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Canada geese take flight from the waters of Waukau Creek at the Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area, a wildlife refuge in Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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At my last visit to Godafoss, I shot one of my favorite Iceland images (flic.kr/p/2eAK2dL). So I was excited to visit this majestic waterfall again. Since our last visit some things had changed: they built a new parking site (probably a parking fee follows), new ways with benches and installed safety measures. It gets more and more touristic in Iceland, some say that with these many visitors the magic of Iceland vanishes - I agree partly for some main sites at the "rush hour", but there is still lots of things to discover.
My last photo I took from the shore of the river, but this time the path to the stairs was blocked by a chain. After checking the terrain, I decided to ignore this safety measure and continued my way down, where I took this image. After I went down, about 20 people followed my bad example ...
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Dettifoss is very impressive to see with a width of 100 m and a height of 44 meters. The name Dettifoss means something like “the collapsing waterfall”. When standing in front of the waterfall you know why it is named Detifoss.
It is said that Dettifoss is the most powerful waterfall in Europe with possible volumes up to 500 m3/sec, extremely powerful. The average flow rate is 193 m3/sec.
Dettifoss is located in Iceland’s second largest river Jökulsá Fjollum (206 kilometers) and is fed by the glacier Vatnajökull. The muddy water squeezes itself through a narrow canyon with an average volume of 193 m3 per second and ends in the Arctic Ocean. The area is part of the Jökulsárgljúfur (glacier river gorge) since 1945 and is one of the four National Parks of Iceland.
Dettifoss was recently featured in the opening scene of the science fiction film Prometheus (2012).
Source European Waterfalls.
I went hunting for a good sunset yesterday, but I couldn't get the colours right.........
I was going to dump them all, but a dear friend wanted to see it :-)
Double exposure under the bridge.
Doppia esposizione sotto il ponte.
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Dettifoss is Europe's most powerful waterfall, located in the Vatnajökull National Park in the north-east of Iceland. Usually run over by tourists, we went there at 2am at night where we had the whole waterfall to ourselves. My friend John is standing at the cliff to take close up shots, while I was further away and taking shot with a long lens. He was so excited taking shots, repositioning himself, and taking more shots. I had a hard time catching up repositioning my camera from far away. For a brief moment he stood still, and I got this shot, which indicates the scale of Dettifoss.
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A powerful wind blew down a giant 200 foot tall pine tree missing my house by 16 inches! Damage to the house was minimal, but the clean up has been a sticky sap never ending nightmare. In spite of the commotion this brave little rabbit came to help!
The park is not too far from the hospital I am working in and decided to catch up with my little feathered friends. The Owlets are getting bigger and well fed. Dad is having a sleep after hunting most of the night.
The piers along the California coast can sure take a pounding from the winter surf. This is Imperial Beach Pier south of San Diego.
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tunes: air . all I need www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr7JuEI6qZ4
Whenever in the mountains you have to watch out for avalanches and the best thing you can do is take an avalanche course. I always carry my beacon, probe and shovel as they can be unpredictable.
Here's an avalanche video taken in the Canadian Rockies, the comments are hilarious.
A fiery sunset beyond Lake Michigan's shelf at its zenith
Would've loved to have stayed here well past sunset but ended up in the stream about ten minutes after this shot. Left my setup to grab a bazooka from my pack and a powerful gust of wind knocked my set up over. After rushing over to check for damages (everything was fine), I saw my mitten floating in the water along the far bank. Thought I could leap in and grab it while getting only one leg wet, but punched though on the push-off and tumbled in. Had no choice but to pack up posthaste and hustle back to the truck. Drove home wearing only underwear and house slippers.
I was met with curiosity on the return home.
Burberry miniature glass perfume bottle on silver tray. Glass bottle is under 1” in both diameter and height.
Macro Mondays: Glass
Happy Macro Monday! 😊
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft.
The versatile airframe has found uses in other roles, including as a gunship (AC-130), for airborne assault, search and rescue, scientific research support, weather reconnaissance, aerial refueling, maritime patrol, and aerial firefighting. It is now the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. More than 40 variants of the Hercules, including civilian versions marketed as the Lockheed L-100, operate in more than 60 nations.
The C-130 entered service with the U.S. in 1956, followed by Australia and many other nations. During its years of service, the Hercules has participated in numerous military, civilian and humanitarian aid operations. In 2007, the transport became the fifth aircraft to mark 50 years of continuous service with its original primary customer, which for the C-130 is the United States Air Force. The C-130 is the longest continuously produced military aircraft at more than 60 years, with the updated Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules being produced as of 2023.
C-130H Identical to the Echo variant but with more powerful Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engines. Introduced in Jun. 1974 with 308 ordered.
Nice and sharp best viewed large hit 'L' or click on the photo.
Gulls excited to be flying in the teeth of a powerful storm, the Beast from the East. At Aberdeen's outer harbour wall NE Scotland.
Another from a sequence of shots of this powerful beauty mission accomplished and it's prize firmly gripped in those huge talons.
A fabulous advert for conservation.
White tailed eagles were driven to extinction in the UK by the ill advised hand of man, with the last bird being shot on Shetland in 1916.
These gorgeous birds were reintroduced on Rum in 1975 with further releases on Wester Ross in 1993. Since then most of the eagle population has found it's way to Mull where a healthy population is now well established.
Once again the population is starting to spread out across western Scotland and the Isles.
White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
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Recomiendo verlo en grande. Large View.
Voy a actualizar con una nueva versión este palomar de mi pueblo. Fue la primera y única vez que iba en coche conduciendo y he parado para hacer una foto. Y es que esas nubes es muy extraño encontrarlas así. Eso unido a un palomar precioso creo que hacen una gran foto.
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Evening grosbeaks are unlike any other songbirds! Other birds like to eat wild cherries but only Evening grosbeaks target the pits. They remove the tasty skin and flesh of a cherry, crush the remaining seed with their powerful beak and then swallow it whole.
Evening grosbeaks are so into these cherry pits that they are known to seek out the pits discarded by American Robins!
I took this picture way back in Feb 2011 , I was walking to work when I spotted this sunrise . It was the Drax Power Station output that the sun was rising through . I think it looked amazing at the time I took and still do even now
The American Bald eagle living up to its reputation. Nothing is more exciting to this photographer than catching one of these fellows in flight. It has been a good year.
We are told that when St Francis was found in the Verna woods lying face down in the undergrowth, he was repeating: “Who are you? Who am I?” In this way, he fixed the abyss of difference between man and God, the two poles, which create the fascination of religious sentiment. The deeper this sentiment, the more it is like lightning shooting forth–powerful, bright, and burning–and the more man feels the potential difference between these two poles.
-At the Origin of the Christian Claim, LUIGI GIUSSANI, pg 35