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We are constantly on the lookout for anything different, however tiny and insignificant to the mainstream visitors, for there is such a wealth of unique creatures that can be so rewarding to see in person. Here, the minute scene of an ant near the plant wen was quite appealing. In spite of the wen's nature as an invasive growth, in this stage, and with an appreciation for nature, there was a visual attraction to the way in which it occupied that exact spot on the leaf, and even better, for the tiny, tiny ant added a storyline.
The late, Doris Duke, had left a wonderful legacy in converting a good portion of her magnificent estate into a Natural Wildlife Preserve for the public’s education and enjoyment—just short of 1,000 of the almost 3,000 acres is open to visitors. The other area is restricted to staff and for a wide range of projects. The paths throughout the estate offer such splendid scenery. One is forever exploring, always seeing something beautiful. There are so many pleasant surprises, from the general landscape scenery with the many lakes, ponds, and waterfalls, plus old stone structures in bridges and buildings, to the world of birds and other wildlife, including furry critters, tiny insects, and wonderful plants, from fascinating wildflowers to such impressive trees. The bucolic nature of the preserve is so relaxing—akin to meditating while experiencing the preserve. Also, if one appreciates fine, classic sculptures, some of Doris Duke’s collection can be seen around the park, including the statue garden court within the old hay barn ruin.
There is no best time to visit, for throughout the year’s seasonal changes, visitors will never leave disappointed, for each trip offers something memorable.
CHECK OUT OUR ALBUMS ON DUKE FARMS, FOR IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR ALL TO ENJOY AND LEARN ABOUT NATURE’S ENDLESS GIFTS.
GINKGO biloba 'Jade Butterflies' (Stanley and Sons Nursery) 2020 photo - Common Name: Dwarf Ginkgo, Size at 10 years: 4x4ft., Green Foliage, Insignificant flower, USDA Hardiness Zone x, In Garden Bed HR-VC4 for 7.9 YEARS (HLG). Planted in 2012.
Missouri Botanical Garden: ‘Jade Butterflies’ is a slow-growing, dwarf, male tree that grows in an upright, vase-shaped form to only 4-6’ tall over the first 10 years. However, some authorities estimate this tree may reach as much as 10-12’ tall over the first 10 years. Mature height is currently unknown. Deeply bi-lobed leaves purportedly resemble butterflies with jade green wings, hence the cultivar name. Foliage turns a uniform and very showy golden yellow in autumn. Insignificant greenish male flowers bloom in catkins in spring.
Location: Michigan State University, Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, MI. 42°01'47.7"N 84°06'37.3"W
pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuh n: GINK-oh by-LOE-buh
#GINKGO #DwarfGinkgo
Additional photos of this plant:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
Satellite View using Google Maps: www.google.com/maps/place/42%C2%B001'47.7%22N+84%C2%B006'...
Other plants in Garden HR-VC4: www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
"The landscapes are insignificant for large landscapers,. Rare and remarkable landscapes are to small" - Friedrich Nietzsche
Photo: Yuri Borba - Date: 04.05.2014 | The rare beauty of the sunrise at Stone Guaratiba, West Zone of Rio
Hunter Project Soul ™ © | VISIONS OF EVERYDAY Series - AUTUMN COLORS.
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"As paisagens insignificantes existem para os grandes paisagistas; as paisagens raras e notáveis são para os pequenos."– Friedrich Nietzsche
Foto: Yuri Borba - Dia: 05/04/2014 | A rara beleza que do amanhecer em Pedra de Guaratiba, Zona Oeste do Rio.
Projeto Caçador de Almas ™© | Série VISÕES DO COTIDIANO – CORES DO OUTONO.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Since 2009, Daniel Kerkhoff, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., has been creating his own artist-in-residencies in communities in Ghana, Ecuador, and Vietnam.
Embedding himself in a community, he develops multiple connections through creating art (installations), writing poetic journals, making art with children, curating exhibitions, working with artists, assisting art libraries and community libraries, documenting walks and the community, and just being a part of everyday life.
Along with painting, collage, art installations, photography, and writing, his art practice involves connecting, sharing, and weaving people and places.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Assisting and creating libraries is part of my art practice.
During my art residencies, I continue to bring books and materials, art work, maps, magazines and journals, CDs, DVDs, and photos to the community centers in Adugyama, Ashanti Region Ghana and Sisid-anejo, Cañar, Ecuador. I also give a variety of art books, journals, and materials to fellow artists and art spaces.
