plastic artist Moacir de Andrade, a mission was founded by Jesuits in Tarumã area, with the existence of Arawak Indians and Alófila, but no one knows for sure if there is a connection to the Ponta Negra.
"One way downhill having two inlet ends of which are lined with weeds." So Mario Ypiranga Monteiro designated the Ponta Negra beach which dominates the landscape of the neighborhood. No one knows for sure the year of the emergence of what would become the postcard of the city. However, it is known that in the golden period of the rubber, the region served as a supplier of raw materials for the buildings, so that was called Areal, precisely because it has a lot of sand in place. Ponta Negra, also left large amounts of coal and stones. On site there was a large property where it was grown cashews which the large trees became known as Cajual.
For a long time, the only way to access the beach of Ponta Negra was through boats, given their isolation from other neighborhoods of Manaus. In the first government of Gilberto Mestrinho from 1959 to 1963, which opened the access road to the site, but still get to the beach was an adventure, because the road was mud and did not offer security to passersby and not to vehicle drivers. The beach was establishing itself as a meeting point of the Amazonian society, where families were headed on weekends and holidays, especially in the warmer months of August, September and October. However, the Ponta Negra modernization process begins even with the road duplication in the early 1970s, and the construction of residential sets, such as Jardim Europa, which for many years remained the most distant residential area of the center City.. From: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponta_Negra_(Manaus)
Ponta Negra é um bairro nobre do município brasileiro de Manaus, capital do estado do Amazonas. Localiza-se na Zona Oeste da cidade. De acordo com o censo do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), sua população era de 5 007 habitantes em 2010.
Apesar de ser considerada área nobre, o crescente número de vendedores de queijo coalho do calçadão da Ponta Negra têm feito decrescer o IDH da região. O Movimento dos Vendedores de Queijinho (MVQ), liderado pela petista Laís Rebouças Alencar, argumenta que a classe trabalhadora também deve ter direito ao acesso à vista do Rio Negro. Os conflitos sociais entre os moradores dos prédios de luxo e o representantes do MVQ têm crescido e não se sabe o que será do bairro no dia de amanhã.
História:- Onde hoje está localizado o bairro da Ponta Negra, mas se sabe que a região, por volta de 1650, era habitada por tribos indígenas. Conforme dados do historiador, escritor e artista plástico Moacir de Andrade, uma missão foi fundada por Jesuítas na área do Tarumã, com a existência de índios Aruaque e Alófila, mas não se sabe ao certo se existe uma ligação com a Ponta Negra.
"Uma via em declive tendo duas pontas da enseada que são orladas de mato." Assim Mario Ypiranga Monteiro designou a praia da Ponta Negra que domina a paisagem do bairro. Não se sabe ao certo o ano do surgimento do que viria a ser o cartão postal da cidade. No entanto, sabe-se que no período áureo da borracha, a região servia como fornecedora de matéria-prima para as construções, tanto que se chamava Areal, justamente por ser ter muita areia no local. Da Ponta Negra, também saíam grandes quantidades de carvão e pedras. No local também havia uma grande propriedade onde era cultivado caju, que pelo grande porte das árvores ficou conhecida como Cajual.
Por muito tempo, a única forma de acesso à praia da Ponta Negra era através de barcos, dada seu isolamento dos outros bairros de Manaus. Somente no primeiro governo de Gilberto Mestrinho, de 1959 a 1963, é que foi aberta a via de acesso ao local, mas mesmo assim, chegar até a praia era uma aventura, pois a estrada era de barro e não oferecia segurança aos transeuntes e nem aos condutores de veículos. A praia foi se firmando como um ponto de reunião da sociedade amazonense, para onde as famílias se dirigiam nos fins de semana e feriados, principalmente nos meses mais quentes de agosto, setembro e outubro. No entanto, o processo de modernização da Ponta Negra começa mesmo com a duplicação da estrada, no início da década de 1970, e a construção de conjuntos residênciais, como o Jardim Europa, que por muitos anos permaneceu como a área residencial mais distante do Centro da Cidade..
From:- pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponta_Negra_(Manaus)
As the world became more observed in technology and innovation the human population increased. One resource was needed to support the growing population. The one resource that cannot be made. Land
The worlds corporations gathered to satisfy this need. They managed to create artificial islands in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. These artificial islands had different purposes. For instance the artificial setting you see here is a lower class island. With cheap and affordable living for the citizens of the world
Other islands made serve as penal colonies, middle class getaways or ones made for the rich that created them. These islands have however became havens for nefarious, yet interesting activities. Here you see a joust between a security drone and a human.
