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Besides the ability to sooth your throat, quench your thirst, and relief the heat, the drink also provides some health benefits such as improving appetite & digestion and possibly inhibiting the buildup of lactic acid in the body.
Bisti DE-NA-ZIN Wilderness (NM)
New Mexico, United States
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-70mm/F2.8
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The area that includes the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness was once a riverine delta that lay just to the west of the shore of an ancient sea, the Western Interior Seaway, which covered much of New Mexico 70 million years ago.
The motion of water through and around the ancient river built up layers of sediment. Swamps and the occasional pond bordering the stream left behind large buildups of organic material, in the form of what became beds of lignite. At some point, a volcano deposited a large amount of ash, and the river moved the ash from its original locations. As the water slowly receded, prehistoric animals survived on the lush foliage that grew along the many riverbanks.
When the water disappeared it left behind a 1,400-foot (430 m) layer of jumbled sandstone, mudstone, shale, and coal that lay undisturbed for fifty million years. Sandstone layers were deposited above the ash and remains of the delta.
The ancient sedimentary deposits were uplifted with the rest of the Colorado Plateau, starting about 25 million years ago. Six thousand years ago the last ice age receded, and the waters of the melting glaciers helped expose fossils and petrified wood, and eroded the rock into the hoodoos now visible.
Bisti DE-NA-ZIN Wilderness (NM)
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-70mm/F2.8
© All Rights Reserved
The area that includes the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness was once a riverine delta that lay just to the west of the shore of an ancient sea, the Western Interior Seaway, which covered much of New Mexico 70 million years ago. The motion of water through and around the ancient river built up layers of sediment. Swamps and the occasional pond bordering the stream left behind large buildups of organic material, in the form of what became beds of lignite. At some point, a volcano deposited a large amount of ash, and the river moved the ash from its original locations. As the water slowly receded, prehistoric animals survived on the lush foliage that grew along the many riverbanks. When the water disappeared it left behind a 1,400-foot (430 m) layer of jumbled sandstone, mudstone, shale, and coal that lay undisturbed for fifty million years. Sandstone layers were deposited above the ash and remains of the delta. The ancient sedimentary deposits were uplifted with the rest of the Colorado Plateau, starting about 25 million years ago. Six thousand years ago the last ice age receded, and the waters of the melting glaciers helped expose fossils and petrified wood, and eroded the rock into the hoodoos now visible.
The headland, at the most northern tip of Pittwater, is made up primarily of sandstones of the Newport Formation, the top third is a cap of Hawkesbury sandstone. Around 10,000 years ago the headland was cut off from the mainland due to the rising sea level; subsequent buildup of a sand spit or tombolo reconnected the island to the mainland (a 'tied island'). The 1 km climb to the top of Barrenjoey Headland from the car park at Gov. Phillip Park, Palm Beach, is quite steep, but well worth the effort. The views north across Broken Bay to the central coast, west along the Hawkesbury River and south to Pittwater and Sydney Northern Beaches are spectacular. 17065
Bisti DE-NA-ZIN Wilderness (NM)
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-70mm/F2.8
© All Rights Reserved
The area that includes the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness was once a riverine delta that lay just to the west of the shore of an ancient sea, the Western Interior Seaway, which covered much of New Mexico 70 million years ago. The motion of water through and around the ancient river built up layers of sediment. Swamps and the occasional pond bordering the stream left behind large buildups of organic material, in the form of what became beds of lignite. At some point, a volcano deposited a large amount of ash, and the river moved the ash from its original locations. As the water slowly receded, prehistoric animals survived on the lush foliage that grew along the many riverbanks. When the water disappeared it left behind a 1,400-foot (430 m) layer of jumbled sandstone, mudstone, shale, and coal that lay undisturbed for fifty million years. Sandstone layers were deposited above the ash and remains of the delta. The ancient sedimentary deposits were uplifted with the rest of the Colorado Plateau, starting about 25 million years ago. Six thousand years ago the last ice age receded, and the waters of the melting glaciers helped expose fossils and petrified wood, and eroded the rock into the hoodoos now visible.
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Was hoping to shoot some lighthouses on Friday but they didn't have an ice buildup like I had wanted. So we had a lovely drive around the farm country and came away with a few interesting images.
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The Cave of the Winds was a natural cave behind Bridal Veil Falls at the Niagara Falls.
The cave was some 130 feet (40m) high, 100 feet (30m) wide and 30 feet (9m) in depth. It was discovered in 1834, and originally dubbed Aeolus' Cave, after the Greek god of winds. Guided tours began officially in 1841, and continued until a rock fall in 1920 made it clear the passage was no longer safe. The tour officially reopened in 1924, now bringing visitors to the front of the Bridal Veil instead of behind it, on a series of decks and walkways. Tropical storm-like conditions can be experienced, as winds can reach up to 68 mph underneath the falls.
