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BUFF-WINGED STARFRONTLET (hummingbird) male Coeligena lutetiae. This hovering male Buff-winged Starfrontlet is vocalizing at the Yanacocha Reserve on the western slope of Volcán Pichincha in northwestern Ecuador at 12:24 PM on September 17, 2016.
The Buff-winged Starfrontlet resides in the high Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and northwestern Perú.
The Yanacocha Reserve is only an hour by car to the west of Quito. I consider the Yanacocha Reserve to be one of the crown jewels in Ecuador's array of nature preserves. It is a must visit for birders and nature photographers. This site is at an altitude of approximately 3,400 meters (11,155 feet).
Un macho del colibrí Inca Alianteada Coeligena lutetiae está cerniendose y vocalizando en la Reserva Yanacocha en las faldas occidentales del Volcán Pichincha en el nordoeste de Ecuador a las 12 y 24 de la tarde del 17 de septiembre de 2016. La altura aquí es de eso de 3,400 metros (11,155 pies)
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"They have never been saddled or stabled, never bathed or brushed, never trotted around an arena. They have never had their muzzle brushed lovingly by a human but they know nothing different. They have never seen those things, and likely never will. These horses are wild as wolverines.
Even though they are in a national park, they were not comfortable with human presence. Distance was their safety. At first glance, Theodore Roosevelt National Park appears lost and forsaken. Lots of heat and desolation and short on shade or breeze. Arid prairie home to only sand and grasses, too inhospitable for any real life. Despite that, it is home to more than 150 wild horses. Deep within 70,000 acres split across three disjointed sections we were able to find a handful of large herds to observe, grazing away in the mid summer heat. But it wasn’t until we stumbled across this solitary family of three, high up on a bluff, that suddenly the feeling of seclusion and struggle that resides in this area of difficult country made itself visible.
Disassociated from the nearest visible heard by miles, these three were on their own. We referred to them as Father, Mother and Junior.
The one I will call father, is battle scarred, his eye sealed shut not from the brightness of the sun but injury, likely scars of a battle.
Junior is curious from age, but mother has already taught him to be wary.
Mother, is the definitive matriarch, assuming the duties of watching over her family and wary of outsiders. Her focus never left me, even though I posed no threat. She seemed to have assumed the role of security for the family.
They grazed, unthreatened, but cautious. their faces telegraph that there are so many stories that Father, Mother and Junior will never be able to tell.
The violet turaco or violet plantain-eater (Musophaga violacea) resides in the tropical savannas, wetlands, woodlands and forests of tropical West Africa.
They are found from Senegal through to Nigeria and also an isolated population in Chad and the Central African Republic.
Averaging 45 - 50 cm in length, including a long tail.
Violet turacos are named for their rich purple feathers. The only turaco species without a crest, they showcase a bright red bill, yellow forehead and magenta crown.
Violet turacos are social birds, travelling in flocks of around ten to twelve individuals. They are quiet unmistakable, although often inconspicuous in the treetops.
Their diet consists of fruit, and they are quite partial to figs, but they will also eat leaves, buds, flowers, insects, snails and slugs.
De violette toerako (Musophaga violacea) leeft in de savannes en bossen van tropisch West-Afrika.
Ze worden gevonden van Senegal tot Nigeria en in een geïsoleerd gebied in Tsjaad en de Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek.
Gemiddeld zijn de vogels 45 à 50 cm lang, inclusief een lange staart. De violette toerako dankt zijn naam aan de paars gekleurde veren. Het is de enige soort toerako zonder kuif. Ze hebben een fel rode snavel, een geel voorhoofd en een roodpaarse kruin.
Het zijn sociale vogels in groepen van acht tot twaalf dieren, vaak onopvallend en stil aanwezig in boomtoppen.
Hun dieet bestaat uit fruit, vooral vijgen, maar ze zullen ook bladeren, knoppen, bloemen, insecten, en slakken eten.
Deze opname is gemaakt in de tropische vlindertuin Klein Costa Rica in Someren (Noord-Brabant oostelijk van Eindhoven).
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« La tragédie de la vie réside dans ce qui peut mourir dans le coeur d'un homme alors qu'il vit - la mort du sentiment véritable, la mort de sa capacité à réagir de façon inspirée, la mort de à sa capacité à ressentir la douleur ou la gloire des autres hommes en lui. » Norman Cousins
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« The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. »
Norman Cousins
In N Norfolk on Tuesday I was hoping to see the White-Tailed Eagle currently residing in our area. There were some sightings by others but sadly not for me on that day. I did however see some Kites (already posted). I was happy with them but thought I could do better so went out again on Wednesday, back to the same spot to try and get some more shots of them.
