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Autumn leaves are hanging on even into the depths of winter this year. In my little corner of the world, clouds often obscure the sun, especially in winter. In the darkness of December, these colorful Weigela leaves remind me of my own ability to make my own sunshine. :)
"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."
~ Albert Camus
The Salar contains a large amount of sodium, potassium, lithium and magnesium as well as borax. With an estimated 9,000,000 t, Bolivia holds about 7% of the world's known lithium resources; most of those are in the Salar de Uyuni.
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the plant – on the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. These prickles are an adaptation that protects the plant from being eaten by herbivores. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape similar to a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flowerheads. The comparative amount of spininess varies dramatically by species. For example, Cirsium heterophyllum has minimal spininess while Cirsium spinosissimum is the opposite. Typically, species adapted to dry environments have greater spininess. The term thistle is sometimes taken to mean precisely those plants in the tribe Cardueae (synonym: Cynareae), especially the genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum. However, plants outside this tribe are sometimes called thistles, and when this is done, "thistles" would form a polyphyletic group. A thistle is the floral emblem of Scotland and Lorraine, as well as the emblem of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Biennial thistles are particularly noteworthy for their high wildlife value, producing such things as copious floral resources for pollinators, nourishing seeds for birds like the goldfinch, foliage for butterfly larvae, and down for the lining of birds' nests. 12710
Resources:
Bench: unholy-stock.deviantart.com/art/Stone-bench-2-55430052
Old Letters: www.sxc.hu/photo/1195237
Wrinkled papers: www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=475857
Cows: www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=475857
Windmill: www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1134940
Backgrounds: various backgrounds used
This is the companion shot to 'Along the Trail', I didn't think to get a shot of the entire tree, it was incredibly tall, but loved how they just incorporated it into the trail. Anyway, it's a beautiful spot well worth seeking out if you're in the neighborhood.
47739 'Resourceful' approaches Shaldon Bridge near Teignmouth hauling the 12.44 Plymouth to Glasgow mail train in March 1997
As the earth’s natural resources grow scare, agriculture begins to move into secure facilities. The goal is to closely monitor plant life and ensure organic growth can flourish on certain sections of the planet.
Hi all, figured I should probably post something before the end of the year. This build was inspired by some concept art I found online. I wanted to go for a clean sterilized look, with plain all white walls and light bluish gray concrete slabs for the floor. After realizing it was quite bland I decided to add a few small details, while still trying to keep the sterile feel.
I have quite a few WIP builds on my desk at the moment that I hope to complete over the coming months. Thanks for stopping by, feedback is appreciated!
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The striking Mineral Resources Limited livery applied to the MRL class locomotives & MHPY / MHLY wagons looks smart and resplendent as a block train, which is illustrated here as MRL006 & MRL002 race through the historic rural outback town of Southern Cross as train no. 5032 loaded ore service from Mount Walton to Kwinana. Thursday, 15th February 2018. This service is operated by Pacific National on behalf of Mineral Resources. Southern Cross is the last town on the eastern edge of the wheatbelt and the first town on the Eastern Goldfields.
A video of these MRL services can be watched here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXcays9slAg
To see the whole, varied collection of my photos of this ever-changing tidal pool, visit my album, That Protean Tidal Pool: www.flickr.com/photos/jerry-rockport/albums/7217772030227...
This great abandoned farm is located just south of the Schapville farm and is located on state department of natural resources property.
Near historic Elizabeth,IL.
Today, January 2nd, was the day I was supposed to fly to Kenya to collect data on the baboons for two months. Sadly, the trip was canceled. Three weeks ago today Kenya Wildlife Services decided to start imposing the $60/day tourist fee to short-term researchers like me. For decades, until today, we have always been exempt. This is untenable to the research project - studying the evolutionary behavior of baboons does not attract the same funding that human studies receive. This week, the Principle Investigators of the research project and KWS will start working out an arrangement that works for both parties but this will most likely take months of negotiations. I'm not going to get in the middle of that discussion - I find the research invaluable but also understand that Kenya has few resources other than tourism and most people who fly into Amboseli and stay in 5-star resorts can afford the park fee. IMO, there is no simple right or wrong - all I know is that doing research on the baboons, hanging out with them and being ignored by them is unlike any experience you can get by traveling there as a tourist and I am incredibly disappointed not to be going.
BTW (I always seem to have a BTW) Molly is the neighbor's cat. She's not out much and is fairly shy and keeps to herself.
This fence definitely was a use of the available resources, and very little cash was expended in its construction. I actually see this quite often, but usually not next to a main road....HFF everyone!
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Olympus OM-1n + Zuiko 35/2.8
Kodak T-Max 400
Scanning on Hasselblad X5
Driving and walking rovers competed to survey a shadowy analogue of the south polar lunar surface for useable resources during the inaugural ESA-ESRIC Space Resources Challenge. Some 13 teams from across Europe and Canada took part in last month’s field test, with the winners due to be announced shortly.
The Space Resources Challenge – supported by ESA and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) in Luxembourg – is asking European (and Canadian) researchers and institutions to develop and demonstrate a system of one or more vehicles capable of prospecting resources on the Moon in the near future.
Massimo Sabbatini, overseeing the contest for ESA, comments: “ESA is analysing the results of the first field test of the Challenge and the competition is fierce. There was a wide range of participants and technological solutions to the problem of prospecting: notably different locomotion techniques – legged, wheeled, tracked, and so on – and approaches, such as single versus multiple vehicles and aerial vehicles. The jury is out!”
The emphasis of the contest is on prospecting: pinpointing promising resources within a difficult lunar environment then characterising them in as much detail as possible, such as through visual inspection or spectral analysis.
