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The Ruhr is a river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), a right tributary (east-side) of the Rhine.
Description and history
The source of the Ruhr is near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous Sauerland region, at an elevation of approximately 670 metres (2,200 ft). It flows into the lower Rhine at an elevation of only 17 metres (56 ft) in the municipal area of Duisburg. Its total length is 219 km (136 mi), its average discharge is 79 cubic metres per second (2,800 cu ft/s) at Mülheim near its mouth. Thus, its discharge is, for example, comparable to that of the river Ems in Northern Germany or the River Thames in the United Kingdom.
The Ruhr first passes the towns of Meschede, Arnsberg, Wickede, Fröndenberg, Holzwickede, Iserlohn, and Schwerte. Then the river marks the southern limit of the Ruhr area, passing Hagen, Dortmund, Herdecke, Wetter, Witten, Bochum, Hattingen, Essen, Mülheim, and Duisburg.
The Ruhr area was Germany's primary industrial area during the early- to mid-20th century. Most factories were located there. The occupation of the Ruhr from 1923 to 1924 by French forces, due to the Weimar Republic's failure to continue paying reparations from World War I, provoked passive resistance, which saw production in the factories grind to a halt. As a result, the German hyperinflation crisis grew even worse.
During World War II, two of the dams on the Ruhr, the Möhne Dam and the Sorpe Dam were targets for Operation Chastise, in which special "bouncing bombs" were developed to take out the dams and flood the valley, with the hope of seriously affecting the German industries there. The story was told in a 1951 book and the popular 1955 film made from it, The Dam Busters.
Lakes
There are five Ruhr reservoirs on the river, often used for leisure activities.
Hengsteysee between Dortmund and Hagen, surface area: 1.36 km2 height of the weir 4.5 m
Harkortsee between Herdecke and Wetter; surface area: 1.37 km2, height of the weir 7.8 m
Kemnader See between Witten and Bochum; surface area: 1.25 km2, height of the weir 2 m
Baldeneysee in Essen-Werden; surface area: 2.64 km2, height of the weir 8.5 m
Kettwiger See in Essen-Kettwig; surface area: 0.55 km2, height of the weir 6 m
Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Ruhr are (from source to mouth):
Left: Berkelbach, Voßmecke, Neger, Elpe, Valme, Nierbach, Henne, Kelbke, Wenne, Mühlenbach, Röhr, Bachumer Bach, Haßbach, Scheebach, Wimberbach, Hönne, Abbabach, Baarbach, Elsebach, Wannebach (Ergste), Lenne, Volme, Sprockhöveler Bach, Deilbach, Oefter Bach, Rinderbach
Right: Hillebach, Gierskoppbach, Gebke (Meschede), Kleine Gebke, Gebke (Wennemen), Wanne, Möhne, Wannebach (Westhofen), Borbach, Wannenbach, Hörsterholzer Bach, Knöselsbach, Rumbach
(Wikipedia)
Die Ruhr ist ein 219,3 km langer, rechter und östlicher Nebenfluss des Rheins in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Deutschland) mit einem Einzugsgebiet von 4485 km².
Der Fluss verläuft über rund 124 km auf dem Gebiet des Regionalverbands Ruhr und gab dem Ruhrgebiet als größter Agglomeration Deutschlands seinen Namen. Dieser erklärt sich daraus, dass die Industrialisierung im ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert im Bereich des Flusses, wo die Kohle dicht unter der Erdoberfläche gelagert ist, begann.
Eine wichtige wirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Flusses liegt heute in der Trink- und Brauchwasserversorgung des Ruhrgebiets, für die der Ruhrverband zuständig ist, sowie in der Energiegewinnung. Im 19. Jahrhundert war die Ruhr zeitweilig die meistbefahrene Wasserstraße Deutschlands. Gegenwärtig findet Güterverkehr nur noch auf den letzten zwölf Flusskilometern zwischen dem Mülheimer Rhein-Ruhr-Hafen und dem Rhein statt. Das Tal der Ruhr ist ein Naherholungsgebiet für die Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr.
Im Unterlauf beträgt die mittlere Abflussmenge der Ruhr am Pegel Mülheim 76 m³/s.[3] Der von wasserwirtschaftlichen Maßnahmen unbeeinflusste, natürliche Abfluss beträgt an der Mündung im Mittel 81,6 m³/s; nach diesen Werten ist die Ruhr nach ihrer Wasserführung der sechstgrößte Nebenfluss des Rheins.
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Verlauf
Quelle
Die Ruhr entspringt im hochsauerländischen Teil des Rothaargebirges auf dem Nordosthang des im Naturpark Sauerland-Rothaargebirge liegenden Ruhrkopfes (695,7 m ü. NN). Die dortige Ruhrquelle befindet sich etwa 3 km nordöstlich von Winterberg und 1,5 km nordwestlich von dessen Stadtteil Elkeringhausen in einem morastigen Bereich auf etwa 674 m Höhe. Etwas unterhalb davon durchfließt das Quellwasser ein kleines Steinrondell (666,5 m).
Oberhalb der Quelle verläuft über den Ruhrkopf die Rhein-Weser-Wasserscheide: Während die Ruhr in den westlich gelegenen Rhein mündet, fließt das Wasser der kurzen Bäche, die auf dem Südosthang des Ruhrkopfes entspringen, durch die etwas weiter östlich am Reetsberg quellende und überwiegend ostwärts verlaufende Orke und dann durch die Eder und Fulda letztlich nordostwärts in die Weser.