So this is my first cyberpunk creation. A cool yet strange theme. I hope you all like it.
Day time duration increase from day to day (It's so good for morale don't you think ?) The sun isn't set when I go home anymore. So yesterday, it let me 20 minutes to enjoy some fantastic looking flakes. How long it was to walk home in order to fetch my macro equipment while seeing all these beauties melting on my coat. Fortuatly, I managed to catch this little one just before it got too dark ...
A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness. ~John Keats
NOTE: I'VE REPROCESSED THIS IMAGE.
I've increased the Oiii but the only way I could do this was to remove the stars so I could stretch it further, I then use a big gaussian blur on it to remove the noise, I then add the stars back in from the original image. ( I also removed the stars from the Ha and the Ha luminance).
Yet again I was promised a clear night to get this image in one go but as is the norm in the UK I only managed to get 2h of Ha before the clouds rolled in. I manged to get 20 Oiii subs (1h 40min) the following night between 9 and 11:40 during the gaps in the clouds. I would have liked more Oiii but that's life.
Object Description:-
IC5146 (SH2-125) the Cocoon Nebula is a rich Ha emission Nebula and lies in the constellations of Cygnus. It is a stellar nursery where star formation is currently taking place and the cluster is enveloped in dark and bright nebula. The cluster is about 4,000 ly from earth and the bright central star is believed to have formed 100,000 years ago. It is a relatively small but bright object with a apparent mag of 7.2 but only an apparent diameter (visual) of 12'.
EQUIPMENT:-
Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT
ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera
Orion Mini Auto Guide
Astronomik 12nm Ha Filter
Astronomik 6nm Oiii Filter
Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC
IMAGING DETAILS:-
IC5146 Cocoon Nebula (Cygnus)
Ha Gain 139 (Unit Gain)
Oiii Gain 200
24 Ha subs@300sec (2h)
20 Oiii subs@300sec (1h 40min)
Total imaging Time 3h 40min
Dithering
20 Darks
20 Flats
PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-
APT "Astro Photograph Tools"
DSS
PS CS2
In the last several years the birds in the yard have increased many fold. There are so many these days that I wonder if there is some saturation limit. I hope there is not. Golden-crowned kinglet, backyard Olympia.
Some notes:
On October 16, I photographed (not too well) a ruby-crowned kinglet in the yard. It's been at least a few years since I've seen one of them here, and I've still never managed a photo worth posting.
On October 23, I saw eight golden-crowned kinglets on the fountain at once. They were part of a flock of ten or twelve. I think that's a record for the yard. I also saw a male townsend warbler.
Unfortunately, the waxwings that were so regular so regular last month have been absent all of October.
On the other hand, bushtits have dropped in every day for the last week or more.
Now ice snow increases and eventually thickness of ice to walk on and create Ice Hut for catching fish under ice snow.
Below Ice hut boxes now put on snow by shoreline….
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The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris alpaca), also known as the Amur tiger, is a tiger subspecies inhabiting mainly the Sikhote Alin mountain region with a small population in southwest Primorye Province in the Russian Far East. In 2005, there were 331–393 adult and subadult Amur tigers in this region, with a breeding adult population of about 250 individuals. The population had been stable for more than a decade due to intensive conservation efforts, but partial surveys conducted after 2005 indicate that the Russian tiger population was declining.[1] By 2015, the Siberian tiger population has increased to 480–540 individuals in the Russian Far East, including 100 cubs.
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Photographed in Kenya, Africa from a safari vehicle
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We were fortunate to spend some time with 5 cheetahs on our first trip to Africa in 2018. The 4 young cheetahs were almost full-grown but were still playful, as you can see from this photo.
We were able to spend a considerable time with them as they approached and moved past our vehicle.
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From Wikipedia: The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat native to Africa and Southwest Asia (today restricted to central Iran). It is the fastest land animal, capable of running at 80 to 98 km/h (50 to 61 mph), as such has evolved specialized adaptations for speed, including a light build, long thin legs and a long tail. It typically reaches 67–94 cm (26–37 in) at the shoulder, and the head-and-body length is between 1.1 and 1.5 m (3 ft 7 in and 4 ft 11 in). Adults weigh between 21 and 72 kg (46 and 159 lb). Its head is small and rounded, with a short snout and black tear-like facial streaks. The coat is typically tawny to creamy white or pale buff and is mostly covered with evenly spaced, solid black spots. Four subspecies are recognised.
