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Our latest customer request released. A coal mine from the Ruhr area. The finished model consists of about 15000 individual parts and can be built partially modular in different modules and is equipped with some details. Included are the PDF building instructions for the large winding tower with the two rope sheaves, the machine house, including rope drive, the chimney and the coal washing building. The rope sheaves can be driven prototypically via a drive in the machine house. A synchronous shaft transmits the power evenly to the lower part of the winding tower. Here, there is also a tension pulley that tensions the rope.
From the coal washing building, the hard coal is loaded onto the trains via a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is driven and, with the "pieces of coal" attached to it, conveys the feeling of a working plant.
Further information and the PDF-building instruction is here available: en.bricks-on-rails.de/product-page/pdf-anleitung-zeche-be...
The Moon is thought to have formed about 4.51 billion years ago, not long after Earth. The most widely accepted explanation is that the Moon formed from the debris left over after a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized body called Theia.
The Moon is in synchronous rotation with Earth, and thus always shows the same side to Earth, the near side. The near side is marked by dark volcanic maria that fill the spaces between the bright ancient crustal highlands and the prominent impact craters. After the Sun, the Moon is the second-brightest regularly visible celestial object in Earth's sky. Its surface is actually dark, although compared to the night sky it appears very bright, with a reflectance just slightly higher than that of worn asphalt. Its gravitational influence produces the ocean tides, body tides, and the slight lengthening of the day.
The Moon's average orbital distance is 384,402 km (238,856 mi),[13][14] or 1.28 light-seconds. This is about thirty times the diameter of Earth. The Moon's apparent size in the sky is almost the same as that of the Sun, since the star is about 400 times the lunar distance and diameter. Therefore, the Moon covers the Sun nearly precisely during a total solar eclipse. This matching of apparent visual size will not continue in the far future because the Moon's distance from Earth is gradually increasing.
The Moon was first reached in 1959 by an unmanned spacecraft of the Soviet Union's Luna program; the United States' NASA Apollo program achieved the only manned lunar missions to date, beginning with the first manned orbital mission by Apollo 8 in 1968, and six manned landings between 1969 and 1972, with the first being Apollo 11. These missions returned lunar rocks which have been used to develop a geological understanding of the Moon's origin, internal structure, and the Moon's later history. Since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, the Moon has been visited only by unmanned spacecraft.
Both the Moon's natural prominence in the earthly sky and its regular cycle of phases as seen from Earth have provided cultural references and influences for human societies and cultures since time immemorial. Such cultural influences can be found in language, lunar calendar systems, art, and mythology.
Synchronous lateral excitation sounds like something that's only shown on TV after a certain hour but in fact its the physical affliction that gave London's Millennium Bridge its Wobbly Bridge nickname.
Part of the square shots of the Square Mile and a bit and the ministract sets.
dabc 2009
This came about from the question
"What would happen if everyone in the world jumped at the same time?"........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Synchronous Fireflies !
Manufacturer: Adam Opel AG, Rüsselsheim am Main - Germany / General Motors Company, Detroit - USA
Type: Super Six 2-door Modell 3700 LC4 Cabriolet 4-seats
Production time: November 1936 - November 1938
Production outlet: 46,453 (all models)
Engine: 2473cc straight-6 Opel 2.5 OHV I-head
Power: 60 bhp / 3.600 rpm
Torque: 165 Nm / 1.600 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 115 km/h
Curb weight: 1165 kg
Wheelbase: 104 inch
Chassis: steel box frame type 104-A with cross traverses and separate wooden skeleton bodywork and steel casing
Steering: screw (worm) segment steering, from 1938 Gemmer worm & roller
Gearbox: three-speed manual / II and III synchronized / floor shift
Clutch: single dry plate disc with spring dampers
Carburettor: Opel downdraft vertical (Carter licence) with accelerator pump
Fuel tank: 39+5 liter
Electric system: Bosch 6 Volts 72 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: hydraulic drums
Brakes rear: hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent trapezoidal double-torsion bar stabilizer, "synchronous” reaction strut + Dubonnet springs / shock absorbers (Opel synchro-suspension)
Suspension rear: beam axle in pressed steel housing, stabilizer, longitudinal semi-elliptical leaf springs + hydraulic lever shock absorbers double-acting type
Rear axle: live banjo type
Differential: spiral bevel 4.30:1
Wheels: 16 inch steel discs
Tires: 5.50 x 16 4-ply
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- The company was founded on January 21, 1863 and began making automobiles in 1899. In March 1929 General Motors bought 80% of the company increasing this to 100% in 1931 and continues as a subsidiary. The Opel family gained $33.3 million dollars from this transaction.
