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2018 NJ BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
by: Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program, has released the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report.
“Two hundred-four nest sites were monitored during the nesting season, of which 185 were documented to be active (with eggs) and 19 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. Thirty new eagle pairs were found this season, 20 in the south, nine in central and one in the north. One hundred-twenty-one nests (66%) of the 182 known-outcome nests produced 172 young, for a productivity rate of 0.94 young per active/known-outcome nest. The failure rate was well above average with 61 nests (33%) failing to produce. The Delaware Bay region remained the state’s eagle stronghold, with roughly half of nests located in Cumberland and Salem counties and the bayside of Cape May County.”
The number of active nests has increased while the number of young eagles fledged has decreased since a high of 216 young fledged in 2016. During the 2018 eagle nesting season there was an abundance of cold, wet, windy and snowy weather which was the cause for a portion of the nest failures. As the eagle population increases, there are more eagles competing for territories. This can also be a contributing factor in nest failures. NJ is still in the range of 0.9 to 1.1 young per nest which is needed for population maintenance with a productivity rate of 0.94 young per known-outcome/active nest in 2018. The 2018 NJ Eagle Project Report has all the details on the project including telemetry, re-sightings and recoveries.
The success of the eagle project is due to the tremendous dedication of the NJ Eagle Project Volunteers. They monitor the nests in all types of conditions and education people about the eagles with enthusiasm.
Link to the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report: www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_852.pdf
Bruno Vansina Quartet @ La Conserve Leuven
3MAY2018
Cyrille Obermüller Double bass
Kobe Proesmans Percussion
Bruno Vansina Alt Sax
Teun Verbruggen Drums
Photography: © Patrick Van Vlerken 2018
Doll in red water conserved for bad times ... 💀😈
--- my personal Monday ----- 🎃
In EXPLORE /// 30. 10. 2018
2018 NJ BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
by: Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program, has released the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report.
“Two hundred-four nest sites were monitored during the nesting season, of which 185 were documented to be active (with eggs) and 19 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. Thirty new eagle pairs were found this season, 20 in the south, nine in central and one in the north. One hundred-twenty-one nests (66%) of the 182 known-outcome nests produced 172 young, for a productivity rate of 0.94 young per active/known-outcome nest. The failure rate was well above average with 61 nests (33%) failing to produce. The Delaware Bay region remained the state’s eagle stronghold, with roughly half of nests located in Cumberland and Salem counties and the bayside of Cape May County.”
The number of active nests has increased while the number of young eagles fledged has decreased since a high of 216 young fledged in 2016. During the 2018 eagle nesting season there was an abundance of cold, wet, windy and snowy weather which was the cause for a portion of the nest failures. As the eagle population increases, there are more eagles competing for territories. This can also be a contributing factor in nest failures. NJ is still in the range of 0.9 to 1.1 young per nest which is needed for population maintenance with a productivity rate of 0.94 young per known-outcome/active nest in 2018. The 2018 NJ Eagle Project Report has all the details on the project including telemetry, re-sightings and recoveries.
The success of the eagle project is due to the tremendous dedication of the NJ Eagle Project Volunteers. They monitor the nests in all types of conditions and education people about the eagles with enthusiasm.
Link to the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report: www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_852.pdf
Merci à Isabelle, Nadia, Esther, Monique, Philou et J.J pour ce week-end FlickR si sympa à La Rochelle.
Merci, pour ces rencontres entre passionnés de photos, tellement enrichissantes humainement et photographiquement, à Wissant, Paris, Annecy, Nantes, Bruxelles, Avignon, Montpellier, Nevers, La Rochelle, Bordeaux...
Merci à tous de passer ici, pour votre fidélité, depuis 4 ans maintenant.
Jpeg boitier brut, réalisé avec Nikon D7500 et Nikon AF 18-35 f/3,5-4,5
MEINE Butler haben MIR zu Ehren ein Wolfi-Monument gebaut.
Das ist sehr schön.
Es ist in MEINEN Farben Blau und Beige gehalten -
so wie MEINE Augen und MEIN Deckfell es sind.
Manchmal schaue ICH es an, wenn ICH MICH 'blue' fühle -
dann ist die Welt sofort wieder schön.
MY butlers have built a Wolfi Monument in MY honor.
That is very nice.
It is kept in MY colors blue and beige -
just as MY eyes and MY cover fur are.
Sometimes I look at it when I'm feeling 'blue' -
then the world is beautiful again immediately.
MES majordomes ont construit un monument Wolfi en MON honneur.
C'est très bien.
Il est conservé dans MES couleurs bleu et beige -
comme MES yeux et MA fourrure de pont sont.
Parfois, JE le regarde quand JE ME sens «bleu» -
alors le monde est de nouveau magnifique immédiatement.
One would also save on the cost of dryer sheets as well as not having to have to clean the lint screen. Static shock, which was always a good laugh for me was probably non existent.
Long Island Fair 2008
Old Bethpage,NY
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
Bruno Vansina Quartet @ La Conserve Leuven
3MAY2018
Cyrille Obermüller Double bass
Kobe Proesmans Percussion
Bruno Vansina Alt Sax
Teun Verbruggen Drums
Photography: © Patrick Van Vlerken 2018
The Polyptych of the Misericordia is a painting conserved in the Museo Civico di Sansepolcro in the town of Sansepolcro, region of Tuscany, Italy. The painting is one of the earliest works of the Italian Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca, who was born in the town. The central panel is of the common motif of the Virgin of Mercy or Madonna della Misericordia.
In 1445, the Compagnia della Misericordia, a confraternity of Borgo San Sepolcro, commissioned Piero, a native of the town, to paint a polyptych for them. According to the taste of the time, the polyptych was to be painted with precious colours and have a gilded background. Piero did not respect the three-year time limit set in the contract—he was busy working on many other projects. The polyptych was only finished seventeen years later, in 1462.
The oldest two panels, to the left of the main panel, depict St Sebastian and John the Baptist. St Sebastian's panel shows a close connection with Masaccio's nudes, which Piero would have seen in an early visit to Florence. Piero painted the outlying panels of the tympanum later; including the Crucifixion at the top centre, St Benedict, the Angel, the Madonna of the Annunciation, and St Francis in the sides. Towards 1450 he finished the figures of St. Andrew and St. Bernardino. The predellas, with five scenes of Jesus's life, were mostly executed by assistants.
The last part of the polyptych to be painted was the main central panel showing the Madonna della Misericordia. The panel portrays the mercifully protective gesture of the Madonna enfolding her followers in her mantle.
