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Bulbous plant of the Amaryllis family. In 2021, 2022 did not bloom. The dormant period is from late October to early February. When transplanting (pot - 15 cm upper diameter, 13 cm height), a small baby bulb was separated. At the end of February 2023, three apricot-colored flowers on a stem 80 cm high. Bulb ovoid, 6 cm in diameter, tongue-shaped leaves, 60 cm long, up to 2 cm wide.
Цибулинна рослина сімейства амарилісових. У 2021, 2022 роках не цвіла. Період спокою з кінця жовтня 2022 до початку лютого 2023 у горщику з ґрунтом без поливу. Цибулина яйцеподібна, 6 см в діаметрі, При пересадці (горщик - 15 см верхній діаметр, висота 13 см) відокремлена маленька цибулина-дітка. Наприкінці лютого 2023 року три квітки абрикосового кольору на стеблі висотою 80 см і 2 язикоподібні листка, довжиною 60 см, шириною до 2 см.
Macro Mondays. ~ Theme is Tea
My choice is iced tea in summertime. This glass is almost 2 inches in diameter. View large should you want! Taken outdoors by the pool.
radio telescope RT-64 (TNA-1500) It's not just huge, it's gigantic! The diameter of the main reflector is 64 m, the diameter of the secondary mirror is 6 m, the total weight is 3800 tons. The main research areas are: spectral radio astronomy, pulsar physics and pulsar astrometry, studies of galactic and extragalactic objects, and radiointerferometry with extra-long bases. In the observatory on a permanent basis employs 10 employees. The mirror can be rotated horizontally by 360 degrees, and vertically by more than 90 degrees. .The center in Kalyazin is a branch of the Center for Space Communications "Bear Lake". At 17 km from Moscow, in an area called Bear Lake, an identical radio telescope is located. Both radio telescopes are informationally related to each other and can be considered as a single complex..In 1983-84, RT-64 received radar data and a thermal map of the planet Venus, then participated in the Vega programs (1986), when the images of Halley's comet were taken, and Phobos (1988-89)..Of the 11 radio telescopes that existed at that time in the world, more than 60 m in diameter, three were located in Russia. In the severe 90-ies on RT-64 radio-astronomical studies were carried out without funding, by the efforts of several scientific institutes and staff of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. The main thing is that these unique and beautiful global structures have survived to the present day and continue space research.
Small Tillandsia Growing Inside Six Inch Diameter Globe.
The only lighting used in this photograph was a small hand held electric torch. Great fun to produce.
It was 18" - 24" diameter growing next to my friend's house. I would love to bring it to our house as a motivational speaker to all our little succulents.
"Macro Mondays" Photo-Theme "In a Bottle”
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#MacroMonday
#Chain
Width of the frame: 5 cm / 1,9 inches
This simple, classical three-circuit Cretan labyrinth was the most difficult thing to arrange ever. At first I used a thin silver necklace, but its links were so restive and would always twist that I nearly gave up. Since all of my other necklaces were either too short to arrange even the most simple labyrinth, and also too thick for a labyrinth small enough to fit into the 3 inches frame, a golden necklace that belongs to my mother and which she kindly lent me for this purpose came to my rescue. It is made of tiny round links (each link has a diameter of only 1 mm / 0,0393701 inches). The final labyrinth has a diameter of 6 cm / 2,3 inches, and I went up to it close enough for a smaller frame. The center of my labyrinth has a diameter of about 1,8 cm / 0,7 inches. Shot almost wide open at F3.5 for maximum "chain bokeh" effect.
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone! (I hope I can catch up with you tonight!)
Black and white sesame seeds, the yin and yang is 5 cm (1,9685 inches) in diameter; light: sunlight. Thought about doing it in b&w, but preferred the colour version. Please press "Z".
Sesame is one of the oldest oilseed crops known to humanity (it's been cultivated since about 3,000 years), it's a very robust crop, also known as a "survivor crop". It originates in India, and Africa. The seeds are very healthy, rich in selenium, and calcium, it is a very strong allergen, however, too. For more information, please see the following article on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame .
Schwarze und weiße Sesamsamen, das Yin und Yang hat einen Durchmesser von 5 cm, als Lichtquelle diente die Sonne, die sich gestern auch immer mal wieder zeigte ;-). Ich hatte auch über eine Version in SW nachgedacht, mit gefällt es aber in Farbe besser. Bitte "Z" drücken.
Sesam ist eine der ältesten Ölpflanzen der Welt, kultiviert seit 3.000 Jahren. Sesam stammt ursprünglich aus Afrika und Indien und wird heute überall in tropischen und subtropischen Ländern angebaut, wobei die Pflanze sehr anspruchslos ist. Sesam ist sehr gesund, enthält z. B. viel Selen und Kalzium, ist aber auch ein sehr starkes Allergen. Mehr Infos über Sesam gibt es hier auf Wikipedia: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesam .
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7 Days with Flickr: Monday - Free Theme
Camellia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. Camellias are evergreen shrubs or small trees up to 20 m tall. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are about 300 species and around 3,000 hybrids. Their flowers are usually large and conspicuous, one to 12 cm in diameter, with five to nine petals in naturally occurring species of camellias. The colors of the flowers vary from white through pink colours to red. Of economic importance in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, leaves of C. sinensis are processed to create the popular beverage tea. The ornamental C. japonica, C. sasanqua and their hybrids are the source of hundreds of garden cultivars. C. oleifera produces tea seed oil, used in cooking and cosmetics. The various species of camellia plants are generally well-adapted to acid soils rich in humus, and most species do not grow well on chalky soil or other calcium-rich soils. Most species of camellias also require a large amount of water, either from natural rainfall or from irrigation, and the plants will not tolerate droughts. However, some of the more unusual camellias – typically species from karst soils in Vietnam – can grow without too much water. 36670
Canon EOS 6D - f/9.0 - 1/100sec - 100 mm - ISO 1600
- for challenge Flickr group: Macro Mondays, theme: Squared Circle
- diameter of the container: 5 cm
We conducted the annual NABA Butterfly Count for the Lake Meyer circle today. Similar to the more familiar Audubon Christmas Bird Count, the butterfly count takes place around the Fourth of July in a 15 mile diameter circle, centered here around Lake Meyer Park. Monarchs were very scarce today. In fact we only counted two within the 15 mile circular boundary. At that rate, monarchs are on the fast track to extinction.
The diameter of the tiny ring is 10mm.
For #MacroMondays and this week's theme #SquaredCircle
Happy Macro Monday!
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Some little known facts about jelly fish:
1. The largest recorded jellyfish had tentacles over 120ft long!
The largest jellyfish known to man is the Lions Mane jellyfish. It has an average bell diameter of around 50cm but the largest specimens can be as big as 6ft in diameter with tentacles 100ft or more in length! The largest Lions Mane jellyfish recorded was found in Massachusetts. It had a bell diameter of 2.3m and its tentacles were 37m (121.4ft) long!
2. Jellyfish have no brain!
They also have no heart, bones or blood and are around 95% water! So how do they function without a brain or central nervous system? They have a basic set of nerves at the base of their tentacles which can detect touch, temperature, salinity etc. Since they don’t have a brain, they depend on automatic reflexes in response to these stimuli! Catching prey is also a matter of chance. They don’t actively hunt down their food; they just wait for prey to come in contact with their tentacles.
3. There are around 2000 known species of jellyfish!
There are more than 2000 different types of jellyfish, with many more still waiting to be discovered. Only approximately 70 of these species have stings strong enough to harm humans. Jellyfish are found in every ocean of the world, including around the UK!
4. Jellyfish have been around for approximately 650 million years!
Jellyfish have no bones so fossils are hard to come by, but scientists have evidence that these creatures have been bobbing along in the world’s oceans for around 650 million years or even longer. That means they pre-date the dinosaurs by hundreds of millions of years!
