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Adults are gray overall with a white head and dark nape. Juveniles are dark sooty-gray with a white mustache stripe. Some variation across range; Rocky Mountain birds are palest. A bird of northern latitudes and high elevations; found in coniferous forests and clearings. Almost always in pairs or small family groups. Known for friendly, inquisitive behavior. Often seen around campgrounds and roadsides, looking for food handouts. Voice consists of variable soft, husky notes. (eBird
A rather drizzly day, but this Canada Jay still came out to see if anyone had snacks they were willing to share.
Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada. June 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
A star, lit up like a cigar
Strung out like a guitar
Maybe you can educate my mind
Explain all these controls
Can't sing but I've got soul
The goal is elevation
Summer's morning time near the Schwarzsee. Zermatt. No. 9385.
Schwarzsee (literally "Black Lake") is a lake at Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located below Matterhorn at an elevation of 2,552 m.
Matterhorn from Schwarzee Paradise
Its surface area is 0.5 ha. A chapel dedicated to Mary of the Snows borders the lake (Kapelle "Maria zum Schnee").
Gornergrat from Schwarzee Paradise
The lake lends its name to the mountain ridge (2,583 m) above (45°59′29″N 7°42′35″E). It can be reached by cable car from Zermatt.
Media related to Schwarzsee (Zermatt) at Wikimedia Commons
Der Schwarzsee ist ein Bergrücken oberhalb von Zermatt im Kanton Wallis in der Schweiz. Er liegt nördlich des Matterhorns auf einer Höhe von 2'583 m ü. M. und ist von Furi sowie von Furgg her erreichbar. In seinem Aussichtsbereich liegen das Monte-Rosa-Massiv, die Mischabelgruppe, der Dent Blanche, das Weisshorn und das Matterhorn. Namensgeber des Bergrückens ist der gleichnamige kleine Bergsee mit einer Fläche von weniger als 0,1 km², an dem die Kapelle „Maria zum Schnee“ und die Bergstation der Schwarzseebahn liegen. Schwarzsee ist ein Ausgangspunkt zur Besteigung des Matterhorns sowie von Wanderungen zur Hörnlihütte, die in etwa 2 Stunden erreichbar ist. Früher war Schwarzsee nur über Skilifte und kleinste Seilbahnen zugänglich. Inzwischen wurden im Zuge der Renaturierungsbemühungen der Zermatter Bergbahnen die alten Lifte durch eine moderne Gondelbahn ersetzt. In der Touristikbranche wird der Ort, welchen die Sonne morgens als ersten im Zermatter Skigebiet erreicht, als Schwarzsee paradise vermarktet.
Le Lac Noir (Schwarzsee en allemand) est un lac de montagne situé près de la station touristique de Zermatt, en Suisse. Par extension, le nom de Lac Noir désigne également l'arête rocheuse autour du lac.
Wikipédia.
Morning méditation in the Schcwarzsee,Zermatt. Canton of Valais , Switzerland. No. 9408.
HaPPy Summer Hiking to every one...)
"Mes amis,
Ce fut long, précieux, inspirant
Frais & heureux comme un alpaga
Me revoilà
Vous m’avez manqué, vous le savez
Mes silences en disent souvent bien plus que les faux-semblants usuels de cette époque
Par besoin, par envie
& pour tout ce que je vous prépare par amour
J’ai su me taire
Par respect aussi..."
Julian Doré
Thank You for your inspiration !
Schwarzsee (literally "Black Lake") is a lake at Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located below Matterhorn at an elevation of 2,552 m.
Matterhorn from Schwarzee Paradise
Its surface area is 0.5 ha. A chapel dedicated to Mary of the Snows borders the lake (Kapelle "Maria zum Schnee").
The lake lends its name to the mountain ridge (2,583 m) above (45°59′29″N 7°42′35″E). It can be reached by cable car from Zermatt.