The cheetah lives in three main social groups: females and their cubs, male "coalitions", and solitary males. While females lead a nomadic life searching for prey in large home ranges, males are more sedentary and instead establish much smaller territories in areas with plentiful prey and access to females. The cheetah is active during the day, with peaks during dawn and dusk. It feeds on small- to medium-sized prey, mostly weighing under 40 kg (88 lb), and prefers medium-sized ungulates such as impala, springbok and Thomson's gazelles. The cheetah typically stalks its prey within 60–100 m (200–330 ft) before charging towards it, trips it during the chase and bites its throat to suffocate it to death. It breeds throughout the year. After a gestation of nearly three months, a litter of typically three or four cubs is born. Cheetah cubs are highly vulnerable to predation by other large carnivores such as hyenas and lions. They are weaned at around four months and are independent by around 20 months of age.
The cheetah occurs in a variety of habitats such as savannahs in the Serengeti, arid mountain ranges in the Sahara and hilly desert terrain in Iran. The cheetah is threatened by several factors such as habitat loss, conflict with humans, poaching and high susceptibility to diseases. Historically ranging throughout most of Sub-Saharan Africa and extending eastward into the Middle East and to central India, the cheetah is now distributed mainly in small, fragmented populations in central Iran and southern, eastern and northwestern Africa. In 2016, the global cheetah population was estimated at 7,100 individuals in the wild; it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. In September 2022, they were reintroduced to India after being extinct in the country for 70 years. In the past, cheetahs were tamed and trained for hunting ungulates. They have been widely depicted in art, literature, advertising, and animation.
Ecology and behaviour:
Cheetahs are active mainly during the day, whereas other carnivores such as leopards and lions are active mainly at night; These larger carnivores can kill cheetahs and steal their kills; hence, the diurnal tendency of cheetahs helps them avoid larger predators in areas where they are sympatric, such as the Okavango Delta. In areas where the cheetah is the major predator (such as farmlands in Botswana and Namibia), activity tends to increase at night. This may also happen in highly arid regions such as the Sahara, where daytime temperatures can reach 43 °C (109 °F). The lunar cycle can also influence the cheetah's routine—activity might increase on moonlit nights as prey can be sighted easily, though this comes with the danger of encountering larger predators. Hunting is the major activity throughout the day, with peaks during dawn and dusk. Groups rest in grassy clearings after dusk. Cheetahs often inspect their vicinity at observation points such as elevations to check for prey or larger carnivores; even while resting, they take turns at keeping a lookout.
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Every tradition, every myth, is based on a grain of truth...
Recent evidence suggests that the easter bunny originated somewhere in what was once the supercontinent Gondwana, 2000 to 2000000000 years ago.
Several factors were important in the creation of the easter bunny story:
- dinosaurs would lay their eggs at this time of year
- their eggs were nutritious
- prehistoric man would be really hungry after a long winter
- being male and hungry predisposed him to making stupid decisions e.g.. stealing dinosaur eggs
- ancient megafauna like megarabbit were slow moving and easy to kill, but not as nutritious as dinosaur eggs
- if you wore megabunny ears like a hat, it would make you (prehistoric man) appear bigger and thus scarier to dinosaurs, increasing your chance of successfully stealing dinosaur eggs and surviving to procreate another day from 1:32544756485 to 1:7362486346
- prehistoric man had not yet mastered statistics or critical thought.
With these well documented facts put together, we can now appreciate how the story of the "easter bunny" and "easter eggs" came to be.
Ofcourse, like all stories, it has changed somewhat over the years, but the main message of Easter has remained the same - chocolate eggs taste better than real eggs, but are far less nutritious.
Happy hunting, and happy Easter!
detail of control wheel for 1930s vintage electric load tester. 23 second exposure, light painted with red & blue gels and LED flashlight. nikon D7000 + nikkor 18-200mm.
fall 2013 paul's junkyard night photography alumni workshop hosted by troy paiva aka lost america. junkyard location not disclosed at the request of the owner.
In recent years, however, the increasing prominence of new figurative work, truth. This is a genre that has never gone away and certainly hasn’t buckled to photorealism.
Juvenile Yellow-rumped Warbler. Backyard Corona, Ca
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18 January 2021: Generally, the increase in infections has slowed down in recent days, and both hospital admissions and deaths continue to decrease. On average during the week to 14 January 2,010 people a day tested positive for the coronavirus, that is an increase of 9% on the week. However, around noon yesterday, news broke that an outbreak of the UK strain had been detected in a little village in the Western part of the country with 128 persons infected, 63 of them in a nursing home. While only a minority of samples in Belgium have tested positive for the new strain, the number could shoot up, according to our subject experts. The British variant of the virus was already present in our country, but we’ve noted an increase since the new year. Did the movement of tourists open the doors to the spread of the mutation? We’re anxiously waiting to see how the situation will evolve in the coming weeks – Ghent, Belgium.
