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Leiden
June 2012
The Netherlands
Urban life in the Netherlands
Ricoh GRD IV
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Scheveningen/The Hague
June 2012
The Netherlands
Beachlife in the Netherlands
Ricoh GRD IV
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Beijing, July 2012
China
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April 2012
Intercity The Hague -> Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Candid shots in and around the Public Transport in The Netherlands
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Early morning fog and low lighting produced the muted colors in this photograph. The trees have been due to the absorption of mineral rich water.
This is a framing of the rich starfield in Sagittarius and Serpens containing several prominent Messier objects and a wonderful mix of bright star clouds, glowing nebulas, and dark dust clouds in the Milky Way.
At bottom is the bright "Small Sagittarius Starcloud," aka Messier 24, bordered by the dark nebulas, the larger and very opaque B92 and the smaller B93 above it, and the red nebula IC 1284 below M24 embedded in a dark elbow-shaped lane of dust. Left of centre is the bright emission nebula Messier 17, aka the Swan or Omega Nebula. Below it is the star cluster Messier 18. At top is the nebula Messier 16, aka the Eagle Nebula. Above it is the small star cluster Trumpler 32. A faint patch of red nebulosity to the right of M17 at centre is Sharpless 2-44, aka Gum 77.
The white Starcloud contrasts with the starfields around it that are yellowed by interstellar dust.
The field of view is about 8.2° by 5.5°.
Technical:
This is a stack of 20 x 4-minute exposures with the Founder Optics Draco 62 astrograph with its f/3.9 Reducer, and the astro-modified Canon EOS R camera at ISO 800. No filter was employed here. On the Star Adventurer GTi mount autoguided with the MGEN3 autoguider. Taken at the Southern Alberta Star Party in the Cypress Hills in September 2024.
This Image was prompted by a friend's question about why some lunar features were brighter and lighter-toned than others. Yesterday another friend and I answered his question, stating that radiation from the solar wind and cosmic rays, along with bombardment by micrometeorites weathered material on the Moon's surface. These agents alter the reflectivity, the color and the absorption characteristics of small particles exposed on the lunar surface. The longer materials are exposed, the more effect these agents have on them. Younger craters excavate material from deep below the surface and scatter it across the surface. This newer material has been exposed to the effects of radiation and micrometeorite bombardment for less time, and therefore appears brighter than the older material it overlays.
My reading yesterday introduced me to a new concept - "lunar swirls". Lunar swirls are surface features that are lighter in color than material that surrounds them, yet have no crater or other geographic feature that might explain them. They are simply unusually light and reflective.
While there is no crater to explain them, there is magnetism. Lunar swirls show a localized magnetic field, perhaps residual from an earlier era when the Moon as a whole had a magnetic field (as does the Earth currently), perhaps due to some other cause. Whatever the origin, the magnetic field serves the same function in these small locations as does the Earth's magnetic field - they shield an area from the effects of the solar wind. Lunar swirls are small areas on the Moon enveloped by localized magnetic fields, shielded from solar wind, and protected from the changes that solar wind would otherwise have on them. Therefore, they are lighter-toned than areas not so protected.
Upon reading about lunar swirls, I went digging through my recent photo archive. I found this one. This photo shows one notable lunar swirl, known as Reiner Gamma. Above center in this photo there is an isolated crater, oval in appearance due to foreshortening. That is Reiner Crater (30 km diameter, 2.6 km deep). Reiner Crater has a nice central peak, but is not remarkable in any sense. However, to the left of Reiner Crater can be seen a lighter area, one that appears round in this photo, with a bar extending from its center outward beyond the perimeter towards the 2:00 position. Viewed from overhead, this area presents a light-colored fish shape. There is no surface geological feature other than the coloring. This is Reiner Gamma, an oddity that has spurred considerable ongoing research. Their interpretation and explanation has triggered lively debate.
Incidentally, this image shows three large craters, just within the illuminated area east of the terminator, in the center of the image. From the north, they are Cavalerius (59 km diameter), Hevelius (114 km diameter), and the lava plain, Grimaldi (173 km diameter). The indentation of darkness along the terminator northwest of Grimaldi is the crater Riccioli (156 km diameter). I like how the light just catches a sliver of Riccioli's western rim.