In Accra, Ghana, I bring art books and magazines to The Nubuke Foundation and The Center for Contemporary Art, Ghana. In Cuenca, Ecuador, I'm connected to In-Arte Contemporáneo and bring art magazines and information. In Hanoi, I have provided various art publications and books to Cuci Fine Art, Chay Art, and Chaap Collective.
I bring art publications, art work, and music created by friends and colleagues of mine. I document their work in these different communities, creating another form of connection and awareness.
I consider this a weaving project, a form of sharing that can have many on-going effects. –Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“Playing Catch, Giving and Receiving”
You are invited to play catch with my prints. Two dimensional prints that hang on the wall are transformed into three dimensional balls, a form of sculpture that is also performance and participatory.
Playing catch is a common past time that's relaxing and connecting. It is an act of giving (throwing) and receiving (catching) involving a ball, and, in this case, prints transformed into a ball (sculpture).
Instead of viewing the stationary print on a wall or a sculpture on the floor, it is viewed moving through time and space, dependent on the participants and their actions.
It is visual, transformative, therapeutic, sharing, interactive, and connecting, simple and playful actions of giving and receiving.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”
“Walking the Path, Prints on Prints”
You are invited to walk on my prints, using them as a path.
It’s another way of experiencing art like a stepping stone meditation,
a different awareness may take place on an intentional walk, slower,
deliberate, a winding pathway, your prints touching these prints.
You become, in a way, the performer, the participant, the collaborator,
your soles connecting and becoming a part of these prints, adding steps,
humbling, engaging, liberating, creating another connection.
The title of this series is: "Paper Trail, A4 (All Over the Place)" from "The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)". These prints are collages made from my daily life in Hanoi -- collections of receipts, maps, brochures, business cards, food wrappers and waste.
They are my journal, a record of my consumption and daily activities, stamped with symbols that reflect my connection with Hanoi. They are painted over,
fragments remain revealed, information becomes cloudy, is lost and buried, like memory and history.
I created these collages during my artist-in-residency in Hanoi from
February 6, 2015 to October 26, 2015.
Walking is an important part of my art residencies. I document a familiar route in the community I’m living in by walking slowly, taking photos, and picking up “treasures”.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
Standing next to this man-made behemoth (those propeller blades are each 90 feet long) can make a man feel insignificant. The diameter of the base is about 15'. They need a crane to lift the crane that works on these things. To stand under the hub that holds the propellers blades on the tower and hear it croak and scream, well, it gave me shivers and I am fearless ;-)
As the title suggests though, I have another 'thing' to mention today. I went to a funeral for a cousins of my Father's. I did not know Beulah very well, so when the stories from other relatives started I found it hard not to listen to them. It seems that Beulah was a sharing and giving type of person. She taught 1st graders. In fact the theme of the sermon was "If you can read this, hug a Teacher." After dinner, as the stories flew, I learned that Beulah was even more then a caring teacher. One cousin stood up and lamented about that in desperation she called on Beulah for some type of emergency. Then someone else stood up with another emergency story ... and then another ... It was immensely displayed that Beulah was the person that so many called on in emergencies and called just for advice. She was always there to help whomever, whenever.
Beulah stood tall. Beulah was more reliable then this behemoth pictured here. Beulah made this man feel more insignificant than anything man-made!
Each day, we are surrounded by seemingly insignificant objects, taking them from one place to the other, or leaving them on a table for weeks, without paying any attention to them. We ignore or forget them, using things only when we need to, making sure they don’t interfere or inhabit our space. But what if they were not so stable and subservient? What if they could swivel, bounce or even fly. And what if they did so all at the same time?
We want to imagine a place where objects could live and move, harmoniously, and of their own accord. Without interfering with each other these objects would bounce, roll, turn and cross each other’s paths.
This experiment is about re-discovering our daily surroundings.
This is the making of the interactive video that was originally made for If You Could Collaborate exhibition. Each object is assigned to a letter on the keyboard, and can be activated or deactivated at any time. The online version will be soon available to play with at dansedance.com
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CREDITS
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DIRECTOR / Julien Vallée
CONCEPT / Julien Vallée & Nicolas Burrows
D.O.P. / Simon Duhamel
FLASH DEVELOPMENT / Jérémi Dallaire
SOUND DESIGN / Nicolas Burrows & René-Pierre T.-Guérin
MOTION DESIGN / Julien Vallée
MUSIC / Montoire
ADDITIONAL KEYING / Pierre-Olivier Nantel & Marie-Michele Bergeron
Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Julien Vallée.