However.... 'what is that huge looking silhouette rising from the trees??.... It can only be one thing, surely.'
There it was, in the distance in an area where early evening the previous day a Warden from Holkham Estate told me he had seen in it 30 mins earlier. I took a few very very distant shots not knowing if I would see it again. On inspection, it was carrying 'lunch' in it's talons (a pigeon I think) and was being mobbed by Kites and Gulls were joining in too! Perhaps it had stolen the Kite's prey?
I had read somewhere that the best way to spot birds of this magnitude is to look for their shadow rather than the bird itself and sure enough you could always see the eerie sight of this very large shadow gliding across the trees even though the bird itself went in and out of view.
I decided to take my chances and took a footpath alongside the woods in the optimistic hope that it may reappear.
As if on cue it glided out still being harassed by two Kites, and presumably having devoured its prey.
By chance it circled around slowly towards me and I was able to get a good number of decent shots as it circled above me, climbing with each revolution without barely a beat of its massive wings. I even managed to record a video of it on my phone. It climbed higher and eventually headed off SW soaring above, going at its own pace.
The ring clearly shows the ID G393 which I believe is one of the IOW reintroduced birds.
Le château a été construit entre le XIIe siècle et le XVe siècle sur une butte naturelle, près d'un vaste étang baptisé par François-René de Chateaubriand le « Lac Tranquille ».
Le Château de Combourg a appartenu au père du célèbre écrivain Chateaubriant qui y a résidé enfant.
Il raconte ses années là dans son livre "les mémoires d'outre-tombe" récit autobiographique publié en 1849, un an après sa mort.
Combourg Castle was built between the 12th and 15th centuries on a natural hillock, near a vast pond named “Lac Tranquille” by François-René de Chateaubriand.
The Château de Combourg belonged to the father of the famous writer Chateaubriant who lived there as a child.
He recounts his years there in his book "Memories from Beyond the Tomb", an autobiographical story published in 1849, a year after his death.
IMVHO, this has to be the finest car ever built. Styling, class and swooping lines makes this car seem at speed while sitting still.
Best in Show 1997 at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Chassis: 90104
The second, of eleven (11) 'Teardrop's built with the 'New York' style, chassis 90104 was delivered new to prominent orange plantation owner Dr. Fernand Masquefa, who resided both in Algeria and Morocco. He was a great enthusiast and retained the Figoni & Falaschi clothed machine for over forty years, frequently using it in local events. In the early 1980s, he finally sold the car and eventually it was completely restored for its new, Swiss owner. He showed the car at various events in the early 1990s before it was acquired by the current custodian. He had it restored once again and entered it in the 1997 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance where it won the prestigious 'Best of Show' award.
This year, (2022), a very similar car, chassis 90107, was consigned to Gooding Amelia Island auction, where it topped the sale with a record breaking price of $13.4 million !!!
The stygobitic and paedomorphic Georgia Blind Salamander resides in the Floridan Aquifer System of southwestern Georgia and extreme northwest Florida. Occasionally they may venture outside of the aquifer proper in areas where karst windows (=karst fensters) have formed through the lime rock within a cave system. These "windows" are a link, and a direct view, into the aquifer. Spring water will force its way up through these openings and pool within the cave. The salamanders use this conduit to access these pools where they can forage for food a wider variety of small invertebrates.
This salamander was once the sole species (=monotypic) within the genus Haideotriton, but their genetic lineage was later proved to be very closely related to the Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) and subsequently was placed in the genus Eurycea.
The species "wallacei" is eponymously named for the late Dr. Howard Keefer Wallace who was the head of the Department of Zoology at the University of Florida where his primary study/interest was in arachnology.
I'm honored to have this photo displayed at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Florida.
A variety of herons reside on Maui. Night herons are fairly common. They usually reside in the wetlands, but they can sometimes appear wherever there is a pond with fish in it. I photographed this one looking for lunch. The photo was taken inFebruary 2017, with my trusty Olympus digital camera. Enjoy.