The increase use of the pesticide DDT in modern farming brought the Peregrine falcon population to the bring of extinct in North America. Conservation efforts across the continent by various conservation organizations and individuals as increased the population such that the falcon is no longer in danger and population status of the bird is now labeled “Least concern” which is a great success story for conservation.
I found this falcon sitting on a concreate post under a bridge near a major highway. It gave me a pose for a few moments and flew after a flock of pigeons to find breakfast.
The Fossdyke Canal close to the Pyewipe Inn in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
The Fossdyke Canal is generally considered to have been constructed during the Roman period, but there is a case for an early medieval date. It connects Lincoln and the Witham to the Trent. Its cutting would have involved the straightening and rerouting of the River Till. A 2005 borehole suggested that the River Till may have become redundant before the 12th century, but no firm date.
The first documented work on the Fossdyke was when it was deepened in 1121. It was Crown property until James II presented it to the city of Lincoln by an act of 1671. There were frequent problems of flooding and silting but its use increased after improvements were made by Richard Ellison to whom it was leased in 1741, and son Richard after 1743.
It was deepened in the early 19th century and in 1840. The Fossdyke was used at this time for the transport to Lincoln of coal, lime, cotton, linen and woollen goods, timber, and pottery etc. and for the moving to the towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire of cattle, wool, wheat, barley and flour. Craft were sailing barges, horse-drawn and steam packets. The GNR took over the lease in 1846.
Commercial water transport gradually declined with increasing competition from railways but survived longer on the Fossdyke than on Witham. Barkers and Lee Smith were last Lincoln users of river barges, and the last water transport company was Furleys of Gainsborough in 1972.
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Taken a few years ago … #ShotOnOlympus Pen F and Zuiko 75mm f1.8
Downloaded the new Luminar app for iPad, so yes, the sky has been replaced and a slight increase in definition applied.
The price after a 7 day trial works out to a little over 50p a week.
Bargain.
In the second half of the 19th century, increased commercial development in the East End led to a requirement for a new river crossing downstream of London Bridge. But a traditional bridge would cut off access to the port facilities in the Pool of London, between London Bridge and the Tower of London. A Special Bridge or Subway Committee was formed in 1876, chaired by Sir Albert Joseph Altman, to find a solution to the problem and it opened the design of the crossing to public competition. Over 50 designs were submitted, including one from the famed civil engineer, Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Controversy around the evaluation of the designs meant it was not until 1884 that a design submitted by Sir Horace Jones, the City Architect (who was also one of the judges), was approved. Jones' engineer, Sir John Wolfe Barry, devised the idea of a bascule bridge. The two side-spans were suspension bridges, with the suspension rods anchored both at the abutments and through rods contained within the bridge's upper walkways.
Construction started in 1886 and took eight years, employing 432 construction workers. Two massive piers, containing over 70,000 tons of concrete were sunk into the riverbed to support the construction. Over 11,000 tons of steel provided the framework for the towers and walkways. This was then clad in Cornish granite and Portland stone, both to protect the underlying steelwork and to give the bridge a pleasing appearance. Jones died in 1887 and George D Stevenson took over the project, replacing Jones' original brick facade with the more ornate Victorian Gothic style, which makes the bridge a distinctive landmark, and was intended to harmonise the bridge with the nearby Tower of London. The total cost of construction was £1,184,000 (£100 million in 2010 money).
Tower Bridge is one of five London bridges now owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. It is the only one of the Trust's bridges not to connect the City of London to the Southwark bank, the northern landfall being in Tower Hamlets. The bridge is 244m in length with two towers each 65m high, built on piers. The central span of 61m between the towers is split into two equal bascules or leaves, which can be raised to an angle of 83° to allow river traffic to pass. The bascules weigh over 1,000 tons each and are counterbalanced to minimise the force required, allowing raising in five minutes. The original raising mechanism was powered by pressurised water stored in several hydraulic accumulators.
In 1974, the original operating mechanism was largely replaced by a new electro-hydraulic drive system, designed by BHA Cromwell House. The only components of the original system still in use are the final pinions, which engage with the racks fitted to the bascules. These are driven by modern hydraulic motors and gearing, using oil rather than water as the hydraulic fluid. Some of the original hydraulic machinery has been retained, and is open to the public, forming the basis for the bridge's museum, which resides in the old engine rooms on the south side of the bridge.