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Tous les ans à la même époque, pendant quelques jours, le lac du Bourget prend sa teinte vert émeraude
Ceci est dû, d’une part au phytoplancton présent dans le lac qui se développe et prolifère naturellement pendant les beaux jours et d’autre part le bicarbonate de calcium présent également dans le lac qui pour les mêmes raisons de chaleur se transforme en minuscules grains de calcite qui se fixent sur le plancton.
Ce phénomène disparaît au bout de quelques jours dès que le phytoplancton a fini de consommer les grains de calcite.
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Every year at the same time, for a few days, Lake Bourget takes on its emerald green hue
This is due, on the one hand to the phytoplankton present in the lake which develops and proliferates naturally during sunny days and on the other hand to the calcium bicarbonate also present in the lake which for the same reasons of heat is transformed into tiny grains. calcite that attaches to plankton.
This phenomenon disappears after a few days as soon as the phytoplankton has finished consuming the calcite grains
From time to time we need to view an image like this to put us in the overall Nature's context. The minuscule humans facing the Forces of Nature there, are like ants (please enlarge the image to see them on the edge of the cliff). Their presence provides scale to what you are looking at. The sheer size of the scene is tremendous.
Aldeyjarfoss (the waterfall) is certainly a beautiful sight but there are other beautiful views there, as this image shows. I invite you to take a look and see the details of the amazing basalt columns that follow the river after the waterfall. Nature at its best! To think that volcanic action and the passing of time created this marvel is awesome!
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You have 2 other Aldeyjarfoss photos in my photostream:
www.flickr.com/photos/142581467@N05/49745783866/in/datepo...
and
www.flickr.com/photos/142581467@N05/49764276093/in/datepo...
Other Iceland photos can be seen in my album here:
www.flickr.com/photos/142581467@N05/albums/72157714758922968
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Aldeyjarfoss, Northeastern region, Iceland
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Bécasseau minuscule
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Réserve naturelle de Pointe Yamachiche, Québec
Grand merci pour vos commentaires et favoris, je les apprécie sincèrement!
Many thanks for your comments and favorites, I sincerely appreciate them!
The view of two minuscule silhouettes in this dramatic landscape was quite striking.
This shot was taken with a Fuji GFX100S camera and a Nikon 70-200 f2.8 zoom lens.
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Acantilados de Guadamía, Astúrias, Spain
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Premier voyage à Kamouraska cette année Très peu de Limicoles sur mon capteur Ce n'est que parti remise !!!
First trip to Kamouraska this year not much of shore bird already maby to early !!
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Por muy bien que cante el gallo, la que pone es la gallina.
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Même si on entend de loin chanter le coq, c’est la poule qui pond les œufs.
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Photo: Un poulailler au soleil matinal à ‘Pereda de Ancares’, minuscule village de montagne au Léon (Castille et Léon), Esp.
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Foto: Al sol de la mañana, un gallinero en Pereda de Ancares, pueblo de la montaña leonesa.
Voyez-vous la maison verte et le grand arbre au pied des monuments ? Ils ont l'air tellement minuscule dans cette immensité.
Do you see the green house and the big tree at the foot of the monuments? They look so tiny in this vastness.
Sunbeams in the mist, Ticino, Switzerland, May 2021
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My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
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ABOUT THIS PHOTO:
I don't know what it is about the horse pasture across from my garden that makes me photograph it again and again, but it seems there's just something about it that enchants me, particularly on a foggy day. This is already the 4th photo that I upload here (and the third from practically the same angle) that shows this particular stretch of land - and I fear there might be even more coming 😉.
As I already described in the earlier photos, I took this shot on a spring morning in 2021 after it had been raining all night. By dawn it had cleared up, but the valley below our village had filled with mist, which started to rise as soon as the sun came up behind the mountains. I grabbed my camera and ran out of the house to catch the moment when the mist reached our village just as the sunrise sent the first rays of light through the trees.
It was as gorgeous a morning as you can imagine; the meadows were still wet from the rain, and tiny droplets of water were sparkling everywhere in the grass, illuminated by the sunbeams cutting through the ghostlike trees. I feel in black and white all those minuscule diamonds reflecting the sunlight come out a bit more than they do in color, and the same is true for the sunbeams, but it's hard to do the breathtaking beauty of that moment justice in either, and I'm already more than happy if only a fraction of the magical mood of that misty morning can be be felt by the viewer.
Anyway, I hope that you enjoy the photo; as always: many greetings from Switzerland and have a lovely weekend everyone - and don't hesitate to let me know what you think dear Flickr friends.
I was given a bunch of flowers for Christmas. It included some Banksia flowers and Eucalyptus foliage as well as small (0.7 in) flowers that look like minuscule Dahlias, shown in the photo. The bunch also included something else I had not seen before - branches covered in glitter which give rise to the bokeh in the photo.
For the Macro Mondays theme: gift. Width: 3 in.
HMM and happy new week!
f/2 1/80 ISO 400 Pentax 77mm Pentax K-1 MkII, significantly cropped.