Did you ever have a day when it felt like a dark cloud was following you around? For the open cluster of stars NGC 6520, every day is like this. On the left of the above picture are many of NGC 6520's bright blue stars. They formed only millions of years ago - much more recently than our ancient Sun which formed billions of years ago. On the right is an absorption nebula, molecular cloud Barnard 86, from which the stars of NGC 6520 surely formed. This nebula contains much opaque dust that blocks light from the many stars that would have been visible in the background. Surrounding NGC 6520 is part of the tremendously dense starscape in the bulge of our Milky Way Galaxy, the extended halo of stars that surrounds the center of our Galaxy. NGC 6520 spans about 10 light years and lies about 5500 light years away toward the direction of Sagittarius. (Text adapted from APOD).
Apo TEC140 (140/f7.2) - FLI Proline 16803 - L (240m) R (90m) G (90m) B (90m) - Warrumbungle Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia
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The Milky Way and its core region in Sagittarius and Scorpius is here low over the Badlands landscape of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. This was the night of May 31/June 1, 2024, when from this latitude of 50° 45' N the sky is not fully dark even in the middle of the night, here about 2:30 a.m. MDT. So the sky retains a blue tint.
Adding to the sky colours are bands of green oxygen airglow and perhaps yellow sodium airglow. Plus some light pollution from nearby Brooks, Alberta.
The mass of stars toward the galactic centre also glow with a combined yellow light, in part due to absorption of shorter wavelengths of starlight by interstellar dust in the spiral arms of the Galaxy.
But the most striking colours are the red and magenta from glowing hydrogen gas in star-forming nebulas toward the galactic core. I emphasized those through the use of a filter that isolates that red wavelength of "hydrogen-alpha." The most obvious H-alpha feature is the large round nebula, Sharpless 2-27, around the star Zeta Ophiuchi above Scorpius. The red nebulas in the Milky Way to the left are mostly Messier objects (M8, M16 and M17), but the little Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6334, just sneaks in an appearance above the horizon, in the tail of Scorpius, as do the star clusters Messier 6 and 7. They all scrape the southern horizon from this latitude.
The bright mass of stars below the main collection of red nebulas is the Sagittarius Starcloud. The actual direction of the galactic centre is just to the right (west) of the Starcloud. Above it is the smaller, whiter Small Sagittarius Starcloud (aka M24), and above it is the Scutum StarCloud. Yellow Antares in Scorpius just peaks out to the right of the hoodoo. The Dark Horse of interstellar dust prances at centre.
So this is a particularly colourful sky, constrasting with the earth tones of the Badlands landscape of eroded bentonite clay hoodoos, iron-rich rocks, and sagebrush.
However, it takes long exposures and special techniques to bring out the colours in what to the eye would be a dim black-and-white scene.
TECH DETAILS:
This is a blend of 5 exposures with the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera on the MSM Nomad tracker, and with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 20mm and wide open at f/2.8:
- A tracked single 2-minute exposure at ISO 1600 with no filter, taken immediately after ....
- A tracked single 2-minute exposure at ISO 6400 with a 12nm bandwidth Astronomik H-alpha filter installed in front of the sensor (a "clip-in" filter).
- A final stack of untracked 2 x 2-minute at ISO 1600 and one 4-minute at ISO 800 exposures for the ground. (I could have shot just 1 or 2 at ISO 800.) For the ground shots I lowered the framing to include more ground than what was in the sky shots.
All were stacked, blended and masked with Photoshop. The H-alpha image contributes just the red nebulas, via BlendIf and masking. I also used the StarXTerminator plug-in to eliminate the stars from that frame. Nik Collection Color EFX filters enhanced the sky and added an "Orton" style glow effect. Adobe DeNoise AI applied to the ground and unfiltered raw sky images.