Die Kilometrierung der Ruhr bezieht sich weder auf die eigentliche Ruhrquelle noch auf das vorgenannte Steinrondell, sondern auf die Quelle eines etwa 200 m langen Ruhr-Zuflusses. Sie beginnt rund 180 m ostsüdöstlich des Rondells auf 667 m Höhe, wobei eine Flusslänge von 219,3 km angegeben ist. Der Ruhrquelle entspringt allerdings nicht der längste Quellast: Sowohl der bei Ruhrkilometer 6,7 von rechts einmündende Hillebach, der 7,7 km lang ist, als auch die nach 16,8 km des Ruhrlaufes von links einmündende Neger, die 17,7 km lang ist (mit Namenlose 20,3 km), sind wasserreicher und länger.
Verlauf und Orte am Fluss
Die Ruhr fließt, mit Ausnahme der ersten zwanzig Kilometer, im Wesentlichen in Ost-West-Richtung; dabei wird sie beidseitig von Gebirgszügen des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges begrenzt.
Aus dem im Naturpark Rothaargebirge liegenden Quellbereich fließt die Ruhr zunächst nach Norden entlang der Bundesstraße 480 auf den Naturpark Arnsberger Wald zu, vor dem sie bei Olsberg in Richtung Westen abbiegt. Nach Olsberg schließen sich im Norden die südlichen Berge des zuletzt genannten Naturparks an, der bis in das Tal des Flusses reicht. Innerhalb der Gemeindegebiete von Bestwig und Meschede fließt das Ruhrwasser südlich des Hainbergs am dortigen Naturschutzgebiet vorbei weiter in Richtung Westen nach Arnsberg, dem Sitz der Bezirksregierung.
Weiter nordwestlich, zwischen Ense und Wickede (Ruhr), erreicht der Fluss die Südseite des Haarstrangs, knickt bei Wickede nach Westen ab und fließt von nun an zwischen dem Haarstrang und den Höhen des Sauerlandes nach Westen, vorbei an Fröndenberg/Ruhr, Menden (Sauerland), Holzwickede, Iserlohn und Schwerte. Auf der Strecke vor dem Haarstrang hat die Ruhr den größten Teil des von ihr zu überwindenden Gesamthöhenunterschiedes bereits hinter sich. Bei Fröndenberg hat der Fluss noch eine Höhe von 123 m ü. NN.
Das Gebiet Dortmunds reicht im Süden am steilen Hang des Ardey bis an die Ruhr. Die südlichen Stadtteile haben sich vielfach zu bevorzugten Wohnlagen entwickelt, so auch Syburg. Dort liegt hoch über der Ruhr jenes Bauwerk, mit dem Dortmund erste geschichtliche Erwähnung fand: die Hohensyburg. Am gegenüberliegenden Ufer, auf dem Stadtgebiet Hagens münden die Lenne und die Volme in die Ruhr. Mit der aus Süden kommenden Lenne nimmt die Ruhr hier ihren größten Nebenfluss auf, durch den sich ihr mittleres Abflussvolumen von 30 auf 55 Kubikmeter pro Sekunde fast verdoppelt. Kurz darauf passiert die Ruhr mit dem Hengsteysee den ersten großen Ruhrstausee, der vom Ruhrverband gebaut wurde und betrieben wird.
Herdeckes Zentrum befindet sich über einer Flussschleife, genau zwischen dem Hengstey- und dem Harkortsee, an dessen rechtem Ufer Wetter liegt. Durch ihre direkte Lage am Fluss waren Wetter und das etwas ruhrabwärts gelegene Witten wichtige Zentren der frühen Industrialisierung des Ruhrgebietes.
Am Harkortsee macht die Ruhr einen markanten Bogen um einen Ausläufer des Ardeygebirges, um schließlich weiter durch das südliche Ruhrgebiet zu fließen. In Bochum stehen die Gebäude der Ruhr-Universität auf den Höhen über dem Kemnader See. Nahe bei Hattingen führt seit Jahrhunderten eine Brücke über den Fluss, die lange vom Hilinciweg genutzt wurde. Erst 2002 wurde fast an derselben Stelle eine neue Brücke in Richtung Bochum errichtet.
Von Dahlhausen nach Essen-Steele wendet sich die Ruhr nach Westen, fließt dann wieder südwestwärts um Essen-Überruhr herum durch den Baldeneysee, tangiert Essen-Werden, das mit seinem Kloster bis 1803 eine selbständige Reichsabtei war und seit dem 1. August 1929 zur Stadt Essen gehört, und wendet sich hinter dem Kettwiger See wieder nach Nordwesten. Kettwig (seit 1975 Stadtteil von Essen) hat einen historischen Fachwerkkern. Kettwigs Ruhrbrücke wurde 1282 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Die südlichen Stadtteile Essens liegen auf etwa 30 Kilometer Länge an der Ruhr.
Leinpfad mit Uferbebauung in Mülheim an der Ruhr
Bei der historischen Furt des Hellwegs in Mülheim an der Ruhr, nahe Schloss Broich, erreicht der Fluss das Niederrheinische Tiefland und ändert seinen Lauf ein letztes Mal in der Hauptrichtung nach Westen. Mülheim ist die einzige Stadt im Ruhrgebiet, deren Innenstadt vom Fluss durchquert wird. Der Rumbach mündet als letzter nennenswerter Zufluss in unmittelbarer Nähe der Mülheimer Innenstadt von rechts. Oberhausen wird lediglich an der Südgrenze des Stadtteils Alstaden vom Fluss berührt, bevor die Ruhr Duisburg erreicht, wo sie nördlich des Stadtzentrums in die Duisburg-Ruhrorter Häfen übergeht.
