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A characteristic feature of the horns of adult male African buffalo (southern and eastern populations) is that the bases come very close together, forming a shield referred to as a "boss". From the base, the horns diverge downwards, then smoothly curve upwards and outwards and in some cases inwards and or backwards. In large bulls, the distance between the ends of the horns can reach upwards of one metre (the record being 64.5 inches 164 cm). The horns form fully when the animal reaches the age of 5 or 6 years old, but the bosses do not become "hard" until it reaches the age of 8 to 9 years old. In cows, the horns are, on average, 10–20% smaller, and they do not have a boss. Forest-type buffalo horns are smaller than those of the savanna-type buffaloes from Southern and East Africa, usually measuring less than 40 centimetres (16 in), and are almost never fused.
Info source URL: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_buffalo
Photo capture date & Location: 2017-07 Rietvlei Nature Reserve
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota
Sioux Falls is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 131st-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up to the Iowa state line. As of 2020, Sioux Falls had a population of 192,517, which was estimated in 2022 to have increased to 202,600. The Sioux Falls metro area accounts for more than 30% of the state's population. Chartered in 1856 on the banks of the Big Sioux River, the city is situated in the rolling hills at the junction of interstates 29 and 90.
Source: www.experiencesiouxfalls.com/falls-park
If you only have time for one stop in Sioux Falls, it has to be Falls Park, the city's namesake. The park is comprised of over 128-acres and located just north of downtown, along the Big Sioux River. An average of 7,400 gallons of water drop 100 feet over the course of the Falls each second. Enjoy the Falls from the many different viewing platforms, including the five-story observation tower. Falls Park is also home to a rich history that includes some of Sioux Falls' oldest buildings.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(South Dakota) "داكوتا الجنوبية" "南达科他州" "Dakota du Sud" "दक्षिण डकोटा" "サウスダコタ" "사우스다코타" "Южная Дакота" "Dakota del Sur"
(Sioux Falls) "شلالات سيوكس" "苏福尔斯" "सिओक्स फॉल्स" "スーフォールズ" "수폴스" "Су-Фолс" "Cataratas Sioux"
Highest position in Explore # 1 & Featured at Explore Front Page on 20th July'09
This was one of the most challenging shots I faced till date at Gitgit Waterfalls. Not for light but for water spray which keeps on making my equipments wet.
So decided to duck behind a small temple around 200 meters away from the fall. Though my problem with water spray was solved a bit but was able to capture a different composition.
The shot was taken with slow shutter using ND8 filter and straight from the camera other than slightly tweaking curves in photoshop.
Source: Scan of an original photograph.
Set: ENS01.
Date: 1970s?
Photographer: Mr J. Ensten.
Repository: From the collection of Mr J. Ensten.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Source: Scan of an original postcard.
Set: HEA01-2.
Date: c1930?
Postmark: unposted.
Photographer: Fred C. Palmer.
Repository: From the collection of Mrs J. Heavens.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Source: Scan of an original photograph.
Set: ENS01.
Date: 1960s.
Photographer: Mr J. Ensten.
Repository: From the collection of Mr J. Ensten.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), St James Anglican Cemetery, Pitt Town, NSW, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S71589502
The eastern spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) is a species of honeyeater found in south-eastern Australia in forest and woodland areas, as well as gardens in urban areas of Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne. It is around 15 cm long, and has a distinctive black, white and chestnut plumage, a red eye, and a long downcurved bill.
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Scan of an original item.
Set: GRA02-4.
Date: 1910s?
Postmark: unposted.
Publisher: Tomkins & Barrett, Swindon.
Repository: From the collection of Mr & Mrs Grace.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Source: Scan of an original photograph.
Set: ENS01.
Date: 1970s?
Photographer: Mr J. Ensten.
Repository: From the collection of Mr J. Ensten.
Used here by his very kind permission.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Source: Scan of an original photograph.
Set: WEB03.
Date: 1946.
Repository: From the collection of Naomi Webb.
Local Studies, at Swindon Central Library.