The lunar poles are a focus of interest for future exploration. They do not experience the crippling temperature extremes of the Moon’s two-week days and nights, and frozen water and other deposits are believed to be buried within permanently shadowed polar craters.
The Space Resources Challenge teams gathered at Valkenberg in the Netherlands had to contend with challenging illumination conditions and potential loss of signal events to locate resources, including mapping a small impact crater in the vicinity of the rover’s lander – all within a two and a half hour time limit.
The five winners will be awarded €375 000 in ESA contracts, with a larger prize pool on offer after a follow-on field test hosted by ESRIC next year.
Credits: ESA-M. Sabbatini
Even with so few resources, they were able to build the Giza pyramids perfectly aligned with the Orion Belt. In addition, they are totally north-facing, with a very low margin of error.
The Sphinx that guards the pyramids of Giza does not have the nose. An ancient legend said that Napoleon and his soldiers had destroyed him. But more recent studies have shown that even before Napoleon the Sphinx no longer had a nose. And the mystery remains!
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The pyramid trio of Giza (or Giza) was erected at the behest of the Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure pharaohs, respectively, father, son and grandson. The three pyramids are arranged in order of size and age.
The largest, oldest and most famous of all is the Pyramid of Khufu, also known as the Great Pyramid. Originally 146 m (9 m more than presently, since it lacks part of the top and the lining) and 230 m of base, it is formed by more than 2 million blocks of stone weighing about 2.5 tons each and some arrive to weigh even more than double that (!!!!). The construction of the pyramid is surrounded by mysteries and impresses.
Next is the Pyramid of Khafre, son of Cheops. The pyramid is 143 m high and 210 m high, and although it is a little smaller than the first one, it appears to be larger since it is 10 m higher. It is the only one that kept the limestone cladding with which the pyramids were covered and which was mined in the Middle Ages for the construction of the medieval city of Cairo. Such a shame! Imagine how beautiful they should be, covered in white limestone gleaming in the sun?
It is as big as the Khufu pyramid, but not as famous as it is, so harassment is minor! Oh, and not to mention that she has, as guardian, no one else less than the Great Sphinx, which with the lion-shaped body and human head, is the image of Pharaoh Khafren himself. Although many have been disappointed by the size of the Sphinx it is, yes, huge! It is 20 m high and 57 m long. Of course, if we compare with the size of the pyramids and even of other statues like those of Abu Simbel or those of the Temples of Luxor, the sphinx is really small. But nothing that takes away its luster or diminishes its beauty.
The pyramid of Miquerinos - son of Khephren and grandson of Khufu - is the smallest of the three, it is "only" 66 m high and 108 m high. Next to the pyramid of Miquerinos, there are 3 smaller pyramids that belong to the 3 wives of the Pharaoh. The same can be seen in the other pyramids as well, but here they are better preserved and more visible.
I think most people imagine that the pyramids are "lost" in the middle of the desert and that it is difficult to reach them, right? None of this! They are practically in the middle of the city. They stay in Giza (or Giza) in the Cairo metropolitan area. Unfortunately, it is possible to see the city from almost anywhere in the Giza complex, which spoils the magic of the place a bit ... but just turn your back and you will not see anything but sand and pyramids!
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Mamiya RB67 ProSD + Mamiya K/L 65mm f/4
Kodak Portra 400
Scanning on Hasselblad X5
(10/365) Resources - You don't always have travel for miles on end, or wake up at the crack of dawn to 'get that shot'.
Instead make best use of the resources that you have.
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Mamiya RB67 ProSD + Mamiya K/L 95mm f/3.5
Kodak Portra 400
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Fujifilm X100V
Guillaume Daniel (G.D.) Delprat, after whom this shaft was named, was a Dutch-Australian metallurgist and mining engineer. An astute businessman, Delprat was Broken Hill Proprietry Limited’s ( BHP) General Manager from 1899 to 1921. He played an important part in the perfecting of a technique that came to be known as the (C.V.) Potter-Delprat flotation process; it revolutionized sulphide ore treatment and brought enormous profits from the metal content of millions of tons (tonnes) of formerly useless tailings.and a developer of the flotation process, which entails separating valuable minerals from gangue (mined rock that is not ore) with water.
The Delprat shaft was sunk in 1900. In 1952, the original wooden headframe was replaced by the present steel structure, and an electric winder replaced a steam engine. The early steam engines used to power mining machinery in the early twentieth century were powered by boilers fuelled by local firewood. Timber was also cut for use in buildings and headframes.
The shaft was closed to mining by the time MMM (Mining for Metal and Minerals) ceased operations in August 1976. It became a tourist mine in 1977, and its closure in 2007 was due to nearby remnant mining operations by CBH Resources.
Source: Visit Broken Hill (www.visitbrokenhill.com/Trails/Silver-Trail/11.-Delprat-S...)
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Kodak Portra 400
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Storrie Street, Paisley
There is a Library on each UWS campus, with a wide range of digital and print resources available to support you during your time at UWS.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
◾ 1920x1080 (Native)
◾ Console Commands (Free Camera, Hide HUD)
◾ Ultra / Tweaked Settings
◾ ENB (Various)
◾ Mods: 100s
'Tired' school paintbrushes. The ingrained colours are the only good reason that children don't clean them properly.
dear friends!! from across the ocean, a flying letter has come, carrying precious resources for the journey... messages and gifts from magic fly paula, a wonderful artist and friend...
with this imaginary map and a cup of orange pekoe tea from the azores, the traveler follows the path to a small cosmos full of stars... and friendship.
thank you, paula!!
(see paula's beautiful image of this letter here.)
...and thank you to the letter's lives group!!
may all travelers find joy!!
and maps along the way...
jeanne
scanned, assembled and altered images, october 27, 2007
(including an imaginary map from a dear magician... and a golden tray for serving tea ~ orange pekoe from the azores)