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Scymnus suturalis infected with the Laboulbeniales fungus. Of 7 or 8 individuals found, only one wasn't infected.
Image below viewable large.
Attingham Park (SIG) - Shropshire
"Don't be too proud of this technological spreadsheet you've constructed. Your 'first order' seems to be on levels 5 AND 6 now, Dale.
The ability to move your pallet with the Force is insignificant next to the power of YOUR forklift. TAKE IT AWAY!!"
Shot taken a few seconds before the picture previously posted. Here, instead of being at the level of the lake, I've got an higher vantage point, just to be able to include the whole Riffelsee (2.757 m) along with the Matterhorn.
At the bottom right is also visible my tent lit up from inside. This can provide a sense of scale and proportions of the immense landscape!
The idea that I would have spent the night inside such a little glowing dot reminded me how small and insignificant we are on this planet, although the general trend seems more and more based on the cult of the ego.
Well... one more reason to always be grateful to the great mountain environments: in silence, without any high-flying speeches, they always manage to bring everything back in order, in the right natural proportions.
Far away, at the base of the Hörnli ridge, is always visible the Hörnlihütte (3.260 m) also mirroring into the waters of the lake.
The few stars visible in this temporary opening of the night sky are showing tiny trails because the exposure has far exceeded the thirty seconds. An interesting aspect, however, recalling that within this apparently motionless silence the Earth has moved anyway :-)
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Kind of how I feel sometimes...like lately.
I can't wait for spring break so I can get outta here.
I was basically experimenting here...
Def. go large on this one.
Yesterday was really busy,
I'll check your streams when I have time. :\
Back to base after 40 days of non stop travel just for this cat !!!
It was a scorching Summer day when we embarked on a journey to explore the exotic high altitude cold desert. The idea of venturing into the Hanle, surrounded by vast stretches of golden green marshes , filled us with both excitement and trepidation and more exciting was the rarest cat being roaming around the valley from past few months . As we stepped out of car, a cold wave hit us like a wall. The intense sunrays beat down mercilessly, making me appreciate the importance of sunscreen, but when a cat as rare as gems is sitting in a beautiful setting who cares ?
As we began our scan through the desert, every step felt like an accomplishment. The handle mud from marshes beneath Ourfeet shifted with each stride, reminding me that nature is constantly changing and evolving. The silence was deafening as no one was there and best part No other photographers; there were no sounds except for the occasional rustle of wind against Ourears.
The desert seemed barren at first glance, but upon closer inspection, signs of life emerged. Tiny lizards scurried across the shining roads, birds feeding in plenty before harsh winters , leaving behind delicate footprints in their wake. Grass from marshes stood tall and proud amidst the harsh conditions, their vibrant flowers providing a burst of colour against the monotonous landscape.
As evening approached, we witnessed one of nature's most breathtaking spectacles – a sunset over the Halle Monastery. Shades of orange and pink painted the sky as if an artist had taken his brush to create this masterpiece. It was a moment that reminded me how insignificant we are in comparison to Mother Nature's grandeur.
Our visit to this exotic desert left an indelible mark on Our soul. It taught me humility and appreciation for our planet's diverse landscapes. It made us realise that sometimes stepping out of our comfort zones can lead us to discover hidden treasures we never knew existed.
In conclusion, exploring this exotic desert was not just an adventure in past 12 years ; it was an awakening Project , a dream to get this cat showcasing its interesting moustache , that’s so big , beautiful eyes , as till now we have seen pallas cat from far distance and hardly few people from India had capture those details in face , legs and overall body of pallas cat – a reminder that there is beauty even in desolation if we take time to observe and appreciate it fully.
Pallas cat .
As we all know, life can really suck sometimes. It can beat you down, trash you out, make you feel like you don't matter in the grand scheme of things. The worst part is, in the grand scheme of things, we are for the most part insignificant. We all play our little roles, but even if we do them well, in the end, it really did not matter. That is just how life is.
I know I have had my share of ups and downs, and while the ups have been pretty good, the downs have hammered the bottom pretty hard a few times. I have been bruised and bloodied too many times to count or worry about. I have been shattered and broken. I have been sad and disheartened. I have been smothered, shaken, beaten, and battered by all that life has thrown my way.....but still, here I stand.
Stand with the firm and familiar memories of my past as well as present. I stand and face this beast we call life every day, and look it in the eye and say, I will not quit. I will not give up. I will not go down, because today is a brand new day. This could be the day I rise above and conquer the enemies I face. This may be the day I overcome my greatest fear. This may be the day I find that for which I have been searching.