Homebound today due to gammy eye, I was stuck for a subject for day four. This houseplant is a mystery to me for several reasons. I can't find out what it's called via enquiry or inverstigation. It was given to me by my mum, who was given several of them by a friend who didn't know what it was called. My husband loves it and keeps repotting it, which just makes it get bigger. It's nearly two feet tall now and has these extremely insignificant flowers budding occasionally from the fleshy stem. They are barely two or three millimetres tall (sorry for the mixed sizing...lol). I really dislike it, but it refuses to die. The biggest mystery is why I don't do the one thing that I know will kill it - put it in a cold place - I guess I just can't do that to my beloved man...;-)
Lower Devonian fossilized Crinoid ~370-400 million years old. It hails from the Hunsruck slate formation in Bundbach, Germany.
Lower Devonian fossilized starfish (Furcaster palaeozoicus). It hails from the Hunsruck slate formation in Bundbach, Germany. Also a distinctly less aesthetically appealing, but no less important Orthoceras on the left edge.
"There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Another of the insignificant buildings just outside the Bhaktapur Durbar Square- I really cannot recall why I took this picture despite my local Bhaktapur telling me that it is not part of the Durbar Square so don't worry about it. I was probably curious about the 'CBR Bhaktapur 1986' sign on it, so I probably took this picture hoping to find out later from the net what this is all about. The CBR Organization is social NGO particularly devoted to promoting and protecting the rights of disabled children and the physically challenged Community Based Rehabilitation. This organization was set up by the Bhaktapur Jaycees in 1985 (the sign says 1986 though), to work on disability issues. The Bhaktapur CBR is the first organization in Nepal to implement CBR program formally in a comprehensive model for the rehabilitation of the physically challenged adults and children in their own community. (Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Nepal, Oct/ Nov 2019)
"There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Another lengthy southbound double stack intermodal rolls downgrade into the Mojave Sink on 24 June 2012. Dash 9-44CW's #4667, 4979, C45ACCTE #6993 and ES44DC #7836 are the BNSF quartet at the front, it's not easy street though as the dynamic brakes will be needing to work well to give a controlled descent into the Sink.
It's a wild ride up and down those mountains...
24 June 2012.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Since 2009, Daniel Kerkhoff, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., has been creating his own artist-in-residencies in communities in Ghana, Ecuador, and Vietnam.
Embedding himself in a community, he develops multiple connections through creating art (installations), writing poetic journals, making art with children, curating exhibitions, working with artists, assisting art libraries and community libraries, documenting walks and the community, and just being a part of everyday life.
Along with painting, collage, art installations, photography, and writing, his art practice involves connecting, sharing, and weaving people and places.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Assisting and creating libraries is part of my art practice.
During my art residencies, I continue to bring books and materials, art work, maps, magazines and journals, CDs, DVDs, and photos to the community centers in Adugyama, Ashanti Region Ghana and Sisid-anejo, Cañar, Ecuador. I also give a variety of art books, journals, and materials to fellow artists and art spaces.
In Accra, Ghana, I bring art books and magazines to The Nubuke Foundation and The Center for Contemporary Art, Ghana. In Cuenca, Ecuador, I'm connected to In-Arte Contemporáneo and bring art magazines and information. In Hanoi, I have provided various art publications and books to Cuci Fine Art, Chay Art, and Chaap Collective.
I bring art publications, art work, and music created by friends and colleagues of mine. I document their work in these different communities, creating another form of connection and awareness.
I consider this a weaving project, a form of sharing that can have many on-going effects. –Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“Playing Catch, Giving and Receiving”
You are invited to play catch with my prints. Two dimensional prints that hang on the wall are transformed into three dimensional balls, a form of sculpture that is also performance and participatory.
Playing catch is a common past time that's relaxing and connecting. It is an act of giving (throwing) and receiving (catching) involving a ball, and, in this case, prints transformed into a ball (sculpture).
Instead of viewing the stationary print on a wall or a sculpture on the floor, it is viewed moving through time and space, dependent on the participants and their actions.
It is visual, transformative, therapeutic, sharing, interactive, and connecting, simple and playful actions of giving and receiving.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”
“Walking the Path, Prints on Prints”
You are invited to walk on my prints, using them as a path.