This bird currently residing at RSPB Lakenheath was ringed in Lithuania in May and has been seen in the Netherlands(Oct.) and Abberton(Nov)
Pitt Meadows, BC
Pitt Meadows is a city in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and a member municipality in Metro Vancouver. Incorporated in 1914, it has a land area of 32.97 square miles.
History:
Aboriginal people resided in the Pitt Meadows area approximately 1000 years ago. James McMillan explored the area in 1874.
Europeans started a settlement known as Bonson's Landing in the area in the 1870s. Early settlers were mostly Anglo-Saxon until after 1910. The municipality takes its name from the Pitt River and Pitt Lake. The word "Pitt" is of Dutch origin from the term "pitt polder" meaning converted wetlands and is related to the Dutch dyke building company and Dutch farming community of this area in the mid-1900s.
The river, the lake and the settlement were apparently named for British prime minister William Pitt the Younger.
The Municipality of Maple Ridge, which included the Pitt Meadows area, was incorporated in 1874. In 1885, the Canadian Pacific Railway was constructed through Pitt Meadows to Port Moody, British Columbia.
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Daddy's Girl Priscilla Grace Queen of the Forest is all grown up now, happy and healthy and spoiled rotten, she is a "helper" cat and likes to be involved in daily activities, she resides in North Carolina.
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Red Bay is a natural harbour residing in the bay that gives it its name, both names in reference to the red granite cliffs of the region.
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The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia. It is also called the European eagle-owl and in Europe, it is occasionally abbreviated to just eagle-owl. It is one of the largest species of owl, and females can grow to a total length of 75 cm (30 in), with a wingspan of 188 cm (6 ft 2 in), males being slightly smaller. This bird has distinctive ear tufts, with upper parts that are mottled with darker blackish coloring and tawny. The wings and tail are barred. The underparts are a variably hued buff, streaked with darker color. The facial disc is poorly developed and the orange eyes are distinctive.
Besides being one of the largest living species of owl, it is also one of the most widely distributed. The Eurasian eagle-owl is found in many habitats but is mostly a bird of mountain regions, coniferous forests, steppes and other relatively remote places. It is a mostly nocturnal predator, hunting for a range of different prey species, predominantly small mammals but also birds of varying sizes, reptiles, amphibians, fish, large insects and other assorted invertebrates. It typically breeds on cliff ledges, in gullies, among rocks or in other concealed locations. The nest is a scrape in which averages of two eggs are laid at intervals. These hatch at different times. The female incubates the eggs and broods the young, and the male provides food for her and when they hatch, for the nestlings as well. Continuing parental care for the young is provided by both adults for about five months.
Eagle-owls are distributed somewhat sparsely but can potentially inhabit a wide range of habitats, with a partiality for irregular topography. They have been found in habitats as diverse as northern coniferous forests to the edge of vast deserts. Essentially, Eurasian eagle-owls have been found living in almost every climatic and environmental condition on the Eurasian continent, excluding the greatest extremities, i.e. they are absent from humid rainforest in Southeast Asia, as well as the high Arctic tundra, both of which they are more or less replaced by other variety of Bubo owls. They are often found in the largest numbers in areas where cliffs and ravines are surrounded by a scattering of trees and bushes. Grassland areas such as alpine meadows or desert-like steppe can also host them so long as they have the cover and protection of rocky areas. The preference of eagle-owls for places with irregular topography has been reported in most known studies. The obvious benefit of such nesting locations is that both nests and daytime roosts located in rocky areas and/or steep slopes would be less accessible to predators, including man. Also, they may be attracted to the vicinity of riparian or wetlands areas, due to the fact that the soft soil of wet areas is conducive to burrowing by the small, terrestrial mammals normally preferred in the diet, such as voles and rabbits.[59] Due to their preference for rocky areas, the species is often found in mountainous areas and can be found up to elevations of 2,100 m (6,900 ft) in the Alps and 4,500 m (14,800 ft) in the Himalayas and 4,700 m (15,400 ft) in the adjacent Tibetan Plateau.
For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_eagle-owl
"The Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) is a medium-sized penguin. It resides in South America, its range mainly contains most of coastal Peru. Its nearest relatives are the African penguin, the Magellanic penguin and the Galápagos penguin. The Humboldt penguin and the cold water current it swims in both are named after the explorer Alexander von Humboldt. The species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN with no population recovery plan in place. The current population is composed of 32,000 mature individuals and is going down. It is a migrant species.
