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Ornate Tree Lizard
Death Valley National Park
These lizards are found in the Southwest but primarily in Arizona and Nevada. How this small population arrived in Death Valley is not known
Every tradition, every myth, is based on a grain of truth...
Recent evidence suggests that the easter bunny originated somewhere in what was once the supercontinent Gondwana, 2000 to 2000000000 years ago.
Several factors were important in the creation of the easter bunny story:
- dinosaurs would lay their eggs at this time of year
- their eggs were nutritious
- prehistoric man would be really hungry after a long winter
- being male and hungry predisposed him to making stupid decisions e.g.. stealing dinosaur eggs
- ancient megafauna like megarabbit were slow moving and easy to kill, but not as nutritious as dinosaur eggs
- if you wore megabunny ears like a hat, it would make you (prehistoric man) appear bigger and thus scarier to dinosaurs, increasing your chance of successfully stealing dinosaur eggs and surviving to procreate another day from 1:32544756485 to 1:7362486346
- prehistoric man had not yet mastered statistics or critical thought.
With these well documented facts put together, we can now appreciate how the story of the "easter bunny" and "easter eggs" came to be.
Ofcourse, like all stories, it has changed somewhat over the years, but the main message of Easter has remained the same - chocolate eggs taste better than real eggs, but are far less nutritious.
Happy hunting, and happy Easter!
What would be Bologna without its arcades? This city is covered by arcades for almost 40 kilometres. The style of these can be very different, for example, you can see the elegant arcades of the Church of Santa Maria dei Servi or the painted arcades of Piazza Malpighi. The arcades aren’t only an architectural element but they represent the essence of this city. In the summertime they are a perfect refuge from the sun and in the cold seasons a perfect refuge from the rain. This covered ways allow people to reach all the points of the centre of city. The origin of these arcades is dated back to the Middle Age when, in a moment of great expansion of the city, Bologna became favourite destination for men of letters and for people coming from the countryside. This population growth created the necessity of exploiting the open space of the city. In the past these arcades were made of wood, nowadays they are all made of stone, except for one, the arcade of Casa Isolani in Strada Maggiore, which is still made of wood.
Revêtu de sa couleur orange d’origine / Covered in its original orange color.
🎀 Bonne retraite Patrick 🎀
Tournée d’adieux :
● Le 07 février 2020 au Technicentre industriel de Bischheim.
● Le 11 février au Technicentre Est Européen.
● Le 13 février au Technicentre industriel de Hellemmes ( Lille )
● Le 17 février au Technicentre Sud-Est européen ( Site de Conflans )
● Le 25 février au Technicentre de Landy.
Officiellement avec plus de 13,5 Millions de kilomètre effectué au compteur soit 337,5 fois le tour de la terre.
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Matériel moteur de la SNCF
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● Records du monde de vitesse sur rail en France / World Rail Speed Records in France.
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TGV série 100 De 01 à 117 (118 ex. 88)
● TGV 01
. Date de mise en service : 7 août 1978
. Date de radiation : 3 mars 2021
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Liste des TGV :
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Vox is the leader of an elite gang of assassins and weapon masters called HOMRA. These drones were designed by The Creator of better known as "Origin" with one sole purpose-- to eliminate Laxus and Rex that have betrayed Origin and forged an alliance with the local resistance team to overthrow him.
Merciless and ruthless, Vox is nonetheless one of the best melee fighters in HOMRA. Wielding his twin high energy arm blades and his favorite sword, Vox will slice up anyone or anything that he desires or hate, even for no apparent reason. His name has sent shivers to many, even some of the most experienced fighters. And he will stop at nothing until Laxus and Rex are terminated for good.
