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Kayakers risk a close up view of 13.6 mile long Mendenhall Glacier found in "the Valley" of Juneau, Alaska. The kayakers give a good scale respresentation on how enormous the glacier is.
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EXTREMELY VOCAL, and can be a proficient mimic of both animate and inanimate sounds. Love the way a starling walks with characteristic swagger, and the flight is rather undulating and the wings look pointed and triangular in outline. /// SOMETHING out of the norm. for me, but felt it had something of appeal going for it, so have risked posting it, hope you enjoy it.
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"OUR EARS ARE CLOSED"
Sea and mountains, valleys and streams
Night and day were all in Gods dreams,
The Garden of Eden with its precious tree
The Son He gave to set us free.
The seed He placed in the heart He made
Don't let its flowers wither and fade,
Is the ear closed to His constant plea
For in truth we live to disagree.
Have we not learned a thing from the past?
Why is the blindness we have so vast ?
We've ignored His word since time began
To do as we will has been our plan.
Has the Saviour's death not opened our eyes
When His blood was shed for our demise,
Mocked and beaten, betrayed from within
God's Holy Lamb pierced for our sin.
When the reaper comes and we walk to the gate
Do we all stand in line, to wait and wait,
Or will the one who gives life lead you through
And walk with you to paradise and life anew ?
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banded garden snail on "Westerland" rose petal
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Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro
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This vintage John Deere tractor sits on display at the Guy Goodwin Education Center in Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, California. Cattle were brought to the grasslands of the Carrizo Plain by the early 1850s. The next big change came in 1885 when dryland grain farmers started homesteading in the valley. Eventually vast amounts of the grassland was put to the plow. The farm work was orignally all done with horse drawn euipment but eventually tractors like this one did the heavy work. The Carrizo Plain gets only 8 to 10 inches of rainfall a year on average but the amount during any given year can be highly unpredictable. The risk of crop failure due to insufficient moisture became too great for many farmers and most of their farming efforts were abandoned. In the last few decades many of the homesteads were bought and became part of the National Monument which is administered by the BLM.
The signs alternating messages, "EXTREME BLOWOVER RISK" and "WIND GUSTS 60+ MPH" seemed about right. My GVW was just under 80,000 lbs and I was getting pushed about pretty good. The temperatures had been warm, in the 50's, so the roads were dry, even so many drivers were finding places to park for the evening. I started my day at 3 AM, so even though I'd driven less than 200 miles, the early delivery and then a pick-up at Coors in Golden Colorado had pretty much done in my productivity for the day. Took this shot from the parking lot of the Summit Rest Area about 18 miles East of Laramie, Wyoming. It's the highest elevation on I-80 at over 8,000 feet.
The winter weather is absolutely brutal as Metra 143 heads outbound with a Union Pacific Northwest Line train, passing under the searchlights at Clybourn Junction, Chicago. Windchills were well below -20 degrees F, and raw, ripping wind was driving powdery snow into every crevice. Risking frostbite and hypothermia like an idiot, I stood outside on the platform for over an hour here to document the (Covid-reduced) "rush" in some of the most intense winter conditions Chicago had seen in a few years.
I hold my breath and Mark is ready to catch a video😄 as Dustin stands at the edge of the Lake on a steel groin. He’s focused only on the shot, balanced above the water with that familiar mix of boldness and calm. It’s a moment that captures exactly who he is steady, curious, and always willing to step a little closer to the edge to see the world in his own way.
Taken at Toondah Harbour, Moreton Bay, Queensland.
The Eastern curlew is listed as critically endangered in Australia, with global populations estimated to have declined by 80% in the last 30 years.
As a wading bird that travels across our earth, they rely on intertidal mudflats for food and habitat. But along their migration route, these mudflats are being developed or eroded, placing these beautiful birds at risk.
The Ramsar-listed wetlands of Toondah Harbour in Moreton Bay is one of their last strongholds along the east coast.
Australian Conservation Foundation.
Risk and Reward - A New Year's photography resolution for me was to capture wildlife in the elements more. Photographing in the rain can certainly be risky (requires great care with equipment), but also rewards one with some of the best behavioral and artistic image opportunities.
I spent several hours photographing this particular male hummingbird who I've come to know over the years. I took almost 1,500 images, and of all those, this was the only one where the lighting, pose, colors, sharpness, and raindrops all came together to convey the rainforest mood I sought to capture.
