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This Black-bellied Whistling-Duck doesn't seem to pleased with me taking its picture. Look at that look it is giving me.
I never knew a duck could give you the evil eye. (smile)
These lanky ducks with their long neck and legs
Often perch on trees or other prominent perches.
Their Bright pink-orange bill and Pale gray face contrasts with their chestnut-brown body and black belly.
It is not often that you find a single Black-bellied Whistling-Duck by itself, but that's how I found this one.
Perhaps its sterling personality is the reason why.
It was perched on a limb about 15 to 20 feet off the ground, over hanging Alligator Alley Trail.
When I first saw it I was facing the sun and had to walk directly under the limb and past it to get this shot.
I thought it would fly for sure, but it did not. In fact I left it perched there still giving me the evil eye as I walked away.
Circle B Bar Reserve.
Polk County, Florida.
I've seen quite a few of these I think Nursery Web spiders resting on leaves but they are very small at about 5-6mm, don't know if they are juvenile
Loire www.loiretourisme.com/en/home valley, France. Property of the Crown, then royal residence, Chenonceau Castle is an exceptional site not only because of its original design, the richness of its collections, its furniture and its decorations, but also because of its destiny, since it was loved, administrated and protected by women, who were all extraordinary and who, for the most part have marked history. For the historical background, the “Château des Dames” was built in 1513 by Katherine Briçonnet, and successively embellished by Diane de Poitiers then Catherine de Medici. Chenonceau was protected from the hardship of the revolution by Madame Dupin. The iron, but very feminine, fist in the velvet glove has always preserved Chenonceau during times of conflict and war in order to make it forever a place of peace. Chenonceau Castle has an exceptional museum collection of the Old Masters’ paintings: Murillo, Le Tintoret, Nicolas Poussin, Le Corrège, Rubens, Le Primatice, Van Loo... as well as an extremely rare selection of Flanders Tapestries from the 16th century. www.chenonceau.com
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Light pollution has caused one-fifth of the world's population mostly in mainland Europe, Britain and the U.S. to lose their ability to see the Milky Way in the night sky.
Gliese 581 g, also Gl 581 g or GJ 581 g, is an unconfirmed extrasolar planet claimed to orbit the red dwarf star Gliese 581, 22 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Libra.[4] It is the sixth planet purportedly discovered orbiting the star. The discovery was announced by the Lick-Carnegie Exoplanet Survey in late September 2010, after a decade of observation. However, the ESO/HARPS survey team was not able to confirm that the planet exists.
Gliese 581 g has attracted attention because it is near the middle of the habitable zone of its parent star. That means it could sustain liquid water on its surface and could potentially host life similar to that on Earth. If it is a rocky planet, favorable atmospheric conditions could permit the presence of liquid water, a necessity for all known life, on its surface. With a mass 3.1 to 4.3 times Earth's, Gliese 581 g is considered a super-Earth and is the planet closest in size to Earth known in a habitable zone. This makes it the most Earth-like Goldilocks planet found outside the Solar System and the exoplanet with the greatest recognized potential for harboring life. Facebook
Grey Squirrel ~ Catford ~ London ~England ~ Sunday January 20th Two Thousand and Thirteen.
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CANALE MONTERANO
PRESEPE VIVENTE IN COSTUME MEDIOVALE -
GIOCHI DI LUCE
CONVENTO DI SAN BONAVENTURA E FONTANA : BY BERNINI
Antica città di MONTERANO, già chiamata MANTURIANUM fino al secolo VI d.C., che, con certezza, aveva già la struttura di città da oltre 2 secoli prima di Roma.
Questa città, con diverse fortune, divenne Feudo della famiglia ORSINI nel 1500, divenne poi un Feudo della famiglia ALTIERI.
Nel 1670, Emilio Bonaventura ALTIERI divenne papa con il nome di CLEMENTE X.
In quel periodo, il borgo raggiunge l’apice della notorietà e vennero create molte importanti costruzioni , in particolare furono realizzate dal GIAN LORENZO BERNINI la CHIESA e il CONVENTO di SAN BONAVENTURA, nella piazza antistante la fontana ottagonale e la facciata del castello : il PALAZZO BARONALE con una grande fontana con leone con acqua che scende da da oltre 20 metri di altezza, dominando tutta la vallata.
