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Love the can-can layers and the tiger stripes pattern of this shell.
I always have been intrigued about seashells, they're so beautiful. I like to collect them and I'll be posting them when I can. I'll try to identify the shells on the photos if I find the name. If not, maybe you can help me or correct me if you know the name.
I'll catch with you tomorrow night. Have a great day!🙋♀️
Never really knew how hard concrete is to photograph. It is so porous and holey, I feel like I can never get it to be a clear shot. You can really see city dirt on windows and concrete. Yuck.
It was a windy day in the city and of course hand held, as I twist and turn to see what angle looks best.
Happy Day Ya All.
The chimneys are a result of a geologic process that began millions of years ago, when volcanic eruptions rained ash across what would eventually become Turkey. That ash hardened into tuff, a porous rock, which was covered by a layer of basalt. Finally, the long work of erosion began. As millennia passed, the softer tuff wore down, giving way to pillars that stand as tall as 130 feet. The harder basalt erodes more slowly, forming a protective, mushroom-shaped cap over each one. Just like that, a fairy chimney is born — no pixie dust required.
Reference: Smithsonian Magazine
Read more: www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/fairy-chimneys-turkey-18095...
Fungi of beechwood: The Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbose) growing on live beech tree (Fagus sylvatica). It was quite high up and this is the best top view I could manage. I noticed it during my last visit to the woods couple weeks before but didn’t have time to stop and get a closer look. Lansdown, Bath, BANES, England, U.K.
I try to give ID where possible but often it is not an easy task in the world of fungi without special examination, and I am not a mycologist. So, if you feel that ID is incorrect, please do correct.
Macro Mondays: “High Key” theme
Used as an abrasive, often for removing hard or callused skin, pumice is a very light and porous volcanic rock formed when a gas-rich froth of glassy lava solidifies. I guess that’s why some folks associate pumice with music; they call it light rock. ;-)
HMM
Fungi of beechwood: These are unusual looking bracket-like fungi the name of which I am not sure. Any ideas about ID would be much appreciated. They are attached with a small stalk to the wood and have white porous underside with irregular pores. I have taken picture of these fungi on the same fallen branch early in December last year and they didn’t grow much over a month (either slow growing or already full grown) and their porous side remains white too. This collage shows both upperside and underside of this group. Lansdown, Bath, BANES, England, U.K.
18-September-2022
This is one of the few areas that was saved from the vast "hardships" of the long drought, above all thanks to the strong temperature range which determines a considerable accumulation of dew almost every clear night.
On average, we are dealing with 0.2/0.5mm of water every night, which means about 10/15mm per month, clearly superficial, but so much so that they were sufficient to keep this markedly continental area green (micro-climate, despite being only 50km from Trieste).
The geography of the area (a vast concave plateau) and the morphology of the terrain (mainly porous karst, clayey impermeable only in the lower areas) allow temperature ranges which in spring can exceed 30°C, with lows close to 0°C even in June (rarely) and September (as in the photo) and the absolute minimums are below -30°C from December to March, -21°C in April (the only very recent cold record, 7 April 2021), which is the lowest value for April ever and for the whole of Slovenia, including the mountain stations.
Zwei wichtige Grundprinzipien dieser Architektur hat Mies van der Rohe mit dem Pavillon verwirklicht:
Mit dem konstruktiven Prinzip, des so genannten "Freien Grundriss", hat van der Rohe das Gebäude von den Begrenzungen tragender Wände im Inneren befreit. Die tragende Funktion übernehmen Außenwände oder Stützen. Der Grundriss ist nun flexibel gestaltbar und veränderbar. Wände dienen nur noch als Raumteiler.
Das räumliche Prinzip "Offener Grundriss" betrachtet das Gebäude als einen zusammenhängenden Raum, in dem einzelne Funktionen nicht in verschiedenen Räumen strikt voneinander getrennt sind. Die Raumeinheiten gehen fließend ineinander über. Trennende Elemente können Licht, verschiedene Bodenbeläge, unterschiedliche Farben, leichte Raumteiler oder entsprechende Möblierungen sein.
Das Dach aus Stahlbeton wird durch filigrane, kaum auffallende verchromte Stahlstützen getragen. Zwischen diesen reichen Wandelemente und Fenster von der Decke bis an den Boden. An den Wänden und Böden finden verschiedenfarbige Marmorarten Verwendung: Travertino, ein leicht poröses Gestein und Onyxmarmor (Serpentinit), der durch seine Bänderungen erkennbar ist.
Auch hier ist der Deutsche Pavillon richtungweisend: die Steinplatten wurden durch eine "Naturstein-Fassadenverankerung" an die Wände vorgehängt. Auch dies ist ein Verfahren, welches wegen seiner großen Gestaltungsmöglichkeit heute bei den Planern sehr beliebt ist.
Die großen Fensterfronten haben keine klar trennende Funktion im Gebäude. Sie geben nur Grenzhinweise, z.B. zu einem Lichthof, in dem sich die Bronzestatue "Der Morgen" von Georg Kolbe in einem Wasserbassin befindet. Diese Art der fließenden Übergänge zwischen Innen-und Außenbereich findet sich oft bei Wohnhäusern. Mies van der Rohe realised two important basic principles of this architecture with the pavilion:
With the constructive principle, the so-called "free floor plan", van der Rohe freed the building from the limitations of load-bearing walls on the inside. The load-bearing function is taken over by exterior walls or columns. The floor plan can now be flexibly designed and changed. Walls now only serve as room dividers.
The spatial principle of "open floor plan" views the building as a coherent space in which individual functions are not strictly separated from each other in different rooms. The room units merge smoothly into one another. Separating elements can be light, different floor coverings, different colours, light room dividers or appropriate furnishings.