High, higher than the sun
You shoot me from a gun
I need you to elevate me here
At the corner of your lips
As the orbit of your hips
Eclipse
You elevate my soul
I've got no self control
Been living like a mole now
Going down, excavation
I and I, in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
Elevation
A star
Lit up like a cigar
Strung out like a guitar
Maybe you can educate my mind
Explain all these controls
Can't sing but I've got soul
The goal is elevation
A mole
Digging in a hole
Digging up my soul now
Going down, excavation
I and I
In the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
Elevation
Love
Lift me out of these blues
Won't you tell me something true
I believe in you
A mole
Digging in a hole
Digging up my soul now
Going down, excavation
I and I
In the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
Elevation
Elevation
Elevation
Elevation
Elevation
… the direct lighting and 45° hard shadows remind me of my architecture studying days :-)
Shot with Moment’s wide lens.
The tiny Hummingbird as it takes off among the yellow blossoms of a tree in Arizona.... #flickrheroes
PS: Just back after a week without any internet as my foot ended up with me in A&E....Catching up slowly my friends..
This is about 140 meters higher in elevation than the location in the previous photo. Here, the autumn foliage would soon come to an end.
Ryugahara marshland, Yurihonjo, Akita, Japan
ここは前の写真の場所から140mほど標高の高い、竜ヶ原湿原です。ここでは紅葉は間も無く終わりを迎える様子でした。
Au-dessus des étangs, au-dessus des vallées,
Des montagnes, des bois, des nuages, des mers,
Par delà le soleil, par delà les éthers,
Par delà les confins des sphères étoilées,
Mon esprit, tu te meus avec agilité,
Et, comme un bon nageur qui se pâme dans l'onde,
Tu sillonnes gaiement l'immensité profonde
Avec une indicible et mâle volupté.
Envole-toi bien loin de ces miasmes morbides ;
Va te purifier dans l'air supérieur,
Et bois, comme une pure et divine liqueur
, Le feu clair qui remplit les espaces limpides.
Derrière les ennuis et les vastes chagrins
Qui chargent de leur poids l'existence brumeuse,
Heureux celui qui peut d'une aile vigoureuse
S'élancer vers les champs lumineux et sereins ;
Celui dont les pensers, comme des alouettes,
Vers les cieux le matin prennent un libre essor,
- Qui plane sur la vie, et comprend sans effort
Le langage des fleurs et des choses muettes !
Élévation
Poème de Charles Baudelaire
Winter heightens the drama at Death Valley National Park.
Certainly, this is known as the hottest place on earth, and contains the second lowest point in the western hemisphere, but most people are unaware that this is the largest national park in the lower 48 of the continental United States. The park also contains large portions of the Argus, Panamint and Amarcosa mountain ranges, with Telescope Peak reaching 11,049' in elevation.
The view from Zabriskie Point (named for a Vice-President of the Borax company, which mined here with their famous 20 mule-teams in the early twentieth century), captures the sandstone badlands of the Amarcosa in the foreground (including the Manly Beacon and Red Cathedral), Death Valley, and the Panamint Range as the backdrop.
On a chilly winter morning following an exceedingly rare rainfall, the skies are dramatic with the sun reaching through some of the cloud layers, but not others, to create drama and colors, not normally captured here.
Knossos (alternative spellings Knossus, Cnossus, Greek Κνωσός, pronounced [knoˈsos]) is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and considered as Europe's oldest city
The name Knossos survives from ancient Greek references to the major city of Crete. The identification of Knossos with the Bronze Age site is supported by tradition and by the Roman coins that were scattered over the fields surrounding the pre-excavation site, then a large mound named Kephala Hill, elevation 85 m (279 ft) from current sea level. Many of them were inscribed with Knosion or Knos on the obverse and an image of a Minotaur or Labyrinth on the reverse, both symbols deriving from the myth of King Minos, supposed to have reigned from Knossos.[5] The coins came from the Roman settlement of Colonia Julia Nobilis Cnossus, a Roman colony placed just to the north of, and politically including, Kephala. The Romans believed they had colonized Knossos.[6] After excavation, the discovery of the Linear B tablets, and the decipherment of Linear B by Michael Ventris, the identification was confirmed by the reference to an administrative center, ko-no-so, Mycenaean Greek Knosos, undoubtedly the palace complex. The palace was built over a Neolithic town. During the Bronze Age, the town surrounded the hill on which the palace was built.