Humboldt penguins nest on islands and rocky coasts, burrowing holes in guano and sometimes using scrapes or caves. In South America the Humboldt penguin is found only along the Pacific coast, and the range of the Humboldt penguin overlaps that of the Magellanic penguin on the central Chilean coast. It is vagrant in Ecuador and Colombia. The Humboldt penguin has been known to live in mixed species colonies with the Magellanic penguin in at least two different locations at the south of Chile.
The Humboldt penguin has become a focus of ecotourism over the last decades. They are endemic to the west coast of South America and are listed as a Vulnerable species." (Wikipedia)
Sometimes he will set up on the carpet by staring at you with such tender, affectionate and human eyes that they intend to you and we will no longer be able to believe that a soul does not reside there....................A volte si metterà sul tappeto fissandoti con gli occhi così teneri, affettuosi e umani che intendono e non saremo più in grado di credere che un'anima non risieda lì
The beauty of color patterns from its feathers makes the wood duck very notable. The duck usually nest in hollowed portions of trees or man made structures. Its wing patterns allow flight through the forests and its feet structures allow easy gripping on tree surfaces.
This wild male wood duck is standing look out on top of the structure where his mate resides inside. Photo was taken at the Huntley Meadows Park in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Seals reside on small islands off Tower Point in Witty's Lagoon Regional Park at Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada.
This castle sits high on a hilltop above the town of Sintra, Portugal. It was built in the mid-19th century at the behest of then Prince Ferdinand (and later King Ferdinand 11), who hired a German archtect to build a fantasy castle, which ended up an architectural mist-mash with Gothic towers, Renaissance domes, Moorish minarets and Portuguese carvings.
"Ferdinand II was one of the most cultured men of 19th century Portugal. A polyglot, he spoke German, Hungarian, French, English, Spanish, Italian and, of course, Portuguese. In his childhood, the then Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha received a thorough education in which the arts, especially music and drawing, played fundamental roles. During his entire life, he maintained a deep connection with the arts whether as an artist, collector or sponsor and becoming known nationally as the King-Artist.
Shortly after his arrival in Portugal, he fell for Sintra and acquired, from his own personal fortune, the Monastery of Saint Jerome, then in ruins, as well as all the lands surrounding the property. This sixteenth century monastery held an enormous degree of fascination for the king stemming both from his Germanic education and the romantic imaginary prevailing at the time that attracted him to the hills and the aesthetic value of the ruins. The original project was simply to restore the building as the summer residence for the royal family but his enthusiasm led him to opt for the construction of a palace and extending the pre-existing construction under the supervision of Baron Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege, a mineralogist and mine engineer who was then residing in Portugal." (Online Sources.)
Sintra has a long history as a place for the famous and wealthy, who sought a retreat from Lisbon and from crowds. It provided a home to a number of literary luninaries including Lord Byron, for a time. However, I found beautiful Sintra quite overrun by tourist hordes, to which I contributed.
Too many blank books reside on my shelves, filled with scribbles, dried leaves, ticket stubs, and blank pages. I adore trees and I know they're vital to our ecosystem. I resolve to finish books I've started! And not to collect pens.
#MacroMonday, #GuiltyPleasures
Another guilty pleasure: macros of notebooks and pens with shallow dof.
Nikon D810, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
1/4 sec; f/11; ISO 64
manual exposure, tripod
LED light and bounced off-camera SB800 at 1/16th power
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“The madness of depression is, generally speaking, the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk.” ― William Styron
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[This is the first year where I've really embraced the idea of treating the new year as a New Year. I embraced it wholly, because I, like so many, *needed* it. This year will be a good year, because it *has* to be. Let's all actively participate in making it a good one. We owe it to ourselves and to our loved ones and to the planet.]
You can see a definite warp in this galaxy, which resides 2.5 million light years from earth and contains 400 billion stars or more.
M31 ISO 3200 24 frames 41M 46S -3200. This image taken with my new to me 2nd hand 300 F4 canon lens. The lens was once again very hard to find critical focus, I don't think I found the sweet spot as the stars in each image had a slight shadow. I stacked all the images to produce this photo, which turned out a well detailed image, with the stars looking a little blocky. Next effort I will shoot at F5.0, possibly more pinpoint stars.
The 300 F4 prime lens turns out point stars across the field, but not quite to the edge of the photo, but superior to my previous lens the 70/200 mk2 which was sharp only in the central 30% of the field of view, see the similar photo a little further down my stream, both photos have been cropped. This in no way effects the daytime performance of these lenses, using autofocus, they are both razor sharp.
