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The macro Monday theme for tomorrow, 12/5, is crack and this is a pressed board something. that was used to transport something that arrived in our house- a pan maybe? Actually took a picture of the whole thing and that pic is in the photostream. Will put it into the first comment box. Btb this is under an inch.
Corcovado / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil
[EXPLORE - 2014-05-29]
Album of Brazil: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157643060...
A bicyclist gets a free rapid Covid-19 test outside a church in the city of Patras, the regional capital of Western Greece, on Saturday, March 13, 2021.
Canada Geese are always such attentive parents and keep a close eye on their brood.
I love how you always see one parent bringing up the rear when the family is out cruising in the open water.
It was a privilege to witness the tenderness shared between this pair of Anhingas. The boardwalk at Wakodahatchee Wetlands enabled me to capture this special moment without disturbing the pair. Anhingas develop strong bonds with their mate which endure a lifetime. The turquoise around their eyes indicates that’s it’s mating season.
Location: Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida, United States of America
- Amulet in the form of a winged scarab
From the 25th dynasty onwards scarab-with-wings amulets were very common. These were almost exclusively made of bright-blue-glazed compositions and were moulded with a flat underside. They were pierced with holes around the edge so that they would be stitched over the chest on the mummy wrappings or incorporated with the bead nest which enveloped contemporary mummies.
A scarab-shaped amulet offered the dead hope for new life and resurrection. These magical properties could be enhanced even further by the inscriptions, motifs or pictorial presentations, sometimes added to the flat underside.
Faience
Late Period
BAAM 434
- Amulet in the form of the eye of Horus (Udjat)
(in the shape of a right udjat)
The udjat amulet first appeared in the later Old Kingdom and continued to be produced until the Roman Period. It is the best known of all protective amulets and was found in greater numbers on mummies than any other amulets. It could also be worn in life. The udjat ( the sound one) refers to the eye of Horus the Elder, the celestial falcon and great creator god whose right eye was the sun and left eye the moon.
At its most basic shape, the udjat is a human eye with an eyebrow, but beneath the eye, it has a drop and a curl to imitate the markings on the head of the lanner falcon.
Faience
Late Period
BAAM 1071
- Heart-shaped amulet
An amulet in the shape of a heart surmounted by a suspension loop. For the Egyptians, the heart was the most essential of organs, not because it pumped blood around the body (it is unclear whether they understood this function), but because they believed it was the seat of intelligence, the originator of all feelings and actions, the storehouse of memory and consequently the source of an individual's identity. This is why it was the heart that was weighed in the balance of the underworld to determine if its owner was worthy to enter the Egyptian paradise or not.
Heart amulets of a New Kingdom date are still relatively rare. Two of the earliest securely dated non-royal examples come from the burial of Akenaten's vizier Aper-el at Saqqara.
The heart amulet became one of the most important of all amulets and was set on every mummy until the end of the Pharaonic Period, often in numbers and usually on the upper torso. They appear in a wide variety of materials, the most common of which are carnelian, basalt, hematite, and glazed compositions. The heart depicted as an amulet is usually identified as the bull's heart rather than the human type.
Faience
Greco-Roman Period
BAAM 218
Antiquities Museum of Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Excerpt from Wikipedia: An articulated bus (either a motor bus or trolleybus) is an articulated vehicle used in public transportation. It is usually a single-deck design, and comprises two rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint (articulation) enclosed by protective folding bellows on the in- and outside of the vehicle (usually of gray or black colour) and a cover plate on the inside of the vehicle. This arrangement allows a longer legal overall length than single-decker rigid-bodied buses, and hence a higher passenger capacity, while still allowing the bus to maneuver adequately on the roads of its service route.
Around the English-speaking world, articulated buses have acquired several different synonyms that allude to their articulated design, such as bendy buses, bending buses, tandem buses, stretch buses, double buses, banana buses, slinky buses, wiggle buses, caterpillar buses, accordion buses or vestibule buses. Due to their high passenger capacity, articulated buses are often used as part of bus rapid transit schemes, and can include mechanical guidance.
Used almost exclusively on public transport bus services, articulated buses are approximately 18 metres (59 ft) in length; standard rigid-construction buses are usually 11 to 14 metres (36 to 46 ft). The common arrangement of an articulated bus is to have a forward section with two axles leading a rear section with a single axle, with the driving axle mounted on either the front or the rear section. Some articulated bus models have a steering arrangement on the rearmost axle which turns slightly in opposition to the front steering axle, allowing the vehicle to negotiate turns in a crab-like fashion, similar to hook-and-ladder fire trucks operating in city environments. A less common variant of the articulated bus is the bi-articulated bus, where the vehicle has two trailer sections rather than one. Their capacity is around 200 people, and their length about 25 metres (82 ft).
