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The Grand Galibier is a summit of the French Alps in the Cerces massif and precisely in the Galibier range, at the limit of the departments of Savoie in the town of Valloire and Hautes-Alpes in the town of Monêtier-les-Bains. It rises to an altitude of 3,228 m and dominates the Col du Galibier.
HDR of M & M's in small amber glass bowl taken for Macro Mondays Misfit theme. The width is precisely 3 inches.
I've just come back from a little trip to Bohemian Switzerland, more precisely to the Tyssa walls.
The aim was to photograph the sunrise here. According to the weather report, there was a 50% chance that the rain would have stopped by then. As you can see, that was not the case. And so I hiked around this grandiose landscape with an umbrella and rain jacket, always trying to protect my technique from the water.
Of course it was a reef pine tree (pictured here on the right) that first caught my attention.
Even if the morning went very differently than planned, I am very happy about the experience and the result. I don't often get such a great rainforest atmosphere in front of my lens, which fits perfectly with this landscape.
By the way, I also saw the sun, shortly before I got back to my car.
Gerade komme ich zurück von einem kleinen Ausflug in die Böhmische Schweiz, genauer gesagt zu den Tyssaer Wänden.
Ziel war es hier den Sonnenaufgang zu fotografieren. Laut Wetterbericht bestand eine 50 %ige Chance, dass der Regen bis dahin aufgehört hat. Wie man sieht war dem nicht so. Und so bin ich dann mit Schirm und Regenjacke in dieser grandiosen Landschaft herum gewandert immer bemüht, meine Technik vor dem Wasser zu schützen.
Natürlich war es eine Riff Kiefer (hier rechts im Bild) die meine Aufmerksamkeit als erstes auf sich gelenkt hat.
Auch wenn der Morgen ganz anders verlief als geplant, so bin ich sehr froh über das Erlebnis und über das Ergebnis. So eine tolle Regenwaldatmosphäre, die perfekt zu dieser Landschaft passt, bekomme ich nicht oft vor die Linse.
Die Sonne habe ich übrigens dann auch noch gesehen, kurz bevor ich zurück an meinem Auto war.
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Le Grand Galibier est un sommet des Alpes françaises dans le massif des Cerces et précisément dans le chaînon du Galibier, à la limite des départements de la Savoie sur la commune de Valloire et des Hautes-Alpes sur la commune du Monêtier-les-Bains.
Il culmine à 3 228 m d'altitude et domine le col du Galibier.
The Grand Galibier is a summit of the French Alps in the Cerces massif and precisely in the Galibier range, at the limit of the departments of Savoie in the town of Valloire and Hautes-Alpes in the town of Monêtier-les-Bains. It rises to an altitude of 3,228 m and dominates the Col du Galibier.
Ararajuba is a Psittaciforme, also known as Guaruba, Guarajuba, Tanajuba, Aiurujuba, Ajurujuba, Marajuba, Ajurujubacanga, Guarujuba and Imperial parrot.
Its scientific name means: do (tupi) Guarajúba = yellowish bird.
It measures about 34cm in length and weighs around 255g. Ararajuba has the colors of the Brazilian flag (yellow with green wing tips), so it is considered the best alternative to be chosen as a National Ave. It is a species without sexual dimorphism.
It feeds on seeds, oily fruits, fruits and flowers.
It looks for tall, hollow trees to build its nests, inside a deep chamber that prevents predators such as toucans. In this place, they lay two to three eggs that are incubated for approximately 30 days, not only by the parents, but also by other individuals in the flock. These “helpers” also collaborate in the care of the puppies until they become adults.
Inhabits the canopy of tall humid forests. It is quite social, including in the reproductive period, living in flocks of 4 to 10 individuals. It is precisely in the areas where the species occurs that the highest rates of deforestation in the Amazon for the formation of pastures are verified. Thus, the loss of their habitat is one of the main threats that jeopardize the survival of these birds. The trafficking of wild birds is another factor that significantly contributes to the reduction of these individuals in the wild.
Found exclusively in Brazil, from western Maranhão to southeastern Amazonas, and always south of the Amazon River and east of the Madeira River. There are occasional records in the 1990s in the northeast of Rondônia and the extreme north of Mato Grosso.
Taken at BioPark/ Rio de Janeiro
Mon petit bout de paradis en Provence, plus précisément dans le Var sur la commune du Castellet à proximité du circuit Paul Ricard. Et j’ai vraiment hâte de le retrouver et de profiter d’un moment de calme dans un cadre comme vous pouvez le constater sur les photos qui ressemble au paradis !