5. Jellyfish are a popular snack for the Leatherback Turtle!
Leatherback Turtles are known to follow groups of jellyfish in order to get a tasty meal, often bringing them close to coastlines like the UK. These turtles aren’t the only species to find jellyfish appetizing; in some parts of the world humans also view jellyfish as a delicacy! The most common jellyfish chosen for this delicacy is the Cannonball jellyfish.
6. Jellyfish are not actually fish!
Jellyfish live mainly in the ocean but aren’t actually fish. They are plankton, and float in the water as they are carried by currents. They are members of the Cnidarian family, along with coral and anemones!
7. Jellyfish are taking over the oceans!
In recent years certain parts of the world have seen a problematic increase in jellyfish populations, called blooms. Scientists believe this is to do with additional nutrients in the water, climate change or fishing along the coastlines. Some researchers are concerned that the increased numbers of jellyfish could compete for food resources with fish and other marine animals, and eventually out-compete native local species. Jellyfish are one of the very few creatures that have been known to adapt to ocean dead zones, where there is little oxygen and lots of pollution.
Only a glimpse of the blossoms of "Ipê Branco" (Tabebuia roseoalba) a Brazilian tree, first described in 1890 as Bignonia roseo-alba.
Scientific name: Tabebuia roseo-alba
Popular names: "Ipê-branco-do-cerrado", "Ipê-do-cerrado", "Pau-d’arco", Honey's plant
Family: Bignoniaceae
Category: Trees, Ornamental Trees
Climate: Subtropical, Tropical
Origin: South America
Height: 6.0 to 9.0 meters, 9.0 to 12 meters, above 12 meters
Luminosity: Full sun
The "Ipê-branco" is a deciduous tree, with exuberant flowering, native to the Brazilian "cerrado" and swamps. It has a straight trunk, about 40 to 50 centimeters in diameter and fissured bark. It is small to medium in size, reaching 7 to 16 meters in height when fully grown.
Flowering usually occurs at the end of winter or spring, between the months of August and October, while the tree is completely stripped of its leaves. The flowers are trumpet-shaped and white or slightly pink.
The fruits are pod-like and contain numerous membranous, small, whitish, winged seeds.
The "Ipê-branco" is a tree of great ornamental value, which values landscaping projects both for its showy flowering and for its elegant shape and bluish crown.
In addition to its ornamental qualities, this "ipê" features wood of excellent durability, moderately heavy, with a smooth and glossy surface, good for internal finishes in civil construction.
* It seems that this particular tree stepped forward and decided to flower in the fall. But it is not uncommon that it ends up flowering twice a year.
So let's hope that between September and October new flowers will be available for appreciation.
* I put the name "Ipê" between hash marks because I couldn't find a translation into English, since it is a genuinely Brazilian tree. "Cerrado" is the second larger biome of Brazil covering about 25% of the national territory.
Wharf de la Salie.
Ce Wharf est un ouvrage en acier de 800m de long supportant un tuyau de 1,50m de diamètre. Un collecteur de 65 km transporte vers ce "wharf" (mot anglais signifiant "appontement") les effluents de 4 stations d'épuration rejetés dans l'océan atlantique non loin d'Arcachon.
Wharf Of "La Salie" (GIRONDE, FRANCE). The Wharf is a steel structure for supporting a 800m long pipe of 1,5m diameter. Collector carries 65 km to the wharf effluents four sewage discharged into the Atlantic Ocean near Arcachon.
A Giant Water Lily pad taken at the Adelaide Botanical Garden.
Here are some facts on the Giant Water Lily plant & flowers.
The leaves are round ( up to 8 feet in diameter ) and upturned at the edges. It is supported by a ribbed underside and anchored to a submerged stalk, with the leaf floating on the water surface.
While the upper surface has water repellent properties, the underside is protected from herbivorous fish by its sharp spines which can be seen clearly here.
View enlarged to see the ribs' and spines' details.
Pollination is achieved by the plant attracting beetles with its scent of the flower which is white in colour when it opens on its first night. The flower will then close the next day, trapping the beetles.
At that time, the plant will change from female to male and produces pollen.
Opening again the next night as an unscented, red-purple flower, the beetle, that is now coated with pollen, is released. It will fly to the next white flower and repeat the pollination process.
