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Australia has approximately 11,500 km2 of mangroves, primarily on the northern and eastern coasts of the continent. Areas where mangroves occur include the intertidal zone of tropical, subtropical and protected temperate coastal rivers, estuaries, bays and marine shorelines. Less than 1% of Australia's total forest area is mangrove forest. Although mangroves are typically found in tropical and subtropical tidal areas,there are occurrences as far south as Millers Landing in Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Barker Inlet in Adelaide, South Australia and Leschenault Inlet (Koombana Park), near Bunbury, Western Australia. Nearly half of Australia's mangrove forests are found in Queensland (44% of Australia's total), followed by the Northern Territory (37%) and Western Australia (17%). In Western Australia, populations of mangroves are scattered down the coast; the population of the Abrolhos Islands is 300 kilometres south of the nearest population of Shark Bay, and the population at Bunbury is even further south than this (500 km). The Bunbury colonisation may have occurred relatively recently, perhaps only several thousand years ago, with propagules transferred by the Leeuwin Current. The most inland occurrence of mangroves in Australia is a stand of grey mangroves in the Mandora Marsh, some 60 km from the coast. Mangroves protect coastal areas from erosion, storm surge, and tsunamis. The massive root systems of mangroves are efficient at dissipating wave energy. Mangroves retard the tidal movement of water, allowing sediment to be deposited as the tide comes in, and leaving all except fine particles when the tide ebbs. Mangroves therefore build their own environment. The commercial and recreational fishing industries are prime beneficiaries of mangrove forests, which provide breeding and feeding grounds for fish and prawns. About 75% of the fish and prawns caught for commercial and recreational purposes in Queensland spend at least part of their lifecycles in mangroves. In some coastal communities, boardwalks and bird-viewing areas in mangrove forests provide attractions for the eco-tourism industry, for example, at Boondall Wetlands. 23321
Approximately 50km east of Vancouver is the Stave River in Mission. Although it is only several kilometres long, this river offers year-round fishing opportunities for Lower Mainland anglers. The BC Hydro Dam maintains the water height at a fishable level even on rainy Autumn days. While the salmon season can be quite crowded on weekends, solitude can be found during the winter and spring flyfishing seasons when coastal cutthroat trout are abundant.
Located approximately 9 miles west of the Niagara River and adjacent to the beautiful old town of Port Dalhousie in St. Catharines, Ontario, Port Dalhousie Pier Marina is considered one of the premier and most popular marinas on the south shore of Lake Ontario and is always filled with boats from ports all over the great lakes. 213
Kakabika Falls, located approximately 12 miles northeast of Marenisco Mi., on the Bessemer Ranger District. This falls is actually a series of "S" turns as the river drops in elevation. The trail is not a long trail and not too difficult. There is some good berry picking near here as well as great fishing.
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The Snostskali River meanders through the Sno Valley, adding a dynamic element to the picture. In autumn, the river is filled with meltwater from the mountains, creating a powerful and lively scene. Along the banks, low shrubs and trees are dressed in warm autumn colours. The valley is a combination of gentle hills and steep slopes, typical of this region of the Caucasus. Here and there, agricultural terraces are visible, which are evidence of centuries of habitation and careful use of the landscape. Sno is a picturesque mountain village near Stepantsminda, a popular base for trekking and mountaineering in the Kazbegi region of northern Georgia. Hiking trails to the Chaukhi Pass attract adventurers. This pass leads to Juta, another mountain village that serves as a starting point for treks to the impressive Chaukhi peaks. The North Chaukhi Mountain towers over the landscape with its height of approximately 3,842 meters. The region is known for its rugged, untouched nature and breathtaking views of the Caucasus. The snow-capped peaks of the North Chaukhi Mountain form a beautiful contrast with the warm tones of the valley. Sno and its surroundings are distinguished by dramatic landscapes, medieval fortresses and the proximity of the imposing Kazbek Mountain. The area is a popular destination for hikers and nature lovers looking for adventure and peace in nature.
The North Chaukhi Mountain stands at approximately 3,842 meters. This impressive peak is part of the Chaukhi Range in the Greater Caucasus, located in Georgia's Kazbegi district. Hikes around the Chaukhi Pass, situated at an elevation of about 3,338 meters, are popular among adventurers exploring the region. The mountain serves as a stunning backdrop to the valleys surrounding Sno and Juta. In the foreground, the Snostskali River winds through the valley, contributing to the area's breathtaking natural landscape.