An obligatory shot of the Tate & Lyle NW3 which resides at their plant in Morrisville, PA. Only seven NW3s were built between 1939 and 1942, and all were purchased by the Great Northern. STSX 179 was formerly GN 179...and it can certainly use a paint job!
District de Farafangana (Madagascar) - Habituellement, il y a toujours au moins un technicien agricole de l’ONG Inter Aide qui réside dans les villages qui bénéficient d’un programme de sécurité alimentaire. Il est là pour assister au quotidien les villageois afin de mettre en œuvre des techniques agricoles naturelles et performantes pour développer des productions alimentaires suffisantes afin de lutter contre les périodes de disette.
Alors quand une délégation de l’ONG d’une dizaine de personnes rend visite aux villageois avec le responsable de secteur, et un journaliste français, c’est un véritable événement qui attise la curiosité.
Ces villages sont particulièrement isolés et défavorisés. Avant qu’Inter Aide ne vienne au secours de ces paysans, ils étaient régulièrement victimes de périodes de famines entre deux récoltes. Surtout si ces dernières n’avaient pas été fructueuses. Des périodes qui, selon les conditions climatiques, pouvaient durer plus de 4 mois. Ils tentaient alors de se nourrir dans la forêts avec des racines set plantes sauvages, des fruits, des herbes comestibles etc.
Tout au long de mon périple dans ces villages du district de Farafangana, j’ai vite réalisé que c’était la première fois depuis des années que je rencontrais des gens qui ne possédaient pas de smartphones. Si ce n’est pas un signe manifeste de pauvreté !?
I met villagers without smartphones
Farafangana District (Madagascar) - There is always at least one agricultural technician from the NGO Inter Aide who resides in villages that benefit from a food security program. He is there to assist the villagers on a daily basis in order to develop natural and efficient agricultural techniques to develop sufficient food production to fight against periods of scarcity.
So when a delegation of around ten people from the NGO travels with the head of the sector, accompanied by a French journalist, it is a real event.
These villages are particularly isolated and disadvantaged. Before Inter Aide came to the aid of these farmers, they were regularly victims of periods of famine between two harvests. Periods which, depending on climatic conditions, could last more than 4 months. They then tried to survive in the forest by feeding on roots and wild plants, fruits, edible herbs, etc.
Throughout my stay in these villages in the Farafangana district, I quickly realized that this was the first time in years that I had met people who did not have smartphones. If this is not a clear sign of precariousness !?
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A message to all women in the world... Freedom resides deep within You!! You are precious, unique individuals !! Freedom of choice and expression is your human right. Sending love and light!!
I am thinking about humanity in art and the struggles many artists woman face in their art/ life. That ,pain we feel suffering real things that empower art the energy that moves resides deep within you that ignites it, We mustn't lose our essence, listen to your inner voice that helps you stay true and be free to express yourself as an artist creator an individual. This is precious!! It is important we stay true....
My heart goes out to the very brave, courageous Ukrainian people and all innocent people who are suffering through this war. l pray for peace and harmony soon to the Ukrainian people to the world. Stay strong !
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I've been running late today, really late. Will catch up tomorrow. Meanwhile, this was on the "upload list," and it will be a semicolon in a string of avian photos. I found him and six of his friends scampering and chirping on and around two boulders near the HQ at Sequoia NP. This one just happened to find something to eat, stopped, and for at least 20 seconds, ate. On a 24" monitor, it may appear life size, not exactly my first intent.
The golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) is a ground squirrel native to western North America. It is distributed in British Columbia and Alberta through the western United States to California, Arizona, and New Mexico. This species occurs in forests, chaparral, meadow margins, and sagebrush, especially in areas with many rocks or forest litter that provides shelter. It is associated with many kinds of coniferous trees, aspen, and manzanita, and it is a manzanita bud that this little guy is munching.
Most adults are independent, rarely cooperating, and usually competing for resources. They may assemble at sites with abundant food but develop a group hierarchy. Adults reside alone in burrows, creating nests for hibernation or rearing of young. his species becomes vocal when it feels threatened, making squeaking noises or growling. However, it is generally not a very vocal species.
It may carry the Rocky Mountain wood tick, a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other diseases. There is no mention of the effect that the Western Fence Lizard has against those diseases, but I don't think the lizard is found at 5-8,000 feet.