Vulcan Materials U23B 2779 is spotting the empty rockrunner hoppers on the siding at Annapolis Jct, MD, August 29, 2018. The venerable locomotive was built for the Lehigh Valley by GE in November 1974 for the Lehigh Valley as their 503. Upon the LV's absorption into Conrail on April 1, 1976, it became CR 2779-a number it continues to display in 2018.
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For some reason this photo Rock formation near Exmouth and Orcombe from Paul, makes me think of another Giant's Exposed Roots...
Below some definitions of the Word ROOT:
Definition of root
1a: the usually underground part of a seed plant body that originates usually from the hypocotyl, functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage or as a means of anchorage and support, and differs from a stem especially in lacking nodes, buds, and leaves
b: any subterranean plant part (such as a true root or a bulb, tuber, rootstock, or other modified stem) especially when fleshy and edible
2a: the part of a tooth within the socket
also : any of the processes into which this part is often divided
b: the enlarged basal part of a hair within the skin
c: the proximal end of a nerve
d: the part of an organ or physical structure by which it is attached to the body
the root of the tongue
3a: something that is an origin or source (as of a condition or quality)
the love of money is the root of all evil
b: one or more progenitors of a group of descendants —usually used in plural
c: an underlying support : BASIS
d: the essential core : HEART —often used in the phrase at root
e: close relationship with an environment : TIE —usually used in plural
they put down roots in a farming community
4a: a quantity taken an indicated number of times as an equal factor
2 is a fourth root of 16
b: a number that reduces an equation to an identity when it is substituted for one variable
5a: the lower part : BASE
b: the part by which an object is attached to something else
6: the simple element inferred as the basis from which a word is derived by phonetic change or by extension (such as composition or the addition of an affix or inflectional ending)
7: the lowest tone of a chord (such as C in a C minor chord) when the tones are arranged in ascending thirds
8:computers : a level of access to a computer system that allows complete access to files on the system and complete control over the system's functions —usually used before another noun
root user
root directory
root verb
rooted; rooting; roots
transitive verb
1a: to furnish with or enable to develop roots
b: to fix or implant by or as if by roots
2: to remove altogether by or as if by pulling out by the roots —usually used with out
root out dissenters
intransitive verb
1: to grow roots or take root
2: to have an origin or base
root verb
rooted; rooting; roots
intransitive verb
1: to turn up or dig in the earth with the snout : GRUB
2: to poke or dig about
transitive verb
: to turn over, dig up, or discover and bring to light —usually used with out
root out the cause of the problem
intransitive verb
1: to noisily applaud or encourage a contestant or team : CHEER
2: to wish the success of or lend support to someone or something
Mors was a French pioneer car manufacturer from 1895 until its absorption by Citroën in 1925.
Cars 'n' Coffee Oldtimers Zuid-Kennemerland
Kopje van Bloemendaal, 3 augustus 2022.
In observations taken on September 7th, researchers found that Neptune’s dark spot, which recently was found to have reversed course from moving toward the equator, is still visible in this image, along with a darkened northern hemisphere. There is also a notable dark, elongated circle encompassing Neptune’s south pole. Neptune's and Uranus’ blue color is a result of the absorption of red light by the planets’ methane-rich atmosphere, combined with the same Rayleigh-scattering process that makes the Earth's sky blue. In 2021, there are few bright clouds on Neptune, and its distinct blue with a singular large dark spot is very reminiscent of what Voyager 2 saw in 1989.
For more information: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/hubbles-grand-tour-of-t...
Image credits: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), and M. H. Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)
During my A Level self project in Art, I chose the topic 'Manga' because of my strong absorption in Japanese culture. This particular artist took my interest because of the major influences she had on my work, causing me to incorporate elements of her style in my own way and attempt my own style. This is one of my favourite studies I created, using her work as inspiration.
Rotterdam, March 2013
I learned from the best! Thought i had a small inconspicuous camera but my father trumps me with his little Minox. Without him I probably would have never had the chance to familiarize myself with photography at such an early age.
Thnx Dad!
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As more people begin to experience parallel realities, some may find it necessary to dawn a parallel reality shock absorption mask from time to time. You can make your own out of paper or cardboard.