Mündung
Nachdem das Ruhrwasser etwa 160 Brücken unterquert hat, mündet der Fluss auf 20,2 m ü. NN bei Duisburg-Ruhrort in den Rhein. Die Ruhrmündung liegt bei Rheinkilometer 780 und ist durch die Landmarke Rheinorange gekennzeichnet. Diese 25 m hohe Stahlbramme stammt von dem Kölner Bildhauer Lutz Fritsch und wurde 1992 in Duisburg-Neuenkamp errichtet.
Geologische Entwicklung
An der Wasserscheide des Rothaargebirges, wo die Ruhr ihren Ursprung hat, entspringen etliche Nebengewässer der oberen und mittleren Ruhr. Die Quelle der Namenlose beispielsweise liegt in nur rund 1,5 km Entfernung von der Ruhrquelle entfernt, um sich dann über die Neger unterhalb von Siedlinghausen am Rande des Rothaargebirges mit der Ruhr zu vereinen. Von der Ruhrquelle bis zum Ursprung ihres größten Nebenflusses, der Lenne, beträgt die Distanz nur 8 km. Der hohe Kamm des Rothaargebirges ist in der Erdgeschichte weiter aufgefaltet worden und bis heute erosionsbeständiger als die übrigen Bereiche des umgebenden Mittelgebirges, durch das die Ruhr und ihre Nebenflüsse das Wasser nach Süden ableiten.
Bereits nach Verlassen des Rothaargebirges bei Olsberg hat die Ruhr etwa die Hälfte des bis zum Rhein bestehenden Höhenunterschiedes überwunden. Dabei wird das Ruhrtal von bis zu 400 m höheren Kuppen des Mittelgebirges überragt. Die runden Wölbungen der Berge des Sauerlandes sind die nach langer Erosion entstandenen Überbleibsel eines Gebirges, das im Paläozoikum und Mesozoikum entstanden ist. Die Täler wurden hier seit dem Tertiär und Quartär ausgewaschen.
In ihrem Mittellauf im Niedersauerland durchfließt die Ruhr ein 100 bis 200 m in das Bergland eingeschnittenes Sohltal. Das mittlere Ruhrtal zeigt dabei eine mehrstufige Terrassenlandschaft, die im Verlauf der wechselnden Vereisungen während des Pleistozän ausgebildet worden ist. Während der Drenthestadien der Saaleeiszeit reichte die Vergletscherung Norddeutschlands bis an die Ruhr vor dem Nordrand des Mittelgebirges heran. Die Oberflächengestalt des mittleren und unteren Ruhrtals wurde damals vom abfließenden Schmelzwasser und von der schiebenden Kraft des Eises geformt. Die Schmelzwasser des Gletschers strömten durch das Ruhrtal nach Westen. Zeitweilig war der Abfluss durch eine Barriere aus Eismassen und Geröll beim heutigen Essen behindert, so dass ein gewaltiger eiszeitlicher See aufgestaut wurde, der das Tal noch beim heutigen Schwerte füllte. Der Ost-West-Verlauf des Ruhrtals sammelt in der Gegenwart überwiegend das vom südlich gelegenen Mittelgebirge herangeführte Wasser.
Die letzten Kilometer der Ruhr und ihre Mündung liegen im Niederrheinischen Tiefland. In der Ebene hat sich der Lauf des Flusses, wie auch der des Rheins, mit der Zeit immer wieder verlagert. Zuletzt jedoch hat der Mensch die Mündung verändert und ihre vorläufig endgültige Position bestimmt.
(Wikipedia)
Colour Takes the Lead
Those who have followed me for a while know I tend to be a black and white kind of photographer. I’ve been trying to shoot more colour lately but black and white is still my comfort zone, it’s just how I tend to see the world. When I lift a camera to my eye, I’m usually looking for tone, textures, contrast, and light, not colour. I notice how tones play off one another, how shadows create depth, and how highlights draw attention. Colour, to me, often feels like a distraction from those things.
But every so often, I come across a scene where colour isn’t the distraction. It’s the story itself. To take it away would be to remove what gives the image life. Today’s photo is one of those moments.
The fruit stand’s bright oranges, reds, and greens immediately draw the eye. Even the burgundy canopy of Periska Foods adds to the rhythm of colour running through the frame. Then, up above, the “Art Classes Available” sign seems almost too perfect, as if reminding me that colour itself can be an art form. And finally, there’s the gentleman in the foreground, his distinctive hair adding one last splash of character.
In this image, colour isn’t just part of the composition. It is the subject.
Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Fujifilm X-T3
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Description of L.A.'s wonderful and famed Bradbury Building in the heart of downtown! Where Blade Runner was filmed as well as 500 Days of Summer among others!
Today I was visiting the Auschwitz/Birkenau museum. This is just one of many pictures I took. It was a experience that I will not forget in a while. Auschwitz 1 was really powerful to see and it was very intact. Birkenau was huge! I have seen many pictures of Birkenau, but it was amazing to be there and see it myself.
Hello! I've been only posting Lego related content on Flickr for a while now and I figured I'd share a different type of image. If you think this awesome then you should check out my instagram! I post about 5 times a week there for several reasons. 1. the community is larger 2. the layout is better for me. 3. And easier to post. If you want to consistent images from me then go check it out! Copy and paste this link! www.instagram.com/worn_out_trooper/
Description:
The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 or NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the mildly northern constellation of Lyra. Such nebulae are formed by a starburst – ionized gas has expelled into the surrounding interstellar medium by a star to form a vast luminous envelope containing the star in its last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf.
