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This has been a summer for the record books with unprecedented heat and days without rain. It is so very worrying. Traveling with visiting family to Hurricane Ridge in the heart of the Olympic National Park near where we live, I was amazed at the lack of snow - I have never seen it like this. It breaks my heart. The park service was actually irrigating the alpine meadows around the visitor center - they were so dry!
"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.
~ William Hazlett
Fog, ice, snow and dark gray sky made Lake Michigan "disappear" into grayness. But I was sure it was still there, even though I couldn't see it : ) Most of the ice and snow probably melted a couple of days after our trip.
Taken from the "beach" at the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula in northwest Michigan.
)MYANMAR ,Burma - Old-Bagan, Sonnenuntergang mit Blick von der imposanten Shwesandaw-Pagode(Tempel
)Die Stufenpyramide hat fünf quadratische Terrassen, dann zwei achteckige Zwischenstufen und schließlich den klassischen zylindrischen Stupa-Aufbau mit Glocke, Turban, doppeltem Lotus, Bananenknospe und Hti. An den vier Seiten führen bis zur fünften Terrasse Treppen hinauf. Früher dienten sie den Gläubigen, damit sie die inzwischen verschwundenen Terrakotta-Platten mit Szenen aus den Jatakas auf den einzelnen Terrassen erreichen konnten; heutzutage steigen Touristen hinauf, um den Sonnenuntergang zu bewundern.
The step pyramid has five square terraces, then two octagonal intermediate steps and finally the classic cylindrical stupa structure with bell, turban, double lotus, banana bud and hti. Stairs lead up to the fifth terrace on the four sides. They used to serve the faithful so that they could reach the terracotta slabs with scenes from the Jatakas on the individual terraces, which have since disappeared; nowadays tourists go up to admire the sunset.
If rising sea levels continue unabated, shorebirds will continue to lose substantial amounts of feeding and breeding habitats. This in turn will lead to large reductions in their populations. We need species diversity to maintain any kind of balanced and healthy environment. The long term effect of species loss will not be good for us.
Created for Awake - Art for a Cause Challenge 4 - Beaches and Coastlines: www.flickr.com/groups/awakeartforacause/discuss/721576506...
I am going to be off Flickr for a few weeks for personal reasons. I'll see you sometime in October....
As everywhere in the world caring for the young ones is a kind of instinct for most animals and human beings. To watch the lioness with her three cubs was really a joy for me. The young ones were playing, took a pause, walked away from their mother, were running around. The lioness waited, turned around, walked backwards and at the end they disappeared together into the bushes.
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas time.
John Mayall: Nature's Disappearing
Man's a filthy creature
Raping the land and water and the air
Tomorrow may be too late
Now's the time that you must be aware
Nature's disappearing
Polluted death is coming, do you care
Garbage going nowhere
Soon the dumps will spread to your front door
Lakes and rivers stagnant
Nothing lives or grows like years before
Nature's disappearing
The world you take for granted soon no more
Read about pollution
Make manufacturers uncomfortable
Boycott at the market
Containers that are non-returnable
Aluminum, glass and plastic
Eternal waste that's not destructible
We're a generation
That may live out our natural time
But as for all our children
Born to suffocate in human slime
Nature's disappearing
And we are guilty of this massive crime
GLACIERS OF SOTZE and GRANTA PAREI. Unfortunately, like almost all glaciers in the Alps, they are disappearing. Rhemes Valley, Aosta Valley, ITALY.
I love the unique and majestic sight of an iceberg sculptured by the elements. May future generations get to enjoy them.
The rural area has its unique scenery. At north of Ontario, scattered first nation tribes and Mennonite community villages. For the first nations, the old traditions have diminished, such as, women were farmers and did most of the child care and cooking, men were hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their families, both genders practiced story-telling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine, etc. The lifestyle is similar to us, except politically independent and has its own government, most of them live beside the lakes… However, Mennonite community, Amish families and communities maintain a more primitive lifestyle than the surrounding culture. Amish lifestyle differs from community to community, for example, no TV and internet for some Amish communities… Work at sunrise, rest at sunset.
