Several Species of Small Furry Animals
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Every evening gather several thousand visitors in Oia, to enjoy the famous Santorini sunset. However, the best atmosphere comes when most visitors have left the place and the blue hour begins.
Jeden Abend versammeln sich einige tausend Besucher in Oia, um den berühmtesten Sonnenuntergang auf Santorini zu geniessen. Die beste Stimmung kommt allerdings erst, wenn die meisten Besucher den Ort verlassen haben und die blaue Stunde beginnt.
Danke für deinen Besuch! Thanks for visiting!
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Several members (3) of a Lesser Goldfinch (Texas style) flock enjoying lunch.
Common in shrubby, lowland settings.
Revisited several times...
The Yong An Pagoda (永安塔) is one of the attractions along the "Anting Old Street" (安亭老街).
Anting Town may be more known as the home of Shanghai Volkswagen, but as everywhere around Shanghai places are redeveloped for tourism, Anting Town could not pass this trend. A section of the oldest parts of the town, close to the border with Jiangsu Province, has been redeveloped as "Anting Old Street".
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one of several Critically Endangered vulture species of Africa
photographed in the Ndutu area of the Serengeti, Tanzania
From Wikipedia:
"Rüppell's vulture is considered to be the highest-flying bird, with confirmed evidence of a flight at an altitude of 11,300 m (37,000 ft) above sea level.[5]"
also called Rüppell's Vulture and Rüppell's Griffon Vulture
Gyps rueppelli
Rüppell's gier
Vautour de Rüppell
Sperbergeier
Buitre Moteado
Grifone di Rüppell
grifo-pedrês
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A very common duck found almost anywhere even down to village ponds and parks, this one was taken in rainy weather, and was just begging me to enter her as the competition candidate .
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Several days ago I posted 'Tulip Glow', Now it has opened, the embers have caught and we have fire - the same Euonymus backdrop in new vibrant leaf.
Several white pelicans have been visiting Lafreniere Park the last few weeks. This is a very late afternoon shot.
I have a grandcat and a granddog and even a cat nephew. But I have no cute face shots of my grands that were taken by me, and I'm pretty sure my sister will be posting a photo of my feline nephew. So here is Rufus, my Connecticut neighbor's cat. We called him "the philosopher cat" because he would sit on his porch for hours staring in one direction, seemingly contemplating life on Alewife Cove. He's been gone for several years now, but I still think about him often. And he looks a lot like my grandcat! ^-^
There are several balconies to watch the sunset from hammocks or/and wooden benches, a deck to see a stream/sunset and the possibility of reaching the crystalline waters through well-made trails, a part of the recovered Atlantic forest and original.
The wi-fi works really well.
A couple uses this location as a home base.
Several red admirals flitted through the crabapple trees looking for bruised fruits that were oozing out fermented crabapple juice, or as we say in Iowa, hard cider.
Lake O’Hara has several cute cabins for rent, yes, expensive!!! Is it worth the money? You judge. Enjoy it!
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After discovering that the next several days would be cloudless Scott and I bailed on spending the first day in Colorado and made a B-line straight to Moab hoping to catch snow on top of the Arches in the area. When we arrived much of the snow had melted away but some still remained here and there but not enough to grab the shot I had envisioned. The morning was freezing cold when we arrived at 4:30am. We arrived early so that we would be the first people at these incredibly popular spot. We showed up somewhat too early and waited around until people started to show up at the parking lot. As soon as people arrived they started running up the trail on hard ice and I saw several fall flat on their butts, I didn't feel the need to run but was ashamed at those who did, some professional decorum would have been appreciated. LOL
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Quand on est à Lauterbrunnen, une autre excursion "indispensable" est bien "Jungfraujoch Top of Europe". Pour cela, il faut prendre deux trains : de Lauterbrunnen à Kleine Scheidegg, puis de Kleine Scheidegg à Jungfraujoch.