This nebula was discovered by the French astronomer Charles Messier while searching for comets in late January 1779. Messier's report of his independent discovery of Comet Bode reached fellow French astronomer Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix two weeks later, who then independently rediscovered the nebula while following the comet. Darquier later reported that it was "...as large as Jupiter and resembles a planet which is fading" (which may have contributed to the use of the persistent "planetary nebula" terminology).
(Wikipedia.org)
Technical Information for This Image:
Site: Landers, CA, USA Bortle 4
Telescope: TPO Ritchey-Chretien 6 inch with a FL 1370mm.
Guide Scope: Orion 50mm FL 242mm
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI183MC
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Main camera: ASI294MC PRO cooled to -5C. Exposures: 98 x 35s with Gain at 120, Bin 2 x 2
No darks, flats or bias frames.
Guiding Software: PHD 2
Post Processing: PixInsight
Polar Alignment: SharpCap Pro.
The catalogue description gives us "A woman and two men pushing and pulling a cart with a child on it along a cobblestone street, possibly in France, Rue de Riosspelk". Well you all know that we like to have a good foreign shot from time to time, what can you tell us about this cracking photo from the Dillons?
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Well, this was our very first photograph ever that featured a dog pulling a cart! Lovely that after all these years, we're still finding unexpected gems in our photos. derangedlemur and Niall McAuley weren't long in narrowing this “Out Foreign” Dillon family photograph to Belgium, then to Brussels. And with Sharon Corbet’s help, we found ourselves located on the Rue aux Laines.
Photographers: Dillon Family
Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon
Collection: Clonbrock Photographic Collection
Date: 1860-1930
NLI Ref: CLON1330
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
Description of Historic Place
The Victoria Park Square Heritage Conservation District is situated in the downtown area of the City of Brantford. The district encompasses Victoria Park Square and all the buildings on Market, George, Wellington and Darling Streets that front the Square. The buildings were constructed between 1861 and 1970 and are a mixture of local government facilities, churches, offices, and banks all arranged around a central park.
Heritage Value
Victoria Park Square is the visual focus of the district. The Victorian Formal Park was first landscaped in 1861 based on plans by John Turner. Turner's plans, in keeping with Upper Canada's link to Britain, were based on the configuration of the Union Jack, with four paths intersecting at the centre of the park. Victoria Park Square is a significant gathering place for local citizens. At the turn of the century, when Brantford was a well-developed industrial town and the hub of regional trade, the park was frequently used as an informal meeting place and a centre for leisure activities. The square was also intimately connected to the adjacent churches, as the congregations would linger after services or gather to enjoy church-sponsored activities.
Three buildings that John Turner designed overlook the park: St. Andrew's United Church (1859), Brant Community Church (1883), and his most significant building, the Brant County Court House (1852). The scale of the courthouse makes it the most prominent in the area, exhibiting a grandeur found throughout the square. The district also includes Brantford City Hall (1966); Brant County Registry Office (1920); Andrew Carnegie Library (1902-04); Central Presbyterian Church (1960); John Lind Building; Wyatt Purcell Building (circa 1970); Bank of Montréal (1913-14); Toronto Dominion Bank (1857-59); Canada Trust (1964-67); Canadian Foresters (1952); and Bell Canada (1949).
The Victoria Park Square Heritage Conservation District is a fine example of a traditional Town Square. The buildings form a harmonious streetscape around the park. The situation of each building around the Union Jack design of Victoria Park Square forms a rare composition and creates a sense of formality. The entrances of three of the surrounding buildings, the Andrew Carnegie Library, the Brant County Court House, and the Brantford City Hall Complex, are on the axis of the radiating Union Jack Plan. The Joseph Brant Memorial in the centre of the park creates ties to the fountain at City Hall and to the Statue of Alexander Graham Bell at the Bell Building.
Each building in the district reflects a particular period of architecture in Ontario. For example, the City Hall Complex exhibits Modernism through its free form design, simplicity, and forceful use of concrete. Other styles that are represented include Beaux Arts, Gothic Revival and Neo-Classical. The towers of the three churches in the district add to the sense of grandeur and provide a visual boundary for the square. Overall, the buildings in the square exhibit very formal and symmetrical designs.
Character-Defining Elements
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of Victoria Park Square Heritage Conservation District include the:
- Union Jack design of the centrally located park
- harmonious streetscape created by the formality, grandeur, and symmetry of
the buildings
- buildings that reflect particular architectural time periods in Ontario, including Modern, Beaux Arts, Gothic Revival and Neo-Classical
- layout of the buildings on the axis of the Union Jack design
- use of statues to connect the buildings visually
(Explore in/out, 3/9/2014) Thank you very much for the visit, faves and comments. Cheers.
Last year the Alice River was as dry as a dead dingo's donga. This year there was some rain and the river is hosting more water birds.
Scientific Name: Pelecanus conspicillatus
Description: There are seven species of pelicans in the world, all of which are similar in shape and, with one exception, are primarily white in colour. Males are larger than females. The most characteristic feature of pelicans is the elongated bill with its massive throat pouch. The Australian Pelican's bill is 40 cm - 50 cm long and is larger in males than females. Pelicans have large wings and a wingspan of 2.3 m - 2.5 m. Pelicans have an extremely light skeleton, weighing less than 10% of their total body weight.
Distribution: The Australian Pelican is found throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea and western Indonesia, with occasional reports in New Zealand and various western Pacific islands.