M7 (NGC 6475), known as Ptolemy's Cluster
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello
The open cluster M7 (NGC 6475), known as Ptolemy's because it was reported by the Greek astronomer in the 2nd century.
The region rises very little from my site (just 15° at the meridian transit), therefore it is considerably affected by atmospheric absorption. This results in reddened images, with muffled stars and affected by chromatism due to atmospheric refraction. Nonetheless, with a careful process, these disturbances can be corrected, albeit not completely.
In the same field, to the south to the left, the fainter open cluster Trumpler 30. To the west, the strongly reddened small globular cluster, NGC 6453.
The image combines sessions taken between 2020 and 2025.
The American makeup artist, beauty blogger, entrepreneur and the founder of beauty line Huda Beauty, Huda Kattan has recently revealed her most amazing detoxifying bath ingredients and we are not surprised.
Huda recently took to her official Instagram and posted a video of making her favorite bath. She added bubble bath, lots of Epsom salt, French cream clay, powdered coconut milk powder and Himalayan pink salt. She also lit up scented candles to spice up the whole environment. She called the entire bath her favorite detoxifying bath for all the right reasons. All the bath ingredients that the beauty blogger added are quite common except for Himalayan salt which is quite underrated.
Himalayan Salt:
Himalayan pink salt is proved to be healthiest and purest of the sea salt family because it is finally refined without any addition of preservatives. It is full of nutrients and mineral traces like iron, calcium, magnesium, sulphur, phosphorus and others. Its anti-bacterial and detoxifying properties make it absolutely healing for humans and animals as well. It’s a perfect ingredient for skin because its minerals make it smooth, prevent scaring, remove dead cells, help in fighting off acne and much more. Let’s dig deep into why Himalayan salt should be added in every bath.
Detoxifying Properties:
The pink salt has extraordinary detoxifying properties which help in extracting harmful toxins from skin and tissues. The salt crystals penetrate through the skin and leave it nourished and refreshed. They also trigger self purifying abilities of the skin in a miraculous way. For the very reason the salt is recommended to be added in every bath especially after a long hectic day or whenever the body needs it.
Exfoliating Properties:
The Himalayan pink salt is highly recommended natural body scrub for its mineral contents and exfoliating texture. It not only removes the layer of the dead cells from the skin but also makes a protecting layer inside the skin to prevent dryness. It’s super easy to make a salt scrub by mixing only three ingredients: pink salt, olive oil and essential oil. Use the scrub on the whole body to make it naturally smooth and glowy.
Bath Soak:
When the Himalayan salt is added in the bath and the body gets soaked in it, the process of dermal absorption starts. Though this heavenly process, the body starts soaking minerals from the salt such as zinc (which prevents scaring), magnesium (which helps in relieving cramped muscles), sulphur (which makes the skin soft), chromium (which fight off acne) and others. This bath soak is highly recommended for nourishing the skin.
Start adding Himalayan pink salt to your bath and have a great skin.
A view from the dark side….
Dark nebulae or absorption nebulae are types of interstellar clouds, also called molecular clouds, that are so dense that they obscure the visible wavelengths of light from objects behind it, such as background stars and emission or reflection nebulae.
The astronomer Edward Barnard compiled a list of these dark makings in the sky, known as the Barnard Catalogue.
This is a 2-panel mosaic of part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC-1), which is an interstellar molecular cloud in the constellations Taurus and Auriga. This cloud hosts a stellar nursery containing hundreds of newly formed stars.
The blue area in the image is a reflection nebula known as LBN 782, which lies within both dark nebulae, Barnard 10, and Barnard 7. The dark area of nebulosity stretching away from LBN 782 towards the left of the image comprises Barnard 211, 213 and 216.
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The Hague
June 2012
The Netherlands
This my street on Tuesday mornings, the garbage disposal services are always late, my neighbors are always too early with putting their trash out on the curb and the early birds (seagulls) get the worm (eh trash)
Urban life in the Netherlands
Ricoh GRD IV
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Sprinter Leiden CS -> The Hague CS
February 2013
Candid shots in and around Public Transport
Ricoh GR Digital IV
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The former National Bank Building at 62 High Street in central Belfast. it was constructed between 1893-1897 and built to designs by architect William Batt. The National Bank operated from the building until absorption by the Bank of Ireland in 1966. It now houses a cafe bar.