Yes it's my lethal lady Ghost again in a more sophisticated look and environment.
I've been playing around with lighting effect and such, thus there will be alot more of Ghost in different lighting. Why? Because Ghost is officially my favorite sim and because I need to practice with photoshop.
BTW Ghost will be having her own series...soon I hope. Whenever my BF decides to send back and his video card so it can be replaced. But he rather wait till his WoW expires before he does anything....grrrrr, stupid WoW AND stupid BF.
FYI: Yes that is a sci-fi city in the window frame. I like it because it reminds me of "Blade Runner" which is sorta the same world that Ghost resides. That kinda dark and grimy futuristic world. If you haven't seen Blade Runner you so should...it has Harrison Ford in it!
Link for future city:
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I had seen images of this location a few days prior. As I needed to get out of the house I decided to take a trip to Arizona where these “Elephant Feet” reside.
Reside they do right by the road, which is my kind of photography! But 385 miles away is not necessarily my kind of range.
Cloud cover wise, the weather looked promising. Off I went. From looking through a bunch of selfie images on the web, I knew that whatever elephant left his feet behind in prehistoric times, he was big. During the drive I pondered how to light these things out, as I wasn’t going there for a daytime selfie.
Well, that problem sorted itself out very quickly. I had completely underestimated the traffic on that highway, so came nightfall, it became clear who was going to do the lighting and how: Cars and trucks! From both directions.
Then the clouds moved in, like they do so often when you want to photograph the night sky! I wasn’t too concerned, I knew they were going to dissipate later on.
Then a Semi trailer truck moved in. The parking area is quite big, so I wasn’t too concerned. He maneuvered around a bit but then, to my growing horror, he started to back up and back up and back up until the rear of the trailer was sticking in between the two feet. Nooooo! Was this guy insane???
I ran up to the cab and started to plead with the driver to see if he really needed to park right in between the feet. I told him that I had come all this way from Santa Fe, NM to take some night photography at this very spot. After some hm-ing and ha-ing he agreed, because he happened to be from Albuquerque and didn’t want to cause distress to a fellow New Mexican. So he pulled his truck out of there only to park over by my car at the other end of the parking area.
After a while he proceed to work on his “reefer” unit for which he needed a work light, which of course bathed the feet in an ugly white light. His work consisted of trying to start a really loud generator for about two hours or more.
After he was finally done I proceeded with my camera work. I have a bed platform in my SUV so I finally went to sleep to the sound of a generator.
This place is completely unprotected, which is evident in the shreds of white toilet paper stuck to the brush like flags, the graffiti on the feet, the broken beer bottles and the general “trampledness” of the place.
Oh, not to forget drivers sticking their rears between an elephant’s feet!
Despite all that it’s a cool place.
If you are old enough to remember the cult UK TV series ‘The Prisoner”, you certainly didn’t want to see one of these coming towards you. Especially one this big!
The Bubble Nebula is 7 light-years across – about one-and-a-half times the distance from our sun to its nearest stellar neighbour, Alpha Centauri – and resides 7,100 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia.
The seething star forming this nebula is 45 times more massive than our sun. Gas on the star gets so hot that it escapes away into space as a "stellar wind" moving at over 4 million miles per hour. This outflow sweeps up the cold, interstellar gas in front of it, forming the outer edge of the bubble much like a snowplow piles up snow in front of it as it moves forward.
As the surface of the bubble's shell expands outward, it slams into dense regions of cold gas on one side of the bubble. This asymmetry makes the star appear dramatically off-centre from the bubble, with its location in the 7 o'clock position in the this view. Dense pillars of cool hydrogen gas laced with dust appear at the upper left of the picture, and more "fingers" can be seen nearly face-on, behind the translucent bubble.
The gases heated to varying temperatures emit different colours: oxygen is hot enough to emit blue light in the bubble near the star, while the cooler pillars are yellow from the combined light of hydrogen and nitrogen. The pillars are similar to the iconic columns in the "Pillars of Creation" in the Eagle Nebula. As seen with the structures in the Eagle Nebula, the Bubble Nebula pillars are being illuminated by the strong ultraviolet radiation from the brilliant star inside the bubble.
The Bubble Nebula was discovered in 1787 by William Herschel. It is being formed by an O star, BD +60°2522, an extremely bright, massive, and short-lived star that has lost most of its outer hydrogen and is now fusing helium into heavier elements. The star is about 4 million years old, and in 10 million to 20 million years, it will likely detonate as a supernova.
