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We conducted the annual NABA Butterfly Count for the Lake Meyer circle today. Similar to the more familiar Audubon Christmas Bird Count, the butterfly count takes place around the Fourth of July in a 15 mile diameter circle, centered here around Lake Meyer Park. Monarchs were very scarce today. In fact we only counted two within the 15 mile circular boundary. At that rate, monarchs are on the fast track to extinction.
1,2,3 - all the Toads sing.
I am the King of Toads!
It's getting warmer and it's been raining for days.
This is the perfect time to grab your raincoats and go frog hunting with me. Let's goooo!
Now this picture has a more darker and blue colouring. If this makes me look like one of these asian children, climbing out of wells or surprise people in their bathtubs - It wasn't me! I don't like bathtubs. Can't promise about the wells though.
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SALDA LAKE
Lake Salda is a mid-size crater lake[citation needed] in southwestern Turkey, within the boundaries of Yeşilova district of Burdur Province. It lies at a distance of about fifty kilometers to the west from the province seat Burdur.
Lake Salda is often included in the Turkish Lakes Region that extends across inner western to southern Anatolia, especially Isparta Province and Afyonkarahisar Province, although Lake Salda is geographically separate from the larger lakes, which are more to the east and, being a crater lake, is morphologically different from these tectonic lakes.
The lake area covers 4,370 hectares, and its depth reaches 196 meters, making it one of the deeper lakes in Turkey, if not the deepest. The lake sedimentary records show high resolution climate changes that are related to solar variability during the last millennium.
The lake is a popular excursion spot for people across the region or from beyond, the more so due to the hydromagnesite mineral found in its coastal waters, which is believed to offer remedies for certain dermatological diseases. The shorelines, surrounded by black pine forests, are also popular among hunters, the game and the fowl available including quails, hares, foxes, boars and wild ducks, aside from the lake's fish. White sandy beaches, limpid water and seven crystal-white islets within the lake complete the scenery.
A township that starts almost at the shore to the southwest of the lake carries the same name, Salda. The local administrative seat of Yeşilova is located to the east of the lake at a distance of about four kilometers and Yeşilova municipality manages the lake's camping facilities.
Its peculiar morphology has led to a number of academic studies conducted on Lake Salda. The unusual alkaline nature of the lake means that is one of the few locations where ancient stromatolite algae still grows.
In 2019, a team of planetary scientists from America and Turkey conducted research on Lake Salda's shoreline microbialite sediments. In March 2021, NASA reported that its Mars surface-exploring rover Perseverance showed that "the minerals and rock deposits at Salda are the nearest match on earth to those around the Jezero Crater where the spacecraft landed."
Hoping to protect the Lake Salda area, the nation's environmental authority has launched a huge national park project. The Salda Lake National Park is currently under construction and should be finished in 2023.(Wiki)
See my story about this journey Salda Lake Day Listenwave Photography Марс и Волшебное озеро Салда Турция 2021 с Фовеонычем youtu.be/MPJ8EwHmCw8
Nature conducts the symphony "Harmony and Gratitude". Glory of the cosmos world only possible to see with photography. Nikon D3300, Micro-NIKKOR 105mm 1:4 AIS at f/4
I went to Mountain Run Lake again yesterday afternoon in the hopes of getting a shot of an Eagle, but no success yet again, despite the fact I had "Big Bertha" (100-400) on the camera. By the time they showed up it was too late in the day for a descent shot. But these ducks are always entertaining!
An Amtrak conductor watches the symphony of passengers shuffle on and off train 43, the Pennsylvanian, at Paoli, PA.
Yeah! They conduct happiness!
When you are sad just pick my girls and go to the beach, Candy will start annoying Lassie, keeping jumpin against her and drowning her muzzle in Lassie’s fur!
Then Lassie will resist a bit and then bite her, Candy will go on and then Lassie will explode!
Lassie will be running in circles, stopping sometimes to dig a hole in the sand!
Candy won’t be as fast as Lassie and will wait for her!
Sometimes Lassie will knock Candy down, but she will get up and shake!
Fur and sand will fulfill the hair and you will smile soon!
The show is just begin, just like your weekend!
Happy Furry Friday my Flickr Friends!!!!
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Yes, it’s another relfection, you know I’m addicted!
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Western Meadowlark is a species renowned for its lilting song, and the birds conduct their performances from a wide variety of perches — in this instance, a haybale. That choice is certainly appropriate for its preferred habitat of open fields. [Though mowing of agricultural areas can destroy nests.] This sighting was in southern Alberta, Canada.
