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Those of you familiar with my photostream will recognize this particular morning; several images from it having been uploaded in the past.
The struggle to gain altitude in challenging conditions sometimes repays handsomely; my own gargantuan effort that morning, rewarded by 10 minutes of unspeakable beauty, must go down as a lottery win in matters regarding worthwhile exertion, however. Off all the stand-out memories in decades of hill-pilgrimage, this has to be a defining one.
This 'could' have been my favourite photo of the 2017/18 winter; however, difficulties experienced that morning concerning in-camera condensation necessitated a great deal of post-'repair' &, as such, it only ever pains me to look at it now. The remnants of a remarkable 'moment' are still fairly obvious, & it probably deserves an appreciative audience, so despite my personal love/hate relationship with it (& a couple of months of humming & hawing), I'm offering it now in the realization that to conceal such a wondrous vision - however flawed it may be - could be regarded as unforgivable on my part. I'm sure enough of you are receptive to the transitory visual miracles of fine deep winter light & it's effect on our Highland hills for this submission to be justified.
P.S. In a rare moment of photo-narcissism, I've left 'myself' in the image. Shoot me down in flames.
Markarian’s Chain is a string of galaxies located towards the center of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Markarian’s Chain contains at least 7 different galaxy members that appear to move coherently: notably 2 huge, bright lenticular galaxies known as M84 and M86. There are actually hundreds of galaxies here, and of course lots of planets. Many of these are bigger than our own Milkyway Galaxy. These galaxies are 50-70 million light-years away from us. Just the M87 galaxy, (part of this chain) has several TRILLION stars within it. Even though they are that far away, they still have a gravitational effect on our Milkyway Galaxy, of course, then on us....but wait, there's more!
M87 has a supermassive black hole, whose mass is billions of times that of the Earth's Sun.
This photos has about 24 hours of combined exposure of LRGB filters. Esprit 120, QHY268M, SkyWatcher EQ6R mount.
Today's photo tour takes us to Disney's Hollywood Studios for a shot of the Rock "n" Roller Coaster guitar. This is one of my favorite areas to shoot at the park. The stage lighting creates some really nice rays and makes the picture more interesting. The colors are very vibrant and project all over the place. What's your favorite area to shoot at The Hollywood Studios? Have a magical day!
Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) roosting on a shrub on the edge of Saguaro National Park - Tucson Mountain District outside Tucson, Arizona, USA.
12 December, 2017.
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A three shot long exposure panorama of the sunset at St Mary's Lighthouse.
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Winter's warmth can still be found on the coldest days. Of course down south, anything below 60 degrees Fahrenheit is considered cold. Let's keep things cold for a bit longer. Winter provides a wonderful palette to behold.
Giant's Causeway
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns on the north coast of Northern Ireland.
Very nice area. Come early or very late to prevent from mass rushes.
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St Paul's Cathedral seen from the Millennium Bridge.
St Paul's Cathedral, London, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London. It sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. Its construction, completed within Wren's lifetime, was part of a major rebuilding programme which took place in the city after the Great Fire of London.
The Millennium Bridge is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, linking Bankside with the City of London. The Millennium Bridge is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Construction of the bridge began in 1998, with the opening in June 2000.
A Wurdemann's heron is a morph between a great blue heron and a great white heron. It's body is bluish-gray and the head is white. I have lived in Florida all my life and have never seen one. Very rare bird.
Lawrence's Warbler photographed on Quaker Pond Trail at Mendon Ponds Park, New York on May 11, 2018.
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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Downsampled from ~20 MP, hotsampling! using SRWE; Photomode; OtisInf's camera tools; Lightroom
La région de Alfred en Ontario a gardé son cachet champêtre et j'aime m'y promener en cherchant les oiseaux sur des vieilles perches sur le bord du chemin. Il y a de moins en moins d'oiseaux car les champs ont été fauchés mais j'ai eu la chance de voir 2 Bécassines de Wilson. Ça a fait ma journée. La lumière était forte. Quelle photo préférez-vous? (3 photos) /
The region of Alfred in Ontario has kept its country charm and I like to walk around looking for birds on old perch on the side of the road. I was lucky to see 2 Wilson's snipes. It made my day. The light was strong. Which photo do you prefer? (3 photos)
Alfred, Ontario, Canada
Whale's mouth: this effect is the weird-looking sky sometimes appearing when the first gust front of a storm is passing over. The cold downdraft of air of the storm rushes outward and forward along the surface, and lifts the warmer air in the direct vicinity of the storm over its condensation level. One gets to see the back side of this mini cold front, and the inside of the gust front cloud. It looks somewhat like mammatus and other forms of turbulent cloud masses, sometimes showing very neat ordering.
Harris’s Hawk is a medium to large bird of prey. The bird has become a popular bird for falconry, which is what this particular bird was trained for. In the wild, this bird often hunts cooperatively as part of a pack. It is noted for its intelligence, making it highly suitable for falconry.
Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland.
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Made a few trips to try and get this fella. He was very skittish and seemed to rarely sit in one spot for no more than a second. I hid in between some bushes this morning and waited. The light was really nice today. :)
There are two very similar murrelets that inhabit the Pacific coast of America. Yesterday I posted Craveri's Murrelet on the water: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/52958141073/in/dateposted/ so today here's a comparable shot of Scripps's Murrelet photographed off the Baja peninsula. The best feature for separating birds sat on the water is whether the black extends below the gape of the bill onto the chin. On Scripps's Murrelet the white of the chin reaches the bill as can be seen here. On Craveri's the black goes below the bill onto the chin.
