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Sugarplum is by Heather Jansch at Sculpture by the Lakes.
Heather Jansch (1948 – 2021), was a renowned British sculptor whose lifelong passion was to achieve mastery of the equine form.
Her pioneering use of driftwood as a medium was frequently copied, but rarely rivalled.
Heather spent many years perfecting the complex translation of her original driftwood works into bronze, establishing a technique that often made them indistinguishable from the original.
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Many of the bird species found in the eastern US have a counterpart in the western region; sometimes, the two are nearly indistinguishable visually. The case of the Pacific wren is a good example of such a scenario, only being discovered as a distinct species in 2008. I photographed this individual in the temperate rainforests along the Quinalt Loop Trail on the outskirts of Olympic National Forest.
As a side note, this photo serves as a good reminder to check camera settings before shooting; I accidentally left mine set to auto, hence the camera chose 1/30 as a shutter speed when at least 1/250 would have been preferable.
This is another experiment with my dual 200mm camera setup. And even though this uses narrowband filters it's a pseudo-natural color image. I used a dual narrowband filter with my color camera for Ha and Oiii and did not modify the colors. These are represented by the red and blueish-greens. I then added Sii from a monochrome camera as orange, in reality Sii should be a slightly darker red than Ha but using that would make it nearly indistinguishable from the Ha.
I'll do an additional session using monochrome Ha and Oiii. Likely that will give me sharper detail. But it can only be done shot over two nights, which rarely happens... or with three cameras. The other route is to change my setup so I can dither between images. I can't currently do that with my current setup. Dithering would perhaps allow me to get a noticeable improvement in the color images with drizzle.
From Luca Marinelli on astrobin: "Sharpless 132 (Sh2-132) goes by the common name of the Lion Nebula and it straddles the boundary of the constellations Cepheus and Lacerta. It is primarily an emission nebula with several embedded small dark nebulae and is estimated to be at a distance of roughly 10,000 light years from Earth. The core of Sh2-132 includes pillar-like structures, Bok globules and the characteristic oxygen-rich stripe through the head of the Lion. The star HD211853 in the core region is a Wolf-Rayet star with catalog number WR-153ab. Wolf-Rayet stars are extremely hot stars in late stages of stellar evolution that are often associated with molecular emissions as is the case in the more famous Crescent Nebula and WR-134 in Cygnus."
Askar ACL200: 200mm f/4
ZWO ASI533MC Color Camera at -20C
11x60s with UV/IR cut filter (for the stars only)
62x300s with Ha/Oiii filter
Nikon 70-200mm 200mm f/2.8
ZWO ASI533MM Mono Camera at -20C
45x300s with Sii filter
Guided on ZWO AM5
Processed with PixInsight, Ps
Realistic landscapes created by AI are a testament to the incredible advancements in technology and artificial intelligence. Through the use of sophisticated algorithms and deep learning techniques, AI systems have been trained to generate stunning and believable landscapes that rival those found in the natural world. These AI-generated landscapes possess an uncanny realism, capturing the essence of various environments with remarkable detail and accuracy. Whether it's a serene countryside, a rugged mountain range or a picturesque coastline. AI algorithms can produce images that are indistinguishable from photographs taken by human photographers. One of the strengths of AI-generated landscapes lies in their ability to simulate intricate natural elements. The algorithms can replicate the subtle interplay of light and shadow, the intricate textures of rocks and foliage, and the complex patterns found in natural formations. From the delicate petals of a flower to the intricate veins of a leaf, every minute detail can be faithfully recreated. Moreover, AI can generate landscapes that go beyond what exists in reality, stretching the boundaries of imagination. With the ability to blend different elements, AI systems can create surreal landscapes that blend reality and fantasy, resulting in breathtaking scenes that ignite the viewer's creativity. These AI-generated landscapes have the potential to be used in various applications. They can serve as a source of inspiration for artists, designers, and architects, providing them with a wealth of visual references. They can also be utilized in the entertainment industry, enriching virtual and augmented reality experiences, video games, and film productions.
In the realm of artistic creation, I find myself drawn to the wonders of technology and the power of artificial intelligence. Recently, I have been exploring the realm of landscape art, delving into the realm of AI-generated landscapes. What I have discovered is truly awe-inspiring. None of my recent landscapes are real, in the sense that they are not photographs or depictions of existing places. Instead, they are the product of AI algorithms meticulously trained to generate breathtaking landscapes that rival the beauty found in nature itself. It is a fusion of art and technology, where the brushstrokes are lines of code and the canvas is a digital realm.
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There are people who are generic. They make generic responses and they expect generic answers. They live inside a box and they think people who don't fit into their box are weird. But I'll tell you what, generic people are the weird people. They are like genetically-manipulated plants growing inside a laboratory, like indistinguishable faces, like droids. Like ignorance. But not her. Not Kelsie. She's beauty.. she's grace. She'll probably eat your face.
And she's all mine.
Max is wearing:
Swallow - Pixie Ears
Meshmerized Formal Suit - White
Kelsie is wearing: MelonBerry Party Dress - Blue
Common redpolls are small finches with a distinctive red patch on the crown. They were introduced from Britain between 1862 and 1875.
Identification
Redpolls are the smallest of New Zealand’s introduced finches. They are brownish and streaked, and both sexes have the red crown patch. Adult males have a variable amount of pink on the lower throat and breast. This only appears after the bird’s second moult, so first-year males are indistinguishable from females in the field. Some adult females and first-year males may have a slight pink flush on the breast, but this is not normally visible in the field. Juveniles are similar to the adult female, but are paler and lack any red colouration on the crown.
The Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) is a wading bird of the heron family, found in shallow fresh and salt-water wetlands in Southeast Asia. Its diet comprises insects, fish, and crabs.