The reinforced concrete roof is supported by filigree, barely noticeable chrome-plated steel supports. Between these, wall elements and windows extend from the ceiling to the floor. Different coloured marbles are used on the walls and floors: travertino, a slightly porous stone, and onyx marble (serpentinite), which is recognisable by its banding.
Here, too, the German Pavilion points the way: the stone slabs were suspended from the walls by means of a "natural stone façade anchoring system". This is another method that is very popular with planners today because of its great design possibilities.
The large window fronts do not have a clear separating function in the building. They only provide boundary references, e.g. to an atrium in which the bronze statue "Der Morgen" by Georg Kolbe is located in a water basin. This kind of flowing transition between interior and exterior is often found in residential buildings.
source: barcelona.de
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The beautiful and extraordinary Hraunfossar occurs where subterranean water suddenly seeps out of porous rocks in the surrounding lava field, cascading as rivulets into the blue Hvítá river below. This really is a fascinating landscape, where the waterfalls seems to appear from nowhere. It was made even more picturesque due to the autumnal foliage and colours.
Barren highlands in W-Iceland, from the slopes of Mt. Stóra-Björnsfell. The glacial stream in the foreground has no name, as far as I can tell from maps, and disappears underground further down into volcanic sands and porous lava fields.
The universe of succulent plants is full of playful elements and figures that take us to realms other than the vegetable. This is the case of the succulent bear paw, the star of today's post, whose scientific name is Cotyledon tomentosa. Previously, I had already presented other plants that also look like a stuffed animal. Interestingly, in all cases, it is not necessary to use a lot of imagination to actually see these anatomical details in plants.
Abroad, the succulent bear paw receives the same nickname, bear's paw. Whenever we find a plant with the term tomentosa in its scientific name, such as Cotyledon tomentosa, we can be sure that it is a hairy plant. This is because the term is derived from the word tomentum, which in Latin means wool or fur.
Here in the gallery, I have already posted photographs of other examples of succulent plants that have their leaves covered with hair, such as Echeveria pulvinata, with smaller and more delicate hairs, capable of giving a velvety appearance to the plant.
Technically, the hairs that cover the leaves of the succulent bear paw, as well as the other examples mentioned above, are called trichomes. These structures are modifications of the plant tissue, whose objective is to reduce the loss of water through evaporation, in arid environments and under full sun, to which these succulents are adapted.
The species Cotyledon tomentosa is originally from the African continent, occurring more specifically in the region of South Africa.
Although the bear paw is often sold in small pots as young seedlings, it can grow to a larger, shrubby size when well cultivated. The species Cotyledon tomentosa usually presents between 30 and 70 cm in height, in its original habitat. Over time, its stems will branch out, giving the plant the appearance of a small shrub.
As if the photo format of its leaves were not enough, the succulent bear paw is even better with the reddish finish at the ends of these structures, which resemble painted nails. This color becomes more evident when the plant is grown in bright places. It is also under these growing conditions that the bear paw can flower, typically in spring, producing inflorescences bearing orange bell-shaped flowers, with the typical appearance of blooms presented by representatives of the genus Cotyledon. It is interesting to note that even the stems, flowers and flower buds of Cotyledon tomentosa have delicate trichomes on their surface. The plant is all hairy.
The bear paw is a very versatile succulent. It can be grown outdoors in full sun, making it perfect in desert-inspired rock gardens. In addition, this plant works well in pots, whether plastic or terracotta, as long as the frequency of watering is adjusted according to the material chosen.
Clay pots, for being more porous, allow the soil inside them to dry more quickly. On the other hand, the plastic pot tends to retain moisture for a longer time, so the watering should be more spaced when this material is used. The succulent bear paw is able to store a lot of water in its leaves, so watering doesn't have to be frequent. Regardless of the number of times a week, the important thing is that watering only takes place when the land is very dry. Excess water in the roots of Cotyledon tomentosa causes its decay, leading the plant to death in a short period of time.
Although it is difficult to resist the charms of this succulent treat, it should be noted that the bear paw is a toxic plant if it is inadvertently ingested by children or pets. As their appearance is harmless and cute, the risk of accidents is even greater. However, when cultivated in places beyond the reach of these curious little ones, the succulent bear paw makes a cute show. Whenever I see it, I want to squeeze its plump, furry leaves.
27-March-2023
The Ćićarija (Čičarija for the part in Slovenija, Cicceria for the tiny portion attributable to Italia, or Monte Carso/Mali Kras border ridge, Dolina, Trieste) is a historical mountainous region of northern Istria, formerly inhabited by Istro-Romanian population, which falls within the traditional Karst, the coastal one (Trieste and Gorizia Karst in Italy, Primorska in Slovenia) of the Karst Region extensively understood, the only area of this region belonging to Croatia.
The Ćićarija/Čičarija is geologically the mountainous scar that joins the Istrian peninsula to the European continent, while its morphology is the classic one of the limestone areas at this latitude and altitude (here at just under 700m above sea level) therefore very similar to other areas not considered part of the Karst region, such as the contiguous coastal Gorski Kotar (Rijeka, HR) seen in the previous photos.
Over the geological eras, the rains have softened the appearance of these mountains, but the poor soil roughens the surfaces covered largely by karst moorland (Gmajna) of gnarled grass which for most of the year (between winter frost and summer sun) is golden in color and from which angular rock conformations frequently emerge.
The steppe aspect of these areas, despite the high average rainfall (1600-2200mm/y), is to be found in the porous soil, often dry and poor, beaten by strong winds and the difficulty in developing forests, which would guarantee the biomass (woody residue) for the formation of humus, but here the microclimate of these basins comes into play which, despite their proximity to the Mediterranean but closed in all directions, generate strong night-time temperature inversions (clear skies and calm winds) with minimum values below the freezing point possible for 9 months of the year.
