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Photographed at the Wishing Well
Date: 5th February 2016
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On August 23, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image of the drought-fueled Rim fire burning in central California, near Yosemite National Park.
Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fires. Winds blew a thick smoke plume toward the northeast. A smaller fire—American fire—burned to the north. The lower image is a photograph that shows the fire burning at night on August 21.
Started on August 17, 2013, the fast-moving fire had already charred more than 100,000 acres (40,000 hectares) by August 23, despite the efforts of more than 2,000 firefighters. Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate their homes, and roads in the area were closed. As of August 23, no structures had been reported destroyed, but the fire threatened the towns of Groveland and Pine Mountain Lake.
By late August, wildfires had burned 3.4 million acres in the United States, making 2013 somewhat less active than other recent years. Over the last decade, fires charred 5.7 million acres on average by August 22, according to statistics published the National Interagency Fire Center.
NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.
Instrument: Aqua - MODIS
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
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An area of moderate to heavy snow in the northern mid-Atlantic from the eastern shore of Maryland northward along the I-95 corridor to the New York City area made for snowy, slushy commutes on Monday, March 25, 2012, with some areas seeing significant snowfalls. Moderate to heavy snow continued into the early afternoon for the DelMarVa Peninsula and points north with additional accumulations of 1 to 3 inches and more in the higher elevations.
This image was taken by the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument around 1820Z on March 25, 2013.
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A moderate sized Nomada, a bee that lays its eggs in the nests of bees in the genus Andrena. This species, at least in the male, has a distinctive antennae. You can see it in at least the picture taken of the bee's side that the underside of the antenna is partially eroded away leaving a hollow on each segment. In general, the genus is difficult to identify and there are many taxonomic issues to putting correct and new names on the group. So much to do. Photo by Amanda Robinson.
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Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
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You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World
www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html...
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
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Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
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In the midst of a cold snap that sent temperatures 20–40°F (11–22°C) below normal across much of the United States, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured this image of cloud streets over the Atlantic Ocean on January 7, 2014. Cloud streets—long parallel bands of cumulus clouds—form when cold air blows over warmer waters and a warmer air layer (or temperature inversion) rests over the top of both.
The comparatively warm water gives up heat and moisture to the cold air above, and columns of heated air called thermals naturally rise through the atmosphere. The temperature inversion acts like a lid, so when the rising thermals hit it, they roll over and loop back on themselves, creating parallel cylinders of rotating air. As this happens, the moisture cools and condenses into flat-bottomed, fluffy-topped cumulus clouds that line up parallel to the direction of the prevailing wind. On January 7, the winds were predominantly out of the northwest.
Cloud streets can stretch for hundreds of kilometers if the land or water surface underneath is uniform. Sea surface temperature need to be at least 40°F (22°C) warmer than the air for cloud streets to form.
More info: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82800
NASA Earth Observatory image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC. Caption by Adam Voiland.
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Hua Guofeng authorised tourist visas…
I got quite quickly a visa from the China Travel Agency in Hong Kong in the early 1978…
"On 6 October 1976, shortly after the death of Mao, Hua removed the Gang of Four from political power by arranging for their arrests in Beijing. Afterwards he took on the titles of party chairman and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. Hua is thus far the only leader to have simultaneously held the offices of party leader, premier and CMC chairman.
Hua attempted moderate reforms and reversing some of the excesses of Cultural Revolution-era policies. However, because of his insistence on continuing the Maoist line, he faced resistance in the upper echelons of the party. In December 1978, a group of party veterans led by Deng Xiaoping, a pragmatic reformer, forced Hua from power but allowed him to retain some titles. Hua gradually faded into political obscurity, but continued to insist on the correctness of Maoist principles." Wikipedia
Snow covered the Rocky Mountains on March 12, 2014 when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite flew overhead and captured this true-color image of the scene.
Snow stretches in a nearly unbroken line from Canada in the northwest through Colorado and northern New Mexico in the southeast. The blanket of white lies across the mountain ranges, but the lowlands and prairies at the edge of the Rockies nearly snow free.
According to the National Weather Service’s Snow Analysis for the Central Rockies, on March 12 81.4% of the region was covered by snow, compared to 90.4% in February. Snow depth averaged 22.8 in (57.9 cm) with a maximum of 233.4 in (592 cm). The average snow water equivalent was 6.2 in (15.7 cm).
