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The ad was for Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder. Mennen is a brand of the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Its most notable product, Mennen Speed Stick, with its fougère perfume and green wide stick, was the market leader among deodorants and antiperspirants for men for many years. It was also noted for its Teen Spirit deodorant, which was the leader in teenage girls' deodorants during the 1980s. The Mennen Company was started in 1878, at Newark, New Jersey, moving to Morristown, New Jersey in 1953, where it manufactured and sold over-the-counter pharmaceuticals and personal products such as the Skin Bracer, Speed Stick, and Baby Magic products. Lady Speed Stick was a foray into the women's market, and was a huge success due to its shape, which fit a woman's hand, and fragrances. Mennen was founded by Gerhard Heinrich Mennen, an immigrant from Germany. His first product was talcum-based powder, an innovation at the time. This sign at Maryland Heights, visible from Harpers Ferry, was painted sometime between 1903 and 1906. I took this photograph standing in West Virginia, but the sign itself is located in Washington County, Maryland.
Photo by Kevin Borland. Portions of text derived from Wikipedia.
Consolate Kaswera Kyamakya a PHD student examines a Four-Toed Elephant-Shrew (Petrodromus Tetradactylus) at the Yoko station laboratory,Yoko forest reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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Now thre is a truly dangerous beast-this One-horned Rhino was up and about, was facing us and was beginning to advance slowly towards us. The hotel staff warned all of us to stay away from the animal’s line of vision as he is standing and facing us and will be all over us in an instant. (Rhinos fortunately have very poor eyesight). All us us backed off but for that extremely foolish Chinese lady- one from a large group of Chinese tourists, some of whom had joined us on this amazingly close sighting. That foolish lady had not noticed this dangerous beast so far, but having spotted him, tried to walk towards him. Now that is nothing sort of suicide. The hotel officials, as well as members of her group yelled at her and that's where the hotel officials decided it was too dangerous to linger there and forced all of us away to safety. It requires just one moron to ruin everybody's fun, don't you agree? Well, we had at least got our fill of wild Rhino spottings- for the day in fact, as it turned out as the day progressed. (Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Old Rag is unusual, in that it is one of the few peaks of the Blue Ridge to have an exposed rocky top.
The apparent blur in the foreground vegetation is a result of medium-heavy winds, as this shot was taken using high dynamic range imaging, using over a second of total exposure time.
Photo by Kevin Borland.
Photo taken in Azraq Wetland Reserve, Jordan
تم التقاط هذه الصورة في محمية الأزرق المائية، الأردن
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The Johns Hopkins glacier on the west are of Glacier Bay is one of the few big tide-water glaciers left in the World. It is also one of the fastest melting.
I was surprised at the number of people who wanted to get into the water at Maya Bay to splash around and swim- this was a snorkeling halt as well but I didn't spot anyone snorkeling here. I am on the Phi Phi Islands tour from Phuket, Thailand. Maya Bay is a picturesque cove that gained international fame as the setting of Danny Boyle’s 1999 film The Beach, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tilda Swinton, and adapted from Alex Garland’s novel. The sheltered lagoon, enclosed by 100-mtr high cliffs, was an ideal setting for Garland’s story of an adventurer seeking peace from the idyllic retreat. Today, the almost 5,000 daily visitors to Maya Bay have contributed to the area’s eroding natural beauty, threatening local marine wildlife and sustainability of the ecosystem. Issues like boat anchoring, an excess of pollutants and sunscreen, and irresponsible tourist behavior have led to a major decline of the coral reef system in the area. Due to this, the beaches on Maya Bay are closed to tourists till 2021 at least- but that doesn't stop the scores of speedboats disgorging scores of tourists for swimming and snorkeling in the waters of Maya Bay- so much for environmental protection. Notes about the Phi Phi Islands National Park appeared earlier in this album (see previous pictures). (Phuket, Thailand, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Local resident takes advantage of brackish water ponds that surrounded Pulau Dua Nature Reserve to catch fish. If the mangroves vegetation in Pulau Dua Nature Reserve are gone then the abrasion of sea water would threaten the existence of this brackish water pond.
Photo by Aulia Erlangga/CIFOR
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USA, Alaska, Denali NP, Incredible sunset clouds as viewed from a tundra pond looking towards Mt McKinley and the Alaska Range
Danum Valley is a primary rainforest and home to an astonishing amount of interesting plants and animals.
Photo by Mokhamad Edliadi/CIFOR
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This is one of our guides on the boat trip to the Phi Phi island cluster off the island of Phuket, Thailand. She and her male colleague were quite a pair and appeared to be going steady so I was enjoying myself joking with them. The guy was taking her picture every now and then of which this is one. I decided to pitch in and snap a picture as well. Thanks to the iPhone’s Airdrop feature, and as the girl was using an iPhone as well, I was able to share her picture with her almost immediately. As for invading their privacy- yes I knew you would say that- aww come on, this was during the actual tour and in full view of the others on the boat- they were not doing it in private! We are on the Phi Phi Islands tour and this is our first halt at Maya Bay, filming location of the 1999 Hollywood movie The Beach. Tourists are not allowed to get off here due to environmental damage due to over tourism, but they are allowed a few minutes to swin and snorkel here. I did not go into the water as I can't swim, so I was talking to these lovely guides, and to a handful of other passengers who had not got off the boat. Detailed notes about the Phi Phi Islands park appeared earlier in this album. (see previous pictures). (Phuket, Thailand, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
This juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper was at the Skagway River mouth on 17 July 2016. Migration is well underway.