Piero resolves the difficulty of dealing with a flat solid gilded background, requested by the patrons, by placing the kneeling members of the confraternity (who commissioned the altarpiece) in the realistic three-dimensional space created by the Madonna's mantle, a space resembling the apse of a church. Notably, the Madonna is still portrayed larger in size than the human figures, a tradition in medieval painting. However, the fully three-dimensional rendering of the figure, inspired by Masaccio, and the perspective study, inspired by Brunelleschi, are plainly of the Renaissance.
Le Château d'Aigle, forteresse érigée au 12e siècle se dresse en plein vignoble. À l’époque, il hébergeait les caves des Confédérés, puis est devenu le Musée vaudois de la vigne, du vin et de l’étiquette à l’initiative de la Confrérie du Guillon en 1971. Le château conserve le patrimoine vigneron vaudois, raconte la culture du vin et abrite une collection d’étiquettes de bouteille de vin du début du 19e à 1960.
The Castle of Aigle, fortress set up in 12th century raises itself in full vineyard. At that time, it accommodated the cellars of Confederates, then became the Museum vaudois of the vineyard, the wine and the label on the initiative of the Brotherhood of Guillon in 1971. The castle keeps the heritage wine grower vaudois, tells the culture of the wine and has a collection of labels of wine bottle of the beginning of the 19th to 1960.
FIVE-STORIED PAGODA AND HOZOMON GATE
Senso-ji Temple at Asakusa sparkles with illumination everyday from sunset to 11:00PM.
The lighting design was created by Motoko Ishii, one of Japan's top lighting designers who has also been involved in similar projects for some of Tokyo's other popular sightseeing spots, including Tokyo Tower, Rainbow Bridge and Roppongi Hills. The lighting showcases the beauty of the vermillion tone of the temple buildings, which stand out brilliantly against the nighttime temple grounds. The design is also carefully planned to conserve energy.
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www.patrimoinedetunisie.com.tn/eng/monuments/borj_mahdia.php
This borj, also called Kasbah, is a fortress built at the end of the XVIth century on the site of the former Fatimid palace and is considered one of the finest specimens of Ottoman military architecture.#
Built on a quadrangular plan and later endowed with corner bastions, the building is surrounded by strong walls originally with one entrance only (after it was turned into a prison, another access was added in the XIXth century). This door leads through a vaulted and elbowed passage, into a courtyard onto which various vaulted rooms open. In the south-eastern corner of the courtyard, an earlier oratory was conserved and integrated into the building.
From the wall-walk, converted to a terrace, there is a lovely view over the tip of the Cape Mahdia promontory and, closer to the monument, over the ancient harbour basin that certain specialists date to the Punic period.
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
De la chimie qu’il a étudiée dans les années 1970, Tony Cragg conserve une curiosité pour les nouveaux matériaux. Sa sculpture s’élabore alors à partir des débris d’objets en plastique récupérés. Ce matériel ordinaire et hétéroclite est disposé au sol dans un désordre contredit cependant par l’ordonnancement géométrique ou chromatique de la sculpture. Dans ses « empilements », l’artiste anglais échafaude de même un amas d’éléments collectés, qui tiennent pourtant dans les limites strictes d’un volume cubique. Plan de coupe de la société industrielle fossilisée à travers ces reliquats matériels, ce travail a pu être apparenté à une géologie sociale. Il prend une dimension plus sensuelle dès lors que Cragg accentue son travail intrigant de la surface et de la forme. Monumentales, les sculptures s’inspirent de formes organiques ou naturelles et sont réalisées par les techniques traditionnelles du moulage ou du soufflage. Molécules d’ADN, dents, coquillages prêtent leur structure à des pièces qui rendent visible le monde des formes premières et vivantes.
Minster, première version qui date de 1985, relève a priori d’un travail tourné vers la société industrielle puisque les matériaux y sont prélevés. Mais les pneus, les disques dentelés métalliques ou les fuseaux en bois sont empilés dans des colonnes à l’architecture peut-être primitive. Sorte de totems modernes, ces « cercles » réactualiseraient des formes supports de rituels originels. Ils semblent conjoindre et stratifier des âges successifs pour finalement se poser comme les traces contemporaines d’une mémoire sociale.
From the chemistry he studied in the 1970s, Tony Cragg retains a curiosity for new materials. His sculpture is then developed from the debris of recovered plastic objects. This ordinary and heterogeneous material is arranged on the ground in a disorder contradicted by the geometric or chromatic arrangement of the sculpture. In his "piles," the English artist similarly constructs a heap of collected elements, which nevertheless fit within the strict limits of a cubic volume. A cross-section of industrial society fossilized through these material remnants, this work could be compared to social geology. It takes on a more sensual dimension when Cragg accentuates his intriguing work with surface and form. Monumental, the sculptures are inspired by organic or natural forms and are created using traditional molding or blowing techniques. DNA molecules, teeth, and shells lend their structure to pieces that make visible the world of primal, living forms.
Minster, the first version dating from 1985, appears to be a work oriented towards industrial society, since the materials were taken from there. But tires, serrated metal discs, and wooden spindles are stacked in columns of perhaps primitive architecture. A sort of modern totem, these "circles" recreate forms that support original rituals. They seem to combine and stratify successive ages, ultimately emerging as contemporary traces of a social memory.
Sacred groves are tracts of undisturbed forests, conserved from ancient times by indigenous communities influenced by their animistic religious belief and practices. These are rich in bio-diversity of plants and animals, are sources for water, and laid down practices enable the community to exploit its resources only to the extent required - for food, timber and medicinal herbs, for example.
"...The guiding principle behind all these people's forests is the supremacy and control of the community, not only over the forests and the environment, but also over the individual. The community designates a forest area as protected and to enforce the protection, declares it sacred, usually by dedicating it to a deity. In such groves, all forms of vegetation, including shrubs and climbers, belong to the deity. Grazing and hunting are prohibited and only the removal of dead wood is allowed.
Says Madhav Gadgil of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, who has studied sacred groves in Maharashtra for two decades, 'The stronger and more malevolent a deity, the greater its protection.'..."
- www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/the-spirit-of-the-sanctua...
However, beliefs and practices change - mainly from influences outside the community, a decline of faith in local deities - and in this modern era sacred groves are under as much pressure as are forests to make way for modernisation.
Therefore to visit one that is relatively undisturbed, is somewhat of a novelty.
The Law Lyngdoh -‘forest of the priests’- is a sacred grove at Mawphlang in the state of Meghalaya, India.
It's spread over 75 hectares, and is home to more than 450 species of plants/trees, wild cats, snakes, foxes, toads and frogs, flying squirrels and many birds species. 'Labasa' is the reigning deity here.