Ancient city of MONTERANO, already called MARTURANUM up to the sixth century AD, which, for sure, had the structure of the city for over two centuries before Rome.
This city, with different fortunes, became feud of the Orsini family in 1500, then became a fief of the family ALTIERI.
In 1670, Emilio Bonaventura Altieri became pope with the name of CLEMENTE X.
At that time, the town reached the height of fame and were created many important buildings, in particular were made by GIAN LORENZO BERNINI the CHURCH and CONVENT of ST BONAVENTURE, in the square outside the octagonal fountain and the facade of the castle: the PALAZZO BARONALE with a large fountain with lion with water coming down from more than 20 meters high, dominating the valley.
This afternoon I had the great fortune of watching three Northern Harriers hunt a large field. It was a sight to behold, as the birds would glide back and forth, almost flutter, then hover over the location where they spotted prey. When they zeroed in on the prey item they would dive right into the brush, and usually come away empty handed. Very cool birds!
The Holiday Weekend is over. Back to work in the morning!
The Spicebush Swallowtail also known as the Green-Clouded butterfly, is a large, dark swallowtail. It is one of our most beautiful and interesting swallowtails. All developmental stages are great examples of adaptive coloration.
The Spicebush Swallowtail is found throughout the eastern half of the United States from southern Canada south to southern Florida except the Miami area and Keys and west to Texas. It is less common farther west from the Mississippi River. Two subspecies are recognized: Papilio troilus troilus, which is distributed throughout the range, and Papilio troilus ilioneus, which is restricted to the southern coastal plain including the Florida peninsula.
The family to which Spicebush Swallowtails belong, include the largest butterflies in the world. The swallowtails are unique in that even while feeding, they continue to flutter their wings. Unlike other swallowtail butterflies, Spicebushes fly low to the ground instead of at great heights.
I found this one in my backyard. Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida.
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Selfie Saturday night-behind me,Erin,the teenage daughter of good friends of ours.Our friends live outside the town on a smallholding,lovely place to visit,especially pretty at sunset,got some nice capture.Also,Halloween is coming. I cannot wait:-)
Fog and Mist ~Contest #55 September 18-->October 16
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Two years ago I made my first locomotive as a full Lego scale model, set to the relatively big scale of 1/16. It was an older type American Diesel-electric unit called SD40-2, made by EMD (Electro Motive Diesel). The warm response the model received encouraged me to build another one, and this time I aimed for a more modern type, also produced by EMD: The SD70ACe. This mighty machine is a six-axle, 4300- horsepower, AC-traction diesel-electric locomotive which was first introduced in 2004, and has been in production since 2005. The SD70 ACe is very representative for locomotives used by North American Railroads to transport heavy freights.
The locomotive that I replicated is owned by Union Pacific; a freight railroad that operates nearly 8,500 locomotives, from which about 700 are SD70 Ace’s, and is the largest in the United States.
This specific example is something special though. It is a so called Union Pacific "heritage unit". These are a total of six SD70Ace’s which are painted in unique commemorative schemes which are meant to designate former railroads which Union Pacific purchased or operated over former trackage. Locomotive ‘UP 1989’ is such a “Heritage Unit” and is exclusivly painted in the colors of “Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad”, which Union Pacific acquired in 1996.
The Lego model consist of about 27.000 bricks, and was built in 4 months. It is about 143 cm in length (56,2 inch). The model was made from pictures and drawings found on the internet. It is fully detailed both, in, -and outside with modeled engine, electrical cabinets and cabin.
All decals were self-made as vector files, and printed and pre-cut at a professional company. Some retrofitted chromebricks are used.
This is also the first time I have used lighting in a model. Rob from www.brickstuff.com made it possible for me to make a realistic lighting setup without sacrificing any space for detail due to the very thin wiring, and even the ditch effect is onboard. For the same detail space reason I used the small battery boxes inlcuding switches from Brickstuff, and there are now two main switches to operate the external and cabin lights. It really adds to the realism of a build, and it will definitly not be my last work with lights mounted!
The cherry blossoms in the Washington, DC, metro area were quite amazing this year. People come from all over to walk the streets of this little neighborhood just outside the District.
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The Himalaya Range is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. By extension, it is also the name of the massive mountain system which includes the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, and a host of minor ranges extending from the Pamir Knot. The name is from Sanskrit himālaya, a tatpurusa compound meaning "the abode of snow" (from hima "snow", and ālaya "abode"; see also Himavat).