It’s another way of experiencing art like a stepping stone meditation,
a different awareness may take place on an intentional walk, slower,
deliberate, a winding pathway, your prints touching these prints.
You become, in a way, the performer, the participant, the collaborator,
your soles connecting and becoming a part of these prints, adding steps,
humbling, engaging, liberating, creating another connection.
The title of this series is: "Paper Trail, A4 (All Over the Place)" from "The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)". These prints are collages made from my daily life in Hanoi -- collections of receipts, maps, brochures, business cards, food wrappers and waste.
They are my journal, a record of my consumption and daily activities, stamped with symbols that reflect my connection with Hanoi. They are painted over,
fragments remain revealed, information becomes cloudy, is lost and buried, like memory and history.
I created these collages during my artist-in-residency in Hanoi from
February 6, 2015 to October 26, 2015.
Walking is an important part of my art residencies. I document a familiar route in the community I’m living in by walking slowly, taking photos, and picking up “treasures”.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
GINKGO biloba 'Jade Butterflies' (Stanley and Sons Nursery) 2020 photo - Common Name: Dwarf Ginkgo, Size at 10 years: 4x4ft., Green Foliage, Insignificant flower, USDA Hardiness Zone x, In Garden Bed HR-VC4 for 7.9 YEARS (HLG). Planted in 2012.
Missouri Botanical Garden: ‘Jade Butterflies’ is a slow-growing, dwarf, male tree that grows in an upright, vase-shaped form to only 4-6’ tall over the first 10 years. However, some authorities estimate this tree may reach as much as 10-12’ tall over the first 10 years. Mature height is currently unknown. Deeply bi-lobed leaves purportedly resemble butterflies with jade green wings, hence the cultivar name. Foliage turns a uniform and very showy golden yellow in autumn. Insignificant greenish male flowers bloom in catkins in spring.
Location: Michigan State University, Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, MI. 42°01'47.7"N 84°06'37.3"W
pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuh n: GINK-oh by-LOE-buh
#GINKGO #DwarfGinkgo
Additional photos of this plant:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
Satellite View using Google Maps: www.google.com/maps/place/42%C2%B001'47.7%22N+84%C2%B006'...
Other plants in Garden HR-VC4: www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
I have had these jeans for YEARS!
They have build entire fish hatcheries, collected cow poo, trawled dams, painted multiple houses, rendered fences, built retaining walls, cleaned sheds...you name it they have done it.
They are SO comfy. Soft soft denim. The last few years, every hole that appears I have been patching with material. One day there may even be more patches than denim.
I knew I had put on a bit of weight lately, but wow! THIS was a blow out. I need a substantial piece of robust material to fix THIS one!
I was helping my cousins out today with building a gazebo and sorting out gardens before the christening next weekend of one of our newest family members. Every move was another rip, and of course the place was FILLED with people /sigh. Lucky I had my bathers on.
Stinking hot day too - 35oC - a wee bit of heatstroke AGAIN for the 3rd time this year!
I like the comfy-cozy feeling of familiarity just as much as anyone. But I also like to explore and investigate new things. That's part of what makes life interesting. Think of how boring your existence would be if there was no change at all... to anything... even to the small and insignificant crap... like a website's homepage.
Like many, I had a bit of a 'WTF moment' when I first saw the new flickr homepage, and do not care for some of the changes. But you know what... it took only a few return visits to get used to.
Unfortunately, I've spent some time reading the feedback about the new homepage. Fortunately, I was not disappointed and saw some really interesting and stupid comments:
"This isn't the flickr I paid for"
Really... one stinkin' homepage constitutes ALL of flickr?
"I won't be renewing my pro account"
So sorry to hear that... buh-bye...
"we all need to find another website. This one isn't going to work anymore."
You're absolutely RIGHT! the whole site is useless now!!! Okey-dokey, where'd I put that link to Webshots...
"Bring back the old homepage - or else I will leave Flickr when my account runs out next year!!"
This genius doesn't quite grasp the concept of forcing someone into immediate action through empty threats...
"ai no tet ai em not rutelli bat "
I have absolutely no clue what that means... but it looks like whining to me.
"The most pointless useless and destructive upgrade ever seen on a site"
This person's profile says that they've "been doing photography since Sept 2007". Apparently that's when they first discovered the internet as well...
