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Pont-scethin....A stone bridge over the Afon Ysgethin, now seeming to be in the middle of nowhere but on what was once an important drovers' route.
The single arch is relatively high, flooding of the river was presumably the main reason for building the bridge - it would be possible to cross the river when in normal flow almost without getting one's feet wet), and there are low parapets (c. 0.5 m) built of stone which could equally well be described as thick slabs or elongated blocks. These are large and would have been quite difficult to manoeuvre and transport. The footway between them is just under 2 m wide at the narrowest point, and has been roughly concreted in the past.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of post-medieval transport techniques. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
Source: Cadw
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
( Paulo Coelho )
Not the mere possibility, the probability (however small)!
( norcal d.d. )
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Taken in Leicestershire, I was visiting because a ♂ Common Scoter was seen the day before, I knew it was a longshot has Scoters migrate at night so the probability of it still being there was quite small, but there was a long stay bird that I could spend my time with.
We didn't find the Scoter but the Ring-necked duck was very obliging and the closest that I had seen it.
The light was very variable as you can tell by the differences in the water colour, but a very enjoyable couple of hours.
Wetterlage
Teils bewölkt
17° Grad
Nächste Woche
durchwachsen
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Weather forecast for today
Sunday, 24. May
05:30
21:09
CEST
Partly Cloudy
19°C / 8°C
Wind: 26 km/h WNW
Humidity: 40%
Precip. probability: 10%
Precipitation: 0 mm
UV index: 6
A mix of clouds and sun. High 19C. Winds WNW at 15 to 30 km/h
Opened in 2004 in time for the Athens Olympics, this is one of the longest multi-span cable-stayed bridges in the world. It crosses the west end of the Gulf of Corinth. Engineering challenges included deep water, loose sediment for footings, high winds, seismic activity, the probability of tsunamis, and the expansion of the Gulf of Corinth by 3 cm/yr due to plate tectonics.
a cold lonely passage way...perhaps in the Twilight Zone....
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One morning recently on a sunrise hike, we had the treat of seeing a few foxes. This young Red Fox had a case of the zoomies. At one point she came trotting over the rise of the hill and there we were, she stopped and watched us from about 30 feet away and then "zoomed" on up the hill and back down close to where we were again. Such a beautiful animal.
Unfortunately, she seems to have lost her fear of humans due to the area they live and the probability that people are feeding them. Please do not feed wildlife, for their health and safety!
In February 1848 Rep. Abraham Lincoln explained his opposition to the Mexican War: "Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose -- and you allow him to make war at pleasure [emphasis added]. . . . If, today, he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no probability of the British invading us'; but he will say to you, 'Be silent; I see it, if you don't.' "
iconographer: Wayne Hajos
Since, then, there was needed a lifting up from death for the whole of our nature, He stretches forth a hand as it were to prostrate humanity, and stooping down to our dead corpse He came so far within the grasp of death as to touch a state of deadness, and then in His own body to bestow on our nature the principle of the resurrection, raising as He did by His power along with Himself the whole human being. For since from no other source than from the concrete lump of our nature had come that flesh, which was the receptacle of the Godhead and in the resurrection was raised up together with that Godhead, therefore just in the same way as, in the instance of this body of ours, the operation of one of the organs of sense is felt at once by the whole system, as one with that member, so also the resurrection principle of this Member, as though the whole of humankind was a single living being, passes through the entire race, being imparted from the Member to the whole by virtue of the continuity and oneness of the nature. What, then, is there beyond the bounds of probability in what this Revelation teaches us; viz. that He Who stands upright stoops to one who has fallen, in order to lift him up from his prostrate condition?
Gregory of Nyssa,
The Great Catechism, 32
Rather than get up at 4:30 am every morning, we carefully adjusted our itinerary to the weather forecast, only getting up early when there was a decent probability of favorable conditions. Breaking storms are perfect for shooting early mornings in Yosemite Valley.
Macro Monday project – 09/08/10
"Personal Soundtrack"
Listen to this great song by Sting .
The song is about a man who is a master card-player but plays to find some divine, almost spiritual meaning to the probabilities of the game. He is so involved in the game that he is almost emotionless, and this affects his relationships aversely.