This is a shot taken from the historic Cape Schanck Lighthouse on the Mornington Peninsula, near Melbourne, Australia. While the lighthouse works away, the Milky Way can be seen to the right. On the left, our neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud. If you look carefully just above the left-had lighthouse beam, you might notice the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The Cape Schanck Lighthouse, built in 1859, is Victoria's second coastal lighthouse, located on the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula. It is a heritage-listed, sandstone and limestone structure that offers guided tours to the lamp room, providing panoramic views of the rugged coastline and Bass Strait. The reserve around the lighthouse is known for its raw, natural beauty, including volcanic rock formations and walking trails
I just thought this was a pretty picture worth taking, but I am always digging deeper for geologic explanations.
The rocks in the foreground are pre-Cambrian granite dated at 1.6 billion years and are part of a batholith that covers the region immediately east of the Sawatch Range and upper Arkansas Valley in central Colorado. The highly eroded Buffalo Peaks, in the background, was volcanically active 28 million years ago.
My primary source for Colorado geology is the book "Messages In Stone: Colorado's Colorful Geology." (Colorado Geological Survey, Second edition revised by Vincent Matthews, Ph.D.)
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Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.~Madame de Stael
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinckneyville,_Illinois
Pinckneyville is a city in and the county seat of Perry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,066 at the 2020 census. It is named for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, an early American diplomat and presidential candidate.
Pinckneyville is the location of the Pinckneyville Power Plant, a combustion turbine generator (CTG)-type power plant run by Ameren.
Source: www.americanthresherman.com/history.html
ATA HISTORY
The American Thresherman Association (ATA) was organized in March of 1959.
At the annual meeting in 1962, Amos Rixman commented that the Association "organized three years ago this month for the purpose of furnishing some enjoyment to its members and to be the beginning of something very worthwhile." Already in its brief life the Association had earned such a reputation that three towns vied for the chance to become the permanent site for the show. The Pinckneyville Chamber of Commerce invited the ATA with open arms and pledges of support, and the Perry County community was chosen over Mascoutah and Highland for the 1962 show site.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Illinois) "الينوي" "伊利诺伊州" "इलिनोइस" "イリノイ" "일리노이" "Иллинойс"
(Pinckneyville) "بينكنيفيل" "平克尼维尔" "पिंकनीविले" "ピンクニービル" "핀크니빌" "Пинкнивилль"
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Processing:
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Source: Scan of original photograph.
Album: WIN02-1.
Date: 1942.
Photographer: owner.
Repository: From the collection of Ms. P. Wintle.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Famed director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns. Film critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 km2] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West".
Sourc: navajonationparks.org/navajo-tribal-parks/monument-valley/
History
Before human existence, the Park was once a lowland basin. For hundreds of millions of years, materials that eroded from the early Rock Mountains deposited layer upon layer of sediment which cemented a slow and gentle uplift, generated by ceaseless pressure from below the surface, elevating these horizontal strata quite uniformly one to three miles above sea level. What was once a basin became a plateau.
Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting into and peeling away at the surface of the plateau. The simple wearing down of altering layers of soft and hard rock slowly revealed the natural wonders of Monument Valley today.
From the visitor center, you see the world-famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte. You can also purchase guided tours from Navajo tour operators, who take you down into the valley in Jeeps for a narrated cruise through these mythical formations. Places such as Ear of the Wind and other landmarks can only be accessed via guided tours. During the summer months, the visitor center also features Haskenneini Restaurant, which specializes in both native Navajo and American cuisines, and a film/snack/souvenir shop. There are year-round restroom facilities. One mile before the center, numerous Navajo vendors sell arts, crafts, native food, and souvenirs at roadside stands.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "米国" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis" "ארצות הברית" "संयुक्त राज्य" "США"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "אריזונה" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Utah) "يوتا" "犹他州" "יוטה" "यूटा" "ユタ州" "유타" "Юта"
(Monument Valley) "وادي النصب التذكاري" "纪念碑谷" "Vallée des monuments" "מוניומנט ואלי" "स्मारक घाटी" "モニュメントバレー" "모뉴먼트 밸리" "Долина Монументов" "Valle de los Monumentos"
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