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 pair of Steel-blue Cricket Hunter Wasps circled my yard for several days. The only place they would stop was on the orange flowers of the Butterfly Weed.
They strongly resemble Blue Mud Dauber Wasps, which have a longer pedicel (the "stalk" that connects their thorax to their abdomen).
Butterfly Weed is a native plant species, and my favorite Michigan wildflower. Ironically, I have never seen a butterfly land on the flowers, although it does attract a variety of wasps and hornets.
There were several Great Blue Heron nests nearby, on a small island in a small lake, in the Clear Creek Greenbelt, Wheatridge, Colorado. Those nests (and numerous Cormorant nests) have been there every year I have visited the area during the last six years.
I find it amazing that such small lakes/ponds can support so many large "fishing" birds. It's also amazing to me that many birds rest while standing on one leg.
Several white pelicans have been visiting Lafreniere Park the last few weeks. This is a very late afternoon shot.
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.
The grasslands had several of these Harriers - mostly Pallid and Montagu's. The birds in this grassland were a bit shy unlike the grasslands we visited a couple of weeks ago.
The Harriers were readying to roost for the day. They would perch on posts or small rocks like this and wait till dark. Then they would come together near each other in a communal roost.
We could not get a straight shot in many of the take off positions like this one. The birds just flew opposite to us most of the time.
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Several inches of snow on the Malvern Hills attracted many hundreds of visitors today. Snowboards and sledges were to be seen on many of the slopes and all the footpaths which crisscross the hills were very busy with ramblers and dog walkers.
The Malvern Hills are a range in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and a small area of northern Gloucestershire, dominating the surrounding countryside and the towns and villages of the district of Malvern. The highest point is 425 metres (1,394 ft).
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!
Amber Waves of Grain puffy clouds and classic blue sky frame this golden plant, a remake of a scene shot several years ago in North Carolina.
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.
The village of Kirkjubøur contains several significant historic sites, including the ruins of the Magnus Cathedral, which dates from around 1300; Saint Olav's Church, from the 12th century; and one of the world's oldest inhabited wooden houses, the Roykstovan farmhouse, which dates to the 11th century and has been occupied by descendants of the same family since 1550. The oldest inhabited house in Europe, it also now serves as a museum,
Several years ago we stopped at a small winery somewhere between Napa and Sonoma and enjoyed these colorful flowers.
Hope they brighten your day! HSS
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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
.......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.
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 ;)
Happy Windows Wednesday!
Blending of several mage.space images with my photo as the input. Edited in Photoshop and Luminar.
Es ist Winter, aber noch haben wir viel vom Herbst übrig.
Überblendung mehrerer mage.space-Bilder mit meinem Foto als Input. Bearbeitet in Photoshop und Luminar.
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.
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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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For several months I've fancied getting up on top of the mountain behind Castle Tioram to get a view down on the castle on its islet. Today, I didn't get to that place but I did get here, up in the shoulder between two peaks. I've no idea if it has a name but what a perfectly stunning place with its islands and reflections, right up in the mountain. Imagine a lovely sunset through that gap towards the west! I must go back and try for something better.
Several Canvasbacks have taken up winter residence at one of our regional parks. An uncommon bird, they have been briefly seen the last couple of years. However, this winter they are consistent, males and females. This particular stretch by a male I thought was extraordinary.
Backyard Pool it has been a wet week, several inches in the last 3-4 days, I hope the birds clean it out, shot in North Carolina.
After several tries over the years I was finally able to score a South Shore freight going down 11th with a nice train in beautiful evening light. This was starting to become a nail biter as you can see from the shadows moving in after a blue sky day all day. Some clouds from the west would soon move in to prematurely sunset the scene, but the train ran west just in time to make good use of some of the last full sun. Michigan City, IN 9/14/19