Well, I'm almost done with the exams and dug up some more time to build. I got Vox's design planned from the start. I've been wanting to use Bulk's armor and that extra-long HF shell piece for quite some time and I finally get to use it. I'm quite happy how it turned out and is definitely one of my most treasured MOCs of all time. The blue swords were intentional to represent energy blades like from those cyber movies and games. Also, the 'H' on his chest is to represent HOMRA and not HF xD
Hope you guys like it and as always, C&C is always appreciated! Thanks for stopping by :D
Cave origins of Luxembourg City's oldest church
This remarkable Medieval chapel is striking not only for its origins many centuries in the past but also because of its location: cleft in rock in Luxembourg City's Pétrusse Valley.
Some history and features
This chapel is Luxembourg City's oldest church, already being used as such in the 11th century. Indeed, as a religious site, it is thought to have pre-Christian, indeed, pre-Roman, origins.
In 1355 a natural cave was adapted into a church building; it is reckoned that the building received early patronage from the Knights of the Teutonic Order. This Order was responsible for the guardianship of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, and this Chapel was thought to have been used as a commemoration of this role of the Order.
The waters of a natural spring occurring in the immediate vicinity of the church were formerly thought to possess therapeutic qualities.
19th century restoration by Charles Arendt
In 1884-85, the building was renovated by the architect Charles Arendt (1825-1910), who was also responsible for work on several other churches in the Grand Duchy, on the Grand Ducal Palace in the city, and on Vianden Castle; Architect Arendt also authored numerous publications on architectural and artistic subjects.
The addition of the Chapel's belfry and spire constituted part of these 19th century renovations. It may be asked, if Architect Arendt was restoring the Chapel, why was he making substantial changes and even additions to this building? The answer to this lies in the widespread perception among architects in the 19th century that a 'restoration' could and should entail much more original work than architects today, responsible for restoration work. For example, the widely influential French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) was responsible for some huge 'restoration' projects which virtually entailed original creations of what he deemed to be a Medieval design ideal which had not necessarily ever existed. In this light, the additions to the Chapel of Saint-Qurin by Architect Arendt would not have been regarded as unusual by 19th century standards.
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El Almanzor fue escalado por primera vez en septiembre de 1899 por M. González de Amezúa y José Ibrián Espada, y la primera ascensión invernal fue realizada en 1903 por Ontañon y Abricarro. En 1960 se colocó una pequeña cruz en su cima.
Su máxima altitud se da en la provincia de Ávila en la Plaza del Moro Almanzor a 2.592 m, divide los términos municipales de Zapardiel de la Ribera y Candeleda.
La Sierra de Gredos está constituida por rocas graníticas, clasificadas por los geólogos entre las rocas plutónicas, es decir, aquellas que se formaron por el brusco enfriamiento de los magmas del interior de la corteza terrestre. El granito se compone de tres minerales: cuarzo, feldespato y mica. En algunas rocas de Gredos, los cristales de feldespato son muy grandes, de hasta varios centímetros, y se destacan del conjunto de la roca. También aparecen las granodioritas y ciertos afloramientos metamórficos.
Durante una gran parte de la Era Primaria, hace entre 600 y 350 millones de años la región del actual Gredos estuvo cubierta por el denominado Mar de Thetys en el cual se fueron acumulando, en capas horizontales o estratos, sedimentos que provenían de la acción de la erosión sobre las áreas no inundadas. Estos sedimentos se fracturaron y se plegaron debido a la acción de la orogenia Hercínica, que actuó en el periodo comprendido entre 350 y 250 millones de años atrás. Como consecuencia de los citados plegamientos, amplias zonas emergieron del mar, y al final de este periodo se produjo las ascensión de magmas fundidos que, al enfriarse y cristalizar en la superficie, originaron el granito. La erosión actuó entonces durante largo tiempo hasta que, hace entre 40 y 2 millones de años, nuevas convulsiones de la corteza terrestre denominadas orogenia Alpina originaron las elevaciones que se correponden con el actual Sistema Central. El estilo tectónico de la Sierra de Gredos es el llamado estilo germánico , con grandes bloques elevados (horst) y bloques hundidos (graben) o fosas, a partir de largas líneas de fractura.