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Un pâtre gardait deux moutons, un blanc et un noir.
Une question lui fut posée :
- Lequel préfères-tu, le blanc ou le noir ?
- Le blanc, répondit-il sans hésiter.
- Et pourquoi ?
- Parce qu’il va toujours ou devant ou derrière le noir !
- Et le noir ?
- Le noir va toujours derrière ou devant le blanc !
Conte populaire d’après Henri Pourrat (Fr., 1887-1959)
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Un pastor guardaba dos ovejas, una blanca, la otra negra.
Le preguntaron:
-¿Cuál prefieres, la blanca o la negra?
-La blanca, contestó sin dudar.
-Y ¿por qué?
-Porque siempre va o delante o detrás de la negra !
-¿Y la negra?
-¡La negra va siempre o detrás o delante de la blanca!
Cuento popular según Henri Pourrat (Fr., 1887-1959)
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Foto: El Pueyo de Morcat (Puimorcat en aragonés) es una aldea del municipio de Montaña en el que vive tan solo una familia …con su rebaño. No vi a la familia, pero sí su apacible rebaño pastando no lejos de las casas.
Photo : Le Pueyo de Morcat (Puimorcat, en aragonais) est un minuscule et paisible village de la commune de Boltaña, dans le Sobrarbe aragonais, dans lequel ne vit qu’un famille et son troupeau. En passant, je n’ai pas aperçu la famille, mais j’ai vu son beau troupeau.
Fluyen los días, crean su propio camino, cada minuto como una gota de agua que resbala imperceptible por la superficie. En algún punto se revelará la suma de momentos y verás una imagen frente a la realidad: nada es en vano. Cada minuto cobra su minúsculo peaje y a la hora de rendir cuentas asoman las diferencias. Hacer balance de las gotas de tiempo puede mostrar un camino hacia el mar o una senda tortuosa que no conduce a ninguna parte. Vigila cada gota, cada minuto que entregas lleva una contabilidad implacable.
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The days flow, creating their own path, each minute like a drop of water that slides imperceptibly across the surface. At some point the sum of moments will be revealed and you will see an image in front of reality: nothing is in vain. Every minute takes its minuscule toll and when it comes to accounting, the differences appear. Taking stock of the drops of time can show a path to the sea or a tortuous path that leads nowhere. Keep an eye on every drop, every minute you deliver is relentlessly accountable.
Le Martin-pêcheur, remarquable par sa silhouette caractéristique et ses couleurs éclatantes, est un oiseau de taille modeste, Perché, il se tient dressé. Le corps, court et trapu, paraît disproportionné comparé à la grosse tête prolongée d'un long bec en forme de poignard (4 cm). Les minuscules pattes rouges et la queue très rudimentaire sont également les signes caractéristiques du genre Alcedo. Les deux couleurs dominantes du plumage sont le bleu, pouvant passer au vert selon la luminosité sur le dessus, et le roux orangé chaud sur les parties inférieures. De plus près, on distingue le dessus de la tête et les ailes bleu verdâtre, le dos et la queue bleu clair variant du bleu azur au bleu cobalt ainsi que la gorge blanche. Les côtés du cou également blancs sont bordés au niveau de la joue d'une tache orangée soulignée elle-même d'une large bande bleue. Le bec du mâle est entièrement noir, celui de la femelle est teinté de rouge ou d'orangé à la base de la mandibule inférieure. Le juvénile ressemble à l'adulte, mais avec le plumage plus terne et plus vert. Les pattes sont grisâtres. Les ailes courtes sont animées de battements soutenus permettant un vol très rapide et droit.
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The Kingfisher, remarkable for its characteristic silhouette and bright colors, is a bird of modest size, Perched, he stands erect. The body, short and stocky, seems disproportionate compared to the large head extended by a long beak-shaped dagger (4 cm). The tiny red legs and the very rudimentary tail are also characteristic signs of the Alcedo genus. The two dominant colors of the plumage are blue, which can change to green depending on the brightness on the top, and the orange red hot on the lower parts. Closer to home, there is the top of the head and the greenish-blue wings, the back and tail light blue ranging from azure blue to cobalt blue and the white throat. The sides of the neck also white are bordered at the cheek of an orange spot underlined by a broad blue band. The beak of the male is entirely black, that of the female is tinged with red or orange at the base of the lower mandible. The juvenile resembles the adult, but with the feathers duller and greener. The legs are grayish. The short wings are animated by sustained beats allowing a very fast and straight flight.
Ellie is awesome and obedient with a leash as minuscule as this on-the-fly bit of twine. Open the door with no leash at all ...she's gone!
Ellie is a Great Pyrenees
This rocky headland is another great vantage point to look across to this small island and lighthouse.
Godrevy lighthouse was built in 1859 to warn shipping about the dangerous "Stones" reef, which extends right across this bay to St Ives.
Right on the edge of the headland there is a person looking out to sea, she is minuscule , it gives a great sense of scale to this magnificent place.