- Opel is GM's largest European brand and with Vauxhall forms GM's core European business.
- The Super Six Series was available as this 2-door Cabriolet, as 4-door Modell 3700 LV Limousine and as 2-door Modell 3700 LZ Coupé-Limousine.
- An interesting detail was the windscreen wiper drive which received its power via a mechanical linkage from the camshaft, a solution which Opel continued to use in post-World War II Rekord models until 1957.
A display of synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus) in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Males of these fireflies flash repeatedly all together for 2-4 seconds, then go dark all at the same time for another 8-12 seconds to watch hopefully for any females replying from the forest floor. This image was made by combining a number of 4-second exposures, totaling about 4-1/2 minutes of time. It was shot with a vintage lens, a 1964 Asahi Pentax Super-Takumar 50mm, wide open at f/1.4, attached to my modern mirrorless camera with an adapter. Focus is in on a sliver of the foreground, rendering the points of firefly light behind that as out-of-focus orbs.
"Autumn Arches:" Venerable oak trees arch gracefully in unison in the Prescott National Forest. I had seen these trees on a hillside from a distance for a number of years, and every year I had thought to try to photograph them in the fall, but had always encountered them too late in the year when their leaves were already gone. Finally this fall I had better luck with timing and climbed up to them to inspect them closer. I imagine they must all have bent to the weight of winter snowfalls that may have contributed to their synchronously arching frames.
Manufacturer: Adam Opel AG, Rüsselsheim am Main - Germany / General Motors Company, Detroit - USA
Type: Super Six 4-door Limousine Modell 3700 LV
Production time: November 1936 - November 1938
Production outlet: 46,453 (all models)
Engine: 2473cc straight-6 Opel 2.5 OHV I-head
Power: 55 bhp / 3.500 rpm
Torque: 145 Nm / 1.600 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 117 km/h
Curb weight: 1150 kg
Wheelbase: 104 inch
Chassis: steel box frame type 104-A with cross traverses and separate wooden skeleton bodywork and steel casing
Steering: screw (worm) segment steering, from 1938 Gemmer worm & roller
Gearbox: three-speed manual / II and III synchronized / floor shift
Clutch: single dry plate disc with spring dampers
Carburettor: Opel downdraft vertical (Carter licence) with accelerator pump
Fuel tank: 39+5 liter
Electric system: Bosch 6 Volts 76 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: hydraulic drums
Brakes rear: hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent trapezoidal double-torsion bar stabilizer, "synchronous” reaction strut + Dubonnet springs / shock absorbers (Opel synchro-suspension)
Suspension rear: beam axle in pressed steel housing, stabilizer, longitudinal semi-elliptical leaf springs + hydraulic lever shock absorbers
Rear axle: live banjo type
Differential: spiral bevel 4.30:1
Wheels: 16 inch steel discs
Tires: 5.50 x 16
Options:
Special:
- The company was founded on January 21, 1863 and began making automobiles in 1899. In March 1929 General Motors bought 80% of the company increasing this to 100% in 1931 and continues as a subsidiary. The Opel family gained $33.3 million dollars from this transaction.
- Opel is GM's largest European brand and with Vauxhall forms GM's core European business.
- The Super Six Series was available as this 4-door Limousine, as 2-door 3700 LZ Coupé-Limousine and as 2-door 3700 LC4 Cabriolet 4-seats.
- An interesting detail was the windscreen wiper drive which received its power via a mechanical linkage from the camshaft, a solution which Opel continued to use in post-World War II Rekord models until 1957.
- There are about 200 known survivors.
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Synchronous Fireflies !