Muy buenas, hoy vuelvo para mi tierra, pegadito a la costa, y os dejo esta toma que realicé en el Parque Natural de Calblanque. En esta ocasión la idea la tenía clara, unir el efecto que produce la lana de acero con el entorno y aprovechar la vía láctea para realizar un encuadre completo.
Como siempre, en una sola toma, sin utilizar Photoshop, y realizando un procesado ligero en Lightroom. En esta ocasión, pude realizar la toma gracias a tener un objetivo completamente manual. Para los que estéis familiarizados con la fotografía nocturna, sabréis que la configuración de la cámara para sacar la vía láctea, es totalmente distinta a la configuración para lograr una correcta exposición de la lana de acero. Para lograrlo, tuve que jugar con la apertura, y solo pude hacerlo gracias a que el objetivo que utilicé es totalmente manual, y me permite cambiar la apertura una vez iniciada la toma.
Estos son los datos de la toma:
Canon 6D @ Samyang 14mm @ 40 seg. @ 6400 ISO @ F/2.8-22
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Night shot obtained zooming out with my lens, from 40mm to 17mm, during an exposure time of only 30 seconds, ISO 6400. Obviously camera on tripod.
Shot taken in the far September 27th 2011 while I was wandering during the night at the foot of Mount Paterno (Dolomites), whose tormented ridges look also as visually drag during the use of my zoom.
On the left, the more brilliant line is generated by planet Jupiter. The gas giant in our solar system that shines, especially on moonless nights, more than any star because of its "proximity" to the Earth.
Therefore, I hope it is clear, nothing to do with the star trail technique, which itself is often largely misunderstood. In that case you need to set a long exposure of at least 15 minutes up to what you want, also a few hours, by pointing your camera towards the Polaris in the Northern Hemisphere, or Sigma Octantis if your are in the Southern Hemisphere, then you obtain concentric trails. Also it is possible to point the camera toward any other cardinal point in order to get more "parallel" trails the more you get closer to the celestial equator.
Instead, in this shot the trails appear to come from a single point, as a sort of Big Bang structure, which wouldn't be obtainable in any other way except that zooming during exposure.
The fact of being able to get a similar shot in just 30 seconds (without having to wait hours!) undoubtedly has its advantages. An image like this definitely belongs within the field of abstract photography... this implies it may be necessary to make a few attempts before to get a "making sense" dialogue between the various elements visible and less visible to the naked eye.
Here it seemed to me that the shining Jupiter on the left, the ridges of Paterno at the bottom as well as on the right, and the central "point of origin", due to the lens zooming, contribute to create a logical structure in the overall image (hopefully also with a symbolic meaning).
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...né d'une petite graine venue des montagnes jaunes ( Huangshan ) et qui porte le nom de sa province d'origine, l'Anhui...
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I swirled the water around inside the bowl of this leaf to get this shot. This one was the most amusing--like it has a little mouth or something.
The original Origins
Passifloracées- origine : Brésil
fruit à peau jaune, appelée grenadille jaune. Ces fruits sont aussi appelés fruit de la passion ou maracuja.
Particularité : Plante qui symbolise par ses divers éléments la Passion du Christ, d'où son nom : le fruit de la passion.
...A l'origine, l'église de Braine avaient une longueur de 70 m.
Elle comportait 6 travées.
L'emplacement de la partie disparue est matérialisé au sol sur le parvis.
A la limité rouge du parvis s'élevaient trois partails aux ébrasements profonds, celui du milieu étant surmonté d'une grande rose.
En 1650, l'église est pillée par les Espagnols, à la révolution elle est saccagée.
Le 16 avril 1791, l'église est fermée et les Prémontrés chassés.
Un décret la voua à la destruction en 1806.
Elle fut sauvée grâce à un curé de Braine, l'Abbé Beaucamps qui alerta les autorités et le Roi Louis XVIII lui rappelant que les Comtes de Dreux étaient des Capétiens.
