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Ticks are small, parasitic arachnids that can carry and transmit various diseases to humans and animals. Some common diseases associated with ticks include:
1. Lyme Disease: It is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted primarily by the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) in North America. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache, muscle and joint aches, and a characteristic skin rash.
2. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF): It is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii and is transmitted by the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) and the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni). Symptoms include high fever, headache, rash, and muscle aches.
3. Babesiosis: It is caused by microscopic parasites of the Babesia family and is transmitted primarily by the black-legged tick. Symptoms may include fever, fatigue, muscle aches, and anemia.
4. Ehrlichiosis: It is caused by bacteria of the Ehrlichia family and is transmitted by the Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum) and the black-legged tick. Symptoms may include fever, headache, fatigue, and muscle aches.
To avoid tick-borne diseases, consider the following preventive measures:
1. Wear protective clothing: When venturing into tick-prone areas like forests or grassy areas, wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and closed-toe shoes. Tuck pants into socks and opt for light-colored clothing to spot ticks easily.
2. Use tick repellents: Apply an EPA-approved insect repellent containing DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) or picaridin on exposed skin. Permethrin-based repellents can be used on clothing, shoes, and camping gear to repel ticks.
3. Perform regular tick checks: After spending time outdoors, thoroughly check your body for ticks. Pay close attention to areas such as the scalp, behind the ears, underarms, groin, and the back of the knees. Promptly remove any attached ticks using tweezers, grasping them as close to the skin's surface as possible.
4. Create a tick-safe environment: Keep lawns and outdoor recreational areas well-maintained. Clear leaf litter, tall grasses, and brush around your home to minimize tick habitats. Consider using tick control products or seek professional pest control services if necessary.
5. Check pets and gear: Pets can carry ticks indoors, so ensure regular tick checks and appropriate tick prevention measures for your pets. Examine camping gear, backpacks, and other outdoor equipment for ticks before bringing them indoors.
Remember, early detection and proper removal of ticks can reduce the risk of contracting tick-borne diseases. If you develop symptoms after a tick bite, seek medical attention promptly and inform your healthcare provider about the exposure to ticks.
In case you can't tell what these are, they are dart flights - very well used. I had no idea they were so shredded on the edges, until I got up close with the extension tubes. Yes, we play darts :)
Taken with Jena Pancolar 50mm f1.8 with extension tubes, on a glass board, with sparkly paper and fairy lights in the background.
CC Most Versatile - Abstract "Taking a risk - Imagine the Unimagineable"
I loved this in B/W but it seemed such a shame to take the color away. Steve came up with the brilliant idea of doing half and half! : )
Happy Sliders Sunday!
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... or two 👀😂🐌
banded garden snail on "Westerland" rose petal
Wish you a happy Sunday ☀️😃
No snails were harmed in the making of this photo 🐌😉
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro
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Or where's Waldo on a windy morning…
Upper right quadrant in blue shirt. The copter landed in a tree.
Be careful, everyone!
While hunting for a composition, I came across this rocky area at Marshall Point. It looked like it had potential, so I examined it further from various perspectives. As in Risk Management, one hedges against the future hoping for the best outcome. And since it is always a crap shoot, we do our best to prepare as best we can.
The sunset may or may not arrive. But 80% of successful landscape photography is being there. After that, having a scenic landscape combined with sunset colours, help with the final result. The rest is in the form of technique and can be found on numerous YouTube videos.
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.
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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.
Todd River in Alice Springs rarely has flowing water. Most of the time its riverbed is dry, which qualifies it as an ephemeral river. The river was named by surveyor W. W. Mills after Lady Alice Todd, wife of Charles Todd, previously Postmaster General of South Australia. Alice Springs town was also named after her.
'The Henley-on-Todd Regatta has been held in Alice Springs annually since 1961. The ironic regatta is held on the dry riverbed, and draws up to 20,000 spectators. Bottomless boats are picked up by the competitors standing within them and running down the course. The regatta carries insurance against the risk of water in the riverbed. The Henley-on-Todd Regatta has once been canceled, in 1993, due to flooding - the river had too much water for the race.
Other events are held in the dry riverbed, including the closing ceremony for the 2006 Alice Festival. Camping in the riverbed is illegal, although this law is rarely enforced.' (Wikipedia)
Looning north just before sunset, on an exceptionally clear afternoon. Beyond the large white condo (a vacation rental) is San Simeon Point, then Point Piedras Blancas, and in the far distance the Santa Lucia range meets the sea, where Big Sur 'officially' begins.