I am on a morning jungle walk following a boat ride on the East Rapti river in the Chitwan National Park in Nepal. (see previous pictures earlier in this album). And this was the state of my new jeans, immediately after a ride in an unbelievably low slung canoe, a jungle walk on slushy, slippery and wet jungle paths, and an overall messy walk with wet and muddy twigs, roots and things rubbing on me. At one point, I was faced with a nearly two feet wide ditch with a single narrow tree trunk set up to cross it. It made me dizzy simply looking at it. My guide walked across it casually as thought it was a side bridge and gave me his hand. The result is obvious- I fell right into the ditch, scraping my jeans on the sides of the wet and muddy ditch in the process! Thank goodness my new jeans did not rip and nor did I suffer any nasty sprains or broken bones! I was even got by a couple of leeches which drew blood, which I found out only an hour later- but I had a whale of a time!! This is in Chitwan, Nepal (Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Photo taken in Azraq Wetland Reserve, Jordan
تم التقاط هذه الصورة في محمية الأزرق المائية، الأردن
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A plump squirrel enjoys a snack on the boardwalk at Hendrie Valley Sanctuary, part of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario. Captured in sharp detail, the squirrel clutches a nut with its tiny paws, focused intently on its meal. The wooden planks of the boardwalk provide a natural contrast to the squirrel’s fluffy coat, making this a charming and relatable wildlife moment perfect for themes of nature, animal behavior, and urban wildlife photography.
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Our speed boat roars along on the Andaman sea. It was raining off and on at the beginning of the trip. Sadly, thanks to the high walls of our boat and ventilator like lookout windows, and bench type seating, the only lookout from the boat was from the rear of the boat, looking over the outboard motors. Mu Ko Phi Phi is group of islands located just off the coast of Phuket, Thailand. The archipelago is actually located between Phuket island and actually belongs to the Krabi administratively. The group is composed of six islands: Koh Bida Nok, Koh Bida Nai, Koh Phi Phi Leh, Koh Phi Phi Don, Bamboo and Mosquito islands. The largest one, Koh Phi Phi Don, is the only island which is inhabited (about 2,000 people) and where you can find hotels, restaurants and commodities- the others (not all though) are stop over points for these tours. Phi Phi Don island is vehicle free and is for pedestrians only. The Phi Phi Bay is the second largest one area wise, and is famous for the Maya Bay, which gained much fame as the shooting location for the Hollywood movie The Beach- we will get there later as we go along. (see subsequent pictures later in this album). The Phi Phi Islands offer wonderful scenery and have several diving and snorkeling spots- we will be stopping at a couple of them today. (my Facebook viewers will find this video in a separate Videos folder under my Profile). (Phuket, Thailand, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Our lovely guide asked me to stretch my hands out for my next selfie. I am on the speedboat on the Phi Phi Islands tour where we have made our first halt for the day- at Maya Bay. This is the location where the 1999 Hollywood movie The Beach was shot. Thanks to damage to the coral reefs and to the environment due to overtourism, especially after that movie was released, the authorities have closed off the beach to tourists till 2021 at least. So although you are not permitted to get off here, most tour boats do call here for a shot time to allow people to splash about in the Andaman Sea. I did not go into the water as I can 't swim, and am talking to my guides- a lovely Thai lass and her male colleague- both of them appeared to be going steady. In true girlie fashion, the girl was posing for her colleaue/ bf. I offered to take a few shots of her, and eventually of both of them together. And although the guy was fairly wary, the girl was delighted and offered to take selfie after selfie of me to return the favour. She made me put out my hands like this, saying it will make for a nice picture. Indeed, I think she did a pretty good job or it! (Phuket, Thailand, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Looking back at the food shacks and the scenic rocks before leaving the total tourist trap that is Ban Pru Nai Island. I have just had a snack of fresh fruit in one of those shacks in the distance and have also photographed a group of tourists on those rocks located a little away from the shacks to the left. (see previous pictures earlier in this album). The couple in the foreground are from our boat- they were a newly married couple from Gujarat in Western India and were totally incommunicado. The gentleman of the pair was sitting next to me and used to respond selectively to my friendly overtures, and in monosyllables- the lady used to either put on a blank look or look the other way. They were surprisingly very enterprising though, and kept going for all the swimming and snorkeling and diving activities- I suspect they might have been the only ones to do a spot of overpriced water sports here on Ban Pru Nai as well. A friendly Australian tourist tried to talk to them as well, but they ignored him completely- even the husband- which I thought was pretty rude. I later told the gentleman from Oz don't bother, I've been trying since morning to get them to talk! Notes abut the tourist trap Bap Pru Nai island as well as detailed notes about the Phi Phi Islands National Park appeared earlier in this album. (see previous pictures). (Phuket, Thailand, Oct/ Nov. 2019)