The Javan pond heron is typically 45 cm long with white wings, a yellow bill with a black tip, yellow eyes and legs. Its overall colour is orange, slaty and white during mating season, and brown and flecked with white out of the mating season. The non-breeding plumage is similar to that of the Chinese and Indian pond herons and is virtually indistinguishable in the field. It breeds from June to September. It is migratory.
Widespread throughout its large range, the Javan pond heron is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Officially offered for sale on February 10, 1955, the first Chrysler 300 was athletic looking with 300 gross horsepower aboard, it was among the quickest cars of its time. It was able to achieve 60 mph in just 9.8 seconds, according to a test in Mechanix Illustrated by “Uncle Tom” McCahill. Uncle Tom also spurred the car up to a full 130 MPH. Tom McCahill and others in the contemporary automotive press used the term Beautiful Brutes” to describe Chrysler 300 series cars.
Besides being the most powerful production car of its time, the first Chrysler 300 was also among the best handling, thanks to a heavy-duty suspension. It can very well be considered an ancestor of the later muscle cars, though much more expensive, luxurious and exclusive.
The most prominent display of the first 300’s attributes did not come in any showroom, but on racetracks around the Southeast. Back in 1955, NASCAR stock cars were, in fact, stock production vehicles. Except for some crude safety equipment and numbers on the doors, they were almost indistinguishable from the cars the public could buy. With absolutely no financial support from Chrysler, Mercury Outboard founder Carl Kieckhaefer campaigned a fleet of white 300s during the 1955 NASCAR and AAA seasons with drivers like the Flock brothers (Tim, Fonty and Bob), Norm Nelson, Buck Baker, Speedy Thompson and Frank Mundy to name a few.
The Kieckhaefer 300s were spectacularly dominant and overwhelmed the factory-backed Chevrolets and Fords. Tim Flock took the driver’s championship while winning 18 races. He finished in the top five an astounding 32 times. His brother, Fonty, took another three victories, while Chrysler campaigner Lee Petty took home three trophies. Suddenly, the 300 had a glorious racing heritage in addition to its advertised Hundred Million Dollar Look.
Considering the short model year for that first 300, 1,725 were sold at an expensive $4,109 base price.
This was the car to start the legacy. Virgil Exner, then Chrysler's design chief, called his new styling direction "The Forward Look". The 1955 300 had a 2 door coupe body and clean, simple Chrysler Windsor side and rear quarter trim. Up front were two large Imperial “egg crate” grilles. This first of the letter series cars did not actually bear a letter. Chrysler’s original manuals named it the C-300, which was an appropriate name for the car. The “C-” designation was applied to all Chrysler models, and the 300 stood for the engine horsepower.
It was THE first modern American production car to achieve this 300hp output. Power came from an updated source already available; the fabled “Hemi” 331 cubic inch hemispherical head engine, modified with a “full race” cam, solid lifters, larger dual exhaust, and topped off with 2 4-barrel carburetors. The suspension was made firmer, allowing it to handle far better than most cars. It was given a special performance PowerFlite 2-speed automatic transmission, while the inside remained pure luxury.
Notably, it was fast. The battle lines would be drawn when it ran 127.58 MPH in the flying mile on the sands at Daytona Speed Weeks, and averaged 92 mph in the Daytona Grand National stock car race. This car dominated the stock car circuit, earning the NASCAR and AAA championships its first year out.
The car was available in three standard exterior colors: Black, Tango Red and Platinum, combined with a luxurious tan leather interior.
Advertised as "The Car That "Swept the Field" at Daytona..."
Production: 1,725 units
Chrysler 300 Club
At Serrinha do Alambari, Penedo, RJ, Brazil.
The Tropical Wood-Pewee or Southern Tropical Pewee (Contopus cinereus) is nearly indistinguishable from North American pewees (Contopus sordidulus and Contopus virens). However, the North American species present in northern South America during migration would not occur in southeastern Brazil.
This pewee breeds from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina. We usually find this bird at forest edges and open woodland. Behavior is much like that of the wood pewees in North America: usually perches on a relatively prominent and conspicuous twig or branch and sallies out for insects, returning to the same perch.
This Canada Goose has a broken left wing. It spent the winter at the lake with its wing hanging at an extreme angle. It can't fly, or at least hasn't shown any intent to do so.
Sometimes it swims with other geese, but more often is alone. Several of the folks who come to the lake to feed the waterfowl -- including me -- always make sure that this one gets some, though now the lake is open water, and it seems to feed on its own.
The wing is sitting much lower down on its back now, and I assume that it must be healing. Perhaps one day soon it will be indistinguishable from the other resident geese.
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Nikon D300. 1/2500th @ F/5.86 (wide open). 380mm. ISO400. WB - sun. Single point focus. EV = -1/3 (.3)
I'm not quite ready to leave the Monterey Coast. On the same day, I was capturing that wonderful surf and wave action, I just spotted this Western Gull with the surf behind.
There are 10 species of gulls found at Monterey Bay. Forgetting that each has ... mostly "just" brown juveniles (indistinguishable to me, certainly) all but three or four are really difficult to identify. I know this is a Western Gull because of the red lower bill, the red eye ring, predominantly white breast and black back, and with two white spots on each tail feather. Instantaneously recognizing them took me three years or so. The Heermann's gull with all red beak took two days. The Ring-billed, Herring, and California Gulls are more difficult.
But one thing that is undeniable is that the adults are handsome, and perched along the coast is much better than having one 100 out to sea harassing a sea otter over lunch.