In the foreground are Ice Age unconsolidated sands, from great dunes that spread inland during the low sea-stand when much of the ocean water was frozen into ice-sheets a mile or more thick, over Canada, New England, and much of northern Eurasia. Dry land extended to the Farallones off future San Francisco! The last Great Warming ended only about 9,000 years ago. Of course, the Earth's climate continues to warm, as does a lively debate over how much of the warming is due to humans, and how much is natural. You won't read much about the actual scientific debate, sadly, in the popular press, as this has become an item of faith among True Believers. But, geologically speaking, we're at risk of a return of the Ice -- and human CO2 emissions may help to keep that at bay. A respectable (but controversial) hypothesis.
And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to Blossom.
Anaïs Nin
It's always a little bit risky to wake up in order to catch a sunrise when the sky is covered, especially when you have to walk/dirve an hour before reaching a good spot. However, it can worth the risk because a cloudy sunrise is generaly much more dramatic than a perfect clear one.
That's what I thought this morning (and to be honest, I think it's always worthy to wake up ;) ). I drove to the beautiful Creux-du-Van (one of my favorite place for sunrise). Unfortunatly, there was alreay a full stuffed guy (with 5Dm3, lee filters everywhere, and so one) where I planed to be ... Moreover, the sky was too cloudy and even if the sunrise was not that bad, the light itself was quite cold.
I was kind of discouraged when suddenly, I saw this young ibex lying down in the rocks : I could not believe my eyes at the first place: it was so close ! I removed my wide-angle and took a zoom very slowly in order not to frithend it. Then, I realised that I could have danced a rain dance (which could have succeeded !), it would not moved an ear. It was not wild at all and let me take as much pictures as I wanted as he wandered and ate grass here and there. So that's what I did for more than an hour. (I guess it was a kind of "Wildlife Photography for Dummies" session)
It's very impressive to see how ibex do not fear height and walk on the steep rocks as if they were flat.
So yes, it was worth waking up, but not for the reasons I expected, which is even better.
This picture was explored on the 11th of May 2016 ! Thank you for your kind comments !
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.
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
Here is another photo from the Tops of 2018 folder that I'm just now adding to FB. This is the caption I wrote at the time:
After getting the photos in this post:
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After getting those shots the whole gang of Doug Boudrow, John Kittredge, Tyler Varnum, Vincent Colombo, and whoever else I'm missing moved down to the Ludlow area to shoot the foliage train from Chester coming up the hill. We did the same, but then made the risky decision to chase east a bit cause there was one shot I really wanted with the last Green Mountain painted geep on the rear.
We weren't sure if we could get it and then still double back west before the 263/slurry freight started down hill.
Well, as you can see, we did.
This shot posted a while ago if you missed it: flic.kr/p/2i5muQ4
But if we hadn't and missed the shot of 263 round the curve at Okemo in perfect storm light I think Doug would have lost it!
This is the shot I took the risk for. Green Mountain GP9 804 rides the rear of the 10 AM foliage train heading back east downgrade on the former Rutland mainline to Bellows Falls. The old Rutland bridge over the Black River in the village of Proctorsville just east of Depot St is so cool to frame a train in with its build date cut out in the top of the truss frame.
Cavendish, Vermont
Saturday October 20, 2018
On the morning after the Perseid meteor shower, I went out to pick up my cameras, and was greeted with a stunning sunrise!
Although wildfire smoke can be a health risk and is generally considered a bad thing, a little bit of particulate mater in the sky sure helps sun rays show up!
It may seem like a nice quaint safe place to hang out but other than risking my life to scale down a cliff alone,carrying a camera and a tripod, everthing was fine.
Oh, by the way, I had to climb back up to get out and kiss the ground.
Risk and Reward - hope you like it!
When I visited this nice waterfall with Benjamin Barakat and Marc Hoffmann, the hike through the forest near the waterfall was dodgy to say the least. The humidity in the air made the path dangerously muddy. We also had to cross a stream coming form a second cascade higher up.
When we finally arrived at our planned spot, there was so much spray in the air that my colleagues decided not to risk drowning their cameras. While they watched over my backpack, I grabbed my camera and tripod and headed a bit further up the slippery path to get clear of some trees blocking the view. 'View' is the wrong word though, as it was pitch black in the ravine.
In a seemingly clear spot, I set up my tripod and took a high ISO framing shot, blindly aiming towards the waterfall. The image that appeared on my LCD showed that the 28mm lens I had on was way too narrow for the scene. Shit.
I unscrewed my camera and headed back to my friends. In the half-zipped backpack I changed lenses, hoping that my sensor would stay dry. After stumbling back to my tripod, I was finally ready to shoot the scene.
I had to increase both ISO and exposure time more than I liked and when I finally got a half-decent looking histogram, my camera and lens were soaking wet. I decided to skip my usual sequence for stacking in order to leave the place while my equipment was still working.
Of course, I didn't capture the sky under such horrible conditions. I shot it in a dryer spot and the image is therefore a composite, but the alignment of the Milky Way is correct.
EXIF
Canon EOS Ra
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
Stack of 6x 90s @ ISO1600
Foreground:
Single exposure of 90s @ ISO6400