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I haven't had a cup of coffee for more than 25 years, having developed an intolerance to caffeine soon after I was diagnosed with lupus. Fortunately my husband is a serious addict!
116 pictures in 2016 (29) international coffee day
Boca Tapada, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Caribbean Lowlands
Rainforest frog [unidentified species]
AMPHIBIA > ANURA
Wells Creek is a lovely small stream near Nooksack Falls along the Mt. Baker highway in western Washington state.
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In tropical rainforests, the fog comes from the changes in
temperature between night and day.
Fog its important for retaining the moisture. All kinds of small
animals and insects at all heights drink from the water held in leaves and
pockets of plants. During seasons of no rain, the fog of the temperate
rainforests provides the only moisture for plants. Plants such as bromeliads
in the tropical rainforest and the mosses in the temperate rainforest, which
have no roots in the ground, gain much needed moisture from the fog.
The obvious element of climate in the temperate rain forest is precipitation. At least 200 cm of it, perhaps up to 350 centimeters in warmer areas. The precipitation can fall in the form of rain or snow, with snow becoming more likely at higher elevations. The average annual temperature is above 0° C, largely influenced by the nearby ocean. The warmest of the temperate rainforests may have average annual temperatures around 20° ...
A new picture from the Rainforest part of the Biodome in Montreal. If I am correct, this is a american white ibis (although the beak seems a bit short ?). I like the light an the atmosphere of the picture.
This was my favorite image from a test roll on a camera I just got done repairing. Having sat for many years with little use, my film cameras are all in a unique state of disarray and needed some help getting back up and running. This one, a Pentax K1000, had a mirror that would get stuck up every few exposures making composition and focus impossible. After some digging around the interwebs I found the culprit to be a pair of gears that needed some oil, and after that it seems to be working great!
Not knowing how well it would perform in colder weather I took a digital camera along on this hike as well to have something to compare against. You can see the digital version here:
www.flickr.com/photos/199971500@N08/54147780093/
Shot on Ilford HP5+ with a Pentax K1000 and 35mm F3.5 lens. Scanned with a Fuji XT5 and 80mm macro
The beautiful and diverse New Zealand landscape has wonderful rainforests on the west coast. Happy Hump Day!
I love being in the rainforest on a rainy day. With all the wet foliage, the colors pop nicely. The buttress roots are an astonishing feature of nature.
A tidal estuary, late in the day, reflecting the rainforest trees with golden usnea and sedge grass. In this version I increased the f-stop so the barnacle-covered rocks have a little better depth of field. Great Bear Rainforest, BC.
04/05/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
Fairly strenuous several hour hike up the East Mendenhall Glacier Loop and Nugget Creek Trails, near the Mendenhall Glacier just south of Juneau, Alaska.
Such beautiful steep slopes of untouched temperate rainforest, with giant Sitka spruce and western hemlock. Everything is covered with deep, thick moss, over giant granite boulders.
Enchantment such as this, you almost expect to see mythical Pan ducking in and out, or little fairyland creatures from 'The Dark Crystal'.
The Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state, USA. It is one of the largest temperate rainforests in the U.S.[1] Within Olympic National Park, the forest is protected from commercial exploitation. This includes 24 miles (39 km) of low elevation forest 394 to 2,493 feet (120 to 760 m) along the Hoh River. The Hoh River valley was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers. Between the park boundary and the Pacific Ocean, 48 km (30 mi) of river, much of the forest has been logged within the last century, although many pockets of forest remain.
The Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state, USA. It is one of the largest temperate rainforests in the U.S.[1] Within Olympic National Park, the forest is protected from commercial exploitation. This includes 24 miles (39 km) of low elevation forest 394 to 2,493 feet (120 to 760 m) along the Hoh River. The Hoh River valley was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers. Between the park boundary and the Pacific Ocean, 48 km (30 mi) of river, much of the forest has been logged within the last century, although many pockets of forest remain.
...at the Operara Basin / West Coast / New Zealand. (See also: www.flickr.com/photos/82463114@N03/35199435652/in/photost...)