In the late 1850s, military officer Edward F. Beale conducted a survey across northern Arizona along the 35th parallel north, seeking a wagon route from Fort Defiance, Arizona to the border of California. This route was used to establish a corridor known as Beale's Wagon Road, which became the foundation for future transportation networks in Arizona, including the Santa Fe railway, followed by the National Old Trails Road for automobiles.[2]
Stagecoaches began following the Winslow-Flagstaff stage portion of the road across Canyon Diablo by the end of the century.[3] The first National Old Trails Road opened in 1912, allowing automobile travel from coast to coast for the first time.[4] This road used the northern Arizona route when the Canyon Diablo Bridge was built in 1915, making it part of the Santa Fe Highway within the National Old Trails Road network.[4] In the 1920s, this highway was incorporated into U.S. Route 66.[3] Business owners set up attractions near Route 66 to attract customers and sell commercial goods.[5]
Two Guns is located in Coconino County between the city of Flagstaff and the town of Winslow. The complex lies across from the Canyon Diablo Bridge on the east rim of Canyon Diablo, about 25 mi (40 km) west of Winslow and 200 mi (320 km) northeast of Phoenix.[3]
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She Believed in Me - Morgan Wallen
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It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Ella Langley
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Last Call for Us - Ella Langley
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Dust on the Bottle - Jason Aldean with David Lee Murphy
Located near the ruins of the Castle Roy is the beautiful Abernethy Kirk. It is under the preservation and care of Abernethy Old Kirk Association and occasionally conducts services. Pre-1855 inscriptions are found near the church. The church's building is used for community services, weddings, funerals and musical concerts. Exhibitions are also held during spring and summer
The Jewel of Cave Creek Preserve
This 27-acre preserve is a desert oasis filled with towering cottonwood and willow trees along Cave Creek, at the northern edge of the Town of Cave Creek and bordering the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area. The property holds one of the last remaining perennial streams in Maricopa County. The unusual year-round presence of water offers birders the chance to see the resident and migratory birds in midst of a great desert riparian habitat. There are 2 loop trails that go through the preserve. The south loop accesses Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area at the south end of Dragonfly Trail.
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This praying mantis sure looked like he was conducting an orchestra - he was actually trying to get hold of that vine.
A tiny, thumb-sized female Rufous Hummingbird conducts the symphony of rain as she lifts her tiny wings to take flight.
I was thumbing through the William Price "Western Maryland Steam Album" book with the intent of gaining some day dreaming time, instead I found myself pondering what it would be like to stand on Helmstetters curve when a big 4-8-4 Potomac class came up the grade. Most of my journey through railroad history (and my photo descriptions as a result) tend to lean into a yearn to see railroads in their glory years. This photo then popped into my mind. After being in service for 2 years, I just started shooting the 2102 at Reading and Northern that summer and fall. I did 3 outings to see the thing and enjoyed all of them. The 2102 is big enough to produce power, but not powerful enough to have a seamless run with whatever train you throw at it. The T-1s were built in house by the Reading company using some select parts recycled from other engines. Some call them "rebuilds" because of this. The T-1s were some of the biggest and baddest engines on the Reading minus the light mallets the road rostered. At the end of steam, 5 survived into Reading Rambles excursion service (with one being scrapped for parts during this time period before 1964). Since then they lived on in various states at various places. 2102 runs up the former Reading trackage into the anthracite region and over the former CNJ branch from Haucks to Jim Thorpe in the present day. The run has various grades, bridges, tunnels, and obstacles. North of Tamaqua the trackage starts a hefty climb up to Hometown where it crests downhill to Jim Thorpe. At mile marker 99, at the searchlights installed within the past 10 years, the train's dig into the grade has already begun. You can hear the beating on the rails from lightyears away, it becomes oh so closely sounding but continues to trick the mind. The bellless crossing next to the signals activates. Lights stream around the corner. Then the sounds, A long, a long, "OSJT, Clear signal, 99", a short, a long. The engine, shooting smoke at high velocity out the stack, thunders at the trees and removes their leaves. The approach lit SB signal lights up, rails squeel, the bridge takes on the weight of the engine... you can no longer hear anything... A static takes hold as the exhaust has produced enough sound to pierce your ears. Its loud but silent, the camera clicks away without a detectable sound. Decibels rise, you cannot hear yourself think. You take the camera down and get the friendly wave, they have ear plugs! The shrill passes and then slowly fades. The rail squeals as the clickety clacks fade back in like a studio mix on a 60s hippy song. Marker lights on the rear observation car conclude the show. The crossing lights conclude their flashing, the railfans scurry back to their cars and leave in a hurry, the signal goes back to darkness. Peace has returned to the Schuylkill Valley.