Taken on contiguous nights 6 to 10 August 2020. Moon was 50% to 96% but nice and low and setting during the sessions. Challenging to process, and I think more revisions will come out to this data, but finished for now.
HOO + LRGB
RGB Stars 60s x 30 for each filter
L 60s x 180 + 120s x 51
Ha 300s x 118
Oiii 300s x 68
Just under 22hrs
Astromiks 36mm SHO 6nm Filters
30 x Darks, Flats (for each filter) and Dark Flats
ZWO ASI294MM Pro 120 gain, -10C
ZWO 7x36mm EFW
ZWO EAF
Stellalyra 8” Ritchey-Chrétien Carbon
HEQ6
ASIAIR Plus
Astro Pixel Processor
Pixinsight
Photoshop 2022
Downy Woodpecker (male).
A sparrow-sized woodpecker at 6 inches in length. Black and white with the males only having a small red patch on the nape of the head. Similar to Hairy Woodpeckers but tamer and smaller and with a short stubby bill.
Its habitat includes woodlands, parks and gardens.
It resides from Alaska across Canada and south throughout the United States except the southwest.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
This guy resided on our kitchen counter, beneath a wooden block that contains a set of knives, and sometimes he would make an appearance and let me take a few quick shots before darting back to his lair. For this image, created for Sliders Sunday, I ran him mainly through Topaz Glow. Check him out feeding on a fly in the first comment below.
Mouse Chaser and Desk Supervisor Prissy seems to stay where ever I am, since I am in front of the computer a lot she has decided to reside in the place you see and to follow the curser with her paw, a bit distracting, but she seems to like my pictures..
RCO-equipped KCS SD40-2 No. 686 profiles its "snoot" nose as it sits alone on 902 Pocket near the Kansas Ave crossing at the western end of CPKC's Knoche Yard. For several years, KCS SD40-2's were hard to come by in Kansas City, but now that Knoche has remote jobs, a few now reside here along with a couple MP15DC's. 6/1/25.
The Pelican Nebula that resides in the constellation Cygnus. This is my first HOO bit of data collected with the RASA. With just a short amount of time imaging, this is super clean and crisp. Just ignore the slight tilt of the stars around the edges that I’m sorting out still.
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Equipment:
-Celestron 8” RASA
-Celestron AVX
-ZWO ASI 183MM Pro
-ZWO ASI Air Pro
-ZWO 120mm mini
-ZWO mini guide scope
-ZWO 7nm Ha
-Baader 10nm Olll
30x300” hydrogen alpha, 10x300” Olll, 30 darks and 60 bias
Gain 111
Processed in AstroPixel Processor and Photoshop
Nestled among the cliffs, in the shadow of Mt. Prometheus resides Magellan's Restaurant and Fortress Explorations that is a nice way to spend a few quiet moments in interesting venues.
Misano Adriatico (RN) - Emilia Romagna - Italia.
“Il paesaggio resta comunque qualcosa che ha a che fare con lo sguardo, col punto di vista. Sta negli occhi di chi guarda, quasi di più che nella sua realtà oggettiva. Sta nella capacità di leggerne la complessità, la ricchezza, le costanti e le varianti. Sta, su tutto, nella curiosità.”
« Le paysage reste encore quelque chose qui a à voir avec le regard, avec le point de vue. Elle réside dans l’œil du spectateur, presque plus que dans sa réalité objective. Elle réside dans la capacité à en lire la complexité, la richesse, les constantes et les variations. C'est avant tout une question de curiosité."
Gianni Biondillo
From a distance the New Palace looks like a European baroque palace or villa, but up close you see that the decorative elements are from Vietnamese mythology. The New Palace was built in the latter half of the 19th century during the French colonial period. The imperial family resided here until the 1940s up to when the revolution began that eventually forced out the French in the 1950s. Located inside the imperial stronghold called the Citadel in Hue, Vietnam, the New Palace is one of many structures.
The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia. It is also called the Uhu and in Europe, it is occasionally abbreviated to just the eagle-owl. It is one of the largest species of owl, and females can grow to a total length of 75 cm (30 in), with a wingspan of 188 cm (6 ft 2 in), with males being slightly smaller. This bird has distinctive ear tufts, with upper parts that are mottled with darker blackish colouring and tawny. The wings and tail are barred. The underparts are a variably hued buff, streaked with darker colouring. The facial disc is not very visible and the orange eyes are distinctive.