Forget the fact that I have loved and lost. Forget that I have been burned by those closest to me. Forget that I have given my heart completely, only to have it broken, for this may be the day that I find true love. This may be the day when my heart is healed. This may be the best day of my life.
Exposure : 1/2500 sec
Aperture : f/5.6
Focal Length : 55mm
ISO Speed : 200
Location: Philipines Palawan Island Beach
Next time you're feeling insignificant or forgotten...
Remember, there was another person in the plane when Amelia Earhart went missing.
I just wanted to emphasize how small we humans are compared to our beautiful planet and how lucky with this photo. Please think of it for a minute. What are the chances for us to be born here? Statistically insignificant. And then, right when you don't expect it, instead of continuing with efforts to protect our Earth, a narcissistic man pulled us out of the Paris agreement to achieve a political score with his base. How sick, how selfish he must be? Considering that he has a bunch of children and grandchildren too, from different marriages. Well, there is only one psychological condition more dangerous than narcissism, and that is psychopathy. It really makes you sick. As David Gergen put it when the US filed its intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, "Yesterday we walked away from the rest of the world, and it's one of the most shameful acts in our history."
A 16,000 footer looks insignificant in the wide open space west of Winslow. A very hazy day, the San Francisco peak is barely visible in the background.
Teide National Park
You simply must not miss this wonderful National Park.
The other-worldly landscapes here will leave you speechless. The pure, clean air of Spain's highest peak will refresh your lungs as you wander amidst solid volcanic magma feeling almost insignificant in this impressive UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The landscape is breathtaking from every angle. The landscape and vegetation and the fauna as well seem taken from another planet
Cañadas del Teide is a gigantic caldera spanning 17 km (10.5 miles) across, from which the summits of Pico Viejo and Mount Teide rise up to 3,718 m (12,198 ft), making this Spain's highest point and the third tallest volcano in the world. Its snowy white peak contrasting with tongues of black lava petrified on the slopes is a unique combination that never fails to surprise.
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Parque Nacional del Teide
No puedes perderte esa maravilla de Parque Nacional.
Los paisajes te parecerán de otro planeta. Respirarás el aire puro del pico más alto de España. Caminarás entre la lava volcánica y te sentirás minúsculo al ver el impresionante entorno declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.
El paisaje es sobrecogedor se mire por donde se mire. El paisaje y la vegetación y la fauna son como de otro planeta.
Las llamadas Cañadas del Teide forman una gigantesca Caldera de unos 17 km de diámetro sobre la que se asienta el Pico del Teide, de 3.718 metros, que supone la mayor altura de España y el tercer volcán más alto del mundo. La nieve del pico junto a las coladas de lava que se derraman por sus laderas forman una combinación única que no te cansarás de admirar.
Ref www.webtenerife.com/que-visitar/parque-nacional-del-teide...
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Parco Nazionale del Teide
Il picco più alto della Spagna (3.718 metri), dichiarato dall’Unesco Patrimonio Mondiale dell’Umanità, costituisce una visita da non perdere. Bello e grandioso, ti farà sentire minuscolo.
Il crateere conosciuto come Las Cañadas, ha preso il suo nome dalla struttura più tipica del parco: la Cañada, pianura sedimentaria situata normalmente ai piedi delle pareti o anfiteatro del cratere.
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Parc Nacional del Teide
No pots perdre't aquesta meravella de Parc Nacional
Els seus paisatges et semblaran d'un altre planeta.
Respiraràs l'aire pur del pic més alt d'Espanya. Caminaràs entre la lava volcànica i et sentiràs minúscul en veure l'impressionant entorn declarat Patrimoni de la Humanitat per la UNESCO.
El paisatge és colpidor es miri per on es miri. El paisatge i la vegetació i la fauna són com d'un altre planeta.
Les Cañadas del Teide formen una gegantina Caldera d'uns 17 km de diàmetre sobre la qual s'assenta el Pic del Teide, de 3.718 metres, que suposa la major altura d'Espanya i el tercer volcà més alt del món.
La neu del pic al costat de la lava que es vessa pels seus vessants formen una combinació única que no et cansaràs d'admirar.
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Espero us agradi
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"The Unexceptional" series
Hasselblad + Carl Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f2.8 + Kodak Ektar 100
Will probably doing more night photography ... forgot how fun it is, expect when the security guards hassle you.