With 2022 coming to a close, it's a privilege to look back at the amazing memories we built and the friends we made. Thank you for all your support, kind words, and friendship. What symphony will you compose in 2023?
Ricoh KR-5, Rikenon 50/2, Kodak Tri-X 400@640, +1 developing, HC-110/dil. B, 8 min. Digitized with Nikon D700/ES-2.
Milky Way over “Dragon Arch” (my name for a unique view of Sunset Arch in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument). One exposure. I posted a more traditional view of this arch yesterday —which composition do you prefer?
This was taken two weeks ago during a workshop I was conducting (with the help of Phill Monson). I love this remote, and not-so-popular area (yet)! Four more workshops left this year, but two are already sold out.
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First shot from this evening's light painting collaboration with James de Luna and Tobias Maxximus. Shot in one photographic exposure with light blades. Thanks for a great evening waving lights in the dark!
This morning I conducted an experiment: I shot the same scene in quick succession with three digital cameras that use sensors of a very different make: the now almost ubiquitous CMOS type, the CCD type that was used exclusively in the first generation of digital cameras and Sigma's Foveon X3, which leads a niche existence.
This one was shot with an Epson R-D1x with an APS-C sized CCD sensor.
Overall, I find that this has the best colour rendering and best retains the nuances in the hues. None of the highlights are blown out (contrary to the CMOS sensor) and there are no strange colour shifts (as with the Foveon sensor).
Interesting that such an old and by now largely abandoned sensor design can still hold its own against much newer technology.
Street photography is photography conducted for art or inquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within public places. It usually has the aim of capturing images at a decisive or poignant moment by careful framing and timing. Street photography overlaps widely with candid photography, although the latter can also be used in other settings, such as portrait photography and event photography.
Street photography does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment. Though people usually feature directly, street photography might be absent of people and can be of an object or environment where the image projects a decidedly human character in facsimile or aesthetic.
The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes. Adept of the joys of watching, connoisseur of empathy, the flâneur finds the world "picturesque".
Susan Sontag, 1977
Street photography can focus on people and their behavior in public. In this respect, the street photographer is similar to social documentary photographers or photojournalists who also work in public places, but with the aim of capturing newsworthy events. Any of these photographers' images may capture people and property visible within or from public places, which often entails navigating ethical issues and laws of privacy, security, and property.
Much of what is regarded, stylistically and subjectively, as definitive street photography was made in the era spanning the end of the 19th century through to the late 1970s, a period which saw the emergence of portable cameras that enabled candid photography in public places.
Aku operatives conduct a desert patrol, scouting ahead of a corporate convoy deep in hostile territory.
Far from any formal battlefield, their mission is to secure the route, identify potential threats, and ensure the safe passage of Aku assets through the region.
The desert may appear silent, but every ridge and every stretch of open ground could conceal a threat.
For now, the patrol moves ahead.
The convoy is coming.
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Park of the Ancient One Wheatstone Waterways
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CONSTRUIRAN TRES NUEVAS ESTACIONES DESDE PLAZA DE MAYO: CORREO CENTRAL, CATALINAS Y RETIRO
Arranca la extensión del subte E a Retiro, una obra con obstáculos
Pasará por debajo de la avenida Alem. Como el suelo es rellenado, harán dos túneles paralelos. Y deberán sortear dos conductos pluviales, un río subterráneo, otras líneas de subte y hasta cables de alta tensión.
Por: Silvia Gómez
Será como una carrera de obstáculos: las obras para la extensión de la línea E de subtes, que arrancan a fin de mes, deberán sortear una serie de barreras en el subsuelo de la Ciudad. Enormes caños cloacales y pluviales, cables de alta tensión y de fibra óptica, otra estación de subte, subsuelos de edificios, restos arqueológicos y hasta un manto de agua subterráneo. Y claro, también el tránsito de la avenida Leandro N. Alem. Es que toda la traza correrá por debajo de esta transitada vía que conecta, por el Bajo porteño, al norte con el sur de la Ciudad.