I look forward to capturing more unique images in the rain this year!
Species: Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Location: Santa Clara County, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R7 + EF 100-400mm IS II
Settings: 1/400s, ISO: 1600, f/5.6 @640mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
Fort de plus de trente ans d'expérience au Philadelphia Inquirer , Swanson a documenté les conséquences de l'ouragan Katrina (2005) et du tremblement de terre en Haïti (2010). Il a partagé le prix Pulitzer 2012 du Philadelphia Inquirer pour sa couverture des violences scolaires.
Swanson connaît le danger. Il était intégré aux unités militaires américaines en Afghanistan en 2003 et en Irak en 2004, lorsqu'il a été blessé par balle au bras.
Couvrir les manifestations actuelles à Los Angeles est risqué, mais moins mortel que de couvrir les combats.
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With more than three decades of experience at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Swanson documented the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the earthquake in Haiti (2010). He shared The Inquirer’s 2012 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of school violence.
Swanson knows all about danger. He was embedded with U.S. military units in Afghanistan in 2003 and Iraq in 2004, when he was shot in the arm.
Covering the current protests in Los Angeles is risky, but less lethal than covering combat.
Credit : Eric Thayer
BLOL #7591 jumps on former Wabash rails at Risk Junction, the former route of the Banner Blue and Blue Bird from Chicago to Saint Louis.
Encounter, part 2. This is the same cinnamon Black Bear seen in yesterday's post. Its body language is very different. It takes a worried bear to give me a look like that. Interesting comparison, I think.
After I'd been working with it alone for 15 minutes or so and this bear had accepted me as non-threatening, along came a couple of tourists in their car. There was a slight bend in the road behind me, where my car was, about 50 feet away and slightly to the right. Instead of pulling up directly behind me, they stopped 75 feet short, triangulating the bear. Behind the bear was a mountain wall.
Its stress level went straight up. Ears back, fear in its eyes. I began talking to it in a soft voice and slowly backing up, trying not to trip over roots and branches, while it considered possible options. And all ended well, as I was able to give it a clear escape path, which it took.
Then I walked over and had a little talk with the tourists. I was calm. You can't teach people by yelling at them. I told them they had created a dangerous situation for me, and why: "You effectively surrounded the bear, and that put me at risk."
Of course, I knew from the start this might happen. I had my own escape route in mind all along. After a few minutes with this bear, I was pretty sure we could read each other and no one would get his nose out of joint. But tourists always increase the danger level, because "reading" wildlife is a foreign concept to them and they unwittingly do dumb things. I'd much rather photograph bears in the back country.
Photographed in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2012 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
June 16, 2017 - Hwy 30 East of Schuyler Nebraska US
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Not many chase days in the month of June 2017, as this day turned out way better than expected. You never know what you might encounter on a decent moderate risk day which was mostly on the eastern side of Nebraska and Western Iowa.
These first cells were moving from the north to the south as I encountered them just to the east of Schuyler Nebraska. I didn't have to to travel to western Iowa as all the action stayed in eastern Nebraska that day. It was mostly an HP mess for most of the ride till then.
Some decent structure out in front of this cell, so you know I what I was doing!
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Scattered showers, and some sunshine. A typical autumn day in Wellington.
Interesting to watch - on wet days people prepare with wet weather gear, hats and umbrellas; on a showery day people often "take the risk" and seek shelter during the showers. The consequence is that one minute the street is busy and the next the people have vanished into shops.
Wellington, Somerset, UK.
At the risk of sounding crazy, this is where I saw some oddly moving lights in the sky around midnight one night. They were far away and seemed to be searching the landscape for something. The light beams were tilting up and down, also. They moved vast distances in seconds. Everything was still and very quiet. After watching them out of the tent window for nearly ten minutes, I grew tired again and went back to sleep... hoping that they wouldn't head my way (which they didn't).
In the arid land of southwestern Wyoming, you can see over vast distances. It is a hot, dry, and harsh environment... and inhospitable for those who are unprepared. The landscape consists of dirt and rock... and although there is some evidences of life (sagebrush, antelope, deer, gophers, and birds), bushes and trees are scarcely seen. The clouds and hills cast sculptured shadows across the landscape. Buttes jut out of the hillsides like cathedrals. It is quiet and still... no one is within miles and miles. This arid desert land has a beauty all of its own.
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