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This is a popular cave diving location near Crystal River, FL. The rickety stairs go down into the abyss
Devil's Cornfield. Death Valley National Park, California. March 31, 2011. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Early morning light slants across the arrow weed plants of the Devil's Cornfield area of Death Valley National Park
For the record, while I have no evidence either way regarding the role of the devil in creating this terrain, there is definitely no corn growing in this field! The plant is known as "arrowweed" (or arroweed or arrow weed), and the tall shapes are apparently formed as the sand erodes from around the roots.
This spot is one of several in Death Valley that have been hard for me to see as photographs. (Other "challenges" include the Devil's Golf Course - which mostly looks like crusty, dried mud to me - and Salt Creek - which I've mostly visited at the times of day when the light hasn't been idea.) I came close once before with a closer view of the plants that revealed their actual color a bit more and which placed them in front of a backdrop of more distant barren mountains. This photograph certainly doesn't provide a strong center of visual interest, but I like the sense of the plants leading off into the distance, the angles of the blue shadows, and the contrasting warm colors of the plants in near golden-hour light.
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Devil’s matchstick (Cladonia floerkeana) Also known as 'British soldier'.
A quirky lichen with red-capped branches (known as 'podetia'), this lichen usually grows between one and three centimeters in height.
Like all lichens, the Devil's matchstick is actually two organisms working together: a fungus and an algae in a symbiotic relationship.
Where to see it
Cladonia floerkeana has a fondness for dead wood so rotting logs and fence posts are a good place to start. It also grows on well drained soil with a high organic matter content such as that found on heath and moorland.
Distribution
This lichen is scattered throughout the UK, although more commonly found in the north and the west.
www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants/plant_species/devils_mat...
Devil -- a sicilian marionette -- in my office. Linden wood. Never used in a show, now guards books in my office. (I bet he has read them all).
Devils Town
Two rare natural phenomena at the same spot: about 200 stone formations created by erosion, between two and 15 meters in height and the middle diameter of under 1 m, topped by stone blocks weighing as much as 100 kg, appearing unreal and yet lasting for centuries make Djavolja Varos a true wonder of nature.
Sandstone formation near the Devil's Punch Bowl in northeastern Los Angeles County with the Antelope Valley in the distance.
Johnny and the Deathrays deliver the sort of ‘stake-through-the-heart’ bass thump that you’d normally experience during a Motorhead moment. This is seriously hardcore psychobilly and eminently worthy of any Meteors references that might be invoked when describing their sound.
Opening an eclectic free-Friday showcase night at Scream Lounge, the band might be opening proceedings, but they’re easily worthy of headlining and if you like your music raw and edgy this is one for you.
Gypsies are next up, and by rights a frame as skinny as this front-man sports shouldn’t be capable of the deep and guttural howls and yelps that pepper a set of authentic Balkan beats that blend seamlessly with some seriously funny songs. This is music that is clearly born out of conviction and passion…and if there’s a better cover of ‘hit me baby one more time’ in circulation I’ve yet to hear it.
Headliners Devil Cocks are – unsurprisingly – not a group of shy and retiring shoegazers. Their tongue-in-cheek punk posturing is in your face without being threatening, and whilst there’s an element of pantomime you can’t help but get swept along with the mood. What they do with that weasel might bring tears to your eyes though…
Sebastian Walther (1576–1645)
Sünde, Tod und Teufel. Um 1635
Alabaster
Stadtmuseum Dresden –
Museen der Stadt Dresden, Städtische Galerie
Inv. Nr. 2.3/3
Tod und Teufel wälzen sich eng verflochten am Boden. Aus ihnen heraus erwächst eine nackte Frauengestalt als Verkörperung der sündenbeladenen Unzucht und Unkeuschheit. Es wird vermutet, dass die Gruppe zu einem Epitaph gehörte, von dem sich ein Kreuzigungsrelief in der Löbtauer Friedenskirche erhalten hat. Unter den Füßen von Christus als dem Überwinder des Todes und aller menschlichen Laster würden Sünde, Tod und Teufel ihren ursprünglichen Sinn zurückgewinnen. (Museumstext)