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Traumlicht inspired me to use this quote for this picture! The complex around the Leaning Tower of Pisa is very impressive to see live.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply the Tower of Pisa (Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its unintended tilt to one side. It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo) after the Cathedral and the Baptistry. The tower's tilt began during construction, caused by an inadequate foundation on ground too soft on one side to properly support the structure's weight. The tilt increased in the decades before the structure was completed, and gradually increased until the structure was stabilized (and the tilt partially corrected) by efforts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The height of the tower is 55.86 m (183.27 ft) from the ground on the low side and 56.70 m (186.02 ft) on the high side. The width of the walls at the base is 4.09 m (13.42 ft) and at the top 2.48 m (8.14 ft). Its weight is estimated at 14,500 metric tons (16,000 short tons). The tower has 296 or 294 steps. Prior to restoration work performed between 1990 and 2001, the tower leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees, but the tower now leans at about 3.99 degrees. This means that the top of the tower is displaced horizontally 3.9 metres (12 ft 10 in) from where it would be if the structure were perfectly vertical. (Wikpedia)
The first crystal edited in 2015, so I can safely say it’s my favourite so far this year…. But snowflakes like this are contenders for the top spot in the series. Please do me a favour and view large and zoom in to understand why. :)
This snowflake fell yesterday, at the tail end of a snowfall that lasted most of the day. I’m not sure what the significance is, but I’ve found a higher probability of beautiful snowflakes at the very beginning or very end of a weather system. In the final moments of this storm, elegant crystals began to fall… but this only lasted a few moments. I capture one or two on my mitten and photographed them, but I wanted more.
This is where my secret weapon comes in handy. Most of you know that the black background behind my snowflakes is a homemade black mitten. I use this background for a number of reasons; it offers exceptional contrast, allows me to get a background that is mostly out of focus, and acts as an insulator - preventing a snowflake from melting. It also can act like a “Velco” type of surface, sticking to snowflakes that have already fallen. If I gently rest of the mitten on top of freshly fallen snow and then flip it over, it pulls some of the newest crystals away with it, and I can continue my search for the best snowflakes.
This search needs to happen quickly, however. Even 5-10 minutes later, the snowflakes will begin to sublimate to a point where they are only a shell of their former selves. Thankfully I have honed my technique to work as fast as possible and retain as most of the pristine crystal shapes as I can. In this snowflake, you can see harder 60-degree angles on the outside edges of the branches – it hasn’t deteriorated very much since it fell to earth.
Few storms produce large dendrite crystals with geometrically beautiful centers. I find these crystals among the most appealing, and I’m constantly searching newly fallen snow for signs of these snowflakes. These snowflakes take longer to edit (54 frames in total used for focus stacking, five and a half hours of editing) but they’re always worth it.
Check out Sky Crystals to understand all of the physics and photographic techniques seen in images like this: www.skycrystals.ca/ - you’d be amazed how much you can discover inside a single snowflake!
I don’t believe that happiness is something that walks around looking for us. I think it is something that we find. Sometimes it’s on the surface, other times it’s hidden much deeper. Sometimes we need to dress up and step outside of ourselves to see it. I always been a fan of math. The more you try, the higher the probability.
In my pursuit to avoid the omnipresent instagirls in Valensole‘s lavender fields i drove around 80 kilometers to the city of Gordes. I planned to photograph the Sénanque Abbey in the afternoon and go for a blue hour cityscape at dusk.
Since the abbey was quite disappointing from a photographical standpoint i had more than enough time to look for a remote place with a great view. I had to sneak through a broken wall and some bushes, but i finally found my 4 square meters and a nice composition, set up my camera and enjoyed the warm summer breeze along with some nice live music coming over from the city at my little hideout.
But you can’t run, you can’t hide!
Shortly before the sun settled two young ladies obviously did also the wall and bushes thing and asked me if i‘d be fine with them taking some snapshots for Instagram.
Imagine my excitement (and their confusion about me mimicking their behaviour, see: www.facebook.com/bilderschmied.danz/photos/a.178199164211... ) when they needed 30 minutes for a post worthy ”looking-over the shoulder portrait“ with the city in the background. Poor young lady No. 1 had to twist her head to the camera over and over again since flying hair is a must for a successful image on Instagram. Don’t tell me you didn’t know that!
By the way: They didn’t know which city they were abusing for the background, so they asked me for its name and were finally able to post something like ”Spending a wonderful evening in Gordes …“
They left and i had the place for myself again, enjoyed the transition from day to night when suddenly someone shouted my name with a strong french accent: „Marcüüüs, Marcüüüs!“ It was Aurélien, a photographer I met in Valensole at the morning of the same day, when I unsuccessfully tried to re-shoot the scene from my “Three trees“ image in better light. In contrast to the encounter with my ”beloved“ instagirls this reunion was a very nice one and a great coincidence. I mean how high is the probability to see someone a second time, 80 kilometers away from the place where we first met?
Reality doesn't support the notion of an underlying order to the unfolding of time. There is no plan, only probabilities.
Returns represent past performance, are not a guarantee of future performance, and are not indicative of any specific investment.
The fourth hero of Paradox Force. Took me quite a while to figure it out for a name not too corny or over the top.
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Hero's name: Spectre Blade
Name: Noriko Hayashi ( ノーリコ ハヤシ)
Age: 21
Bio: Born in Nagoya, Aichi, Noriko was born to the privileged and strict Hayashi family. They were constantly at war with the Yakuza, and Noriko's family wanted her to aid/help them in their fight. Noriko refused because she would much rather patrol and see the world. At 4, her uncle secretly brought her to Columbus, Ohio, where he would raise her alone in order to prevent her being involved while still keeping in minimal contact with the family. Her uncle then started training her in martial arts skills and etc when she was 7.
Noriko had a great life from primary school to graduation at Kenyon College. At 19, her life was turned again when she was called back to Japan. Her family was disgusted to see her, calling her and her uncle a disgrace to the family. Telling Noriko the only way to gain their trust back was to continue on helping them fight the Yakuza, she refused, knowing that she never really had a good relationship with the family and half of them were corrupt, preferring to be on her own and help the others. Soon she and her uncle parted ways to go in to hiding after leaving the family, before telling her of her secret powers and gave her two indestructible sais, and a suit of armour. Noriko would travel around the world to see more, until she learnt that she wasn't the only one with powers, especially with a lot of them in Los Angeles....
Powers and abilities: Super-speed, super agility , able to go through walls, immunity to most diseases, poisons and viruses, 40% invincible to physical/energy based attacks, X-ray vision, sense things around her, expert in combat and marital arts, knows about guns but still prefers melee. Knowledgeable in melee weapons, utilizes ninjutsu, karate, MMA fighting, street fighting, black belt in judo and other forms etc. Fluent in her native tongue in Japanese and English.
Weaknesses: Can get stuck when going through walls, though this only has a 1% probability, slippery floors (formerly), sometimes can't see through things that her x-ray vision can't be used, has struggles with her family ties and honor.
Equipment: Carries melee weapons at her back, a black bandana that covers her nose and mouth (breathable and gases/shocks someone in case they want to take away her mask and find out her identity) a metal suit torso, black Kevlar, bulletproof pants, enhanced agility boots, two black indestructible daggers, sometimes various melee weapons like katanas, daggers etc.