De Snostskali-rivier kronkelt door de vallei van Sno en voegt een dynamisch element toe aan de foto. In de herfst is de rivier gevuld met smeltwater uit de bergen, wat zorgt voor een krachtig en levendig tafereel. Langs de oevers staan lage struiken en bomen gehuld in warme herfstkleuren. De vallei is een samenspel van zachte heuvels en steile hellingen, kenmerkend voor deze regio van de Kaukasus. Hier en daar zijn landbouwterrassen zichtbaar, wat wijst op eeuwenlange bewoning en zorgvuldig gebruik van het landschap. Sno is een pittoresk bergdorp vlakbij Stepantsminda, een geliefde uitvalsbasis voor trektochten en bergbeklimmingen in de Kazbegi-regio, in het noorden van Georgië. Wandelroutes naar de Chaukhi-pas trekken avonturiers aan. Deze pas leidt naar Juta, een ander bergdorp dat fungeert als startpunt voor tochten naar de indrukwekkende Chaukhi-pieken. De North Chaukhi Mountain torent met zijn hoogte van ongeveer 3.842 meter boven het landschap uit. De regio staat bekend om haar ruige, ongerepte natuur en adembenemende uitzichten op de Kaukasus. De besneeuwde toppen van de North Chaukhi Mountain vormen een prachtig contrast met de warme tinten van de vallei. Sno en haar omgeving onderscheiden zich door dramatische landschappen, middeleeuwse forten en de nabijheid van de imposante Kazbek-berg. Het gebied is een geliefde bestemming voor wandelaars en natuurliefhebbers die op zoek zijn naar avontuur en rust in de natuur.
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
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Aperture : f/9.0
Exposure : 1/30 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.29m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
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An approximately ⅜” (9.5mm)-wide section of a frame of SMPTE 35-PA (RP-40) 35mm projector alignment film. (Click here to view a full frame of the film.) The checkerboard pattern serves as a focusing aid, and also helps to reveal steadiness and shutter timing issues.
I couldn't help but throw in a little pareidolia, courtesy of the two resolution charts, the centerpoint marker, and the black box used as an aid in detecting travel ghost (streaking that occurs when the shutter is improperly timed with the intermittent movement or damaged, or as a result of mechanical wear).
For approximately 3 weeks each year, our town is covered in purple.
The first Jacaranda planted in Australia was most likely in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1864. Walter Hill, Director of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, would have obtained the exotic seeds from a visiting ship that had stopped off in South America. By 1875 about 50 000 seeds and cuttings had been distributed in Queensland. Many of the jacarandas now growing in Brisbane suburbs are the progeny of this first tree which is famously depicted in Godfrey Rivers 1903 painting, Under the Jacaranda.
Approximately 15 feet from the stage this man was watching and I think taping the show through his phone - thought it would make an interesting photo to see the show as he wanted to.
The renovation of the Binnenhof is a complex task. The Binnenhof contains approximately 4,000 rooms, rooms, halls, corridors, attics and cellars. Almost all of them have a monumental status and are all different. The Binnenhof has a total floor area of almost 90,000 m2. The renovation project has several phases; from design to implementation.
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The origin of the Binnenhof goes back to the construction of a castle by the counts of Holland, who had resided there since the thirteenth century. The Binnenhof is the oldest parliament complex in Europe that still serves as such.
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binnenhof_(Den_Haag)
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.1m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
ISO Speed 500
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/8 secs
Exposure Bias : -5/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 11.6m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 400
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/320 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Taille approximative : 160 cm - Poids : 9kg à 13kg
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For "Looking close...on Friday!"s #painting/drawing theme
An amplified extract from a small witch print that i fell in love with but that has been hiding behind my sofa since I bought it. A good time to get her out so she can spread some magic...
(Her broomstick is approximately 3 inches long.)
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Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/200 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate perspective of the picture ‘La Gare Saint-Lazare’ painted by Claude Monet in 1877, which is now exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay. Saint-Lazare railway station (8e)
Paris, France 11.03.2018
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Struktur ohne Farben: La Gare Saint-Lazare (2018)
Ungefähre Perspektive des von Claude Monet 1877 gemalten Bildes 'La Gare Saint-Lazare', das heute im Musée d'Orsay ausgestellt ist. Bahnhof Saint-Lazare (8e)
Paris, Frankreich 11.03.2018
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Approximate Focus Distance : 13.7m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/25 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximately 278 Lagonda LG45s were produced between 1936 and 1937 and, after 85 years, the model remains a much sought after classic car. Seen at the top of the speed hill climb at Prescott is 1937 Lagonda 4.5 litre LG45, DYO 331.