The palace was excavated and partially restored under the direction of Arthur Evans in the earliest years of the 20th century. Its size far exceeded his original expectations, as did the discovery of two ancient scripts, which he termed Linear A and Linear B, to distinguish their writing from the pictographs also present. From the layering of the palace Evans developed de novo an archaeological concept of the civilization that used it, which he called Minoan, following the pre-existing custom of labelling all objects from the location Minoan.
The site of Knossos was discovered in 1878 by Minos Kalokairinos. The excavations in Knossos began in 1900 by the English archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851–1941) and his team, and continued for 35 years. Its size far exceeded his original expectations, as did the discovery of two ancient scripts, which he termed Linear A and Linear B, to distinguish their writing from the pictographs also present. From the layering of the palace Evans developed an archaeological concept of the civilization that used it, which he called Minoan, following the pre-existing custom of labelling all objects from the location Minoan.
Since their discovery, the ruins have undergone a history of their own, from excavation by renowned archaeologists, education and tourism, to occupation as a headquarters by governments warring over the control of the eastern Mediterranean in two world wars. This site history is to be distinguished from the ancient.
My last two shots were from ~8,000 feet (2,438 meters), and this shot was at 6,000 feet (1,828 meters). It's amazing how a small change in altitude impacts how wet an area is. This area received rain and was quickly absorbed by the ground and higher up is snow.
This photo is from the Utah State Route 12 region.
No comments today – just enjoy :-)
One of my favourite stairwells at the University of Tasmania. I've photographed here a few times now, but this was taken today with my new 14mm Samyang lens - superwide angle and superwide smile!
The Point Arena lighthouse is 115ft elevation from the ground. Their is 145 steps spiral staircase with 4 landings to get to the top of the lighthouse and is the tallest lighthouse on the west coast that is open to the public.
IAIS 714 has just tied on to FRA geometry test cars DOTX 218 and DOTX 220 at the bottom of Missouri Division Jct while IAIS 515 West charges up Davenport Hill with BICB-05. 714 will shove up to the mainline and follow BICB west to South Amana.
April 6, 2020.
Estas Tonne || INTERNAL FLIGHT youtu.be/0VnvoRqMEqM
La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon est l'un des premiers édifices majeurs de style gothique en France. Construite après l'église abbatiale de Saint-Denis, la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Noyon et la cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens, elle est contemporaine de Notre-Dame de Paris : elle est représentative du premier art gothique pour l'élévation intérieure et du gothique dit « classique » pour les parties supérieures des façades et pour les tours.
La cathédrale actuelle est construite à l'emplacement du sanctuaire précédent. Son édification est commencée sous l'épiscopat de Gautier de Mortagne. Elle débute en 1155 et continua jusqu'en 1235.
Laon en drone youtu.be/RxuszlwHwRc
A fine National Trust property on Anglesey...with views across the Menai Straits towards Snowdonia. Inside is a wall painting by Rex Whistler that is 58ft long by12 ft high! Fabulous thing to experience.
With no particular motivation other than the hope of a nice sunrise I headed for Blast Beach on Sunday morning. I did manage a shot I was pleased with before it started raining and I performed a temporary pack down. As I waited out the rain it dawned on me that the combination of the very lively sea and the strong northerly winds would probably be seeing some big wave crashes at the harbour. With 20 minutes still to go to sun up I rushed up the beach banks and made the short drive to the harbour to find I was right. A chilly wait eventually saw the break in the clouds coincide with a suitable wave crash and I had my shot..
Whitby Harbour East Pier Extension
Established: 1914
Height of tower: 7 metres
Elevation: 12 metres
Character: Q R
Range: 5 miles
Coues Deer are a subspecies of Whitetail Deer found in desert regions, especially hills and mountains between 4,000-8,000 feet elevation, usually with scrub oak and high grassy basins.
This subspecies is isolated from other whitetails, but occasionally comes into contact with other whitetails in Arizona and Mexico. Coues whitetails are found in central and southern Arizona and the southwestern corner of New Mexico, and most all of Sonora, Mexico.
The most obvious difference between Coues whitetails and their other whitetail cousins is the size. Coues deer bucks (males) are only about 30 inches tall at the shoulder, and only the biggest bodied specimens will attain weights of over 100 pounds.
I photographed this Coues Buck near Portal, Arizona.