Quand vous sortez du train, vous êtes tombez directement en hiver. La neige est encore intacte même à mi-août. Le spectacle est une fois de plus grandiose. Plusieurs randonnées s'offrent à vous. Mais personnellement, mes genoux ne m'ont pas permis de marcher sur la neige :( Quel regret ! :(((
When you are in Lauterbrunnen, another "essential" excursion is "Jungfraujoch Top of Europe". To do this, you have to take two trains: from Lauterbrunnen to Kleine Scheidegg, then from Kleine Scheidegg to Jungfraujoch.
When you get off the train, you have fallen straight into winter. The snow is still intact even in mid-August. The spectacle is once again awe-inspiring. Several hikes are available to you. But personally, my knees did not allow me to walk on the snow :( What a regret!: (((
Several Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) stop for a little rest during their northerly migration on an saline wetland on the prairie landscape near Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
18 May, 2018.
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Several papal families fought over Ninfa, which was at various times destroyed and rebuilt. As the result of papal wars and inter-family disputes, the town was substantially destroyed in 1382 leading to an exodus of the population and an unstoppable decay that lasted until the 20th century.
In the early 1920s, Caetani family set out to restore Ninfa, laying out the foundations for a garden today counted among the most beautiful in the world. (fonte: sito Oasi di Ninfa)
Several days have passed since this beautiful story began. The peoples have united, the Kingdom of Dragons has withdrawn to its frozen paradises and a baby, the fruit of love, will grow up in a new world, in peace. This story was forged step by step, where each character contributed a grain of sand towards the final outcome. Basically it is a sign of friendship, selfless help and trust in others. It is true that sometimes there is evil, betrayal and disappointment, but there is also light, love and good deeds, and in the end, it is what we should stay with.
And tiptoeing, without making a sound, we walked away from S'hej and N'atela, whom we hope to meet again next year in the Fairelands!
Autrefois, les radeliers de la Durance transportaient par flottage les grumes de bois nécessaires à la construction des maisons des cités provençales et à la construction navale de la Marine Royale notamment pour les chantiers de Toulon et de Marseille. Il leur fallait plusieurs jours pour rallier la Provence depuis les Hautes-Alpes, debouts sur les radeaux, sans autre protection que leur courage et leur détermination. C'étaient souvent des paysans qui trouvaient dans cette activité un complément de revenu.
Aujourd'hui, les radeliers qui veulent perpétuer la mémoire de cette activité disparue depuis plus d'un siècle, passent plusieurs mois pour reconstruire des radeaux selon les techniques de l'époque. Cette année a eu lieu la 22ème reconstitution historique entre l'Argentière la Bessée et Embrun. Mais le niveau de l'eau de la Durance est très bas, à cause de la sècheresse. Hélas, le radeau de tête a heurté des rochers et s'est mis en travers de la rivière au niveau d'Embrun, empêchant la poursuite de l'événement. Pas de blessé, heureusement ! Cet incident rappelle combien cette pratique du flottage du bois sur la Durance était périlleuse.
Pour en savoir plus sur la pratique du flottage : www.persee.fr/doc/mar_07584431_1999_num_27_1_1681
et sur la reconstitution du flottage sur la Durance : www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbPxm5vFmjE
Formerly, the rafters of the Durance transported by floating the logs necessary for the construction of the houses of the Provençal cities and the naval construction of the Royal Navy in particular for the sites of Toulon and Marseille. It took them several days to reach Provence from the Hautes-Alpes, standing on the rafts, with no other protection than their determination. They were often peasants who found in this activity a supplement of income. Today, the rafters who want to perpetuate the memory of this activity, which disappeared for more than a century, spend several months rebuilding rafts using the techniques of the time.
After several days and many deleted raw shots, this looks better to me than previous attempts. I like it without water. Leave that talent to Suus aka neurosheep ;-)
For Macro Mondays and OnACoin theme.
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One of several photos that I took while visiting this quaint and very picturesque old lobster fishing village of Stonington Maine. The town, filled with beautiful and boundless photographic opportunities of old buildings, lobster and fishing boats, viewed in a beautiful harbor setting often lined with wild rosa rugosa rose bushes.
Stonington is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It's located on the southern portion of the island of Deer Isle. The population was 1,056 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Burnt Cove, Oceanville, Green Head, and Clam City. A picturesque working waterfront and tranquil tourist destination in eastern Penobscot Bay, Stonington has consistently ranked among the top lobster ports in the county and is the largest lobster port in Maine. In 2011, 14,854,989 pounds of lobster were landed by Stonington fishermen with a value of $46.3 million.