Tradition prohibits you from taking anything from outside into the grove, and taking anything from within outside. Any produce of the grove - fruits, nuts, herbs, honey - these are all your's to consume freely, but cannot be taken out of the grove. Violations are severely punished by the diety, by some accounts 'by twisting the head back'.
2018 NJ BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
by: Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program, has released the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report.
“Two hundred-four nest sites were monitored during the nesting season, of which 185 were documented to be active (with eggs) and 19 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. Thirty new eagle pairs were found this season, 20 in the south, nine in central and one in the north. One hundred-twenty-one nests (66%) of the 182 known-outcome nests produced 172 young, for a productivity rate of 0.94 young per active/known-outcome nest. The failure rate was well above average with 61 nests (33%) failing to produce. The Delaware Bay region remained the state’s eagle stronghold, with roughly half of nests located in Cumberland and Salem counties and the bayside of Cape May County.”
The number of active nests has increased while the number of young eagles fledged has decreased since a high of 216 young fledged in 2016. During the 2018 eagle nesting season there was an abundance of cold, wet, windy and snowy weather which was the cause for a portion of the nest failures. As the eagle population increases, there are more eagles competing for territories. This can also be a contributing factor in nest failures. NJ is still in the range of 0.9 to 1.1 young per nest which is needed for population maintenance with a productivity rate of 0.94 young per known-outcome/active nest in 2018. The 2018 NJ Eagle Project Report has all the details on the project including telemetry, re-sightings and recoveries.
The success of the eagle project is due to the tremendous dedication of the NJ Eagle Project Volunteers. They monitor the nests in all types of conditions and education people about the eagles with enthusiasm.
Link to the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report: www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_852.pdf
Cold weather froze the area but little snow accumulated. Stacks from the North Bend Power Plant in Ohio are at the center of this image. Good day for a hike around Jackpot Lake.
Taken at the Cosumnes River Preserve near Elk Grove, California. I spent the afternoon at this preserve. Many more photographs to come. From Wikipedia: The Cosumnes River Preserve is a nature preserve of 46,000 acres (190 km2) located 20 miles (30 km) south of Sacramento, in the US state of California. The preserve protects a Central Valley remnant that once contained one of the largest expanses of oak tree savanna, riparian oak forest and wetland habitat in North America.[1] Agricultural development has changed the landscape from groves of oaks and tule marshes to productive farmlands.[2]
The Cosumnes River is the last remaining free-flowing river in California's Central Valley, with the preserve located on the river's lower reach where it joins the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta tidelands. The area supports a diverse range of plant and animal life, including three species of oak as well as rare plants like the endemic northern California black walnut (Juglans californica var. hindsii).[3] Notable features include the sandhill crane fall migration and the Tall Forest in Wood Duck Slough. More than 250 bird species, more than 40 fish species, and some 230 plant species have been identified here.
Located on the bird migration route, the Pacific Flyway, the preserve is designated an Important Bird Area by the American Bird Conservancy and National Audubon Society. Several rare birds, such as the Tri-colored Blackbird and the Greater Sandhill Crane, have been identified. Many bird species that have been extirpated from most of the Central Valley are returning to the area.[4]
The preserve is between two growing urban centers, Sacramento in the north, and Stockton to the south, which threaten to constrict the protected areas to a narrow corridor extending from the Sierra foothills to the Sacramento River Delta.
The National Park Service has been protecting the area since 1976 when the agency added the Cosumnes River environment to the National Natural Landmark Program as the Cosumnes River Riparian Woodlands. This program conserves examples of the country's natural history and is the only natural areas program of national scope that identifies and recognizes the best representations of biological and geological features in both public and private ownership.[5]
SN/NC: Solanum lycopersicum, Solanaceae Family
This beautiful plant or vegetable commonly known as a tomato plant, which belongs to the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The species originated in Central and South America. The Nahuatl (Aztec language) word tomatl gave rise to the Spanish word "tomate", from which the English word tomato originates.
Numerous varieties of tomato are widely grown in temperate climates across the world, with greenhouses allowing its production throughout the year and in cooler areas. The plants typically grow to 1–3 meters (3–10 ft) in height and have a weak stem that often sprawls over the ground and vines over other plants. It is a perennial in its native habitat, and grown as an annual in temperate climates. An average common tomato weighs approximately 100 grams (4 oz). Its use as a food originated in Mexico, and spread throughout the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Tomato is consumed in diverse ways, including raw, as an ingredient in many dishes, sauces, salads, and drinks. While tomatoes are botanically berry-type fruits, they are considered culinary vegetables, being ingredients of savory meals.
Es conocido comúnmente como tomate, tomatera o jitomate, es una especie de planta herbácea del género Solanum de la familia Solanaceae; es nativa de Centro y Sudamérica y su uso como comida se habría originado en México hace unos 2500 años. El nombre proviene de la palabra náhuatl tomatl.
Es cultivada en el mundo entero para su consumo tanto fresco como procesado de diferentes modos (salsa, puré, zumo, deshidratado, enlatado).
O tradicional tomate, cultivado no mundo inteiro, originário da América Central e consagrado na Europa pelos italianos em suas deliciosas pastas. Para alguns é um vegetal e outros chegam a dizer que é fruta. Mas acho mesmo que é um legume e pouco importa o título. O que vale mesmo é sua importancia para a culinaria mundial.
Het is algemeen bekend als tomaat, tomaat of tomaat, het is een soort kruidachtige plant van het geslacht Solanum van de Solanaceae-familie; Het komt oorspronkelijk uit Midden- en Zuid-Amerika en het gebruik ervan als voedsel zou ongeveer 2500 jaar geleden in Mexico zijn ontstaan. De naam komt van het Nahuatl-woord tomatl.
Het wordt over de hele wereld gekweekt voor consumptie, zowel vers als op verschillende manieren verwerkt (saus, puree, sap, gedehydrateerd, ingeblikt).
È comunemente noto come pomodoro, pomodoro o pomodoro, è una specie di pianta erbacea del genere Solanum della famiglia delle Solanacee; È originario dell'America centrale e meridionale e si dice che il suo uso come cibo abbia avuto origine in Messico circa 2.500 anni fa. Il nome deriva dalla parola Nahuatl tomatl.
Viene coltivato in tutto il mondo per il consumo, sia fresco che lavorato in vari modi (salsa, purea, succo, disidratato, in scatola).
Es ist allgemein bekannt als Tomate, Tomate oder Tomate, es ist eine Art krautige Pflanze der Gattung Solanum der Familie Solanaceae; Sie ist in Mittel- und Südamerika beheimatet und ihre Verwendung als Nahrungsmittel soll vor etwa 2.500 Jahren in Mexiko entstanden sein. Der Name leitet sich vom Nahuatl-Wort tomatl ab.