He isn't a man who used to express his feelings,but he wants to. However he knows that he is only a man of one "face", which is the "mask" he hides behind, his poker-face.
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0110 Joshua Tree National Park, California
iPhone XS MAX infrared image 720nm
The Joshua tree is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah) and northwestern Mexico. This range mostly coincides with the geographical reach of the Mojave Desert, where it is considered one of the major indicator species for the desert. It occurs at elevations between 1,300 and 5,900 ft.
Joshua trees are one of the species predicted to have their range reduced and shifted by climate change.Concern remains that they will be eliminated from Joshua Tree National Park, with ecological research suggesting a high probability that their populations will be reduced by 90% of their current range by the end of the 21st century, thus fundamentally transforming the ecosystem of the park.
Wildfires, invasive grasses and poor migration patterns for the trees’ seeds are all additional factors in the species’ imperilment. As an example, more than a quarter—or more than 1.3 million Joshua trees—in of one of the densest Joshua tree populations in the world in Mojave National Preserve were killed in the Dome Fire in August 2020.
Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus (m)
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.
Kestrels can hover in still air, even indoors in barns. Because they face towards any slight wind when hovering, the common kestrel is called a "windhover" in some areas.
Unusual for falcons, plumage often differs between male and female, although as is usual with monogamous raptors the female is slightly larger than the male. This allows a pair to fill different feeding niches over their home range. Kestrels are bold and have adapted well to human encroachment, nesting in buildings and hunting by major roads. Kestrels do not build their own nests, but use nests built by other species.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest. Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age; possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.
Population:
UK breeding:
46,000 pairs
One morning recently on a sunrise hike, we had the treat of seeing a few foxes. This young Red Fox had a case of the zoomies. At one point she came trotting over the rise of the hill and there we were, she stopped and watched us from about 30 feet away and then "zoomed" on up the hill and back down close to where we were again. Such a beautiful animal.
Unfortunately, she seems to have lost her fear of humans due to the area they live and the probability that people are feeding them. Please do not feed wildlife, for their health and safety!
Of the two E10 spares I’ve seen one three times now, and the other zero times. The laws of probability aren’t playing ball.
Here is 251 with an 8 on 8.2.25, likely filling in for the Bridgford which was being displayed at the launch event instead of being in traffic.
Canal Street, Nottingham
YH24 MFA
According the online information; no asteroid or comet currently on a collision course with Earth, so the probability of a major collision is quite small. In fact, as best as we can tell, no large object is likely to strike the Earth any time in the next several hundred years.A comet could pack nine times more destructive power than an asteroid of the same mass. The speed of comets also means that a dangerous one could be nearly upon Earth by the time scientists detect it. A collision between a comet and the earth would be a calamitous event. Then dust from the impact and smoke from the fires girdles the earth, plunging our planet into a so-called impact winter.
The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is an irregular galaxy, the closest neighbouring galaxy to the Earth's location in the Milky Way, being located about 25,000 light-years (236,000,000,000,000,000 km) away from our Solar System.
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is located in the same part of the sky as the constellation Canis Major. Canis Major is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere.The southern celestial hemisphere is also called the Southern Sky. Some constellations in the northern sky are Leo, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Scorpius, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces.
We hope that humans are able to travel that far one day if we are able to survive the dangers like asteroids, comets, global warming ,climate change, racism, nationalism, hunger, wars, viruses (like coronavirus), sicknesses, genetic-mutation, etc.
I normally try not to get too excited for things in the future that have a high probability of changing but as Willie, Alan, and I checked the weather forecast for our upcoming trip to Glacier National Park I couldn't help but let the excitement build up. The weather looked perfect! Things didn't go quite as planned. We would watch beautiful clouds fizzle away right before our eyes, thunderstorms roll in, rain pour for hours and the fog get so thick you could barely see your feet. For a day and a half we sat around doing nothing because the weather was so bad.
On the 3rd morning we woke up at 4am and saw a few stars peaking out. "Maybe the storm will break" we thought. Dragging ourselves out of bed we made our way into the park and started to get excited! It looked like the clouds might be thinning! You know what happened next, right? Mama Nature was right on queue and within a blink of an eye made those clouds disappear completely. At this point we felt pretty defeated - even almost to the point of anger.