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for Macro Mondays:small and smaller
two rings: on the left, chunky, antique-style silver (2cm diameter); the smaller one copper, silver and reticulated brass
created by our **late daughter Clare in her silversmithing enterprise 'rose madder', part of her livelihood, importantly so precious to her as a creative/therapeutic outlet
Clare's friends in Scotland were invited to chose a piece of jewellery in her memory from the wealth found in her flat
a very few pieces remain and Iovely for me to now see new examples of her work
Alexander McCall Smith's use of the word **late in his 'No 1 Ladies Detective Agency' novels always felt rather quaint to me; the word now serves me rather well.
We watched this elephant stand up on his back legs to reach a tree branch. He proceeded to use his trunk to break off a branch about 6 inches in diameter. The noise was loud and sounded like a rifle crack. It brought elephants from nearby to feast on the leaves. We then watched him do it two more times. Amazing! Lower Zambezi Park, Zambia
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the stars which are 3mm and the butterfly sequins which are 12mm in diameter. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This tiny flower is only an inch or two in diameter, but it packs a big wallop of beauty for one so small. This image takes me back to crouching on the ground, studying the delicate tendrils coming from the center of the flower....I am always amazed at what I see through my view finder. The small world is just waiting for us to discover what has always been there for us.
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Low Key".
This is a metallic wire (around 0.3 mm in diameter) on a coil. So this image shows a detail of less than 10 mm (less than 1/2 inch).
Shot with a Noritsu "45 mm F 4" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
It is a very small spider with 4-6mm size and spins a net with only about 12cm diameter. In contrast to the body, the head part is yellowish-brown and the males still have a small black stripe on the side.
The pumpkin spider is the most common spider in Central Europe. She does not have to hide from enemies, because she hardly noticed by the bright green color. It has its habitat mostly in bushes and shrubs.
Macro shot with Raynox-150
Es ist eine sehr kleine Spinne mit 4-6mm Grösse und spinnt ein Netz mit nur ca. 12cm Durchmesser. Im Gegensatz zum Leib ist der Kopfteil gelblich-braun und die Männchen haben noch einen kleinen schwarzen Streifen seitlich.
Die Kürbisspinne ist die am häufigsten vorkommende Spinne in Mitteleuropa. Sie braucht sich vor Feinden nicht zu verstecken, weil sie durch die knallgrüne Färbung kaum auffällt. Sie hat ihren Lebensraum zumeist in Buschwerk und Sträuchern.
Makroaufnahme mit Raynox-150
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
Diameter of the marble: ½ “
Macro taken Jan 20, 2024 for the groups
Macro Mondays #Marbles and
😄 Happy Macro Monday 😄
ƒ/3.5
5.4mm
1/10 Sec
ISO 800
The fungus was first described in 1772 by Italian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, who named it Agaricus procerus. Rolf Singer transferred it to the genus Macrolepiota in 1948.
The height and cap diameter of a mature specimen may both reach 30 - 40 (50) cm. The stipe is relatively thin and reaches full height before the cap has expanded. The stipe is very fibrous in texture which renders it inedible (unless dried and ground). The surface is characteristically wrapped in a snakeskin-like pattern of scaly growths (therefore, known in some parts of Europe as the "snake's hat" or "snake's sponge"). The immature cap is compact and egg-shaped, with the cap margin around the stipe, sealing a chamber inside the cap. As it matures, the margin breaks off, leaving a fleshy, movable ring around the stipe. At full maturity, the cap is more or less flat, with a chocolate-brown umbo in the centre that is leathery to touch. Dark and cap-coloured flakes remain on the upper surface of the cap and can be removed easily. The gills are crowded, free, and white with a pale pink tinge sometimes present. The spore print is white. It has a pleasant nutty smell. When sliced, the white flesh may turn a pale pink.
At the zenith of the central (Main) dome, in a medallion with a diameter of 4.1 m, there is a monumental mosaic image of the half-figure of Christ the Almighty (Christ the Pantocrator). Christ is in a purple chiton and a blue cloak. The medallion is surrounded by nine multi-colored circles resembling a rainbow. Around Christ the Almighty - four archangels, of which only one (in a blue outfit) is mosaic, and the others were painted in oil by M. A. Vrubel in 1884.