The Eurasian eagle-owl is found in many habitats, but is mostly a bird of mountainous regions or other rocky areas, often those near varied woodland edge and shrubby areas both with openings and/or wetlands to hunt a majority of their prey. Additionally, they inhabit coniferous forests, steppes, and other areas at varied elevations that are typically relatively remote. Eurasian eagle-owls are occasionally found amongst farmland and in park-like settings within European cities, even rarely within busier urban areas. This eagle-owl is a mostly nocturnal predator, hunting for a range of different prey species. Predominantly, their diet is comprised by small mammals such as rodents and rabbits, but they also prey on larger mammals and birds of varying sizes. More secondary prey can include reptiles, amphibians, fish, large insects and other assorted invertebrates. The species typically breeds on cliff ledges, in gullies, among rocks, or in other concealed locations. The nest is a scrape containing a clutch of two eggs typically, which are laid at intervals and hatch at different times. The female incubates the eggs and broods the young, and the male provides food for her, and when they hatch, for the nestlings, as well. Continuing parental care for the young is provided by both adults for about five months.At least 12 subspecies of the Eurasian eagle-owls are described.
In addition to being one of the largest living species of owl, the Eurasian eagle-owl is also one of the most widely distributed. With a total range in Europe and Asia of about 32 million km2 (12 million sq mi) and a total population estimated to be between 250 thousand and 2.5 million, the IUCN lists the bird's conservation status as being of least concern. The vast majority of eagle-owls live in Continental Europe/Scandinavia, Russia (which is almost certainly where the peak numbers and diversity of race occurs), and Central Asia. More minor populations exist in Anatolia, the northern Middle East, the montane upper part of South Asia and in China; in addition, an estimated 12 to 40 pairs are thought to reside in the United Kingdom as of 2016 (where they are arguably non-native), a number which may be on the rise. Tame eagle-owls have occasionally been used in pest control because of their size to deter large birds such as gulls from nesting.
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Kylie Dress
13 swatches | Net version | Materials enabled
Legacy F | Reborn | Kupra | BBL Impressions | BBW
Many visitors to Durham Cathedral enter the building from Palace Green through the North Door which has an imposing bronze sanctuary knocker. It features the face of a hideous lion-like beast eating a man - his legs are then in turn being devoured by two snakes which form the ring - and represents the ancient privilege of sanctuary which was once in times of old granted to criminal offenders at Durham cathedral. Fugitives and criminals could seek refuge at the cathedral by loudly banging the knocker to alert the attentions of the watchers who resided in two small chambers overlooking the door.
The fugitive would then be invited inside the cathedral. Upon entering the cathedral the fugitive exchanged his clothes for a black robe with a yellow cross of St Cuthbert imprinted on the left shoulder. He would then confess the details of his crime before a coroner and was then allowed to remain inside the cathedral for a period of thirty seven days. Here he was provided with food and water. On the thirty seventh day the fugitives were escorted to a nearby port by the constables of each parish they passed through. On no account was the criminal allowed to stray from the king's highway during the journey as this was punishable by death. Offenders seeking sanctuary at Durham came from every part of the country and included burglars, cattle stealers and horse thieves. More usually the offence was murder.
There is a dog that resides at the hotel we were staying at.
Tess. She’s a lovely young border collie, and can often be found at the front of the hotel on the grass; with her tennis ball in her mouth, or next to her.
She wants you to pick up the ball and throw it for her; at the same time she doesn’t want to let it go out of her possession. It’s an inner battle that she has with herself.
If you do manage to get it she’ll chase it, but, won’t let you have it again.
She’d follow us around as we walked across the field, or sit near us as we sat on a bench… tempting us with the ball.
Tess is very popular amongst the hotel guests, the ones we saw had the same experience as us.
She wasn’t interested in running around with Patches. Which I think Patches was grateful for. Patches enjoys a peaceful less strenuous life.
Irton hall Hotel
Cumbria
Snowbowl resides on the San Francisco Peaks, a remnant of the former San Francisco Mountain, which are held as sacred to 13 different Native American tribes in the region. These tribes include the Navajo, Apache, Hualapai, Yavapai, Hopi, and other Native Nations. To date, they have lost all lawsuits they had filed to stop further development and expansion of this alpine ski resort.