This is always due to the porous calcareous soil which limits stagnation of humidity and exacerbates thermal dynamics with strong daily excursions which make the survival of many species of deciduous tall trees difficult, and, at the same time, the summer heat and drought are not suitable for many trees of the alpine environment, which instead form extensive virgin forests a few kilometers inland, where the extremes of wind, temperature and humidity are softened and where humus can develop.
A ground which freezes deeply in winter and which overheats in summer, sometimes even in the course of the same day, especially in spring, and which does not favor the maintenance of humidity, is clearly an obstacle to the development of vegetation, even if they try, as evident in the photo, with the robust black Pine (Pinus Nigra var austriaca) the only ones to bear such extreme microclimates and large producers of wood residue.
In any case, the karst moorland is a biodiversity that must be maintained, not fought.
... Never in my life
had I felt so near
that porous line
where my own body was done with
and the roots and the stems and the flowers
began...
[from "White Flowers" by Mary Oliver]
a forest chorus, a thin place for Andrew
my textures & photoshop
To say Pitigliano is tuff is not talking about how rough and tumble the place or people are but that it is one of the “Borghi del tufo”, or “Towns of volcanic rock”, porous and easily worked the soft stone provided lots of basement storage for very little work from the builder. This was our last stop in Tuscany and it was a memorable one there were at this time few tourists maybe due to its off the beaten track location and accessibility issues but we certainly enjoyed having the place almost to ourselves. “The little Jerusalem” is the nickname for the town though the Jewish presence has greatly diminished today but for many hundreds of years it was a refuge for displaced Italian Jews that were a vital part of the towns prosperity as borderland traders/financiers between Lazio and Tuscany.
I took this on May 24, 2009 with my D70s and Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Lens at 32mm, 1/500s, f9 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Zwei wichtige Grundprinzipien dieser Architektur hat Mies van der Rohe mit dem Pavillon verwirklicht:
Mit dem konstruktiven Prinzip, des so genannten "Freien Grundriss", hat van der Rohe das Gebäude von den Begrenzungen tragender Wände im Inneren befreit. Die tragende Funktion übernehmen Außenwände oder Stützen. Der Grundriss ist nun flexibel gestaltbar und veränderbar. Wände dienen nur noch als Raumteiler.
Das räumliche Prinzip "Offener Grundriss" betrachtet das Gebäude als einen zusammenhängenden Raum, in dem einzelne Funktionen nicht in verschiedenen Räumen strikt voneinander getrennt sind. Die Raumeinheiten gehen fließend ineinander über. Trennende Elemente können Licht, verschiedene Bodenbeläge, unterschiedliche Farben, leichte Raumteiler oder entsprechende Möblierungen sein.
Das Dach aus Stahlbeton wird durch filigrane, kaum auffallende verchromte Stahlstützen getragen. Zwischen diesen reichen Wandelemente und Fenster von der Decke bis an den Boden. An den Wänden und Böden finden verschiedenfarbige Marmorarten Verwendung: Travertino, ein leicht poröses Gestein und Onyxmarmor (Serpentinit), der durch seine Bänderungen erkennbar ist.
Auch hier ist der Deutsche Pavillon richtungweisend: die Steinplatten wurden durch eine "Naturstein-Fassadenverankerung" an die Wände vorgehängt. Auch dies ist ein Verfahren, welches wegen seiner großen Gestaltungsmöglichkeit heute bei den Planern sehr beliebt ist.
Die großen Fensterfronten haben keine klar trennende Funktion im Gebäude. Sie geben nur Grenzhinweise, z.B. zu einem Lichthof, in dem sich die Bronzestatue "Der Morgen" von Georg Kolbe in einem Wasserbassin befindet. Diese Art der fließenden Übergänge zwischen Innen-und Außenbereich findet sich oft bei Wohnhäusern. Mies van der Rohe realised two important basic principles of this architecture with the pavilion:
With the constructive principle, the so-called "free floor plan", van der Rohe freed the building from the limitations of load-bearing walls on the inside. The load-bearing function is taken over by exterior walls or columns. The floor plan can now be flexibly designed and changed. Walls now only serve as room dividers.
The spatial principle of "open floor plan" views the building as a coherent space in which individual functions are not strictly separated from each other in different rooms. The room units merge smoothly into one another. Separating elements can be light, different floor coverings, different colours, light room dividers or appropriate furnishings.
The reinforced concrete roof is supported by filigree, barely noticeable chrome-plated steel supports. Between these, wall elements and windows extend from the ceiling to the floor. Different coloured marbles are used on the walls and floors: travertino, a slightly porous stone, and onyx marble (serpentinite), which is recognisable by its banding.
Here, too, the German Pavilion points the way: the stone slabs were suspended from the walls by means of a "natural stone façade anchoring system". This is another method that is very popular with planners today because of its great design possibilities.
The large window fronts do not have a clear separating function in the building. They only provide boundary references, e.g. to an atrium in which the bronze statue "Der Morgen" by Georg Kolbe is located in a water basin. This kind of flowing transition between interior and exterior is often found in residential buildings. source:
Micheldever is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, situated 6 miles (10 km) north of Winchester. It lies upon the River Dever.
The river, and village, formerly part of Stratton Park, lie on a Hampshire grass downland, underlain with chalk and flint. Parts of the river now disappear in summer through lack of replenishment, evaporation and, more specifically, the porous nature of the bedrock.