The aisles between the windows of the dome drum, through which light pours into the interior, depict the 12 apostles. The gospel in the hands of the apostles means that they enlighten the nations with the word of divine truth. The height of each figure is 3.5 meters.
Under the dome on spherical triangles (sails) there are four evangelists - John, Matthew, Mark and Luke, depicted in the Gospels. Evangelicals were seen as pillars of evangelical teaching, so their images are depicted above the pillars that support the dome.
В зените центрального (Главного) купола, в медальоне диаметром 4,1 м, монументальное мозаичное изображение полуфигуры Христа-Вседержителя (Христос-Пантократор). Христос - в пурпурном хитоне и голубом плаще. Медальон обведен девятью разноцветными кругами, напоминающими радугу. Вокруг Христа-Вседержителя - четыре архангела, из которых только один (в голубом наряде) - мозаичный, а другие в 1884 году нарисовал маслом М. А. Врубель.
У простінках між вікнами барабана купола, через які ллється світло в інтер’єр, зображено 12 апостолів. Євангеліє в руках апостолів означає просвітлення ними народів словом Божественної істини. Висота кожної постаті 3,5 метри.
Під куполом на сферичних трикутниках (парусах) фігурують чотири євангелісти - Іоанн, Матфей, Марк і Лука, зображені за написанням Євангелій. Євангелісти сприймалися як стовпи євангельського вчення, тому їх образи зображені над стовпами, що підтримують купол.
A little ceramic pottery (diameter about 4 cm) and two delicious small pieces of nectarine made my "delicate pottery"
My fav Red Squirrel shot/composition of the trip!
Red Squirrel - Sciurus Vulgaris
Highlands, Scotland.
The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. The squirrel makes a drey (nest) out of twigs in a branch-fork, forming a domed structure about 25 to 30 cm in diameter. This is lined with moss, leaves, grass and bark. Tree hollows and woodpecker holes are also used. The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm. Social organization is based on dominance hierarchies within and between sexes; although males are not necessarily dominant to females, the dominant animals tend to be larger and older than subordinate animals, and dominant males tend to have larger home ranges than subordinate males or females.
Red squirrels that survive their first winter have a life expectancy of 3 years. Individuals may reach 7 years of age, and 10 in captivity. Survival is positively related to availability of autumn–winter tree seeds; on average, 75–85% of juveniles die during their first winter, and mortality is approximately 50% for winters following the first.
Although not thought to be under any threat worldwide, the red squirrel has nevertheless drastically reduced in number in the United Kingdom; especially after the grey squirrels were introduced from North America in the 1870s. Fewer than 140,000 individuals are thought to be left in 2013; approximately 85% of which are in Scotland, with the Isle of Wight being the largest haven in England. A local charity, the Wight Squirrel Project,[26] supports red squirrel conservation on the island, and islanders are actively recommended to report any invasive greys. The population decrease in Britain is often ascribed to the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel from North America, but the loss and fragmentation of its native woodland habitat has also played a role.
In January 1998, eradication of the non-native North American grey squirrel began on the North Wales island of Anglesey. This facilitated the natural recovery of the small remnant red squirrel population. It was followed by the successful reintroduction of the red squirrel into the pine stands of Newborough Forest. Subsequent reintroductions into broadleaved woodland followed and today the island has the single largest red squirrel population in Wales. Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour is also populated exclusively by red rather than grey squirrels (approximately 200 individuals).
Water with green food colouring in a bottle laid down.
HMM!
Macro Mondays: Liquid
Diameter of bottle bottom is 3/4 inch (1.905cm).
Canon EOS 6D - f/2.8 - 1/80 sec - 100 mm - ISO 125
- for challenge Flickr group: Macro Mondays, theme: Circles
- diameter of the cap: 4.2 cm
Those white, golden and copper colored pearls are made to decorate cake ... their diameter is between one and three millimeters.