Personality: Cool, can be very chill, which makes her very friendly around her team, loyal, serious depending on situations, protective and secure over friends, conscientious, very independent and determined.
Comment what you think about her.
(EDIT: Might consider changing Grey Cop's face when going back to Canada, you guys will see which face is perfect for him soon, and also needing help in making the next heroes.)
This is the family pond where I spent much of my childhood. In the summers, I swam here and kept up the mowing. We had friends and family over for cookouts and occasional sleepovers in tents. We hosted at least one scouting event here. In the winter, I cleared off the ice for skating (it froze solidly back then), and in the spring I ran my maple sugaring operation in a shack on its shore. The pond featured prominently in so many activities I enjoyed.
Sadly, years of neglect have led to rampant overgrowth. Where I stood to take this photo used to be a beach area; it's now overgrown with white pines reaching several inches in diameter. You'd never know it was once otherwise. The bank area to the left was once neatly mowed and weed-whacked. The shed we used for storage and sugaring is on the verge of collapse. In fact, the reason for this recent trip was to salvage the evaporator my grandfather bought for me in the 80s, and a few other treasured items before they are crushed and destroyed. I brought the evaporator back to Tennessee, where it serves no practical purpose other than preserving a bit of the past.
I could wax on poetically about all the memories I have of this place, but suffice it to say the pond was in many respects an anchor in my early life. I dreamed of possibly building a home here, but there are a number of complications involved in achieving that goal that make it impractical today. In all probability it will be sold in the not-too-distant future. For now, I have my memories and photos.
Yosemite NP Cooks Meadow Elm Tree Snow Glistening Branches! Yosemite National Park Winter Snow Fine Art Photography 45EPIC Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape and Nature Photography!
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Epic Tunnel View Sunrise with El Capitan, Half Dome, the Merced River, and Bridal Veil Falls from Valley View too!
GUNNER'S
FARMHOUSE BREAD
MOST
NOURISHING FOR ALL
HOVIS
FOR HEALTH.
In all probability this originally read DAREN for health, prior to Daren going bankrupt & being merged into the Hovis brand in the late 1930s & eventually being phrased out.
This sign is on the wall of 26 Palace Gates Road, London N22 and is the most likely address for Gunner's.
There is an old sign in Wembley for a Gunner's who were butchers, did they also have a bakers?
At Grindarskörð there are series of "knuckle-knuckles", which bear the sky from the north, and they are called Bolli. Stóri-Bolli, Mið-Bollar or Tví-Bollar and finally Þrí-Bollar . At least two of these names are used for puff pastries that have very small cup shapes, and in fact have a probability that these names have ever been given or intended for them. This is true for Stóra-Bolla and Þrí-Bolla, but another case is for Mið-Bolla or Tví-Bolla. Stóri-Bolli has poured out large lava, which extends all the way north to Undirhlíðar, but has managed to spit lava seeds on the pebbles, which has stolen its name.
Instead of Mið-Bollar I like to use the name Tví-Bollar, because both exist. The craters are namely two together and truly they can also be called Little and Big, because the little crater barely covers the others "Waist" and is on his right side looking north.
The larger crater is about 35-40 m high and about 480 m above sea level. It is open to the northwest, and the lava has flowed from there, first in steep waterfalls, and then mostly in underground channels and caves, which have branched off in various ways as they descend. The so-called Death Valley caves (Dauðadalshellar), which many recognize, are in this lava. It has flowed over the lava from Stóra-Bolli. Slender silt has flowed along Lönguhlíð and can be seen there in various ways, but the main lava has fallen into a wide waterfall all the way north to Helgafell. Finally, it sent a thin stream west through Helgafell to the southwest. It can be seen in many places that it has fallen into cracks in older lava, which the Gullkistugjá is in and is from Stóra-BoIIa.
This eruption has occurred at the time when the settlement of the Nordic people in Iceland was beginning or in the beginning. Therefore, the eruption in the Tví-Bollar at Grindarskörð may have been the first fire metabolism that our ancestors looked at in this country.
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The Tao of Epic Landscape Photography: Exalt Fine Art with the Yin-Yang Wisdom of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching!
The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Why the Fibonacci Numbers Exalt Beauty and How to Create PHI Compositions in Art, Design, & Photography
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And I am also working on a book on photographing the goddesses! :) More goddesses soon!
Best wishes on your epic hero's odyssey!:)
I love voyaging forth into nature to contemplate poetry, physics, the golden ratio, and the Tao te Ching! What's your favorite epic poetry reflecting epic landscapes? I recently finished a book titled Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photographers:
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Did you know that John Muir, Thoreau, and Emerson all loved epic poetry and poets including Shakespeare, Milton, Homer, and Robert Burns?
I recently finished my fourth book on Light Time Dimension Theory, much of which was inspired by an autumn trip to Zion!
www.facebook.com/lightimedimensiontheory/
Via its simple principle of a fourth expanding dimension, LTD Theory provides a unifying, foundational *physical* model underlying relativity, quantum mechanics, time and all its arrows and asymmetries, and the second law of thermodynamics. The detailed diagrams demonstrate that the great mysteries of quantum mechanical nonlocality, entanglement, and probability naturally arise from the very same principle that fosters relativity alongside light's constant velocity, the equivalence of mass and energy, and time dilation.
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From Wikipedia: The western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) is a small thrush, about 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in) in length. Adult males are bright blue on top and on the throat with an orange breast and sides, a brownish patch on back, and a gray belly and undertail coverts. Adult females have a duller blue body, wings, and tail than the male, a gray throat, a dull orange breast, and a gray belly and undertail coverts. Immature western bluebirds have duller colors than the adults, they also have spots on their chest and back. These color patterns help play a part in the mating ritual, when males compete for breeding rights to females.
They are sometimes confused with other bluebirds, but they can be distinguished without difficulty. The western bluebird has a blue (male) or gray (female) throat, the eastern bluebird has an orange throat, and the mountain bluebird lacks orange color anywhere on its body. It has a stocky build, and a thin straight beak with a fairly short tail.
Its posture consists of perching upright on wire fences and high perches. The western bluebird pounces on the ground when looking for food, such as worms and berries. It also flies to catch aerial prey, like insects, when available. The western bluebird consumes water from nearby streams and commonly used bird baths.
Nesting habitat:
The western bluebird has been chased out of its natural habitat due to the cutting down of trees; however the western bluebird has adapted to coniferous forests, farmlands, semi-open terrain, and desert to survive. The year-round range includes California, the southern Rocky Mountains, Arizona, and New Mexico in the United States, and as far south as the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz in Mexico. The summer breeding range extends as far north as the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, and Montana. Northern birds can migrate to the southern parts of the range; southern birds are often permanent residents.
They nest in cavities or in nest boxes, competing with tree swallows, house sparrows, and European starlings for natural nesting locations. Because of the high level of competition, house sparrows often attack western bluebirds for their nests. The attacks are made both in groups or alone. Attacks by starlings can be reduced if the nesting box opening is kept to 1.5 in (38 mm) diameter to avoid takeover. Nest boxes come into effect when the species is limited and dying out due to the following predators: cats, raccoons, possums, and select birds of prey such as the Cooper’s hawk. Ants, bees, earwigs, and wasps can crawl into the nesting boxes and damage the newborns. Western bluebirds are among the birds that nest in [cavities], or holes in trees, or nest boxes. Their [beak]s are too weak and small to dig out their own holes, so they rely on [woodpecker]s to make their nest sites for them.
