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It looked like there was a ring of fire in the clouds when I took this long exposure sunset shot…
Stay safe everyone…
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Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused.
Sweet dreams are made of this
~"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythimics
LMS Princess Coronation Class 46233 Duchess of Sutherland is a steam locomotive built in 1938 for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at Crewe Works to a design by William Stanier.
If you follow the old railway tracks out of Cullen to Portknockie.....a short walk or bike ride of about 2mile you pass some of the elevated tees and greens Cullen Golf Club with their wonderful views of Cullen and the Moray Firth......this walk can take a while as you keep stopping to take it all in.......Cullen,Banffshire,Northeast Scotland,UK
End of a perfect summers day.
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These Oystercatchers were making the most of the lake having been drained. They looked to be finding plenty to eat in the silt and mud at the bottom of the lake. They get to feed here most winters until the lake is refilled for the summer months.
This site of the old Maori settlement is well worth a visit to soak up the history and imagine Te Rauparaha performing the spine-tingling ‘Ka Mate’ haka for the first time. The scenery around the area is stunning, the trees are full of birdlife, particularly kereru (wood pigeons), and the views across Lake Rotoaira to Mt Tongariro and beyond are incredible. Incidentally, Opotaka now affords a rather spectacular view of the active Te Maari crater, the site of the most recent eruption on Mt Tongariro
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Can you smell the fresh thyme honey? All cells of the honeycomb are now filled with honey and bees seal them for storage. The bigger and darker individuals are males.
An adult male Mallee Tree Dragon (Amphibolurus norrisi) oversees his kingdom from his lofty perch on the top of the Eucla limestone plateau on the spectacular Nullarbor plain of Western Australia.
Every sunset, 'I' have missed more than a million realizations!
Only those that got into my senses have got into glorifications.
Every sunrise, 'I' sense what is not,
Those that 'I' feel, in fact are all mortal
Every sunrise, 'I' wake to see subtle illusions,
Those that got into my imagination, not real, mere delusions.
Every sunset, 'I' dream, the shadows of illusions ,
'All' that remains, is true, immortal.
- Anuj Nair
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Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres (19,000 ha) located 16 miles (26 km) south of Overton, Nevada. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago. These features, which are the centerpiece of the park's attractions, often appear to be on fire when reflecting the sun's rays.[5] It is Nevada's oldest state park, as commemorated with Nevada Historical Marker #150. It was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1968.
Valley of Fire is located 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas.
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A macro view of a stack of leather bracelets, taken for the Macro Mondays group theme, "Leather." The frame represents a span of 2⅞ - inches across. (Click this link for an image with ruler for scale.)
Strobist/technical info:
The scene is a 3-image focus stack composite. It was illuminatd by two Nikon SB900 speedlights CL/CR, fired in Manual mode @ 1⁄32 (CL) and 1⁄64 (CR) power through Neewer 24" soft boxes. A red LED flashlight was positioned from above to create the red highlights.
The SB900s were triggered by PocketWizard Plus Xs.
Lens: Pentacon Auto 50mm/f1.8 with a 12mm extension tube attached.
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El Rio Rojo a su paso por Gadea (Villarrasa) Huelva, un Rio muy peculiar nacido en (Nerva) Huelva.......
Un lugar único en el mundo
Existen dos factores que convierten al río Tinto en un lugar único en el mundo: sus características geológicas y la riqueza de sus minerales. Es una zona donde abunda la pirita, la calcopirita y otros minerales complejos de azufre. Debido a la peculiar composición de sus aguas, el río Tinto no alberga peces. Pero sí ofrece los recursos necesarios para que ciertos microorganismos vivan en y gracias a ellos.
Las aguas del río tienen una química muy compleja. Sus aguas rojas se caracterizan por su pH muy ácido, con alto contenido en metales pesados: hierro (el más abundante), cobre, cadmio, manganeso, etc. Y a pesar de que es un ambiente extremo, en ellas viven representantes de todas las ramas del árbol de la vida. Se han encontrado bacterias y más de mil hongos, pero no hay peces. Los animales que viven en el río Tinto son unicelulares o pluricelulares.
A pocos centímetros de profundidad no hay oxígeno y las bacterias que se desarrollan tienen la capacidad de respirar férrico. Por eso, el color cambia en esa zona y es azulado o transparente.
La NASA viaja hasta la provincia de Huelva
El entorno del río Tinto presenta una extrema aridez, alta radiación ultravioleta, elevado contenido en sales, temperaturas extremas, etc. Se trata de características similares a las del planeta Marte. Por esta razón, la NASA ha escogido al río Tinto como hábitat a estudiar por su posible similitud con el ambiente del planeta rojo.