Not yet 100% sold on this colour thing for "The Unexceptional" series
Hasselblad + Carl Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f2.8 + Kodak Ektar 100
You almost need a magnifying glass to see the one climber on Devils Tower. Hint... (S)he's only about 1/5 of the way up, in the crack above the tree that's in the photo's center. There's a note to help find the climber, and enlarging the photo shows there might be two of them. Considering this rock is 867' tall, there's a lot of tower still to climb!
Seen from the visitor center at Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming.
Last year on this day I was standing on what was once the old Virginia Turnpike looking down the road, envisioning the days when the road was full of horse drawn freight wagons waiting to cross the bridge just up the road at the river. It was a foggy morning, just right for capturing the moody shots I was hoping for.
Also, on this day last year, The World Health Organization (WHO) published their first Disease Outbreak News on the new virus. It was a technical publication to the scientific and public health community as well as global media. It contained a risk assessment and advice about the Covid-19 virus.
It seemed insignificant at the time, but ended up changing the world as we know it. As I stood on that road on this early winter day wondering what was just around the bend, it never dawned on me what the future held in store. It's safe to say, I never saw it coming.
Nevada County CA
A family walks the beach at sunrise at Myrtle Beach, SC, dwarfed by the hugeness of the ocean. (IMG_1776)
"The Unexceptional" series
Hasselblad + Carl Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f2.8 + Kodak Ektar 100
I think this shot would have worked better in B&W, shadows, textures, not sure if the colour adds anything to the image here?
"Who are we?
We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people."
Carl Sagan
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solo outback adventure
Thanks for looking
Cheers Claire
Confortably sitted in a cable car, watch one of the craziest road ever unfold.
Also, take some time to appreciate the coincidential circomstances : the fantastic light from an immaculate sunny day and the one tiny car for scale that could be insignificant but, somehow, to me, enhance the entire picture as it weirdly put you behind the steering wheel from the distance.
I went to the movies today to watch "Horton Hears a Who!", a very funny movie and an intelligent metaphor. It reminded me of this photo, which I left behind after processing it a few days ago feeling it hadn't enough "wow factor", whatever that may be. It intends to be minimalist and abstract. It reminds me of the astronomical and cosmological revolution that ironically has diminished the uniqueness of Man's position. Ptolemy had us at the center, Copernicus nudged us to a minor planet in orbit around the Sun. The Sun is now an insignificant star in an insignificant galaxy in an insignificant cluster in what may prove to be an insignificant universe! Like an insignificant droplet, isn't it?
Tomorrow at dawn I'll go for more of this microcosms. Maybe I'll hear a Who!
There is a rare clarity to the night sky near Polchow. In this high-contrast monochrome, the stars feel less like distant lights and more like a textured arrangement of sound. This visual 'static' captures the exact atmosphere I aim for in my music project, Talvekoidik—the vast, cold beauty of the North that holds everything together.
When you look at a sky like this, do you feel small and insignificant, or connected to something much larger?
Lens: Samyang 12mm e-mount
Hangesho is a strange plant that turns its upper leaves white instead of having flowers (*) They're used in Japanese gardens for the touch of color they bring in late June. Ryosoku-in is a great place to see them, as well as Toji-in.
(*) They do have tiny flowers but they're rather insignificant ;-)
More photographs of Kyoto.
Expored, Dec 22, 2020 #232
Would normally be another shieldbug upload now, but I'm excited to have now found one of these on my work patch today!! And it was sunny!!!
Upton Magna - Shropshire
Confined to the house for over 2 weeks now. Can't help but look through old pictures of adventure and freedom. This one is from the Antarctic. The presence of human kind here is so insignificant. Nature is the law here and that's written in some black and more white.
Sycamore Gap, Hadrians Wall, Northumberland, UK.
A quick selfie taken last night with the famous sycamore tree, some faint pink aurora and the starry sky. I was hoping to see and capture some Lyrid meteors but unfortunately none that I saw were captured on camera. Initially I tried lighting up the foreground with the torch but I wasn't too pleased with the results so I thought I'd see how the tree would look backlit. I was really pleased with the effect when I saw it on the back of the camera. It was one of the 'wow' moments you get (you know the ones I mean). What I love most about this picture though is how small and insignificant I look in contrast to the vastness of space above and beyond. I managed to align Polaris directly above the tree, if you follow my torch you'll find it.
I drew inspiration for the title from the popular novels A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. When George visited Hadrians Wall back in the 80's it planted the seeds of Inspiration for his novels.