A week or so back I posted a photograph of a female Starling with a pink base to her yellow bill: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/51399904770/in/dateposted/ Well here is a male with an unmistakeably pale blue base to his bill. For a few weeks in spring it is possible to tell the sex of Starlings by the bill base colour but it soon fades making the sexes indistinguishable. This photo also shows the beautiful iridescence to his plumage. The beautiful purple and green iridescence is not formed by pigments, but by refraction of light through a microscopically thin transparent layer on the feathers. Light reflects off both the front and back of this layer and the light travels slower through the layer causing minute phase differences in the light which creates colours. Miniscule differences in the thickness of the layers create different colours; purples or greens in this case. The same thing happens with a drop of oil on a puddle. Each rainbow colour is created by tiny differences in the thickness of the oil layer. But if you catch the bird at the wrong angle the colours disappear and the bird just looks black, exactly the same as the iridescent colours on hummingbirds. Incidentally the word iridescence comes from Iris, the personification of the rainbow in Greek mythology. That's why beautifully coloured things like eyes and flowers are named iris.
I photographed this male Starling on my trip to St Kilda in May. The Starlings in Shetland are a different named subspecies zetlandicus that are a bit larger, and the juveniles are much darker than those from the rest of Britain. But according to the Birds of Scotland (2007), Starlings in the Outer Hebrides are intermediate. My visit to St Kilda was too early to see juvenile Starlings so I could not judge the darkness of that plumage, but they did seem to be robust.
Snowy egrets nuzzling. While I have no expertise in the matter, and while my Google research suggests that male and female Snowy egrets are morphologically indistinguishable, I believe the bird on the left is the female based on the pinkish color of her lore.😄
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The cane toad (Rhinella marina), also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland Central America, but which has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean, as well as Northern Australia. It is a member of the genus Rhinella, which includes many true toad species found throughout Central and South America, but it was formerly assigned to the genus Bufo.
The cane toad is an old species. A fossil toad (specimen UCMP 41159) from the La Venta fauna of the late Miocene in Colombia is indistinguishable from modern cane toads from northern South America. It was discovered in a floodplain deposit, which suggests the R. marina habitat preferences have long been for open areas. The cane toad is a prolific breeder; females lay single-clump spawns with thousands of eggs. Its reproductive success is partly because of opportunistic feeding: it has a diet, unusual among anurans, of both dead and living matter. Adults average 10–15 cm (4–6 in) in length; the largest recorded specimen had a snout-vent length of 24 cm (9.4 in).
The cane toad has poison glands, and the tadpoles are highly toxic to most animals if ingested. Its toxic skin can kill many animals, both wild and domesticated, and cane toads are particularly dangerous to dogs. Because of its voracious appetite, the cane toad has been introduced to many regions of the Pacific and the Caribbean islands as a method of agricultural pest control. The common name of the species is derived from its use against the cane beetle (Dermolepida albohirtum), which damages sugar cane. The cane toad is now considered a pest and an invasive species in many of its introduced regions.
Common redpolls are small finches with a distinctive red patch on the crown. They were introduced from Britain between 1862 and 1875.
Identification
Redpolls are the smallest of New Zealand’s introduced finches. They are brownish and streaked, and both sexes have the red crown patch. Adult males have a variable amount of pink on the lower throat and breast. This only appears after the bird’s second moult, so first-year males are indistinguishable from females in the field. Some adult females and first-year males may have a slight pink flush on the breast, but this is not normally visible in the field. Juveniles are similar to the adult female, but are paler and lack any red colouration on the crown.
.... and, of course, we would pronounce it all wrong.
When you hear a Portuguese person pronounce it ...it sounds more like "Pap Seksh" ... they seem to drop the 'a' .. and the 'cos' becomes a hard 'c' or almost 'k' sound ...the 'o disappears and 's' sort of becomes 'sh'. Some sort of pronounce a little o in there but... 2 out of 3 times it is indistinguishable....
... and the shaping is so hard to figure out !!!
I took this explanation of Papa Secos from one of the sites I looked at.
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The Papo Seco which literally means “dry throat” is the most popular bread eaten all over the country, both in homes and a staple at every restaurant. Often people will say I have a “Papo Seco” to signify they need something to drink.
The roll is slightly crusty on the outside and light and airy in the centre which make it perfect for sandwiches and for absorbing sauces.
The method of preparing it and shape of the roll is uniquely Portuguese and extremely popular but I found there are many recipes.
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The reason I am even trying them out is that we are having a neighbourhood 'progressive dinner' at the end of the month...which has been going on for several years with the same group of 10 ... we all prepare a different course..and, go from house to house to sample the food and drink, and we decorate and have a theme for the food. This year it is Portugal.
We have the main course, and along with Bacalhau..which is a cod and potato dish..I wanted to have some little Portuguese buns on the table. By the time we even get to the main we are too full to eat much...but we try anyway.... we try for small portions at each house.... so, several of us will just share a bun I'm sure. I will, however, make them smaller and see how they turn out. The shaping is more or less distinctive ...but, honestly, there are so many different explanations and none of them is very helpful to me so far. This is not quite right...but, hey...it is sort of rustic looking, so could be okay I guess. One or two more test days are in order... for experimenting. There will be a lot of buns in the freezer... or I'll have to give them to neighbours not involved in the dinner..as I don't want to give away any little surprise....
I bought these cute little plates for part of the theme decor ... hard to believe that they are just Melmac..... and, you can see some placemats in the background.... they remind me of many plates I saw while in Portugal years ago.
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Dorud Region "Dorood", Lorestan Province, Iran
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What Is It About A Solitary Tree That Captures One's Gaze and Imagination?
No matter where you live, you have seen one. And I'm betting when you did, you allowed your gaze to linger for awhile. If you are a camera bug, you may even have pulled over while driving down some road, and shot a picture or two. Sometimes it is a majestic, old oak tree in the middle of a farmer's field...surrounded by acres of plowed field. Why did they leave just that one tree? Surely there must have been many others at some time.