Micheldever Station was the starting point for the first automobile journey in Britain, in 1895. The vehicle, a Daimler-engined Panhard-Levassor, had been ordered from France by the Hon Evelyn Ellis (1843–1913). It was transported across the channel by ferry and then to Micheldever Station by train.
Fungi of beechwood: An attractively coloured fused triplet of the Yellowing Curtain Crust (Stereum subtomentosum). It is a tough thin crust fungus taken on the same tree branch as the one posted earlier (www.flickr.com/photos/sergeysmirnov/52566751811/). The Yellowing Curtain Crust stains yellow when cut or scratched, hence the common name. This one does that indeed. I have tested it by scratching the whitish underside edge on another day, so it is likely to be the Yellowings.
The underside of these Yellowing Curtain Crust fungi was yellow-ochre with faint concentric zones, but warty with shallow, hardly visible pores. This distinct them from more common Many-zoned polypore (Trametes versicolor) with white porous underside. The upper side of the Yellowing Curtain Crust with variable concentric zones is only slightly downy (also denoted in its generic name with the epithet from the Latin “sub - tomentosum” meaning ‘less than - hairy’) distinguishing it from the Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutus). The green colour at the base is algae growth, a quite common feature on matured fungi. Lansdown, Bath, BANES, England, U.K.
Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming out of a lava field. The waterfalls pour into the Hvítá river from ledges of less porous rock in the lava.
A unique raw material on the island:
Unlike most island volcanic cones, Rano Raraku is composed of a unique type of rock on the island known as the Lapilli tuff. The tuff is a porous rock formed by the accumulation of volcanic ash ejected during an eruption, which when cooled, in contact with the atmosphere, is compacted and hardened.
The main characteristic of this volcanic tuff is its low hardness under the surface, compared to basalt, which encouraged the ancient sculptors to use it as raw material to carve the huge statues.
It is striking that most of the tuff is concentrated in the southeast half of the cone, coinciding with the vertical wall, and just emerges a little in the northern half. According to some geologists, this large rocky cliff would be the only remnant of an ancient submarine volcano. Which, largely disappeared due to erosion, was later covered by red ash emitted by the new adjacent crater. This would explain the great difference of materials found on both sides of the Rano Raraku.
08-January-2022: the Obrh stream with its two branches, originates in the East of this partially impermeable karst basin, comes from the subsoil of the Babno Polje basin, which, on the other hand, is mainly porous and permeable.
The difference in soils is probably the basis of the greater thermal excursion and liveliness of the less humid polje of Babno compared to this topographically very similar area.
The water it receives is mainly (a little part of) that of the forest of Mount Snežnik, whose area (Snežnika) is the rainiest in the Karst Region and among the rainiest in Europe (up to 3000mm/y); another small part comes from the reliefs to the North and North-East, Bloke and Racna gora.
Officially the Obrh is the first stretch of the "Many Names River" which then sinks again and re-emerges 4 more times, in as many valleys/basins, respectively with the names of Jezerščica/Stržen, Rak, Unica and Ljubljanica (it is one of the main karst springs of this right tributary of the Sava).
Therefore, the waters in the photo, less than 50 linear kilometers from the Adriatic, like all those of the inner part of the Karst Region-Notranjska, end up in the far Black Sea.
Seen this way, it looks like a peaceful country stream, actually giving birth to one of the largest and most complex karst cave systems in the world, largely unexplored.
We finally have frost. I love to watch the progression of these lanterns from green to orange to porous where the red seed appears.
In 2017 we planted three small perennial plants of Physalis alkekengi, (aka bladder cherry, Chinese lantern, Japanese-lantern, strawberry, groundcherry, or winter cherry). I love the cheery orangish lantern-shaped paper-like pod or husk around each bright round seed.
Now we have many new volunteer plants in addition to those we planted. Another fun photo to take advantage of this morning's frost, with camera, tripod splayed, and coffee. And reading no news!
View of the Cocparra Range from the Emeri De Bortoli Garden, Bilbul, NSW
It had been quite wet during the preceding week so the furrows between the vines were quite wet. Given that the soil is relatively porous there, it just shows how wet the spring has been.
Der kleine schwarze Vogel. Auf der Suche nach dem, was der Tag so bringen kann.
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This song just goes so well with this time. The global pandemic also makes us sit up and listen. Tell us a story, your story. About your experiences, injuries, wishes, dreams. And as you get through, survive. Melancholy and hope at the same time. From songs that we love, we often take the strength to go on, let us drift, let ourselves be reminded, let ourselves consciously change our mood and, last but not least, simply forget, whirl around, swing, spin with our favourite music during a lively dance. Looking for what the day may bring.
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Dieser Song passt einfach so gut zu dieser Zeit. Die weltweite Pandemie lässt uns auch aufhorchen, zuhören. Erzähl uns eine Geschichte, Deine Geschichte. Von Deinen Erlebnissen, Verletzungen, Wünschen, Träumen. Und wie Du durchkommst, überlebst. Melancholie und Hoffnung zugleich. Aus Songs, die wir lieben, nehmen wir oft die Kraft weiterzumachen, lassen uns treiben, lassen uns erinnern, lassen uns bewusst unsere Stimmung verändern und nicht zuletzt bei einem ausgelassenen Tanz mit unserer Lieblingsmusik einfach vergessen, herumwirbeln, schwingen, drehen. Auf der Suche nach dem, was der Tag bringen kann.
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The Little black Bird / Malia
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Look at the way she walks
The little black bird with no wings
She hops around the city
Looking for what the day may bring
She never took to pity
The little black bird with no wings
She fills me up with hope
The little blackbird with no wings
Someone crushed her wings in haste
When I see her heart stings
A survivor and she's full of grace
The little black bird with no wings
Sing little black bird sing, sing your song
For I can sit here all day long
Wondering what went, what went wrong?