The cave was obliterated in a massive 1954 rockfall and subsequent dynamiting of a dangerous overhang.
Today, the "Cave of the Winds" is the name of a tourist attraction near the same site. An elevator takes people from the area between the American and Canadian Falls down to the level of the Niagara River at the base of the American Falls. A series of redwood decks and platforms allow sightseers to walk right up to the base of the Bridal Veil Falls with water crashing down right on them and flowing beneath the decking.
The decking is removed each fall due to the potential damage caused by ice buildup at the falls and re-installed each spring by park officials for sightseers to enjoy the experience. The decking is not secured to the rocks below by any bolts or other construction materials. The wood beam supports are just wedged into the rock crevices.
* a love of sunsets
A look back at a calm beautiful July evening at Red Rock Lake, as the daily cloud buildup dissipates and the crepuscular rays sneak into the sky from the descending nuclear fusion reactor, filtered by a long path through the atmosphere.
A beautiful, but dangerous scene in rural Milledgeville, IL. A 2 day sleet and snow event created these conditions and continued below freezing temperatures have pretty much maintained these scenes. Luckily, there has been little wind to bring down trees and power lines weighted down by the buildup of ice...
No rain anywhere, just the cloud buildup this afternoon. To give you a idea how large the cloud is to the left bottom you can see full grown palm trees & a large house. It is October and we are still in the low 100’s. Believe it or not, that’s refreshing compared to the summer we’ve had in the teens. The shorter daytimes is certainly a relief and night time is now down to the high 70’s. The best season for great weather of this low desert is about to begin!
The headland, at the most northern tip of Pittwater, is made up primarily of sandstones of the Newport Formation, the top third is a cap of Hawkesbury sandstone. Around 10,000 years ago the headland was cut off from the mainland due to the rising sea level; subsequent buildup of a sand spit or tombolo reconnected the island to the mainland (a 'tied island'). The 1 km climb to the top of Barrenjoey Headland from the car park at Gov. Phillip Park, Palm Beach, is quite steep, but well worth the effort. The views north across Broken Bay to the central coast, west along the Hawkesbury River and south to Pittwater and Sydney Northern Beaches are spectacular. 17056
The Great Lakes, just like the cold (and all of nature, really), should be respected like a wild animal. It’s a living thing that will kill you if you aren’t careful and prepared. This holds true even more in the winter. It can be a deadly, wild beast.
The beach in this photo ends just a bit past where the sand is and the rest is all ice buildup from the waves. It’s been an especially windy winter and we’ve been enjoying watching the waves crash up against the ice. As tempting as it is to walk out on the ice to get a closer look at the waves, we never take the risk. Falling through a week spot would not end well.
Noticed phenomenal ice build up just north of us on Lake MI that wasn't there the last week. I think some of the mounds are over 20 feet tall. Wish the winds would quit and we could fly the drone out to them. So beautiful.
Bisti DE-NA-ZIN Wilderness (NM)
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-70mm/F2.8
© All Rights Reserved
The area that includes the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness was once a riverine delta that lay just to the west of the shore of an ancient sea, the Western Interior Seaway, which covered much of New Mexico 70 million years ago. The motion of water through and around the ancient river built up layers of sediment. Swamps and the occasional pond bordering the stream left behind large buildups of organic material, in the form of what became beds of lignite. At some point, a volcano deposited a large amount of ash, and the river moved the ash from its original locations. As the water slowly receded, prehistoric animals survived on the lush foliage that grew along the many riverbanks. When the water disappeared it left behind a 1,400-foot (430 m) layer of jumbled sandstone, mudstone, shale, and coal that lay undisturbed for fifty million years. Sandstone layers were deposited above the ash and remains of the delta. The ancient sedimentary deposits were uplifted with the rest of the Colorado Plateau, starting about 25 million years ago. Six thousand years ago the last ice age receded, and the waters of the melting glaciers helped expose fossils and petrified wood, and eroded the rock into the hoodoos now visible.
A flock of migrating snow geese remain calm despite a raging fire nearby. The fire was a prescribed/controlled burn conducted by the staff of Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge. I was surprised that the waterfowl in the area didn't seem to pay any attention to the fire.
From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
Prescribed fire is a tool that national wildlife refuges use throughout the country to reduce fuel loads and refresh habitats by cleaning up older or dead vegetation/buildup. This tool can lower the intensity or even prevent wildfires on the land by reducing the fuel [vegetation] available for consumption by wildfires.