It's a good thing we're not quitters because just as quickly as the clouds disappeared they came back and positioned themselves perfectly in the mountains. They say the best photos come from patient photographers and in this case it's true. When the sun rose above the horizon it lit the entire scene in a beautiful orange glow. The word "dynamic" continuously came up whenever we talk about this scene. Everything came together perfectly: the glow in the branches, the S-curve in the river, and the illuminated mountains all made for the perfect scene to wake up to. And let me tell you -- we had quite the "wake your tuchas up" moment ...
Earlier in the morning, I asked Willie and Alan: "What do we do if we see a bear while we're there?" Willie replied "it's too steep for a bear to be up there. We should be fine." I didn't really believe his answer but it was too early in the morning to argue. While snapping away I noticed something move in the background. "Oh hey, look⦠Bear" I thought to myself. About 2 seconds later I realized what I just said in my head: BEAR!!!!!!!! GRIZZLY BEAR! About 40 feet away! The first thing out of my mouth was "holy sh!t!". Willie and Alan looked at me like I was crazy. "BEAR!!!!" I scream as I run for the bear spray. Willie backed up. Alan picked up a rock. When the bear realized who we were it too freaked out and galloped off. My previous 2 photos had picked up the bear! Can you find the bear here?
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I am always fascinated and wonder if it's feasible to attempt a landscape photograph from the bottom, wherever I see such a bridge like this, and even more so when it's on a pure diesel line. When photographing a train, the sun's path is extremely important, and there is a strong probability that it is unlikely to favour the front of the train for either one of directions. It is therefore preferable to choose landscape views where the sideview is illuminated by the sun the most. A gorgeous bridge at a comfortable height makes it hard for me to resist taking a wider photo. Even yet, the train started accelerating forward rather slowly compared to other trains, I was able to witness. With my phone in one hand and the camera in the other, it was much simpler to manage both video and photo at once on the sluggish train! That's a little juggling, isn't it?
1973 MGB...
A week ago Sunday I attended the the 14th Annual Cruisin' for A Cure Canada; Something I have been a huge supporter of in the past. The Car Show That Saves Men's Lives, which is held annually at the Powerade center in Brampton.
This is a shot of a 1973 MGB British motor car. when growing up as a kid in England I saw many of these on the streets and was always fascinated by how small they were and how the people who drove them were always so old. LOL the funny thing is nothing has changed... it is still the same. They are still really tiny cars driven by really old people.
Please tell your husbands, fathers, uncles, grandfather brothers and any man you care about to get a PSA test it changes the odds from 5 % survivability to 93%.
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind lung cancer. About 1 man in 41 will die of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer can be a fatal disease, but due to early detection most men diagnosed with prostate cancer will not die from it.
74% of prostate cancers are diagnosed early at Stage I and II. The probability of surviving prostate cancer at least five years after diagnosis is about 93% in Canada.
For more information check out the website for the car show.
www.cruisinforacurecanada.com/About.htm
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Tom listened with some shame and some sorrow; but escaping as quickly as possible, could soon with cheerful selfishness reflect...that the future incumbent, whoever he might be, would, in all probability, die very soon.
It's scary. It's difficult. It's unpredictable.
But you never know, it just might be your day of surprise!
Be brave. It's all a game of probability, and you wouldn't want to fight math!
Monument Valley Fine Art Mittens Sunset Hand Shadow Landscape Photography! High Res Epic Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau! Dr. Elliot McGucken Nikon D810 Nikkor Fine Art Utah Landscape and Nature Photography! The West Mitten Butte casts its epic shadow on the East Mitten Butte! Taken in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah
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! The book is filled with my celebration of Light in the form of physics and photography!
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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.
Monument Valley Fine Art Mittens Sunset Hand Shadow Landscape Photography! High Res Epic Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau! Dr. Elliot McGucken Nikon D810 Nikkor Fine Art Utah Landscape and Nature Photography!
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One morning recently on a sunrise hike, we had the treat of seeing a few foxes. This young Red Fox had a case of the zoomies. At one point she came trotting over the rise of the hill and there we were, she stopped and watched us from about 30 feet away and then "zoomed" on up the hill and back down close to where we were again. Such a beautiful animal.