Blossom diameter ~2.5 cm, size of the little wild bee 6-7 mm
Lens: Sigma 105 mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro 1:1
Kloster St. Blasien, St. Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland.
La abadía de San Blas (en alemán: Kloster St. Blasien) fue una antigua abadía benedictina del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico fundada al final del siglo X en la Selva Negra, junto a la localidad de St. Blasien (hoy perteneciente al estado federado de Baden-Wurtemberg, Alemania). La abadía fue disuelta en el curso de la secularización de 1806, siendo utilizados sus edificios como una de las primeras fábricas mecanizadas en Alemania. Desde 1934, los edificios que se conservaban fueron destinados a una universidad de los jesuitas, el Kolleg St. Blasien.
La abadía tuvo temporalmente el estatus de abadía imperial, de 1125 a 1250. El príncipe-abad (Fürstabt) de San Blas ostentó desde 1609 nuevamente el estatus principesco (Reichsfürst) no por la abadía en sí, sino porque la abadía había adquirido el condado de Bonndorf que llevaba consigo el estatus principesco.
La iglesia de la abadía se quemó en 1768 y fue reconstruida como un templo circular de estilo neoclásico diseñado por el arquitecto Pierre Michel d'Ixnard, con una enorme cúpula de 36 metros de diámetro y 63 metros de alto (la tercera más grande de Europa al norte de los Alpes), a partir del año 1781 bajo el mandato del Príncipe-Abad Martin Gerbert. Recibió el nombre de Dom St. Blasius, siendo también conocida como "Catedral de San Blas" (así llamada por su gran tamaño y magnificencia, no por ser una catedral en sentido eclesiástico o administrativo). Fue consagrada en 1784.
Los efectos de otro incendio catastrófico en 1874 fueron finalmente remediados en la década de 1980.
St. Blaise's Abbey (German: Kloster St. Blasien) was a former Benedictine abbey of the Holy Roman Empire founded in the late 10th century in the Black Forest near the town of St. Blasien (today in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany). The abbey was dissolved during the secularisation of 1806, and its buildings were used as one of the first mechanised factories in Germany. From 1934, the surviving buildings were used as a Jesuit university, the Kolleg St. Blasien.
The abbey temporarily had the status of an imperial abbey from 1125 to 1250. The prince-abbot (Fürstabt) of St. Blaise held princely status (Reichsfürst) again from 1609, not because of the abbey itself, but because the abbey had acquired the county of Bonndorf, which carried with it princely status.
The abbey church burned down in 1768 and was rebuilt as a circular neoclassical church designed by the architect Pierre Michel d'Ixnard with a huge dome measuring 36 metres in diameter and 63 metres high (the third largest in Europe north of the Alps) from 1781 under Prince-Abbot Martin Gerbert. It was named Dom St. Blasius, and is also known as "St. Blaise's Cathedral" (so called because of its great size and magnificence, not because it is a cathedral in the ecclesiastical or administrative sense). It was consecrated in 1784.
The effects of another catastrophic fire in 1874 were finally remedied in the 1980s.
Inspired by the 1922 film Nosferatu that showed the shadow of Count Dracula ascending the stairs, I thought to try to make a flower look creepy. This is a little lawn daisy, 2cm in diameter, blooming in the recent mild weather. The shadow almost looks like there are a couple of evil eyes staring back at you.
For Macro Mondays theme 'Shadow'.
Capture: Cactus: Mammillaria hahniana, at the Barcelona balcony home. Barcelona.
ENGLISH
Cactus: Mammillaria hahniana, the old lady cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to central Mexico. It grows to 25 cm (10 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) broad. The solitary spherical stems, 12 cm in diameter, are covered in white down and white spines. Reddish purple flowers are borne in spring and summer, sometimes forming a complete ring around the apex of the plant.
CASTELLANO
Cactus: Mammillaria hahniana es una especie perteneciente a la familia Cactaceae. Es endémico de Guanajuato, Querétaro, Tamaulipas en México. Su hábitat natural son los áridos desiertos.