Es wird auf der ganzen Welt für den Verzehr angebaut, sowohl frisch als auch auf verschiedene Weise verarbeitet (Sauce, Püree, Saft, dehydriert, in Dosen).
Elle est communément appelée tomate, tomate ou tomate, c'est une sorte de plante herbacée du genre Solanum de la famille des Solanacées ; Il est originaire d'Amérique centrale et d'Amérique du Sud et son utilisation comme aliment serait originaire du Mexique il y a environ 2 500 ans. Le nom vient du mot nahuatl tomatl.
Il est cultivé partout dans le monde pour la consommation, aussi bien frais que transformé de diverses manières (sauce, purée, jus, déshydraté, en conserve).
يُعرف باسم الطماطم أو الطماطم أو الطماطم ، وهو نوع من النباتات العشبية من جنس Solanum من عائلة Solanaceae ؛ موطنها الأصلي أمريكا الوسطى والجنوبية ويقال أن استخدامها كغذاء قد نشأ في المكسيك منذ حوالي 2500 عام. يأتي الاسم من كلمة ناهواتل توماتل.
يزرع في جميع أنحاء العالم للاستهلاك ، طازجًا ومعالجًا بطرق مختلفة (الصلصة ، المهروس ، العصير ، المجفف ، المعلب).
一般にトマト、トマト、またはトマトと呼ばれ、ナス科ナス属の草本植物の一種です。中南米原産で、食用としての利用は約2,500年前にメキシコで始まったと考えられています。名前はナワトル語のトマトルに由来します。
生のものもあれば、さまざまな方法で加工されたもの（ソース、ピューレ、ジュース、乾燥、缶詰）も含めて、世界中で消費用に栽培されています。
Le Mans (Sarthe)
L'enceinte romaine.
C'est aujourd’hui l'enceinte la mieux conservée de tout l'ancien Empire romain, avec celles des capitales impériales, Rome et Byzance.
Longue de 1300 mètres à l'origine, l'enceinte comprenait une trentaine de tours. La teinte de la muraille est due à l'utilisation de briques, de pierres de roussard (grès rouge) et d'un mortier rosâtre.
La construction de l'enceinte s'est certainement étalée du milieu des années 270 au début des années 300. Cette construction s'inscrit probablement dans la campagne de constructions décidées par l'empereur Aurélien. Vindunum (Le Mans) n'est pas la seule cité à se doter d'une enceinte fortifiée à cette époque : Le mur d'Aurélien à Rome a été construit entre 271 et 282. L'Empire sort alors d'une grave crise (politique, militaire et économique) et Aurélien décide de concentrer toutes les administrations de chaque ville de l'Empire dans un castrum où elles seront à l'abri. Le castrum du Mans protégeait l'extrémité du plateau de Sargé qui domine la Sarthe.
La muraille du Mans est une des seules à posséder de telles décorations dont le caractère ostentatoire devait affirmer le prestige impérial, ainsi que celui du pouvoir local, après une période difficile.
Les remparts ne possèdent pas de véritables fondations, ils reposent simplement sur une assise de moellons, de blocs ou de dalles, parfois de pilotis en bois dans les zones humides. On retrouve dans la muraille des fragments de colonnes et frontons provenant de monuments antérieurs ce qui montre que les matériaux de bâtiments plus anciens ont été réemployés.
La muraille fut le seul système défensif de la ville jusqu'au XIVe siècle.
www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/le-mans-la-petite-hi...
www.lemans.fr/dynamique/des-idees-de-visite/les-monuments...
On August 12 #WorldElephantDay asks you to help conserve and protect elephants from the numerous threats they face.
The elephant is loved, revered and respected by people and cultures around the world, yet we balance on the brink of seeing the last of this magnificent creature.
The escalation of poaching, habitat loss, human-elephant conflict and mistreatment in captivity are just some of the threats to both African and Asian elephants. Working towards better protection for wild elephants, improving enforcement policies to prevent the illegal poaching and trade of ivory, conserving elephant habitats, better treatment for captive elephants and, when appropriate, reintroducing captive elephants into natural, protected sanctuaries are the goals that numerous elephant conservation organizations are focusing on around the world.
Sant Feliu, Girona.
La iglesia de Sant Feliu es una basílica ubicada en la ciudad de Girona, originaria de los primeros tiempos del cristianismo. Acoge los oficios de la Parroquia Mayor de Sant Feliu del Obispado de Gerona, llamada así porque éste era el templo principal de Gerona antes de la construcción de la catedral. Su construcción, en honor del mártir san Feliu, se alargó desde el siglo XII hasta el XVII y conserva buena parte del edificio románico, completado más tarde con las naves y las cubiertas góticas y la fachada barroca. El atractivo principal está constituido por ocho extraordinarios sarcófagos romanos y paleocristianos de los siglos III y IV, encontrados al construirse la iglesia, junto con el sepulcro gótico de San Narciso.
Eminentemente de estilo gótico, el edificio parte de un esquema románico. Es de planta basilical y tiene tres naves separadas por cuatro arcos formeros de medio punto a cada lado de la nave central, sobre la que corre un triforio. La nave central termina en un gran ábside semicircular románico perforado por altos ventanales góticos que dejan pasar la luz al interior. En cuanto a las naves laterales, la del lado sur contiene dos absidiolos, que no están en el lado norte, ya que desaparecieron al construirse la capilla de San Narciso en el siglo XVIII. El campanario gótico actual sustituyó al antiguo románico y se construyó entre los siglos XIV y XVI, a la izquierda de la portada principal, barroca, situada en la fachada sur. Los otros dos accesos a la colegiata, góticos, se encuentran también en el lado sur y la parte norte.
La mayor parte de los capiteles situados en el ábside, decorados con motivos vegetales o animales, corresponden al desaparecido claustro románico.
The church of Sant Feliu is a basilica located in the city of Girona, originally from the early days of Christianity. It welcomes the offices of the Sant Feliu Parish of the Bishopric of Gerona, so named because this was the main temple of Gerona before the construction of the cathedral. Its construction, in honor of the martyr san Feliu, extended from the XII century Until the XVII and conserves good part of the Romanesque building, completed later with the ships and the gothic covers and the baroque facade. The main attraction consists of eight extraordinary Roman and early Christian sarcophagi of the third and fourth centuries, found when the church was built, together with the Gothic tomb of San Narciso.
Eminently Gothic, the building is part of a Romanesque scheme. It is of basilical plant and has three naves separated by four arches former of half point to each side of the central ship, on which runs a triforio. The central nave ends in a large semicircular Romanesque apse pierced by tall Gothic windows that let the light pass into the interior. As for the lateral ships, the one on the south side contains two absidioles, which are not on the north side, since they disappeared when the chapel of San Narciso was built in the eighteenth century. The present Gothic belfry replaced the old Romanesque and was built between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, to the left of the main baroque doorway, located on the south facade. The other two approaches to the collegiate church, Gothic, are also on the south side and the northern part.