They were named after Robert Paine Scripps who was a newspaper baron who died aged 42 in 1938. Scripps set up the San Diego Marine Biological Institution (later known as the Scripps Institution of Oceanography). He died on board his Yacht off Baja of a throat haemorrhage but bizarrely his father died 12 years earlier on board his yacht, off Africa. This species was called Xantus' Murrelet but in 2012 the species was split into Scripps's and the whiter-faced Guadalupe Murrelet. Craveri's Murrelet has long been considered a separate species.
Mother's Day in Thailand is celebrated on August 12th, the birthday of Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother of Thailand who was born on this date in 1932. Her portrait is near the center of the photo.
Wat Phra That Lampang Luang
วัดพระธาตุลำปางหลวง
Let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let's dance to the song
they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway
while colour lights up your face
Let's sway
sway through the crowd to an empty space
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance, for fear
your grace should fall
Let's dance, for fear tonight is all
Let's sway, you could look into my eyes
Let's sway under the moonlight,
this serious moonlight
Downbound on the Detroit River, the tugs MOLLY M1 and MANITOU are tasked with delivering the 1927-built S.T. CRAPO to the boneyard at Marine Salvage Recycling in Port Colborne Ontario. The CRAPO spent her last years for cement storage in Green Bay WI. Sad to see her go.
It's March and the Bailey's Irish Dream cupcake is back at Hello Cupcake!
Explore #291 - 3/1/12
It's always difficult to find a new view of such a well-photographed location, so I decided to use the long grass to hide the rest of the buildings and isolate Smeaton's Tower by itself.
Scrutiny's
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wyświetlanie drzwi próżne ramiona żałosne relacje kroczące plany plany wesołość maniery częste wycieczki wydech burzliwa cisza migające opary ulubione świecące noce,
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過激な戦闘力原始的命題長年の分離司法上の誤り学習主張ゆっくりとした死目を困惑させた顕著な進歩ガタガタケージ分解ガタガタケージ分解シュラウド.
Steve.D.Hammond.
This Carnaby's cockatoo at Star Swamp is giving me a cheeky look as he flies up from a banksia he was feeding on. He flew just over the top of my head.
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There are a lot of raptors in Saskatchewan. I am not a specialist and I have a hard time identifying the rough-legged from the Swainson's or the red-tailed. However, I did not have a hard time identifying the "Surprised" look this hawk had in it eyes when he turned around and saw me there. Thanks to Davey Walters for the proper identification.
Gabriel's trumpet (Brugmansia spp.), more commonly called angel's trumpet, gets its name from the hanging, trumpet-shaped flowers that appear throughout the growing season. This broad leaf evergreen is tropical in nature, and thrives in warm, moist, Mediterranean-type climates. This attractive flowering shrub adds drama to the garden.
When in bloom, the Gabriel’s trumpet plant steals the spotlight. It makes an excellent specimen plant near a water feature, patio or other focal point. It will add texture, color and interest as an accent to mixed shrub beds and flower gardens. Gabriel's trumpet grows well when planted in groups to create a border or hedge. When not in bloom, the large evergreen leaves bring a tropical lushness year-round. Gabriel's trumpet also grows well in large planters or containers.
Safdarjung's Tomb is a sandstone and marble mausoleum in New Delhi, India. It was built in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style for the statesman Safdarjung. The monument has an ambiance of spaciousness and an imposing presence with its domed and arched red brown and white coloured structures. Safdarjung was made prime minister of the Mughal Empire (Wazir ul-Mamlak-i-Hindustan) when Ahmad Shah Bahadur ascended the throne in 1748.
Mirza Muqim Abul Mansur Khan, who was popularly known as Safadarjung, who ruled over Avadh was an independent ruler of Avadh as viceroy of Muhammad Shah.He was very rich and most powerful. With the death of Emperor Muhammad Shah of Mughal Empire, he moved to Delhi. When Mohammed Shah Ahmed Shah ascended the throne of the Mughal Empire in Delhi in 1748, Safdarjung was made the Chief Minister (Vizier) of the empire with the title of Wazir ul-Mamalk-i-Hindustan and at that time the empire was on decline as their rule extended only to North India.
As Vizier he had taken all powers under his control as the king was only a puppet, a figurehead, who was into enjoying life with wine, opium and women. But he overestimated and over exercised his powers with the result that the Emperor’s family called their Hindu Maratha confederacy to help them get rid of their Vizier. A civil strife ensued and eventually in 1753 Safdarjung was driven out of Delhi. He died soon thereafter in 1754. After his death his son Nawab Shujaud Daula pleaded with the Mughal Emperor to permit him to erect a tomb for his father in Delhi. He then built the tomb, which was designed by an Abyssininan architect.
To the south of this tomb is the historic site of the battle that was fought in 1386 between Timur of Mangol and Mohammed Tughlaq when the latter was defeated.
Wilson's Snipe is long-billed, brownish shorebird with striped head and back, white belly, and rust in tail. Usually seen when flushed from edge of a marsh or a pond. Flight fast and erratic.
This bird breeds across Alaska and Canada as well as into California, Colorado, Wisconsin, northern Ohio, and southern Maine. It spends winters in southern Canada and all of the way south into Central and South America as well as the Caribbean.
I found this one along Peavine Road in Osceola County Florida.
Flicker mates know well how to greet people in Arabic.
Salam.
I guess these three bold consonantal root always has meaning of “at peace, to be safe”
For example, “Salam aleikom" which is greetings of muslim people means "peace upon you".
Islam in literal translation means attitude to leave everything to the will of God. Therefore muslim people can get peace of mind.
I also like architecture designed by Islamic way since it is filled with very peaceful atmosphere.