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Scotland's Buachaille Etive Mor waterfall with a kiss of light illuminating the 1021m peak for Stob Dearg in the backdrop. That touch of light may seem insignificant but it actually makes the image for me drawing the eye in through the scene. This was taken around 2 months ago but it really seems like 2 years ago now. Strange times indeed! Take care everyone - we'll get through this ✊ #scotland #photography #glencoe
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And she looks fagged out! In fact, she seems to be losing her grip on things! (ツ)
This picture has a note
View in lightbox and zoom in while on full screen (F11), of course!
The gear! Shh!!! Mum's the word!
Take care and many thanks for calling,
Colin ... (ツ)
★ Food for thought :
The bee is fast becoming an endangered species in many parts of the world. In France, the newly arrived Asian hornet is just another nail in the coffin. Without the bee, we too could well become an endangered species! :-(( - Love thy neighbour and thy bee however small and insignificant it may appear to be.
"If the Bee Disappeared Off the Face of the Earth, Man Would Only Have Four Years Left To Live" - Albert Einstein
God slay the Asian queens and save our noble bees!
(ironically, to the tune of "God Save the Queen")
Back to photo page : Christmastime is here again!
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The appearance of the people
Some people seem to be better than they are. Some people seem to be worse than they are. But those, who do not deceive theirselves by the appearance of the people, are often the insignificant-looking people.
wrote this little 'poem' before I shot this!
Our lives are always changed by the seemingly insignificant things, and change never comes about when you look for them to happen. Life reveals its answers when it wants to.
This image was made about a month ago to be displayed at the Vain Inc. Gallery - be sure to pop in there and see the some of the best artists in SL all in one place!
As I was in the shower this morning I noticed a spider that had got into the water as headed down the plughole. I started musing on the insignificance of life.....What effect did that spider have on the world, is my life just as insignificant? On an individual basis I suppose it is, though it doesn't feel it from where I am sitting this morning! The effect, I suppose, is that all individual life forms add up to something extraordinary, and the continued promise of new life - next Spring, the new generation, etc. My hope is that this continuity will continue to continue ( if you get my drift) until that continuity is a peaceful and bountiful one for the forever future!
- Nulla è insignificante per una mente superiore.
- Nothing is insignificant for a superior mind.
(Arthur Conan Doyle)
After conquering the 150.92-kilometer (93.77-mile) extended W trek in 6 days, I finally escaped the stunning, yet brutal, beauty of Torres del Paine, Chile. The hike was undoubtedly challenging, with steep ascents, river crossings, and unpredictable weather. But the rewards were immeasurable. The panoramic views of the mountains, glaciers, and lakes were simply breathtaking, and I'll cherish the memories I made with my fellow hikers forever. After a quick 1-hour and 15-minute drive back to Puerto Natales, southern Chile, I ditched my heavy backpack and indulged in a well-deserved feast. The next morning, I was up bright and early, ready to conquer the border crossing into Argentina. A 6-hour and 48-minute journey later, I arrived at my next destination: the jaw-dropping Perito Moreno Glacier, the los Glaciares National Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
If you thought the Grey Glacier in Torres del Paine was impressive, wait until you see this ice behemoth! Both glaciers are part of the same massive ice field, making Patagonia a true ice lover's paradise. Perito Moreno is like a small country made entirely of ice.
The 250 km² (97 sq mi) ice formation, 30 km (19 mi) long, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field located in the Andes mountain range, which it shares with Chile, which has a small part of the glacier's origin. This ice field is the world's third-largest reserve of fresh water and the third largest ice cap in the world after Antarctica and Greenland. The Southern Patagonian Ice Field stretches approximately 350 kilometers (217 miles) from north to south, covers roughly 16,800 square kilometers (6,500 square miles), and generally sits at an elevation of around 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) above sea level. Since 2020, the glacier has been retreating on its northern front, possibly due to climate change. It was previously one of the few unusual glaciers that maintained a state of equilibrium during the late 20th and early 21st centuries because it was accumulating mass at a rate similar to its loss. The reason for its unusually long period of stability remains debated by glaciologists.