Nest type and habitat comparison n restored forests, western bluebirds have a higher probability of successfully fledging young than in untreated forests, but they are at greater risk of parasitic infestations. The effects on post-fledging survival are unknown. They have been found to enjoy more success with nest boxes than in natural cavities. They started egg-laying earlier, had higher nesting success and lower predation rates, and fledged more young in boxes than in cavities, but they did not have larger clutches of eggs.
The eggs are commonly two to eight per clutch, with average size 20.8 mm × 16.2 mm (0.82 in × 0.64 in). Eggs are oval in shape with a smooth and glossy shell. They are pale blue to bluish-white and sometimes white in color. Nestlings remain in a nest about 19 to 22 days before fledging.
Rearing of young:
In a good year, the parents can rear two broods, with four to six eggs per clutch. According to genetic studies, 45% of western bluebirds' nests carried young that were not offspring of the male partner. In addition, they help their parents raise a new brood after their own nest fails.
These birds wait on a perch and fly down to catch insects, sometimes catching them in midair. They mainly eat insects and berries. During the breeding season, bluebirds are very helpful with pest control in the territory surrounding the nest.
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Sometimes luck just comes into your life naturally. Other times you have to search, and search, and search. Stare at the space, then search again, fail, think, cry, work, get upset, get anxious, and then search again. Knock on the closed door, then knock down the window to enter. Expose yourself more to increase the chances of success. Isn't it what we call the probability theory?
it is not often when you point your camera at a landscape, clouds come over covering the frame.and it is not often you choose those clouds to frame your picture. so when the probability meets, you get the above.
the beautiful tea estate in Kerla, god's own country.
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Greetings mate! I love voyaging forth into nature to contemplate poetry, physics, the golden ratio, and the Tao te Ching! What's your favorite epic poetry reflecting epic landscapes? I recently finished a book titled Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photographers:
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Did you know that John Muir, Thoreau, and Emerson all loved epic poetry and poets including Shakespeare, Milton, Homer, and Robert Burns?
I recently finished my fourth book on Light Time Dimension Theory, much of which was inspired by an autumn trip to Zion!
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Via its simple principle of a fourth expanding dimension, LTD Theory provides a unifying, foundational *physical* model underlying relativity, quantum mechanics, time and all its arrows and asymmetries, and the second law of thermodynamics. The detailed diagrams demonstrate that the great mysteries of quantum mechanical nonlocality, entanglement, and probability naturally arise from the very same principle that fosters relativity alongside light's constant velocity, the equivalence of mass and energy, and time dilation.
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Greetings all! I have been busy finishing a few books on photography, while traveling all over--to Zion and the Sierras--shooting fall colors. Please see some here: facebook.com/mcgucken
Let me know in the comments if you would like a free review copy of one of my photography books! :)
Titles include:
The Tao of Epic Landscape Photography: Exalt Fine Art with the Yin-Yang Wisdom of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching!
The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Why the Fibonacci Numbers Exalt Beauty and How to Create PHI Compositions in Art, Design, & Photography
facebook.com/goldennumberratio
And I am also working on a book on photographing the goddesses! :) More goddesses soon!
Best wishes on your epic hero's odyssey!:)
I love voyaging forth into nature to contemplate poetry, physics, the golden ratio, and the Tao te Ching! What's your favorite epic poetry reflecting epic landscapes? I recently finished a book titled Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photographers:
www.facebook.com/Epic-Poetry-for-Epic-Landscape-Photograp...
Did you know that John Muir, Thoreau, and Emerson all loved epic poetry and poets including Shakespeare, Milton, Homer, and Robert Burns?
I recently finished my fourth book on Light Time Dimension Theory, much of which was inspired by an autumn trip to Zion!
www.facebook.com/lightimedimensiontheory/
Via its simple principle of a fourth expanding dimension, LTD Theory provides a unifying, foundational *physical* model underlying relativity, quantum mechanics, time and all its arrows and asymmetries, and the second law of thermodynamics. The detailed diagrams demonstrate that the great mysteries of quantum mechanical nonlocality, entanglement, and probability naturally arise from the very same principle that fosters relativity alongside light's constant velocity, the equivalence of mass and energy, and time dilation.
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Martian life has been the scrutiny of man for several generations starting back from the mid 1900's. The sustenance of alternate resources depended upon for survival by primitive organism such as amoeba, archipods or unicellular life is one concept stillbeing questioned. What water existed on earth millions of yyears ago such that organisms once inhabited the planet? What growth of plant life was able to survive on the planet? what turning point led to the end of life on mars and why does life no longer exist on Mars? could it be possible to reintroduce these life sustaining elements and resources back to Martian atmosphere?
Hmm....that is the eternal question.
I am posting another older autumn shot by the Peak-to-Peak Highway on our way home as I dip into old takes considering global warming has done so much fake damage to the American West. This capture is just north of the Meeker Park Lodge and its little store where my grannie shopped back in her day. This high country fall is the pits after our disastrous late summer heat streak and single, quick-shot freeze. We are sitting here praying for as little as a tenth of an inch of rain. Bupkis! Obese probability!
This shot shows falling aspen surrounding a back lane to a high country cabin behind Meeker Lodge where the Peak-to-Peak highway skirts the front range mountains. I found this in an old directory while cleaning out also-rans and off-exposures to really clear disk space when I found this original shot of aspen near the Peak-to-Peak Highway. Now I can chuck this manual HDR in with my categorized, finished edits for storage.
This outrageous shot was on another rather mellow but changeable fallish day. This screams of autumn's slow creep along the Colorado back-country byways in autumns gone by. This weekend, a new forest fire lit up today at Cal Wood on the ridge above Jamestown. Then came another nearer Jamestown and at Ward. Fake global warming all. I keep telling the forest service to buy the orange forest rakes and get busy. This day was covered by an all medium-dark yellow-man sky of clouding and smoke trailing from Lefthand. And yet Ethiopia planted 350 million trees in one day and is taking back their forests and increasing water availability. Who knew? 10 years?
I can't even take any new shots around here anyway. This shows that random life has long managed scenic footholds like this in the high country. This lane is on the way to the local nag stables. These are the finger prints of Colorado-tough, rough and tumble mountain life. Here, I am once again adding to my massive stash of edited captures.
The Alcazaba, the fortress at the western tip of the Alhambra, derives its name from the Arabic term al-qaṣabah ('the citadel' or kasbah), which became Alcazaba in Spanish. The oldest surviving part of the Alhambra, having been built by Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar, the founder of the Nasrid dynasty, it stands on the site of an earlier fortress built by the Zirid kingdom of Granada in the 11th century.
Designed as a military zone at the beginning, the Alhambra became the royal residence and court of Granada in the mid-13th century after the establishment of the Nasrid Kingdom and the construction of the first palace by the founding king Mohammed ibn Yusuf Ben Nasr, better known as Alhamar. It served as a fortress from the 13th through 15th centuries, a citadel of high walls and defensive towers that houses two main areas: the military zone or Alcazaba, barracks of the royal guard, and the medina or palatine city, where the famous Nasrid Palaces and the remains of the houses of nobles and plebeians who lived there. The Palace of Carlos V, built after the city was seized in 1492 by the Catholic Monarchs) is situated in the medina.