Photographed at a yard sale upon the recent serendipitous** spying of them by Miss Boots synchronously with her triumphant metamorphosis into the exquisite Myth Shiraluna.
WIP of Eilun before he climbed down the last time. Character from Convergence: the Synchronous City. See more at: convergence.enjin.com/
ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, is shown here as a long streak against a backdrop of stars as it orbits the Earth after its successful launch on 18 December 2019.
The 6-minute long exposure was taken at 13:18 UTC on 11 January 2020 with the 1-m SAINT-EX robotic telescope, located at the National Astronomical Observatory of Mexico at San Pedro Martir, Mexico.
The coordinates of the centre of this 2048 x 2048 pixel image are: right ascension 11h 56m 58.00s and declination +27º 30’ 45.0’’ (J2000). The visible trail seen running from bottom to top in the image is due to sunlight reflected by the Cheops spacecraft, which is in a sun-synchronous orbit with an altitude of 700 km and a local time of the ascending node of 6:00am.
The image spans only 12 arcminutes across, so Cheops spent a very short time in the field of view – around 400 ms. The estimated r’-band magnitude of CHEOPS in this image is 7.8 ± 0.3 (calculation by M. Sestovic, University of Bern).
Credits: Courtesy of the SAINT-EX team, University of Bern
Millennium Bridge, Southwark, London - England / October 2011
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The bridge's movements were caused by a 'positive feedback' phenomenon, known as Synchronous Lateral Excitation. The natural sway motion of people walking caused small sideways oscillations in the bridge, which in turn caused people on the bridge to sway in step, increasing the amplitude of the bridge oscillations and continually reinforcing the effect.[4] On the day of opening the bridge was crossed by 90,000 people, with up to 2,000 on the bridge at any one time.
Resonant vibrational modes due to vertical loads (such as trains, traffic, pedestrians) and wind loads are well understood in bridge design. In the case of the Millennium Bridge, because the lateral motion caused the pedestrians loading the bridge to directly participate with the bridge, the vibrational modes had not been anticipated by the designers.
The lateral vibration problems of the Millennium Bridge are very unusual, but not entirely unique.[5] Any bridge with lateral frequency modes of less than 1.3 Hz, and sufficiently low mass, could witness the same phenomenon with sufficient pedestrian loading. The greater the number of people, the greater the amplitude of the vibrations. Other bridges which have seen similar problems are:
▪Birmingham NEC Link bridge, with a lateral frequency of 0.7 Hz
▪Groves Suspension Bridge, Chester, in 1977 during the Jubilee river regatta
▪Auckland Harbour Road Bridge, with a lateral frequency of 0.67 Hz, during a 1975 demonstration[6]
After extensive analysis by the engineers, the problem was fixed by the retrofitting of 37 fluid-viscous dampers (energy dissipating) to control horizontal movement and 52 tuned mass dampers (inertial) to control vertical movement. This took from May 2001 to January 2002 and cost £5m. After a period of testing, the bridge was successfully re-opened on 22 February 2002. The bridge has not been subject to significant vibration since. In spite of the successful fix of the problem, the affectionate "wobbly bridge" epithet remains in common usage amongst Londoners.
An artistic expression of the higher-frequency resonances within the cables of the bridge were explored by Bill Fontana's 'Harmonic Bridge' exhibition at the Tate Modern museum in the summer of 2006. This utilised acoustic transducers placed at strategic locations on the cabling of the Millennium Bridge and the signals from those transducers were amplified and dynamically distributed throughout the Turbine Hall of the Tate by a program Fontana entered into the sound diffusion engine of the Richmond Sound Design AudioBox.
This image gives a good idea of the landscape of the huge Buraco das Araras crater in Mato Grosso do Sul State of Brazil. Standing on the crater rim you shoot down into the crater and (very challenging) shoot the various birds flying around the crater, such as this pair of Red and green macaws (Ara chloropterus) flying in beautiful synchrony.
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There are lots of interesting things to write about this bird that I wanted to upload even though it isn't the best of photos.