The terminus of the Perito Moreno Glacier is 5 km (3.1 mi) wide, with an average height of 74 m (240 ft) above the surface of the water of Argentino Lake in Argentina. It has a total ice depth of 170 meters (558 ft).
I'm still reeling from the sheer size and otherworldly beauty of this icy giant. Stay tuned for more updates from my Patagonian adventure!
One feels so insignificant and small when witnessing such an incredible sight as this. You have absolutely no power to change what you are seeing in front of you. You stand before and witness the incredible beauty set before you with a gaze that is fixed and not wavered. As the lights dance across the sky before your eyes, you are left in a helpless state of awe and wonder. Suddenly we become increasingly aware that we are not at the center of the universe and there is ONE infinitely more powerful and omnipotent than us! I cannot take any credit for these pictures, these are hand painted across the sky by the most talented artist. Every color is selected with care and precision. It is not thrown across the sky carelessly, but with great care. Every aspect of His creative work is thought out with such intentional care, detail, and precision that we could have only one of two responses: one wise and the other foolish. The first is to ignore the beauty for us, the other is to take it in and stand awestruck before our Creator!
“To hear never-heard sounds,
To see never-seen colors and shapes,
To try to understand the imperceptible
Power pervading the world;
To fly and find pure ethereal substances
That are not of matter
But of that invisible soul pervading reality.
To hear another soul and to whisper to another soul;
To be a lantern in the darkness
Or an umbrella in a stormy day;
To feel much more than know.
To be the eyes of an eagle, slope of a mountain;
To be a wave understanding the influence of the moon;
To be a tree and read the memory of the leaves;
To be an insignificant pedestrian on the streets
Of crazy cities watching, watching, and watching.
To be a smile on the face of a woman
And shine in her memory
As a moment saved without planning.”
― Dejan Stojanovic
Thank-you to pareerica for the texture.
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Often the wildflowers are multi-stemmed. Alone, they're quite insignificant but together they make beauty.
... according to Heidi. Forget all those myths and stories you may have heard about insignificant people and animals present at Jesus' birth. Apparently -and all the cats my family has ever had have insisted on this fact- there was a giant cat there abducting sheep and smacking shepherds and magi.
A peaceful and happy Christmas to all of you!
This photo may seem insignificant at first glance but it marks a major change with my life in this pandemic. This is the first time in 2 years that my wife and I felt comfortable enough to attend a estate sale. A outing we once loved to do together. It actually felt normal. Could this really be the beginning of the endemic? Now if I could have the courage to get rid of the mask.
Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
Ralph Ransom
In the mid-1800s, these were the common types of Acadian homes, as they usually had a porch on the front which gave families a place to sit....cool off.....and "socialize".
I can remember growing up in the 60's & 70's....prior to cable TV, shopping malls, organized children's dance/sports, fast food restaurants, and the internet......and on the weekends.....we would just "go visiting".
Back then, we all kept in close touch with our relatives and always knew what was going on in everyone's lives.....even if sometimes sharing one another's business was considered "gossip".
Hopefully, these challenging times will remind us all of how insignificant some things really are......and how precious life and family really is to us......
Maybe it's best to use this as an opportunity to reassess our priorities and reconnect with some long lost friends and/or family members.
When this "social distancing thing" is over.........Let's do more "visiting".
I'm very thankful for the visits I get here on Flickr.
Thank Y'all for your comments - Have a great Weekend !
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT AND FAVES
ON THE REACTIONS I WILL TRY TO RESPOND BACK
Bougainvillea is een geslacht uit de familie Nyctaginaceae. Soorten en kruisingen uit het geslacht worden toegepast als tuin- en kamerplant.
Er zijn circa 15 soorten, afkomstig uit de tropen en subtropen van Zuid-Amerika, vooral Brazilië. Ze zijn in de eerste helft van de 19de eeuw in Europa ingevoerd. Vooral in de landen rond de Middellandse Zee en in Afrika tieren ze welig.
