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Welcome back to me! Today, fortunately, the sun became a little 'see, so I went out with my little Nikon. Unfortunately, after a while it started to rain and then I had to go home. But I hope, however, that the photos you like them!
Nikon D3200
Nikkor 50mm 1.8 D
03/21/2015
The afternoon sun causes shadows and light to play across the surface of Blue Star Spring just to the north of Old Faithful Geyser in the Yellowstone National Park’s Upper Geyser Basin. The vent, enclosed by a thin, overhanging ring of orange-grey sinter, produces a small stream of water that flows a short distance north and down into the adjacent Firehole River. Blue Star has been know to have small but rare geyser activity where it erupts a small dome of water a couple of feet high.Usually it is a calm, gently rippling pool. Because of the proximity to the crowds at Old Faithful, some thoughtless or self centered visitors throw coins and other liter into the spring. Besides being illegal, such activity can block the throat of a spring and cause damage to the thermal feature. During the park’s early history, before we understood just how fragile thermal features can be, concessionaries as well as visitors from the nearby tent camps and lodges threw their trash into this spring, In 1946, Park Naturalist, George Marler, decided to ‘clean’ out the spring. The resulting pile of rubbish measured 6 feet long and 3 feet wide! Please refrain from throwing anything into the thermal features.
Animals can ocassionally fall into the thermal features. For a while one could see bones in Blue Star Spring from a a bison calf that fell into the spring sometime in the 1980’s. Look and you may see bones in a few of Yellowstones’ hot springs.
Just couldn't resist taking a shot of these trees with their beautifully fresh spring foliage back lit by the sun. Unfortunately the bluebells were not out in these woods as the hillside faces north. This was taken on a lovely walk this week.
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Have a great weekend everyone.
حالیا معجزه باران را باور کن
و سخاوت را در چشم چمنزار ببین
و محبت را در روح نسیم
که در این کوچه تنگ
با همین دست تهی
روز میلاد اقاقی ها را
جشن میگیرد
خاک جان یافته است
تو چرا سنگ شدی
تو چرا اینهمه دلتنگ شدی
باز کن پنجره ها را
و بهاران را
باور کن
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فریدون مشیری
Spectacular springs are undoubtedly the main attraction at Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park, but it's also a fantastic place to take a refreshing walk in the woods. In the winter months, maple and other trees bring Peacock to life with the colors of autumn, a rare feature in Florida.
With the exception of one cold week in January, I think that winter has skipped us this year. On to springtime:)
On Sunday I made the off trail hike deep into one of the Columbia River Gorge's most amazing spots, this time trudging up the creek the whole way. The recent run of warm days has left the Gorge exploding in green. Such an awesome time to be out there! I also lucked out with gentle winds which helped freeze the foliage, something I contended with last year at this spot.
I got this shot close to home, while I lived in Vallentuna for a week this Spring. Already looks like summer, doesn't it? People hadn't begun launching their boats quite yet.
Some daffodils from the garden captured on a sheet of old school 4x5 film. Loading sheet film into a holder and developing it by hand was a challenge I had put off for far too long. I've had the gubbins to do this for over a decade.
The first flowering Daffodil I have seen this year.
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Well, at least on the eastern shore of Maryland. These buds were right outside our car as we parked in Berlin, Maryland. That is a small town just outside Ocean City, and well worth a visit. Great old looking town with nice buildings, shops, restaurants, and small town feel that takes you away from the ocean vacation town hustle and bustle ;)
Mrs. Krach got to shop, and I got to photograph some neat architecture ... one of those to follow.
Chinese garden in Zürich.
Better on black > Click L.
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