Most of the capitals located in the apse, decorated with vegetable or animal motifs, correspond to the disappeared Romanesque cloister.
...bathe with a friend! 8-)
The house sparrows were very busy yesterday taking baths in the birdbath Leo likes to drink out of.........you know what they say.........while the cat's away...........
Perhaps this will make the water taste extra yummy.....nothing like a little essence of feathers to flavor things up a little!.
On cold mornings butterflies conserve energy by hanging on plants until the day warms up.
Butterflies reproduce the way other animals do -- sperm from a male fertilizes eggs from a female. Males and females of the same species recognize one another by the size, color, shape and vein structure of the wings, all of which are species specific. Butterflies also recognize each other through pheromones or scents. During mating, males use clasping organs on their abdomens to grasp females.
Many male butterflies deliver more than just sperm to their mates. Most provide a spermatophore, a package of sperm and nutrients the female needs to produce and lay eggs. Some males collect specific nutrients to produce a better spermatophore in an attempt to attract a mate. Some females, however, don't have a choice -- in some species, males mate with females before they have left their chrysalis or swarm the chrysalis waiting for the female to appear. In most species, males and females look a lot a like, but females often have larger abdomens for carrying their eggs.
Females store the sperm in a sac called a bursa until she's ready to lay her eggs. She fertilizes her eggs as she lays them, using the last sperm she received first. For this reason, males of some species will leave a substance that dries into a film on the female's abdomen in an effort to keep her from mating with other males. Females lay their eggs one at a time or in batches of hundreds depending on their species.
A butterfly has to take special care when laying eggs. The eggs must be kept warm and at the right humidity level. Too much moisture and the egg will rot or be attacked by fungus. Too little and the egg will dry out. Caterpillars also need to start eating as soon as they hatch, so most of the time females place the eggs directly onto a plant the caterpillar will eat. Typically, the eggs attach to the underside of a leaf so they are hidden from predators.
In spite of all the effort female butterflies make to protect their eggs, very few make it to adulthood. Ants, birds and other animals can eat the eggs themselves. Also caterpillars and butterflies are popular snacks for everything from birds to bats. Some insects also lurk in or around flowers to prey on adult butterflies. A butterfly's chrysalis also has few defenses from predators and, at all stages of life, a butterfly can succumb to fungi and diseases.
Parides iphidamas is commonly known as the Iphidamas Cattleheart and the Transandean Cattleheart.
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Taggia, dans la basse Vallée Argentina, est l’un des villages les plus anciens et les plus connus de la Riviera italienne. Ce bourg a vu la naissance d’hommes illustres tel Giovanni Ruffini, auteur du célèbre roman « Le Docteur Antonio ».
Le patrimoine historique et architectural de Taggia est remarquable : la structure médiévale, les tours, les remparts, les œuvres d’art conservées dans le couvent des Dominicains (qui constitue le plus grand complexe médiéval de l’Ouest de la Ligurie, abritant de précieux tableaux de Louis, Antoine et François Brea, Giovanni Canavesio, Gregorio de Ferrari etc.).
La renommée de Taggia est également liée à la culture de l’olivier de la variété « Taggiasca », dont l’huile est connue pour son bouquet fruité et sa faible teneur en acide.
L'original de ce tableau est conservé au musée du Prado à Madrid.
You should know that it is not the original works that are exhibited at the Jheronimus Bosch Art Center but high quality photos in the original size of the work framed optimally. You can manipulate the triptychs.
In 2016, there was a big exhibition that had a lot of success with the original works at the Noordbrabants museum which adjoins the Stedelijk museum, but you could hardly get close and the cameras were forbidden.
The original of this painting is kept in the museum of Prado in Madrid.
Il faut savoir que ce ne sont pas les oeuvres originales qui sont exposées au Jheronimus Bosch Art Center mais bien des photos de grande qualité au format original de l'oeuvre encadrées de façon optimale. Vous pouvez manipuler les triptyques.
En 2016, il y a eu une grande exposition qui a eu énormément de succès avec les oeuvres originales au Noordbrabants museum qui jouxte le Stedelijk museum, mais vous pouviez à peine approcher et les appareils photos étaient interdits.
"A fledgling American Bald Eagle in flight."
New Jersey Eagle Project - 2020
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered & Nongame Species Program, is releasing results of the 2019 NJ Bald Eagle nesting season.
2019 was a record year for NJ eagles with the highest number of active nests and young fledged in the history of the project. This year, 238 eagle nests were monitored, of which 189 were active (laid eggs) and 248 young fledged. This is the highest number of fledges ever, surpassing the previous high of 216 in 2016.
🇫🇷 1er arrêt : site de Termesos
Termessos est une cité antique dont les ruines actuelles, relativement bien conservées, sont à 34 km au nord-ouest d'Antalya. située en altitude (1 050 m) au fond d'une gorge qui se termine par un petit plateau coincé entre deux sommets .
Le site de Termessos a connu une occupation très ancienne, citée par Homère dans l'Iliade. La ville semble donc déjà exister bien avant l'an 1000 avant JC, elle faisait alors partie de l'empire Hittite.
Termessos passera ensuite sous influence des Phrygiens, des Lydiens puis des Perses. Cette cité réputée combative, bien protégée par son environnement, résiste ainsi à Alexandre le Grand qui tente en vain de conquérir la ville en 334 avant JC.
A la mort d'Alexandre le Grand, Termessos tombe sous la coupe de l'un de ses généraux, la ville bien que restant très indépendante s'hellénise progressivement.
🇬🇧 1st stop: Termessos is an ancient city whose relatively well-preserved ruins lie 34km north-west of Antalya. It lies at an altitude of 1,050m at the bottom of a gorge that ends in a small plateau wedged between two peaks.
The site of Termessos was inhabited very long ago, as mentioned by Homer in the Iliad. The city seems to have existed long before 1000 BC, when it was part of the Hittite Empire.
Termessos then came under the influence of the Phrygians, Lydians and Persians. With its reputation for fighting spirit and well-protected environment, Termessos was able to resist Alexander the Great's unsuccessful attempt to conquer the city in 334 BC.
After the death of Alexander the Great, Termessos fell under the control of one of his generals, and although it remained very independent, it gradually became Hellenised.
🇩🇪 1. Station: Termessos ist eine antike Stadt, deren heutige, relativ gut erhaltene Ruinen 34 km nordwestlich von Antalya liegen. Sie liegt hoch (1050 m) am Ende einer Schlucht, die in einem kleinen Plateau zwischen zwei Gipfeln endet.
