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With Walkers spotted marching towards the wall and dragonglass dagger at the ready, Christopher's steely look says, "Winter is here!"
(Yes, I'm quite ready for the next season of "Game of Thrones" to start...)
One of the downsides of a road trip during the fall and winter seasons is that daylight is short. So you have less time to spare at each vista point for photography. By the time I reached Badwater from the outskirt of Death Valley, the sun has already gone down behind Telescope and Wildrose Peaks. I only had a short time to find my own spot to take a long exposure photo of the salt flats. The clean looking ones with perfect hexagon patterns are way way out from the parking lot. In addition, traversing these salt flats during the twilight is quite hazardous as most of their crusts are pushed up from the thermal expansion during the day making it easy to trip people if they are not careful. To add to the challenge, there were quite a few photographers out there and they might walk into your frame. I remember I have wandered for almost half an hour just to find a decent spot to take the shot without anybody "photobombing" my subjects. I was a bit lucky to get this shot when a car passed by in the distance leaving a light trail.
cynthia is a wonderful commercial model owing to that she got elegant and nature quality ,she eyes is beautiful ,sweet voice,lovely and pure...
we shot her at a resturant of call legend of forest
near yangming mountain of taipei
The mighty IS-3 tank at The Tank Museum's Tankfest even in Bovington.
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
Charles Darwin
Halloween is so cool!
Hope your Halloween dreams are filled with sexy men running into your arms……. {g}
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This is a 100x100 cm enlarger C-print (analog). Portra 160 NC over Fuji paper. I left the Hasselblad beside the print for having a size reference. The black border is the negative border. This is the format I choose for my next exhibition.
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"Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine..."
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
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This guy is part of the Ricardo Breceda metal sculpture installation at Galleta Meadows in Borrego Springs, CA. There are over a hundred sculptures scattered around Borrego ranging from big horned sheep, to migrant farm workers to this guy and his buddies.
This shot is two exposures: one for the light painted subject and a second for the sky in the background.
This was my first time using a Canon 6D and a Rokinon manual focus lens. Both of them were maid for this kind of photo...
Spring is making its way into Lapland slowly but surely. Weather is getting warmer day by day and long gone are the days with only few hours of daylight. Unfortunately, also trees have lost their beautiful snow-cover.
My two personal favorite times of the year in Lapland are fall colors and mid-winter. Still, there is something magical about the spring.
Taken March 2021.
The title is the motto of the BBC.
The BBC was founded in 1922. I was awoken this morning with thoughts of how the BBC should be funded, the purpose of the national broadcaster, and what do I want from it. And then, how much is it worth to me.
These days , I only listen to Radio 3. The news programs I find selective and usually shallow. The regional channels are irrelevant to me. I don't watch TV. The World Service is OK. I seldom use the website.
Currently TV owners pay an annual licence fee that generates 3 billion Pounds of revenue to the BBC. Their annual budget is about 5 billion.
The radio has been a lifelong friend. There was a radio licence in UK until 1971. How much would that be today if reintroduced?
Should I just switch to Radio New Zealand Concert and be done with it?!
I wonder how other countries fund their Public Service Broadcasters.
This is for this week's Macro Monday theme, Lit by a Candle.
It is a star anise on a few bay leaves, lit by a candle from the side.
#MacroMondays #LitByCandlelight
This is a male, he is stunning i must say. Not a first time capture but this was the first proper chance i've had to get decent pictures of one, still yet to see a female.
Canon EOS R6 Mark II, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Work in Photoshop to remove things unbalancing the composition, mainly on the pavement on the right.
Wikipedia: "The construction of the new Baroque church was begun around 1701 under Gabriele Montani, who was replaced by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt in 1703. The design was inspired by the St. Peter's Basilica of the Vatican in Rome. Francesco Martinelli was the main architect. By 1722, most of the building was finished, and in 1733 the Peterskirche was finally consecrated to the Holy Trinity. The new church was the first domed structure in baroque Vienna. Due to the confinement of available space, it was built in a compact form, with its oval interior housing an astonishing amount of space and rectangular attachments."
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Owned and operated by the Kane County Forest Preserve, this majestic structure, built in the 19th century, uses 17th century technology to harness the wind for power.
This photo is part of a star trail that I'll put together later. For now, just a little something to wet your appetites.