The Oparara Basin in one of the finest features of the Kahurangi National Park. For a million years the Oparara River system has been at work sculpting the 35 million-year-old limestone basin into an intriguing complex of caves, arches and channels.
The forest is a mixture of beech and podocarp, thickly carpeted with mosses and ferns growing in shallow moist soil and squeezing root systems through cracks to gain a hold.
Unique ferns and algae live around the arches and cave entrances.
Birds, insects and fish flourish in the environment, which is also home to the rare short tailed bat, the giant land snail, the cave spider and whio/blue duck. The Oparara Basin is a great spotted kiwi sanctuary.
All insects, fossils, native birds and plant species are protected. Underground cave formations can take thousands of years to grow just one centimetre. They are fragile creations - even the oil on your hands can damage formations.
(Text from www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/)
"Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in the Pacific Northwest. It is located in western Washington state, and is one of the largest temperate rainforests in the U.S.[1] Within Olympic National Park, the forest is protected from commercial exploitation. This includes 24 miles (39 km) of low elevation forest 394 to 2,493 feet (120 to 760 m) along the Hoh River. The Hoh River valley was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers. Between the park boundary and the Pacific Ocean, 48 km (30 mi) of river, much of the forest has been logged within the last century, although many pockets of forest remain." Average annual rainfall is 127.81 inches.
While mildly disappointed in Olympic NP in general, not until got home did I realize some of nature's artwork at the Hoh Rainforest. This is one example.Just an old tree stump, in a shady glen, but then the Hoh is all shady glen.
This image is best viewed LARGE
I just got back from a killer Trip into the Columbia River Gorge with Marc Adamus, Adrian Klein, and Jeremy Cram. We did some serious off trail hiking to get to this incredibly lush, untouched spot. Nice piece of true wilderness. It was gorgeous.
Just made a large print of this today, it printed fantastic, in fact it's getting framed and hung on my wall.
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Rainforest Rocket Frog
(silverstoneia flotator)
Seen at the Rainmaker Nature Park in Costa Rica on December 31, 2020.
After hiking in pouring rain for a long time our guide had to return home and it was time to eat lunch at the little cafe at the Rainmaker. A yummy warm lunch was included in our tour and was prepared fresh by two very nice Costa Rican Ladies.
While we were eating, the rain stopped and the sun finally started poking through the clouds. After rain can be a good time to find reptiles and amphibians coming to the surface to warm up and dry off or otherwise enjoy the humid warm conditions. My son and I got back on the trail to see what we could find. We only had about an hour left to hike before we needed to begin our long drive to San Jose and we hurried down the trail in hopes of finding and ohitograohing some additional species.
I was very happy to find this spring loaded little frog rocketing from one leaf to another near the trail. These little frogs are difficult to photograph because they don't sit still very long and they can jump really far.
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Drummer Rainforest walk
This delightful walk in Eastern Victoria takes one into a remnant of warm, temperate rainforest. Enormous Grey Mountain Gums are scattered throughout the forest, as are tree ferns, mosses and fungi.
I suspect a fair number of people don't know that there is a rainforest in Alaska. However, the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska is a rainforest and is the largest U.S. National Forest with 16.7 million acres. I shot this photo at Sitka and the mood of a rainforest was perfect - overcast sky, everything is a bright green, the wood looks like it's decomposing in place, just what I expect for a rainforest. The only difference with this rainforest is that this isn't tropical, but it does get consistently heavy rain. Specifically, Sitka clocks in with 120 inches of rain per year on average. As I was enjoying this view we had the constant and loud sound of a stream nearby, and the air had this fresh quality to it. It was amazing.
Taken 9 June 2021 Sitka, Alaska.
Female Hummingbird hunkered down for the duration. Not sure of the species.
Taken in Costa Rica.
Similar weather in Dereham this morning!
In the dim understory of the forest floor the color of this poison dart frog (Oophaga solanensis) seem almost too fantastic to be real. Like other dendrobatid frogs, these colors serve as a warning signal of their toxicity. This species is endemic to the coastal rainforests of Colombia. Choco, Colombia.