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The white fluff is not a fungus but the protective covering of a scale insect, Cryptococcus fagisuga. The sucking insect pierces the beech trees' bark, which allows a fungus to get inside. This invasive complex called beech bark disease was introduced from Europe in the 19th Century and has been moving slowly across North America. There is no known control against the disease for trees in wild areas. Saplings are resistant, but the disease will kill all or most of the beech trees in the forest.

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Another micro scale WIP

Conrail Scale Test Car "CR 80093" at CP7 in Bogota, NJ on the River Line.

January 5, 1992

LE SCALE

Le scale

questi ansanti tabernacoli bianchi

marmi sui quali gli umani

pavimentano l’anima.

Scale fatte d’aria

dove non ruotano i venti.

Scale adorne

che separano i ferrati dai lenti.

Scale in stile gotico, apostolico

che non portano a Dio

né alla sacralità dell’Essere.

Scale intime, abissali

sotto boschi

dove urlano i corvi.

Le scale

questi penosi tabernacoli bianchi

dalle antiche radici di ferro

che non danno colore

non spargono odore

a chi stringe più in alto lo scettro.

Luciano Nota

Hot Wheels

1/64 Scale

It occurred to me that I hadn't taken a good scale photo with the minifigs in front.

So here it is.

based on height, i suggest that cars for minifigs need to be at least below total minifig height. A porsche in this case would need to be even below its head piece. That almost equals a 1/44 scale then. Therefore a SC is too large, but its possible to have cars with even MORE detail in a smaller scale:

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I felt like building some more micro scale T-formers, so I decided on Shockwave. Consists of 30 pieces and transforms from robot to tank without adding or taking away parts.

At the Nob Hill Shop & Stroll.

Fiddy love.

Be sure and check out Marc's take on the same scene, more or less.

Shot with Marc's 50mm F1.8 Nikon lens. Manual focus on the D40x, but still a sweet little piece of glass, and cheap too.

From our ABQ/SF Social meet up at Shop & Stroll with:

Marc - taylorkoa22

Randy - rt41959

Aaron - xysmas

Bob - shadowbomb

Debra - Mad-Eye Pie

Kevin - Kevin Eddy

Dan - dcumminsusa

Grace - grace-tee

Lisa - fotofreak

Evan - Flacosaurus Rex

Jeanne - Britgal

Playing with scale

Too many ideas for my own good.............

Extreme close-up of the wing of the beautiful Buff-tip moth

Cappella Bizantina

Chiesa di San Nicola dei Greci, meglio conosciuta come la Chiesetta dello Spedale in quanto pare che, durante il regno borbonico, questa fu trasformata in ospedale per offrire cure ai meno abbienti. Originariamente, la chiesa era parte integrante di un monastero bizantino, ma oggi ne rimangono solo pochi ruderi, all’interno dei quali sono rimasti intatti gli affreschi della cappella principale dell’antica chiesa bizantina, nei quali è ben visibile l’effige di San Nicola.

The window of the house but.

'scales' On Black

Extreme close-up of the wing of the beautiful Buff-tip moth

I've been wanting to take pictures of my teeny tiny Silverbeam ponies for a while now :) they are perfectly 1:4 scaled. I hope the colors on these turned out okay, I edited them on my laptop and its a color gank :/

#Zodiac

waage libra scales

Miniature man or giant doll-house (or Advent treat box ;)

Ordinary things seen in extraordinary ways.

this lovely falls is hidden away but worth finding

Female Iceryine Scale Insect (Icerya sp., Monophlebinae, Margarodidae).

Fogo-apagou (Columbina squammata). (Lesson, 1831).

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My friend is keen on trains. This is his model train layout in 1:160 scale, track width 9mm. Total track length is approx 150 meters. The entire construction is located in a flat.

One of Lake State Railway's new road slug sets is seen through the window of what remains of the scale house in the old D&M yard at Alpena.

Stitched Panorama

(Callipepla squamata)

La Lomita Ranch,

Uvalde, Texas

Southfield Town Center, shot from Lawrence Tech University campus, approximately one-fifth mile distance.

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After Several Months Of Ill Health,Bad Weather And Loss Of Interest, I Was Finally Persuaded To Venture Out By My Good Friend Kevin Shaw, Ended Up In Hebden Near Scale Haw Force In North Yorkshire, Which Was Ideal As It Involved Very Little Walking.. This Might Be A Nice Little Waterfall To Visit In The Autumn Where More Colour Will Be Available.Thanks For Taking The Time To View My First Post In (Unbelievably)Eight Months.

Many shallow and colorful pools in Huanglong valley are looked like the Dragon scales when seeing from above.

Huanglong, litterally 'Yellow Dragon', is a scenic and historic interest area in the northwest part of Sichuan, China. It is located in the southern part of the Minshan mountain range, 150 kilometres (93 mi) north-northwest of the capital Chengdu.

This area is known for its colorful pools formed by calcite deposits, especially in Huanglonggou (Yellow Dragon Gully), as well as diverse forest ecosystems, snow-capped peaks, waterfalls and hot springs.

Arapaçu-escamado (Lepidocolaptes squamatus). (Lichtenstein, 1822). Endemic of Brazil.

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