Unfortunately, she seems to have lost her fear of humans due to the area they live and the probability that people are feeding them. Please do not feed wildlife, for their health and safety!
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!
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.
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Monument Valley! The Epic Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape and Nature Photography!
Join my new 45EPIC fine art landscapes page on facebook!
facebook.com/mcgucken
Working on a couple photography books! 45EPIC GODDESS PHOTOGRAPHY: A classic guide to exalting the archetypal woman. And 45EPIC Fine Art Landscape Photography!
More on my golden ratio musings: facebook.com/goldennumberratio
instagram.com/goldennumberratio
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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"It is important to note that suddenly, and against all probability, a Fish had been called into existance, several miles above the surface of an alien planet. Since this isn't a naturally tenable position for a Fish, this innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identitity. This is what it thought, as it fell;
Ahhh! Woooh! What's happening? Who am I? Why am I here? What's my purpose in life? What do I mean by who am I? Okay okay calm down calm down get a grip now. Ooh, this is an interesting sensation. What is it? Its a sort of tingling in my... well I suppose I better start finding names for things. Lets call it a... tail! Yeah! Tail! And hey, whats this roaring sound, wooshing past what I'm suddenly gonna call my head? Wind! Is that a good name? It'll do. Yeah, this is really exciting. I'm dizzy with anticipation! Or is it the wind? There's an awful lot of that now isn't it? And whats this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like 'Ow', 'Ownge', 'Round', 'Ground'! Thats it! Ground! Ha! I wonder if it'll be friends with me? Hello Ground!"
- with apologies to the hitchiker's guide to the galaxie
Monument Valley! The Epic Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape and Nature Photography!
Join my new 45EPIC fine art landscapes page on facebook!
facebook.com/mcgucken
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
instagram.com/goldennumberratio
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.
Follow me on instagram!
Join my new 45EPIC fine art landscapes page on facebook!
Malibu Fine Art Sea Cave Sunset Seascape! 45Epic Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Landscape and Nature Photography
Join my new 45EPIC fine art landscapes page on facebook!
facebook.com/mcgucken
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
instagram.com/goldennumberratio
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.
Follow me on instagram!
Join my new 45EPIC fine art landscapes page on facebook!
The weather forecast stated a 0% probability of rain, but this was our first shot of the day and we all got a fair soaking in the process!
Most southbound services ran late too, the 1V91 05.33 Holyhead to Cardiff Central was 45 minutes to the bad.
Taken up in the Assynt area in October, really just a bit of a for fun image (well for me anyway:-)
Any comments welcome
Ricky
because the older I get the more I see an extended eternity- a return, and another, and another, and another
space and time blending.
xoxox
A century-plus old barn is slowly being overrun with vegetation. Each year grasses encroach the open doors trying to extend their domain while trees do their best to overwhelm and hide the barn. In future decades, the barn will collapse and passing motorists will only glimpse the thriving vegetation.
It once was not this way. In the early 1900s, it is a good probability this barn was painted red, fully roofed as well-kept windows and doors provided daylight in the mornings and late afternoons for a farmer and a couple of his family as they milked a few cows and fed impatient calves.
A mere century ago, almost 40 percent of the total US population lived on farms, and overall 60 percent lived in rural areas. Today those figures have shrunk to about 1 percent and 20 percent.
There may not be any first or second generation farm kids still living who grew up on this farm. A few stories of those days may still circulate with their succeeding generations but maybe not.
This is one more set of farm life stories that have been lost or are pretty much forgotten.
In the 1950s when I grew up, a little over 20% of all children in the US under age of 18 lived on farms (seemed like most lived in our house). Today, less than 2% of the US population is comprised of farm and ranch families.
The ramifications of this switch to a more urban population is easily understood as why many young people today don’t know where their foods come from or the source of meats they eat. The far majority of youth under 18 have never stepped foot on a farm or experienced the nuzzle of a calf or observed a litter of pigs being born.
Many young folks have never cared for a pet calf, rooster or other farm critters that they fed daily. Millions have never smelled freshly tilled ground in the spring as seagulls cried overhead or had their sinuses cleared by cleaning out a chicken house or a pig pen.