Sing little black bird sing sing your song
Take your time for I'm all ears
I've been watching you for all these years
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Ingredients: feather (found in the garden), sidelight, daylight, black cardboard, a "phew" of relief (a simple blow, carefully) – finally I took another MM photo ;-)
Sorry I'm so late, dear friends – with everything right now (for so long now ...). Have fun listening to all of the wonderful songs that are presented here today. I'll do that little by little ;-))
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Zutaten: Feder (gefunden im Garten), Seitenlicht, Tageslicht, schwarzer Karton, ein "Puh" der Erleichterung (ein schlichtes Pusten, vorsichtig) – endlich habe ich mal wieder ein MM-Foto gemacht ;-)
Tut mir leid, dass ich so spät dran bin, liebe Freunde – mit allem im Moment (jetzt schon so lange ...). Habt viel Spaß dabei, alle die wundervollen Songs zu hören, die heute hier vorgestellt werden. Ich mache das auch nach und nach ;-))
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Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P / 1:3.5 / 55 mm
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#MacroMondays 2021 / January 25 / #LockdownSong / HMM to everyone!
The Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) on a maze-like porous surface of the Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbose) growing on live beech tree (Fagus sylvatica). Orange ladybirds feed on mildew on trees, so it might be the reason it visited this fungus. Beechwood. Lansdown, Bath, BANES, England, U.K.
The reason for the construction of the Sacré-Cœur was the 58,000 deaths that fell in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. In commemoration of these victims, the French Catholics decided to have a large basilica built on Montmartre. Initially, a national collection would be held for the construction costs, but later the French parliament decided that the project would become a state affair, to be paid for by the state. The first stone was laid in 1875 and construction lasted until 1914 . The total cost of construction was 40 million French francs . It was not until after the First World War , on October 16, 1919, that the church was consecrated. She was addicted to itSacred Heart of Jesus .
The Sacré-Cœur is entirely made of travertine , a fairly soft (and somewhat porous) type of stone from the French department of Seine-et-Marne. Travertine is limestone and when it rains it produces a white chalk coating on the outside, keeping the basilica very white in color despite the dirt and soot of the city. Travertine is less resistant to acid rain.
Fungi of beechwood: The Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum) on a fallen beech tree. These tough bracket fungi typically growing in layers in large quantities and have distinctive hairy top side as could be seen here. It is reflected in its generic name: “Stereum” meaning ‘tough’ and “hirsutum” meaning ‘hairy’ in Latin). This group, however, grew in isolation on a mossy log and had distinctive fan-like shapes with wavy margins resembling those of a curtain hence the epithet in the common name.
Matured Hairy Curtain Crust fungi sometimes called a false turkeytail due similarity of the top side with variably coloured concentric zones resembling those of the true Turkeytail or Many-zoned polypore (Trametes versicolor) but it doesn’t have porous white underside of the many-zoned polypore. Lansdown, Bath, BANES, England, U.K.
I try to give ID where possible but often it is not an easy task in the world of fungi without special examination, and I am not a mycologist. So, if you feel that I’m wrong, please do correct.
Sich verlieben. Auch wenn es nicht zusammen passt.
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I already fell in love with stones when I was very young. I have always brought stones from all the beaches of my travels (and I will continue to do so in the future) and be so small – which is better in flight luggage ;-). And it was the same with writing and drawing (maybe even earlier?) I once received the finest crayons from my parents as a reward (provided, however, that I would no longer paint with my left hand but with my right) – you wouldn't do these days, neither would my parents). You are supposed to go crazy in your head because it twists everything in your brain. Well, I don't notice anything about that, but maybe I feel like normal, even though I might be a lot more normal otherwise? Or less crazy ;-)
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But why don't stones and pencils match? My idea of writing stone with one of my many favourite colours (here a coloured pencil in red) on this beloved (and chosen sweetheart, probably sandstone, I no longer know where it came from) was not so easy to implement – the result is somewhat scrawly ;-) But there was only one attempt at the back and one at the front, erasing was not possible ... So I had to make do with this result – you can read it. Opposites attract each other, but in the future my two loved ones will have to go their separate ways ;-)
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In Steine habe ich mich schon verliebt, da war ich noch ganz klein. Ich habe von allen Stränden meiner Reisen immer Steine mitgebracht (und werde es auch in Zukunft so halten) und seien sie auch noch so klein – was sich im Fluggepäck besser macht ;-). Und mit dem Schreiben und Zeichnen ging es mir ebenso (vielleicht sogar noch früher?) Ich habe einmal als Belohnung die allerfeinsten Buntstifte von meinen Eltern bekommen (allerdings unter der Bedingung, dass ich nicht mehr mit der linken Hand, sondern mit der rechten malen würde – würde man heutzutage nicht mehr machen, meine Eltern auch nicht). Da soll man angeblich verrückt von werden im Kopf, weil sich dadurch alles im Gehirn verdreht. Gut, davon merke ich nichts, aber vielleicht empfinde ich mich eben auch so als normal, obwohl ich vielleicht sonst noch viel normaler wäre? Oder weniger verrückt ;-)
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Aber warum passen Steine und Stifte so gar nicht zusammen? Meine Idee, mit einer meiner vielen Lieblingsfarben (hier ein Buntstift in Rot) auf diesen heißgeliebten (und auserwählten Liebsten, wahrscheinlich Sandstein, ich weiß nicht mehr, woher er stammt) Stein zu schreiben, war gar nicht so leicht umzusetzen – das Ergebnis ist etwas krakelig geraten ;-) Aber es gab nur jeweils einen Versuch auf der Rück- und Vorderseite, radieren ging nicht ... Also musste ich mit diesem Ergebnis Vorlieb nehmen – man kann es ja lesen. Gegensätze ziehen sich zwar an, aber in Zukunft müssen meine beiden Liebsten wohl getrennte Wege gehen ;-)
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Ingredients: Ingredients: stone, colour pencil, daylight
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Zutaten: Stein, Buntstift, Tageslicht
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Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P / 1:3.5 / 55 mm / added Nikkor M2 1:1
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#MacroMondays 2020 / June 29 / #PickTwo / HMM to everyone!