Cet hôtel de charme situé au cœur de la Provence permet au chef Christophe Bacquie meilleur ouvrier de France et triplement étoilé et à son second le chef Fabien Ferré de nous régaler avec une cuisine méditerranéenne dans un cadre clair et épuré avec une vue verdoyante.
Le Castellet Hotel & Spa
My little piece of paradise in Provence, more precisely in the Var in the town of Le Castellet near the Paul Ricard circuit.
This charming hotel located in the heart of Provence allows the Chef Meilleur Ouvrier de France and three-star chef to delight us with Mediterranean cuisine in a clear and uncluttered setting with a green view.
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🇫🇷Nous voici sur la terrasse de notre location pour cette 2° semaine de vacances en Corse, plus précisément Tiuccia qui est une station balnéaire de Corse-du-Sud, dépendant de la commune de Casaglione et située à une vingtaine de kilomètres d'Ajaccio, sur la route de Calvi (par la côte), au fond du golfe de Sagone.
Elle est bâtie au pied du rocher de Capraghja (Carpraja), où demeurent quelques vestiges des fondations du château des comtes de Cinarca, et d'où l'on domine la totalité du golfe, jusqu'à Cargèse.
Le site est bordé au nord par le Monte Lazzu (100 m). Dans son prolongement en direction de la mer se trouvent également les ruines de deux anciennes fortifications génoises, la tour du Capigliolu (XVIe siècle) et un fortin (XVIIe siècle/XVIIIe siècle).
🇬🇧 Here we are on the terrace of our rental for this 2° week holiday in Corsica, more precisely Tiuccia which is a seaside resort of Corsica-du-Sud, dependent on the commune of Casaglione and located about twenty kilometers from Ajaccio, on the road to Calvi (by the coast), at the bottom of the Gulf of Sagone.
It is built at the foot of the rock of Capraghja (Carpraja), where remains of the foundations of the castle of the counts of Cinarca, and from where one dominates the entire gulf, up to Cargèse.
The site is bordered to the north by the Monte Lazzu (100 m). In its extension towards the sea are also the ruins of two ancient Genoese fortifications, the tower of Capigliolu (16th century) and a fortin (17th century/18th century).
"Rozando la eternidad
En vuelos a ras del mar
Negando la realidad
Para poderlo contar..."
"Border on eternity
in flights almost touching the sea
denying reality
in order to tell count it..."
Duncan Dhu, one of finest Spanish groups from the 80's, and they are precisely from San Sebastian: youtu.be/slbhmKuNGbM
Or: We Are Family
#macromondays
#Four
OK, let's say that sharpness isn't everything. At least not every time ;) I simply couldn't get this "inside view" any sharper, but I still like the result, because it reminds me of planets, or, more precisely, a planetary "group" consisting of four equally sized planetary siblings that are kept together (and also safely apart at always the same distance) by a special, gravity-defying magnetic field that only exists in "teaverse". Yes, this is a stainless steel tea egg, its holes are beautifully arranged in groups of four, and we are looking through one of those holes (diameter of each hole: 1 mm / 0,039 inches) right into the tea egg. In the upper "planet" you can see one of the aforementioned "hole quartets" on the opposite inner wall of the tea egg. I was surprised that it actually worked, and I assume it's because you can get extremely close to your subject with the 30 mm macro lens, in fact so close that its UV filter (highly recommended for this lens!) touched the tea egg.
The image is a single photo illuminated by a single LED lamp which I'd put inside of the tea egg. Processed in DXO PL5 and Analog Efex (with only the basic adjustments, no film preset, vignette, or anything else).
HMM, Everyone!
Sagen wir mal so: Schärfe ist nicht alles, jedenfalls nicht immer ;) Schärfer ging es hier nicht, aber ich finde, das Foto funktioniert trotzdem - irgendwie. Ich sehe hier eine Gruppe von vier Planeten, Planetengeschwister, die von einem sehr speziellen Magnetfeld mit ausreichendem, der Schwerkraft trotzenden Sicherheitsabstand zusammengehalten werden. Und das gibt es so wohl nur im "Tee-iversum". Richtig, dies ist ein Tee-Ei, dessen Löcher (jew. 1 mm im Durchmesser) in hübschen Vierergruppen angeordnet sind. Und durch eines dieser Löcher (bzw. durch vier, natürlich, aber nur der Blick durch das obere rechte Loch ist halbwegs scharf) schauen wir hier ins Innere des Tee-Eis. Im oberen "Planeten" könnt Ihr eine solche Vierer-Loch-Gruppe an der gegenüberliegenden Innenwand des Tee-Eis sehen.