Habitat: Pelicans are widespread on freshwater, estuarine and marine wetlands and waterways including lakes, swamps, rivers, coastal islands and shores.
Seasonal movements: Pelicans are highly mobile, searching out suitable areas of water and an adequate supply of food. Pelicans are not capable of sustained flapping flight, but can remain in the air for 24 hours, covering hundreds of kilometres. They are excellent soarers and can use thermals to rise to considerable altitudes. Flight at 1,000m is common, and heights of 3 000 m have been recorded. By moving from one thermal to the next, pelicans can travel long distances with a minimum of effort, reaching air speeds of up to 56 km/hour.
Feeding: The bill and pouch of pelicans play an important role in feeding. The bill is sensitive and this helps locate fish in murky water. It also has a hook at the end of the upper mandible, probably for gripping slippery food items. When food is caught, the pelican manipulates it in its bill until the prey typically has its head pointing down the pelican's throat. Then with a jerk of the head the pelican swallows the prey. The bill is delicately built. The lower jaw consists of two thin and weakly articulated bones from which the pouch hangs. When fully extended, the bill can hold up to 13 litres. The pouch does not function as a place to hold food for any length of time. Instead it serves as a short-term collecting organ. Pelicans plunge their bills into the water, using their pouches as nets. Once something is caught, a pelican draws its pouch to its breast. This empties the water and allows the bird to manoeuvre the prey into a swallowing position. The pouch can also serve as a net to catch food thrown by humans, and there are sightings of pelicans drinking by opening their bill to collect rainwater.
The Australian Pelican may feed alone, but more often feeds as a cooperative group. Sometimes these groups are quite large. One group numbered over 1,900 birds. A flock of pelicans works together, driving fish into a concentrated mass using their bills and sometimes by beating their wings. The fish are herded into shallow water or surrounded in ever decreasing circles.
Breeding: Breeding depends on environmental conditions, particularly rainfall. Pelicans are colonial breeders with up to 40 000 individuals grouping on islands or secluded shores. Breeding begins with courtship. The female leads potential mates (two to eight or more) around the colony. As the males follow her in these walks, they threaten each other while swinging their open bills from side to side trying to attract the female's attention. The males may also pick up small objects, like sticks or dry fish, which they toss in the air and catch again, repeating the sequence several times. Both sexes perform "pouch-rippling" in which they clap their bills shut several times a second and the pouch ripples like a flag in a strong breeze. As the courtship parade progresses, the males drop out one by one. Finally, after pursuits on land, water or in the air, only a single male is left. The female leads him to a potential nest site. During the courtship period, the bill and pouch of the birds change colour dramatically. The forward half of the pouch becomes bright salmon pink, while the skin of the pouch in the throat region turns chrome yellow. Parts of the top and base of the bill change to cobalt blue, and a black diagonal strip appears from the base to the tip. This colour change is of short duration, the intensity usually subsiding by the time incubation starts. The nest consists of a scrape in the ground prepared by the female. She digs the scrape with her bill and feet, and lines it with any scraps of vegetation or feathers within reach of the nest. Within three days egg-laying begins and eggs are laid two to three days apart. Both parents share incubation and the eggs are incubated on their feet. The first-hatched chick is substantially larger than its siblings. It receives most of the food and may even attack and kill its nest mates. A newly hatched pelican has a large bill, bulging eyes, and skin that looks like small-grained bubble plastic. The skin around the face is mottled with varying degrees of black and the colour of the eyes varies from white to dark brown. This individual variation helps the parents to recognise their chick from hundreds of others. The chicks leave their nests to form creches of up to 100 birds. They remain in creches for about two months, by the end of which they have learnt to fly and are fairly independent. Wild birds may live between ten and possibly 25 years or more.
Minimum Size: 160cm
Maximum Size: 180cm
Average size: 170cm
Breeding season: At any time of the year
Clutch Size: 1 to 3 eggs
Incubation: 35 days
Nestling Period: 28 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Covid19 and it’s impact on society. Calgary has been hit job wise, both by the pandemic, and the from the fall in oil prices. Many of the downtown offices are sitting vacant and a lot of people have been laid off, or lost their jobs. This BMW owner looks like he’s keeping the cash flowing by any means he can. Skip the Dishes and other delivery type jobs are being snapped up by people from all walks of life. When needs must eh......
Description: Color of Brialveil falls (Hwy 41, Yosemite National Park) during dusk hour. Two exposures (f/16) Layer blending for 1/10 and 1/15 secs exposure using mirror lock and custom white balance (4900K).
Feel the rocks and the environment here
Friends: I am traveling to India (home) through Singapore in next week. Excited but superb busy...I will have very limited internet exposure due to travel until I get the connection at home, I will be irregular in flickr for next 2 two weeks.......once I get chance I will be back to flickr.....the bad part is that I will miss your beautiful streams.....and good part is that for next couple of months, bit relaxed and stationed in India before I start travelling again to other places .....
Beskrivelse / Description: Del av en småbildemappe med tittel "Fangst", inneholdene 10 ulike fotografier
Dato / Date: ca. 1930-1935
Sted / Place: Svalbard
Fotograf / Photographer: ukjent / unknown
Utgiver / Publisher: Mittet & Co.