Fungi of beechwood: The Yellowing Curtain Crust (Stereum subtomentosum) is a tough thin crust fungus that sometimes can be mistaken with Many-zoned polypore (Trametes versicolor)(www.flickr.com/photos/sergeysmirnov/7465777232/) that has white porous underside, or with a much more hairy, the Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)(www.flickr.com/photos/sergeysmirnov/52549671710/). The underside of these Yellowing Curtain Crust was yellow-ochre in colour with faint concentric zones, but warty and didn’t have visible pores. Its upper side with concentric zones is only slightly downy compared to S. hirsutus species as denoted in its generic name with the epithet from the Latin “sub - tomentosum” meaning ‘less than - hairy’. The Yellowing Curtain Crust also stains yellow when cut or scratched, hence common name. The green colour at the base is algae growth, quite common feature on matured fungi. Lansdown, Bath, BANES, England, U.K.
I try to give ID where possible but often it is not an easy task in the world of fungi without special examination, and I am not a mycologist. So, if you feel that I’m wrong, please do correct.
Felsen links am Byway 9 / Rocks on the left on Byway 9
120820-592b - Panorama
Die Checkerboard Mesa (Schachbrett-Tafelberg) ist ein Tafelberg von 2033 m Höhe und liegt am Osteingang zum Zion-Nationalpark im US-Bundesstaat Utah.
Der unverwechselbare Berg besteht aus Navajo-Sandstein, der bedeutendsten und verbreitetsten Gesteinsschicht im Westen der USA. Der Sandstein ist extrem porös und wird durch die Naturkräfte zu den unterschiedlichsten Formen verarbeitet.
Checkerboard Mesa is a 2,033-meter-high mesa located at the eastern entrance to Zion National Park in the U.S. state of Utah.
This distinctive mountain is composed of Navajo sandstone, the most important and widespread rock formation in the Western United States. The sandstone is extremely porous and is shaped by natural forces into a wide variety of forms.
The urns in this photo are classic examples of Korean pottery called "onggi" a.k.a. "jangdok." The urns are used primarily for assisting in the fermentation process. They most often hold gochujang (hot pepper paste), doenjang (fermented bean paste), kimchi (fermented seasoned vegetables), or soy sauce, although they are sometimes used for other purposes including storage for water. Onggi is made of clay with a high iron content and is very porous. The onggi urns vary in size from about a gallon upwards to 60-gallons. The ones in this photo were in the upper end of the spectrum and were about waist-tall. The origin of onggi can be traced to about 4000-5000 BC. Wiki has this to say, "…all onggi types share some properties. These are biodegradability, porosity, and its proof against rot as well as firmness or "vertebration". Although onggi urns are historically a Korean product, the urns are now made in other locations including the state of Montana in the U.S. Here is a link to one such example.
www.adamfieldpottery.com/onggi
Quote Of The Day:
"Congress has doubled the IRS budget over the past 10 years -- making that agency one of the fastest growing non-entitlement programs. It has increased its employment by 20 percent. The IRS’s powers to investigate and examine taxpayers transcend those of any other law enforcement agency. Virtually all of the constitutional rights regarding search and seizure, due process, and jury trial simply do not apply to the IRS." (Daniel Pilla)
Delphi (gr. Δελφοί), - the ancient Greek city and the temple at the foot of Parnassus. Delphi knows and honor Homer, who, however, calls them Pytho. All the fame owed oracles. Shrine of Apollo was a Dorian structure built of porous limestone and white marble paryjskiego. The temple had a size of 5 × 15 columns (fragment of the ruins is visible in the picture ..
The biggest respekt enjoyed Delphi in archaic Greece, when the priests delficcy, with the help of his oracle (where the Pythia sat) leading almost the entire life of the Greeks.
Pythia sat alone in a room of this temple on the tripod and the "narcotic" vapor predicted the future. Her answers were always ambiguous, so nobody can challenge its authority. Apparently hallucinogenic fumes mined from a small slit in the chamber Pythia. Only a recent study showed that the main temple stands exactly on the intersection of two geological faults. The surrounding rocks are common mineral called travertine, emitting ethylene, which inspired a man can make in a particular state. According to geologists, the ethylene flow was stopped, due to great earthquake 373 BC
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Delfy (gr. Δελφοί), – prastare miasto i świątynia grecka u stóp Parnasu. Delfy zna i czci Homer, który jednak nazywa je Pythó. Całą sławę zawdzięczało wyroczni. Przybytek Apollina był budowlą dorycką wzniesioną z porowatego wapienia oraz białego marmuru paryjskiego. Świątynia miała wymiary 5×15 kolumn (fragment jej ruin jest widoczny na zdjęciu.
Największym poważaniem cieszyły się Delfy w archaicznej Grecji, kiedy kapłani delficcy, przy pomocy swej wyroczni (w której zasiadała Pytia) kierowali całym niemal życiem Greków.