Deze planten zijn heester- of kruidachtig, groenblijvend of bladverliezend, meest klimmend. In de vrije natuur worden ze tot 4 m hoog. Ze hebben bedoornde twijgen en onaanzienlijke bloempjes. De bloemen zijn omgeven door opvallend gekleurde, papierachtige schutbladeren die lang aan de plant blijven zitten.
Bougainvillea werd voor het eerst gevonden in de tweede helft van de 18e eeuw, tijdens een expeditie waarover de Franse zeevaarder Louis Antoine de Bougainville de leiding had.
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Bougainvillea is a genus of the Nyctaginaceae family. Species and hybrids of the genus are used as garden and houseplant.
There are about 15 species, native to the tropics and subtropics of South America, especially Brazil. They were introduced in Europe in the first half of the 19th century. Especially in the countries around the Mediterranean and in Africa they flourish luxuriantly.
These plants are shrubs or herbaceous, evergreen or deciduous, most climbing. In the wild they are up to 4 m. They have spiny twigs and insignificant flowers. The flowers are surrounded by strikingly colored, papery bracts that remain long on the plant.
Bougainvillea was first found in the second half of the 18th century, during an expedition which the French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville was in charge.
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Explore #16 - September 13, 2023
I often pass in front of this old and imposing farmhouse and every time I always have the same feeling of how ephemeral and transient our existence is. I had to photograph it. It is no coincidence that I chose a day with the Moon, symbol of an eternal Universe for which we are only insignificant dots.
Massive monsoon thunderheads stretch up to the stratosphere above the already lofty summit of Nuptse at 7861m (25,791 ft). The Himalya have a way of making one feel small and insignificant like nowhere else I have experienced. The mountains just seem impossibly high in the sky, the landscape impossibly big. The wall in front of me here climbs 2.8km (1.73mi) vertically from the valley floor. The shot is taken from Kala Pattar at 5545m (18192 ft). At 5500m you have exactly 50% of the oxygen available at sea level. Nuptse sits two km WSW of Mount Everest. Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, Nepalese Himalayas, Nepal. Taken with Fuji Velvia slide film.
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If you've never found yourself in old growth forest with trees that are hundreds - if not thousands - of years old, do yourself a favor and seek them out. To stand among giants that stood quietly through modern history makes one feel rather insignificant in the grand scheme of things. We stood on the trail for some time just to take it all in. Thankfully, I believe the province has recently taken steps to protect this grove from the loggers chainsaw.
If you'd like to know more about old growth forests or want more information, check out: ancientforestalliance.org/ Be sure to check out the incredible (if not heart breaking) photographs of TJ Watt: ancientforestalliance.org/photos-media/big-lonely-doug-an...
In this image, I could not capture the height of the tree with my widest lens but wanted to convey its size relative to Lynn. Happy Treemendous Tuesday!
The climb starts heavy and hard. From the bottom of the hill at Clifton, AZ, Freeport McMoRan's mine-owned railroad points to the sky and begins its ascent towards one of the US's largest copper mines at Morenci a short distance away, a mere 6 rail miles if we are keeping track. But those 6 miles are hardly insignificant, challenging FMI's fleet of modified GP38s in consists of 4 or 5 to prove their worth, dragging cars delivered and interchanged from shortline Arizona Eastern up a literal mountain to keep the production of copper ore flowing at a maximum rate of 115,000 metric tons per day. The incline? Try over 5%. That's one of the steepest (the steepest?) active climbs on a traction railway in North America. So despite only having been burdened with 13 cars, this 4 pack of 38s has their work cut out for them, already grasping for every mph they can grab before the hill rips whatever progress was made away. They will balance out well under 10 mph as the climb thickens, but ultimately victory is in their hands as they will conquer the mountain as they most always do.
