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this young Arctic Fox approached us when we were sitting on a rock in Svalbard ( Spitsbergen ), Norway.
We had been observing it from a distance while it was playing in the snow and harassing its more shy sibling.
As mentioned below the chances of surviving their first year are very slim for these beautiful canids.
Arctic Fox, also called Polar Fox, White Fox or Snow Fox
Vulpes lagopus
poolvos
renard arctique ou renard polaire
Polarfuchs, Schneefuchs oder Eisfuchs
zorro ártico o zorro polar
volpe artica
from Wikipedia:
"The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small species of fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome. It is well adapted to living in cold environments, and is best known for its thick, warm fur that is also used as camouflage. It has a large and very fluffy tail. In the wild, most individuals do not live past their first year but some exceptional ones survive up to 11 years. Its body length ranges from 46 to 68 cm (18 to 27 in), with a generally rounded body shape to minimize the escape of body heat.
The Arctic fox preys on many small creatures such as lemmings, voles, ringed seal pups, fish, waterfowl, and seabirds. It also eats carrion, berries, seaweed, and insects and other small invertebrates. Arctic foxes form monogamous pairs during the breeding season and they stay together to raise their young in complex underground dens. Occasionally, other family members may assist in raising their young. Natural predators of the Arctic fox are golden eagles, Arctic wolves, polar bears, wolverines, red foxes, and grizzly bears.
Arctic foxes must endure a temperature difference of up to 90–100 °C (160–180 °F) between the external environment and their internal core temperature. To prevent heat loss, the Arctic fox curls up tightly tucking its legs and head under its body and behind its furry tail. This position gives the fox the smallest surface area to volume ratio and protects the least insulated areas. Arctic foxes also stay warm by getting out of the wind and residing in their dens. Although the Arctic foxes are active year-round and do not hibernate, they attempt to preserve fat by reducing their locomotor activity. They build up their fat reserves in the autumn, sometimes increasing their body weight by more than 50%. This provides greater insulation during the winter and a source of energy when food is scarce.
In the spring, the Arctic fox's attention switches to reproduction and a home for their potential offspring. They live in large dens in frost-free, slightly raised ground. These are complex systems of tunnels covering as much as 1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft) and are often in eskers, long ridges of sedimentary material deposited in formerly glaciated regions. These dens may be in existence for many decades and are used by many generations of foxes. "
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I counted 4 olives on the small olive tree I grow in a pot...
Texture "craquelure-touchstone" by Leslie Nicole.
After spotting 6 loads and pulling 9 empties at Eastern Fence on the Calverton Spur, the RS70 crew is seen shoving on last time on the spur to reach LIRR's mainline. The crew utilized the runaround track on the spur to position the engines for the journey back west to Pineaire Yard in Brentwood. I've said it once and I'll say it again, this spur is easily my favorite spot on the Island, an area that constantly makes you ask yourself "Am I really still on Long Island?"
I hate making panoramas with my 13" laptop piece of shit! Can´t wait for faster computer.. Regardless, here it is! :D Same place as the previous picture was taken; Kopparnnäs. Polarization filer used in 14 different photos @ 15mm.
f/16 - ISO 50 - 4 seconds exposure
Depression comes and goes. There are many ways to address it. For me I have to get busy and do something new.
Today I made Russian kotleta following a friend's inspiring description. A recipe book had something I could easily attempt.
I even set the table with a clean cloth and put my Tsingtao beer into a glass I keep for best.
You can also see some calligraphy here that I framed this afternoon. It's "shi" or 'double happy' which is how I'm beginning to feel again.
Chips are kumara and white potato. The mushrooms cooked in homemade yogurt.
If you want the recipe send me a Flickr mail.
If you want to talk about anything to do with mental health message me. I have a bit of experience.
Have a wonderful day/evening. Kia kaha 🌿
On the final leg of its 2021 tour, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" 4014 climbs the hill at Speer on the final home stretch to its home terminal of Cheyenne, WY. Cutting through the smog due to wildfires that were happening in California at the time & the wind carrying the smoke this far east, the crew makes sure to put on a show on this final hill approaching town. 9-7-21
♪♫ "One was Johnny" ♪♫
Just messing around with parts to build some mini-bots... or drones... or whatever the kids are calling 'em these days...
By contemplating the created order, and by contemplating and ordering the moral structure of one’s own life, one would be led to the pure theoria of the fountainhead of all existence, ho on, ‘the existing one’, ‘He Who is’, this being the name of God revealed to Moses at the burning bush. Historical revelation in this light becomes God’s method of spelling out truth in the terms of the world: an arrangement of clues which, rightly seen, leads to illumination. However, this is not really comparable to the enlightenment of the gnostic: there is no ‘technology’ here, no suggestion of control over the laws of the Spirit. The end is simply contemplation, the enjoying of God for his sake alone; and Philo shares the biblical repugnance for any suggestion that God can be brought into human control. God can never be contained in human concepts. Moses ascends into a cloud and darkness beyond the scope of intellect, where God offers himself directly to the vision, without the intervention of any form or idea. Here, then, the pilgrimage of the understanding is seen not (as for the gnostic) in terms of acquisition but in terms of stripping away, the stripping of multiple and diffuse kinds of apprehension to the simplicity of a single-hearted vision –in Platonic terms, the return from the Many to the primal One.
- The Wound of Knowledge Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to St John of the Cross, ROWAN WILLIAMS
Textures thanks to Kim Klassen, French Kiss and SkeletalMess.
This is the fourth and last in a series of images taken in the fog. Fog fascinates me. Today was another foggy day and I longed to be out taking photos. However, I was on the couch with that upper respiratory gunk everyone seems to have. It even kept me off Photoshop and that's saying something. This is an image I worked on a couple weeks ago. And, now I'm back to the couch.
Number One in the Dark Side of Fairytales Series
Model: Victoria Rand
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Coltfield, Scotland - This is John, he was our whiskey tour guide for the day. We enjoyed hanging out, listening to his ever-entertaining stories, and drinking some great Scotch. He stated he is one of the very few tour guides that is a true Highlander. Born in a tiny town in the far north with dirt floors and a coo (cow).
Esistono pochi veri amori.
Quelli cn la A maiuscola.
Il vero amore nessuno l'ha mai quasi vissuto.
Ma questo è uno di quelli.
Un amore con la A maiuscola.