Digital kopi av original / Digital copy of original: sv/hv papirpositiv, sølvgelatin
Eier / Owner Institution: Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway
Lenke / Link: www.nb.no
Bildesignatur / Image Number: blds_07731
Description:
The day started with a cloudy morning and changed to clear blue skies by afternoon. As soon as I made my way to the Kuala Lumpur Tower that afternoon, dark clouds was slowly creeping to cover the skies over Kuala Lumpur. Though dark clouds was slowly covering the skies, Alhamdulillah the horizon was still showing the golden color of the sunset.
Equipment: 5D Mark I + Canon 16-35mm f2.8 MkII
Post process: LR5.6 + Color Efex Pro + Topaz Denoise
Filter: Nil
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My dear Sprinkles. He is a sweetheart of a pup and has delighted us for around 10 years since we adopted him. Unfortunately early summer he was diagnosed with a tumor. When I heard that,I desperately hoped we would have the whole summer with him, to spoil him . I am greatful we got that ! While we can see him not doing as well some days now as things are progressing, he is comfortable and happy and I'm greatful for every day I now have with him. He really is the best boy around.
Description - Taken over 2 nights and processed in PixInsight, M11 is a lovely glob set within the Milky Way.
The Wild Duck Cluster (also known as Messier 11, or NGC 6705) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scutum (the Shield). It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1681. Charles Messier included it in his catalogue of diffuse objects in 1764. Its popular name derives from the brighter stars forming a triangle which could resemble a flying flock of ducks (or, from other angles, one swimming duck). The cluster is located just to the east of the Scutum Star Cloud midpoint.
The Wild Duck Cluster is one of the richest and most compact of the known open clusters. It is one of the most massive open clusters known, and it has been extensively studied. Its age has been estimated to about 316 million years. The core radius is 1.23 pc (4.0 ly) while the tidal radius is 29 pc (95 ly). Estimates for the cluster's mass range from 3,700 M☉ to 11,000 M☉, depending on the method chosen. The brightest cluster member is visual magnitude 8, and it has 870 members of at least magnitude 16.5. It has an integrated absolute magnitude of –6.5, and a visual extinction of 1.3. The cluster is located 6.8 kpc (22,000 ly) from the Galactic Center, close to the galactic plane, and is not far from its birthplace.
Information care of Wikipedia.org
Telescope - Skywatcher 100 ED Esprit with Field Flattener
Gain - 100
Camera - ASI2600MC
Guiding - AM5
Image Capture - ASIAIR
Mount - AM5
Filter - Antlia Triband RGB
File - M11 Int ABE BN Solve PhotoCal BlurExt NoiseExt SCNR Hist Hist Curves DSE ET Hist
Exposure - 15 x 5min - Total 1 hour 15 min hours
Date Taken - 10th-11th July 2024
Time Taken - 5am
Tenerife, Canary Islands
7,000ft above sea level
All processing in PixInsight
the description of this series in a set: www.flickr.com/photos/emilgataullin/sets/72157644048973483/#
Hill of Tepozteco in Tepoztlán
Description
It was declared Natural Protected Area (ANP) in 1937. It includes the hill of the same name and the lands that surround the town of Tepoztlán. Although most of its territory is located in that municipality and in Yautepec, it also occupies a small portion of the Federal District. Its total area is 24 000 hectares; Of these, 23,800 correspond to Morelos. In this area are several types of vegetation, ranging from the pine forest, to the mesólifilo and deciduous tropical forest.
In its fauna are registered 12 local species of reptiles, among which it emphasizes a poisonous lizard that is in danger of disappearing; The scattering lizard. Also registered are 42 species of birds that inhabit El Tepozteco, three of them in danger of extinction, among which the owl is distinguished. In addition they inhabit three species of mammals
Archaeological site
This center was built taking advantage of a natural elevation of the land that was also accentuated by the human hand. It basically consists of a pyramid of two bodies with a large ladder with carvings on its west side. On its two bodies, a third construction crowns the top, consists of two rooms, one after the other.
Flora
In its flora are many types of flowers including the flower Dalia which is one of the most outstanding in the region and also has more wild flowers such as the sweet potato flower, May flower, cherry blossom among others. Also has several types of hallucinating fungi. Among the vegetation is also peyote.
Cult
In its day these rest were dedicated to Ometochtli-Tepoxtécatl, deity of the pulque, the fecundity and the harvest. The pyramid known as the House of Tepozteco is 9.50 meters high and in it was found the idol Diez Conejo (representation of Ometochtli) that was destroyed by the friars during the evangelization.
Each year, on March 21, hundreds of visitors come to the pyramid of Tepozteco to fill with positive energy. On the 7th and 8th of September an offering is made to Ometochtli and also a theatrical performance in Nahuatl.2
Deity
The Tepozteco was also a god, son of Ehécatl the god of the wind. Each year, on September 8, a party is held in the municipality of Tepoztlan, Morelos, to commemorate it.
Culture
As far as literature is concerned, there is a book called "La panza del tepozteco" by José Agustín, which tells us about the myths and legends that have arisen in this place.
Cerro del Tepozteco en Tepoztlán
Descripción
Se declaró Área Natural Protegida (ANP) en 1937. Incluye el cerro del mismo nombre y los terrenos que rodean al pueblo de Tepoztlán. Aunque la mayor parte de su territorio se ubica en ese municipio y en el de Yautepec, también ocupa una pequeña porción del Distrito Federal. Su superficie total es de 24 000 hectáreas; de ellas, 23 800 corresponden a Morelos. En esta área se encuentran varios tipos de vegetación, que van desde el bosque de pino, hasta el mesólifilo y el bosque tropical caducifolio.