Together, the Himalayan mountain system is the planet's highest and home to the world's highest peaks: the Eight-thousanders, including Mount Everest and K2. To comprehend the enormous scale of this mountain range consider that Aconcagua, in the Andes, at 6,962 m, is the highest peak outside Asia, while the Himalayan system includes over 100 mountains exceeding 7,200 meters.
The Himalayan system, which includes outlying subranges, stretches across six countries: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are the source of three of the world's major river systems, the Indus, the Ganga-Brahmaputra, and the Yangtze. Approximately 1.3 billion people live in the drainage basin of the Himalayan rivers.
Tibet is a plateau region in Central Asia. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), it is the highest region on Earth and is commonly referred to as the "Roof of the World."
Geographically, UNESCO and Encyclopædia Britannica consider Tibet to be part of Central Asia, while some academic organizations consider it part of South Asia.
Tibet is located on the Tibetan Plateau, the world's highest region. The world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is on Nepal's border with Tibet. The average altitude is about 3,000 m in the south and 4,500 m in the north.
Several major rivers have their source in the Tibetan. These includeYangtze, Yellow River, Indus River, Mekong, Brahmaputra River, Ganges, Salween and the Yarlung Tsangpo River. Tibet has numerous high-altitude lakes referred to in Tibetan as tso or co. These include Lake Manasarovar, Namtso, Pangong Tso, Yamdrok Lake, Siling Co, Lhamo La-tso, Lumajangdong Co, Lake Puma Yumco, Lake Paiku, Lake Rakshastal, Dagze Co and Dong Co.
This cast of "The Burghers of Calais" by Auguste Rodin is at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California. Cast in 1968, it represents the burghers of the city of Calais capitulating after a long siege by the English during the Hundred Years War. The original is in Calais, France.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
This sun popped up so fast. All the good photos had to be taken like within one minute. Here the flash went off helping some in the foreground.
Some grandkids with their Grandma at her house in Southern Sri Lanka. After this everyone went inside for a nice cup of tea with the aunts. Totally great Sri Lankan hospitality, especially considering only minutes earlier I was a complete stranger just wandering along the road.
" My home is my retreat and resting place from the wars.
I try to keep this corner as a haven
against the tempest outside, as I do
another corner of my soul."
Michel De Montaigne
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Sailor Bar, American River Parkway / Sacramento County, California
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(Pytilia melba)
Namíbia
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Namíbia (2015) (260)
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- All the photos for this family Estrildidae (Estrildídeos) (62)
- All the photos for this species Pytilia melba (4)
- All the photos taken this day 2015/12/19 (40)
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Had arranged to meet up with Chris again, earlier in the week, to have a look at the beach and rocks at the southside of Cabarita Headland.
All week the weather was looking fairly miserable with low lying clouds and rainy. Looked at the weather forecast on Friday, and yes - prediction for rain all weekend. Ahh well, you can only get wet, so still got up at 3.45am for a quick shower and breakky - had a peek outside and it was a clear starry night! So much for weather forecasts ;-)
Got down to Cabarita and a few clouds started to come together so we ended up having a great morning.
There were some great reflections in the wet sand, although I thought it worked a bit better with the incoming wave.
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42 minutes @ f4,..... a late night venture for a moonrise.....
(and now the long version )
After a relaxing Saturday and several hours of too much television, I began to grow restless, a quick peek outside showed stars overhead, checked the computer to find the moon rising soon. Good enough, pack-up and head to the beach at midnight. Extremely dark when we get there with some light pollution on the horizon. Just took a good guess where the moon might come up and look for some sort of foreground and lock down the remote. A convenient near-by log served as a comfortable seat to view the night, I can't begin to tell how tranquil it is sitting there at night listening to the waves gently lapping the shore. We saw a half dozen meteors burn-up while watching the stars. I was tempted to stop the exposure when the moon first started peeking through the clouds and glistening on the lake, but I felt it was not quite bright enough. Finally the moon ascended above the clouds on the horizon and brightened the shore and showed clear silhouettes of the rocks in front of us, a few minutes of this and then it was time to stop and wait for noise reduction to see if I had anything worth keeping. At least I had another camera so I was able to keep shooting.......