Sailors on the island became renowned for their maritime skills. Full crews for two America's Cup teams were recruited from Deer Isle for the victorious America's Cup Races of 1895 on The Defender and again in 1899 on Columbia. The Stonington harbor has long been filled with Friendship Sloops among other boat designs, powered by sail only. Lobstermen once used them to haul traps. Most of their trips were to the outer islands (like York Island) near Isle au Haut, fishing during the week and returning to the harbor on weekends. This changed with the advent of gasoline or diesel engines, along with new hull designs, which enabled fishermen to make day trips to fishing grounds in Penobscot Bay.
One of several photos that I took while visiting this quaint and very picturesque old lobster fishing village of Stonington Maine. The town, filled with beautiful and boundless photographic opportunities of old buildings, lobster and fishing boats, viewed in a beautiful harbor setting often lined with wild rosa rugosa rose bushes.
Stonington is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It's located on the southern portion of the island of Deer Isle. The population was 1,056 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Burnt Cove, Oceanville, Green Head, and Clam City. A picturesque working waterfront and tranquil tourist destination in eastern Penobscot Bay, Stonington has consistently ranked among the top lobster ports in the county and is the largest lobster port in Maine. In 2011, 14,854,989 pounds of lobster were landed by Stonington fishermen with a value of $46.3 million.
Sailors on the island became renowned for their maritime skills. Full crews for two America's Cup teams were recruited from Deer Isle for the victorious America's Cup Races of 1895 on The Defender and again in 1899 on Columbia. The Stonington harbor has long been filled with Friendship Sloops among other boat designs, powered by sail only. Lobstermen once used them to haul traps. Most of their trips were to the outer islands (like York Island) near Isle au Haut, fishing during the week and returning to the harbor on weekends. This changed with the advent of gasoline or diesel engines, along with new hull designs, which enabled fishermen to make day trips to fishing grounds in Penobscot Bay.
Like several other works of architecture by Herzog & de Meuron the Forum Building, known since the 2012 relocation of Barcelona's Museu de les Ciències Naturals as the Museu Blau, is remarkable for its sensitive use of materials. A triangular mass of gray-blue concrete punctured and split in places to reveal the contrasting use of reflective planes, the building is a hard one to ignore, especially for an architectural photographer.
Wie einige andere architektonische Werke von Herzog & de Meuron ist auch das Forum-Gebäude, das seit dem Umzug des Museu de les Ciències Naturals in Barcelona im Jahr 2012 als Museu Blau bekannt ist, für seine sensible Verwendung von Materialien bemerkenswert. Das Gebäude ist eine dreieckige Masse aus grau-blauem Beton, die an einigen Stellen durchbrochen und gespalten ist, um die kontrastierende Verwendung von reflektierenden Flächen zu enthüllen, und ist schwer zu ignorieren, insbesondere für einen Architekturfotografen
source: archDaily.com
Dún Aonghasa (Unofficial anglicised version Dun Aengus) is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It lies on Inis Mór, at the edge of a 100-metre-high (330 ft) cliff.
A popular tourist attraction, Dún Aonghasa is an important archaeological site.
History
It is not known exactly when Dún Aonghasa was built, though it is now thought that most of the structures date from the Bronze Age and Iron Age. T. F. O'Rahilly surmised in what is known as O'Rahilly's historical model that it was built in the 2nd century BC by the Builg following the Laginian conquest of Connacht.Excavations at the site indicate that the first construction goes back to 1100 BC, when rubble was piled against large upright stones to form the first enclosure. Around 500 BC, the triple wall defenses were probably constructed along the fort's western side.
The 19th-century artist George Petrie called "Dún Aonghasa" "the most magnificent barbaric monument in Europe". Its name, meaning "Fort of Aonghas", may refer to the pre-Christian god of the same name described in Irish mythology, or the mythical king, Aonghus mac Úmhór. It has thus traditionally been associated with the Fir Bolg.
Form and function
The fort consists of a series of four concentric walls of dry stone construction, built on a high cliff some one hundred metres above the sea. At the time of its construction sea levels were considerably lower and a recent Radio Telefis Eireann documentary estimates that originally it was 1000 metres from the sea. Surviving stonework is four metres wide at some points. The original shape was presumably oval or D-shaped but parts of the cliff and fort have since collapsed into the sea. Outside the third ring of walls lies a defensive system of stone slabs, known as a cheval de frise, planted in an upright position in the ground and still largely well-preserved. These ruins also feature a huge rectangular stone slab, the function of which is unknown. Impressively large among prehistoric ruins, the outermost wall of Dún Aonghasa encloses an area of approximately 6 hectares (14 acres).
Today
The walls of Dún Aonghasa have been rebuilt to a height of 6m and have wall walks, chambers, and flights of stairs. The restoration is easily distinguished from the original construction by the use of mortar.[citation needed]
There is a small museum illustrating the history of the fort and its possible functions. Also in the vicinity is a Neolithic tomb and a small heritage park featuring examples of a traditional thatched cottage and an illegal poteen distillery.
I planted several milkweed bushes a couple of weeks ago to help Monarchs on their migration. To my delight, I've seen several stopping by. This one was shy, and every time I approached, he retreated. He appeared to watch me from a tree, waiting for me to leave him in peace. So I did.....
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) bananas come from two wild species – Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. All the above-ground parts of a banana plant grow from a structure usually called a corm. Plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy, and are often mistaken for trees, but what appears to be a trunk is actually a "false stem" or pseudostem. Bananas grow in a wide variety of soils, as long as the soil is at least 60 cm deep, has good drainage and is not compacted. The leaves of banana plants are composed of a stalk (petiole) and a blade (lamina). The banana fruits develop from the banana heart, in a large hanging cluster, made up of tiers (called hands), with up to 20 fruit to a tier. The hanging cluster is known as a bunch, comprising 3–20 tiers, or commercially as a banana stem, and can weigh 30–50 kilograms. Individual banana fruits (commonly known as a banana or finger) average 125 grams, of which approximately 75% is water and 25% dry matter. The fruit has been described as a leathery berry. There is a protective outer layer (a peel or skin) with numerous long, thin strings (the phloem bundles), which run lengthwise between the skin and the edible inner portion. The inner part of the common yellow dessert variety can be split lengthwise into three sections that correspond to the inner portions of the three carpels by manually deforming the unopened fruit. In cultivated varieties, the seeds are diminished nearly to non-existence; their remnants are tiny black specks in the interior of the fruit. 32533
I walked by Beaverton Creek today, and found this tree being hit by both the cedar waxwings and the American robins. Had several opportunities in the colorful surroundings.
.......Pileated Woodpecker
For several days I credited the resident skunk with the excavation that was occurring around this decaying stump. Then the other day I heard the unmistakable staccato call of a Pileated Woodpecker and went to investigate. Much to my surprise he did not take flight but merely moved to the back side of the stump and continued working.
I think it is a juvenile, he has been back several times and hopefully, with a bit of patience I can get him on the top or at least on the lighted side of the stump. But for now I am delighted he is at least indulging my rude interruption of his dining.
The way the chips are flying there must be some tasty morsels in that debris.
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Today, several friends and I drove to the New York Botanical Garden to see the Dale Chihuly exhibit.
I hope he pays his agent a lot b/c he is everywhere!!!
For me, the fun of Chihuly is the "innards".
This is part of a large "tree" that sits outside the Conservatory.
Off Thursday to go back to the Adirondacks.
See you all next week.
The Painted Lady is a regular, true trans-continental migrant covering many miles in several generations. Adults feed on a wide variety of flowers including Knapweed.
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Several years ago, I visited remote locations in the Navajo Nation Reservation in northern Arizona on several photo tours.
One of the most impressive places is White Mesa Bridge. From there, Arizona seems limitless. As soon as the sun rises, the rocks begin to glow, while later everything shines white (White Mesa).
The arch is very large with a span of 53 feet, and a height of 84 feet.