The photo was taken at Johnson Township, a vibrant agricultural community with a seasonal Farmer’s Market supported by the local Mennonite community. Beautiful sunshine day, but very cold and strong wind. Mennonite community village was almost disappeared in the blowing snow.
Although my sister and I were wrapped like balls in -30C, still felt being swept away by blizzard ... But we were happy like kids in the blowing snow... 😉
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Small, short-tailed, flat-headed sparrow found in weedy grasslands. Warm buffy coloration with clean unstreaked breast. Thin white eyering and yellow patch above eye. Back and wings are patterned with gray and rufous. Easy to see when singing atop a shrub, but can be very secretive much of the year. Best detected by its dry, insect like trill preceded by a few introductory notes. Typically not in flocks. (eBird)
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We were looking for Loggerhead Shrikes when we heard the distinctive song of the Grasshopper Sparrow. There it was, singing on top of the thistle before disappearing back into the long grass. It did this several times, to the delight of us and several other birders.
Carden Alvar, Ramara, Ontario, Canada. May 2023.
I was extremely happy that this opportunity presented itself toward the end of a rather dull and gloomy shooting day.
Special thanks to my Flickr friend Gary for geo-tagged this location, otherwise I'll had never being able to located myself.
The photo was taken during Sergey's performance at the D'Addario Guitar Festival - NAMM Musikmesse Russia, in Moscow.
Sergey Tabachnikov (born April 17, 1987, Samara, USSR) - guitarist, musician, leader of the Nobody.one group. Without any musical education, he became one of the most popular guitarists in the country.
Tabachnikov plays compositions that are completely different in style. But critics and viewers alike agree that his work is nevertheless closer to instrumental and blues rock. He began playing the guitar at the age of 11. Sergei is self-taught, he does not advise others to use the services of teachers, believing that if you wish, you can learn to play on your own.
Sergey Tabachnikov, in addition to his musical career, maintains his blog on YouTube, in which he uploads reviews of guitars and accessories to them. The videos are very popular among both novice musicians and professionals due to their interesting presentation style and specific humor.
Sergey takes the performances of his group more than seriously. The funny guy from the video about guitars disappears somewhere and a professional musician appears on the stage who completely surrenders to playing the guitar.
The Nobody.one group is actively touring Russia and the CIS countries, participating in many festivals, including the invasion. However, speaking of popularity, unfortunately, the group is known only to a narrow circle of viewers, but we hope this situation will change soon, and the general public will learn about the talented guys and their leader!
A beaten path winds its way through the dense forest, beckoning the adventurous to explore the unknown. As it disappears into the horizon, the promise of new discoveries and breathtaking scenery entices all who dare to follow it. With each step, the crunch of leaves and the rustle of branches create a symphony of nature, inviting us to immerse ourselves in the beauty of the wilderness. Come and explore, for the wonders of the forest await you.
Taken @ Strays And Misfits
Portraits of The Disappeared outside the former headquaters of the communist secret police in Hungary in rememberance.
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A lion is perhaps not what springs to mind when seeing this, but the information sign next to this little waterfall, at the Shinto shrine Kanda-myōjin in Tokyo, will tell you that it is. And it is not as strange as is sounds. This is a komainu, a lion-dog, a common guardian at shrines and temples in Japan - but they are sometimes (such as here) also referred to as stone lions.
This is actually just one in a set of three, the cubs parents are at the top of the rock (or mountain, as it is actually written in Japanese, even though it is not translated as such), looking down on their offspring. The parents are quite old, believed to have been carved in the 18th century, but the cub disappeared and the original rock (mountain) destroyed in the devastating earthquake of 1923. The cub and the rock was reconstructed and reunited with the original lions in 1989, in celebration of the new emperor.
This is Balmaceda Glacier at the head of Última Esperanza Sound, in the south portion of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, Chile. The glacier once flowed into the sound but is now retreating like most of the world's glaciers.
Buchupureo, Chile
You disappeared
You disappeared
You disappeared
Like the melting ice on trees
That fall like teardrops
For so long just her wet skin
Her long hair dripping
Stepping from a shower
The winding of her hips
That create a thirst in me
But now, nothing
And time breaks down
One second into another