This is taken at Burton Green, a small village near Coventry which is about to be devastated by HS2.
The wall is a bridge abutment from an occupation bridge over the long closed Kenilworth Junction to Berkswell Railway. This old railway is now a cycle path and footpath, or it was. Ahead of the distant walkers the route is blocked for "enabling works" and to make sure nobody dares walk onward a man in full hi-vis suit hard hat and walkie-talkie is sitting on a chair behind a protective 2 metre high fence. Walkers and cyclists then leave the flat well surfaced path for a long rough detour up the hill side to arrive on the road where they can marvel at a row of newish houses awaiting demolition. What will the locals gain from HS2? s*d all.
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This is such a fun thing to watch. I noticed it's active this morning. This one says cloudy skies snow in winter. It's very accurate.
How to Predict the Weather:
Clear liquid: Bright and clear weather.
Cloudy liquid: Cloudy, possible thunderstorms & rain.
Small dots in the liquid: Humid or foggy weather.
Large flaky crystals: Cloudy skies, snow in winter.
Threads of crystals at the top: Windy weather. Crystals at the bottom: Frost may be coming.
Read more: Crystal Ball Weather Station | A magical way to forecast the weather
Alvéola-cinzenta | Motacilla cinerea | Grey wagtail
O ponto inferior é devido à luz reflexa da água do lago.
The below dot is due to water reflection in the pond.
28/11/2015 - Sobreda (Almada, Portugal)
[Obrigado pela visualização]
[Thanks for your visualization]
Statue of Captain Luis Pardo who sailed the Yelcho and rescued Shackleton's men who lived here for 137 days. Today the place is called Point Wild after Frank Wild.
Matthew 28:5-6 NIV
5 The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
First Baptist Church
Sparta, TN
Have a Blessed Easter!
Italien / Südtirol - Ultental
Ultimo Farm Trail
Ultner Höfeweg
The Ulten Valley (German: Ultental or Ulten, Italian: Val d'Ultimo) is a 40 km long mountain valley in the western part of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy.
It is the valley of the stream Falschauer, a right tributary of the Adige. Its orientation is southwest to northeast, parallel to the lower Vinschgau, and it is located south of Meran. The valley ends in the commune of Lana. A small road leading south connects the valley with Proveis and the Val di Non in Trentino.
The municipality Ulten covers most of the Ulten valley. The lower part of the valley is in the municipality of St. Pankraz. The population of the Ulten valley is predominantly German-speaking (more than 98% according to 2001 census). The westernmost, highest part of the valley is part of the Stelvio National Park.
(Wikipedia)
The Ultimo Farm Trail - "Via dei Masi" in Italian, "Ultner Höfeweg" in German - is one of the best ways to get to know the valley and its beautiful old mountain farms. Starting in Pracupola (Kuppelwies), we follow the trail on the sunny side of the valley until Santa Geltrude (St. Gertraud) and hike back on its shady side. The trail is 18 km long and can be done in one or two days. Today, we decide to do the longer of the two parts of the Ultimo Farm Trail. Starting at the Ultimo Valley Museum (Ultner Talmuseum) in San Nicolò (St. Nikolaus), we pass the church and hike upwards, following the signpost "Ultner Höfeweg". First, the trail leads up the valley into the forest.
We see and smell the first signs of spring. Up and down the valley, across some small bridges and passing several beautiful mountain farms with typical shingle roofs, we follow the trail through forest and meadows. The trail is very well marked and maintained. After about 3 km, we reach the highest point of this hiking tour at 1,468 m a.s.l. Getting closer to the top of the valley, the trail leads gently downwards until we reach Santa Geltrude.
After a short rest we start our way back on the other side of the Valsura river. After about 20 minutes from Santa Geltrude, we pass the huge ancient larch trees before we finally reach San Nicolò, the starting point of the Ultimo Farm Trail, which unites culture, way of life, history and nature in a very beautiful and unique way. This tour is particularly recommendable from late spring (when also the shady side of the valley is empty of snow) until autumn.