A forest is lush. Dense. But while a forest has its own charms, it can sometimes seem impenetrable. Uninviting, even. A lone tree holds a completely different kind of allure. It is somehow mysterious. It's almost magnetic, especially when the cleared land around it is expansive. You ask yourself how that one tree, and only that tree, managed to escape the axe and survive. You sometimes may even feel compelled to walk across the field to look at it from a closer perspective. Stand in its shade. It provokes contemplation. The trees in a stand of woods lose their individuality and become almost indistinguishable from one another, at least until fall. But a lonesome tree? It calls out to you. "Look at me. I'm still here!"
Special Thanks to Keith930, Daily News - Mar 20, 2013
— All of Nature is a Divine Harmony, Wonderful Symphony that invites all Creatures that Accompany their Developments and Progress.
December Theme - Costa Rica
Common Pauraque - This Nightjar species is almost indistinguishable from it's leaf littered environment. Once you locate it don't look away, because you might not find it again.
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Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) wintering in The Rain in Spain_w_9450
The Short-Eared Owl has a worldwide range that rivals that of the Barn Owl and is the greatest exponent of low-level hunting over open ground. This is a mainly diurnal owl and has a light and effortless flight which is a joy to watch.
These owls move out in winter from the greater part of their northerly range in Europe and Asia, going in almost any direction, unpredictable and footloose until they find food. Their prey is almost exclusively made up of small mammals such as mice, voles and shrews. They will occasionally take small birds. A recent study in Finland recorded 40 pairs of Short-Eared Owls who survived in an area less than 20 square kilometres during a breeding season. Each pair laid an average of over seven eggs and reared almost five young in a year when voles were abundant.
Short-Eared Owls do have ear tufts, as the name suggests, but often they cannot be seen. When laid back flat they are all but indistinguishable, but an owl taken by surprise can raise them into quite substantial “horns”. At the nest, the adult birds make use of their flexible, expressive facial discs and these horns to put on a frightening exhibition that probably deters many predators. These owls nest on the ground in a rough, shallow scrape. Nests and eggs are not unknown in the winter provided there are plenty of voles.
The number of Short-Eared Owls has declined over a long period in many areas. Drainage of coastal marshes and pastures has also affected them seriously_
Photographed at the UCSC Arboretum, Santa Cruz, California - Standing, no cover
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In the spring of the year, the UCSC Arboretum is a magnet for Allen's Hummingbirds. They move up from central Mexico, intent on feeding and courtship, not necessarily in that order. For several months, the grounds of the arboretum are alive with the courtship rituals, territorial disputes and feeding off the many flowering plants in the arboretum. The Allen's Hummingbirds tend to have ongoing disputes with the local Anna's Hummingbirds, but also with the many competing males for the attention from the female Allen's. All this activity is good news for the interested photographer and I'm very thankful to no longer have to pay for film or developing costs. 😊
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From Wikipedia: Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) is a species of hummingbird. It is a small bird, with mature adults reaching only 3 to 3.5 in (76 to 89 mm) in length. The male has a green back and forehead, with rust-colored (rufous) flanks, rump, and tail. The male's throat is an iridescent orange-red. The female and immature Allen's hummingbirds are similarly colored, but lack the iridescent throat patch, instead having a series of speckles on their throats. Females are mostly green, featuring rufous color only on the tail, which also has white tips. Immature Allen's hummingbirds are so similar to the female rufous hummingbird, the two are almost indistinguishable in the field. Both species' breeding seasons and ranges are common factors used to differentiate between the two species in a particular geographical area.
Distribution:
Allen's hummingbird is common only in the brushy woods, gardens, and meadows of coastal California from Santa Barbara north, and southern coastal Oregon. The nominate race of Allen's hummingbird, S. s. sasin, is migratory, and winters along the Pacific coast of central Mexico. A second, S. s. sedentarius, is a permanent resident on the Channel Islands off southern California. This population colonized the Palos Verdes Peninsula of Los Angeles County in the 1960s and has since spread over much of Los Angeles and Orange Counties, south through San Diego County, and east to the western end of Riverside County.
Behavior:
The courtship flight of male Allen's hummingbirds is a frantic back-and-forth flight arc of about 25 ft (7.6 m) similar to the motion of a swinging pendulum, followed by a high-speed dive from about 100 ft (30 m) during which tail feathers emit a characteristic sharp flutter to further attract attention of the female. Aggressive and territorial, male Allen's hummingbirds will chase any other males from their territory, as well as any other hummingbird species, and have even been known to attack and rout predatory birds several times larger than themselves, such as kestrels and hawks.
Allen's hummingbird constructs its nest out of plant fibers, down, and weed stems, coating the nest with lichens and spider webs to give it structure. The nest is placed above ground on a tree branch or the stalk or stem of a plant. The female lays one or two white eggs, which she incubates for 15 to 17 days. The young leave the nest about three weeks after hatching. The mother continues to feed the fledglings for several more weeks, then the young are left to fend for themselves.
Like all hummingbirds, Allen's hummingbird's high rate of metabolism requires it to feed frequently. It drinks nectar from flowers and eats any small insects in flight or on flower blossoms, providing needed protein.
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The common murre is 38–46 cm (15–18 in) in length with a 61–73 cm (24–29 in) wingspan. Male and female are indistinguishable in the field and weight ranges between 945 g (2 lb 1+1⁄2 oz) in the south of their range to 1,044 g (2 lb 5 oz) in the north.
A weight range of 775–1,250 g (1 lb 11+1⁄2 oz – 2lb 12 oz) has been reported. In breeding plumage, the nominate subspecies (U. a. aalge) is black on the head, back and wings, and has white underparts. It has thin dark pointed bill and a small rounded dark tail.
After the pre-basic moult, the face is white with a dark spur behind the eye. Birds of the subspecies U. a. albionis are dark brown rather than black, most obviously so in colonies in southern Britain. Legs are grey and the bill is dark grey. Occasionally, adults are seen with yellow/grey legs. In May 2008, an aberrant adult was photographed with a bright yellow bill
This image was taken in the Farne Islands, off the coast of Northumberland, near Seahouses, in the north of England
Mushroom gnats look for particular types of fungi on which to lay their eggs. Aristolochia arborea imitate one of these mushrooms perfectly, even under the microscope the surface of the false mushroom is almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Aristolochia has to make such a perfect impression or the mushroom gnats won’t land to lay eggs. When they do they slide off the slippery surface, get caught in the trap behind the false mushroom, and pollinate the flower.
Aristolochia double-crosses its pollinators. They fertilize it and receive nothing in exchange, no pollen, no nectar, not even a place to lay their eggs. Only the plant benefits from this one-sided relationship.
The red-rumped swallow was formally described by Finnish-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist Erik Laxmann in 1769 as Hirundo daurica, using a specimen from Mount Schlangen near Zmeinogorsk Russia. It is now usually placed in the genus Cecropis created by German scientist Friedrich Boie in 1826, although it is arguable how distinct this genus is from Hirundo, and some authorities retain it in that genus. Boie's genus name Cecropis is from the Ancient Greek for an Athenian woman. The specific daurica is derived from Dauria, a mountainous region to the east of Lake Baikal in Russia. the alternative genus Hirundo is the Latin word for "swallow". Some authorities consider the West African swallow to be a subspecies of the red-rumped swallow.
This species is believed to form a superspecies complex with Hirundo striolata. The widely distributed population shows a lot of variation and several have been named as subspecies. Many of these are migratory and overlap in their wintering ranges and field identification of these forms is not reliable. The Sri Lankan breeding population hyperythra is a resident, and are now usually considered a distinct species, the Sri Lanka swallow. The underparts are deep chestnut and the nuchal collar is not well marked.
The populations in mainland India, erythropygia has the rump patch uniform dark chestnut without an dark shaft-streaks. The tail fork is shallow and the white patch on the inner web of the outer-tail feathers is indistinct. Populations of japonica breed in eastern Asia and winter in Thailand, Burma, India and northern Australia. They are heavily streaked on the underside and have faint streaks on the rump. The populations along the Himalayas nipalensis migrate to peninsular India in winter and breed from Kulu in the west to Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh in the east. This population has the rump paler with dark shaft streaks. Subspecies rufula of Southern Europe, the Iberian Peninsula east to Baluchistan and Kashmir is resident and winters further south. The chestnut of rump fades to white towards the tail base. The nominate population breeds in Mongolia and Trans-Baikailia wintering in South and Southeast Asia. Subspecies gephyra of inner Mongolia is considered indistinguishable from the nominate subspecies. The African populations include kumboensis from the highlands of Sierra Leone and Cameroon; melanocrissus of the Ethiopian highlands and emini of Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Zambia. Many of the variations are separable only on tail and wing lengths and these vary with overlap across populations.
It is all but indistinguishable from Bicknell's Thrush except by its slightly larger size and different song. Didn't hear it sing though
Note: The view above is very compressed. There is considerable distance between the hedge in the foreground in the above photo and and the front of Exhibition Hall as evidenced by the photo below. That hedge is almost indistinguishable behind the water spouts in the far back of the photo below, The smaller spouts in the foreground of the picture below are too low to be seen in the above photo.
I think! Apparently indistinguishable from N. salina, but as that species prefers drier more open habitats, and is scarcer, I think brevicollis is far more likely! It did the typical nose dive after I took this shot...
Merrington Green - Shropshire
Smallest of all the anteaters, the Northern Silky Anteater (Cyclopes dorsalis) is seldom seen because it spends much of its life high in the rainforest canopy, often curled up as an indistinguishable ball of fluff. They have no teeth and can only defend themselves by means of their razor sharp sickle-like fore-claws, which are usually used for tearing open ant nests. Females bear a single youngster at a time, which is carried on their back until large enough to feed on its own. Canandé Reserve, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
European Pole Cat ~ British Wildlife Centre ~ Lingfield ~ Surrey ~ England ~ Sunday April 5th 2015.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The European polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as the black or forest polecat, is a species of Mustelid native to western Eurasia and North Africa, which is classed by the IUCN as Least Concern due to its wide range and large numbers. The polecat is dark brown with a lighter bandit-like mask across the face, pale yellow underbody fur, a long tail and short legs. It is somewhat larger than weasels but smaller than otters, weighing between 0.7 kg for females to 1.7 kg for males. It is the sole ancestor of the ferret, which was domesticated over 2000 years ago for the purpose of hunting vermin.
Etymology ~ The word "polecat" first appeared in English after the Norman Conquest of England, written as polcat. While the second syllable is self explanatory, the origin of the first is unclear. It is possibly derived from the French poule, meaning "chicken", likely in reference to the species' fondness for poultry, or it may be a variant of the Anglo-Saxon ful, meaning "foul". In Old English, the species was referred to as foumart, meaning "foul marten", in reference to its strong odour. In Old French, the polecat was called fissau, which was derived from the Low German and Scandinavian verb for "to make a disagreeble smell". This was later corrupted in English as fitchew or fitchef, which itself gave rise to the word "fitch", which is used for the polecat's pelt.
Evolution ~ The earliest true polecat was Mustela stromeri, which appeared during the late Villafranchian. It was considerably smaller than the present form, thus indicating that polecats evolved at a relatively late period. The oldest modern polecat fossils occur in Germany, Britain and France, and date back to the Middle Pleistocene. The European polecat's closest relative is the steppe polecat, with which it is thought to have shared Mustela stromeri as a common ancestor. It is however not as specialised as the latter species, being more infantile in skull structure.
Domestication ~ Morphological, cytological and molecular studies confirm that the European polecat is the sole ancestor of the ferret, thus disproving any connection with the steppe polecat, which was once thought to have contributed to the ferret's creation. Ferrets were first mentioned by Aristotle in 350 BC, and Greek and Roman writers in the 1st century AD were the first to attest on the ferret's use in bolting rabbits from their burrows. In size and proportions, the ferret is similar to the European polecat, to the point that dark coloured ferrets are almost indistinguishable from polecats. The ferret's skull has a smaller cranial volume than the polecat's, and has a narrower postorbital constriction. Hybrids between the two animals typically have a distinct white throat patch, white feet and white hairs interspersed among the fur.
Subspecies ~ As of 2005 seven subspecies are recognised.
Orianthera tortuosa is a low shrub endemic to transitional zones between Mediterranean southwest and arid interior parts of Southwest Australia. The stems are twisted or contorted, which is the origin of the species name tortuosa (Latin for “twisted”). Leaves are so reduced and short-lived that the green, twisted stems take over their role, making stem and leaf nearly indistinguishable. This condition is described as leaf reduction, stem assimilation or functional leaflessness. This stem-leaf confusion is one reason Orianthera bounced between Loganiaceae / Myoporaceae / Scrophulariaceae. Anthers are inserted in the sinus between the corolla lobes, typical of Orianthera, seen in the right flower. Distribution is seen here: florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/46253
Shaker by Heather Jansch at Sculpture by the Lakes.
Heather Jansch (1948 – 2021), was a renowned British sculptor whose lifelong passion was to achieve mastery of the equine form.
Her pioneering use of driftwood as a medium was frequently copied, but rarely rivalled.
Heather spent many years perfecting the complex translation of her original driftwood works into bronze, establishing a technique that often made them indistinguishable from the original.
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Harvestmen are very old arachnids. Fossils from the Devonian Rhynie chert, 410 million years ago, already show characteristics like tracheae and sexual organs, proving that the group has lived on land since that time.
Another ancient bug that is almost indistinguishable from it's ancestors!
The Allen's hummingbird is a small bird, with mature adults reaching only 3 to 3.5 in (76 to 89 mm) in length. The male has a green back and forehead, with rust-colored (rufous) flanks, rump, and tail. The male's throat is an iridescent orange-red. The female and immature Allen's hummingbirds are similarly colored, but lack the iridescent throat patch, instead having a series of speckles on their throats. Females are mostly green, featuring rufous color only on the tail, which also has white tips. Immature Allen's hummingbirds are so similar to the female rufous hummingbird, the two are almost indistinguishable in the field. The lack of a notch in the second rectrix is considered an important field mark to distinguish the adult male Allen's hummingbird from rufous hummingbird, particularly the hard to distinguish green-backed variety. Both species' breeding seasons and ranges are common factors used to differentiate between the two species in a particular geographical area.
The Allen's hummingbird was formally described by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1829 and given the binomial name Ornismya sasin. The specific epithet is a Wakashan or Nootka Native American name for a hummingbird. The type locality is San Francisco. Allen's hummingbird is now placed in the genus Selasphorus that was introduced by William Swainson in 1832. The common name commemorates Charles Andrew Allen, an American collector and taxidermist who identified the bird in 1879 in Nicasio, California.
Did I mention that I like hummingbirds?
This is my first successful milky way full arch panorama. It took me about 3 hours and 138 exposures to complete. I could've probably finished earlier (considering the relatively short exposures) but I had to wait for a tourist bus to leave. Luckily for me, it was a moonless clear sky night all throughout.
The image is a panorama of 138 exposures. The magellanic clouds can be seen at the bottom of the sky, the ρ Ophiuchi cloud complex and the blue head horse nebula towards the left, Carina nebula (center), Ω Centauri globular cluster (center top) and the Centaurus A galaxy right above Ω Centauri (an almost indistinguishable smudge).
A Pacific-slope Flycatcher with its catch visits my yard on a warm sunny afternoon.
The Pacific-slope flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) is a small insectivorous bird of the family Tyrannidae. It is native to coastal regions of western North America, including the Pacific Ocean and the southern Gulf of California, as far north as British Columbia and southern Alaska, but is replaced in the inland regions by the Cordilleran flycatcher. These two species were formerly considered a single species known as the western flycatcher. In winter, both species migrate south to Mexico, where they are virtually indistinguishable from one another.
Yunnan (simplified Chinese: 云南; literally "South of the Clouds") is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers (152,000 square miles). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.
Yunnan is noted for a very high level of ethnic diversity. It has the highest number of ethnic groups among all provinces and autonomous regions in China. Among the country's fifty-six recognised ethnic groups, twenty-five are found in Yunnan. Some 38% of the province's population are members of minorities, including the Yi, Bai, Hani, Tai, Dai, Miao, Lisu, Hui, Lahu, Va, Nakhi, Yao, Tibetan, Jingpo, Blang, Pumi, Nu, Achang, Jinuo, Mongolian, Derung, Manchu, Shui, and Buyei. Several other groups are represented, but they live neither in compact settlements nor do they reach the required threshold of five thousand to be awarded the official status of being present in the province. Some groups, such as the Mosuo, who are officially recognised as part of the Naxi, have in the past claimed official status as a national minority, and are now recognised with the status of Mosuo people.
Ethnic groups are widely distributed in the province. Some twenty-five minorities live in compact communities, each of which has a population of more than five thousand. Ten ethnic minorities living in border areas and river valleys include the Hui, Manchu (the Manchu, remnants of the Qing administration, do not live in compact settlements and are in all respects indistinguishable from the Han), Bai, Naxi, Mongolian, Zhuang, Dai, Achang, Buyei and Shui, with a combined population of 4.5 million; those in low mountainous areas are the Hani, Yao, Lahu, Va, Jingpo, Blang and Jino, with a combined population of 5 million; and those in high mountainous areas are Miao, Lisu, Tibetan, Pumi and Drung, with a total population of four million.
An oft-repeated proverb tells the story of three brothers who were born speaking different languages: Tibetan, Naxi, and Bai. Each settled in different areas of Yunnan and Tibet, respectively, the high area, the middle area, and the low area.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The common murre or common guillemot (Uria aalge) is a large auk. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. It spends most of its time at sea, only coming to land to breed on rocky cliff shores or islands.
Common murres are fast in direct flight but are not very agile. They can maneuver better underwater, where they typically dive to depths of 30–60 m (100–195 ft). Depths of up to 180 m (590 ft) have been recorded.
The common murre is 38–46 cm (15–18 in) in length with a 61–73 cm (24–29 in) wingspan.[14] Male and female are indistinguishable in the field and weight ranges between 945 g (2 lb 1+1⁄2 oz) in the south of their range to 1,044 g (2 lb 5 oz) in the north.
A weight range of 775–1,250 g (1 lb 11+1⁄2 oz – 2 lb 12 oz) has been reported.[16] In breeding plumage, the nominate subspecies (U. a. aalge) is black on the head, back and wings, and has white underparts. It has thin dark pointed bill and a small rounded dark tail.
After the pre-basic moult, the face is white with a dark spur behind the eye. Birds of the subspecies U. a. albionis are dark brown rather than black, most obviously so in colonies in southern Britain. Legs are grey and the bill is dark grey. Occasionally, adults are seen with yellow/grey legs. In May 2008, an aberrant adult was photographed with a bright yellow bill.
The plumage of first winter birds is the same as the adult basic plumage. However, the first pre-alternate moult occurs later in the year. The adult pre-alternate moult is December–February, (even starting as early as November in U. a. albionis). First year birds can be in basic plumage as late as May, and their alternate plumage can retain some white feathers around the throat.[14]
Some individuals in the North Atlantic, known as "bridled guillemots", have a white ring around the eye extending back as a white line. This is not a distinct subspecies, but a polymorphism that becomes more common the farther north the birds breed—perhaps character displacement with the northerly thick-billed murre, which has a white bill-stripe but no bridled morph. The white is highly contrasting especially in the latter species and would provide an easy means for an individual bird to recognize conspecifics in densely packed breeding colonies.
The chicks are downy with blackish feathers on top and white below. By 12 days old, contour feathers are well developed in areas except for the head. At 15 days, facial feathers show the dark eyestripe against the white throat and cheek.
This image was taken at Isafjordur on the north west of Iceland on 14th June 2023.
I am missing my cell phone nokia x3 it passed away yesterday :S suffering from unidentifiable disease :S
long exposure cell phone screen
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Thus little cove on Paddy Creek is a favorite foto stop. The sliders came to the rescue with cropping, lightening and brightening an otherwise dark and indistinguishable image.
LE CHAT de Philippe Geluck
Parc Royal de Bruxelles.
Le mardi 22 mars 1983, sur les pages du journal "Le Soir" naissance du Chat, personnage crée par Philippe Geluck, un artiste belge né le 7 mai 1954 à Bruxelles.
Le Chat, cet anti-héros est un chat gris, aux oreilles pointues, au gros nez, à la bouche généralement indiscernable. Par anthropomorphisme, il se tient debout, est vêtu comme un homme, a des comportements typiquement humains (aller au bistro, conduire une voiture…), bien que sa nature féline s'exprime par moments (il chasse, mange et martyrise les souris).
THE CAT by Philippe Geluck
Brussels Royal Park
Tuesday, March 22, 1983, on the pages of the newspaper "Le Soir" birth of the Cat, character created by Philippe Geluck, a Belgian artist born May 7, 1954 in Brussels.
The Cat, this anti-hero is a gray cat, with pointed ears, a big nose, and a generally indistinguishable mouth. By anthropomorphism, he stands upright, is dressed like a man, has typically human behaviors (going to the bistro, driving a car…), although his feline nature is expressed at times (he hunts, eats and tortures mice) .
Hannam from the Hannam bridge in Seoul, Korea
This area is due to be demolished and be replaced with a sea of indistinguishable apartment blocks, as has happened all over Seoul. The apartment blocks will most likely be plush and set in landscaped grounds, but the area will be left sterile of the life it had as an intricate warren of alleyways, shops and small residential blocks. I do wish the developers and planners of Seoul, could look beyond the dollars these developments will bring in the short term and think about the Soul of Seoul that will be left to future generations.
(Ambystoma tigrinum). Anderson County, Texas.
Eastern (A. tigrinum) and barred (A. mavortium) tigers are difficult to differentiate. They are most readily separated by pattern and coloration. IN GENERAL, eastern tigers have more spots and small blotches scattered about the dorsum and sides. These markings are usually orangish/coppery yellow to greenish brown. Barred tigers typically have bars, large blotches or spots that are larger and fewer in number than those of the eastern tiger salamander. In the barred tigers, these markings are usually pale to lemon yellow. That said, there is considerable variation both within each respective "species" and even within populations. I have seen images of eastern tiger salamanders that are indistinguishable from barred tiger salamanders and vice versa.
My views passed the 20 million mark this week, but I won't be changing my name to "Tim Melling. Thanks for 20 million views". But I would like to thanks all the people who view, comment and favourite my pictures. Also, I'm never sure how accurate Flickr's stats are as my total views hit 20 million some weeks back, but next morning 40,000 views had disappeared and I was below the threshold. On the "About" tab they seem to use photo views only, which doesn't include album and photostream views. For me, the photo views lags behind my total views by 200,000. But it is my photo views that have now passed 20 million. But maybe tomorrow I will be back down again.