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Excerpt from www.ttc.ca: The Articulated Low-Floor Diesel Buses manufactured by NovaBus, a Division of Volvo Group-Canada, in Ste. Eustache Quebec, are now on Toronto streets.
In keeping with TTC’s commitment to improved customer service, the new “Artics” are 60 feet long and will replace aging existing buses that are scheduled for retirement due to high mileage and general deterioration.
As part of the TTC’s modernization plan the accessible low-floor bus fleet will increase capacity on our busiest routes. Each bus has a capacity of 46 seated passengers and approximately 31 standing passengers. Features include LED interior and exterior lighting, automatic central air conditioning and heating, and ergonomic seating for passenger comfort.
Buses are designed to accommodate two standard wheelchairs and nine priority passenger seats, identified by bright blue upholstery. To minimize engine exhaust emissions, clean diesel engines are furnished with the latest electronic engine controls and diesel exhaust after treatment systems.
TTC’s new fleet of Articulated Low-Floor Clean Diesel Buses is being solely funded by the City of Toronto to improve customer service and replace some of TTC’s aging 40 foot buses.
Taken from Savannah Skies Observatory with a modified Canon 6D and 24-mm Lens in a Cyclapse protective housing.
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Even though this Peahen was some distance away, she gave this photographer a "stay away" look ! She seemed to have only the one chick - they were seen "walking" along a hedge ~8 ft off the ground at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia CA.
This sea otter did not want anyone coming anywhere near her adorable baby. Don't worry, we gave her plenty of space - this is cropped out of a photo taken with a superzoom as we passed by.
(Valdez, Alaska)
Since finding my first lampshade spider two years and six days ago, I've come to notice that, here in the mountains, they're quite common if you have the right environmental recipe. I spent a few hours one day last year driving fire roads through the forest, obsessively stopping to check every exposed rock face I passed. Around 80% of them had at least webs of lampshade spiders, if not spiders themselves. I was delighted to be living among them! Along with jumping spiders, these are at the top of my spider list for no reason I can express.
Descending a trail from Chimney Rock in North Carolina back in September, I noticed the terrain and went on alert. Scanning the rock around the metal steps, I spotted the first one. The trail wound its way past more boulders and rock faces, and I can report there appears to be a healthy population of them there. They all look pretty much the same (though within the genus as a whole they range in colors), but according to the location, these were a new species for me. This leaves only one species in the eastern US left for me to see.
When I came upon this beautiful pair, I had to stop everything and park myself a while to make sure I captured them well. I love the way that long-leggy male appears to be protecting his mate. September to October seems to be the end of their season, when they've reached maturity and they create next year's brood. I do find an occasional spider after all the large ones disappear, but by mid-October those are always small, and most webs are empty.
The next photo shows the pair in their entirety, but this one makes it easier to see their details.
20 Arachtober 2025
Lampshade Weavers, Hypochilus coylei
Hickory Nut Falls Trail from Chimney Rock • 2 September 2025
A Grey Seal Cow trying to encourage her pup to feed. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire.
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in the quiet grounds of hospital palmaplanas in palma de mallorca, a towering tree stands sentinel in the night. its branches stretch out, a natural protector in the monochrome moonlight. under its watchful presence sits a lone chair, an abandoned companion to the silent guardian. if felt a sense of solace and guardianship, a single moment where nature offers its unwavering strength and shelter against the darkness enveloping the cold and frightening atmosphere of a hospital.
Bodacious Bob stands guard over his adopted son, Happy.
Assateague Island National Seashore
Maryland
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The Mahonie loop road (S99) is not known for having a large number of animal sightings so we were very pleased to see lots of animals during our evening game drive out of Punda. Low light didn't make this the easiest to photograph and they blocked the road for half an hour whilst the little calf refused to move on.
I was disappointed with the accommodation at Punda which, whilst clean, is in desperate need of an upgrade. We stayed in one of the family cottages and when my daughter went for a swim the pool was so dirty that we had to forbid her from getting her head wet.
It was a real shame as all the other camps that we stayed at (or ate at) ie Mopani, Shingwedzi, Letaba and Satara were really well kept.
Mahonie Loop Road (S99)
Punda Maria
Kruger National Park
Limpopo
South Africa