Starting with its funny name, Ancient Murrelet, it is called ancient because in breeding plumage its black head is dignified with some grey but that isn't visible on this bird. Its scientific name antiquus was given for the same reason (Synthliboramphus means compressed bill). The name Murrelet doesn't need explaining in America where you call (what we call) Guillemots Murres. So a Murrelet is a little Murre. In my experience this is another scarce and difficult-to-see bird, and I usually only see a handful in the Johnstone Strait among thousands of "Murres". They are confined to the North Pacific and breed mainly on Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) , about 200km north of Vancouver Island but they wander more widely in winter. One individual even appeared in a Puffin colony on Lundy island in England in 1990 and 1991 which I went to see soon after its discovery. Even though it was there for two years, and thousands of people went to see it, I don't think there is a single decent photograph of it.
They also have a really odd breeding strategy because instead of bringing food to their newly hatched chicks, the parents call for them at night to lure them out of their burrow soon after hatching. They nest among tree roots in ancient forests and also nest synchronously in colonies so lots of chicks will be waddling through the forest floor at the same time in pitch darkness, trying to reach the sea. Even when they reach the sea, the parents keep moving away so that the chicks keep paddling so that they will be a long way from land predators by the time daylight breaks. They keep paddling for about 12 hours until they are miles out to sea and it is only then that the parents will start to feed their chicks. Amazingly the chicks can recognise their parent's voice having heard it before they hatched and the family stay together out at sea. This breeding strategy makes the Ancient Murrelet the most oceanic seabird on the planet.
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Synchronous - Thames Barrier, London, UK
We were just finishing the Seine boating when the lights lit up - no one could resist taking a snapshot.
For a split second all that one could hear was the echoing "Woooow" spreading through the moment in a zillion voice colors.
I still don't know what astonished me most: the sight in-front of me, the cinematic sound effect of the gathered tourists exclaiming synchronously or a mixture of it all.
I had collected this leaf with eight chrysalises on board without knowing what would emerge and the consequent eclosures were as much a surprise as magnificent.
These Jezebel butterflies don't travel far away from one another as caterpillars and consequently pupate together also. This leaf had eight chrysalis on it and because they usually pupate at the same time, often when the foodplant is defoliated, they emerge as adults synchronously also.
Taken December 7, 2011
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Pu'er, Yunnan, China
(The enforced hiatus from photo-taking due to the predictably unpredictable weather continues, so I intend to continue some reposts though this time of what I consider my favourite twenty images (in no particular order and in batches of five). I have now surpassed 10000 images in my photostream, so have plenty to choose from. Invariably, these will not be images that have been particularly well received on their initial appearance in my photostream, but have significance to me maybe because of the circumstances related to their capture, as images I have a sentimental, nostalgic and/or emotional connection to or perhaps just what I consider to be a good shot.)
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Comet 46p/Wirtanen from last night. The coma is now over 0.65° diameter. The tail is not as clear in my shot as in the shots from Australia and other southern locations. With us it was only 15 to 27 ° above the horizon during the shooting.
Synchronous recording technology on the same mount (ASA DDM85):
L: ASI1600 mono cooled, RASA 11"/F2.2, green filter, 90 x 90 sec
RGB: ASI 071 color cooled, Hyperstar C14 / F1.9, L-filter, 90 x 90 sec
Tenerife, 1180 m a.s.l. 2018-11-10 21:40h - 23-50h UT
A little far away, but the light was perfect and I like the synchronous flight attitude.
Murray Marsh. Sturgeon County, Alberta.
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Zu Beginn der Brutsaison pflegen Kanadagänse wie andere Tiere auch bestimmte Rituale um ihre Beziehung zu festigen. Fester Bestandteil dieser Rituale sind, dass beide etwas zusammen unternehmen. Hier habe ich im Foto festgehalten, wie ein Pärchen gemeinsam Gefiederpflege betreibt, indem sie durch untertauchen Staub aus den Federn waschen. Sie tun das ziemlich synchron, schauen dabei immer was der/die andere tut und quaken sich dabei leise an.
At the beginning of the breeding season, Canadian Geese, like other animals, maintain certain rituals to strengthen their relationships. An integral part of these rituals is that both of them do something together. Here I have captured in the photo how a couple washes dust from their feathers by dunking. They do this fairly synchronously, always looking at what the partner is doing and quacking quietly at each other.