Much of the region surrounding the Rocky Mountains is semi-arid, and depends on the winter snowpack to provide a significant part of the water supply. Late spring and early summer snowmelt is critical to water for farming, home use and industry, for example. Greater snowpack indicates favorable water supplies while sligh snowpack may signal extremely dry months ahead.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service reported that snowpack in the western US as of February 1 showed a ‘stark west-to-east contrast’, with the areas south and west of the Rocky Mountains experiencing below normal snowpack. This includes Washington, Oregon, southwestern Idaho, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and southern Colorado. However, along and east of the Rocky Mountains the snowpack is near normal or above normal.
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Season 3, Episode 2: Le Monde Perdu – Luane’s World
In this episode we feature Le Monde Perdu, the main region in Luane’s World in #Secondlife, where Spring is in the air!
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GBTH (Moderate) maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Le%20Monde%20Perdu/195/136/35
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Views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains from the Mirador de La Abadía. You can get there on a short hike with moderate difficulty from downtown Granada. It has many great views of downtown Granada, the Alhambra and the Albaicín along the way. Check out these 13 other things you can do when visiting the city of Granada in southern Spain.
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on March 6, 2012. Cloud streets around southern Greenland.
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Moderated by Jonathan Charles, the EBRD Chief Economist will reflect on the on the war on Ukraine and the profound economic shock with reverberations felt across all the Bank’s countries of operations. The high level event will also provide an opportunity to hear directly from a few selected EBRD Governors whose countries have been most affected.
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I really really hope I do not have moderate sleep apnea, but that is what my doctor suspects. Will know more by morning. Wish me luck. 257/365
Barringtonia is an evergreen tree of moderate size, called by Sanskrit writers Hijja or Hijjala. The fruit is spoken of as Samudra-phala and Dhātriphala or ”nurse’s fruit,” and is one of the best known domestic remedies. Also called Stream Barringtonia or Itchy Tree (after a catepillar with irritant hairs that sometimes colonises the undersides of the leaves) Barringtonia is a tree 5-8 m tall with rough fissured dark grey bark. Leaves are obovate. Red flowers are produced on pendulous racemes about 20cm long. Four sided fruits are produced periodically throughout the year. Partly deciduous in extended dry periods. This species grows on the banks of freshwater rivers, the edges of freshwater swamps and lagoons and on seasonally flooded lowland plains, commonly on heavy soils. Found in Madagascar and tropical Asia, amongst other places. Propagation is by seed. Tolerant of heavy clay soils with poor drainage, it can grow in a range of soils. Flowers of India
Gurnard's Head, north coast of West Cornwall, evening.
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Punda Maria is the northern most camp in the Kruger and still makes use of these huts which were originally built in 1933.
The name "Punda Maria" has two possible origins according to krugerhistory.com. The first I knew of but the second is interesting:
1. The first and most documented origin is that of the first animals which Ranger Coetser encountered upon his arrival in the Shingwedzi Reserve, namely a herd of zebra. The Swahili name for zebra is punda milia (striped donkey). His wife’s name was Maria and apparently she was fond of wearing striped black and white dresses. He therefore thought that Punda Maria would be a suitable name for the post. In 1959, the National Parks Board (on recommendation of RJ Labuschagne), changed the name to Punda Milia, based on the incorrect assumption that Coetser had spelt the Swahili name incorrectly. In 1981, the true facts were brought to the attention of the Board by Dr U de V Pienaar and the original name was restored.
2.The second possible origin comes from some of the older Venda people, who called the Punda Maria area, which includes the easternmost foothills of the Soutpansberg, Phande Mariha, “border of the winter(s)”, as they noticed the area to the west (inland) to be greener and with a more moderate climate than the plains to the east, with it’s frost, cold and brown winter grass (phande – stop, up to here, border of, and mariha (plural of vuriha) – winters). They therefore maintain Punda Maria to be a corruption of Phande Mariha.
Punda Maria Restcamp
Far North Kruger National Park
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite passed above the North Atlantic Ocean on May 15, 2013, and acquired this true-color image of a complex cloud pattern over the Azores.
The image captures at least two layers of clouds – one high aloft and one lower - and each layer is being driven by different winds. The lower layer of clouds interacts with the Azores archipelago – a group of nine volcanic islands located about 930 mi (1500 km) west of Lisbon, Portugal. The Azores are some of the tallest mountains on Earth, with Mount Pico, on the island of Pico, rising to 2,351 m (7,713 feet).