"Where's the undo button?"
Here 'ya be... Undo Button (next time, use Google before asking stupid questions)
"Bloody awful!! The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?"
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender...
"WTF was the point of this? It's like programmer masturbation!"
Here's a towel... now go away...
"Count me in as another who loathes the Recent Activity goulash that's just been inflicted."
HEY! I happen to LOVE goulash...
"Wow... seems like the new home page is really going over well."
Okay... I liked that one...
"I can't believe i paid to be on this shit site!"
I can't believe I made it to page five in the feedback thread...
"Listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "
You can hear the ocean...
"really cant be bothered to figure it out"
You 'figured it out' at least once before... how hard could it be this time? Or have you turned into a total moron since you signed up?
"This is just TRAGIC!"
OMG!!! IT'S ARMAGEDDON!!!!! THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END!!!! AND IT'S NOT EVEN DECEMBER 21ST, 2012 YET!!! OMG, IT'S A TRAGEDY!!! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Now... having said all that, I will agree with the majority of the whiners... the new 'Activity Settings' interface itself is something of an over-functional clusterfuck. And it would be nice to have mutually exclusive segregation without the need to continually check and un-check a bunch of selection boxes. But if you find the default combination of activity on your images and those of others to be confusing... well, I'm sorry, but you really need to exercise your brain more often.
The flickr homepage is just ONE page on a truly gargantuan website, the heart and soul of which is the massive collection of photos and images we all post to our 'photostreams'.
To hell with the homepage.
Accept it, or not.
But stop moaning like little children and move on to something more important...
Fade to Black...
Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park near Moab Utah.
One feels both awe and a sense of greatness, and at the same time small and insignificant when standing at this site. The canyonlands below stretch as far as the eye can see, and are deep enough for base-jumping. Here, one feels as a spectator to creation, I imagine much in the same way angels and deities would feel.
I felt particularly excited this night, because it was a full moon behind thin clouds, which made for great lighting--I didn't need my headlamp when I parked my car and hiked the short distance to Mesa Arch at midnight--On top of that, the bowl of the canyons was filled with fog.
I'd never been to Mesa Arch before, and I didn't realize that without a super-wide fisheye or panoramic lens, it is impossible to see the landscape through the arch without getting really close to the edge. I took a couple of exposures with my 15mm fisheye, but the composition just wasn't what I wanted. So, using my fisheye, I took 3-30 minute long exposures from left to right, and later combined them as a panorama using Photoshop CS4.
On a personal note, I think that it is really cool how rugged and foolhardy explorers looking for gold stumbled across such cool natural wonders in the middle of nowhere, and now we have parking lots within about a mile of each of them. Thank you civil engineers and conservationists!
Prints available at my printshop.
Day 20 of February Photo Challenge. All photos and processing will be done on my phone (Android).
Today's theme is "itsy bitsy"
Hesperia, CA - Families seem to thrive when they spend time together. It may seem insignificant at the time but even just sitting around watching the dust settle in the afternoon sky can eventually have a momentous place in memory. Getting close to a loved one is in our nature of nurture (although as a child it seems a bit annoying) there is a reason for it. That was unusually mild for a summer's day; a slight breeze cooled the shadowed porch as a confused rooster called out periodically in the background. I think the rooster just liked the sound of his voice. Longtime friends, BBQ, good beer, and a cool summer's day. There's not a whole lot one can complain about.
Each day, we are surrounded by seemingly insignificant objects, taking them from one place to the other, or leaving them on a table for weeks, without paying any attention to them. We ignore or forget them, using things only when we need to, making sure they don’t interfere or inhabit our space. But what if they were not so stable and subservient? What if they could swivel, bounce or even fly. And what if they did so all at the same time?
We want to imagine a place where objects could live and move, harmoniously, and of their own accord. Without interfering with each other these objects would bounce, roll, turn and cross each other’s paths.
This experiment is about re-discovering our daily surroundings.
This is the making of the interactive video that was originally made for If You Could Collaborate exhibition. Each object is assigned to a letter on the keyboard, and can be activated or deactivated at any time. The online version will be soon available to play with at dansedance.com
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Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Julien Vallée.
A tiny, insignificant water patch 'requires' the placing of a yellow 'safety' cone to trip up the unwary or the blind as they try to negotiate crowds! Next phase - every time it rains we must have all outdoor platforms covered in forests of cones!