En su fauna se registran 12 especies locales de reptiles, entre las que destaca un lagarto venenoso que se encuentra en peligro de desaparecer; el lagarto enchaquirado. También se registran 42 especies de aves que habitan El Tepozteco, tres de ellas en peligro de extinción, entre las que se distingue el tecolote. Además habitan tres especies de mamíferos
Sitio arqueológico
Este centro fue edificado aprovechando una elevación natural del terreno que además fue acentuada por la mano humana. Consiste básicamente en una pirámide de dos cuerpos con una gran escalera con alfardas en su lado Oeste. Sobre sus dos cuerpos, una tercera construcción corona la cima, consta de dos salas, una a continuación de la otra.
Flora
En su flora se encuentran muchos tipos de flores entre ellas la flor Dalia que es una de las más destacadas de la región y también cuenta con más flores silvestres como: la flor del camote, flor de mayo, cerezo en flor entre otras. también cuenta con varios tipos de hongos alucinantes. Entre la vegetación también se encuentra el peyote.
Culto
En su día estos restos estaban dedicados a Ometochtli-Tepoxtécatl, deidad del pulque, la fecundidad y la cosecha. La pirámide conocida como la Casa del Tepozteco mide 9.50 metros de altura y en ella se encontró el ídolo Diez Conejo (representación de Ometochtli) que fue destruida por los frailes durante la evangelización.
Cada año, el 21 de marzo acuden cientos de visitantes a la pirámide del Tepozteco para llenarse de energía positiva. En los días 7 y 8 de septiembre se hace una ofrenda a Ometochtli y también una representación teatral en Nahuatl.2
Deidad
El Tepozteco también fue un dios, hijo de Ehécatl el dios del viento. Cada año, el 8 de septiembre, se hace una fiesta en el municipio de Tepoztlan, Morelos, para conmemorarlo.[cita requerida]
Cultura
En lo que respecta a la literatura, se cuenta con un libro el cual lleva por nombre “La panza del tepozteco”, de José Agustín, el cual nos relata acerca de los mitos y leyendas surgidos en este lugar.
[DESCRIPTION]
Recruits from mercenary groups and ex-military operatives who make up the bulk of Talon forces.
[EQUIPMENT]
Full body armor, helmets, suppressed assault rifle.
I am adding the description that I wrote under a different, previously posted image taken on the same walk.
"Three days ago, on 17 August 2016, I drove my painfully noisy vehicle for just a very short distance, as far as a local park. Each year, I tend to visit the area to look for any mushrooms, and I knew that I just couldn't miss a quick visit. Found a few fungi to photograph, so I was happy. Then I remembered that I had found mushrooms in a different part of the park in other years, so yesterday, I risked an even shorter drive to see what I could find. Everywhere was very dry and I saw quite a few shrivelled fungi. Luckily, I came across a few that were fresher and worth photographing. So dark in the forest and many photos were not as sharp as I would have liked, including this mushroom growing on a tree trunk. I tried so hard to get a sharp photo, but this was the best that I got.
At the end of my walk, I sat at a picnic table near the parking lot and kept an eye on all the large holes in the ground, made by Richardson's Ground Squirrels. I was just about ready to give up, when I happened to look down close to my feet and there was one solitary 'Gopher' three or four feet away from me. They are such fun to watch. Returned home without running into a Police car, which could very easily have pulled me over because of the dreadful noise my car is making. Today, 20 August 2016, is day 12 since ordering my new car .... sigh."
Recking Ákos was created at a Group Chat in Messenger.
I offered the Opportunity of creating an Enord together. Each Member of the Bio Chat could select a part of the Enord.
The Final result was Recking Ákos! :D
Description: Barnard 150 (B150, LDN1082) dark nebula is a type of interstellar cloud that is so dense that it obscures the light from the background emission or reflection nebula or that it blocks out background stars. The extinction of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains located in the coldest, densest parts of larger molecular clouds. The form of such dark clouds is very irregular as they have no clearly defined outer boundaries and sometimes take on convoluted serpentine shapes. The largest dark nebulae are visible to the naked eye, appearing as dark patches against the brighter background of the Milky Way. In the inner regions of dark nebulae important events take place, such as the formation of stars and masers.
B150 is also known as the Seahorse Nebula. With a bit of imagination the dark nebula shown in the image above roughly outlines the shape of a seahorse with its head pointing downward as it floats in a sea of stars roughly 2 degrees wide in the northern sky. (Text from www.stormeffects.com/b150_seahorse_neb.htm )
This picture was photographed together with Vasily Oleynik during 4 nights in August, 2014 in Petrovskoye, Ukraine.
Equipment: refractor APM APO 130/780 with flattener
Mount WhiteSwan-180, camera QSI-583wsg. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.
LRGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
L=39*600 sec.,
RGB= 14*900 sec., unbinned. Total 17 hours.
FWHM sum in L channel - 3.4"
Processed Pixinsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6
View Moonrise and Moving Clouds, Rialto on Black
View Moonrise and Moving Clouds, Rialto Map/EXIF
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II + 16-35 mm @ 16 mm - 30.0 sec at f/2.8, ISO 400
Manual mode @ 0 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: unknown
This was actually my test exposure to get a baseline for a smaller aperture. When I saw it come out of the camera, I really liked what the clouds were doing, but, try as I might for an hour or so, I couldn't replicate it. Interesting how fast things can change.
47°56'23.72" N 124°38'54.52" W, 17.6 m
Rialto Beach, 3283 Mora Rd, Forks, WA 98331, USA
Forks, Washington, USA
Taken on 08.12.2011, uploaded on 09.07.2011.