Couple of Lapwings chasing each other in the air and flying perfectly synchronous at times - all the time calling with their weird voices like this www.vogelstimmen.info/Vogelstimmen_GRATIS/Kiebitz_Vanellu... :-)
Seen in the nature-sanctuary Steinhuder Meer - Niedersachsen - Germany.
Ein Paar Kiebitze jagte sich gegenseitig durch die Luft und flog dann zeitweise wieder perfekt synchron - und die ganze Zeit riefen sie mit ihren merkwürdigen Stimmen so wie hier www.vogelstimmen.info/Vogelstimmen_GRATIS/Kiebitz_Vanellu... :-)
Gesehen im Naturschutzgebiet am Steinhuder Meer - Niedersachsen.
Males have smooth elytra (wing covers). The fringed hind legs which move synchronously allow for surprisingly fast swimming.
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Chinese Lantern Fireflies
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Liptovský region in Slovakia is very rich in natural beauty, the beautiful mountain ranges, nature and historical monuments. Liptovské Sliače is no exception and lies in the middle of the valley of the Sliačanky river, at an altitude ranging from 500 to 1261 meters. The village of the district of Ruzomberok has 3777 inhabitants. In the vicinity of the National Nature Reserve Sliačske travertíny with the Mofet source. The village was founded from three villages, of which two - and Nizhny Middle Sliač originated in the 13th century. In 2001 they celebrated their 750th birthday from the village. The third village of Vyšný Sliač originated in the early 16th century. Already this century had a common name Tri Sliače. In Sliače is a Gothic church of Simon and Judas dating from the 14th century, later cultivated and uncovered 14th and 15th century murals. Rich folk traditions, songs and dance are held by the local folklore group Sliačanka. They even join the international folklore festivals. Our holiday home booked via aeda7.sk is a classic Slovak house suitable for 10 people. It consists of 2 parts each with its own entrance. It is a nicely decorated house, each of which has a private bathroom. For a nice, cosy atmosphere, there is also a fireplace. The house has a large, modern kitchen.
White storks flying over our holiday town Liptovské Sliace. Our holiday house is centrally located in Slovakia. A large population of storks lives in central and eastern Europe. A carnivore, the white stork eats a wide range of animal prey, including insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals and small birds. It takes most of its food from the ground, among low vegetation, and from shallow water.
Liptovský regio in Slowakije is zeer rijk aan natuurlijke schoonheid, de mooie en diverse bergketens, de natuur en historische monumenten. Liptovské Sliače is geen uitzondering en ligt midden van de vallei van de rivier Sliačanky, op een hoogte die varieert 500-1261 meter. Het dorp van de wijk Ruzomberok heeft 3777 inwoners. In de omgeving van de National Nature Reserve Sliačske travertíny met de Mofet bron. Een grote populatie ooievaars broedt hier in midden en Oost-Europa. Zoals de meeste van zijn verwanten, eet een ooievaar vooral regenwormen en grote insecten, maar ook jonge vogels, mollen, hagedissen en knaagdieren staan op het menu. Het dorp werd gesticht samen uit drie dorpen, waarvan er twee - en Nizhny Midden Sliač is ontstaan in de 13e eeuw. In 2001 vierde ze haar 750e verjaardag van het dorp. Het derde dorp Vyšný Sliač is ontstaan in het begin van de 16e eeuw. Reeds in deze eeuw had een veel voorkomende naam Tri Sliače. In Sliače is een gotische kerk Simon en Judas uit de 14e eeuw, later verbouwd en ongedekte muurschilderingen uit de 14e en 15e eeuw. Rijke volkstradities, liederen en dansen worden gehouden door de plaatselijke folklore groep Sliačanka. Ze doen zelfs mee met de internationale folklore festivals. Ons vakantiehuis geboekt via aeda7.sk is een klassiek Slowaaks huis dat geschikt is voor 10 personen. Het bestaat uit 2 delen met ieder een eigen ingang.Het is een netjes ingericht huis, waarvan iedere slaapkamer een eigen badkamer heeft. Voor een gezellige sfeer is er ook een open haard. Het huis heeft een grote, moderne keuken.
