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I spotted this Tortoise and his Human Pal taking an ocean-front walk along the cliffs of Palos Verdes California. One thing about California, you will usually find something interesting or unusual, even when you're not looking for it : )
The Tortoise:
Tortoises are "cold-blooded," meaning their body temperature varies with the surrounding environment. They are also herbivores, meaning they eat plants. Tortoises are found in a variety of habitats, including deserts, forests, grasslands, and swamps.
There are over 300 species of tortoises, and they come in a wide range of sizes. The smallest tortoise is the speckled padloper tortoise, which is only about 4 inches long. The largest tortoise is the Galapagos tortoise, which can grow to be over 150 pounds.
Tortoises are long-lived animals. Some species can live for over 100 years. The oldest known tortoise is a Galapagos tortoise named Jonathan, who is over 190 years old.
Here are some interesting facts about tortoises:
Tortoises have been around for over 200 million years.
The largest tortoise ever recorded was a Galapagos tortoise named "Johnathan" who weighed over 500 pounds and was over 190 years old.
Tortoises are very good at conserving water. They can go for long periods of time without drinking.
Tortoises are not very good swimmers.
Tortoises are very social animals and enjoy spending time with other tortoises.
Tortoises can be very affectionate and make great pets.
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(Sony, 200-600 @ 241 mm, 1/3200 @ f/8, ISO 4000, edited to taste)
Work in progress of my new origami-tessellation.
Most of the time you start with folding the pattern in the middle of the paper.
This is the finished version.
If you are interested to see more, have a look at my tessellation album Origami - Tessellation Progression".
Maybe wider by the minute . . . We knew when we rescued her that it was likely kittens were on the way. Holly is thriving and very happy to be safe here with us! We love her and can manage whatever comes! ❤️
Please help others spay/neuter and assist the cat population from despair.
This is a preliminary version of the Horsehead Nebula LRGB. So I shot this target two nights in a row, first with a red and luminance (mono brightness only) filters then the following night with green and blue filters. Celestron RASA 8 telescope (400mm focal length, f/2) on a Celestron CGEM2 EQ mount, QHY268M mono camera, Astronomik filters, PHD2 guiding, all controlled by NINA software. There are lots of problems with this shot, mostly from my cables causing ugly defects on the stars, and the cables moving between filters (and with the meridian flip). I am going to try to fix some of these problems with editing, but this is before I try.
Statue representing progress on Gellert Hill, Budapest (the couple are real, happened to stand in just the right place)
While most railroads are on a cost cutting spree the Reading & Northern is doing just the opposite by upgrading track & signals, buying more motive power & above all hiring more dedicated people to move the freight. Case in point, a new siding & control point (Muller) is being installed near Hamburg which will connect with an existing siding & run all the way to Port Clinton.
GB Railfreight Class 66 diesel locomotive 66796 "The Green Progressor"
6G99 Tunstead Sidings to Banbury Reservoir Redland Aggregates
Dunston, Staffordshire
Work continues on the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line installing Positive Train Control equipment, including new signal bridges at control points like the one here at Duncannon. Train 60N is rolling west under the new and old with the Norfolk and Western heritage unit leading a train of Russian steel slabs.
Work is still progressing west, with new equipment showing up periodically for installation and the technology is already in use on the nearby Lurgan Branch. The time of the classic Pennsylvania Railroad position light signal is rapidly winding down.
The sun casts a pastel glow over a construction site in Columbus, Ohio.
Fuji X-Pro 3, XF 50mm F2
Kodak Ultramax base
7DWF Thursdays / Jueves : B&W
"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning." -Benjamin Franklin
A mix of BNSF power and a Union Pacific Locomotive is seen here at Progress Rail in Memphis, TN., in the process of being scrapped
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Definitely a different scene since last time I was here with the platform between the UP mains being developed. Also, the NS transfer train IG4AH began running a few months ago which gives us the occasional heritage unit out of Global 4. Jun 24, 2017
Hello again, this is a WIP for a thing for Brickfair. This is a Collab between myself and Wisrthanu
yes I know yellow is an ugly color
hoephoep/african hoopoo/upupa africana
a few weeks ago the hoopoos started breeding (see comment 1). Over the weekend the chicks must have hartched, not that one can see them, the mother will still stay put in the nest for 5-8 days, so dad has to do all the feeding for now. He is flying on and off with a worm here and a titbit there.