"Today I saw a red and yellow sunset and thought, how insignificant I am! Of course, I thought that yesterday too, and it rained." (Woody Allen)
Today has been a dull day with some rain earlier. To cheer up a bit, here is an image of sunset when, just before the sun rolls down below the skyline, it put low clouds on fire. This image followed the panoramic scene (taken 16 min earlier) posted at the beginning of August
www.flickr.com/photos/sergeysmirnov/53094278760/. Taken from the Cotswold Way on Lansdown Hill overlooking city of Bristol and Wales at the horizon. Bath, BANES, Somerset, England, UK
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Somewhere in our universe, on a strange, insignificant planet, a foreboding, semi-translucent black monolith flickers like a ghost stuck between two worlds. In the distance, a looming planet, partially illuminated by a nearby star, takes on the sinister appearance of a crazed grin, as if anticipating what you are about to discover. Step a little closer to the monolith for a better look, and you realize it is not a solid piece of material, but rather, an eerie doorway, or portal, to another dimension--a galactic wonderland where reality is bizarre beyond your wildest imaginations. Incidentally, a sentient being crossing over the opposite way, from the other dimension to ours, thinks the exact same thing about our apparently "normal" universe.
Perhaps Life is much stranger than we thought...
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I love rain. Beyond that, I love thunderstorms. It's nature flexing its muscles and showing how powerful it can be. It helps me understand how small and insignificant I am.
Our world is a fragile thing. A living thing. We need to take care of it so it can take care of us. Rain is one of the things the world does for us. It keeps earth cool enough for us to live on it. It makes our crop grow.
If we are so lazy that we can't bother to walk a few meters more to put that piece of trash in the recycling bin, do we deserve the care our beloved earth gives us?
Do your part in preventing our seas from becoming full of plastic garbage by throwing your trash in the recycling bin. It takes you a few seconds to do that, but for earth to get rid of that tiny plastic wrapping it takes thousands of years.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/planetorplastic/
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From Wikipedia: Here (on the Temple Mount) King Solomon built the First Temple almost 3,000 years ago. It was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, but, 70 years later, Jews returning from exile built the Second Temple on the same site. King Herod began remodeling the building in 19 BCE, but it was not completed until 63 CE, long after his death at the beginning of the century.
In reaction to the “Great Revolt” in 70 CE, the temple was destroyed by the Romans and deliberately left in ruins. When the Romans razed the Temple, they left one outer wall standing. They probably would have destroyed that wall as well, but it must have seemed too insignificant to them since it was not part of the Temple itself, just a retaining wall surrounding the Temple Mount.
After the suppression of the revolt, Jews were allowed to pray on the ruins and to bring sacrifices on the alter that remained after the temple was burned down. Emperor Hadrian later gave Jews permission to rebuild the temple but changed his mind. After the Bar-Kokhba rebellion, Hadrian barred Jews from the area and they prayed instead on the Mount of Olives that overlooked the Temple Mount.
There is some evidence the Byzantines may have built a church on the Temple Mount at one point but the prohibition on Jews praying there remained under Emperor Constantine, who allowed them access only on Tisha B’Av. When his nephew Julian became emperor in 361, Jews were again allowed to visit the Temple Mount and were even given permission to rebuild the temple. When Julian died two years later, however, his successor canceled the project and Christian opposition to a Jewish presence continued throughout the Byzantine period.
At various times Jews may have been allowed to pray on the Temple Mount but, wherever they lived, Jews would pray three times a day in the direction of the Temple Mount for the temple’s restoration.
Following the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in May 638, which Jews supported, Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab ordered the clearing of the site and the building of a house of prayer. The Temple Mount was again opened to Jewish worshippers.
In 680, the Muslims built the Dome of the Rock to enshrine the outcrop of bedrock believed to be the place of the sacrifice on Mount Moriah. Nadav Shragai quotes Professor Dan Bahat who found “‘it was the Jewish elders who showed the Muslims the boundaries of the Foundation Stone,’ which was covered with garbage and sewage – boundaries from which the Muslims derived the dimensions of the Dome of the Rock, which was built above the ancient Rock.”
"Some details in life may look insignificant but appear to be vital leitmotifs in a person's life. They may have the value of "Rosebuds" of Citizen Kane or "Madeleine cookies" of Marcel Proust or "Strawberry fields" of the Beatles. People regularly walk down the memory lane of their early youth. The paper boats of their childhood are recurrently floating on the waves of their mind and bring back the mood and the spirit of the early days. They enable us to retreat from the trivial, daily worries and can generate delightful bliss and true joy in a sometimes frantic and chaotic life. ("Paper boats forever")..."