El robot Opportunity encontró en Marte un mineral denominado jarosita. Se trata de un sulfato de hierro, potasio y sodio que sólo se sintetiza si hay agua (debe ser agua ácida y cargada de metales). El hecho de que el río Tinto fuera muy rico en jarosita despertó la atención de los científicos de la NASA, que comenzaron a desarrollar proyectos de investigación en esta zona.
El estudio, con participación del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, ha confirmado la posibilidad de que determinados tipos de organismos puedan sobrevivir bajo las restrictivas condiciones del planeta Marte.
The Red River as it passes through Gadea (Villarrasa) Huelva, a very peculiar river born in (Nerva) Huelva ..... A unique place in the world
There are two factors that make the Tinto river unique in the world: its geological characteristics and the richness of its minerals. It is an area where pyrite, chalcopyrite and other complex sulfur minerals abound. Due to the peculiar composition of its waters, the Tinto river does not host fish. But it does offer the necessary resources for certain microorganisms to live in and thanks to them.
The waters of the river have a very complex chemistry. Its red waters are characterized by their very acidic pH, with a high content of heavy metals: iron (the most abundant), copper, cadmium, manganese, etc. And despite the fact that it is an extreme environment, representatives of all the branches of the tree of life live in them. Bacteria and more than a thousand fungi have been found, but there are no fish. The animals that live in the Rio Tinto are unicellular or multicellular.
A few centimeters deep there is no oxygen and the bacteria that develop have the ability to breathe iron. Therefore, the color changes in that area and is bluish or transparent.
NASA travels to the province of Huelva
The environment of the Tinto river presents extreme aridity, high ultraviolet radiation, high salt content, extreme temperatures, etc. These are characteristics similar to those of the planet Mars. For this reason, NASA has chosen the Tinto River as the habitat to study because of its possible similarity to the environment of the red planet.
The Opportunity robot found a mineral on Mars called jarosite. It is a sulfate of iron, potassium and sodium that is only synthesized if there is water (it must be acidic water and loaded with metals). The fact that the Tinto river was very rich in jarosite aroused the attention of NASA scientists, who began to develop research projects in this area.
The study, with the participation of the Higher Council for Scientific Research, has confirmed the possibility that certain types of organisms can survive under the restrictive conditions of the planet Mars.
This hill has become quite a tourist attraction. About two hundred years ago people started leaving crosses on this hill in Lithuania. They have kept doing it. The smaller ones have to be cleared away from time to time to make space for more of them.
Whilst taking pictures of my cricket teams final game of the season, I was watching these farmers sowing I assume winter barley as the end of the game approached.
I was reflecting on the end of a fabulous summer, my team East Harlsey CC had it's finest season ever, winning the league as well as numerous cups. Also the weather this summer was fabulous. Sadly winter is near with its dark and cold but I am looking forward to Spring, where the blooms and the birds make a re-appearance.
Ιf we take into account all the parallel horizontal lines of real life, we will identify them in a photograph and extend them, then where they join, we will find the point of departure. "DSC_0102
Moment captured at Veteran's Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. USA
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Portrait of my granddaughter.
Matthew 18:1-6 King James Version (KJV)
1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
View of Padmanabhaswamy temple , from my residence.
This is the north side view ( width ) of the Gopuram (rectangular-pyramidal tower ). The main entrance faces east ( East Fort ).
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Mother Of Pearl | Pleuroptya ruralis | Crambidae
Samsung NX1 & Super-Takumar - 50mm f/1.4
10mm Macro Tube | 8 Elements | f/2.8 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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The promise of the sun coming through, and the strange dust clouds moving East, was just coming good. The prow of Whitmore Stairs headed off into the teeth of the oncoming storm. Reflections were superb in the wet sand , a perfect end to a great walk. Ship of promises, is by Villagers. Off to see Louise Redknapp in Cabaret today, should be fun:)))
Dunguaire Castle is a 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland, near Kinvara The name derives from the Dun of King Guaire, the legendary king of Connacht.
Dunguaire Castle was used in the 1969 Walt Disney movie Guns in the Heather, featuring Kurt Russell, in which the castle was featured as Boyne Castle.
(Wikipedia)
Welcome to the rugged southern tip of Yorke Peninsula, South Australian...
The west facing coastline inside Dhilba Guuranda - Innes National Park, near Stenhouse Bay and stretching 60ks north, is rugged and exposed to strong Southern Ocean swells. Featuring jagged shorelines with spectacular, rugged coastal cliffs hammered by huge surf, interspersed with protected bays that harbour secluded surf beaches, bordered by native scrubland and numerous small sand dunes. During the right conditions, a really good break, surfers have reported 10ft waves in some areas along this coast. Mother nature or King Neptune at their best.
