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Such a wonderful morning that was there under the stars and moon as day was slowly getting its start there in Arches.
The Indian eagle-owl, also called the rock eagle-owl or Bengal eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis), is a species of large horned owl restricted to the Indian Subcontinent. They were earlier treated as a subspecies of the Eurasian eagle-owl. They are found in hilly and rocky scrub forests, and are usually seen in pairs. They have a deep resonant booming call that may be heard at dawn and dusk. They are typically large owls, and have "tufts" on their heads. They are splashed with brown and grey, and have a white throat patch with black small stripes.
This large owl with the distinctive face, large forward-facing eyes, horns and deep resonant call is associated with a number of superstitions. Like many other large owls, these are considered birds of ill omen. Their deep haunting calls if delivered from atop a house are considered to forebode the death of an occupant. A number of rituals involving the capture and killing of these birds have been recorded. Salim Ali notes a wide range of superstitions related to them but notes two as being particularly widespread. One is that if the bird is starved for a few days and beaten, it would speak like a human, predicting the future of the tormentor or bringing them wealth while the other involves the killing of the bird to find a lucky bone that moved against the current like a snake when dropped into a stream.Belief in these superstitions has led to the persecution of the species in many areas by tribal hunters. The capture of these birds is illegal under Indian law but an underground market continues to drive poaching.
Long exposure that was meant to be a moody overcast black and white but the sun came out half way through!
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (June 21, 1962, Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR - August 15, 1990, 35th km of the Sloka-Talsi highway, Tukums district, Latvian SSR, USSR) - Soviet rock musician, songwriter, poet, artist and film actor. Founder and leader of the rock group "Kino"; before that, he was the founder of the Chamber No. 6 and Garin and Hyperboloids groups, and was also a member of the Automatic Satisfiers group. In the Kino group, Tsoi was the author and performer of songs in the rock music genreGo to the Music section.
In addition to musical activities, he starred in eight films. After playing the role of Moreau in the film "The Needle" (1988), the magazine "Soviet Screen" named Tsoi the best actor of 1989 Go to the "Filmography" section. In 2012, Rolling Stone Russia magazine included Tsoi in the top twenty "best musicians in big cinema"
On August 15, 1990, Viktor Tsoi died in a car accident on the 35th kilometer of the Sloka-Talsi highway in the Tukums region of the Latvian SSR. According to the official version, the musician fell asleep at the wheelGo to the "Death" section.
See my story about this journey Лестница для уличной фотографии влог с Фовеонычем
Another one from Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas. I wasn't going to post this since it doesn't look like much in the postage stamp size, but I like it so if you look at the large size you can seen the details of the lichen on the rock. I might have had to jump the safety fence on the bluff to get low enough to get this so don't tell anybody.
We have been in Norfolk for a few days but wandered down to Durdle Door on a rather convoluted trip home. Luckily enough the weather was great for a bit of coast walking.
This is Butter Rock which is a little way down the beach from the famous Durdle Door rock arch.
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Another of the fabulous roadside attractions in Capitol Reef National Park, Chimney Rock is formed by the convoluted strata of sandstones of the Moenkopi Formation deposited when the area was a tidal flat 240 MYA, capped by the light colored sandstone of the Chinle Formation that were deposited by rivers 210 MYA. The buttresses at the bottom are made up of the eroded sediments washed out of the Moenkopi, molded by the magical forces of water and wind, graced with a few sandstone boulders from collapsed caprock.
WAMX SD40-2 4170, the WSOR 40th anniversary unit, departs Rock Springs, WI with the Westbound Reedsburg Rocket.