Air moving over open ocean flows smoothly, until it encounters an obstacle. When moving air slams against a tall, immobile object, such as an island, the airflow is disrupted. The turbulence created can be written in the clouds. Where the deflected air rises abruptly then falls again, it creates a wave pattern on the lee side of the island, which gradually dissipates. At the top of each wave clouds form, while at the trough, where the air falls and warms, the clouds dissipate, giving rise to a cloud-and-clear pattern.
In addition, sharp, tall obstacles can create motion that expands outward from the point of disturbance, and this appears much like the waves that a ship's sharp bow creates in water while moving forward. In this image, at least two broad rows of such ship-wave-shaped clouds can be seen southwest of the Azores.
A higher layer of thinner, wispy clouds can be seen streaking from west to east across the image, particularly in the central and southern section, blown by winds that move almost perpendicular to the lower level winds. This higher cloud layer appears brighter white, and in some areas obscures the lower-level clouds lying below.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team
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Ok, that's a moderate misnomer! Three of us are married! …And not to each other, either!
My wonderful friend Cindy hosted another photo shoot back in October and as we wrapped up the session, we were joined by the lovely Marianne, whom we sat down right in the middle, for the "grand finale!"
Don't we all look lovely?
My ensemble for this set consists of my Baltogs shiny black wet look lycra spandex leotard from nydancewear.com, matched up with my black wet look lycra spandex miniskirt from greatglam.com and those super shiny Platino Cleancut 15 denier pantyhose from shapings.com with my Pleasers white pumps with the 5" heels from electriqueboutique.com.
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Crys Secret Garden/ Outdoor Decor ~N~ More, The Wash (111, 66, 22) - Moderate
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NASA image acquired March 30, 2011
On March 30, 2011, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite passed over New Zealand just as the clouds parted, and captured this striking view of the greens of very early fall.
Near the top of the image, snow covers the highest peaks of the North Auckland (Northland) Peninsula. About half-way down the western shore of the peninsula lies Kaipara Harbor, a large estuary/harbor complex that opens to the Tasman Sea, and offers a diverse array of ecotones and habitats which provide food and housing for many species, especially migratory birds.
Of the two main islands of New Zealand, North Island is the most volcanically active, with a large volcanic plateau running roughly southwest to northeast through North Island’s mainland. The large blue ring of Lake Taupo can be seen near the center of this plateau. The lake is actually nestled in the caldera of one of the world’s most active supervolcanoes.
North Island is separated from South Island by Cook Strait, which is 14 miles (22 km) wide at the narrowest point. South Island is noted for the Southern Alps, which form a snow-and-glacier-covered spine near the western coast. Bright blue glacial lakes lie on the eastern side of the mountains, holding cold meltwater as it flows from the mountains to the South Pacific Ocean via the many rivers of the region.
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(Channeling some old-school Arch vibes on this one)
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Lord Davo Raughn took a deep breath, gazing up at the looming doors to the House Mahlin great hall. He felt very small, smaller than the ruler of House Raughn, sovereign of Vardroga, ought to feel. Yet in this moment Lord Raughn felt the weight of destiny. In this moment he would either break his family's legacy, or make his own.
The first Lord Raughn, Davo's grandfather, was an Ixon merchant of moderate wealth who, being cast aside unfavorably during corporate politics, realized the fickleness of the mercantilism of the Council States. He took his wealth and purchased a small mining colony in the outer territories, in the then unexplored Tallis system. He would spend the remainder of his life building the Vardrogan colony into a people, a nation, turning his mining business into a planetary state. Davo's father carried the Raughn family legacy forward, establishing dominance in the Tallis system. Elder Raughn had taught his son to be vigilant, and so Davo's father sought to safeguard Vardroga against corporate incursion. He did this through the advent of the House States. Rather than trying to control vast portions of uninhabited, un-terraformed outer rim space, he invested in helping build up other states. Independent and sovereign, they coordinated on the singular matter of helping each other become established. Together, they were more than most corporations were willing to meddle with.
Yet over the years the great hunting beasts lost teeth. Many House states would be pressured into making exclusive corporate deals in order to keep their economies afloat, trading vassal status to the Council in exchange for survival. House Raughn alone did not, and accordingly it diminished in stature among the House States as the economy of the Tallis system struggled to keep pace with others. Yet a great deal of respect for Davo's house remained. For Davo, as he came to bear the mantle of rule, the challenge of holding on to his family legacy loomed great. It took all he had, spending both money and reputation, to keep hold of Vardroga from grasping Council influence. His moment of opportunity came in the form of the Outsider, known to House Raughn as Xenos, and his rogue mercenaries. Vardroga gave them a home, and in exchange Xenos and his troops secured the Tallis system from pirates, criminals, and corporate incursions.