Porque aunque los constructores buscarán minimizar el impacto de la obra para molestar lo menos posible al tránsito y a los vecinos, es un hecho que mientras duren los trabajos la zona se convertirá en un gran obrador al aire libre: camiones llenos de tierra y cemento, grúas, palas mecánicas y excavadoras.
La obra es la única de la red que está en manos del Gobierno nacional. El arranque está demorado desde mayo de 2007. Pero ahora el secretario de Transporte de la Nación, Ricardo Jaime, le confirmó a Clarín que el inicio es inminente: "La firma del contrato con el inspector de obra debería hacerse en el transcurso de esta semana y los trabajos comenzarían pocos días después", aseguró. El inspector de obra, que en el caso de estos grandes trabajos es una empresa, es el nexo entre los constructores y el cliente, el Estado nacional.
La historia de la extensión de la línea E ya cumplió 10 años. Entre el 98 y el 99 se realizó la primera licitación para hacer la obra. Recesión de por medio, el proyecto se congeló y el golpe de gracia llegó con la devaluación. La obra tuvo que ser relicitada. Recién a fines de 2007 Roggio, la constructora que se adjudicó los trabajos, pudo comenzar con el estudio de suelos. Y con el diagnóstico en mano decidieron "hundir" el subte lo máximo posible.
La prolongación irá desde Plaza de Mayo hasta Retiro, con dos estaciones intermedias (ver infografía). Se harán dos túneles paralelos. El primer obstáculo es un caño pluvial de mampostería construido entre fines del 1800 y principios del 1900 que cruza Alem a la altura de Perón. Y hay otro similar bajo San Martín. Y el segundo obstáculo está debajo del edificio del Correo: "El proyecto de renovación del Correo (N. de R.: será un Centro Cultural que debería quedar inaugurado en 2010, para el Bicentenario) prevé un auditorio que tomará parte de las tierras por donde iba a pasar el subte. En función de los pluviales y el auditorio, hundiremos aún más el trazado", explicó el ingeniero Carlos Arredondo, responsable del proyecto.
Claro que el acuífero Puelchense -una de las mayores reservas de agua potable del mundo y cuyas aguas corren debajo de las provincias de Buenos Aires y Santa Fe- le pone un límite a la profundidad de la línea. Porque la traza queda a pocos metros del agua que ejerce una enorme presión sobre la tierra horadada y busca llegar a la superficie. Por eso, el manto de cemento que envolverá el túnel tendrá un grosor de más de 75 centímetros.
Y, pese a que las orugas o tuneladoras que agujerean la tierra están de moda en el mundo, aquí se usará otro sistema, sencillamente el de excavación: primero se hace todo el túnel con palas mecánicas y luego se lo cubre con hormigón. Después se rellena el piso y se culmina la obra con más hormigón, para darle grosor al túnel. Entonces, la posibilidad de ver una gran oruga quedará para otra obra, quizás el soterramiento del Sarmiento.
Otro de los obstáculos está a la altura de la estación Catalinas. En el cruce de las calles Paraguay y Marcelo T. de Alvear hay dos cables de alta tensión que en Roggio consideran inamovibles. El costo de cambiarlos sería altísimo y debería gestionarse en Europa, por eso el desafío de los ingenieros será "embocar" la estación entre los dos cables.
Y la última estación, Retiro, también tiene sus particularidades. Allí convergen un caño cloacal y los subsuelos del edificio del ONABE. Para evitar ambos los ingenieros estudian mover la estación y colocarla debajo de la Avenida del Libertador.
Desde afuera, los primeros signos de la construcción serán unos pozos que servirán para secar el túnel. Tendrán 3 por 5 metros y estarán cada 200 metros, sobre calles laterales, no sobre Alem. Lo peor para el tránsito será la construcción de las estaciones, que tendrán grandes espacios similares al de la estación Juramento de la línea D. Para hacer el techo hay que cavar sobre Alem, y se cortará la avenida primero en un sentido y luego en otro. En Roggio calculan que estos trabajos no demandarán más de dos meses por estación. Pese a las molestias, se sumarán 2,3 kilómetros de subtes en una Ciudad colapsada por el tránsito.
En cifras
2011 A fines de ese año estaría circulando el subte debajo del Correo Central y Catalinas.
2,3 Los kilómetros que se suma a la E. Ahora la línea va desde Plaza de los Virreyes hasta Bolívar.
$346 Los millones presupuestados para la ampliación. Las obras las hará la constructora Roggio.