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Das Ultental, auch einfach Ulten genannt (italienisch Val d'Ultimo), ist das 40 km lange Tal der Falschauer in den Ortler-Alpen in Südtirol. Es verläuft parallel zum nördlich gelegenen Vinschgau und mündet bei Lana ins Etschtal. Der größte Teil des Ultentals gehört zu den Gemeinden Ulten und St. Pankraz, der Taleingangsbereich zur Gemeinde Lana. Die obersten Talabschnitte befinden sich im Nationalpark Stilfser Joch.
Die Ortschaften im Ultental, in talauswärts gerichteter Reihenfolge, sind
St. Gertraud (1501 m, ca. 300 Einwohner)
St. Nikolaus (1256 m, ca. 300 Einwohner)
Kuppelwies (1153 m, ca. 150 Einwohner)
St. Walburg (1190 m, ca. 2200 Einwohner)
St. Pankraz (735 m, ca. 1568 Einwohner)
Zwischen St. Walburg und St. Pankraz zweigt nach Süden die Straße über das Hofmahdjoch ins Nonstal ab.
In der Nähe von St. Gertraud befinden sich die drei Ultner Urlärchen, die auf ein Alter von 850 Jahren taxiert werden.
Der Ort St. Walburg weist mit dem latènezeitlichen Brandopferplatz am Kirchhügel eine im Alpenraum herausragende archäologische Fundstelle auf.
In der Mitte des Ultentals befindet sich das Skigebiet Schwemmalm. Des Weiteren gibt es eine Langlaufloipe von St. Nikolaus nach St. Gertraud.
Das Ultental bietet auch viele Tourenmöglichkeiten für Bergwanderer. Angefangen von gekennzeichneten Wanderwegen bis hin zu hochalpinen Tourstrecken. Der höchste der Ultner Berge ist die Hintere Eggenspitze mit 3443 m.
Im 19. und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts hielten sich besonders im Badeort Mitterbad bei St. Pankraz viele berühmte Persönlichkeiten auf, so etwa Kaiserin Elisabeth v. Österreich, Bismarck, Franz Defregger, Hermann Sudermann, Franz Kafka, Hermione v. Preuschen, Domherr Graf zur Lippe, Thomas Mann und Heinrich Mann. Viele kamen wegen des bekannten Arztes und Philosophen Dr. Christoph Hartung von Hartungen, der in Riva am Gardasee das Sanatorium von Hartungen betrieb und im hinteren Ultental, bei St. Nikolaus, seine Sommervilla Hartungshausen besaß.
Die Wasserkraftwerke im Ultental sind eine Reihe von Speicherkraftwerken, welche die Wasserkraft der Falschauer und ihrer Nebenflüsse und -bäche mit Hilfe von sechs Stauseen zur Gewinnung von Energie nützen.
(Wikipedia)
Der Ultner Höfeweg eignet sich besonders gut, um einen Eindruck vom Ultental zu bekommen und die urigen Höfe, die das Tal so besonders machen, aus nächster Nähe zu erkunden. Der Höfeweg startet in Kuppelwies und führt auf der Sonnenseite taleinwärts bis nach St. Gertraud, talauswärts verläuft er auf der Schattenseite - insgesamt ist er etwa 18 km lang und kann in einer Tageswanderung als auch in zwei Teil-Etappen zurückgelegt werden. Wir entscheiden uns heute für den längeren der zwei Teilabschnitte. Wir starten am Ultner Talmuseum in St. Nikolaus und wandern an der Kirche vorbei aufwärts, der Markierung "Höfeweg" folgend.
Der Weg führt taleinwärts und in einer Steigung in den Wald hinein. Der Frühling liegt in der Luft und die ersten Boten sind auch hier schon zu sehen. In ständigem Auf und Ab, über Brücklein und vorbei an hübschen Paarhöfen - natürlich mit typischen Schindeldächern - im Wald und über Wiesen. Der Weg ist stets gut ausgeschildert, die Orientierung ist einfach. Den höchsten Punkt der Wanderung (1.468 m ü.d.M.) erreichen wir nach etwas mehr als 3 km. Nähert man sich dem Talschluss, geht es allmählich bergab, bis man im Dorf St. Gertraud ankommt. Nach einer kleinen Rast machen wir uns auf den Rückweg, der entlang der anderen Seite der Falschauer verläuft.