©2011 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info
Description: I developed this image of the North American Nebula NGC 700 from 60x300s subs or 5.0 hours of total exposure time. I used the Optolong L-eXtreme Dual Bandpass Light Pollution Filter. It has two 7nm pass bands centered on the H-alpha and OIII wavelengths. With a one-shot color (OSC) camera and an L-eXtreme filter combination the red signal from the H-alpha tends to dominate. In the nonlinear postprocessing phase I applied Histogram Transformation, Local Histogram Equalization and Curves Transformation in small doses in multiple passes.
Date / Location: 20, 25, 26 June 2022 / Washington D.C.
Equipment:
Scope: WO Zenith Star 81mm f/6.9 with WO 6AIII Flattener/Focal Reducer x0.8
OSC Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro at 100 Gain and 50 Offset
Mount: iOptron GEM28-EC
Guide Scope: ZWO ASI 30mm f/4
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 120mm mini
Light Pollution Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme Dual Bandpass
Processing Software: Pixinsight
Processing Steps:
Preprocessing: I preprocessed 60x300s subs (= 5.0 hours) in Pixinsight to get an integrated image using the following process steps: Image Calibration > Cosmetic Correction > Subframe Selector > Debayer > Select Reference Star and Star Align > Image Integration.
Linear Postprocessing: Dynamic Crop > Dynamic Background Extractor (both subtraction to remove light pollution gradients and division for flat field corrections) > Background Neutralization > Color Calibration.
Nonlinear Postprocessing and additional steps: Histogram Transformation > Noise Xterminator > Histogram Transformation (small doses in multiple passes) > Local Histogram Equalization > Curves Transformation (small doses in multiple passes).
Description:
Alanboar is a very experienced brick model builder. He was invited by Tai O Heritage Hotel to visit and create a brick model base on the local fishing village Tai O, also known as "Venice of the Orient". Cheung uses nearly 20,000 pieces of bricks and spend two months' time to create this interesting scenery of Tai O. There are stilts houses and Tai O traditional Water Marriage and Dragon Boat Water Parade in the busy waterway. You can find many Tai O attractions including such as Tai O Bridge, Kwan Tai Temple, shrimp paste factory, General's Rock and Tai O Heritage Hotel on top on the mountain. With the mini figures on the street which makes this creation more attractive. Cheung also had a wonderful time with his son Ka Him while they created this model together.
作品介紹：
作者Alanboar是位具多年豐富創作經驗的積木創作者，獲邀請製作「大澳」模型。先後參考大澳文物酒店及風土民情。大澳是帶有鄉村味、具有香港本土的漁村，被譽為東方威尼斯。作者使用積木 20000塊設計出有趣的大澳，用了兩個月時間，拼砌出具特色的水上棚屋，漁船穿梭往來，有水上婚禮喜船，也有進行游涌中的龍船。陸上設計有象徵大澳的藍色大澳橋、關帝廟，也有售賣特產的大澳蝦醬廠。遠處眺望去有令人心曠神怡的大澳文物酒店，最遠處還砌出可愛的將軍石。積木人偶扮演著大澳居民或遊客，仿似樂在其中，在大澳過著靜中帶動的著名漁村的生活。作品小部份會和兒子謙謙一起拼砌一起玩，如小漁船或人偶，也為創作者帶來寶貴的親子時間。
Builder : Alanboar Cheung, Ka Him Cheung
Size : 115cm (L) x 38cm(W) x 35cm(H)
Pieces : 20000 pcs
Tai O Story & Photo Details :
My techniques are quite rudimentary compared to many of the fabulous CDers on this site. Someday I'll get realistic breast forms and hip pads. But that day is not today.
(overall description of this photo dump):
I dressed on Halloween last year at college, including poorly applied makeup by myself, and went to a pizza place to pick up a pizza and brought it back to my dorm room. I didn't interact with anyone while dressed besides the person working at the pizza place. I don't really count that as a dressing session- plus, the wig had been sitting around for 11 months and hadn't been washed.
I've been living in a big city this summer and one day was out downtown and saw the girls/women around my age in their pretty outfits and thought "that could be me... I need to get back into crossdressing while I'm still young.." (turned 19 in May). A few months later, I got my wig washed, shaved my body, got my eyebrows waxed, nails done, and makeup applied by someone who knew what he was doing this time. Here are some of the best pics and videos taken by me, as I was alone again (as usual with this, but whatever), and the makeup guy. Hope y'all enjoy.
Like always, none of my photos are edited.
(Description from the website "Un Bizcocho Para Teo")
Delicious tartlet that is made up of a super crunchy shortcrust pastry base, a delicious lemon cream with the perfect acidic touch and a meringue dome that gives it just the right touch.
They have a best before date of 2 days from the date of production. Store cold.
Net weight: 120 grs. (4.2 Oz)
TARTALETA INDIVIDUAL DE LIMÓN, 2024
(Descripción desde la web "Un Bizcocho Para Teo")
Deliciosa tartaleta que se compone de una base de masa quebrada super crujiente, una deliciosa crema de limón con el toque ácido perfecto y una cúpula de merengue que le da el toque justo.
Tienen una fecha de consumo preferente de 2 días a partir de la fecha de elaboración. Conservar en frío.
Peso neto: 120 grs. (4.2 Oz)
Description One of a limited edition of 1,000.
Car: Subaru Impreza P1 Prodrive.
Engine: 1994cc inline 4, turbocharged.
Year of manufacture: 2000.
Date taken: 14th May 2023.
Album: Classics in Cardiff May 2023to follow soon.