Serpentine (poste 1 ~ comme 1)
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A serpentine hot spring winds its way through a patch of snow in the Namafjall Geothermal Area, Hverir, Myvatn, North Iceland.
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The name, serpentine, is thought to come per Wikipedia "from the similarity of the texture of the rock to that of the skin of a snake." Also per Wikipedia, "The mineral alteration is particularly important at the sea floor at tectonic plate boundaries." Many plants cannot grow near this rock because it leeches plant toxins like chromium and nickel. Near this outcropping in Southeastern Pennsylvania grow pretty rare serpentine asters and the round-leafed fame flower.
The name, serpentine, is thought to come per Wikipedia "from the similarity of the texture of the rock to that of the skin of a snake." Also per Wikipedia, "The mineral alteration is particularly important at the sea floor at tectonic plate boundaries." Many plants cannot grow near this rock because it leeches plant toxins like chromium and nickel. Near this outcropping in Southeastern Pennsylvania grow rare serpentine asters and the round-leafed fame flower.
A road from Danube valley up to the surrounding hills above Emmersdorf.
It's more or less a snapshot. I took a ride on a helicopter in Wachau wine region and concentrated on the sunny side of the valley. Suddenly, I recognized this interesting pattern beneath.
Shot this on my second trip to Kansas City in a random alleyway with this awesome vine covered wall. It was literally freezing and some freaked out on-lookers were nearby so we had to do this in a bit of a hurry, but I'm happy with the result! What do you think?
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The Serpentine Pavilion in Hyde Park. It is always interesting to see the variety in this changing display each year.
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One of a number of shots I took on Thursday (13/08/2009) of the beautiful Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park with the setting sun as a backdrop.
Early morning fog on the Serpentine River in Mandurah.
Shot on my Fuji G617 and Velvia 50 film.
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On a chilly April morning in the Steel City, Quebec & Gatineau # 2301 snakes towards Stelco with a lengthy train of empty coil cars. Movements such as this are far and between.
Swans in the Serpentine by the bridge on a nippy February morning.
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The Serpentine Gallery’s annual architectural commission showcases new temporary buildings by international architects. This years Pavilion opened in June and stays on display until to 8th October. Photographically this one is not up to the exceptional Pavilion of last year but it has its possibilities. The building was designed by the Berlin-based architect Francis Kéré. It is intended to celebrate the triangle and the shape of a tree
The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Samyang Fisheye at 8 mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing processed with Photomatix Fusion Real Estate. More detail was brought in using Topaz Adjust. Adjustment layers to lower saturation and contrast a touch.
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Serpentine boulder above Almaden Valley, San Jose, California
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I recently added a small collection of images taken during a winter trip to southern California. It was a great trip which saw me spend time with my family, with some good photography friends, as well as some solo time in Death Valley. This top down vantage point image of amazing badlands was a seriously enjoyable experience. Wish the light could have last even longer. Anyway -- great times with some great people! More images on my website for those who care to head on over...
The vermiform vase, translated into curved surface folds. I quite like the effect. Might make interesting packaging for something unmentionable to ears polite. (Not sure what, exactly, but something.)
From a parallelogram, rolled up into a tube. Mapped to a cone, I'd think you'd get a shofar.
SERPENTINE, a mineral which, in a massive and impure form, occurs on a large scale as a rock, and being commonly of variegated colour, is often cut and polished, like marble, for use as a decorative stone. It is generally held that the name was suggested by the fancied resemblance of the dark mottled green stone to the skin of a serpent, but it may possibly refer to some reputed virtue of the stone as a cure for snake-bite. Serpentine was probably, at least in part, the XLOos 6cgrns of Dioscorides and the ophites of Pliny; and this name appears in a latinized form as the serpentaria of G. Agricola, writing in the 16th century, and as the lapis serpentinus and marmor serpentinum of other early writers. Italian sculptors have sometimes termed it ranochia in allusion to its resemblance to the skin of a frog.
What's a little confusing is that the description on my box of minerals says serpentine but when you google serpentine the red form is known as jasper. But I also have a sample labeled jasper... so what is it?
This sample is about 4mm across, is cross polarised with polarising film over the flash and a hoya polariser between lens and sensor. The setup uses an el-nikkor 50mm f2.8 reversed on 75mm or so of tubes.
Had I not cross polarised this you'd see a wicked reflection of the flash on the rounded edge leading from topright to midleft. xpol worked really well here. Also, because you're looking into the mineral, cross polarisation shows off the internal structure nicely.