The monumental complex also has an independent palace in front of the Alhambra, surrounded by orchards and gardens, which was the solace of the Granadine kings, The Generalife. The name Alhambra originates from an Arabic word meaning "red castle or vermilion," perhaps due to the color tone of the towers and walls that completely surround the hill of La Sabica.
There is no reference to the Alhambra as a residence of kings until the 13th century, although fortification has existed since the 9th century. The first kings of Granada, the Zirtians, had their castles and palaces in the hills of Albaicin (none remain). The monarchs Ziries were in all probability the emirs who built the Alhambra, beginning in 1238. The founder of the dynasty, Muhammed Al-Ahmar, began with the restoration of the old fort. His work was completed by his son Muhammed II, whose immediate successors continued the repairs. The construction of the palaces (called Casa Real Vieja) dates to the 14th century and is the work of two kings: Yusuf I and Muhammed V. The first is awarded, among others, the Fourth Comares, the Door of Justice, The Baths and some towers. His son, Muhammed V, completed the beautification of the palaces with the Hall of Lions, in addition to other rooms and fortifications. The Alhambra became a Christian court in 1492 when the Catholic Monarchs conquered Granada. Later, several structures were built to house prominent citizens, military barracks, a church and a Franciscan monastery.
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Working on a couple photography books! 45EPIC GODDESS PHOTOGRAPHY: A classic guide to exalting the archetypal woman. And 45EPIC Fine Art Landscape Photography!
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Greetings all! I have been busy finishing a few books on photography, while traveling all over--to Zion and the Sierras--shooting fall colors. Please see some here: facebook.com/mcgucken
Let me know in the comments if you would like a free review copy of one of my photography books! :)
Titles include:
The Tao of Epic Landscape Photography: Exalt Fine Art with the Yin-Yang Wisdom of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching!
The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Why the Fibonacci Numbers Exalt Beauty and How to Create PHI Compositions in Art, Design, & Photography
facebook.com/goldennumberratio
And I am also working on a book on photographing the goddesses! :) More goddesses soon!
Best wishes on your epic hero's odyssey!:)
I love voyaging forth into nature to contemplate poetry, physics, the golden ratio, and the Tao te Ching! What's your favorite epic poetry reflecting epic landscapes? I recently finished a book titled Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photographers:
www.facebook.com/Epic-Poetry-for-Epic-Landscape-Photograp...
Did you know that John Muir, Thoreau, and Emerson all loved epic poetry and poets including Shakespeare, Milton, Homer, and Robert Burns?
I recently finished my fourth book on Light Time Dimension Theory, much of which was inspired by an autumn trip to Zion!
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Via its simple principle of a fourth expanding dimension, LTD Theory provides a unifying, foundational *physical* model underlying relativity, quantum mechanics, time and all its arrows and asymmetries, and the second law of thermodynamics. The detailed diagrams demonstrate that the great mysteries of quantum mechanical nonlocality, entanglement, and probability naturally arise from the very same principle that fosters relativity alongside light's constant velocity, the equivalence of mass and energy, and time dilation.
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Penrhos or Brymbo Colliery (Grade II* Listed) dates from the 18th Century. It was established by John “Iron Mad” Wilkinson who along with his brother William owned the nearby Brymbo Ironworks.
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In 1792 Wilkinson purchased Brymbo Hall and its 500-acre estate from the Assheton-Smith family for the sum of £14,000, some of which may have been lent by Boulton and Watt.
The estate was rich in coal and ironstone deposits, several small coal pits having existed even before Wilkinson purchased the estate.
Penrhos Engine house was constructed shortly afterwards and is believed to have housed a Boulton and Watt beam engine.
Colliery coal was believed to have been used at Wilkinson’s Ironworks and the local lead smelter that refined ore from lead mines in the area.
Steam for the engine was created in an adjacent boiler house which stood on the north side of the site.
The engine continued in use until circa 1840 when the engine house was converted into a residence. At this time two domestic brick chimneys were inserted and remain visible today.
The remains of a building adjacent to the engine house is believed to have housed a pig stye and bread oven.
The building, believed to be the oldest mine engine house in Wales, remains are of national importance for its potential to enhance knowledge of mining in Wales. The site retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. It is a grade II* listed structure.
With cloud cover predicted for most of Washington on that fateful night, I was not particularly hopeful in capturing the aurora. Despite the low probability, I drove through a treacherous winter storm hitting Snoqualmie pass and hunted around the central Washington for a dark place with clear opening to the north. I finally found a dark canal bank with a possible opening. And within moments of spreading out the tripod, the aurora showed its true colors, with pillars rising so high above me that even the vertical composition couldn't capture its full height. If it were any clearer, the camera would have been saturated with the auroral glow.
After that high, I was dreading the drive back. The winter storm over Snoqualmie pass had become even more intense, with a layer of sleet and ice covering miles of the highway. Lack of any traffic meant that there was no help around if I had a spinout. If not for that heightened alert level after the aurora, I would not have made it home safely. Hopefully this occurs again before the PNW settles into its summer.
Quincy
WA
I have recently been heavily inspired by the film 'Donnie Darko'. The portrayal of parallel reality and the multiplicity of existence, and probably the absence of the One Truth has completely captured my imagination. This is one of the concepts that I have been thinking of capturing for quite some time now. Are we here, there or everywhere?
Made with the Bing Image Creator, powered by DALL-E 3.
I think that AI image generation is similar in many ways to photography. The camera itself handles all the fine details, but the photographer is in charge of curating the types of images that will be created.
Ultimately, it is all about maximizing the probability that something good will be created.
This is very similar to AI image generation, in terms of the skills involved and what the human does vs. what the machine does.
You can't compare AI image generation to the process of actually making these images from scratch with 3D software or paint/pencils, where the human controls every detail.
However, I think the process really is very similar to that of photography, as I made the case for above.
- Josh
Peter paid a visit to Middleton Top on the 20th of June 1956. He saw a locomotive in the shed and thought it was 58850, unfortunately it does not have a front number plate. That locomotive was pictured in Back Track in June 2007 "Making up a train at Middleton Top", given that the shedplate is 17D (Rowsley with sub sheds at Cromford, Middleton & Sheep pasture) the probability is that he was correct.
Today no railway remains but the trail is popular with walkers and cyclists.
2F 58850 was built at Bow Works for the North London Railway to a design by J,C, Park it entered service in December 1899. The loco was withdrawn 10/09/1960, it was sighted in the erecting shop at Deby works in January 1962, so it did linger for a time.
Peter Shoesmith 20/06/1956
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I am very impressed by the level of photo-realism in this one.
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I think that AI image generation is similar in many ways to photography. The camera itself handles all the fine details, but the photographer is in charge of curating the types of images that will be created.
Ultimately, it is all about maximizing the probability that something good will be created.
This is very similar to AI image generation, in terms of the skills involved and what the human does vs. what the machine does.
You can't compare AI image generation to the process of actually making these images from scratch with 3D software or paint/pencils, where the human controls every detail.