Sama Pytia zasiadała w jednym z pomieszczeń tej świątyni na trójnogu i w "narkotycznych" oparach przepowiadała przyszłość. Jej odpowiedzi były zawsze dwuznaczne, by nikt nie mógł podważyć jej autorytetu. Podobno halucynogenne opary wydobywały się z małej szczeliny w komnacie Pytii. Dopiero niedawne badania wskazały, że główna świątynia stoi dokładnie na przecięciu dwóch uskoków geologicznych. W okolicznych skałach powszechny jest minerał zwany trawertynem, wydzielający etylen, który wdychany może wprowadzać człowieka w szczególny stan. Zdaniem geologów, ten wypływ etylenu został zahamowany, na skutek wielkiego trzęsienia ziemi 373 p.n.e.
In Snæfellsnes. The name Vatnshellir (litterally water cave)
is from the snow and ice that did not melt the whole summer and the fishermen from the fishing stadions at the shore could get fresh water. The area is very dry, because the lava fields swallow all rain into the porous ground. The cave is an 8000 year old lava tube created by volcanic eruption from a nearby crater in the Purkhólar crater family. As the lava rushed down the hill in a lava river, it began to cool on the surface, creating a crust on top of the lava river. As the eruption stopped, all the lava from underneath this crust continued to drain out. That left behind empty tube with roof on top that gradually cooled down.
The location is Markyate Cell Estate (Hertfordshire). We are in the Chilterns, basically a limestone plateau. Limestone is porous and able to store huge amounts of water, often subterraneously. The River Ver runs through the middle of the image - after weeks of heavy rain, that is. But it has been dry for a while. And if there is any water, then it is not on the surface. Fuji X-Pro1.
El Golfo es un anfiteatro abierto al océano que se formó a raíz de las erupciones de 1730. El volcán está formado por toba porosa, la cual, por acción del tiempo ha creado formaciones espectaculares. Está situado al Sur de la isla, en el municipio de Yaiza.
The Gulf is an open ocean amphitheater to be formed following the eruptions of 1730. The volcano is made of porous lava, which, by action of time has created spectacular formations. It is located south of the island, in the municipality of Yaiza.
This photomanipulation is made from a photograph of a drawing I did as a study in preparation for a painting.
Karst is a type of porous limestone; it is sort of like a rock sponge where the softer parts have erroded away, through which the springs of my area flow.
Papaver rhoeas L., 1753, the wild poppy, is a phanerogamous species of the genus Papaver, belonging to the Papaveraceae (papaveraceae) family.
It is an annual cycle plant that can reach more than 50 cm in height. It has stems erect and little branched with fine hairs. The leaves, which emerge alternately along the stem, without petiole, are pinnate and very jagged at the margins with a single central rib. The flowers, intense scarlet, bell-shaped and almost spherical, have four fine petals and two hairy sepals. The petals are very delicate and wither quickly, so the flowers can not be used in floral decorations. The stamens, of black color, form a ringed cluster around the gynoecium, which gives it the appearance of a black button. The fruit is a unilocular capsule with false walls, pale green, oval / subglobose, truncated by a kind of lid on the top (disc) with 8-18 rays and with numerous inframymetric seeds, which escape through pores below of the upper disc (porous dehiscence). These tiny seeds are, as in all species of the genus, kidney-shaped, alveolate with polygonal and brown reticulum. They bloom from the beginning to the end of the spring. They also do not resist the hot climates or humidity [citation needed]
Papaver rhoeas L., 1753, la amapola silvestre, es una especie fanerógama del género Papaver, perteneciente a la familia Papaveraceae (papaveráceas).
Es una planta de ciclo anual que puede alcanzar más de 50 cm de altura. Posee tallos erectos y poco ramificados con finos pelillos. Las hojas, que nacen alternas a lo largo del tallo, sin peciolo, son pinnadas y muy dentadas en los márgenes con una única nervadura central. Las flores, de color escarlata intenso, acampanadas y casi esféricas, poseen cuatro finos pétalos y dos sépalos vellosos. Los pétalos son muy delicados y se marchitan rápidamente, por lo que las flores no pueden usarse en adornos florales. Los estambres, de color negro, forman un racimo anillado alrededor del gineceo, lo que le da el aspecto de botón negro. El fruto es una cápsula unilocular con falsos tabiques, verde pálido, de forma ovalada/subglobosa, truncada por una especie de tapa en la parte superior (disco) con 8-18 radios y con numerosas semillas inframilimétricas, que escapan a través de poros debajo del disco superior (dehiscencia porícida). Dichas diminutas semillas son, como en todas las especies del género, de forma arriñonada, alveoladas con retículo poligonal y de color pardo. Florecen de principio a final de la primavera.También no resisten los climas cálidos ni la humedad[cita requerida]
Mono Lake is one of the Eastern Sierra's most spectacular (and perhaps most bizarre) of California's natural wonders. It's surrounded by the grand beauty of the rugged, granite-peaked Sierra Nevada Mountains, but it's not the spectacular beauty that make Mono Lake unique. Mono lake is one of the oldest lakes in North America and has been dubbed "California's Dead Sea" because it's 2 and 1/2 times as salty as the ocean. Its lack of an outlet contributes to Mono Lake's saltiness as well as its extreme alkalinity. Freshwater streams that feed Mono Lake have washed salts and minerals into the lake for years and years. As fresh water naturally evaporates into the atmosphere, the minerals are left behind, becoming increasingly concentrated over time. One of the most unique features of Mono Lakes is its tufa towers. The towers are spires of porous "rock" that looks like moon rock. They are formed when natural fresh water springs interact with the highly alkaline lake water and give Mono Lake its unique "landscape." (visitmammoth.com)
My husband and I enjoyed our trip to the Eastern Sierras and were blown away by the beautiful Fall colors. However, we took a little detour to check out Mono Lake and were taken back by its unique beauty. Despite a fairly cloudy day, we decided to stay for the sunset and we're rewarded by this beautiful sight...
