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An amazing "river of glass" surrounds an island in an open courtyard at the Michigan Library and Historical Center, Lansing, Michigan. (Lansing is the State Capital of Michigan).
An 80-foot tall White Pine grows on the "island" and soars skyward through the floors of the building and emerges in the open air behind the entrance to the building. (shown in the first comment below).
The "river" is a remarkable mosaic of glass.
One of the brightest, boldest rainbows I've seen welcomed me as I approached a region of Glacier Park long known for it's mystical and spiritual aura. Named Two Medicine by the Blackfeet peoples who have for centuries sent their young warriers here on vision quests and spiritual seeking.
I too feel that pull and need to return here for rejuvenation, rejoicing and relaxation. Never fails to set my soul singing and reboot my spirit.
Some earlier scenes/moments I've enjoyed from this special area below……..
We're finally having some Spring-like weather here. :-))
Hope you are as well.
Thanks for your visit!
When you go to Bryce Canyon National Park for the first time you will be blown away by the grandness and sheer scope of the landscape, but also by the natural hoodoo formations that seem to form stone cities out of the dust, not made by human hands.
In special moments of mystical awareness among things in nature, we feel and know that what seems so separate is in fact one. We are touching into the wisdom of Sophia in the natural world. We are abiding in the real presence of God, with feminine and masculine energies, always within reach. Such mystical abiding can also happen in an event or with a person. Neither Sophia nor mystical awareness can be limited in how they appear to us, nor where they do so, when, in what or whom.
-Everything Ablaze Meditating on the Mystical Vision of Teilhard de Chardin, David Richo
A tower of hundreds of radios playing at once, addressing the idea of information overload and failed communication.
I was enjoying playing with my camera, and tried all kinds of settings and combinations, I had 3 different lenses, including the Lensbaby, and I didn't always get the exposure right!! I think I was probably trying a slow speed and and camera movement, on an aperture priority setting - it has needed a little bit of tweaking to get this!
A group of American White Pelicans huddle together along the shallow waters of Fanshawe Conservation Area in London Ontario.
Thanks for viewing and have a great weekend!
A beautiful bird of the forests, this is quite a loud bird that is easily heard and maybe seen, but very hard to photograph since they hide in the canopy. The bird is endemic to South and Central India and always found on the slopes of forest hills. It does fly up and down the slopes in search of food though. It is a photographers favorite and a very hard one to get as such - especially in our region.
These are social birds always seen in flocks - usually of 4-6 or more. They keep flying from tree to tree in search of insects on the tree trunks. The birds were out in the open on the edge of a forest and flying from tree to tree. There was a tree stump that the birds stopped briefly and then took off - managed a few flight shots much to my delight!
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Pieces from several iterations of an AI image using starter image collage with another image.....then collaged AI versions with additional repainting and modifications in painting apps.
Petals from the blue hydrangeas in the garden ... collected and dried. In an indoor 'snowdrift' of fabric, and with one of Yuta Segawa's miniature vases. I'm hoping the bushes have survived the battering of so many storms ... no signs of life yet!
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Had a chance to practice the art of flight a little more yesterday with the drone before leaving the Isle of Harris.....took a drive on the north eastern side along the 'Golden Road'.....beautiful....saw this bay and took advantage of the light breeze (most of the time it's pretty windy!!), if you look carefully you should be able to make out the cables, fences, walls and other traces of mans influence on this magnificent and diverse coastline.
DJI Mavic Pro shot, approx. 40 metres altitude, Tripod setting, ND 4 Filter. imported into Photoshop CC, then tickled in DxO Optics Pro, finally rotated in 'Photos' on Mac. DJI_0260
Sandhill Crane.
Between 34 to 48 inches in length with a wingspan of nearly 7 feet. They are very tall with a long neck and long legs. Largely gray with a red forehead. Juveniles are browner and have no red on head. Their plumage often appears a rusty color because of iron stains from water of ponds or marshes.
They inhabit large freshwater marshes, prairie ponds and marshy tundra. They are also on prairies and grain fields during migration and in winter.
They range from Siberia and Alaska to the Hudson Bay and south into western Ontario. There are isolated populations in: the Rocky Mountains, the northern prairies, the Great Lakes, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. They winter in California's Central Valley and across the southern states from Arizona to Florida.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
A man alone on the cliffs, a silhouette against the darkening sky, the waves crashing far below, their mournful roar rising like the echoes of forgotten grief, each tide a reminder of his sorrow.
Above, a seagull passed aimlessly, their shadow brushing the stone like fleeting memories, untouched by the weight of his sorrow.
The sea, infinite and unyielding, stretched endlessly before him, cold and indifferent, a reflection of the depth of his loneliness, the tide relentless in its rhythm, as if mocking his stillness.
He lingered there, eyes hollow, staring into the abyss, as though pleading for it to speak, to give meaning to the silence that consumed him, to the sorrow that the tide could never wash away.
by bes~• Morocco 09/24
bliss .l. people among us
the past isn't dead
it's alive, it is happening
in the back of my head
no future, no past
no laws of time
can undo what is happening
when i close my eyes
with the stars and the moon
i woke up in the night
#Aus Metall gemacht.#
Auswahlfoto:
Für“Crazy Tuesday“ am 20.09.2022
Thema:“Made of Metal“(aus Metall gemacht)
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Today we continue exploring Low Head in northern Tasmania. Best known for its lighthouse since 1833, it is also a mecca for Geologists.
