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Staring at the horizon. Actually this pic was taken at a beach in the Oman, but I liked the body shape that I started playing around with the image until it got multiplied by 4 :-)
The ever rapid beating heart of New York City.
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Passengers at London Bridge station have this imposing building souring above them whilst looking for train departure times
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Escalators in the Times Square shopping mall on Central Huaihai Road, Shanghai.
To answer the frequent question why it's empty: Shot around noon - a comparatively slow time for shopping, everybody is heading for the next fast food joint.
Explore #480 on Thursday, January 1, 2009
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Every morning on my way to work there are many farmers working the soil. The time that it takes to get the crops in the ground is precious. With water so short this year, the farmers in our area are working overtime to make sure there is not one drop of water go down the river that they can use to make a crop! This neighbor is getting the soil ready to plant corn. The early morning sun was making the dust look alive with a glow.
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Susan
The immediate post Conrail split years were busy times in Cumberland, MD. In this scene at Mexico tower, an eastbound manifest departs the yard behind patched C40-8 7490, while an AC6000 led westbound, likely a Q137 or Q217, waits at the signal on #1 track. Light power that came in on an eastbound manifest is on the PPG lead and staying out of everyone's way while another eastbound is waiting on #2 main west of the plant that will follow east on 7490's block.
Photographed in Tanzania, Africa
This is from one of the rare times where we got close enough to the feeding flamingos to get a decent photo. Their delicate pink color comes from beta-carotene, a red-orange pigment that’s found in high amounts within the algae, brine fly larvae, and brine shrimp that flamingos eat in their wetland environment.
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From Wikipedia: The lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. Birds are occasionally reported from further north, but these are generally considered vagrants.
Characteristics:
The lesser flamingo is the smallest species of flamingo, though it is a tall and large bird by most standards. The species can weigh from 1.2 to 2.7 kg (2.6 to 6.0 lb). The standing height is around 80 to 90 cm (31 to 35 in). The total length (from beak to tail) and wingspan are in the same range of measurements, from 90 to 105 cm (35 to 41 in). Most of the plumage is pinkish white. The clearest difference between this species and the greater flamingo, the only other Old World species of flamingo, is the much more extensive black on the bill. Size is less helpful unless the species are together, since the sexes of each species also differ in height.
The lesser flamingo may be the most numerous species of flamingo, with a population that (at its peak) probably numbered up to two million individual birds. This species feeds primarily on Spirulina, algae which grow only in very alkaline lakes. Presence of flamingo groups near water bodies is indication of sodic alkaline water which is not suitable for irrigation use. Although blue-green in colour, the algae contain the photosynthetic pigments that give the birds their pink colour. Their deep bill is specialised for filtering tiny food items.
Predators:
Lesser flamingos are prey to a variety of species, including marabou storks, vultures, baboons, African fish eagles, jackals, hyenas, foxes, Great white pelicans, Martial Eagle, and big cats.
Breeding:
In Africa, where they are most numerous, the lesser flamingos breed principally on the highly caustic Lake Natron in northern Tanzania. Their other African breeding sites are at Etosha Pan, Makgadikgadi Pan, and Kamfers Dam. The last confirmed breeding at Aftout es Saheli in coastal Mauritania was in 1965. Breeding occurred at Lake Magadi in Kenya in 1962 when Lake Natron was unsuitable due to flooding. In the early 20th century, breeding was also observed at Lake Nakuru.
The species also breeds in southwestern and southern Asia. In 1974, they bred at the Rann of Kutch, but since then, only at the Zinzuwadia and Purabcheria salt pans in northwestern India. Some movement of individuals occurs between Africa and India.[
Like all flamingos, they lay a single chalky-white egg on a mound they build of mud. Chicks join creches soon after hatching, sometimes numbering over 100,000 individuals. The creches are marshalled by a few adult birds that lead them by foot to fresh water, a journey that can reach over 20 mi (32 km).
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"it's times like these you learn to live again
it's times like these you give and give again
it's times like these you learn to love again
it's times like these time and time again"