Now Lord Raughn was prepared to step before an assembly of House State lords to speak for Xenos. This was the moment of truth. If his proposal were to be accepted, it would ensure the safety of Vardroga for the next generation. This made him feel small. But everything was in place. The track record of the mercenaries was clear, the benefits reaped by House Raughn undeniable, and Lord Mahlin was the ace in the hole. House Mahlin's star was on the rise as House Raughn's was on decline, and as such many other House States and Council States esteemed these two houses to be rivals. Yet this was not the case. House Mahlin and Raughn had a long history of prosperous trade which has garnered good will between them. Summoning this meeting of House Lords at the estate of Lord Mahlin provided an opportunity. Raughn was not seen to be in his element, his territory, or at the advantage. Perhaps, then, they would hear his words.
There was only one way for the House States to survive the increasing expansion of Council States into the outer rim, as corporations pressure and buy out industries and resources, and as Council States extend their sovereignty into more and more regions. Xenos and his "mercenaries" were how Raughn saw his house surviving. This lay in the understanding that these soldiers were not truly mercenaries, but rather freedom fighters working to ensure autonomy in the outer rim. Their goals were aligned, if only the Houses would hear them. Vardroga was put back on the map by them, by offering territory in the Tallis system for Xenos' men to settle their families, establish their bases, and operate from. Lord Raughn's vision was of a mutually shared and supported army, not controlled by any one house, yet patrolling and ensuring the safety of all space controlled by House States. Stability and safety was the singular factor which prevented growing Council influence and ownership. Once they could hold their systems, they could ensure their independence. Without security concerns, the Council States lost their loose moral backing for their interventionism, and the Central Council refused to back outright territorial expansion for its own sake.
Lord Raughn breathed deep. The guards beside the great hall door were armed with Vardrogan weapons, the agreed upon signal between Raughn and Lord Mahlin, who had spoken with other lords privately prior to the meeting, that the wind of sentiment were in Lord Raughn's favor. He smiled and pushed open the council doors, ready to present his proposal. The dawn of the Crimson Knighthood was nigh.
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Hazardous, Hazardous Inc (165, 164, 195) - Moderate
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—
This it is and nothing more.”
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
“Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;—
Darkness there and nothing more.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, “Lenore!”—
Merely this and nothing more.
Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
“Surely,” said I, “surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore—
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—
’Tis the wind and nothing more!”
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
“Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, “art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore—
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning—little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door—
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as “Nevermore.”
But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered—
Till I scarcely more than muttered “Other friends have flown before—
On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.”
Then the bird said “Nevermore.”
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
“Doubtless,” said I, “what it utters is its only stock and store
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore—
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of ‘Never—nevermore’.”
But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion’s velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o’er,
But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o’er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
“Wretch,” I cried, “thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore;
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
“Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!—
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted—
On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore—
Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
“Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us—by that God we both adore—
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
“Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!” I shrieked, upstarting—
“Get thee back into the tempest and the Night’s Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted—nevermore!
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Tal 3x Barlow Lens, ZWO ASI 120MC Astronomical Imaging Camera.
Out of 8200 frames about 2400 processed with Registax 6
Colour contrast on albedo features and final levels adjusted with G.I.M.P.
Image size scaled up by 150%
The seeing conditions not at their best but were occasionally fairly good. Drifting cloud and an intermittent moderate breeze did present a challenge during captures.
The target was about 39° above the horizon at the time of capture.
The Syrtis Major, Mare Tyrrhenum, Mare Cimmerium & Hellas Basin are clearly visible.
May 30 2011 - Sumner, Miller, Amherst, Riverdale Nebraska US
Moderate Risk, and there were already severe weather warnings and tornado warnings for this storm as it approached from the northwest.
Sumner Nebraska... right on the outskirts of this rural town when we finally could see some good definition on the shelf and outflow of this storm.
This is when things were starting to get serious... Several lowering indicated a sizable rotating wall cloud just off to our northwest. It definitely got out attention.
Then... BOOM Tornado just to due north about 500 to 700 Yards out. Nice derbies field to confirm this tornado just north of Sumner Nebraska!
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On August 25, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this image of the drought-fueled Rim fire burning in central California, near Yosemite National Park.
Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fires. Winds blew a thick smoke plume toward the northeast. A smaller fire—American fire—burned to the north.
Started on August 17, 2013, the fast-moving fire had already charred more than 100,000 acres (40,000 hectares) by August 23, despite the efforts of more than 2,000 firefighters. Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate their homes, and roads in the area were closed. As of August 23, no structures had been reported destroyed, but the fire threatened the towns of Groveland and Pine Mountain Lake.
By late August, wildfires had burned 3.4 million acres in the United States, making 2013 somewhat less active than other recent years. Over the last decade, fires charred 5.7 million acres on average by August 22, according to statistics published the National Interagency Fire Center.
NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.
Instrument: Terra - MODIS
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April 14, 2017- North of Elm Creek Nebraska
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3nd Chase of 2017...
Another early April moderate risk day in South Central Nebraska. Which would turn out to a bust. Storm really didn't fire till after sunset.
Waiting for the instability to fire the storms. Was in the right place, just mother nature had other plans. This particular cell was just building and didn't produce anything but a scenic updraft.
Some nice Nebraska Storm Eye candy to tide me over till the storms that evening.
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The gopher tortoise is a moderate-sized, terrestrial turtle, averaging 23–28 cm (9–11 in) in length. The species is identified by its stumpy, elephantine hind feet and flattened, shovel-like forelimbs adapted for digging. The shell is oblong and generally tan, brown, or gray in coloration. Gopher tortoises can live 40 to 60 years in the wild.
Gopher tortoises are ancient: their ancestors are a species of land tortoise that originated in western North America some 60 million years ago. They are members of the Class Reptilia, Order Testudines, and Family Testudinidae. Of five North American tortoise species (genusGopherus), the gopher tortoise is the only one that occurs east of the Mississippi River.
Gopher tortoises live in well-drained sandy areas with a sparse tree canopy and abundant low growing vegetation. They are commonly found in habitats such as sandhill, pine flatwoods, scrub, scrubby flatwoods, dry prairies, xeric hammock, pine-mixed hardwoods, and coastal dunes which have historically been maintained by periodic wild fires. When fire is suppressed in gopher tortoise habitat, small trees, shrubs, and brambles begin to grow making it difficult for the gopher tortoise to move around and eventually shade out the low growing plants that gopher tortoises eat.
The record length for a Gopher tortoises burrow is over 47 feet long, however, the burrows average 15 feet long and 6.5 feet deep. The burrows maintain a fairly constant temperature and humidity throughout the year and protect the gopher tortoise and other species from heat, cold, drought, and predators.
An amazing trait of the gopher tortoise is that it shares its burrow with more than 350 other species, including burrowing owls, Florida mice, indigo snakes, opossums, rabbits, gopher frog, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes and gopher crickets. For this reason it is called a keystone species, so named because the upper stone in an arch, the keystone, supports the other stones to hold them in place. Animals which utilize the gopher tortoise burrows are known as commensal species. Since many commensal species depend on the burrows for survival, decreases in gopher tortoise populations result in a decline of other species.
Tortoises are known in legend and folklore for their leisurely ways and slow pace. The Florida gopher tortoise follows this legend well with a slow pace of between .27 and .5 miles per hour. (He did beat the Hair in that famous race though)
I found this youngster crawling along the side "U.S. Highway 441" in Osceola County, Florida.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this visible image of Hurricane Michael in the eastern Atlantic on Sept. 7 at 1350 UTC (9:50 a.m. EDT) when it was a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale with maximum sustained winds near 105 mph.
Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team
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July 28, 2018 - Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas US
Moderate Risk day in Western Nebraska and Eastern Colorado.... Extremely Sick... Had a fever... before I left that morning to get into position for that afternoon's weather adventure. My wife was freak'n. Didn't want me going on a long haul to chase... but eventually she gave in an said go get'm Tiger... rest is History!
Though I didn't get any Naders this day... What I did capture was pure storm chasing Eye Candy... or at least it is for me eh! It is what I hunt for.... The true beauty of mother nature... It doesn't always have to be about the nader.....
This was my last storm chase for the next 40+ Days. I did get a few snaps here and there but after the hospital stay... I just wanted to be home and with family. To start to heal.
Late December 2018 when I'm finally able to say I'm healthy again. Prayer, eating well and healthy, and drinking lots of water & exercise can get anybody on their feet again... literately.
Plus I have all of you folks out there that luv this stuff as much as I do.... I have a few more chase's under my belt... in 2018 they were just as epic as this one... There's more to come!
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