The Al-Madakhil Mountains, which is approximately after Hijr on Bareed, where the road crosses the Al-Madakhil Mountains, which is a wide area of sedimentary mountains, with an area of about 90 square kilometres, and it appears as if it were a single rock that cracked over the ages until it became blocks and high rocky mountains, formed in shapes A wonderful sight, and among them are sand dunes (Taus) with which it is difficult to walk except with difficulty. These mountains are called entrances, and perhaps their name came because they have dozens of similar entrances, and they are a marvel of wonders. Whoever walks between these high mountains finds himself in front of a natural museum of sculpture, so the eyes can wander among these wonderful formations, and the imagination can imagine what it wants of images hidden in those canyons, caves, sharp edges and natural causes that form an endless maze of zigzags, twists and turns that may be lost within them. He is ignorant of its entrances and exits, and only its people are good at it. Whoever visits it for the first time will be surprised by this strange and similar formation
جبال المداخيل وهي بعد الحِجر على بريد تقريباً حيث تجتاز الطريق جبال المداخيل، وهي عبارة عن مساحة واسعة من الجبال الرسوبية ، تبلغ مساحتها قرابة 90 كيلاً مربعاً، وتظهر كما لو كانت صخرة واحدة تصدعت على مرّ العصور حتى أصبحت كتلاً وجبالاً صخرية شاهقة، متشكلة على أشكال عجيبة رائعة المنظر، وفيما بينها كثبان رملية (طعوس) يصعب السير معها إلا بشق الأنفس. وتسمى هذه الجبال المداخل،ولعلّ تسميتها جاءت بأن لها عشرات المداخل المتشابهة، وهي عجيبة من العجائب، و جبال المداخيل ملتصقة ببعضها تقريباً من الأعلى تخترقها العديد من الطرق والمسارات المتفاوتة بين المتسع نوعاً ما و الضيق جداً وأرضيتها مفروشة بالرمل وبجانبك أشجار الاثبة والمرخ وشجر الرتم، والذي يسير بين تلك الجبال الشاهقة يجد نفسه أمام متحف طبيعي للنحت، فللعينين أن تسرح بين تلك التشكيلات الرائعة وللخيال أن يتصور ما يشاء من الصور المخبأة في تلك الأخاديد والكهوف والحواف الحادة والأسباب الطبيعية التي تشكل متاهة لا متناهية من التعرجات والالتواءات والالتفاتات التي قد يضيع داخلها من يجهل مداخلها ومخارجها، ولا يكاد يجيد ذلك إلا أهلها. ومن زارها لأول مرّة يندهش من هذا التكوين العجيب المتشابه
Pentre Ifan in Pembrokeshire is the largest and best preserved neolithic dolmen in Wales. Dating from approximately 3,500 B.C. it has traditionally been identified as a communal burial place. As it now stands, Pentre Ifan is a collection of 7 principal stones, the huge capstone resting on the tips of just three other stones.
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Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
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The Timna Valley is located in southern Israel in the southwestern Arabah, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the Gulf of Aqaba and the town of Eilat. The area is rich in copper ore and has been mined since the 5th millennium BCE. There is controversy whether the mines were active during the Kingdom of Israel and the biblical King Solomon.[1]
A large section of the valley, containing ancient remnants of copper mining and ancient worship, is encompassed in a recreation park.
In July 2011, the Israeli government approved the construction of an international airport, the Timna Airport, in the Timna valley.