Dieser Abschnitt ist schattiger und erst im späten Frühling schneefrei. Nach etwa 20 Minuten ab St. Gertraud gelangen wir zu den Ultner Urlärchen. Deren Umfang ist wahrlich erstaunlich! Blickt man auf die gegenüberliegende Talseite, staunt man über die Lage mancher Höfe. Allmählich nähern wir uns wieder St. Nikolaus, wo unsere Wanderung am Ultner Höfeweg endet. Kultur, Lebensweise, Geschichte und Natur sind entlang dieses Weges in einzigartiger Weise vereint. Empfehlenswert vom späten Frühling (Schattenseite oft erst spät schneefrei) bis Herbst.
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Dumgoyne is a hill prominent on the edge of the Campsie Fells and is a well-known landmark visible from Glasgow. It is a volcanic plug and is 427 m (1,401 ft) high. The plug is readily reached from a path beside Glengoyne Distillery or via a water-board track from the village of Strathblane three miles to the east or Killearn to the west.
From Strathblane, the path begins at the entrance to a private road. Here the car can be parked by the roadside, and the walk begins by following this private road for approximately two miles. After passing several gates on the way, turn to the right where there is another gate. Follow this path up and around the side Dumfoyn, and from here the path steepens, as it goes up Dumgoyne. The summit is marked by a small standing stone erected some years ago by local Rotarians. This route to Dumgoyne passes close to the Spittal of Ballewan (545811) the former site of a medieval Knights Templar hospital.
Close to Dumgoyne is Dumfoyn (547825; 421m) a similar but less remarkable and much less climbed hill. From these hills the much smaller but heavily wooded Dumgoyach (531810;108m) can be seen. This fine hill is well worth a visit if one is walking on the West Highland Way as the Way goes beside Dumgoyach.
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Shot 4 from 1st April shoot. This is not Mars...it is actually Acton near Newry. An inversion layer in the early morning light. I am not sure about the overhanging branch. Any comments? The early start was worth it just for this scene alone...breath taking. The valleys in this area seem to be prone to this inversion layer effect. Grass frost slow to lift as the sun rises.
Hello all!
This is a piece that I recently built for the contest, "Replicate your heroic minifigures in battle!" over on Lego Ideas.
I had two main goals as I built this. First, I wanted it to look cartoony, like a scene that I would have played out as a child. Hence the two knights being launched out of a catapult. And the one hiding in the bush. And second, I wanted to build it in two main sections, or islands, but I wanted to make it clear that the islands were just smaller portions of the actual landscape. In other words, the islands only exist in the MOC, not in the world that it models. I tried to use subtle hints to give the MOC this feel, such as the fact that the water only extends to the grey portion of the island's base, or the simple fact that there is a road on each island.
Ultimately, I am pleased with the result. I think it accomplishes both of my goals fairly well.
Thank you all!
Happy Building and God Bless!
-GondorSoldier-
The thing is I wrote up this lengthy story about my entire Yosemite trip and how I lost my macro. I'm convinced it was hilarious, insightful, and well intentioned. I even posted it yesterday, but when I discovered a few typos (ok, lots) I somehow managed to select most of the text, press a key to overwrite what I had written and hit to return to save it on the page. All this happened quick enough to keep my brain from stopping my hands mid-accident.
Dagnabbit.
So if I was going to write a story now here's what the morals might be:
1. Never doubt yourself to out-idiot an idiot proof photo backpack.
2. Always zip up your bag after you're done. And ESPECIALLY before you put it on your back.
3. Triple check step 2 if you're standing on a bridge.
4. Don't let your friend capture the whole aftermath on video, it will only give them something to hang over your head for months and years.
5. Don't compose your next great novel in the flickr description window. It will only lead to tears as it doesn't have an undo.
Yeah, there's a video. But you don't want to watch it. It's long and its not my finest moment. I'm acting like an idiot because I'm extremely tired, and hungry, and hypothermia is closing in quick. At least that's my story. So let's just skip it and move on. K?
Happy Monday.
This very handy filter case came with a Contaflex that I acquired long ago. I no longer have the camera, but I kept the case and the filters.
You will notice that there is one missing. That's right; it was like that when I got it. I do have a skylight filter, but that came in its own separate little case. I also have the four Proxar lenses, but those should go in a case of their own. (BTW, I have the whole Proxar set twice, in case anyone is interested).