A stream of stars appears to be falling out of NGC 3628, which lies some 35 million ly distant. This tidal stream is not an insignificant brook, but more of a river. It is the largest tidal stream in our cosmic neighborhood. This image only captures approximately 1/3 of the total size of the tidal tail, which is estimated to be close to 300,000 ly long. (Three times the length of the galaxy)
Major galactic interactions are responsible for the large scale stream seen in this image. However, there are also smaller scale interactions also taking place in the stream. It is believed that an Omega Centauri like structure lies in the stream as a result of a passing dwarf galaxy colliding with the tidal tail. (White star-like structure in the midst of the first 3rd of the stream)
Last year astronomer David Martinez-Delgado discussed this object while presenting at an IAU symposium focusing on Low Surface Brightness objects in our universe. (See “Ultra-deep Imaging with Amateur Telescopes” arxiv.org/pdf/2001.05746.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3SlxNgNaQeagCkwNy...)
The paper references Mark Hansons impressive ultra-deep mosaic of this area that captures the entire stream. (Note the inset image in the article taken by the Subaru 8.2m telescope that shows the Centauri like object in question.)
As I feel the awe the accompanies looking to objects like this, I also love the possibilities we have of learning more about them. The great physicist Henri Poincare reminds us that besides the wonder we feel in looking up, the study of astronomy has other useful purposes…
”Astronomy is useful because it raises us above ourselves; it is useful because it is grand; …. It shows us how small is man's body, how great his mind, since his intelligence can embrace …this dazzling immensity, where his body is only an obscure point, and enjoy its silent harmony."
— Henri Poincaré
Image Acquisition info:
Date: February 2020
Location: Fairview, UT
Telescope: AT 16 RC
Camera: Atik 16200
LRGB: 630:190:170:170 (19 hours)
Why does an insignificant landscape feature such as Jug Rock call to me? That is one of the mysteries of the universe. Once I receive such a call, I am obligated to answer it by examining the feature up close.
Taken from near the end of the trail to Delicate
Arch, where the trail has a drop-off on one side.
I've been thinking a lot lately about my flickr stream and about my photography work in general. There are roughly 36 million flickr photostreams and a staggering 3.5 billion photos! Why do I even bother? Why add another insignificant 500+ photos to that? Why add another photostream? My photos won't be the best, my editing will be flawed, and my contact list will always be smaller then someones. As I ponder on this I reach the conclusion that I am not here for me, and nor am I here only for you. I am here for the same One who chose to place my life in a world of 6.7 billion other people. God has plans for my life, a blueprint of fantastic design that will bring ultimate glory to Himself. Part of that plan is to be a Christian, to be saved, to show forth the glory of his great grace and mercy when he chooses to keep me when I so often fall away. Along with that comes the use of my talents, abilities, and those things I am good at or have been gifted in. God has blessed me immensely with photography. I was born with a great eye for photographic beauty to even be able to see image potential. Earlier this year my brother, (who is also a phenomenal photographer himself) and I started a small business selling photo cards and a few months ago we made our first net profits after only a few months of work. Then someone I haven't even met paid for a CS4 web design premium that was upgraded to CS5 without my asking. In light of these things and a sensing that God was moving me in this area I spent some of the money that He has so richly provided for me from my farm job and bought a Canon Rebel T2i. So now I find myself here, caught up in it all and searching for my niche in this industry. Photography is still a hobby and I won't go into it for a living, for God has called me to be a missionary, but I won't ever give it up either, not until He asks me too. With the understanding of how small a part I play I want to change my drive when posting. There are tons of snow flakes (photographers) out there producing, just posting any old thing, even great things, people like me. But I am a Christian, part of a community, a "snow ball" that is a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that we might proclaim the excellencies of him who called us out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9 Focus on the last part, we are called that we might proclaim the excellencies of Him who called us. That is what I want to do, proclaim the excellencies of Him who called me. I want to be a missionary who declares this though all that he does. This is not just a then thing, it is also a now thing, I must start today, start posting for His glory by posting for your encouragement and refreshment. I must use my unique talents and imagination to take pictures and videos that show I have been taken out of darkness and brought into His marvelous light. Think on this, it should make those of us who are apart of this Christian snowball community to get really excited; excited to wake up, excited to go to work, excited to live for we are in the light! The world needs to know this! Let's stand out amid the other 36,000,000 flickerers to show glory to God as we are called to do. That won't all look the same person to person, nor should it, but ask God to guide and help you do all for His glory.