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Gerbera Daisies have several meanings, but all lean to happiness. The Egyptian meaning of gerberas is closeness to nature and devotion to the sun. The Celts believed that the gerbera would lessen the sorrows and stresses of everyday life. Any type of daisy equals truth or happiness of children.
Gerbera daisy from the bouquet of flowers that Tom gave me a week before "Vday" to cheer me up.💐
Have a beautiful Thursday everyone!💝 HMBT
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Exploring SL: after several failed attempts coz the sim was full, I managed to visit ELVION yesterday, a very well made dreamy mystical sim with great mushrooms and super cool WL
There were several different “rodents” running around in the fields out west. The beauty of camping along the way is that you get better opportunities to capture the wildlife around you. It was also spring when we travelled which meant lots of young life around. This Prairie Dog mom is letting her young one nurse. These animals are cute and quite social but many farmers think they are a nuisance because of all the holes they dig.
Several BCNH's around the Reserve. resident, vagrant or late migrating... not sure; but they seem to allow one to get closer than in other places I have been bird-watching... shout out to the RSCN staff at Azraq for their excellent work...
There are several accommodations in Murodou, although it is in the Chuubu Sangaku National Park.
Murodou Sansou (室堂山荘) may look like a modern tourist lodge but its oldest wing as seen in the right behind a vehicle was built in 1726 and the second oldest one outside of the frame in 1771 as accommodations for pilgrims (dhalamsala). Both wings had been used as tourist lodges until 1980s, but are now protected as Important Cultural Assets (重要文化財) by the central government.
Three peaks of Fujino-oritate (富士ノ折立 2,999 m), Oonanji-yama (大汝山 3.015 m) and Oyama (雄山 3,003 m) are the Tateyama in the narrow sense. There is a Shintou shrine on the summit of Oyama, which has been the destination for pilgrims and Shugendou ascetics.
There is a cirque, glacial topography, below Oonanji-yama, which is called Yamasaki Kar.
It is noted that mountaineering and skiing terminology of Japanese language is often borrowed from German.
Several PANO-Vision layers blended, cut out, warped, texturized, etc. etc.
Created for the "PANO-Vision" Group's first semi-annual "Kick Out the Winter Blues" contest.
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After several days of shifiting winter weather we got this situation on the roof of our neighbouring rorbu (fishermen hut) on the Lofoten islands. I thought THAT icicle must be the weapon of choice for the Ice Queen ;)
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Several photographers were gathered by the rail at Grand Canyon waiting for the sun to set. As I looked around, I noticed that the sun had cast our shadows on a stone.
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Several minutes past sunset, RJCP03 rounds the S-curve just west of Lumber City, PA. With the train going 10-15 miles per hour through the curves between Curry Run and here, we had to literally pull out all the stops with a 50mm prime and a high ISO shot. It worked out surprisingly well once I dealt with the headlight flare in Photoshop.
Several shots stitched together , the rock face at the right end does slope this way ( it is not lens distortion)
Several Pelicans scouting the lake for a water landing. Delores Fenwick Nature Center in Pearland, Texas.
There are several benefits and reasons that make kayaking enjoyable such as: It is a low impact outdoor exercise activity that helps in enriching the mind, as well as the body. It helps people to explore the waters and the surroundings that they paddle in which are diverse. 692-911
After waiting on several NS trains at the CP117 diamond, Cleveland Commercial 2372 pulls eight cars south from the NS interchange at Von Willer a few miles from downtown Cleveland, Ohio, on April 18, 2019. An interesting angle with the skyline, but I had my head on a swivel dealing with numerous inner-city characters walking by me on the sidewalk while I waited for the shot. Everyone was curious about the camera, and one guy even asked to hold it to look at my pictures... yeah no.
About a year after this was taken, CCR was bought by Omnitrax, renamed to Cleveland and Cuyahoga (keeping the CCR identifier), and the leased LTEX GP50 pair with the nice CCR labels was swapped for a ratty GATX GP38-2 pair.
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I am several! There are crowds in me. At the table of my soul sit many, and I am all of them.
You'll never know who you're sitting with or how long you'll stay with each of me.
But I promise that, if we sit at the table, in this sacred ritual I will give you at least one of the many that I am, and I will take the risk of being together on the same plane.
Uber
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