All of these filters are for black and white film photography. I have to explain this because the digital generation likely will not know.
The yellow and the orange one are very useful. A yellow filter will enhance contrast and an orange filter will make a cloudy sky a lot more interesting. The green one, which I find distinctly less useful, will enhance the detail and nuances in a picture that is full of different greens, such as a forest scene.
But the one filter I am missing is a red or dark red filter. A red filter has a similar effect to an orange filter, but much more so. It will filter out the blue light, so a blue sky will look very dark and the clouds will look very dramatic. You want to use this effect sparingly, like all strong effects should be used sparingly. But if the scene is right, then a red filter will make a world of a difference.
I haven't seen a red or dark red filter on the market so far. I mean: not those that are made by Zeiss Ikon (and they are beautifully made!) for the Contaflex.
Shot with:
Canon EOS600D
Leica Bellows R (16860)
Leica 100mm f/4 Macro Elmar-R, bellows version (11230)
This is my first star trails shot ! It is a 125 minutes exposure, which produced 252 images showing the rotation of earth around the sun, it was such an amazing experience !
The stars are real, without any edit..
More is less.
The pawn is a valuable piece in the game of chess. Despite their lack of strength there are more of them so More is Less
This rhododendron is in my front yard and is one that I had trouble finding when I planted the Bed... It has been around for at least a hundred years so I guess people want the newer ones and not the old standbys....I also have a Cynthia in the back yard but it isn't blooming yet... I put this one in the little video but wanted it so I could see it all the time :-)
This is how the actual Temple building looks from front on. This has been shot at 12 mm and I have just about managed to squeeze the minarets and the cupolas in alongwith a few of the people going about with their daily routine in life. The space is best shot with maybe 10 mm on a non Dx lens.
That said, I have no idea how you, the viewers, experience is with Flickr. I find the views abysmal as well as the whole experience of commenting. While it was routine for about 200-500 views within a day or two, now a days, the total views in a week can barely cross the three figure mark. On top of it, the Flickr automation for lodging the tags and titles etc to search engines seems to be suffering too. Earlier within a few hours you could find your photo on a search in google.com. Not so, now a days.
I have not been very active on your photos of late. Hopefully, I will be able to do some justice now.
RHS Garden Harlow Carr is one of four public gardens run by the Royal Horticultural Society. It is located on the western edge of Harrogate in the English county of North Yorkshire.
Autumn is the faster season in mountain. You may need to be ready to capture his best moments. The first rains take away with them the magical and colorful leaves adorning the alpine landscape.
This shot was made in one of the best mountain villages of switzerland: Soglio, in the Bregaglia Valley. In the background we can admire "Sciore", the famous castle of granitic peaks of the Bondasca, at the border with italian Valmasino.
autumn is here in Essex. The leaves are shades brown and red and make natures very own carpet for us to walk upon.
I am looking forward to my next outing whenever that might be. I have a few friends to catch up so with luck I will be out again soon.
Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to used during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course? Each of us has such a bank, it's name is time. Every morning, it credits you 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off at a lost, whatever of this you failed to invest to a good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no over draft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no drawing against "tomorrow". You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and health. The clock is running. Make the most of today.
- Marc Levy
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"The exhibition 'To be or not to be' is dedicated to the skull, which has always been used in art history as a reminder of human mortality is now an ephemeral symbol, deprived of its sanctity, used in fashion, design... contemporary art. Orticanoodles reproduce the image of the skull in a series of portraits from well-known media personalities, which are shelled and in fact made into empty skulls. To be or not to be, the Shakespearean dilemma, leads us to reflect on what remains of these men and women after removing the image that creates their status. Through the skillfully applied technique of stencils, Orticanoodles confront us with the question of identity, the image built, to pass a message. The artists offer their works through which the viewers can mirror and ask theirselves about their own appearance. The language of Wally and Alita actually uses the visual parameters of pop culture and advertising to distort the message and make social commentary. Their skulls are asking: What really matters? Appear or act? Live or die? To be or not to be?"
From 26/11 to11/12 2010, dal martedì al sabato
Open 15:00 to 20:00
Lab_Comacina, Viale Cassarate 4, Lugano
here is another image from the morning of the cloud inversion couple weeks ago. This little peak looked like an island in an ocean of cloud. Few minutes after I took this image, clouds got higher and covered the peak completely, so bit of a lucky capture
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Have a nice weekend everyone!
Lakagigar - Laki - Iceland
Zicht op de top Laki op 818 m
Laki or Lakagígar (Craters of Laki) is a volcanic fissure in the south of Iceland, not far from the canyon of Eldgjá and the small village of Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Lakagígar is the correct name, as Laki mountain itself did not erupt, as fissures opened up on each side of it. Lakagígar is part of a volcanic system centered on the volcano Grímsvötn and including the volcano Þórðarhyrna. It lies between the glaciers of Mýrdalsjökull and Vatnajökull, in an area of fissures that run in a southwest to northeast direction.
The system erupted over an eight-month period between 1783 and 1784 from the Laki fissure and the adjoining volcano Grímsvötn, pouring out an estimated 14 km3 (3.4 cu mi) of basalt lava and clouds of poisonous hydrofluoric acid and sulfur dioxide compounds that killed over 50% of Iceland's livestock population, leading to a famine which then killed approximately 25% of the island's human population.
The Laki eruption and its aftermath caused a drop in global temperatures, as sulfur dioxide was spewed into the Northern Hemisphere. This caused crop failures in Europe and may have caused droughts in India. The eruption has been estimated to have killed over six million people globally, making it the deadliest in historical times.
The Lakagigar craters are named after MT. Laki . They were formed in one of the largest eruptions in recorded human history.
Lakagigar, ofwel Laki's kraters is een fascinerende plek, met allerlei spectaculaire kraters, ongebruikelijke, bergen en meren, waardoor er een kleurrijke samenspel van natuurlijke elementen is ontstaan. Bezoekers kunnen hun geluk niet op bij het ontdekken van dit kratergebied.
Men kan hier wandelen over de kiezelsteenpaden, die omgeven zijn door lavavelden en heuvels, die voor een prachtige omlijsting en achtergrond van het hele gebied zorgen. In juni 1783 barstten de kraters van Lakagigar uit, waardoor er veel schade ontstond in Europa. Veel delen van Europa kregen met rook en vulkanische neerslag te maken. Deze vulkanische wolk bracht allerlei vreemde meteorologische afwijkingen met zich mee. Zo kende 1783 bijvoorbeeld een extreem hete zomer en een extreem strenge winter. Bovendien betekenden de uitbarstingen ook een regelrechte ramp voor de omliggende natuur. Het pittoreske landschap van IJsland werd bedolven onder 30 miljard ton lava. De giftige gassen die tegelijkertijd vrijkwamen door de ‘hongersnood-door-gassen’ doodden duizenden IJslanders. De uitbarsting van 1783 veroorzaakte ook nog een 25 m lange vulkanische spleet en 100 zogenaamde sintelkegels.
The waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is a large antelope found widely in sub-Saharan Africa. It is placed in the genus Kobus of the family Bovidae. It was first described by Irish naturalist William Ogilby in 1833
Waterbuck are rather sedentary in nature. A gregarious animal, the waterbuck may form herds consisting of six to 30 individuals. These groups are either nursery herds with females and their offspring or bachelor herds. Males start showing territorial behaviour from the age of five years, but are most dominant from the age of six to nine. The waterbuck cannot tolerate dehydration in hot weather, and thus inhabits areas close to sources of water. Predominantly a grazer, the waterbuck is mostly found on grassland.
The waterbuck is of a robust build. The shaggy coat is reddish brown to grey, and becomes progressively darker with age. Males are darker than females. Though apparently thick, the hair is sparse on the coat. The hair on the neck is, however, long and shaggy. When excited, the skin of the waterbuck secretes a greasy substance with the odour of musk, giving it the name "greasy kob". The odor of this is so unpleasant that it repels predators. This secretion also assists in water-proofing the body when the animal dives into water. The facial features include a white muzzle and light eyebrows and lighter insides of the ears. There is a cream-coloured patch (called "bib") on the throat. Waterbuck are characterised by a long neck and short, strong and black legs.
The long, spiral horns curve backward, then forward. Found only on males, the horns range from 55 to 99 cm (22 to 39 in) in length. To some extent, the length of the horns is related to the bull's age. A rudimentary horn in the form of a bone lump may be found on the skulls of females.