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not quite from the summit, but up on the 1900m high plateau of the Schneeberg mountain. Patches of the first snows remain after a period of warm weather we've had the last weeks.
Pteridium aquilinum is a cosmopolitan fern which originated in Eurasia and North America. It can spread through rhyzome or spores.
Bracken is consumed as a food in parts of the world, notably Japan, Korea, China and Wales. The plant contains a carcinogen which can potentially be a cause of a number of cancers which are more prevalent in that area, but is also known to be denatured by soaking in water and cooking.
Yellow gorse (Ulex europaeus
) flower petal up close and personal.Gorse is an important plant for insects as it flowers most of the year round in UK.
Somewhere over the Mediterranean Sea…
Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird!
It's a plane!
Each window shows a different story and a different scene. Together they name up the bigger picture.
I invite you to add a note to a window with what story you see through that one window on its own.
I'm not sure if the peak here is in fact Mt. Olympus - one way or another it is a majestic sight. Quite impressive what a mobile phone camera can do behind a not particularly clean plane-window.