Even in a cold winter, the fast-flowing water resists freezing, but there has been some ice buildup around a branch that dips into the water.
This is a blend of two photos: one with a faster shutter speed to get the ice more or less in focus, and a second with a slower speed to capture water movement. There was also some removal of intervening branches.
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Rust ridden metal fan blades at the top of an old air-conditioning unit, for dispersing the buildup of heat below.
Sprawling with a wide veranda for outdoor sitting, this old southern home is designed to take advantage of shade and breeze during the hot summer months when heat and humidity become almost unbearable. The one story design prevents heat buildup on upper floors which aids ventilation when things begin to cool off in the evening. The kitchen would normally be in a separate small building in the back to keep cooking heat out of the main house. Two front doors allowed a specific entrance to the formal parlor where one’s best furnishings were kept for special guests and occasions. This is not a duplex. Most of what is seen here is functional design for the peculiar conditions of southern living and culture. Louisiana Missouri.
Taken from the parking lot at Mt. Rushmore, these small pop up storms are frequent in the area during the summer.
traffic buildup, follow the crowd, still a bit wonky, still a bit early, too early for color, too early to focus, beep beep, zoom zoom ... sigh.
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“What fools we mortals are to think that the plans we make are anything more than a soap bubble blown against a hurricane, a frail and fleeting wish destined to burst.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush
A monsoon thunderstorm continues to build up as it moves across the Sulphur Springs valley near Sunsites, AZ.
……The Lighthouse & Pier at St Ives is named after John Smeaton the Civil Engineer who designed them - the clever Pier has three arched openings to allow sea water to circulate and prevent a buildup of sand, but its best unique feature is that it has a reservoir below that fills up thus reducing wave action in the harbour!! This 2nd Lighthouse is is of 1890’s vintage when the Pier was extended - the original Lighthouse is still there & just behind me. And a big thanks to the Seagull who made the shot…. Alan:-) See 1st Comment box for the view back from here...
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Ohio Central ZVL begins the morning sorting out some previous inbounds in Zanesville Yard, prior to rearranging the rest of the loads for Cambridge and heading out for the day with the Super 7 trio (8/3/22).
Sometimes a nice cold sunny morning on the River, planned in advance, turns into one of the colder mornings of the winter. Not a big problem, as I dress for pretty extreme cold in any case, but the impact of the cold on the River itself can undermine photography, as the fog that is generated when the air is so much colder than the water undermines nice sharp images.
And exposed wet areas on the birds freeze. This Goldeneye female paused where I was positioned to chip away at the ice buildup on her feathers - including flight feathers. The formation of ice and its removal may explain the deployment of the nictitating membrane as protective eyewear. The wintering Goldeneye drift down with the current, hunting and diving to the River bottom, before flying back upriver to begin the process again.
This lumberjack (Perisoreus canadensis) opportunistically perched atop this little glass Christmas tree before dropping down for a bit of suet-soaked bread.
-53F (-47C) this day, as the buildup of frost on this hardy little bird shows.
ONR's wedge no. 560 has the nose down and breaks up ice buildup west of Kapuskasing, ON. It was rumored that this specific plow hadn’t been used in 6 years, and only got used because the snow fighter couldn't break up the ice buildup in the flangeways from multiple freeze-thaw-freezes.
I'm also half chocolate Lab, but it's hard to fit Labrador into a snappy title.
"Labracadabra, snow!? VanillachocolatefabLab?"
You done?
"...yes."
Before some of you ask if I'm not cold, the fact that snow doesn't melt on my fur is a good indication of how well insulted I am, Dad says. I grow a thicker coat in winter, according to sight and the brush Dad uses on me and the Swiffer thing that wipes our floors and Dad's clothes and food and-
"-Moving along."
My paw fur grows about an inch over the course of late autumn and early winter, which can cause a bit of trouble with ice buildup, but I've never shown any indication of frostbite, and we've been out for lengthy periods in extreme cold many times and for many years.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love winter, and winter loves me!
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Prescott-Russell Trail, Ottawa, Ontario
451. Clancy, 8yrs, 10wks
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This aquatic weed harvester is periodically deployed in Heather Farm Pond to clear out the algae overgrowth. You can see some of the weed buildup in the foreground and the background.
Since this picture was taken, the weeds have gotten worse. And a bigger, but less photogenic weed harvester has replaced this unit.
Taken early morning in Heather Farm Park, Walnut Creek, California.
Photo by my wife, Beatrice.
Post-processing by me.