This foundational lack has consequences. Growing up on the farm, many of us older folks remember developing a reverence for life at every stage of an animal’s existence. We grew up with an experiential knowledge that work was a critical ingredient to a successful life and observed working toward a common goal as a family was one way to guarantee survival and perhaps even prosperity.
When we drive pass by the dying ruins of a barn like this, we realize they represents a lot more than simply rotting wood.
(Photographed near Dalbo, MN)
The Wave Arizona! Grand Escalante Staircase, Marble Canyon, & the Wave Hike! 45Epic Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape and Nature Photography Coyote Buttes AZ. Utah & Arizona!
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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
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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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Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta) - Biolab Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Wilson, Florida
These guys can be quite difficult to capture at the seashore, since the on-shore breeze will challenge you with motion blur, and the moving web which moves the subject in and out of focus as the web and supporting plants are blown around in the breeze. So I tend to take lots of pics and hope that a large number of captures will nudge probability in my favor.
Greetings mate! I love voyaging forth to Zion National Park 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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Join my new 45EPIC fine art landscapes page on facebook!
Fresh snow! More on my golden ratio musings: The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Why the Fibonacci Numbers Exalt Beauty and How to Create PHI Compositions in Art, Design, & Photography facebook.com/goldennumberratio
Best wishes on your epic hero's odyssey!:)
Zion National Park Winter Fine Art Photography 45EPIC Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape and Nature Photography
Moving to Atlanta, I knew catching heritage or special interest units of other railroads became a high probability. Low and behold, NS 371 arrives from Chattanooga with one of the BNSF 25th Anniversary GEs leading a trio of BNSF units.
where are we?
I dunno. we'll follow these tracks.
which way though?
let's flip a coin. maybe we'll get lucky.
I'm broke. you got any change?
shit! I'm out too. ok, you choose.
I say we go that way.
what? are you nuts? we need to go THAT way, man.
hey, you said I get to choose.
yeah, until you chose wrong.
are so called because people in europe used to believe all swans were white. when black swans were discovered on the other side of the world, they became a metaphor for events that have a higher probability of happening than conventional wisdom might allow.
the expression is now current with finance-industry types who swear, hand on heart, that they never saw the subprime crisis coming.
black swan at yuanmingyuan, new year's day 2009.
A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my Flickr friends, may you have peace, health and happiness.
The European Robin – Erithacus rubecula – has become strongly associated with Christmas, appearing on Christmas cards and on many seasonal postage stamps.
According to Wikipedia, “An old British folk tale seeks to explain the robin's distinctive breast. Legend has it that when Jesus was dying on the cross, the robin, then simply brown in colour, flew to his side and sang into his ear in order to comfort him in his pain. The blood from his wounds stained the robin's breast, and thereafter all robins carry the mark of Christ's blood upon them”. The higher probability is, however, that postmen in Victorian Britain wore red jackets and were nicknamed ‘Robins’ and so the association of robins on cards could be an emblem of the postman delivering the card.
Notice that this one has been ringed, probably because, although it is a totally wild bird, it was hatched on the Martin Mere Wetlands centre, owned by the WWT (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust) who do everything they can to help and record nature.
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Excerpt from the plaque:
The Observer by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
Walking a narrow path among the grass one can see the strange shed. Inside is a chair, and in front of the open window there is a spyglass mounted on a secure base. If one sits down on the chair, assuming the position of the mysterious observer (who, in all probability, established his observation point here a long time ago and has been conducting lengthy observations), and looks into the eyepiece of the spyglass, then one will see a strange, even entirely extraordinary spectacle.
In the circle of observation there is a window vividly illuminated with a bright light from within. Through the window, you can see what is going on in the room.
Right on the other side of the window is a table with food on it, a man and a woman standing at the table can be seen, and next to them, at the same table, are two angels with large white wings attached to their backs.
Apparently, this extraordinary scene attracted the attention of this unknown “Voyeur,” and we, along with this observer, are also able to witness this scene.
There is a great deal that is strange and “accidental” in this situation. We “accidentally” found the half-opened old gate in the wall; “accidentally” discovered the secret observation point and “accidentally,” out of sheer curiosity, looked into it and at precisely that time when the master of the look-out point had slipped away somewhere; and of course, we accidentally witnessed that very scene which undoubtedly can only be seen very rarely.