However, I think the process really is very similar to that of photography, as I made the case for above. I think that DALL-E 3 is by far the most powerful AI image generation tool currently available.
- Josh
The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names depending on region include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black veined brown. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species. Its wings feature an easily recognizable black, orange, and white pattern, with a wingspan of 8.9–10.2 cm (3½–4 in] The viceroy butterfly is similar in color and pattern, but is markedly smaller and has an extra black stripe across each hind wing.
The eastern North American monarch population is notable for its annual southward late-summer/autumn migration from the United States and southern Canada to Mexico. During the fall migration, monarchs cover thousands of miles, with a corresponding multi-generational return north. The western North American population of monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains often migrates to sites in California but has been found in overwintering Mexican sites as well. Monarchs were transported to the International Space Station and were bred there.
After a ten-fold drop in the population of the eastern monarch butterfly population over the last decade, a 2016 study predicted an 11%–57% probability that this population will go quasi-extinct over the next 20 years.
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Carpe Diem – it has nothing to do with carp, but it means: Seize the moment.
This moment, and perhaps the following minutes or hours, are secure for you, at least with a high probability. Beyond that, everything is dark, and perhaps there's nothing there at all; who can know? When I say something like that, it frightens many people. And who wants to commit to someone long-term who can't believe in the future? But I can assure you: Life can be beautiful even without a committed relationship.
Carpe Diem - das hat nichts mit Karpfen zu tun, sondern es will sagen: Nutze den Augenblick.
Dieser Augenblick und vielleicht noch die folgenden Minuten oder Stunden sind dir sicher, jedenfalls mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit. Dahinter ist alles dunkel und vielleicht ist da garnichts mehr, wer kann das wissen? Wenn ich so etwas sage, dann erschreckt das Viele. Und wer möchte sich auf dauer an jemand binden, der nicht an die Zukunft glauben kann? Aber ich kann dir versichern: Auch ohne feste Bindung kann das Leben wunderschön sein.
Carpe Diem – cela n'a rien à voir avec les carpes, mais signifie : saisir l'instant présent.
Cet instant, et peut-être les minutes ou les heures qui suivent, vous sont assurés, du moins avec une forte probabilité. Au-delà, tout est incertain, et il n'y a peut-être rien du tout ; qui sait ? Quand je dis cela, beaucoup de gens en ont peur. Et qui a envie de s'engager à long terme avec quelqu'un qui ne croit pas en l'avenir ? Mais je peux vous l'assurer : la vie peut être belle même sans relation amoureuse.
The top of the tower could keep an eye on entire Veszprém. It was very important to the windy city, where there was a high probability that a burst of fire spread further in short time. The effectiveness of the defense later have also been stepped up and in 1814 next to the fire tower - Veszprém fire department is housed.
Proyecto 333 Sorpresa
Hace unos meses conté la historia y algunos de vosotros me habéis preguntado, debido a lo curioso del tema. Para los que no sabéis de qué hablo, os haré un pequeño resumen. En el mes de julio de 2019 @manuescalona21 y yo hicimos un viajes a Brujas. En un mercadillo y bajo la lluvia vimos dos cámaras de fotos y como amantes de los objetos Vintage las compramos. El caso es que dejamos pasar el verano y de vuelta a casa decidimos limpiarlas. La "Sorpresa" fue que una de ellas contenía un carrete analógico. Lo sacamos con mucho cuidado y aunque existía la probabilidad de que estuviese velado, lo llevamos a revelar. Y aquí tenéis el resultado.
Ahora viene la parte en la que os pedimos colaboración. Os imagináis que alguno de vosotros conocéis a esta pareja? Por favor, si ese milagro ocurre y les conocéis no dudéis en decírnoslo. Les regalaríamos con mucho sus fotos (la cámara...no!)
Jugando con el destino, porque hay que ponerle ilusión y emoción a la vida.
Bss
Nota: @silvinini y @restaurants_around_the_world , va por vosotros, por los viajeros más dicharacheros de Barrio Sésamo.
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Project 333 Surprise
A few months ago I told the story and some of you asked me, due to the curious thing about it. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, I'll give you a short summary. In the month of July 2019 @ manuescalona21 and I made a trip to Bruges. In a market and in the rain we saw two cameras and as lovers of vintage objects we bought them. The fact is that we let the summer pass and back home we decided to clean them. The "Surprise" was that one of them contained an analog reel. We took it out very carefully and although there was a probability that it was veiled, we took it to reveal. And here you have the result.
Now comes the part where we ask for collaboration. Can you imagine that any of you know this couple? Please, if that miracle occurs and you know them, do not hesitate to tell us. We would give they a lot of their photos (the camera ... no!)
Playing with destiny, because you have to give life excitement and emotion.
Bss
Note: @silvinini and @restaurants_around_the_world, goes for you, for the most famous travelers in Sesame Street
When it comes to the genus Empidonax, all these little flycatchers are so difficult to ID. Some can be done only by their song. This one has a bi-colored bill which eliminates some species. Probability lies with E. Minimus. I don't obsess with IDs like this. A cool little bird and we enjoyed its company for a few minutes. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Elaiussa Sebaste was an ancient Roman town located 55 km (34 mi) from Mersin in the direction of Silifke in Cilicia on the southern coast of Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey). Elaiussa, meaning olive, was founded in the 2nd century B.C. on a tiny island attached to the mainland by a narrow isthmus in Mediterranean Sea.
Besides the cultivation of olives, the settlement here of the Cappadocian king Archelaus during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus played a role in the development of the city. Founding a new city on the isthmus, Archelaus called it Sebaste, which is the Greek equivalent word of the Latin "Augusta". The city entered a golden age when the Roman Emperor Vespasian purged Cilicia of pirates in 74 AD. Towards the end of the 3rd century AD however its importance began to wane, owing in large part to incursions by the Sassanian King Shapur I in 260 and later by the Isaurians. The ancient sources tell the history of city’s existence and how the churches and basilicas survived into the late Roman and early Byzantine periods. When its neighbour Corycus began to flourish in the 6th century AD, Elaiussa Sebaste was slowly obliterated from the stage of history.
The island that was the site of the first settlement here, where excavations have been underway since 1995 headed by Italian archeologist Eugenia Equini Schneider, is almost completely buried under sand. The original settlement, at a location that provided security for the harbors on either side, is a peninsula today. The ruins of a bath, a cistern, a defense wall and a breakwater can be seen on the side overlooking the western bay of the peninsula. But the most important remains unearthed in the city are a bath whose floor is paved with mosaics and a small basilica on a circular base.
A building on the main street of city (east of the theater)
On the opposite side of the highway that divides Elaiussa and Sebaste today stands a theater dating to the 2nd century AD, an extremely small structure with only 23 rows of seats, whose steps and decorations unfortunately succumbed to centuries of plunder. Next to the theater is the agora, built in all great probability during the imperial period. At the entrance of the agora, which is surrounded by a semi-destroyed defense wall once rose two monumental fountains in the shape of lions. Inside the agora stands a large church, its floor is covered by sand to protect the mosaic pavement. Elaiussa’s only temple stands outside the city on a hill overlooking the sea. Only two of the Corinthian columns of this temple, which had 12 on the long and 6 on the short side originally, are standing today. A large bath complex among the lemon groves between the temple and the agora was built by a technique characteristic of the ancient Roman period and little used in Anatolia.