I am no geologist, so I can't help you much with the identification of these rocks. But what we do see at Low Head is an interesting variety of rocks and boulders - most of volcanic origin. The whole of northern Tasmania was once (millions of years ago) active with large volcanos.
I'll put a link below to some photos I took at Devonport a few months back. I believe those rocks are Dolerite from the Jurassic period (180 million years ago). And here, please correct me if I'm wrong geologists, we see some more Dolerite.
These rocks have a texture like elephant hide and they are fascinating to see in sunlight. Follow the shaft of light down to the little rock pool.
Beinn Leoid, Glas Bheinn, Ben More Assynt ,Conival & Spidean Coinich of Quinag. North -West Highlands.
Another shot from a recent trip to Abu Dhabi.
The Empty Quarter or Rub' al Khali is the desert area encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some 650,000 km2 including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It is part of the larger Arabian Desert.
Constructed in 1884 with an addition added in 1910, Our Lady of Lourdes is a 900 seat Roman Catholic parish church that serves the James Town neighbourhood in Toronto Canada. The building was designated a Heritage Property under The Ontario Heritage Act in 1978 and by The City of Toronto in 1982.
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One of my attempts at the "Looking Close... on Friday" theme "Food in Backlight".
A thin slice of celery.
Shot with a Rodenstock "Rogonar-SP 57 mm F 5.6" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Marsh Owl (Asio capensis ssp.tingitanus) in flight Morocco_North Africa_w_0363
The Morocco Marsh Owls are an isolated and dwindling population. So much so that they are now a critically endangered species in Morocco.
This fragmented population is geographically separated from other breeding Marsh Owls by the huge arid area to the south called the Sahel. The Moroccan Marsh Owls are in fact a sub-species Asio capensis ssp. tingitanus. The only other other sub-species is Asio Capensis hova, in Madagascar.
The main cause of their decline in Morocco is habitat loss due to draining of large marsh areas with the expansion of agriculture.
One of the tins from yesterday's window:
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Stella, di Mezzo and di Fuori: Capri's legendary trio of sea giants. The opening or arch in the middle rock is called the Tunnel of Love or Arch of Love.
In the Campania region, there are three famous faraglioni in the Bay of Naples, off the island of Capri. Part of the Campanian Archipelago, they are named:
Stella, connected to the island, 109 metres (358 ft).
Mezzo, 82 metres (269 ft).
Scopolo (or Fuori), 106 metres (348 ft). The blue-tinted lizard (Lacerta viridens faraglionesis) is endemic to this faraglioni. Wikipedia
Quedlinburg / Saxony-Anhalt / Germany
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Bit of a distant shot as the the light was getting weaker.Caught this female stonechat perched proudly on a dead bramble stalk.
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Eastern Gray Squirrel.
Between 17 to 19 3/4 inches long. Gray above with buff underfur showing especially on the head, shoulders, back and feet. They have a flattened bushy tail which is gray with silvery tipped hairs.
In Canada, some have rufous bellies and tails. Black phase common in northern parts of their range.
Their habitat is hardwood or mixed forests with nut trees, especially oak-hickroy forests.
They range in the eastern United States from eastern North Dakota south to eastern Texas.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
A moody and dynamic scene from the south coast of Western Australia. The sun threatened to burst through right at sunset but it stayed hidden behind the clouds.
This will be my last post before Christmas, so I wish you, my friends, all the best for the Festive Season!
More about this photo on my Blog and Facebook page.
I'm not a fan of malls or indoor shopping centers unless the weather feels as windy, snowy, and freezing as now. Then, at least one can walk as that unknown man walks here. (And sneak in a camera.)
But so many stores seem to close as malls turn to entertainment and child play areas to survive.
fast täglich gehe ich in die Stadt . Besonders liebe ich den Weg vom Michelsberg hinunter zum Dom. Dabei kommt man an schönen Dächerformationen vorbei, so wie hier auch.
the whole city of Bamberg has been accepted
by Unesco world heritage. Its a great pleasure to live in this town.
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Explore Hallow's End, a small village nestled in a clearing of the dark wood as they prepare for their annual festival "The Harvest of Souls"
At the heart of the Harvest of Souls festival is our captivating interactive scavenger hunt, as you help the denizens prepare for festivities.
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Hundreds of freight trains stranded. Thousands of passengers left with nowhere to go. This was the scene as a series of unprecedented rail blockades saw the wheels of Canada's economy screeching to a halt. But in the middle of it all, the tough town of Englehart and the Ontario Northland Railway stepped up to keep it all on track.
Here, both Canadian National and Ontario Northland EMDs are congregated under the stars at Englehart after battling the elements of Northern Ontario.
View of a river in an undergrowth, below a railway embankment, in Genappe, Waloon Brabant, Belgium.
Vue sur la Dyle dans un faubourg de Genappe, en contrebas du talus de chemin de fer.
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