Termessos war schon sehr früh besiedelt und wurde von Homer in der Ilias erwähnt. Die Stadt scheint schon lange vor 1000 v. Chr. bestanden zu haben und gehörte damals zum Reich der Hethiter.
Später geriet Termessos unter den Einfluss der Phryger, der Lyder und schließlich der Perser. Die Stadt galt als kämpferisch und war durch ihre Umgebung gut geschützt. So widerstand sie auch Alexander dem Großen, der 334 v. Chr. vergeblich versuchte, die Stadt zu erobern.
Nach dem Tod Alexanders des Großen fiel Termessos unter die Herrschaft eines seiner Generäle, und die Stadt behielt zwar ihre Unabhängigkeit, wurde aber nach und nach hellenisiert.
🇪🇸 1.ª parada: Termessos es una antigua ciudad cuyas ruinas, relativamente bien conservadas, se encuentran a 34 km al noroeste de Antalya, a 1050 m de altitud, en el fondo de un desfiladero que termina en una pequeña meseta encajonada entre dos picos.
El emplazamiento de Termessos estuvo ocupado desde tiempos antiguos, como menciona Homero en la Ilíada. La ciudad parece haber existido mucho antes del año 1000 a. C., cuando formaba parte del Imperio hitita.
Posteriormente, cayó bajo la influencia de los frigios, lidios y persas. Gracias a su reputación de espíritu combativo y a su entorno bien protegido, Termessos pudo resistir el intento infructuoso de Alejandro Magno de conquistarla en el 334 a. C.
Tras la muerte de Alejandro Magno, la ciudad pasó a estar bajo el control de uno de sus generales y, aunque siguió siendo muy independiente, poco a poco se fue helenizando.
🇮🇹 1a tappa: Termessos è un'antica città le cui rovine, relativamente ben conservate, si trovano a 34 km a nord-ovest di Antalya, a 1.050 m di altitudine, in fondo a una gola che termina su un piccolo altopiano incuneato tra due cime.
Il sito di Termessos fu occupato molto tempo fa, come ricorda Omero nell'Iliade. La città sembra sia esistita ben prima del 1000 a.C., quando faceva parte dell'impero ittita.
Successivamente, passò sotto l'influenza dei Frigi, dei Lidi e dei Persiani. Grazie alla sua reputazione di città dallo spirito combattivo e al suo ambiente ben protetto, Termessos riuscì a resistere al tentativo fallito di Alessandro Magno di conquistarla nel 334 a.C.
Alla morte di Alessandro Magno, Termessos passò sotto il controllo di uno dei suoi generali e, sebbene la città rimase molto indipendente, si ellenizzò gradualmente.
Translated by Deepl
The outline of a castle and ancient walls announce the beautiful town of Monopoli, which overlooks the Adriatic Sea. The town’s 99 contrade (districts) stretch out flatly, allowing you to admire them entirely with a single glance from the splendid belvedere of Loggia del Pilato. This natural terrace, on the road to Selva di Fasano, overlooks a countryside characterized by masserie (farmsteads), churches, rupestrian settlements, and villas. The symbol of the town is the Castello Carlo V (Castle of Charles V), which stands on the promontory of Punta Penna, and today hosts exhibitions and conferences. You'll find well conserved and carefully restored masserie in the heart of the marina, as well as in the low-lying hills and flat interior.
Bruno Vansina Quartet @ La Conserve Leuven
3MAY2018
Cyrille Obermüller Double bass
Kobe Proesmans Percussion
Bruno Vansina Alt Sax
Teun Verbruggen Drums
Photography: © Patrick Van Vlerken 2018
Bruno Vansina Quartet @ La Conserve Leuven
3MAY2018
Cyrille Obermüller Double bass
Kobe Proesmans Percussion
Bruno Vansina Alt Sax
Teun Verbruggen Drums
Photography: © Patrick Van Vlerken 2018
España - Málaga - Ronda - Baños árabes
ENGLISH
This thermal building of the arab time is the best conserved of its kind at the Iberian Peninsula. It is located at the old arab quarter of the city, today called San Miguel Quarter, being the formerly outside quarter of the arab medina (city) of Ronda.
The bahts were built near the Arroyo de las Culebras (snakes' stream), a perfect place in order to be provided of water, which was moved by a waterwheel, in an current perfect conservation state.
The chronology of the Ronda arab bahts starts at the 13th-14th centuries. The bath is divided into three main zones, following the Roman model of thermal buildings:cold water, warm water and hot water bathrooms. The hydraulic system of the thermal bath has arrived to our days almost complete. The central room is the biggest and has got three parts, separated by four pairs of horseshoe arches above bricks and stone columns, which have the function of holding up barrel vaults, with nice skylights forming stars, closed with glass.
The building is surrounded by one wall with blind arches (no light can be seen through them) and has got at its end a tower containing the waterwheel structure. The boiler area is also conserved, where the water was heated, as well as rests of a tannery, which was the main activity of this place after the christian conquest of the city, which meant that the use of the building as thermal baths was neglected.
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ESPAÑOL
Los Baños Arabes de Ronda, de época nazarí (s. XIII-XIV), están situados en la zona de la antigua judería y, a pesar de su extraordinario interés arquitectónico, fueron abandonados (la moral cristiana no permitía ciertas prácticas), y las crecidas del río Guadalevín acabaron sepultándolos. Al encargar la Duquesa de Parcent la construcción de unos jardines en esta zona, aparecieron sus primeros restos, aunque se obviaron hasta que en 1935 el yacimiento fue adquirido por el Estado. Las excavaciones realizadas hasta ahora han permitido rescatar las tres salas de baño (fría, templada y caliente) y las cubiertas con bóvedas de cañón (horadadas por tragaluces en forma de estrella), que se comunican por arcos de medio punto. Se conservan, además, parte de las calderas y de los sistemas de conducción de agua.
Cuentan con la singularidad de conservar completa su estructura, con las diferentes estancias e instalaciones que lo organizaban, siendo los más grandes y mejor conservados de la Península Ibérica. Curiosamente se situaban extramuros de la ciudad, en el Antiguo Arrabal Islámico de la Ciudad, actualmente denominado Barrio de San Miguel en el extraradio de lo que fue en su momento la Medina Musulmana de Ronda. Fueron construidos junto al Arroyo de las Culebras, lugar perfecto para el abastecimiento de agua, que se desplazaba a través de un sistema de noria, perfectamente conservado en la actualidad.