An additional circumstance of this mysterious story is the fact that through the lens (which is firmly fixed in this one position) one can only see the window, whereas the actual house where this window exists is not so easy to find as a result of the great distance.
SN/NC: Youngia Japonica, Asteraceae Family
Found it beautiful. The flower is beautiful and has a diameter of less than 1 cm. This non-native herb is common in disturbed sites nearly throughout Florida (Wunderlin, 2003). It is native to Asia and blooms all year.
Asiatic false hawksbeard is found from Pennsylvania to Texas and all states southeast, as well as Hawaii (Kartesz, 1999). It usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but is occasionally found in wetlands (estimated probability 1%-33%). Very present in Central America, too.
Barba-de-falcão -- Parece até uma erva daninha qualquer. A flor tem menos de 1cm de diâmetro. Nome Youngia japonesa, da familia das asteraceas.
Erva anual, ereta, pubescente; folhas rosuladas mais para a parte basal da planta, caule com poucas folhas folhas; folhas basais pecioladas, oblanceoladas, pinatifidas, denteadas, geralmente pubescentes, cerca de 3-15 cm de comprimento e 5 cm de largura, com o lobo terminal maior; folhas caulinares geralmente apenas 1-3, subssésseis, muito pequenas; capítulos em pouca ou grande quantidade, dispostos em panícula, 7-8 mm de largura, invólucro 5-6 mm de comprimento, com cerca de 8 brácteas internas longas; flores em torno de 10-25 por inflorescência; corola 5-6 mm de comprimento, amarela; aquênios marrons, 1,8 mm de comprimento, com costelas delgadas, pápus macio, branco, 3 mm de comprimento, persistente (Stone, 1970; p. 579).
Espécie herbácea, que produz flores amarelas, bastante atrativas para abelhas e outros polinizadores oportunistas, como moscas. É uma invasora agressiva de canteiros, podendo crescer até mesmo em fendas nas calçadas, mas cresce melhor em solos férteis e úmidos. Reproduz-se em velocidade impressionante e as sementes plumosas dispersam-se facilmente mesmo com pequenas brisas. É originária do Japão e China.
Nativa de Asia, pero naturalizada en regiones tropicales de todo el mundo. Ampliamente distribuida en Centroamerica, en sitios perturbados, entre 10-1250 msm (Axelrod 2011). Es ocasional en el área de la estación, en sitios húmedos, especialmente en los alrededores de las instalaciones y a la orilla de los caminos.
A Scheduled Monument in Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd
A stone bridge over the Afon Ysgethin, now seeming to be in the middle of nowhere but on what was once an important drovers' route.
The single arch is relatively high, flooding of the river was presumably the main reason for building the bridge - it would be possible to cross the river when in normal flow almost without getting one's feet wet), and there are low parapets (c. 0.5 m) built of stone which could equally well be described as thick slabs or elongated blocks. These are large and would have been quite difficult to manoeuvre and transport. The footway between them is just under 2 m wide at the narrowest point, and has been roughly concreted in the past.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of post-medieval transport techniques. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
I would really appreciate if you don't invite me to all the groups or post comments with huge images that take half a page.
As you might have noticed the updates on the site over the last 10 days where non-existent as I’ve spent last week traveling through Norway… A few days in Hemsedal snowboarding and a few days 400km above the Artic Circle in Tromsø looking for the northern lights. I have always wanted to see the northern lights and Tromsø is one of the best places in the world for this, because it’s right in the middle of the Aurora belt, a belt that circles the globe where the probability of seeing the northern lights is the highest.
I’ve imagined many times how would the lights look, but to be honest nothing prepares you for the actual show. It’s very hard to describe how cool it all looks. It’s like someone has got dimmer switches for the entire sky, playing with the light, moving it from place to place, casting a green glow over everything. We saw the lights two nights in a row, but the last night, while in the middle of this forest the show was at its best. The whole sky was lit up, while the few clouds passing by (visible on the right side of the image) where lit up by the village lights below.
To view the original shot (straight from the camera) visit the blog entry here: www.momentaryawe.com/blog/?p=3320