Strawberry Fields Forever 🎵
These insignificant leaves of an urban tree, whose name I don't know, reminded me of clothespins hanging on a clothesline.
In this case, these golden leaves, basking in their last rays of sunlight, contrasted with the dark urban background and created an interesting contrast.
I hope you like it. I take this opportunity to wish you a very happy Sunday, peace, love, and very good feelings.
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Esplendor otoñal, Madrid, España
Estas insignificantes hojas de un árbol urbano, cuyo nombre desconozco, me recordaron a cuando se tiende la ropa con pinzas en una cuerda.
En este caso, estas doradas hojas, disfrutando de sus últimos rayos de sol, contrastaban con el oscuro fondo urbano y creaban un interesante contraste.
Espero que os guste. Aprovecho para desearos un muy feliz domingo, paz, amor y muy buenos sentimientos.
Pulsa "Z o L" si deseas ampliar la foto.
«Δρόμοι παλιοὶ ποὺ ἀγάπησα καὶ μίσησα ἀτέλειωτα
κάτω ἀπ᾿ τοὺς ἴσκιους τῶν σπιτιῶν νὰ περπατῶ
νύχτες τῶν γυρισμῶν ἀναπότρεπτες κι ἡ πόλη νεκρὴ
Τὴν ἀσήμαντη παρουσία μου βρίσκω σὲ κάθε γωνιὰ
κᾶμε νὰ σ᾿ ἀνταμώσω κάποτε φάσμα χαμένο τοῦ τόπου μου κι ἐγὼ
Ξεχασμένος κι ἀτίθασος νὰ περπατῶ
κρατώντας μία σπίθα τρεμόσβηστη στὶς ὑγρές μου παλάμες
Καὶ προχωροῦσα μέσα στὴ νύχτα χωρὶς νὰ γνωρίζω κανένα
κι οὔτε κανένας, οὔτε κανένας μὲ γνώριζε»
Μανώλης Αναγνωστάκης, 1925-2005
«Old streets I loved and hated endlessly
me walking under the shadows of the houses
unavoidable nights of homecoming, and the city is dead
I find my insignificant presence in every corner
make me meet you once, lost range of desire I am too
Forgotten and untamed I walk
holding a flickering a spark in my wet palms
And there I was walking through the night without knowing anyone
and not even one, not even one knew me»
Manolis Anagnostakis, 1925-2005
Some wildflowers in Infanta Leonor Park, Valdebebas, Madrid, Spain
These tiny flowers, insignificant to many, didn't go unnoticed. So I decided to lie down on the ground to take a good photo of them.
They looked happy in the spring sunshine.
I wish you a happy Friday and lots of love and health!
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Algunas flores silvestres en el Parque Infanta Leonor, Valdebebas, Madrid, España
Estas diminutas flores, insignificantes para muchos, no pasaron desapercibidas. Así que decidí tumbarme en el suelo para sacarles una buena foto.
Se veían felices bajo el sol primaveral.
¡Os deseo un feliz viernes y mucho amor y salud!
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Jamaican poinsettia
Flor de pascua jamaicana
Jamaikanischer Weihnachtsstern
Poinsétia jamaicana
Poinsettia jamaïcain
The small insignificant golden yellow flowers are surrounded by a very showy crown of flashy-red petal-like bracts, looking like larger flowers from a distance. Unlike the poinsettia this large shrub or small tree may flowers year round. The species is native to Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica, where it grows in semi-arid areas on calcareous soils in full sun.
Miami Beach Botanical Garden
The Folaldafoss waterfall is in Eastern Iceland found along the Öxi mountain pass between Skriddalur and Berurfjordur. Noted as one of the falls to visit, it is largely insignificant when observed in the long lines of the spectacular mountain range running east to west. This range reveals several perpendicual cuts, likely caused by water erosion. A spectacular scene which dwarfs the 20 meter waterfall making it a small point of interest in this larger context.
I have an irrational fear of wasting a good outfit on a insignificant day.
- Missguided
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