The ruins of Elaiussa Sebaste also harbor the richest and most impressive necropolis among the cities of ancient Cilicia. The "Avenue of Graves", located on a hill to the north of the city, preserves close to a hundred graves of various shapes and sizes scattered among the lemon trees. The aesthetic forms of these monumental graves of Cilicia Tracheia are remarkable.
The ancient aqueducts that carried water to the ruins from the Lamos ("Lemon") river also adorn the city’s two entrances. The aqueduct to the west of the city in particular is in relatively good condition. Centuries ago these aqueduct, as delicate as necklaces, actually formed a canal system that ran all the way to Corycus.
A lidded sarcophagus lies on a small rise exactly opposite the aqueduct. Known as "the Grave of the Princess", this sarcophagus is a prime example of the Anatolian tomb tradition.
After seeing Gen that 73201 was allocated to the Tonbridge based RHTT, a hastened drive back into London followed and with the formation that was posted, the probability that 73201 was leading here would be likely. Here 73201 Broadlands leads 73128 O.V.S Bullied through Tooting, working 3W90, Tonbridge-Tonbridge via Kensington Olympia, Wimbldon and Oxted. Little did I know this location has changed, and not for the better, with vegetation grown quite high, sadly as time progresses further into Autum this shot will probably be deep in shadows!
The Difficulties In Providing Veruca Salt With A Glass Elevator - by Northside Jim
TLDR: The risk to an injured Piping Plover stuck north during migration is starvation in the deep winter (food source freeze). Piping Plover can be trapped safely in the nesting season when they are healthy and on a nest. Trapping them in the wild in the winter when they are injured is the opposite and can easily result in worse injury and often death. Piping Plover can sometimes be rehabilitated in the nesting season on their nesting grounds. The opposite is true in the winter as there are no good release options. Releasing them into winter has poor survival rates, holding them in captivity for the winter has poor survival rates, and flying them on a plane to the Bahamas is untested and very risky.
Lots of folks who have visited Holgate this fall have met a very special little lady: Veruca Salt.
Veruca is a banded, breeding, female Piping Plover. She sadly suffered an awful series of of tragedies this summer when she attempted to nest at Island Beach State Park, just barely seeing her chicks through to fledge, and then losing the last one right before the official fledge date. She had a rough go of it in the 2018 season.
But come late summer, she appeared ready to head off to the Bahamas to rest for the winter and hopefully to return next spring to give it another go.
Unfortunately, it’s now December and she’s still in New Jersey: specifically, hobbling around Holgate on Long Beach Island with both an injured foot and an injured leg.
She looks fat and strong, and she forages and flies just fine. But for whatever reasons, most likely related to the injury, she is choosing to stay put. And while it stinks to see any animal hobbling around on one leg, that is actually not the thing that is most worrisome and problematic about her situation.
What is most worrisome is that her foraging will likely freeze up later this winter and she’ll starve. While it’s still not too late, she needs to head south. Sooner rather than later. Injured legs heal but starvation is irreversible.
There is a good chance she will get a move on if the weather gives her the right incentives. She is being monitored closely, both formally and informally, but day after day, she seems perfectly content to stay at Holgate. I certainly understand. But it would seem she needs to go. Yet still… she is choosing this place to stay.
So the big question: “Is there anything that can be done for her?”
Of course. There are many things that can be done; some smart, some not so smart, some too risky, and some unnecessary. Some which might help, and some which are an almost guaranteed death sentence for her. All of the right people have all of the options and are watching her closely as her life unfolds, watching the clock, and weighing the risks.
But because she is a critically endangered species of the utmost importance on the state and federal levels, whatever is done for her must have the absolute best chance of her long term survival. No unnecessary risks can be taken because the consequences are too great. She could die very, very easily through hasty action. Veruca Salt belongs to a protected, endangered species, and the people who have spent their lives learning how to help them know all too well the risks of hasty intervention.
Many of those risks are not obvious to the rest of us. Nor is the (current) lack of urgency and the wisdom of patience and thoughtful, experienced caring in this situation.
Lucky for Veruca she is in a very rare, Federal Wilderness area, managed by an extremely experienced Refuge staff, in a State with extreme dedication to and experience with Piping Plovers, and where we have some of the greatest minds in plover handling & science working today. And because of the difficulties and complexities in making the right decision for how best to help her, all sorts of others have been drawn into the conversation for consultation. Veruca Salt is probably the most considered, discussed, and loved Piping Plover on the planet right now.
Her plight is difficult to watch for anyone; certainly most difficult of all for those few people with the knowledge, experience, ability, responsibility, and authority to actually do the things that will have the best chance of resulting in her long term survival.
I’ve recently had several conversations with people on the beach who are quick to ask what seems like the obvious question: “why don’t the feds just grab her and fix her leg?” The simple answer is that it is not that simple. Fortunately, the people monitoring her understand from experience all the reasons why it’s not as simple as it appears on the surface, and have ideas and strategies to mitigate some of the risks.
The first problem is the trapping: trapping a healthy, flighted bird with an injury like Veruca Salt’s in the wild has an extremely high probability of making the injury much worse, or even adding another injury to her predicament. Or, equally bad, terrorizing her to the point where she dies of heart failure or aborts the migration she needs, and perhaps is just about, to make. That’s not theoretical, but statistical. At best, it could easily spook her off the habitat she has chosen for her recovery where she is making decent progress to some place less ideal and far more dangerous for her.
We’re lucky to have Michelle Stantial in New Jersey as she is an incredibly skilled and experienced trapper. Yet she knows first hand the world of difference between trapping healthy birds on the nest in summer (which is how PIPL are studied) and trapping injured birds in the wild in the winter. They are not same thing at all. They are opposites in terms of potential risks and rewards.
The second, really, really important, problem is what to do with her if she is actually trapped. She is not necessarily treatable. A big strike against her is that she is injured, but not injured enough.
She has a flag band on her injured leg and there is no doubt that removing the flag would increase the chance of, and probably speed of, any recovery. But the actual injury above the knee, and the extent of the foot injury, is unknown. They could be two separate injuries, as in a Ghost Crab attack where small beach nesting birds get both legs damaged at the same time. It is unknown what the injuries are, if they are treatable, or even if they require treatment. Again, luckily, we have the expertise of Dr. Erica Miller in New Jersey who is actually a master of tiny-splints in the event they do go ahead with trapping.
But the most difficult aspect is that the timing is off. Just as it is very safe to trap a nesting Piping Plover in summer, but very difficult and dangerous to trap one in winter, it is also much easier to rehabilitate one successfully in the summer and very difficult to do the same thing in the winter.
The trouble is migration. If she were to go to rehab now, there are really only two options: a.) let her go in the middle of winter which has an extremely high and well understood probability of being a death sentence, or attempting to hold her until spring which also has an extremely high and well understood probability of being a death sentence. Both are generally considered high risk, if not outright unwise. (Note the same is true with our other summer nesting species like Osprey. Fledgling Osprey who get found injured in the fall, and go to rehab, getting released late in the migration season, have extremely poor survival rates.)