This coast is a unique and ideal place for me to enjoy my photography.
ANSH 122 - 14. Forces of nature
Not sure who this is, but the pose is fantastic. Obviously, I shouldn't come any closer than this... Really made my day! (Squirrels-2021-8015.jpg)
Katarina lounges in the rule of thirds. As usual I cropped this photo into the 4:5 aspect ratio and lamented the fact that my camera does not default to this shape, especially for vertical compositions. My rant is over!
HSS
This was made with the aide of PaperCraft from Photography BB.
The Baths of Caracalla (Italian: Terme di Caracalla) in Rome, Italy, were the city's second largest Roman public baths, or thermae, after the Baths of Diocletian. The baths were likely built between AD 212 (or 211) and 216/217, during the reigns of emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla. They were in operation until the 530s and then fell into disuse and ruin.
The bath complex covered approximately 25 hectares (62 acres). The complex is rectangular, measuring 337 m × 328 m. Its construction involved the moving of a substantial amount of earth, as parts of the nearby hills had to be removed or leveled into platforms. Several million bricks were used in the construction. The baths contained at least 252 columns, 16 of which had a height of over 12 m. Water was carried to the baths by the then newly constructed Acqua Antoniniana, from the major Acqua Marcia. The exact path of the aqueduct supplying the baths is not known as only a few segments have been discovered. The aqueduct connected to the southern side of the baths where it filled 18 cisterns. These in turn were connected by lead pipes with the baths proper. [Wikipedia]
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It is always good to remember that what we consider old now, back in the day was very modern. Case in point is this part of the church Saint Etienne in Perriers-sur-Andelle. The church itself is medieval, founded in the 11th century, with some architectural details added in the 14th century. But not here. Here we can quite obviously see some later works, this is not medieval (and the church did see substantial work done in the 16th and the 19th century). So at one point this was the modern, up-to-date part of the church when the rest of it was more or less dated and old-fashioned.
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) are some of the UK’s most outstanding and treasured landscapes. With 46 AONBs covering just under 1/5th of the UK, they offer a wealth of opportunities for both people and wildlife to benefit from our countryside. AONBs are on par with the UK’s National Parks, each AONB is an outstanding landscape whose distinctive character and natural beauty is so precious that it is safeguarded in the national interest.
Mask: Vessel of Enmity by ContraptioN (at Spellbound)
Hand Accessory: Ritualist's Thurible by ContraptioN (at Eclipse event)
Shirt; Victor Shirt by Artificial Hallucination
Pants: Andi Pants by Artificial Hallucination (at Men Only Monthly)
Backdrop Decor: Wasteland Barrier Wall by Death Row Designs (at Eclipse event)
One of the bells for which the campanile serves as home. You can see that the bell mounts have to account for the lean of the tower, with one side of the arch notched lower than the other, and the arch carved out to accommodate the mouth of the bell.
It is amazing to me that, although the tower started to lean early in construction, there was never any consideration of halting, correcting, or starting anew....they simply finished the construction with the lean, and accommodated to achieve the function of being an operable bell tower.
A cropped view of The Avenue of the Oaks at Boone Hall Plantation just outside Charleston, SC. I wanted to emphasize the striking beauty of the Spanish Moss (Boone hall 143-8)
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Kyle Lighthouse in the shadow of Skye Bridge in Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland.
Ella & Pitr are a couple of French artists who met in 2007 and decided to combine their talents. They created the duo “Les Papiers Peintres”, their work is characterized by the use of anamorphosis and large-scale interventions.
This picture is for the group Happy Caturday and this week the theme is "Owners Choice".
Noah, all fluffed up. Over the past couple of weeks we have had two baby lizards find their way into the house... to Noah's delight. It took me two hours to catch one of them! Both were returned to the "wild" with no injuries. Noah has been keeping a better watch at the back door hoping that another little toy will make it into the house. :O
(Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News)
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.
Not a very Easter like image, but daybreak could be seen as a type of resurrection.
It makes me think of Jim Morrison's poetic lyrics from the song Break on through..."You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day, tried to run, tried to hide
Break on through to the other side"
Although in the end I really like this one, I am not crazy about the composition . I would liked to have had a bit more space at the bottom and especially at the right, as a boulder has been cut off. Looking into the sun made it tough to easily see the lower dark corners and I was expecting it to be a write off as the contrast level was up there. I wanted to hide the culvert behind the center boulder, but I see it is not completely hidden, again likely tough to see in the viewfinder.
The thing that is nice about a flat landscape in a situation like this is one can use one gradient adjustment filter for the sky, and another different adjustment for the land, and it is easy to make the division indistinguishable.
Have a great Easter everyone. Be good and stay safe. It will be nice when something like our old way of life is resurrected.