'Such things we bury within us. Such fears, voices, seeming insignificancies, memories and scars.
Imagine an internal strobe light that flashes the detritus of a life lived endlessly.
Imagine there might be a code, a purpose, a line through the very heart of all the events and shadows of your life. Imagine sewing and stiching every element of your personal history together in an attempt to understand the present so obsessively that the past becomes your every waking moment.
Loud, bright and clear. In focus. Imagine you can remember everything, every detail of every experience. Imagine these are the thoughts that occupy you, inhabit you and you can't turn their volume down.'
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On a damp day back in October 1999 Mark, Stu, John and I made the ten mile hike to the foot of Ben Alder. Yes, there was an open bothy available for our use, but we had carried in all our campoing gear and stoically decided to camp in the rain rather than use the dry bothy.
Upon arrival we set up camp and then set off and climbed not just Ben Alder, but its neighbour Beinn Bheoil. Needless to say with limited daylight availble in October we descended for the last hour in the dark. All we could see in the distance was the faint glow of the tent where John had returned to.
In this picture the other three are seen giving scale to the enviroment not too far from the camp.
Ginkgo biloba (Native to China) 2020 photo - Common Name: Maidenhair tree, Size at 10 years: 60x50ft., Green Foliage, Insignificant flower, USDA Hardiness Zone 3, In Garden Bed N1,02 for 22.8 YEARS (-). Planted in 1997.
ACS: Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba; in Chinese and Japanese 銀杏, pinyin romanization: yín xìng, Hepburn romanization: ichō or ginnan), is also known as the Maidenhair Tree. It is a unique species with no close living relatives. The ginkgo is a living fossil, recognizably similar to fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China, the tree is widely cultivated and was introduced early to human history. It has various uses in traditional medicine and as a food.
The oldest living tree species. Only living species in the division Ginkgophyta. A single tree can live as long as 1,000 years and grow to a height of 120 feet.
pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuh n: GINK-oh by-LOE-buh
#Ginkgo #Maidenhairtree
Additional photos of this plant:
Taken at St Mary's lighthouse from the cliffs at Old Hartley 7/3/10.
Huge expanse of sky and not a cloud in this morning.
and yes, I've now got a name. More to do with impending coomon license laws than the need to self promote but it doesn't hurt!
Chicago looking practically insignificant in the expanse of lake and prairie.
Chicagoist "Around Town" October 20, 2010
Thanks, Chuck!
And WBEZ "Cook County's air quality gets an "F" from the American Lung Association April 24, 2013..
Thanks, Chris!
ENGLISH :
Seen from afar, these columns seem insignificant, but they still measure up to 530 feet high.
Day 150 - self portrait of sorts... taken inside the Ray House - an insignificant little farm house that matters to no one but me. I daydream about it - cant stop photographing, and often change my route to drive by it. Today was the first day I ventured inside...
Travis just appeared behind the glass while I was shooting through the front windows and smiled like the devil. Yes! He got in somehow! - I thought to myself. This guy is like me, he is just as adventurous in nature, he hears my radio station. God Bless this boy and whoever sent him to me to be my friend! :D
One day when I grow up and become rich, I will buy this house and live out the rest of my days. :)
'Such things we bury within us. Such fears, voices, seeming insignificancies, memories and scars.
Imagine an internal strobe light that flashes the detritus of a life lived endlessly. Imagine there might be a code, a purpose, a line through the very heart of all the events and shadows of your life. Imagine sewing and stiching every element of your personal history together in an attempt to understand the present so obsessively that the past becomes your every waking moment.
Loud, bright and clear. In focus. Imagine you can remember everything, every detail of every experience. Imagine these are the thoughts that occupy you, inhabit you and you can't turn their volume down.'
Read the full blog post here : jamortram.posterous.com/100088425
(And a not insignificant degree of my trademark chaos)
The vertical tiles on the tub surround will also be changed to the creamy marble to match the shower and integrate that new color into the whole bath.
The drawer is up on the counter because the electrical outlet the crews need is located behind the cabinet it belongs in. The white pole is a tension rod to hang a shower curtain temporarily when the tile and fixture are installed while we wait for the glass to be cut and installed. And the big fans are hepa filters to protect everyone's lungs from the construction dust.
Meanwhile, the cats have to eat up on the counter so the dogs don't get their food.