La sala central es la más grande y consta de tres cuerpos, separados mediante cuatro pares de arcos de herradura sobre columnas de ladrillo y piedra, que sostienen bóvedas de cañón (semiesféricas) con bellos tragaluces en forma de estrella cerrados con cristales. El edificio está cercado con un muro de arcos ciegos, que forman el acueducto, y tiene una torre al fondo con una caja de noria. Del mismo modo conserva el área de calderas donde se calentaba el agua, así como restos de las curtidurías, actividad principal en el lugar una vez que se abandonó el uso como baños tras la conquista cristiana de la ciudad.
The Musée des Augustins de Toulouse is a fine arts museum in Toulouse, France which conserves a collection of sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. The paintings are from throughout France, the sculptures representing Occitan culture of the region with a particularly rich assemblage of Romanesque sculpture. The building in which the museum is sited was built in 1309 in the Gothic style and prior to the French Revolution housed Toulouse's Augustinian convent. The convent was secularized in 1793 and first opened to the public as a museum on 27 August 1795 by decree of the French Convention, very shortly after the opening of the Louvre, making it one of the oldest museums in France after the Louvre and the Musée des Beaux Arts in Besançon. It at first housed the Muséum Provisoire du Midi de la République and the école des Beaux-Arts. The Musée des Augustins de Toulouse was one of fifteen museums founded in provincial centres, by a decree of 13 Fructidor year IX (31 August 1801), which was promulgated by the minister of the interior, Jean-Antoine Chaptal (Arrêté Chaptal du 14 fructidor an IX). At the start of the 19th century several medieval buildings (notably the refectory) were demolished and in their place Viollet-le-Duc and his pupil Darcy put up new exhibition galleries, accessed by a Gothic Revival monumental stair offering an interplay of richly complicated vaulting systems. The works continued from 1873 to 1901, when the museum reopened. In effect, Toulouse commissioned Urbain Vitry to ensure remove all the convent's religious characteristics. The archaeologist Alexandre Du Mège occupied the cloister and rebuilt it to be able to house the medieval collections gathered from Toulouse's destroyed religious buildings such as the basilique Saint-Sernin. Today the cloister houses a reconstructed medieval garden. The building was classed as a Monument historique in 1840. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musée_des_Augustins
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is an American national park that conserves an area of large sand dunes up to 750 feet (230 m) tall[5] on the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, and an adjacent national preserve in the Sangre de Cristo Range, in south-central Colorado, United States.[6] The park was originally designated Great Sand Dunes National Monument on March 17, 1932, by President Herbert Hoover. The original boundaries protected an area of 35,528 acres (55.5 sq mi; 143.8 km2).[2] A boundary change and redesignation as a national park and preserve was authorized on November 22, 2000, and then established on September 24, 2004.[3] The park encompasses 107,342 acres (167.7 sq mi; 434.4 km2) while the preserve protects an additional 41,686 acres (65.1 sq mi; 168.7 km2) for a total of 149,028 acres (232.9 sq mi; 603.1 km2).[1] The recreational visitor total was 527,546 in 2019.[4]
The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America.[7] The dunes cover an area of about 30 sq mi (78 km2) and are estimated to contain over 1.2 cubic miles (5 billion cubic metres) of sand.[8] Sediments from the surrounding mountains filled the valley over geologic time periods. After lakes within the valley receded, exposed sand was blown by the predominant southwest winds toward the Sangre de Cristos, eventually forming the dunefield over an estimated tens of thousands of years.[9] The four primary components of the Great Sand Dunes system are the mountain watershed, the dunefield, the sand sheet, and the sabkha.[8] Ecosystems within the mountain watershed include alpine tundra, subalpine forests, montane woodlands, and riparian zones.[10]
Evidence of human habitation in the San Luis Valley dates back about 11,000 years. The first historic peoples to inhabit the area were the Southern Ute Tribe; Apaches and Navajo also have cultural connections in the area. In the late 17th century, Diego de Vargas, a Spanish governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, became the first European on record to enter the San Luis Valley. Juan Bautista de Anza, Zebulon Pike, John C. Frémont, and John Gunnison all travelled through and explored parts of the region in the 18th and 19th centuries. The explorers were soon followed by settlers who ranched, farmed and mined in the valley starting in the late 19th century. The park was first established as a national monument in 1932 to protect it from gold mining and the potential of a concrete manufacturing business.[11]
Visitors must walk across the wide and shallow Medano Creek to reach the dunes in spring and summer. The creek typically has a peak flow from late May to early June. From July to April, it is usually no more than a few inches deep, if there is any water at all.[12] Hiking is permitted throughout the dunes with the warning that the sand surface temperature may reach 150 °F (66 °C) in summer.[13] Sandboarding and sandsledding are popular activities, both done on specially designed equipment that can be rented just outside the park entrance or in Alamosa.[14] Visitors with street-legal four-wheel drive vehicles may continue past the end of the park's main road to Medano Pass on 22 miles (35 km) of unpaved road, crossing the stream bed of Medano Creek nine times and traversing 4 miles (6.4 km) of deep sand.[15] Hunting is permitted in the preserve in the autumn, but prohibited within national park boundaries at all times.[16] The preserve encompasses nearly all of the mountainous areas north and east of the dunefield, up to the ridgeline of the Sangre de Cristos.[6]
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sand_Dunes_National_Park_and_...
Une photo pour célébrer la Journée de la Biodiversité, en espérant qu'il soit possible d'observer de tels spectacles naturels pendant longtemps, á condition de conserver une vaste diversité d'écosystèmes et leur composantes biologiques. Ibis écarlate (Eudocimus ruber) dans le département du Meta, Colombie.
Una foto para celebrar el Día de la Biodiversidad, esperando que podamos observar esos espectáculos naturales por mucho mas tiempo, a condición de conservar una gran diversidad de ecosistemas y sus componentes biológicos! Ibis Escarlata, o Corocoro Rojo (Eudocimus ruber) en el departamento del Meta, Colombia.
Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established in 1987 to offset lowland habitat loss caused by construction at the Bonneville dam. These lands were established to reduce the impact of this loss and provide more habitat for migrating and resident wildlife. Since then smaller pieces of land have been added to create what is now Steigerwald Lake NWR.
Staff and partners strive to work with the community to restore and conserve Oregon oak woodlands, pastures and wetland habitats. These lands support salmonids, wintering geese, ducks and other wildlife that thrive in tandem with the River and the communities that surround them.
Our Mission
The mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management and, where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.
Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge Vision
The Service will actively protect, restore and enhance wetland, riparian and upland habitats on the Refuge to benefit a diversity of native wildlife and plants. Habitat improvements and management practices will benefit native species and habitats affected by construction and operation of Federal hydroelectric projects on the Columbia River and its tributaries. The Refuge will provide opportunities for quality, compatible, wildlife-dependent recreation, education and interpretation to enhance public appreciation, understanding and enjoyment of the Gorge Refuges. The Service will be an active partner in promoting and facilitating efforts in the local community to protect and restore fish and wildlife habitats.