Los trabajos se harán en lo que fue una costanera con muelles: allí paseaban las clases altas
Hay caños y cables pero también una historia debajo de la avenida Leandro N. Alem. Porque lo que hoy es una avenida fue una costanera. Hasta esa zona de la Ciudad llegaba el Río de la Plata y allí había un paseo con miradores y bancos. La obra la concluyó Juan Manuel de Rosas, a mediados del 1800. "Se la conocía como Alameda. También había muelles para pasajeros y para barcos con cargas. Era la zona donde iba a pasear la clase alta", cuenta el arqueólogo Daniel Schávelzon, titular del Centro de Arqueología Urbana de la UBA.
Cuando la Ciudad comenzó su crecimiento demográfico, los márgenes del Río de la Plata retrocedieron. Y como había que ganarle tierras al agua, se comenzó a rellenar un área que hoy es Costanera, Puerto Madero y el Bajo porteño. Y el terreno se rellenó con tierra y con escombros. "¿De dónde piensan que pueden haber salido los escombros? De la propia Ciudad. Son restos de demolición de edificios y casas del siglo XIX. Esa antigua barranca y la costa son una zona potencialmente muy rica. La traza de este nuevo subte va a pasar por encima de lo que fue la Alameda. Incluso puede haber restos de ella", opina Schávelzon, experto en los subsuelos de la Ciudad. Para el arqueólogo todos los rellenos esconden objetos que, en función de su importancia, pueden volverse ricos tesoros.
Con un equipo de arqueólogos ya trabajó en los avances de exploración del suelo de la extensión de la línea A. Schávelzon aseguró que existe un convenio firmado por Metrovias con los gobiernos Nacional y de la Ciudad para que un equipo de arqueólogos y paleontólogos supervise las excavaciones. "Es un acuerdo de buena voluntad, no una exigencia. Acá lo que importa es el patrimonio. A nadie se le ocurriría detener una obra o interponerse, porque la gente necesita imperiosamente más subtes. Pero si podemos salvar parte de nuestra historia, mejor", opinó el arqueólogo.
El espejo roto
Por Germán Cervetto
Días atrás, en una encuesta de Clarín.com, la gente votó al subte como la mejor opción para moverse en la Ciudad. Es barato, poco contaminante y rápido. Sus ventajas crecen ante el caos de la superficie, cada vez con más autos, colectivos viejos y choferes presionados o imprudentes. La extensión de la línea E, que hace Nación, es necesaria. La Ciudad aún trata de conseguir la financiación (precisa US$ 1.500 millones) para su promesa de sumar 30 km a la red, y llegar a los 75 km. Muchos gustan mirarse en el espejo europeo: Londres tiene 10 líneas, con 408 km. Madrid, 12 líneas, con 310 km. París, 16 líneas y 213 km. No somos los más bonitos.
Fuente: Clarín.com
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The Diwan-i-Am (Hall of Public Audience) us where the Mughal emperors presided over court and conducted state business. The vast royal compound in Agra was founded in XVI century by the Mughal emperor Akbar who transferred the capital of his realm to Agra, expanded subsequently by Jahangir and Shah Jahan. It is much better preserved than its namesake in Delhi, but most of it is occupied by the military garrison and is off limits to tourists.
В Диван-и-Ам (Зале Публичных Приёмов) падишахи председательствовали в суде и вели государственные дела. Обширная резиденция падишахов в Агре была основана в XVI веке Акбаром, перенесшим столицу Индии в Агру, расширона и достроена Джахангиром и Шах-Джаханом. Агрская Лал-Кила сохранилась на порядок лучше одноимённой крепости в Дели, но бОльшая её часть занята военным гарнизоном и туристов туда не пускают.
Sand Point, a Nevada State Park, on the north eastern side of the lake is famous for its sandy beach and large boulders, this view is looking south along the Nevada side of the lake. On this day the forest service was conducting a controlled burn to help reduce the effects of a wild fire, some are clouds and some is smoke in this shot.
Conducting circuit training at RAF Fairford, one of the resident U-2 Dragon Ladies of the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron.
PHILIPPINE SEA (June 10, 2021) - Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Caleb Rausch, from Durham, North Carolina, conducts carrier strike group integrated operations in an MH-60S Seahawk attached to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 with the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gray Gibson) 210610-N-DW158-1439
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A Co. 834th Aviation Support Battalion conduct Quick Reaction Force training at the Rosemount Armory in Rosemount, Minn. on Nov. 14.