Put another way, the extreme risks of attempting a winter rehab/release are well known to have a low probability of success. Her ability/desire to get herself south is totally unknown and could very well be her best option. Some would make the case it would be a fool’s gamble for that reason alone.
There actually is a third, crazy, option, which our very own Christina Davis is advocating for in the event a trapping is attempted: rehab her and then fly her to the Bahamas on a plane (or even drive her to the Carolinas) and release her there. This is probably the best theoretical option, but mostly because it is so unheard of. The truth is (forgetting the unbelievable expense) is that the whole experience might be too disorienting; and what we know about how poorly they do in captivity suggests she might not even survive the flight.
It is super sad to watch her, as it is watching any animal with an injury. I was motivated to write by a friend who saw her a few times and assumed because she was still there that no one cared. The exact opposite is true. The monitoring and plan for getting Veruca Salt back to Island Beach State Park next summer is probably the biggest thing happening in New Jersey wildlife right now.
The character Veruca Salt once famously said (Tim Burton version): “Make time go faster, Daddy!” It is tough to watch her predicament drag on.
But she still has some time. For me (and I’m no authority), my favorite option is that she moves south soon, weakens slightly, and becomes a significantly better candidate for trapping, rehabilitating, and releasing successfully.
It is difficult to watch her out there in this highly unusual situation. But I know firsthand how many smart people are working on this, and am comforted by their deep experience, their proven skill, and their wisdom. All of the risk here is in acting too soon and too hastily; not in acting too late and too thoughtfully.
These 1,500 words are meant to set out some basic and very specific facts for those interested in Veruca Salt’s situation and her future; as this is a very easy and totally-understandable situation to see backwards from the reality: to see a lack of action as a lack of caring, a lack of progress as a lack of effort, silence as a lack of vigorous discussion.
I’m super sorry for you Veruca, super sorry for everyone who sees this bird and feels sad, super sorry for everyone who feels angry because they don’t know how many people are working on helping this one, very special, animal, or don’t understand just how tough a real solution is, and super sorry for whoever has to make the final, tough calls on this as winter approaches.
RFTNS is cheering you all on.
I’ll close by noting that it’s curious that her namesake, Veruca Salt, is synonymous with the perils of a lack of patience. Godspeed, Veruca Salt!
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Alien Art
Thinking...
Are we alone in space? It’s really very tough to answer. The probability is very high that aliens might exist if we consider billions of galaxies, stars, planets, and suitable places within the planets. And also consider how reactive atoms are. Another question is “could they have developed a brain like us or better than us”? With this question, the probability drops for the aliens like us or better than us. Another question is that “is the universe of matter the only suitable ground for the existing of things”? We don’t know.
There is a lot of unknown when we think of endless space, anything is possible. We might not have enough brain power to get to the bottom.
If you want, you can look at the beautiful pictures in the group Very Arty. www.flickr.com/groups/14847479@N25/
I guess no one told him he is not a leopard :-)
We really paid our dues for this sighting. The previous day our ranger Amy and tracker Sifiso spent the whole afternoon with us (with our encouragement) driving around and around looking for cheetah. Their tracks indicated that they had not left the area, but they were not to be seen. Knowing how invisible they become when they lie down amidst the tall grass, that was not surprising. We all kept our eyes peeled for cheetah stretching their necks up above the grass, but nope - it was not to be.
The following morning, we were richly rewarded. All the rangers spread out in different directions. Amy and Sifiso decided to try a block which everybody else thought was a low probability area (only a single male, whereas other areas had a mother with two sub-adult cubs, etc).
And there he was. I reckon Sifiso damn near fell out of his tracker's seat in front when he spotted this guy up in the tree, he was so excited. He was out of the front and up in the back seat (to keep all photographic lines of sight clear for us) in a flash, even as he was going "Cheetah! Cheetah!".
And here he is in all his glory. We took shots from several different angles - driving this way and that. He sat up there unconcernedly, looking for all the world like a leopard, totally relaxed in his perch. Unfortunately for the other rangers, he decided to come down just before the next game vehicle arrived. Plopping down amidst the grass, all we could do was to helplessly point at "the" spot and say "He's there! He's there". They had to take our word for it because you just cannot see a cheetah that's lying down until you are just about right on top of it I reckon.
So all praise to Amy, but I guess with an Attenborough for our ranger, we couldn't miss could we? Yup, Amy Attenborough was our ranger. Her dad David encouraged her to get into the business seeing as how she enjoyed nature so. Must be in the DNA.
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Sighted at -27.89192,32.24072 (27°53'30.9"S 032°14'26.6"E)
9 April 2012 7:00am
Nikkor 400/2.8 VR
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pssst - Amy grew up in Durban
Phinda Rock Lodge, Maputaland, KwaZulu Natal, S.Africa
-27.87931,32.27902 (27°52'45.5"S 032°16'44.5"E)
Role: Long Range Patrol, Attack & Defence Platform
Armament: sHV17 Goalkeeper 30x155mm CIWS (x2), Raytheon KP22[hm] Pilum Block V (x8), Lockheed Martin Peregrine MR Tactical Nuclear Missile (x2) (optional)
Despite smaller and more advanced defence platforms such as the Tursiops and Delphinapterus being developed, the decades old Orcinus gunboats remain the primary long range patrol and attack craft within IBN fleets.
Two pilots are able to go out on extended patrols for up to two weeks. The cramped accommodation within the rear cabin provide only the most basic amenities, and as a result, Orcinus pilots are colloquially referred to as "Gemini Jockeys". But the two pilots are able to rotate piloting shifts and when in battle, the secondary pilot can act as gunner and sensor officer from the rear terminal.
Most targeting, sensor and jamming systems have been upgraded over time leaving the exterior of most of the frontline units a hodge-podge of sensor blisters and radomes. So although most ships are a good decade older than their pilots, they are still highly capable to take on more advanced enemy craft.
Robust and reliable 2nd generation fusion reactors power the dual main engine nozzles and multiple reaction control thrusters. More efficient power and propulsion systems have since been developed, but the tried and tested technology allows for easy field maintainability in remote forward operating bases.
The dual sHV17 Goalkeepers function adequately in both anti-missile defence, as well as, close quarters ship-to-ship combat. Veteran pilots like nothing more than to hide close to abandoned station complexes when on anti-piracy patrol and surprising enemy ships while they are busy with docking procedures. The Pilum armament is a rudimentary kinetic penetrator, powered by a high maneuverability rocket engine. However, the Block V systems feature the added benefit of the 'Maelstrom' secondary attack function. If the projectile is estimated to miss the target, or there is a a high probability of intercept by CIWS it will take a more erratic flight path to confuse the targeting systems and then the outer shroud will detonate sending a barrage of high velocity small projectiles towards the target. It certainly does not do as much damage as the full penetrator, but it typically is enough to disrupt and disable sensor and defensive systems allowing for further Pilums to be launched in order to eliminate the target...also useful when only wanting to disable an enemy ship to allow for boarding. The Peregrine missile is typically only outfitted when units are likely to meet capital ships, or when operating in a station assault role.
The Grand Canyon NP & Grand Escalante Staircase! 45Epic Dr. Elliot McGucken ! Point Imperial! Fine Landscape and Nature Photography. Join my new 45EPIC fine art landscapes page on facebook!
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Working on a couple photography books! 45EPIC GODDESS PHOTOGRAPHY: A classic guide to exalting the archetypal woman. And 45EPIC Fine Art Landscape Photography!
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Greetings all! I have been busy finishing a few books on photography, while traveling all over--to Zion and the Sierras--shooting fall colors. Please see some here: facebook.com/mcgucken
Let me know in the comments if you would like a free review copy of one of my photography books! :)
Titles include:
The Tao of Epic Landscape Photography: Exalt Fine Art with the Yin-Yang Wisdom of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching!
The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Why the Fibonacci Numbers Exalt Beauty and How to Create PHI Compositions in Art, Design, & Photography
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And I am also working on a book on photographing the goddesses! :) More goddesses soon!
Best wishes on your epic hero's odyssey!:)
I love voyaging forth into nature to contemplate poetry, physics, the golden ratio, and the Tao te Ching! What's your favorite epic poetry reflecting epic landscapes? I recently finished a book titled Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photographers:
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Did you know that John Muir, Thoreau, and Emerson all loved epic poetry and poets including Shakespeare, Milton, Homer, and Robert Burns?
I recently finished my fourth book on Light Time Dimension Theory, much of which was inspired by an autumn trip to Zion!
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Via its simple principle of a fourth expanding dimension, LTD Theory provides a unifying, foundational *physical* model underlying relativity, quantum mechanics, time and all its arrows and asymmetries, and the second law of thermodynamics. The detailed diagrams demonstrate that the great mysteries of quantum mechanical nonlocality, entanglement, and probability naturally arise from the very same principle that fosters relativity alongside light's constant velocity, the equivalence of mass and energy, and time dilation.
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Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia about this behavior: "Many species of harvestmen easily tolerate members of their own species, with aggregations of many individuals often found at protected sites near water. These aggregations may number 200 individuals in the Laniatores, and more than 70,000 in certain Eupnoi. Gregarious behavior is likely a strategy against climatic odds, but also against predators, combining the effect of scent secretions, and reducing the probability of any particular individual being eaten."
Arduino can control devices with a humble 40 mA current, Motors need quite a lot more. Special motor boards ('shields' in Arduino) have been developed to solve the connectivity problem.
This shield has been designed for four motors. Additional small driver boards must be added. The driver chip must be kept in reasonable temperature range by adding an aluminum cooling 'comb'.
This is a very typical Arduino compatible product from China - no documentation included. Any newbie can wonder why one socket is red, three are yellow. Furthermore (s)he has 50% probability to connect the little driver boards in wrong direction (like in this photo).
See: blog.protoneer.co.nz/arduino-cnc-shield-v3-00-assembly-gu...
Enjoy my new fine art landscapes & ballet video!
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Let me know what you think! :)
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Working on a couple photography books! 45EPIC GODDESS PHOTOGRAPHY: A classic guide to exalting the archetypal woman. And 45EPIC Fine Art Landscape Photography!
Fresh snow! More on my golden ratio musings: facebook.com/goldennumberratio
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Greetings all! I have been busy finishing a few books on photography, while traveling all over--to Zion and the Sierras--shooting fall colors. Please see some here: facebook.com/mcgucken
Let me know in the comments if you would like a free review copy of one of my photography books! :)
Titles include:
The Tao of Epic Landscape Photography: Exalt Fine Art with the Yin-Yang Wisdom of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching!
The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Why the Fibonacci Numbers Exalt Beauty and How to Create PHI Compositions in Art, Design, & Photography
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And I am also working on a book on photographing the goddesses! :) More goddesses soon!
Best wishes on your epic hero's odyssey!:)
I love voyaging forth into nature to contemplate poetry, physics, the golden ratio, and the Tao te Ching! What's your favorite epic poetry reflecting epic landscapes? I recently finished a book titled Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photographers:
www.facebook.com/Epic-Poetry-for-Epic-Landscape-Photograp...
Did you know that John Muir, Thoreau, and Emerson all loved epic poetry and poets including Shakespeare, Milton, Homer, and Robert Burns?
I recently finished my fourth book on Light Time Dimension Theory, much of which was inspired by an autumn trip to Zion!
www.facebook.com/lightimedimensiontheory/
Via its simple principle of a fourth expanding dimension, LTD Theory provides a unifying, foundational *physical* model underlying relativity, quantum mechanics, time and all its arrows and asymmetries, and the second law of thermodynamics. The detailed diagrams demonstrate that the great mysteries of quantum mechanical nonlocality, entanglement, and probability naturally arise from the very same principle that fosters relativity alongside light's constant velocity, the equivalence of mass and energy, and time dilation.
Follow me on instagram!
Join my new 45EPIC fine art landscapes page on facebook!
Enjoy my new fine art landscapes & ballet video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3b1df46oKw
Let me know what you think! :)
Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape and Nature Photography
“If I am always standing at the bottom of the mountain longingly looking up, in all probability it is because I have heeded the pillaging dogma of mediocrity which persistently tells me that the dream is not worth the climb.” ~Craig D. Lounsbrough
Dawn from Mt. St. Helens, looking toward Mt. Adams.
Without consciousness, “matter” dwells in an undetermined state of probability. Any universe that could have preceded consciousness only existed in a probability state.
The probability of a juvenile surviving its first year is 34%, with 69% of adults surviving from one year to the next. Mortality in young males is greater than that of young females and the typical lifespan is four years. This species is now one of the most common birds of prey in Europe, although the population crashed after the Second World War. Organochlorine insecticides used to treat seeds before sowing built up in the bird population, and the concentrations in Eurasian sparrowhawks were enough to kill some outright and incapacitate others; affected birds laid eggs with fragile shells which broke during incubation. However, its population recovered after the chemicals were banned, and it is now relatively common, classified as being of Least Concern by BirdLife International.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk's hunting behaviour has brought it into conflict with humans for hundreds of years, particularly racing pigeon owners and people rearing poultry and gamebirds. It has also been blamed for decreases in passerine populations. The increase in population of the Eurasian Sparrowhawk coincides with the decline in House Sparrows in Britain.[2] Studies of racing pigeon deaths found that Eurasian sparrowhawks were responsible for less than 1%. Falconers have utilised the Eurasian sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century; although the species has a reputation for being difficult to train, it is also praised for its courage.
What I’ve learned through the years is that in life, there are not too many years when you want time to rewind, and unfortunately, we usually are not aware of that time while we are present in that moment. Not too many people cross our path, and we really click. But I do believe in the probability of increasing one’s chance of rewinding that best year (maybe in a different way) with just enough effort to improve the opportunity to meet. Otherwise, life would be too sad, and it’s too beautiful to be painful.
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The photo represent a part of River Bonshi AT Village Sailan of DHAMRAI Upozilla, Under BANGLADESH and a rural area with lot of heritage and resources,
I took this photo on 19th jan 2011 while my short visit to this village [SAILAN] It was a winter morning and before sunrise, The photo has a reflection of boat unused and some fishing net still not used as the river dry up and probability of fishing is at very low , and both the boat and the fishing net shown here resting
and main subject here is Rest shown at Reflection , And in our day too we have rest and this life rest is shown by the reflection of boat and fishing nets,
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