L'original de ce tableau est conservé au musée du Prado à Madrid.
You should know that it is not the original works that are exhibited at the Jheronimus Bosch Art Center but high quality photos in the original size of the work framed optimally. You can manipulate the triptychs.
In 2016, there was a big exhibition that had a lot of success with the original works at the Noordbrabants museum which adjoins the Stedelijk museum, but you could hardly get close and the cameras were forbidden.
The original of this painting is kept in Prado museum in Madrid.
Il faut savoir que ce ne sont pas les oeuvres originales qui sont exposées au Jheronimus Bosch Art Center mais bien des photos de grande qualité au format original de l'oeuvre encadrées de façon optimale. Vous pouvez manipuler les triptyques.
En 2016, il y a eu une grande exposition qui a eu énormément de succès avec les oeuvres originales au Noordbrabants museum qui jouxte le Stedelijk museum, mais vous pouviez à peine approcher et les appareils photos étaient interdits.
"In memory of Peter Dombrovskis"
This photograph is at a place in the Lake St Clair National Park known as "Watersmeet". It is the location where two small rivers, the Cuvier and the Hugel join together and rush into the lake. When I first took it I was not thinking specifically about Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis, although I had taken along with me a copy of Peter's magnificent wilderness photos, "The Photography of Peter Dombrovskis: Journeys into the Wild" (NLA, 2017).
But as I came to put together this series, these last three photographs I've uploaded today seemed to me to encapsulate the relationship between the two greatest wilderness photographers this country has ever produced. You see, both men loved the wild rivers of Tasmania and wanted to conserve as much of the natural environment as possible.
In these two men great rivers of creativity met. And having spent their lives the water flows into a great lake. And from this lake there flows a mighty river that flows down to the sea. And from there all the waters of the world unite. Can you see the possibilities of that imagery?
Most of us are not worthy to be considered a river in our own right, but somewhere on the way we can play our part and use our photography to change the world, little by little. It's a matter of commitment. That's why I've said before I am no longer merely interesting in photographing things. I want to find a way to compose IDEAS in the form of a photograph. That's why I spend so much energy writing this Blog.
The photograph above, "Two Rivers Meet", is strangely reminiscent of Peter Dombrovskis' most famous picture: "Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River". nla.gov.au/nla.obj-147241885/view
Now of course, this scene is only reminiscent. It doesn't have the grandeur of Peter's incredible photograph. Watersmeet is on a much smaller scale anyway, and it doesn't have that magical light that Peter used to perfection. But the Dombrovskis photo is generally regarded to have been the most powerful weapon to persuade the Australian people and the new Hawke government in 1982, to overrule the Tasmanian government and stop the building of the Dam that would have destroyed much of the precious Gordon River environment.
Peter Dombrovskis was Olegas Truchanas' representative in saving the river that had meant so much to both men. Dombrovskis had arrived in Australia as a five year old in 1950 from Latvia. For the sake of space, I won't go into detail on Peter's life here, the official web site has a lovely short introduction. www.peterdombrovskis.com/
But if I tell you that Peter Dombrovskis is one of only 76 photographers (and the only Australian) elected posthumously to the International Photography Hall of Fame in 2004, then you know I am speaking of a giant. But Peter stood on the shoulders of a giant too, in Olegas Truchanas, and together they have changed the way we see the world. iphf.org/inductees/peter-dombrovskis/
Whereas Ansel Adams photographed his wilderness in magnificent monochromes, Dombrovskis brought the Tasmanian wilderness to life in glorious colour. All his wilderness photographs were bequeathed to the National Library of Australia collection and you can access them here: nla.gov.au/nla.obj-147221112
But like Adams, Dombrovskis used a large format camera. In his case it was a Linhof Master Technika 5 x 4 inch flatbed field camera. He used three lenses; a 90mm Nikkor F4.5, a 150mm Schneider Symar-S (standard lens), and a 300mm Nikkor MF9. As difficult as it was to lug equipment around like this (and some people think the Nikon D850 is too heavy!), the picture quality was extraordinary. I am yet to study this collection fully, but there is a complete education in wilderness photography right there at our fingertips.
I may have my disagreements with some of former Senator Bob Brown's politics, but I completely endorse his words about Peter Dombrovskis work and its impact. Brown writes:
"On the morning of Peter's final trip, (his son) Nicholas recalls, 'He came into my room in the darkness and I felt his unshaven face scratch mine. He gave me a kiss and said he loved me and that he would be back for my birthday'. But Peter never returned. High in the Western Arthur Range in late March 1996, alone near Mount Hayes just west of Lake Oberon, his heart gave way and he fell lifeless to the track in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. While his spirit may be there, through the gift of his photographic record, it is also alive and here for everyone to enjoy."
And here is one of the very last plates from Peter's camera found in the very beautiful location of his death. nla.gov.au/nla.obj-149544887/view
Vale Peter Dombrovskis.
Prints of Peter Dombrovskis' work can also be obtained here:
I was able to spend a few hours in morning light with the local Long-billed Curlew. We sure are blessed in Metro Vancouver to have this normally rare resident. Long-billed Curlews are threatened in Canada. There are 2 Subspecies of Long-billed Curlew and the subspecies that occurs in the USA (Numenius americanus americanus) is bigger than the ones we get and have longer bills than the Canadian (Numenius americanus) ones. There are only 500 Long-billed Curlews left in BC and with continued development and agricultural land use their breeding habitat gets further reduce we must do all we can to conserve and protect our remaining grasslands in Canada but especially in BC.
L'original de ce tableau est conservé au musée des Beaux Arts de Gand (Gent).
You should know that it is not the original works that are exhibited at the Jheronimus Bosch Art Center but high quality photos in the original size of the work framed optimally. You can manipulate the triptychs.
In 2016, there was a big exhibition that had a lot of success with the original works at the Noordbrabants museum which adjoins the Stedelijk museum, but you could hardly get close and the cameras were forbidden.
The original of this painting is kept in the museum of Beaux Arts of Gand (Gent).
Il faut savoir que ce ne sont pas les oeuvres originales qui sont exposées au Jheronimus Bosch Art Center mais bien des photos de grande qualité au format original de l'oeuvre encadrées de façon optimale. Vous pouvez manipuler les triptyques.
En 2016, il y a eu une grande exposition qui a eu énormément de succès avec les oeuvres originales au Noordbrabants museum qui jouxte le Stedelijk museum, mais vous pouviez à peine approcher et les appareils photos étaient interdits.