Eine weitere Aufnahme der winzigen Spinne, egal ob sie eine Krabben - oder Kürrbisspinne ist sie ist auf jeden Fall eine Künstlerin. Beim Spinnen ihres Netzes liegt sie auf dem Rücken. Wenn Ihr 2 x klickt seht ihr ihr beim Netzbau zu.
Danke für Euren Besuch, liebe Freunde.
Ich wünsche Euch einen guten Start in die neue Woche.
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Another shot of the tiny spider, whether it is a crab or a pumpkin spider it is definitely an artist. She lies on her back while spinning her web. If you click 2 x you can watch her building her web.
Thank you for your visit, dear friends.
I wish you a good start into the new week.
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Construction de la toile d'une araignée
Une autre photo de cette minuscule araignée, qu'il s'agisse d'une araignée-crabe ou d'une araignée-courge, c'est en tout cas une artiste. Elle tisse sa toile sur le dos. Si vous cliquez deux fois, vous pourrez la voir construire sa toile.
Merci de votre visite, chers amis.
Je vous souhaite un bon début de semaine.
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Tiny brownish sandpiper. At all ages, most easily distinguished from other small sandpipers by darker, more brownish coloration. Juveniles are particularly bright with rusty tones on the upperparts. Also note fine-tipped bill and yellowish legs, but beware legs can be covered with dark mud and other peeps (like Semipalmated Sandpiper) can rarely show slightly greenish legs. Habitat and behavior are helpful supporting clues, too. Typically forages in a crouched posture with bent legs, picking for invertebrates in the mud. Often in small loose groups, but not in large, tight flocks like Semipalmated or Western Sandpipers. Prefers drier mud, often on the higher edges of mudflats or small patches of water in marshes. Widespread and common, especially inland. Breeds in various wetland habitats throughout Alaska and Canada. Winters from the southern U.S. to South America. Listen for high-pitched, rolling “greeep!” calls. (eBird)
We missed most of the shorebird migration, but we did find a pair of Least Sandpipers.
Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours Ultimate British Columbia.
Domicile, Duhamel, Québec, Canada.
Merci énormément pour vos commentaires, ils sont toujours très appréciés.
Mise à part Sophie la Martin-pêcheur et certains membres de sa famille, l'oiseau le plus fréquemment observé chez moi l'été est certainement le Colibri à gorge rubis. J'ai toujours affectionné ce minuscule oiseau nerveux, hyperactif. J'adore les observer interagir entre eux. Ils ont énormément de caractère et affectionnent des perches particulières que nul autre oiseau ne peut s'approprier. Mon épouse et moi avons beaucoup de fleurs vivaces, annuelles et sauvages pour pourvoir à leur besoin et pour notre grand plaisir de les observer.
Residence, Duhamel, Quebec, Canada.
Thank you very much for your comments, they are always very much appreciated.
Apart from Sophie the Kingfisher and some members of her family, the bird most frequently observed at my house in summer is certainly the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. I have always been fond of this tiny nervous, hyperactive bird. I love watching them interacting together. They have a lot of character and love there perches that no other bird can take from them. My wife and I have many perennials, annuals and wildflowers to provide for them and for our great viewing pleasure.
Auf meinem Hibiskus, er steht auf dem Balkon, entdeckte ich diese winzige Krabbenspinne. Sie war sehr beschäftigt ihr Netz zu spinnen. Leider war am nächsten Tag die Blüte abgefallen und ihre Mühe war umsonst.
Danke für Euren Besuch, , ich wünsche Euch eine gute und friedliche Woche.
2x klicken und Ihr seht das feine Netz
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On my hibiscus, which is on the balcony, I discovered this tiny crab spider. She was very busy spinning her web. Unfortunately, the next day the flower had fallen off and her efforts were in vain.
Thank you for your visit, I wish you a good and peaceful week.
2x click and you see the fine net
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Une araignée-crabe sur mon hibiscus -
Sur mon hibiscus, qui se trouve sur le balcon, j'ai découvert cette minuscule araignée-crabe. Elle était très occupée à tisser sa toile. Malheureusement, le lendemain, la fleur était tombée et ses efforts n'avaient servi à rien.
Merci de votre visite, je vous souhaite une bonne et paisible semaine.
Cliquez 2x et vous verrez la fine toile
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#Macro Mondays
Flowers
Eine winzige Blüte, an einem Zweig sind unzählige dieser kleinen Blüten. Lange grüne Blätter, die aussehen wie Tannennadeln, umgeben sie.
Ich wünsche Euch eine gute und vorallem gesunde Woche, liebe Freunde
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A tiny flower, on one branch are countless of these little blossoms. Long green leaves that look like pine needles surround them.
I wish you a good and, above all, healthy week, dear friends.
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Une minuscule fleur, sur une branche, il y a d'innombrables de ces petites fleurs. De longues feuilles vertes, qui ressemblent à des aiguilles de sapin, l'entourent.
Je vous souhaite une bonne semaine et surtout une bonne santé, chers amis.
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