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Newberry Volcano is a large active shield-shaped stratovolcano located about 20 miles (32 km) south of Bend, Oregon, United States, 35 miles (56 km) east of the major crest of the Cascade Range, within the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Its highest point is Paulina Peak. The largest volcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, Newberry has an area of 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) when its lava flows are taken into account. From north to south, the volcano has a length of 75 miles (121 km), with a width of 27 miles (43 km) and a total volume of approximately 120 cubic miles (500 km3). It was named for the geologist and surgeon John Strong Newberry, who explored central Oregon for the Pacific Railroad Surveys in 1855. The surrounding area has been inhabited by Native American populations for more than 10,000 years.
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It is a bird in the honeyeater family, and endemic to Australia. It is grey, with a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, a distinctive yellow patch behind the eye and white tips on the tail feathers. It's a vocal species with a large range of songs, calls, scoldings and alarms, and almost constant vocalisations. They are gregarious and territorial; they forage, bathe, roost, breed and defend territory communally.
The noisy miner is a large honeyeater, 24–28 centimetres (9.4–11.0 in) in length, with a wingspan of 36–45 centimetres (14–18 in), and weighing 70–80 grams (2.5–2.8 oz). Male, female and juvenile birds all have similar plumage: grey on the back, tail and breast, and otherwise white underneath, with white scalloping on the nape and hind-neck, and on the breast; off-white forehead and lores; a black band over the crown, bright orange-yellow bill, and a distinctive patch of yellow skin behind the eye; a prominent white tip to the tail; a narrow olive-yellow panel in the folded wing; and orange-yellow legs and feet. A juvenile can be distinguished by softer plumage, a brownish tinge to the black on its head and the grey on its back, and a duller, greyish-yellow skin-patch behind the eye.
The noisy miner is a gregarious species, and the birds are rarely seen singly or in twos; they forage, move and roost in colonies that can consist of several hundred birds
The noisy miner does not use a stereotyped courtship display; displays can involve 'driving', where the male jumps or flies at the female from 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) away, and if she moves away he pursues her aggressively.
The noisy miner primarily eats nectar, fruit, and insects, and occasionally it feeds on small reptiles or amphibians.
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There were three of us watching this very active Snowy dive repeatedly in front of us in the snow powder. After several attempts this individual finally pulled one up close by. He showed us the vole briefly and after a few gulps it was gone!
Dante wrote the Comedy out of the one compulsion, that is, simply for truth’s sake – for truth’s sake you write theology because there is something that needs saying that calls for it, and you write poetry because that is the only way truthfully to say it.
-Dante the Theologian, Denys Turner
Italy's oldest active shopping Galleria, and full of very chic designer shops.
I didn't seem to have quite the right lens - this one wasn't quite wide enough and my wide one was too wide! Still, when in Rome ... oops, wrong Italian city ...
Scattered thunderstorms from northeast to northwest (10/05). Thunder was heard from storm at right. Bright backlit rain shafts contrast the darker Catalina Mountains at center. Faint anti-crepuscular rays can be glimpsed at left.
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The Southern Meat Ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus) is endemic to Australia. It was described by British entomologist Frederick Smith in 1858. It is among the best-known species of ant found throughout mainland Australia. Its enormous distribution, aggression and ecological importance have made this ant a dominant species. It is characterised by its dark-bluish body and red head. It is a medium to large species; workers and males are approximately the same sizes at 6–7 mm and 8 mm, respectively. The queens are the largest and appear mostly black, measuring 12.7 mm. The iridescence in workers ranges from green or blue to plain green and purple, varying in different body parts and castes. Meat ants inhabit open and warm areas in large, oval-shaped mounds that are accompanied by many entrance holes. The nest area is always cleared of vegetation and covered with materials including gravel, pebbles and dead vegetation. They are also polydomous, where a colony may be established in a series of satellite nests connected by well-defined paths and trails. Satellite nests are constructed away from the main nest and nearby areas with valuable food sources so workers can exploit them.
Queens mate with a single male and colonies may have more than one queen until the workers arrive, where they both exhibit antagonism. It takes around one or two months for an individual egg to develop into an adult. Colonies range in size, varying between 11,000 individuals to over 300,000. The meat ant is a diurnal species (active throughout most of the day), especially when it is warm. It forages on trees and collects sweet substances such as honeydew and nectar, and also captures insects or collects the remains of animals. A number of predators eat these ants, including the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), numerous species of birds, blind snakes and spiders. Meat ants establish territorial borders with neighbouring colonies and solve disputes through ritualised fighting.
Meat ants play an important role in both the environment and for humans. A single nest is capable of dispersing over 300,000 plant seeds; moreover, meat ants have formed symbiotic relationships with many insects. This ant may be used as a form of pest control to kill the cane toad, an invasive species. They can also help farmers to remove animal carcasses by consuming and reducing them to bones in a matter of weeks.
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The Star of India is the world's oldest active sailing ship, launched in 1863 as an iron-hulled merchant vessel. Currently berthed at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, she is a National Historic Landmark that still sails at least once a year. Originally named Euterpe, she survived 21 circumnavigations before becoming a museum ship.
Prompt: A full-view of the historic sailing ship Star of India, depicted in open choppy waters under full sail. The ship is rendered in ultra-realistic digital fine art, emphasizing physically accurate vessel details, including rigging, masts, sails, hull shape, and weathered industrial textures. The water is dynamic and foamy, reacting naturally to the ship’s movement, with waves and spray accentuating the cinematic scale and presence of the vessel. The scene is isolated at sea, with no shoreline or no people on deck, framed in a wide-full camera view, horizontal aspect ratio, showcasing a dramatic maritime environment under clear daylight. Painterly digital textures highlight subtle light reflections on sails and hull, soft atmospheric haze, and natural oceanic colors for a museum-quality maritime digital painting.
This digital fine art was created using OpenAI and Photoshop
Burrowing Owl
The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open dry area with low vegetation. They nest and roost in burrows, such as those excavated by prairie dogs. Unlike most owls, burrowing owls are often active during the day, although they tend to avoid the midday heat. Like many other kinds of owls, though, burrowing owls do most of their hunting from dusk until dawn, when they can use their night vision and hearing to their advantage. Living in open grasslands as opposed to forests, the burrowing owl has developed longer legs that enable it to sprint, as well as fly, when hunting.
Burrowing owls have bright eyes; their beaks can be dark yellow or gray depending on the subspecies. They lack ear tufts and have a flattened facial disc. The owls have prominent white eyebrows and a white "chin" patch which they expand and display during certain behaviors, such as a bobbing of the head when agitated.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrowing_owl
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Burrowing_Owl/overview
Back in somewhat active service. This is the first piece I've posted after a 1-year, photo manipulation hiatus from Flickr. During that time I remained on as an admin of a few groups as well as my own ( VisionAria ). It was great being out of the limelight for a while and acting behind the scenes.
This past year has been eventful, difficult, challenging and often discouraging, and far too often, not pleasantly surprising. We've all had to re-think a lot of how we think and what we think - and it seems there's no end of that in sight. So we take a deep breath and decide to carry on.
For a year I've wanted to take a number of my old crowd shots, particularly from New York, one of the most "people" cities on the planet, and do a series dedicated to PEOPLE and the sweet memory of what it was like to be the social animals that we are. This series is a personal acknowledgement of that. It is wistful too, remembering what it was like, here in this image, to be with hundreds of others on a late summer afternoon on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Ave in New York. Would we ever have even dreamed then that this taken-for-granted joy might one day disappear?
Being with crowds of people, even if we don't know a soul there, is very much a treasure to the human psyche. We never speak of it or even consciously admit it, but now that it's been taken away from us like it never has before, we palpably feel the loss of such scenes.
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Image created and posted March 19, 2021
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Music Link: "Anthem Part 3", from the "Powaqqatsi" film soundtrack. Music by Philip Glass. The second of Godfrey Reggio's groundbreaking "Qatsi" film trilogy, which, through no-narrative imagery celebrates the often tragic but defiantly noble human spirit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhV_FW9HU4c
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There can be no discrepancy between an active life and frequent prayer. Medieval theology had already observed that ex abundantia contemplationis activus [action arises from an abundance of contemplation]. We could expand the statement: those who work seriously pray all the better, and those who pray with pure hearts drag God into action. Anyone who does not believe that should consider the lives of the great saints: for example, Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582). She was a master of internal prayer, and she founded no fewer than fifteen monasteries for women (often in the face of tremendous external resistance).
-Prayer takes us home : the theology and practice of Christian prayer / Gerhard Lohfink ; translated by Linda M. Maloney.
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Musk Lorikeet
Glossopsitta concinna
Bird Overview: The Musk Lorikeet specialises in feeding on the nectar which is produced by flowering eucalypts, and sometimes also from the flowers of banksias and grevilleas. They collect nectar with their brush-shaped tongues. Musk Lorikeets are usually seen feeding in large noisy flocks in the canopy of eucalypts, often associating with other nectar-feeding birds, especially Rainbow Lorikeets and honeyeaters. The movements of Musk Lorikeets are often correlated with the flowering of trees, with birds appearing when the trees are in bloom, and leaving after the flowering has finished.
Identification: The Musk Lorikeet is a medium-sized, sturdy lorikeet, sometimes seen in large flocks when trees are flowering and often in mixed flocks with other parrots and other birds. They are active and noisy. This lorikeet is mostly green, with a yellow patch at the side of the breast. It has a bright red forehead and band through the eye to the ear coverts. The crown is blue, with females having less blue than males. In flight, brown flight feathers and the golden tail are revealed. Flight is fast and direct, with short angular wings and a medium-length, pointed to wedge-shaped tail.
Songs and Calls: The usual contact call is a shrill metallic screech, higher than the Rainbow Lorikeet, in flight and when perched. They constantly chatter when feeding.
Habitat: Musk Lorikeets are found in tall, open, dry forest and woodlands, dominated by eucalypts and are usually found in the canopy. They are also seen in suburban areas, parks and street trees. They roost or loaf in tall trees away from their feeding sites.
Behaviour: Musk Lorikeets are gregarious, often mixing with other parrots when feeding, including Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, Little Lorikeets and Swift Parrots.
Feeding: Musk Lorikeets feed in all levels of the canopy and are very active when foraging. They eat mainly pollen and nectar from eucalypts using their specialised brush-tipped tongues, but also eat seeds, fruits and insects and their larvae.
Breeding: Musk Lorikeets breed in hollow branches and holes in living eucalypts, often near watercourses. The entrance holes are usually very small, so they have to squeeze in. Eggs are laid on a base of chewed or decayed wood. The female incubate the eggs and both parents roost in the hollow at night.
(Source: birdlife.org.au/bird-profiles/musk-lorikeet/?srsltid=AfmB...)
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A picture of the Landschaftspark in Duisburg during the "Extraschicht" where industrial sights are opened all night long.
This shot is of a small stream. The leaves on the left side are several inches under water, the leaves on the right are floating on top of the water, the water itself is reflecting the bare trees that once nurtured these leaves.
Those annoying lens flares got in the picture, but I was really excited for the result. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did making it.
A power shortage on the Norfolk Southern rails has led to a few rebuilt but yet to be painted AC44C6Ms to be released into active duty still sporting their primer cabs.
An example of such is seen here as engine No. 4047 motors over the mighty Shermans Creek at CP Cannon on the NS Pittsburgh Line on the head end of train 6T4.
It is rutting season and the bucks are getting active sparring for dominance. These two young bucks went at it for awhile this morning.
At the Jaggar Museum in Volcanoes National Park you can view the main active crater on the Big Island of Hawaii. At night the glow of the magma bubbling up becomes apparent. During the day you get beautiful rainbows over the barren landscape.
Mount Hekla, is a 4,892ft (1,491m) stratovolcano located in South Iceland. Following a very large eruption in the year 1104, Mount Hekla became known as the Gateway to Hell.
Giant lava bombs weighing nearly 12 tons have been found in the surrounding region. Hekla has erupted more than 20 times over the past 1,000 years.
In recent years, the volcano has erupted at a frequency of approximately once every decade. The latest eruptions occurred in 1970, 1980–1981, 1991, and 2000.
Thus, 17 years have passed since the volcano last erupted. Hekla is aseismic which means activity is only visible 30min to 1.5 hours before the eruption.