Yesterday it got up to 25* and we went to the lighthouse. Dave flew his drone and I walked out to the end of the lighthouse and along the shoreline. Amazing the ice buildup now. But tried a bubble down there and got a shot of the lighthouse in the bubble. Ran it thru the fractalius filter and HSS.
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) feeding on spruce cones in a suburban neighbourhood of southwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The spruce trees were stressed due to dry conditions this past summer and produced a large cone crop this year. This resulted in a large number of both species of Crossbills moving into Edmonton this winter to feed on the abundant food supply.
There were nearly 3000 Crossbills (Red and White-winged) observed in Edmonton during the annual Christmas Bird Count.
It was a very cold day with frost buildup on the back of my camera from my breath but the birds were almost at eye level in the spruce trees, which made the cold conditions bearable.
There were very dull light conditions so a fill flash was used to brighten the image.
8 January, 2016.
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A Cedar Waxwing had a great perch to look for flying insects! This is an immature Cedar, as it does not as yet have the red waxy tips. This is caused by a buildup of astaxanthin, an organic pigment that gives red fruits their color. The pigment comes from the berries that the Cedar Waxwings eat. Photo taken at Salmon Creek Regional Park.
It's part of winter in Canada and it punishes the population with a slow buildup into some devastating consequences accompanied by crackling sounds.
Laomei's most interesting sight is the Green Algal Reef on the seashore. This reef, which is really only visible at low tide, is the result of a buildup of layer upon layer of algae. When algae die, their limestone skeletons remain in position, and a new generation of algae grows atop them.
The scores of long, humped "fingers" running down the beach, and the varying hues of green, make this an intriguingly unique landscape.
Laomei itself is a small community full of tiny houses and narrow streets. There's no industry here, and few businesses of any kind. Laomei Old Street used to be the main coast road. Nowadays it is much quieter, a newer, wider road having become Taiwan Highway 2.
The Laomei River runs to the east of the community; a smaller streams rushes through it, between people's houses, and between houses and vegetable plots. This means that, for its size, Laomei may have more bridges than Venice.
Laomei is within walking distance of Fuji Fishing Harbor and Fuguei Cape. Consider getting off the bus in Laomei, then walking from the Algal Reef to Fuguei Cape and then onto Fuji Village before catching another bus east or west.
老梅石槽形成的原因，是由於幾萬年前大屯火山爆發後，
遺留海岸邊的火山礁岩在 波浪長期的沖刷下，
質地鬆軟的部份被侵蝕，留下較堅硬的部份而形成溝槽，
每年冬天北部東北季風一起，濤天的浪花滋潤了石槽的岩面，
也開始滋生綠色的石蓴、海髮絲等海藻，
因此形成令人驚嘆不已的「綠石槽」海岸景觀，
尤其是在日出日落時分，景觀更是迷人，
常吸引許多愛好攝影的人士駐足拍攝，也在攝影界留下許多經典的畫面。
Out walking with my camera this evening, knowing a cloud buildup was beginning to form...tonight the ice storm cometh.
HDR Merge
Panorama Merge
New leaves blooming on the Japanese Maple outside one of my kitchen windows. Just going through some old photos! The colors remind me of fall though and since that season is almost here....thought it would be appropriate! Happy evening everyone!
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Der gefrorene Schiederweiher mit Spitzmauer und Großem Priel im Winter. Der Schiederweiher ist ein durch Aufstau der Krummen Steyr künstlich angelegter See im Stodertal, Hinterstoder. Der Schiederweiher wurde 1897 bis 1902 vom k.u.k. Hofbaumeister Johann Schieder errichtet. Um die zunehmende Veralgung und Verlandung des Weihers zu beenden, wurde der See 2004/05 durch die Gemeinde Hinterstoder mit Unterstützung des Grundeigentümers, des Herzogs von Württemberg, saniert.
The frozen Schiederweiher lake with the Spitzmauer and Großer Priel in the background. The Schiederweiher is an artificial lake created by damming up the "Krumme Steyr" in the valley Stodertal. The Schiederweiher was constructed in the years 1897 to 1902 by K&K Hofbaumeister Johann Schieder. To end the increasing alga buildup, it was renovated in 2004/2005 by the municipality of Hinterstoder with the aid of the landowner, the duke of Württemberg.
This is one of my favorite Kingman District photos. On October 5, 1972, Work Extra 3262 unloads welded rail just east of Harris, Arizona, on the eastward main track. The train is working west against the current of traffic, a rare occurrence at this time. This was a fairly easy location to access in the 1970s, but industry buildup around here has made it more difficult. Now that this territory has CTC signaling, westbounds on this track are more common, but not the rule. Photo by Joe McMillan.