The tree is also known as Robin Hood's tree as it features in the 1991 version of Robin Hood: Prince of Theives, starring Kevin Costner.
Dot Ladybirds - with nothing to compare it to, I've no idea whether they've just had a really good year, or if they're always as abundant, but the more look, the more I find! It was really exciting to also find a pupa on Friday!
Upton Magna - Shropshire
We are only a moment in the vast of the universe.
And yet somehow we all feel like we are the only ones that matter.
Our existence is insignificant,we will be gone in a glimpse of an eye. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't live every minute in this life.
We are made of stardust,we should act like it.Try for your best and believe in yourself.
You are magic. We all are.
In recent years, there has been great emphasis on saving the trees but the actual progress has been insignificant. Day by day, the trees are being destroyed and being cut down without replacement and without a thought for our children's future. Overgrazing and ruthless assault on herbs is destroying the meadows and pastures.
In the absence of forests, there will be less precipitation in the form of rain and snow - leaving the grand peaks without their white mantle. This ecological damage, if not redeemed, will lead to catastrophes in the form of extreme floods, droughts, forests fires and disappearance of wildlife.
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Today was a busy day; so busy I'm only posting now.
Performance tomorrow, at a bar. It sounds so insignificant when I talk about it here, but it's such a big deal for me! It's our first concert together, it's our first chance to show what we're made of. And we have SO much fun in the rehearsals — I just pray that we can translate that kind of fun to the stage. Wish me luck?
Tomorrow's pic might also come in late; I haven't decided whether or not I'm taking it at the showcase tomorrow. If I do, it might only come on Saturday.
Have a lovely end of week, everyone!
David found another of these little beauties! Maybe, one day, I'll find my own!! 😂
Heath Meadow - Shropshire
Two of a good half dozen seen last Sunday! I am so in love with these!! Main shot on yew and below on conifer.
Astley - Shropshire
Every time I go back into the mountains I am reminded of just how small and insignificant we really are, how much there is out there to explore and how our generation is so separated from the natural creation that is, in some cases, literally in our backyard. There is something about being in the mountains; something peaceful, something spiritual, something joyful, and something that makes me feel closer to God.
I Like It!
Another take from an earlier post shows the Holbrook Train rollling off the final miles on their way back to the yard at Snowflake. The sun was dropping quickly, but highlighting the landscape and colors. Almost insignificant is the 99, 84, & 81 bringing 27 cars home for the day. Almost.
The Sahara is one of those places where you feel very insignificant.
Le Sahara fait partie de ces endroits où l'on se sent très peu de chose.
A phrase used by the Mexicans on our Japan safari was "nothingburger", an informal noun meaning something that is or turns out to be insignificant or lacking in substance. Which sums up the first visit to the area perfectly. Apart from the weekend steamer, we were treated to sweet fuck all. But only took us the whole day to work out that was the case after using Google Translate to ask the friendly station staff at Takekawa Station (being a private railway that ran its own trains and maintained the line, so on so forth, they were aware of all movements).
Anywho, the second time round two weeks later, we were treated to the full-scale operation of Chichibu Railway’s limestone operations. Considered to be a surviving example of non-JR heavy industrial rail freight in Japan, driven by the massive mineral deposits of Mount Bukō, from which its mineral goodies supply the demand for Tokyo’s construction industry. So profitable, in fact, the line is majority-owned by Taiheiyo Cement.
The heart of these workings involves the constant movement of specialised mineral trains weaving between timetabled passenger services that traverse the Chichibu Main Line. The limestone trains are powered by Deki series 100, 300 & 500 class electric locomotives. These iconic blue, box-shaped workhorses pull 20-wagon-long rakes of WoKi and WoKiFu 100 series hopper cars. Such is the case on this sunny afternoon at Arakawa Bridge with Deki 500 Class member 504 working an early running 7105 empty limestone train to the mine at Kamikagemori, just south of Chichibu. A feature I loved on these locos (not to mention still in active from 1967) was the whistles, which almost sounded steam-like and sounded awesome echoing in the valley.
504 Chichibu Railway 7105 Arakawa Bridge 26-11-25
~Luke 12:6-7; Matthew 10-29-31
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?
Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Sometimes it seems that God is the only one who cares for sparrows. Cats and birds of prey like to hunt and eat them, and little boys have been known to torment them. Adults complain about how they multiply and consider them pests. Yet, Jesus said, "not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will" (Matt. 10:29). It is interesting that Jesus chose the most common of all birds to teach a profound truth: in God's eyes, no one is insignificant!