Sadly the terracotta has been painted over and the bottom storey messed with. The balcony at the centre of the first floor has been removed.
Delivered April 2009, and after the absorption of JAL Express by JAL is now carrying “Japan Airlines” titles in the revised livery featuring the iconic crane back.
This was an experiment to demonstrate the transmission of living tissue in a spectral window between approximately 600 and 1,300nm wavelength. This "window of transparency" is bounded at the long wavelengths side by the harmonics of the stretch and bend vibrations within a water molecule and, at shorter wavelengths below 600nm, by the rapidly increasing absorption of blood and, basically, most living tissue including plants.
With the exception of some X-rays and km-length radio waves, this is the only spectral band where light can penetrate deep into components of the biosphere. From a growing number of experimental investigations, it is becoming apparent that light at these wavelengths — coming mostly from the Sun — plays essential roles in maintaining the health of most life on the planet Earth (including us!)
For close to 3.5 billion years, life on Earth has evolved to exploit light from the Sun to power itself, either directly (cyanobacteria and plants) or by stored food and fossil fuels generated by photosynthesis.
Only in the last few decades have energy-efficient sources of artificial light appeared that produce copious visible light but little or no far-red or near-infrared light within this transparency window. These lights, especially the ubiquitous white LEDs, have broken these billions of years of adaptation of life to 'thermal' light sources (light produced as a result of the hight temperature of the emitter) which are rich in near-infrared light.
Living, as many of us do, under these white LEDs for large fractions of our lives without exposure to sunlight has starved us of this near-infrared light that can penetrate our bodies. This is needed to protect us from such afflictions as type 2 diabetes, obesity and a number of 'diseases of ageing' which result from the diminishing ability of the mitochondria (the energy generators in cells) to produce enough energy as we age.
The image above was obtained using a 'full-spectrum' adapted Sony alpha camera with a filter that passes light above about 750nm. The light source, behind a hand-shaped alu-foil covered cardboard mask, was a "Candeer 54W Red Light Therapy" LED lamp that has diodes emitting 660 and 850nm light. Only the longer wavelength LEDs pass through the filter to produce this image which is the combination of three exposures each separated by 2.5 stops and combined using Photomatix Pro software to result in the high dynamic range.
De-oxygenated haemoglobin has a spectral absorption band around 750nm which results in the veins (but not arteries) being seen as dark in this image. The image shows that this long wavelength light can penetrate deep into our bodies where it appears to perform a number of beneficial functions.
It has been estimated that around 60% of cells in non-obese human bodies are reached by this light where it appears to enhance the efficiency of metabolism by oxidative respiration and produce cellular energy for immediate use before diverting metabolised food to storage as fat.
[Note: bones are relatively transparent to 850nm light, resulting in this looking quite different to an X-ray image of the hand.]
Tussock in the vicinity of Mount Ngauruhoe.
Exclusion plot on Island Saddle in the South Island of New Zealand. The enclosure prevents herbivory by introduced mammals resulting in a higher recruitment of tussocks within the plot.
Tussock grasslands form expansive and distinctive landscapes in the South Island and to a lesser extent in the central plateau region of the North Island of New Zealand. Most of the plants referred to as tussocks are in the genera Carex, Chionochloa, Festuca, and Poa.
Many species have long roots that may reach 2 meters (6.6 ft) or more into the soil, which can aid slope stabilization, erosion control, and soil porosity for precipitation absorption. Also, their roots can reach moisture more deeply than other grasses and annual plants during seasonal or climatic droughts. The plants provide habitat and food for insects (including Lepidoptera), birds, small animals and larger herbivores, and support beneficial soil mycorrhiza. The leaves supply material, such as for basket weaving, for indigenous peoples and contemporary artists.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Beijing
July 2012
China
Urban life
Canon 550D
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Processed using calibrated near-infrared methane absorption band (CB2, MT2) filtered images of Saturn, Tethys, and Mimas taken by Cassini on July 16 2005.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill
Mors was a French pioneer car manufacturer from 1895 until its absorption by Citroën in 1925.
Cars 'n' Coffee Oldtimers Zuid-Kennemerland
Kopje van Bloemendaal, 3 augustus 2022.
The waning last quarter Moon rises in conjunction with the Pleiades star cluster, aka Messier 45. here just having risen out of a band of clouds at the bottom of the frame that was just above the northeast horizon. The Moon was only 2 or 3 degrees above the horizon when I shot this.
This was the evening of August 25, 2024. Earthshine is just visible on the "dark side of the Moon." And yes, the sky really was this colour, as this field was so low and it was lit by moonlight reddened by atmospheric absorption.
Taken from home in Alberta at latitude 51° N.
Technical:
This is a blend of 10 exposures taken in quick succession, from 15 seconds for the stars and base sky, to as short as 1/30-second for the lunar disk, blended with Lights1 luminosity masks created with Lumenzia extension panel in Photoshop. The exposure blending results in an image that better resembles what the eye could see in the scene with such a high dynamic range in brightness.
The Canon R5 was at ISO 1600 and on the Astro-Tech 90CFT refractor telescope at f/4.8 for a focal length of 430mm. It was on the Astro-Physics Mach1 mount tracking the sky at the sidereal rate. Thus the blurred clouds. Finishing-touch Orton-style glow and stellar diffraction spikes added with Nik Color EFX and AstronomyTools actions.
Amsterdam
June 2012
The Netherlands
Most likely not his actual name but he reminded me of the character Neil from the old British series "The Young Ones"..
Urban life in the Netherlands
Ricoh GRD IV
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Collembola, showing its eversible vesicle cleaning tubes, these multi-function extrudable 'appendages', are used for cleaning the body surface with hemolymph fluid, (which is like the invert equivalent to blood plasma), and the absorption of water and ion transport for osmoregulation, adhering to surfaces, and potentially for releasing pheromones and aiding in mating displays...
Wish I got better some shots of this little fella.
A solitary passenger sits cocooned behind the bus window, utterly absorbed in the glow of her hand-held screen while the December night presses against the glass. Outside, blurred colours, taxi lights, and rushing shadows sketch the familiar chaos of Princes Street in winter.
Shot on a wet and bitter evening, the warmth inside the Lothian bus feels almost cinematic, a small pocket of calm amid festive revellers and the restless dark just out of frame. The advert beside her reads “Leave The World Behind”, an unintended echo of her absorption and the quiet privacy she’s carved out on a crowded route.
A fleeting moment of contrast: cold rain and city noise outside, quiet concentration and gentle light within.
"CIT Cuts Thain’s Bonus, Citing Slow Absorption of Acquisition" by ANTONY CURRIE via NYT t.co/Aa3MaYsL92 (via Twitter twitter.com/felipemassone/status/712332935958032389)
SO MANY OCs! Also, this will be a really long post, so just sit tight and relax.
Left-Right:
Goop:
Real Name: Unknown
Powers/Abilities, Can shapeshift into any shape at will and power absorption.
Weaknesses: Weighs one pound and a small gust of wind can easily blow him away.
Equipment: Rainboots
Backstory: A cosmic rock hit Earth's surface causing a hunk of goop to explode out. The goop would soon get into a school and mutated into a child's art project making Goop. Goop would soon go into the Saviors' Headquarters by accident and gets recruited by showing his powers.
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Botanist:
Real Name: Jerry Cruz
Powers/Abilities: Plant Empowerment (gives strength and durability after getting some life force from plants.) and Plant Growth
Weaknesses: Has a soft side for animals.
Equipment: Uniform and fertilizer.
Backstory: Jerry's parents were botanists. They converted their garage and backyard to plant research facilities and Jerry was tired of unable to be in certain rooms, so he decided to start destroying the plants. However, he accidentally broke a shelf and an experimental plant fell and hit his head causing a concussion. A few years later, Jerry learned about his powers and joined the Saviors. Soon after the Saviors hired Goop, Jerry took care of Goop and even decided to adopt it.