I am still working on catching up with everyone's beautiful photos, but would like to take time to thank those who view, fave or comment on my work as it is greatly appreciated...
Island No. 1☼ Lipari
Near the coast, where the porous volcanic rock was shipped, the sea shimmers in shades ranging from brilliant turquoise to emerald green. A hint of South Sea flair is revealed here.
An old rusty conveyor belt still reminds of past times of pumice extraction
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In Küstennähe, wo das poröse Vulkangestein verschifft wurde, schimmert das Meer in leuchtendem Türkis bis hin zu Smaragdgrün. Ein Hauch von Südseeflair offenbart sich hier.
Ein altes verrostetes Förderband errinert noch an die vergangene Zeiten der Bimssteingewinnung.
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third day a.m.
(Album -Aeolian Islands - Äolische Inseln ♥ Sicily ♥ )
27-march-2023
The Čepić basin/polje, unlike the Učka mountain range (see notes), mainly composed of porous limestone, like most of the northern Dinaric reliefs, has an impermeable sedimentary soil base (Flysch).
It is (partially) an inclined plane that leans towards the mountain range, which, until the beginning of the 1900s, housed a vast marshy lake, which was reclaimed in that period under the Italian administration to make this vast area (with rich soil) cultivable.
In reality, without the lake, the micro-climate of the basin has developed more markedly continental characteristics with strong temperature inversions at night and considerable overheating during the day, for which reason various crops are not possible.
This microclimate, due to being closed to the typical eastern Istrian breezes coming from Kvarner, causes strong daily temperature ranges, although the altitude close to sea level and the compact terrain avoid lows below zero in late spring, as instead frequent in karstic basins with calcareous soil and located at higher altitudes; on the other hand, the summer overheating of the area favors a marked altimetric thermal gradient with the rise of strong hot currents, further aided by the mountain range, and, therefore, sometimes, the formation of very intense heat thunderstorms, often accompanied by hail.
Učka, Vojak summit, 1401m a.s.l., which overlaps on the left of the photo, is the highest mountain in Istria and has a very interesting micro-climatology especially in reference to rainfall which increases (considerably!) with altitude, as you approach at the top, almost coinciding with the altimetric contour lines.
It deserves an in-depth analysis in its own right in the next photos taken right from its partially snow-covered peak.
I took over 80 shots of this waterfall today. I narrowed it down to two I like. If you viewers would let me know your opinion as to the strongest I would be grateful.
Downing Creek Falls is the second of at least three significant waterfalls known to occur along the stout length of spring-fueled Downing Creek. The falls drop 32 feet over a distinctly cube-shaped outcrop of basalt, pouring in three to four side-by-side channels (depending on how much extra snow melt water is present), with as many as a dozen small streams of water dribbling out of the adjacent cliff and falling parallel to the falls in tandem. Though the falls aren't terribly tall, the creek is large enough to produced a consistent cloud of mist at the base of the falls, which helps ensure the forest and cliffs all around the falls are liberally covered head to toe in a thick blanket of moss.
Downing Creek is a remarkably consistent stream with a deceivingly small drainage basin. The majority of the creek emerges from springs about one quarter mile upstream from the falls, and flows all year long with very little fluctuation as a result. Further upstream along the drainage is another waterfall which only flows during periods of prolonged snow melt in the spring months, but the upper section of the creek otherwise sinks into the porous ground and the upper falls dries out as a result.
Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 metres out of a lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull. The waterfalls pour into the Hvita river from ledges of less porous rock in the lava. The name hraun comes from the Icelandic word for lava.
At temperatures of 161°F, this spring and terrace is considered one of the most colorful and ornate terraces at Mammoth. Minerva has had periods of inactivity throughout its recorded history, but when it is active terraces of porous travertine form rapidly. During the building of a single terrace, travertine precipitates around the edge of a small pool, and can accumulate at a rate of as much as 8.5 inches a year. As the water cascades from terrace to terrace the water cools, allowing algae to grow. Blue-green algae and cyanobacteria, in colors of green, yellow, orange and red.
The first stop where I was really glad that I had my crampons with me. There were loads of people around without. I have no idea how they managed to stay upright, not to mention getting to the viewing platform.
"Hraunfossar (Borgarfjörður, western Iceland) is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 metres out of the Hallmundarhraun, a lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull. The waterfalls pour into the Hvítá river from ledges of less porous rock in the lava. The name comes from the Icelandic word for lava (hraun) and the word for waterfalls (fossar). The Hraunfossar are situated near Húsafell and Reykholt and lava-tube cave Víðgelmir is close by." (Wikipedia)
18-february-2018: Babno is a village located in the innermost part of the Karst Region, North-East of Mount Snežnik (1796m a.s.l., Karst top summit) and 1km from the border with Croatia's northernmost "Mountain-Kvarner Region" (Prežid, HR).
it is located on the edge of a wide meadow basin (completely open air: "Sky View Factor"), at 748m above sea level, characterized by karstic-calcareous soil. The porous soil avoids the stagnation of humidity, making the temperature excursions very rapid and sharp with clear skies and no winds.
These factors make it the inhabited place with the coldest nights in the whole of Slovenia and among the coldest in all of Europe.
In fact, there are minimum temperatures of -30°C in all winter months, including March, and an absolute peak of -34.5°C (official ARSO station according to WMO).
Being also positioned halfway between the Kvarner Gulf and Trieste one (about 60 linear km) and near the "Snowy mount", it has a good rainfall and therefore a rather marked and prolonged snowiness.
The below zero minimum temperatures are possibly in all months of the year (!), very rarely only in July and August.
Karst-slovenian people call this polje the "Slovenska Siberija".