WIKIPEDIA
The large (up to 2.5 metres in diameter) sandstone boulders at Red Rock Coulee are concretions - formed undersea, in this case the shallow "Bearpaw Sea" that covered much of the North American interior when the dinosaurs still roamed. Eighty million years old, give or take, they now sit on the Alberta prairie like gigantic, misshapen cow pies.
I wondered what I could do with a fish eye lens here, so when the sun emerged from a cloud bank very late in the evening, I got out the Rokinon 8mm. Keeping the camera level produces a straight horizon; any tilt and there is a pronounced curve. The limitation lies in its extraordinary 180° field of view: if I shifted to the right, the sun would be in my frame; to the left and I have to deal with my own shadow. And the photo op turned out to be brief; I had time for half a dozen shots and then the light faded.
Photographed at Red Rock Coulee Natural Area, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
The 250 foot diameter Lovell radio telescope. Located at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, England. Constructed 65 years ago. Still an active astronomical instrument. The big steerable paraboloidal dish weighs 1500 tonnes and (for camera enthusiasts!) is f/0.3.
Control Room: www.flickr.com/photos/lesc/51935580823/in/dateposted/
Bearing:
www.flickr.com/photos/lesc/51939874049/in/photostream/
Vintage image from a Kodachrome II slide.
45.5 meters internal diameter and 54.8 meters external diameter.
91 meters high (from floor to lantern).
The Duomo's cruise was considered insurmountable until, in 1420, Brunelleschi created the brilliant solution of building two shells. Climb up to the marble lantern on the summit.
The lantern, designed by Brunnelleschi, was built after the architect died (1446). The golden copper ball and Verrocchio's cross, containing sacred relics, were placed there 25 years later.
PS. The cathedral needs urgent reform and is visible. It is a sad sight to see so much money from tourism, either it is misused or ticket prices fall short.
The Reyers Tower is a telecommunication tower of the Belgian national radio and television broadcasters, RTBF and VRT. 80 m high, designed by the architect Roger Bastin, it was erected from 1979. The 44 m diameter, 4.000 tons dome was hoisted in 1980.
Behind it, the RTBF-VRT building was built from 1964 to 1978, first for television only, then for radio as well.
Photo shot in 2010 from the top of the Brusilia Residence.
Azimuth 130.0°, 2.1 km away (1.3 mi), height 80 m (262 ft).
Address: Boulevard Reyers 52, 1030 Schaerbeek (Brussels)
FR : Tour Reyers
La Tour Reyers est une tour de télécommunication des chaînes de radio et télévision nationales belges, la RTBF et la VRT. Haute de 80 m , conçue par l'architecte Roger Bastin, elle a été érigée à partir de 1979. La coupole de 44m de diamètre et 4.000 tonnes a été hissée en 1980.
Derrière elle, le bâtiment RTBF-VRT fut construit de 1964 à 1978, d’abord rien que pour de la télévision, puis pour la radio également.
Photo prise en 2010 du haut de la Résidence Brusilia.
Azimut 130.0°, distance 2.1 km, hauteur 80 m.
Adresse : Boulevard Reyers 52, 1030 Schaerbeek (Brussels)
NL: Reyerstoren
De Reyerstoren is de telecommunicatietoren van de Belgische nationale televisiezenders RTBF en VRT. De 80 m hoge toren, ontworpen door de architect Roger Bastin, werd opgericht in 1979. De koepel, met een diameter van 44 m en 4.000 ton, werd in 1980 ingehesen.
Het stand voor het RTBF-VRT gebouw, opgericht van 1964 tot 1978, eerst voor televisie, daarna ook voor radio.
Foto genomen in 2010 vanaf de top van de Brusilia Residentie.
Azimut 130.0°, 2.1 km ver, 80 m hoog.
Adres: Boulevard Reyers 52, 1030 Schaerbeek (Brussels)
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In Explore on Mar. 17, 2023.
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Diameter approx. 1 ¼”
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
Macro taken Feb 11, 2024 for the groups
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ƒ/4.5
8.1 mm
1/6 Sec
ISO 800
Blossom diameter ~2 cm
Focus stack
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