Anyway, back to something more interesting. This is a young Little Owl, hiding among some moorland rocks and looking me straight in the eye. And just look at those eyes. Mesmerising aren't they? This one still has a downy plumage, visible on the sides of the head, but all of this will disappear soon as they have a full post-juvenile moult August-November, after which they are indistinguishable from adults. This was near Holmfirth in West Yorkshire.
Distinctive crow with an ashy grey body and contrasting black head, wings, and tail. Essentially unmistakable unless seen in poor light or at a distance. Birds average paler in eastern parts of range, with “Mesopotamian Crow” of Iraq and southwestern Iran being almost black-and-white. Found in varied open and semi-open habitats from towns and farmland to open woodland and moorland. Found in pairs or small groups, not usually in large flocks except at roosts. Hybridizes with Carrion Crow where the two overlap. Gives typical crow caws, often indistinguishable from those of Carrion Crow.
Have You Ever Herded Blue Sheep in a big city ?
No,they are not genetically engineered,they are not lawn mowers.It's "Ovine Art" created by German artists Rainer Bonk and Bertamaria Reetz and they are nourished only by interest,curiosity and the amuzed gaze of onlookers.
The Unusual Plastic Flock of Sheep,painted head-to-toe in dark blue paint,has been touring the globe for years now.You can see Blue Sheep in cities,towns,in fields or parks to promote "Tolerance and Solidarity" and to represent "Team Spirit" & "Tolerant Interaction".
A Blue Sheep is left behind in each city they visit where it remains as a Peace Ambassador.
Every sheep is indistinguishable from the next as the artists want to convey the peaceful message that "All are Equal & Everyone is Important".
Love to you from my German,Blue friends and a few lines from the Elizabethan age when John Donne, had composed the Timeless Meditation “ No Man Is An Island " ...
"No Man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every Man is a piece of the Continent,
A part of the Main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the Less.
Any Man's death Diminishes me,
Because I am involved in Mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee ... "
♥ Many thanks for all your visits,comments & your pink ☆s ♥
Beneath the infinite vault of a twilight sky—where hues of gold disintegrate into bruised indigo—rises an immense shard of petrified time. Not shaped by compassion, but by the cold geometry of relentless forces. An arch of ice, improbable in its defiance, gapes like a ruptured portal, framing a sun that bleeds its final embers into the encroaching void. This light, fleeting and feral, clings desperately to the world before dissolving into darkness.
The ice itself is a contradiction. Its surface is etched with scars of upheaval, chaotic fissures that seem almost deliberate, like forgotten inscriptions carved by an indifferent universe. The void beyond the arch quivers, refracted and distorted, a reminder that even reality splinters when seen through such crystalline apertures.
Beneath this towering fragment, the water lies taut, a shimmering membrane of deceptive calm. It holds a reflection—pristine, yet disturbed—a liquid double that trembles as though under the weight of a concealed truth. This mirrored world does not merely echo the one above; it twists it, offering a version that is at once perfect and unnerving. It feels less like an image than an accusation, silent yet unyielding.
Here, form and dissolution are locked in perpetual combat. The ice, rigid yet eroding, looms not as a monument but as a fleeting testament to resistance. It exists on the brink of collapse, a fragile interval between birth and annihilation. To witness it is to confront the absurdity of persistence, the delicate violence of simply being.
In this frozen theatre, the serene and the catastrophic are indistinguishable. The sky burns with indifferent glory, the ice contorts in its silent struggle, and the water, ever watchful, remains a fluid archive of dissolution. To gaze upon this is to feel the raw pulse of entropy, to understand that all grandeur is borrowed time—beauty poised precariously at the edge of obliteration.
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ꒌ МНОГО нешто чађаво ово авионско гориво!... Мада, изгледа да има разлике. На повећању се у средини доње трећине слике види авион који се удаљава, док иза њега нема никаквог трага.
► █░▓ FIRST WINTER SUNSET finished a minute ago, to me blocked by the banks of cloud blanket above Belgium and France. But the high clouds, almost indistinguishable from the jet trails, still get the sun.
December solstice came today right at 16:03 without pomp and circumstances :). It was a warm overcast day. Burned airliners' jet fuel (kerosene) produces some surprising forms when lit from aside. The carefully refined 'ecological' JP-1A light petroleum produces these murky jet trails that are sticking in the sky for quite a while... sticky trails... hmmm... additives...? any ideas? If you zoom in enough, in the middle of the lower horizontal trail you can spot an airplane that I first noted on the computer screen. That beauty obviously leaves no trail whatsoever behind. Yeah, the air is different at different heights, but still... any idea?
Flight DATA The aircraft spotted is small, 50 km away from the lens, but we are big. We traced her! It is a Boeing 737-8K2 belonging to Transavia. Here carrying her duty on the flight TRA83R from Rotterdam to Alicante. Alicante must be a nice place to start winter or spend Christmas in. The reason that this airline is obviously low, is that it took off just 8 minutes before this capture. Yet she already managed to climb to 22.250 ft (6.800 m), with the ground speed of 348 kts. In one minute since my previous capture she has covered 10 km horizontally and climbed 750 m vertically. In such steep climbs fully loaded aircrafts burn a lot of fuel. Yet no trail can be seen behind it. It has arrived Alicante two hours and a quarter after this lucky snapshot.
Olympus E-M1 orig, Olympus M.75-300mm f/4.8-6.7ii half way zoomed in (300 mm the full-frame equivalent). Overexposed ⅔ of a stop. Handheld with some support. Shutter speed 1/500 of a sec resulting in f/5.6 at ISO 400. WB manual (cloudy). Sooc jpeg edited in Photos 10.0. Uncompressed, slightly cropped.
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The mountains in Nepal make their own weather. And the weather can shift as fast as putting a coat on. It's a place like no other, with peaks jutting boldly into the sky further than anywhere else on the planet. The scale is lost in photographs. A person on that mountain would look like a speck, indistinguishable from this distance.
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