Copper mining[edit]
Copper has been mined in the area since the 5th or 6th millennium BCE.[3] Archaeological excavation indicates that the copper mines in Timna Valley were probably part of the Kingdom of Edom and worked by the Edomites, described as biblical foes of the Israelites,[4] during the 10th century BCE, the period of the legendary King Solomon.[5] Mining continued by the Israelites and Nabateans through to the Roman period and the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, and then by the Ummayads from the Arabian Peninsula after the Arab conquest (in the 7th century CE) until the copper ore became scarce.[6]
The copper was used for ornaments, but more importantly for stone cutting, as saws, in conjunction with sand.[7]
The recent excavations dating copper mining to the 10th century BCE also discovered what may be the earliest camel bones with signs of domestication found in Israel or even outside the Arabian peninsula, dating to around 930 BCE. This is seen as evidence by the excavators that the stories of Abraham, Joseph, Jacob and Esau were written or rewritten after this time seeing that the Biblical books frequently reference traveling with caravans of domesticated camels.[8]
Modern history
Scientific attention and public interest was aroused in the 1930s, when Nelson Glueck attributed the copper mining at Timna to King Solomon (10th century BCE) and named the site "King Solomon's Mines". These were considered by most archaeologists to be earlier than the Solomonic period until an archaeological excavation led by Erez Ben-Yosef of Tel Aviv University's found evidence indicating that this area was being mined by Edomites, a group who the Bible says were frequently at war with Israel.[10][11]
In 1959, Professor Beno Rothenberg, director of the Institute for Archeo-Metallurgical Studies at University College, London, led the Arabah Expedition, sponsored by the Eretz Israel Museum, and the Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology. The expedition included a deep excavation of Timna Valley, and by 1990 he discovered 10,000 copper mines and smelting camps with furnaces, rock drawings, geological features, shrines, temples, an Egyptian mining sanctuary, jewelry, and other artifacts never before found anywhere in the world.[12] His excavation and restoration of the area allowed for the reconstruction of Timna Valley’s long and complex history of copper production, from the Late Neolithic period to the Middle Ages.[13]
The modern state of Israel also began mining copper on the eastern edge of the valley in 1955, but ceased in 1976. The mine was reopened in 1980. The mine was named Timnah after a Biblical chief.
Geological features
Timna Valley is notable for its uncommon stone formations and sand. Although predominantly red, the sand can be yellow, orange, grey, dark brown, or black. Light green or blue sand occurs near the copper mines. Water and wind erosion have created several unusual formations that are only found in similar climates.
Solomon's Pillars
The most striking and well-known formation in Timna Valley are Solomon's Pillars. The pillars are natural structures that were formed by centuries of water erosion through fractures in the sandstone cliff until it became a series of distinct, pillar-shaped structures.[6]
American archaeologist Nelson Glueck caused a surge of attention for the pillars in the 1930s. He claimed that the pillars were related to King Solomon and gave them the name "Solomon's Pillars".[citation needed] Although his hypothesis lacked support and has not been accepted, the name stuck, and the claim gave the valley the attention that helped bring about the excavations and current national park.
The pillars are known as the backdrop for evening concerts and dance performances the park presents in the summer.[15]
Mushroom
The Mushroom is an unusual monolithic, mushroom-shaped, red sandstone rock formation known as a hoodoo. The mushroom shape was caused by wind, humidity, and water erosion over centuries.[15] The Mushroom is surrounded by copper ore smelting sites from between the 14th and 12th centuries BCE.[6]
Arches[edit]
The Arches are natural arches formed by erosion, as well, and can be seen along the western cliff of the valley. Arches are not as rare as Solomon's Pillars and the Mushroom, and similar structures can be found in elsewhere in the world. The walking trail that goes to the Arches also goes past the copper mine shafts.[6]
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approximate size 1-2cm, probably baby Flap-necked Chameleon, Makhasa game reserve, Hluhluwe, KZN, South Africa
At approximately 1630 27 January 2019 the extended summer heat that had severely affected Spring Farm was broken by this late afternoon storm.
The storm bought with it driving rains accompanied by an impressive light and sound show courtesy of nature.
As the storm approached the normally placid waters of Springs Lake became changed colour to a muddy brown as the turbulence increased.
Spring Farm, New South Wales, Australia.
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/50 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 5.56m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/200 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Bottle top approximately 1.25 inches across. This is the top of a Victorian 'marble' or 'Codd bottle' (after the inventor. Ingenious things for carbonated drinks. A rubber grommet, a cleverly shaped glass neck so the marble is pressed up against the rubber washer by the gas pressure. When the bottle is tilted and turned, the marble is trapped in a kink in the neck, allowing the liquid out.
I have photographed one of these before, but I didn't own one or any other marbles. On Saturday fate smiled. Every year they drain the park boating lake, then let it fill again on the next very high tide. This year, the silt must have moved sufficiently to expose this bottle. This one has a rather pitted outer surface from so long being swilled around in sandy silt, but is otherwise in good condition with its rubber seal still amazingly intact.
For this shot I suspended the bottle up side down and fired flash through the base. I used various gels and angles, making some great effects and I struggled to decide which one to use. This is one of the less radical ones.
Approximate Focus Distance : 9.47m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 2000
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/15 secs
Exposure Bias : -4/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm