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Just like a bodybuilder, Buzzwole is often seen striking poses that show off its massive, abnormally swollen muscles. The creature’s body covered in red blood-like filled sacs with veins that are said to be as hard as steel. Buzzwole’s crushing power and unbridled rage give way to fearsome physical damage, and worst of all, a stabbing attack from its silver proboscis which can drain and steal opponents’ energy! This giant extra-dimensional anthropomorphic mosquito packs quite a pulverizing punch!
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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 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.
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.
Tri-X 400 Pan, Kodak Retina lllc.
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
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.
The Hague
May 2012
The Netherlands
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Urban life in the Netherlands
Ricoh GRD IV
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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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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.
The rising Full Moon of April 23, 2024, with the April Full Moon called popularly the "Pink" Moon or the Frog Croaking Moon.
Here it is rising over the yet-to-be-planted bare field near home in southern Alberta. Some thin clouds do add the pink tones, but the Moon is yellow from atmospheric absorption, as it usually looks when rising or setting. This was the Full Moon following the April 8 New Moon and total solar eclipse.
This is a single 0.5-second exposure at f/8 with the RF100-400mm lens at 400mm, untracked, on the Canon R5 at ISO 100. Noise reduction and sharpening with ON1 NoNoise AI. A mild Classical Soft Focus effect added with Nik Collection Color EFX. Taken from home on a night that did not look promising for seeing the rising Moon due to clouds.
an old man and his pride, a vintage Montesa enduro. Coincidentally, Montesa was a Spanish brand. They made two-stroke trial bikes and enduros from the mid 40's until their absorption by Honda in the 90's.
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.
The Urgency of Change in a World of Climate Change - Integrated Diagnostics and Solutions by Daniel Arrhakis (2026)
The Urgency of Change in a World of Climate Change
Integrated Diagnostics and Solutions
The urgency of change regarding climate change is not merely a technological or economic race, but a profound civilizational crisis that demands reconciliation between science, philosophy, and spirituality. The contemporary disconnection between humankind and the biosphere reflects a fracture of values that the recovery of an animistic vision—which recognizes nature as a living and sacred subject, and not as a mere resource—attempts to heal through a new eco-spirituality.
1. The Scientific Vision: Boundaries and Rupture
Science quantifies the habitability of the Earth through rigorous biophysical models.
Planetary Boundaries: A system of nine boundaries that guarantee the planet's stability (Earth System Resilience).
Boundaries exceeded: We have breached six of the nine boundaries, including climate change and the integrity of the biosphere.
Points of No Return: Global warming threatens to activate irreversible triggers, such as the melting of permafrost.
Concrete Emergency: Extreme events (droughts, floods) are no longer future projections; they occur in the present with record frequency.
Humanitarian Impact: Global entities warn that extreme droughts and scarcity directly threaten public health and global food security.
Planetary Boundaries are nine fundamental processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth. Defined by scientists at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, they represent the "safe operating space for humanity":
Climate Change: Concentration of greenhouse gases and increase in global temperature.
Biosphere Integrity: Loss of biodiversity (species extinction) and ecosystem collapse.
Land Use Change: Modification of land use, such as deforestation. Conversion of forests and natural areas to agriculture or urbanization.
Biogeochemical Cycles (Nitrogen and Phosphorus): Alterations in the flows of these elements, largely due to the use of fertilizers.
Freshwater Use: Excessive extraction and consumption of potable and groundwater.
Ocean Acidification: Absorption of carbon dioxide that alters the chemistry and harms marine life.
Introduction of New Entities: Pollution by artificial chemicals, radioactive materials, and microplastics.
Atmospheric Aerosol Load: Emission of microscopic particles that affect the climate (including monsoon formation) and health.
Ozone Layer Depletion: Degradation of stratospheric ozone that protects the Earth from harmful UV rays.
The nine planetary boundaries define the safe operating space for humanity. Exceeding these limits dramatically increases the risk of generating abrupt and irreversible environmental changes on a global scale. Scientific studies indicate that humanity has already exceeded the safe zone in about six to seven of these boundaries.
2. The Philosophical Vision: Ethics and the Anthropocene
Philosophy questions our relationship of dominance over the natural world and proposes new models of thought:
End of Anthropocentrism: Critique of the idea that nature exists only to serve human consumption.
Intergenerational Justice: Ethical debate on the moral duty to protect the planet for future generations.
The Anthropocene: New geological era where humanity has become the dominant force of planetary destruction.
Philosophy of Crisis: The climate urgency demands redefining the concept of "progress" and focusing on sustainability.
3. The Spiritual Vision: Interconnection and Deep Ecology
Spirituality addresses the crisis as a reflection of an inner and sacred disconnection with the Earth, pointing to the following necessity:
Overcoming Descartes: It is urgent to abandon the Cartesian paradigm that places man outside and above nature, treating the living world as a "machine" to be dominated.
Deep Ecology / Biocentric Ethics: Transition from economic utilitarianism to an ethic that recognizes the intrinsic value of all forms of life.
Interdependence: The view that the Earth is a living organism (Gaia Hypothesis) and that everything is interconnected.
Climate Justice: A moral philosophy that connects human suffering to ecological destruction. The most vulnerable pay the highest price for industrial greed.
Religious Climate Justice: Global faith movements advocate for the care of creation as a supreme spiritual duty.
Inner Healing: The external ecological crisis reflects a spiritual crisis of greed, apathy, indifference, and existential emptiness.
4 - The Spiritual Animistic Vision: Healing through Eco-spirituality
For Rovingian Animism, the profound desecration of the Earth and existential emptiness are among the main factors in the origin of the current crisis. Toxic anthropocentrism, the commodification of all life, dehumanization, the growing isolationist logarithmization of society, and the artificialization of nature are other factors that have accentuated the civilizational crisis of our times.
Eco-spirituality proposes a metamorphosis in the way we feel and revere existence:
The Re-enchantment of the World: Animism restores "soul" and agency to rivers, forests, and ecosystems. The Earth ceases to be an object of consumption and returns to being the Sacred Mother.
Crisis of Values: Contemporary theologians point out that compartmentalizing the sacred and the natural generates an artificial separation, ignoring that the "cry of the earth" and the "cry of the poor" are the same wound. Transmutation of the Ego into the Eco: The spirituality of the future demands a profound ecological conversion, where the sacredness of the biosphere guides daily and political decisions.
Inversion of Isolationist Logarithmization: The algorithmic dependence and hyper-digitalization of contemporary society have fragmented community ties, generating profound social and environmental alienation. An urgent return to a relational reality is necessary.
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A Urgência Da Mudança Num Mundo De Alterações
Climáticas - Diagnósticos e Soluções Integradas
A urgência da mudança face às alterações climáticas não é apenas uma corrida tecnológica ou económica, mas uma profunda crise civilizacional que exige a reconciliação entre a ciência, a filosofia e a espiritualidade. A desconexão contemporânea entre o ser humano e a biosfera reflete uma fratura de valores que o resgate de uma visão animista — que reconhece a natureza como um sujeito vivo e sagrado, e não como mero recurso — tenta curar através de uma nova ecoespiritualidade.
1. A Visão Científica: Fronteiras e Rutura
A ciência quantifica a habitabilidade da Terra através de modelos biofísicos rigorosos.
Limites Planetários: Sistema de nove fronteiras que garantem a estabilidade do planeta (Resiliência do Sistema Terra).
Fronteiras Ultrapassadas: Rompemos seis dos nove limites, incluindo as alterações climáticas e a integridade da biosfera.
Pontos de Não Retorno: O aquecimento global ameaça ativar gatilhos irreversíveis, como o degelo do permafrost.
Emergência Concreta: Eventos extremos (secas, cheias) já não são projeções futuras; ocorrem no presente com frequência recorde.
Impacto Humanitário: Entidades mundiais alertam que as secas extremas e a escassez ameaçam diretamente a saúde pública e a segurança alimentar global.
Os Limites Planetários são nove processos fundamentais que regulam a estabilidade e a resiliência da Terra. Definidos por cientistas do Stockholm Resilience Centre, eles representam o "espaço de operação seguro para a humanidade" :
Mudanças Climáticas: Concentração de gases de efeito estufa e aumento da temperatura global.
Integridade da Biosfera: Perda de biodiversidade (extinção de espécies) e colapso de ecossistemas.
Mudanças no Uso do Solo: Modificação do uso do solo, como a desflorestação. Conversão de florestas e áreas naturais para agricultura ou urbanização.
Ciclos Biogeoquímicos (Nitrogênio e Fósforo): Alterações nos fluxos desses elementos, muito devido ao uso de fertilizantes.
Uso de Água Doce: Captação e consumo excessivo de água potável e subterrânea.
Acidificação dos Oceanos: Absorção de dióxido de carbono que altera a química e prejudica a vida marinha.
Introdução de Novas Entidades: Poluição por substâncias químicas artificiais, materiais radioativos e microplásticos.
Carga de Aerossóis Atmosféricos: Emissão de partículas microscópicas que afetam o clima (incluindo a formação de monções) e a saúde.
Destruição da Camada de Ozônio: Degradação do ozônio estratosférico que protege a Terra de raios UV nocivos
As nove fronteiras planetárias definem o espaço operacional seguro para a humanidade. Ultrapassar estes limites aumenta drasticamente o risco de gerar mudanças ambientais abruptas e irreversíveis à escala global. Estudos científicos apontam que a humanidade já ultrapassou a zona de segurança em cerca de seis a sete desses limites.
2. A Visão Filosófica: Ética e Antropoceno
A filosofia questiona a nossa relação de domínio sobre o mundo natural e propõe novos modelos de pensamento:
Fim do Antropocentrismo: Crítica à ideia de que a natureza existe apenas para servir o consumo humano.
Justiça Intergeracional: Debate ético sobre o dever moral de proteger o planeta para as próximas gerações.
O Antropoceno: Nova época geológica onde a humanidade se tornou a força dominante de destruição planetária.
Filosofia da Crise: A urgência climática exige redefinir o conceito de "progresso" e focar na sustentabilidade.
3. A Visão Espiritual: Interconexão e Ecologia Profunda
A espiritualidade aborda a crise como um reflexo de uma desconexão interior e sagrada com a Terra, apontando como necessidade:
Superação de Descartes: É urgente abandonar o paradigma cartesiano que coloca o homem fora e acima da natureza, tratando o mundo vivo como uma "máquina" a ser dominada.
Ecologia Profunda /Ética Biocêntrica: Transição do utilitarismo económico para uma ética que reconhece o valor intrínseco de todas as formas de vida.
Interdependência: Visão de que a Terra é um organismo vivo (Hipótese Gaia) e que tudo está interligado.
Justiça Climática: Filosofia moral que conecta o sofrimento humano à destruição ecológica. Os mais vulneráveis pagam o preço mais alto pela ganância industrial.
Justiça Climática Religiosa: Movimentos de fé globais defendem o cuidado com a criação como um dever espiritual supremo.
Cura Interior: A crise ecológica exterior reflete uma crise espiritual de ganância, apatia. Indiferença e vazio existencial.
4 - A Visão Espiritual Animista: A Cura pela Ecoespiritualidade
Para o Animismo Rovingiano a profunda dessacralização da Terra e o vazio existencial são uns dos principais fatores na origem da crise atual. O Antropocentrismo tóxico, a mercantilização da toda a vida, a desumanização, a crescente logaritmização isolacionista da sociedade e a artificialização da natureza são outros dos fatores que acentuaram a crise civilizacional dos nossos tempos.
A ecoespiritualidade propõe uma metamorfose na forma como sentimos e reverenciamos a existência:
O Reencantamento do Mundo: O animismo devolve "alma" e agência aos rios, florestas e ecossistemas. A Terra deixa de ser um objeto de consumo e volta a ser a Mãe Sagrada.
Crise de Valores: Teólogos contemporâneos apontam que compartimentalizar o sagrado e o natural gera uma separação artificial, ignorando que o "clamor da terra" e o "clamor dos pobres" são a mesma ferida.
Transmutação do Ego para o Eco: A espiritualidade do futuro exige uma conversão ecológica profunda, onde a sacralidade da biosfera guia as decisões quotidianas e políticas.
Inversão da Logaritmização Isolacionista: A dependência algorítmica e a hiper-digitalização da sociedade contemporânea fragmentaram os laços comunitários, gerando uma profunda alienação social e ambiental. É necessário um retorno urgente a uma realidade relacional.
Scheveningen/The Hague
June 2012
The Netherlands
Beachlife in the Netherlands
Ricoh GRD IV
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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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The Hague
June 2012
The Netherlands
Leaving for Beijing tomorrow! Almost finished packing, will be taking my GRD and a Canon 550D!
Have a great summer y'all!
Urban life in the Netherlands
Ricoh GRD IV
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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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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
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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)
Sprinter Leiden CS -> The Hague CS
February 2013
Candid shots in and around Public Transport
Ricoh GR Digital IV
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The low Full Moon of July 20, 2024, seen here through forest fire smoke dimming and reddening the Moon. This was from a location along Highway 564 in soutthern Alberta. The Moon was at a particularly low and southerly declination this year and month, being near a major lunar standstill. This was also the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing!
This is a blend of 6 exposures from long (for the sky) to short (for the lunar disk), blended with luminosity masks, not HDR. With the RF70-200mm lens at 171mm and f/4 on the Canon R5 at ISO 400.
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.
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.
"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)
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 taken by Cassini on April 26 2017. A thermal VIMS observation centered on 5 microns (thermal infrared) is overlayed in red.
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Beijing, July 2012
China
Woodstorage
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Schiphol
March 2012
The Netherlands
Candid shots in and around the Public Transport in The Netherlands
Ricoh GRD IV
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This is NGC 2170, also known as The Angel Nebula, located in the constellation Monoceros. Part of its beauty lies in the fact that it is a region bearing many different types of nebulae, including blue reflection nebulae, black absorption nebulae and a red emission region.
NGC 2170 is the orange cloud towards the centre, which is illuminated by the reflected light of nearby stars. Three beautiful blue reflection nebulae accompany NGC 2170, along with red emission nebulae, and several dark structures which are dark absorption nebulae.
Sanlitun, Beijing
July 2012
China
Urban life
Ricoh GRD IV
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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.
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SO MANY OCs! Also, this will be a really long post, so just sit tight and relax.
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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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Taipei, Peace Park
Taiwan
2013
Urban Life in Taiwan
Nikon D7100 + 35mm 1.8
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