Ich war überrascht, dass diese Innenansicht überhaupt so funktioniert hat. Allerdings kann man mit dem preiswerten 30-mm-Makro auch extrem nah ans Motiv herangehen. So nah, dass sich auf jeden Fall ein Schutzfilter empfiehlt, und so hatte auch hier der Filterrand bereits das Tee-Ei berührt. Nicht so günstig für viele Motive, hier aber ideal :)
Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde, kommt gut durch die bevorstehende Hitzewelle!
Or - an accidental discovery.
There is a certain satisfaction in discovering through experience the underlying reality of something we take for granted. I mean, we all know what a mile is right - 1760 yards. Well, actually no, it wasn’t that at all, that calculation must have come later, the mile stood alone prior to that.
On my long walks with my guide dog, and later with just my white stick, to pass the time I used to count my paces - sad I know, but I can’t see the scenery, so it kept me awake. I used to count 100 paces on just one foot, on each finger and thumb, and when I had done all digits - 1000 paces, I would transfer a coin to another pocket. As time went on, on certain walks , if there was a marker nearby like a large tree, a road or whatever. - something I could pick up, I would mark the 1000 paces or sometimes 500. One day I went in the car with my wife to see how far a particular walk was and as we drove I asked the distance at the markers I had accumulated, and to my surprise, they coincided almost exactly with 1 mile, or half mile intervals! The fact is - and you can verify this, 1000 strides on one foot is one mile, it is very accurate, to within 20 or 30 paces for me. I am of average height and stride. One hand half a mile, two hands a full mile.
This must be how the distance of one mile came into being, people in times of yore, needed to know how long a journey would take and therefore a standard was set by which anyone could gauge their progress. All you needed was 10 fingers and some stones in a pocket.
As a small boy I can remember seeing very old stone roadside markers - milestones, ’40 miles to London’ or 50 miles to London’ or which ever town, they must be all gone now. Somebody - with a pocket full of stones - must have paced those markers, 100 paces x 10 fingers x 10 stones = 10 miles. He would then leave some sort of marker by the wayside, and later along comes the horse and cart with the large stone markers and drops them off at each marked point.
The measurement of a yard has nothing to do with a mile. The name tells us that, it was obviously a measurement for small pieces of land and fields a *yard*. One day somebody said I wonder how many yardsticks make one of those mile things? They had someone - probably several people walk the mile, then lay down a yard stick at the starting point and discovered you had to flip it 1759 times to reach the mile.
So a mile is not a measurement of yards and feet, it is a measurement of hands and feet, and that photograph above, of all the cow parsley lining the road was taken precisely 3500 paces (on one foot) from my front door, or exactly, three and a half miles……
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the plant – on the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. These prickles are an adaptation that protects the plant from being eaten by herbivores. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape similar to a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flowerheads. The comparative amount of spininess varies dramatically by species. For example, Cirsium heterophyllum has minimal spininess while Cirsium spinosissimum is the opposite. Typically, species adapted to dry environments have greater spininess. The term thistle is sometimes taken to mean precisely those plants in the tribe Cardueae (synonym: Cynareae), especially the genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum. However, plants outside this tribe are sometimes called thistles, and when this is done, "thistles" would form a polyphyletic group. A thistle is the floral emblem of Scotland and Lorraine, as well as the emblem of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Biennial thistles are particularly noteworthy for their high wildlife value, producing such things as copious floral resources for pollinators, nourishing seeds for birds like the goldfinch, foliage for butterfly larvae, and down for the lining of birds' nests. 45834
The timing couldn't have been better for this week's Macro Monday topic: Flowers.
I've brought back Frangipanier (french name for Plumeria) seeds in 2014 from a travel on the "La Réunion" island, next to Madagascar, and got about 8 plants that are growing steadily in pots since then.
A few weeks ago, after 7 years of waiting, the biggest of those plants started shily producing what turned out to be the very first flower buds.
After a few weeks of tepid development, the sun came back through the fog and last Thursday, precisely in sync with HMM, the first two flowers opened, one after the other, in front of my mesmerized eyes...
😊🌸
We have returned to wonderful Tromso for yet another Birthday adventure and lots of Arctic exploration. Last night we drove around under wonderful, permanently changing Aurora displays and found this guy, which apparently normally serves to do precisely the kind of adventure rides we were doing on our own. So we had some fun with is as foreground for watching amazing Northern Lights displays.
If life challenges you and makes it difficult for you, you are forced to learn and grow. It is precisely these challenges that make us stronger and value life all the more.
Ein Planimeter (hier gnauer: Polarplanimeter) ist ein mechanisches Messgerät zur Ermittlung beliebiger Flächeninhalte in Landkarten oder Zeichnungen.