Au moment de la restauration en 1829 une grande partie de la nef était effrondrée.
Les 4 premières travées furent démolies et les portails démontés, l'église ne mesure plus que 42 m.
Les travaux durèrent une vingtaine d'années.
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Assassin's Creed Origins
-4320x3240 (SRWE hotsampling, 4:3 rotate)
-Camera Tools by Otis_Inf
-In-game Photomode
les origines du nom de cette côte bordée d'arbres et d'un vieux rempart en ruine, à eu son lot de petites histoires pour expliquer son nom.
On raconte que autrefois les gens venaient y jeter des chats pour conjurer le Malin !
Il pourrait également s'agir d'un trou effectué dans les remparts pour faciliter un passage, peut-être pour les agriculteurs.
On raconte aussi qu'il eut pu servir de passage dérobé propice aux rencontres nocturnes, aux rites magiques et autres superstitions.
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En fait le Trou au Chat doit son nom d'un instrument de siège de la famille des trébuchets qui y était installé pour défendre ce pan de mur d'enceinte de la vieille ville médiévale.
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C’est un édifice d’origine romane correspondant à la reconstruction réalisée au XIIe siècle, qui a subi de nombreuses transformations au fil du temps.
Elle possède une nef unique et se termine par trois absides semi-circulaires de dimensions égales, disposées en plan tréflé.
Le chevet est la partie la plus ancienne, tandis que la nef fut construite ultérieurement.
Le chevet présente une remarquable série de chapiteaux, dont beaucoup sont historiés.
Une bonne partie de l’ancienne décoration murale est également conservée, bien qu’elle ait été modifiée.
Sur le côté nord de l’église s’élève un clocher hexagonal datant du XIVe siècle.
Des bâtiments monastiques d’origine, une partie du cloître, situé au sud, a été récupérée.
War in our house.Rugby League between NSW and QLD. I'm NSW my husband and kids are QLD. NSW won for the first time in 8 years! OH HAPPY DAYS.
Assassin's Creed: Origins
Otis_Inf's injectable camera system; hotsampling via SRWE (35MP); bicubic smother resampling; reshade 4.3.0
The game may be the weakest in the series, but the figure is awesome! I love the design of the suit in this game the most, really looks like a suit that is modified from a hi tech kevlar and it's really imposing! I was also surprised by the good articulation as well~ Sadly the other foes in this series are not as good as him...
À l'origine, Seligman s'appelait Prescott Junction, parce qu'il s'agissait de l'arrêt de chemin de fer sur la jonction de la ligne principale du "Santa Fe Railroad".
[Pinhole photograph] Taken a little over a week ago. From the on-going series Artifacts of an Uncertain Origin.
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The Journey of the Clocks
I purchased these clocks at a garage sale in Maine in late June 2007 and I first photographed them for this series on July 1st at the base of a cliff. They were on rocks and the incoming tide swirled around them.
But I was never really pleased with those photos because I could not get the camera close enough to the clocks. One of the pleasures and compositional strengths of a wide angle pinhole camera is the fact that you can place objects very close to the pinhole to create some interesting foreground/background relationships. In the photos by the sea the clocks were just a bit too far away.
So, I brought them back home to California (along with the old letters and the ledger) and put them on a shelf in my studio and waited until the muse would speak to me again. In the week of snow we had at the end of January, the muse rang me up and the clocks went for another journey into the forest behind my home. Close to water once again, but this time frozen water in the form of snow. And I finally got the image that I had in my mind's eye when I first worked with them along the rocky Maine coast. Of course, I didn't imagine the snowy setting, but this is the general positioning of the clocks that I was thinking of. The wintry landscape is just an unexpected bonus.
Sometimes, you have to wait for a good photo. Even it is one that you set up, a still life in nature. For this image, I waited 7 months, but it paid off.