The plug of white that has replaced the tip of the abdomen of this Brood X cicada is a mass of spores of the fungal pathogen Massospora cicadina.
Massospora cicadina infects only Periodical Cicadas (both 13 year and 17 year species). This fungus is synchronous with the Periodical Cicadas and is believed to have the longest life cycle of any fungus.
The cicada shown above (all photos are of the same individual) got infected as a nymph as it dug its way to the surface. Our poor cicada has now become a factory of fungus spores (asexual stage -- haploid conidia). The fungus changes the behavior of the cicada by producing cathinone (a substituted amphetamine alkaloid). The infected cicadas become hyperactive and spreads the spores around where they might come in contact with other cicadas. It also alters the cicada’s sexual behavior to increase infection rates through mating (Note – it is probably not a good idea to attempt sex with a partner whose reproductive parts have been eaten away by a parasitic fungus regardless of what species you are).
Once a cicada is infected by another cicada the fungus now produces resting spores (in the newly infected cicada) that reach the ground when the cicada dies. The spores will lie dormant in the soil until the next generation of cicadas emerge.
It should be noted that cathinone, produced by the fungus that affects the cicadas, also affects humans. It is one of the amphetamines (like speed or ecstasy). However, in order to get a usable dose of cathinone for a single human one would have to eat at least 200,000 parasitized cicadas and thus is probably not worth the effort.
Fungal pathogen (Massospora cicadina) on Periodical Cicada (Magicicada septendecim). Beaverbrook Environs, Howard County, Maryland.
Lex Sinoda at his Lovelace University office. From Convergence: The Synchronous City, see more at: See more at: convergence.enjin.com/
Taken in the Convergence: The Synchronous City roleplay sim in Second Life: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CLOCKTOWER/157/236/1707
Autumn by the Ko Grabben.
Rhine graben The rift valley which contains the river Rhine and which lies between the Ardennes, the Vosges, and the Black Forest. The uplift occurred in the late Mesozoic, with rifting in the mid-Eocene and production of alkaline magmas in the Oligocene. In places, 3 km of sediment have been deposited. The Rhine graben formed synchronously with the Alpine collision and has been called an ‘impactogen’, i.e. a collisional rift that forms at the end of the Wilson Cycle.
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Explore Interestingness no. 64 on 20th June, 2007.
Limacodid caterpillars can lead solitary or communal lives. Some hatch from individually laid eggs and may never encounter brood mates. Many species spend the first couple of instars gregariously and later disperse. Others, like this variety, will remain in brood groups from first hatching to pupation.
During these "together" times, they feed, relocate and rest as a unit. They will also progress from instar to instar synchronously, which means they will shed their skins en masse.
Now caterpillars, as a rule, step forward out of their old skins, leaving their past behind them. Many of my local Limacodids also devour their own shed skins, spines and all.
So in this image, there has been a fair degree of complex manoeuvring and jostling for position going on prior to this capture, whereby the entire group has moulted and then individually turned 180 degrees to eat their skins. (The freshness of the moult is indicated by the swollen appearance and paler colour of the head of the caterpillars.) At other times, they would corral themselves with their heads to the center of the group as a protective measure when not feeding. These guys would have all headed inwards in the process of the moult and have now turned around with heads outwards to remove any evidence of their youth (hover mouse to see notes on image).
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
see comments for another similar stage brood group in between moults and late instar caterpillars....
I missed out the Larch Madness of 2024, for the reason that I was in a completely different continent at the peak of the larch season. Larch madness, so named for the precise and synchronous change of color by the Western larches, whose needles take on a amber hue as the temperatures start to dip in early October. Walking in a larch forest at this time is a surreal experience, with backlit trees exhibiting a golden hue. And since they grow in large clusters, the color is very pronounced both up close and from a distance.
This is one such larch grove at one of my favorite destinations for the larches. I happened to arrive at the right time to capture beautiful reflections at this golden lake in the eastern eaves of the Cascade range.
Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest
WA USA
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On the way to look for fireflies, there were some great views!