(OTT-Planimeter, Typ 31. Hersteller: A. Ott, Kempten, Bayern, Deutschland. Herstellungsjahr unbekannt)
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A planimeter (here more precisely: polar planimeter) is a mechanical measuring device for determining any area in maps or drawings.
(OTT Planimeter, Type 31. Manufacturer: A. Ott, Kempten, Bavaria, Germany. Year of manufacture unknown)
Восторга чуть, немного наслаждения…
Конфеты точно управляют чудесами
И точно поднимают настроение!
Попробуйте, Вы убедитесь сами!...........................A little bit of delight, a little bit of pleasure…
Candies precisely control miracles
And they definitely cheer you up!
Try it, you will see for yourself!
"They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity."
Quote - Emily Dickinson
Wishing you all a very happy weekend. Enjoy ;-)
Der Bahnhof Kreillerstraße liegt in Berg am Laim im Münchner Osten und trägt seinen Namen wie die Straße nach einer Haidhausener Brauerei- und Grundbesitzerfamilie, die in Berg am Laim zahlreiche Grundstück besaß. Er wurde vom Architekturbüro Grüner + Schnell in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Baureferat der Stadt München, Hauptabteilung U-Bahn-Bau geplant. Die Eröffnung war am 29.05.1999. Die Lichtplanung übernahm hier das Bartenbach LichtLabor. Die indirekte Beleuchtung über drei Lichtbänder, die von großen Aluminiumtafeln an der Decke reflektiert werden, erstreckt sich wie ein Himmel über den gesamten Bahnsteig.
Die Form der Reflektorschirme ist exakt so berechnet, dass das Licht gleichmäßig über die gesamte Bahnsteigbreite verteilt wird und zudem der Streifen an der Bahnsteigkante betont wird. (Quelle: www.u-bahn-muenchen.de)
The station Kreillerstrasse is located in Berg am Laim in the east of Munich and bears its name like the road to a Haidhausen brewery and landowner family, which owned numerous plots in Berg am Laim. It was planned by the architectural firm Grüner + Schnell in cooperation with the building department of the City of Munich, Department of U-Bahn-Bau. The opening was on 29. 05. 1999. The lighting design was taken over by the Bartenbach LichtLabor. The indirect illumination over three light bands, which are reflected by large aluminium panels on the ceiling, extends like a sky over the entire platform. The shape of the reflector umbrellas is precisely calculated in such a way that the light is evenly distributed over the entire platform width and the stripe at the platform edge is emphasised. ( Source: www. u-bahn-muenchen. de)
Website: www.heiko-roebke-photography.de
It is so amazing watching these big birds land in what seems to be a very fragile place. He is looking straight ahead.....how does he know precisely where to set down those enormous talons? He certainly does though....without a wobble!
The physical appearance of the moai that came out of the Rano Raraku quarries follows a clearly defined pattern. This quite similar aesthetic makes them all look the same, but it is not like that. Precisely here, with so many figures to compare, it is observed that each moai has unique features that give it its own personality and that differentiate it from others.
Those unique details linked to their particular history, made that each statue had its own name. Some names were related to the authors of the work, but others made reference to some peculiarity of the image or the place where it was. Unfortunately, the passage of time has erased the memory of almost everyone, but still retains that of a few chosen. Let’s meet the most famous.
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There are 397 moais that never left the factory or construction site. They never had a platform.
These moais were taken to all sides of the island from here. The hills have several moais of different sizes, positions and many styles. Rano Raraku is not just a megalithic workshop. It represents the maximum development of an ancestral culture.
They began to be sculpted approximately between 1000 and 1600 A.D.
The terms "mushroom" and "toadstool" go back centuries and were never precisely defined, nor was there consensus on application. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the terms mushrom, mushrum, muscheron, mousheroms, mussheron, or musserouns were used.[3]
The term "mushroom" and its variations may have been derived from the French word mousseron in reference to moss (mousse). Delineation between edible and poisonous fungi is not clear-cut, so a "mushroom" may be edible, poisonous, or unpalatable.[4][5] The word toadstool appeared first in 14th century England as a reference for a "stool" for toads, possibly inferring an inedible poisonous fungu
Depuis début 2015 et la fin des grands travaux d'aménagement du Couesnon à l'entrée du Mont, le Mont Saint-Michel redevient une île lors des grandes marées.
C'est justement un jour de grande marée (114). On s'est levés tôt pour rentrer dans le Mont avant que l'accès ne soit coupé et assister à l'évènement.
On voit ici la chaussée d'accès au Mont sur le point d'être submergée.
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Large Tide
Since the beginning of 2015 and the end of great works on the Couesnon at the entrance of the Mount, Mont-Saint-Michel becomes again an island at Large Tides.
It is precisely one day of Large Tide (114). We got up early to get into the Mount before access is cut and attend the event.
Here we see the access road to the Mount about to be submerged.
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Mont Saint-Michel - Normandie/Normandy
A painter can't do this, a writer can't do this, a sculptor can't do this :-)
Brett Weston
HMM! HPPT! Science Matters!
sasanqua camellia, 'Bonanza', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Geese can often be seen flying so low over the water that their wing tips just touch the surface on the down-stroke. I assume this helps them judge their height very precisely by touch so they can keep looking ahead.
In this case, the lake was frozen solid, yet they still used the same technique.
focusing on the small and the unexpected, conferring attention on the helter-skelter juxtapositions of time and space, the photographer reminds us that the actual world is full of surprise, which is precisely that most people, imprisoned in habit and devoted to the familiar, tend to forget.
John Rosenthal
HPPT! Ukraine Matters!
japanese camellia, 'October Affair', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
A solitary deer grazes peacefully on a distant shore in a world of green...
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For those of you wondering (as was I) why this photo turned out so very green, a quick trip to Wikipedia (bless them) explained it all quickly and precisely. To satisfy your curiousity, I attach the following enlightening (no pun intended) explanation of green:
Spectral coordinates:
Wavelength 495–570 nm
Frequency ~575–525 THz
Color coordinates:
Hex triplet: 00FF00
sRGBB (r, g, b) (0, 255, 0)
Source sRGB approximation to NCS S 2060-G[a]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Now you know...;-)
The Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, is a Catholic basilica that stands in the middle of the historic center of Quito. The structure is the largest architectural complex within the historic centers of all of South America. San Francisco is considered a jewel of continental architecture for its mixture of different styles combined throughout more than 150 years of construction. Inside the church there are more than 3,500 works of colonial art, of multiple artistic manifestations and varied techniques, especially those corresponding to the Colonial Quito School of Art, which was born precisely in this place.
Personal and current note:
All my May flowers, I mean every possible color here, bloomed in May. The Christmas cactus are known in the northern hemisphere as the Christmas Cactus (late autumn or early winter), but in the state of São Paulo it has the popular name of the May flower, native to a mountain range in the state of Rio de Janeiro , overhangs trees. The rest of the country calls it the silk flower and it makes sense because of the transparency and delicacy of the flower petals.
It's a shame to be so perennial.
Once a year and for a maximum of 6 days or a maximum of seven days of flowering.
This orange May flower is tricolor. It has an orange inner part, a yellow to orange upper part and a pink stigma. It's very beautiful!
PS. It was like this last year:
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S. Truncata Group 'Gold Charm'; note the very pointed teeth at the end of the segments, zygomorphic flowers held above the horizontal, and yellow pollen.
May flower: the cactus that offers beauty instead of thorns:
The May flower - common name of the species Schlumbergera truncata - is one of those plants that we tend to despise most of the year. It is, after all, a true botanical commonplace:
since the days of grandma's gardens, it has been hanging around on any balcony or housed in cachepots on some furniture in the living room. It is also a champion of popularity in floras - ready to be pushed by sellers every time the consumer searches for a plant “for beginners”.
This is all true, yes. But, as I was able to feel myself this week, the fact that it is party rice does not eliminate the extraordinary value and the pleasure of having a May flower inside the house. And pleasure is precisely in the miracle that works, out of nowhere, in your metabolism. During most of the year, the May flower is a discreet little thing, with its branches formed by fragile and evergreen buds releasing at most new buds. Suddenly, sometime between the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, behold that dull plant explodes in buttons with extremely striking shapes and colors - mine, for example, pump out between May and July.
After flowering, it often withers, loses part of the buds and spends the rest of the year trying to recover from the excruciating effort of flowering.
The May flower is from the cactus family, but has no thorns. In its original habitat, the Atlantic Forest, it presents an epiphyte behavior. In other words: like orchids and many bromeliads, it uses tree trunks as a support. Thanks to horticultural improvement, the variety of colors available on the market today is immense. You can splurge, as you can see in this photo that illustrates this post, the very rare flower of May YELLOW.
Despite the fact that the May flower is a peaceful and favorable cultivation plant, some precautions are mandatory to avoid unpleasantness. Here is a basic guide to success:
1) SOIL - As it is a succulent, the may flower requires perfect drainage. She does, however, enjoy a lot of organic matter. So, plant it in pots with holes, filled with pebbles and sand at the bottom and the remaining two thirds completed with vegetable soil. Curiosity: if these conditions are met, the May flower can grow a lot and live for years in small pots.
2) WATERING - Do not overdo it and do not leave dishes filled with water under the pot, to avoid waterlogging and root rot. But also be sure to water frequently - two to four times a week, depending on the weather. She likes the slightly damp earth.
3) LUZ - This is, perhaps, the main catch. The May flower hates receiving direct sunlight, but enjoys well-lit environments. The right places for her, therefore, are balconies and bright interiors, but fresh. Or under the treetops.
4) FLOWERING - The May flower releases its buds when two variables combine: the nights become longer and the minimum temperatures are close to 10-15 degrees. And so it lives up to its name: in the Southeast of Brazil, these ideal conditions are usually registered between mid-May and the end of June.
5) POST-FLOWERING STRESS - May flower is a perennial species, that is, it does not die after giving flowers. Often, however, it cannot withstand the thud of its metabolic explosion: after so much effort, the stem buds become wilted and break easily. In the extreme, the plant dies from stress. To avoid this, it is necessary to redouble the care with nutrition. After flowering, increase the watering slightly and add a little earthworm humus or phosphorus-rich fertilizer (the “P” of the renowned NPK trio).
Last tip: take advantage of the loose buds to produce new seedlings. It's very easy, just fix a piece of them in moist soil.
An old tree towers high above the world-famous Neuschwanstein Castle. He doesn't look quite as fresh anymore. But on the contrary. Only a small part of the branches is still green.
On the one hand, I find that very regrettable, because a healthy, strong tree is of course a much nicer sight.
On the other hand, precisely because it looks that way, this pine is more interesting from a photographic point of view. For me it has more the appearance of a sculpture than that of a plant.
This photo was taken 2 years ago and fell into my "hands" again today (actually only into my eyes). Since I'm not going to travel this summer, I spontaneously came up with the idea of digging up a few unpublished pictures from earlier trips and refreshing the memories with them.
Let's see what else comes up.
Hoch oben über den weltbekannten Schloss Neuschwanstein tront ein alter Baum. Er sieht nicht mehr ganz so frisch aus. Ganz im Gegenteil. Nur noch ein kleiner Teil der Äste ist noch grün.
Auf der einen Seite finde ich das sehr bedauerlich, denn ein gesunder kräftiger Baum ist natürlich ein viel schönerer Anblick.
Auf der anderen Seite ist diese Kiefer, gerade weil sie so aussieht, aus fotografischer Sicht interessanter. Sie hat für mich eher das Erscheinung einer Skulptur, als die einer Pflanze.
Dieses Foto ist bereits vor 2 Jahren entstanden und mir heute wieder in die "Hände" gefallen (eigentlich ja nur in die Augen). Dabei ist mir spontan die Idee gekommen, da ich diesen Sommer nicht verreise, ein paar unveröffentlichte Bilder früherer Reisen nochmal auszugraben und damit die Erinnerungen aufzufrischen.
Mal sehen, was dabei noch so auftaucht.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
This pic is back on the Bouddi coastal track. Well, more precisely, off the track. Wanna come join me hop over the edge, scale down the cliffside to the little grassy platform for some fantastic views looking along the cliffs instead of down on them. It's a different perspective at the bottom; it feels more real for some reason. And this grassy area was just inviting us down! Don't worry, if a rogue wave happens along its just a quick scramble up for some immediate elevation out of harm's way :)
Have a great Easter weekend everyone!
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Waterscape 33/100 in 2025
I have never been bored attending Queen Pepper and her band performance. Her powerhouse vocals, often supported by saxophonist Alison Young, are resonating with all. She has a steady gig in the Reservoir Lounge in Toronto, but I have yet to see her there. Mary's (Van den Enden) band is pure fun from Eric Boucher on keys, Chris Banks - bass, Alison - a top sax player in the city and drummer Al Webster. I seen the band twice in 2 weeks in April and it's always a party, plus danced with Mary last week when she came to the same club, I was in.
199. Revival, P1570913; 2023 April 23. Upload 2023-May 10.
J'ouvre un livre, et là, mon chapeau prend des allures d'une photo de Ralph Gibson.
How to know ? We'll have to look inside this hat, try and read lhe label which I can image stuck onto this woven material, precisely where it touches the top of the head. I imagine it to be yellowish, like my dustbin or the inside of an egge, but I can read nothing but the obsessive search for a sign of authenticity wich Ralph has already given me in speaking of « Piece of Visual Intelligence ».
(Les Cahiers de la Photographie.1988. Ralph Gibson, p76 pour le texte anglais, p77 pour une partie de l'image.)
Canon Ra, Canon 24mmTS-E LII à f8 8s 400iso (aucun recadrage, une seule prise, une seule exposition)
The Roman Temple in Evora is one of the greatest and best preserved roman temples in the Iberian Peninsula. That is why it was considered World Heritage by UNESCO in 1986. This is the ex-libris of the city, a sort of visiting card. And, of course, the most important representative of the Roman remains in Evora.
Looking at this Roman Temple, also wrongly known as Diana Temple, is like returning to the past. It is one of the most important landmarks of Evora, and probably the most famous, also being um of the most visible symbols of the roman occupation in the city.
Built in Corinthian style in early 1st century AD, it is located in the historical centre, more precisely in Largo Conde de Vila Flor, near Evora Cathedral, Evora Library, Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Evora Museum and the beautiful inn Pousada Convento de Evora.
Source and to read further follow link, www.visitevora.net/en/roman-temple-evora/
Not the best place to emerge with a big tasty fish!
The chances of the Gull stealing the fish from the Cormorant?
Precisely zero!
And so it proved!
I think more precisely an old agave wagon once used to transport the agave plants from the agave farm to a distillery to make tequila.
The morphology of Sierra Negra is the upturned soup bowl shape of the other Isabela volcanoes, however it does not have the steep sloping sides that are on others. Instead the slope goes from approximately 2 degrees at its base and although increasing averages only 5 degrees.
The volcano has the largest caldera of all of the Galapagos volcanoes, with dimensions of 7.2 x 9.3 km, with the long axis being south west to north east. The caldera is also the shallowest of the Isabela volcanoes at only 100 meters. The caldera is structurally complex with a 14 km long ridge within it. A large fumarolic area, Volcan de Azufre, lies between this ridge and the western caldera wall.
This fumarolic area is one of the locations where terrestrial sulfur flows have been identified, this is associated with the melting of sulfur deposits.
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The volcano is one of the most active in the Galapagos, with the most recent eruption beginning on 26 June 2018, only ten days after a nearby Volcano, La Cumbre, also began erupting. The previous eruption began on 22 October 2005 and ended on 30 October 2005. That eruption was estimated to have produced 1.5x108 m3 of lava. Despite the GPS monitoring on Sierra Negra there was no advance warning of the eruption. There had been expansion of the caldera floor since 1992 but no short term deformational signal was noted before the eruption. Contraction continued through the nine-day eruption before starting again immediately after the eruption ended.
Other eruptions in the historical record are 1911, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1979 and 2005. Eruptions in earlier years are recorded by dating lava flows but their location on the volcano and the dates of the eruption are not known precisely.
Timmy loves his Advent calendar - or more precisely, its contents. When I get up in the morning, he runs ahead and sits down next to it expectantly. While I look for the door, open it, take out the bag and open it, he keeps nudging me with his head to hurry up. During the day, too, he sits in front of it again and again and looks expectantly.
He doesn't want to understand the concept of "one door a day" :-)
Happy Caturday 19.12.2020 "Colorful"
This small lake certainly does not have the exuberance of those previously shown, but I can not fail to point out the wonderful location, very close to the peaks that make up the so-called "Tre Cime di Lavaredo", which you can see in the background.
They are found in the Alps at 2,999 m in altitude, more precisely in the Dolomites, on the border between Veneto and southern Italian Tyrol in Italy, and considered as the most remarkable natural wonder in the Dolomites.
A number of feature films have used Tre Cime for location shooting, including The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999) and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, both starring Sean Patrick Flanery.
More recently, in May 2017 it was reported that the Han Solo spin-off within the Star Wars universe was filmed at Tre Cime as well.
From the research in the Wikipedia.
This visual touch allows photography to establish a special relationship between its subject and ourselves, a kind of carnal knowledge unique to the photographic medium. It has also allowed photography to claim a special relationship to memory :-)
Geoffrey Batchen
HSS! Kindness Matters!
rose, "Artistry', little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
December 2019:
My next destination will be the final steps of this genius in South America, but precisely in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, the world's leading living biology lab.
Charles Darwin at 22 years old visited the islands in 1835. Observation of the Galapagos species inspired his theory of evolution, On the Origin of Species in 1859.
"I loathe, I abhor the sea and all ships which sail on it."
Charles Darwin in 1836
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October 2015:
With the presence of Darwin's great-grandson, environmentalist Randal Keynes, two plaques were recently inaugurated in Uruguay commemorating the passage of the famous British naturalist through the country in 1832/1833. Aboard the Beagle, Darwin toured in five years (1832-1836) many regions of the planet: Cape Verde, South America, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, the Indian Ocean Islands, and South Africa.
In Montevideo, the beautiful tile sign is placed in a historic location on the city's port, in front of Las Bóvedas, Rambla. It was inaugurated on May 28 with the presence of the Minister of Education and Culture of that country, several other authorities and participants of the XI Meeting of the S&T Popularization Network in Latin America and the Caribbean (RedPOP).
In Maldonado, where Darwin stayed for several weeks in 1833, the plaque opened on May 29, in the former port region, next to the town's Information Center. Two more plates will be placed in Colonia del Sacramento and Soriano.
Darwin's Caminos project in Uruguay is being coordinated by the Associación Civil CienciaViva. The placement of the plates is sponsored by Petrobras, the city authorities and the National Agency for Investigation and Innovation (ANII). The project is also supported by the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology.
PS. When they reached Brazil, Darwin was delighted by the tropical forest, but detested the sight of slavery, and disputed this issue with Fitzroy.
We ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the universe. The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the skies so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.
― Johannes Kepler
The sun bursts out just after sunset on Mono Lake
Taken at 8:15pm
Take a look at this photo..... This was taken precisely 12 minutes before my post "Biogenesis" which was captured at 8:27pm. Look at the dramatic difference in the cloud cover and general openness from this shot to the last, the words fleeting, serendipitous, miraculous, Stratus-morphic all came to mind while moving from one location to the next. This was taken about 100 feet to the left of the prior shot but both were taken facing northwest, if you look close you can see the same shapes on the mountain range in the background. In fact I have a better composition of my prior post but it doesn't illustrate as well the differences in the sky, I will replace that one with the correct composition after a couple of weeks. To witness such a transformation was a solemn and inspirational moment for me, it's was like hitting a golf swing really well, "Ping", that brings me back every time. :)
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Ein Planimeter (hier genauer: Polarplanimeter) ist ein mathematisches Instrument und Analogrechner zur Ermittlung beliebiger Flächeninhalte in Landkarten oder Zeichnungen.
Hier sichtbar ist das Fahrgestell, insbesondere das Zählwerk mit vierstelliger Anzeige: Die höchste Dezimalstelle (Tausender) wird am Zählrad rechts abgelesen, die beiden mittleren Stellen (Hunderter, Zehner) am Skalenring und die niedrigste Stelle (Einer) am Nonius.
(OTT-Planimeter, Typ 31. Hersteller: A. Ott, Kempten, Bayern. Herstellungsjahr unbekannt)
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A planimeter (here more precisely: polar planimeter) is a mathematical instrument and analog computer for determining any area in maps or drawings.
Visible here is the chassis, especially the counter with a four-digit reading: The highest decimal place (thousands) is read off the counting wheel on the right, the two middle places (hundreds, tens) on the scale ring and the lowest place ( ones) on the vernier.
(OTT Planimeter, Type 31. Manufacturer: A. Ott, Kempten, Bavaria. Year of manufacture unknown)
There are a couple of Rose bushes in my yard and I wait patiently each Spring for when they open for the very first time. I’m usually ready to take pictures to share here on Flickr. I’m amazed at the intricacy in which the pedals open and close so precisely. The tolerances are so minute. Someone’s done a grand job the engineering the beautiful Red Rose. Thanks for viewing my work. Stay safe. Keep smiling and be kind to everyone.
The hunting technique varies depending on the spider and its prey. Sometimes the spider waits in the center of the web, sometimes it sits at the edge of its burrow, with one or two legs attached to the silken thread. Once prey gets caught in the web and causes sufficient vibrations, the spider rushes towards it. Sometimes the spider goes straight for it, or shakes the web back and forth several times, often further entangling the prey, allowing it to be precisely located and identified. If prey doesn't move, the spider may lose interest; dead prey is generally ignored by spiders.
Small prey is immediately seized and often devoured straight away.
Slightly larger prey is grabbed and quickly spun; by rolling the prey in the web, a package is created that hangs from both ends of the web.
Even larger or more dangerous-looking prey is approached cautiously; the spider will first attempt to cover the prey with sticky threads from a distance using its hind legs. If the prey appears too dangerous, the spider will "free" it by biting through the threads.
The prey is eaten either on the spot, in the center of the web, or in the burrow, leaving a hole in the web. Orb-weavers "chew" their food, unlike most other spiders that suck their prey dry.
Some orb-weaver spiders that can be found in the Netherlands and Belgium: cross spider , wasp spider (or tiger spider), and the four-spot orb-weaver spider .
The Temple of Artemis also known less precisely as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis. It was located in Ephesus . One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was completely rebuilt three times before its eventual destruction in 401 AD. Only foundations and sculptural fragments of the latest of the temples at the site remain.nr Ephesus turkey june 2015