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Firestarter:
Real Name: Robby Hildebrant
Powers/Abilities: Fire Generation, Temperature Manipulation, and is Fireproof
Weaknesses: Water can extinguish his fires, needs to drink water in order to stay hydrated in the heat, and is heavy due to his Flamethrower.
Equipment: Flamethrower, uniform, grapple hook, and foldable hatchet
Backstory: Robby had an average childhood and life. Nothing really happened until his family’s home started burning with flames. Robby was the only one home and he knew he had to do something to stop it. He tried all of the things expected to stop a fire, but it kept burning. It was only until he stepped in the fire that he learnt that he had superpowers. After turning 18, he set out to become the superhero he thought of as Firestarter.
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Blackhawk
Real Name: Frank Willis
Powers/Abilities: Smart Engineer with Superhuman Strength and Durability.
Weaknesses: Frank is an alcoholic.
Equipment: A specially designed pistol (Taser and grapple-hook), a lasso, and a variety of grenades.
Backstory: A former professional pilot and actor that needed to have some fun. Life was boring for him so Frank decided to start stopping small crimes. Apparently he got praise from it and decided to fight more. The people also agreed, so Frank started the Saviors group. After a few superheroes joined, Frank bought out a small area of an office building and converted it into a tourist attraction and the Saviors' Headquarters. Sadly, during the first phases of the Saviors Group, the superheroes that joined were killed during a mission causing Willis to become an alcoholic. He would have the same charm during a mission, but he ain't what he was after. A few years later, he reopened the Saviors group and he hired 6 heroes, Firestarter, Phaser, Streak, Titan, Botanist and Goop.
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Titan:
Real Name: Chandler Timberland
Powers/Abilities: Size Manipulation (Strength and Durability when he grows)
Weaknesses: Slower the bigger he gets, also, Chad has a tendency of not planning ahead.
Equipment: Uniform
Backstory: Chandler used to be a bully at school. He would get people to do his homework until one day, the bully victims decided to teach him a lesson. They made him a pill that would supposedly make him fat, instead it made Chandler grow in size. Realizing what happened, Chandler tried to say sorry, instead he crushed 5 people. He ran off into an alleyway and got help from a fellow student, Autumn Hendricks. Chandler soon joined the Saviors with his new girlfriend, Autumn Hendricks and they are known as Titan and Streak.
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Streak:
Real Name: Autumn Hendricks
Powers/Abilities: Super-Human Speed and Durability
Weaknesses: Motion Sickness while running at fast speeds
Equipment: Uniform
Backstory: Autumn who was born in a family with lots of health issues. She was the only lucky one with an issue that would be useful. She was born with superhuman speed. Autumn would grow up always knowing that she had powers and she is extremely skilled with them. During her high-school years, she met someone in an alleyway. His name was Chandler (Titan). She taught him how to use his powers for good. Chandler and Autumn soon joined the Saviors as Titan and Streak.
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Phaser:
Real Name: Clark Jenkins
Powers/Abilities: Can phase through any object
Weaknesses: Often works alone and has no super-human strength whatsoever.
Equipment: Uniform and Pepper-Spray
Backstory: Clark has been lifelong friends to another hero, Firestarter (Robby Hildebrante). When Clark was a little boy, his parents were desperate for money and needed to feed Clark. They got a job from a scientist and Clark’s parents were supposed to make a formula that would grant the powers of Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, Clark as a young child accidentally drank the formula. Clark had no idea that he had powers until a fight happened at school where Clark phased through a bully’s punch and threw him (Buckshot) through a window injuring his arm and messing up his face. Clark would soon be expelled from school and spend some time in jail. After being released, he realized he needed to use his powers for good. Clark would go back to his parents’ home and ask them to make a costume for him that was made of unstable molecules so he can stay in his costume and phase through objects at the same time (his parents lost the science job and got money from buying stocks.) Clark finally knowing his powers would go out into the world fighting small crimes as Phaser.
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