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Abandoned Car, Desert Gully. Death Valley National Park, California. March 4, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
An old and very weathered car abandoned to the elements in a desert mountain streambed.
There are many threads to the Death Vally story, and portions of these stories can be read by looking in the right places in the park. There is the geological story that involves seismic activity, a very old lake, and the surprising role of water in what is today a very dry place. Occasional remnants of their ancient presence tells the faint story of the people who lived here before Europeans arrived. And there is the story of extraction - prospecting and the mining of all sorts of materials, some of which has not ended even today. (There are a couple of inholdings within the larger boundaries of the park where mineral rights are maintained and mining work continues - a jarring sight the first time you encounter in while in a national park.)
Much of this work took place only a few decades ago, and the detritus of that period is still found throughout the park. A few examples are well-known, marked on maps, and even have directional signs and interpretive information displayed by the park. However, if you poke around even a little bit you'll soon come across many other examples of old mines, tailings, buildings, automobiles, and more. (If you visit the park and see these things, please be very careful around them. They are deteriorating, and almost anything you do to disturb them will hasten that process and deprive future visitors of the experience that you are enjoying.) There is one such site that I have driven past many times, but where I have never stopped until this trip. Beyond the obvious artifacts that are visible from a passing road, the site continues. This time I stopped, got out of my car, and spent some time wandering up and old trail that heads up a gully and then switchbacks up a nearby hill. A ways up this hill, after passing some dilapidated buildings, I came to a gully that must have been the occupants' automobile graveyard, since there were several very old, rusting vehicles in this gully, partially embedded in sand that must have washed down during rain.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Photo of Pyramid Peak (elevation 7,182 feet) taken near Diablo Dam via Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm F/2 lens and the bracketing method of photography. Ross Lake National Recreation Area. North Cascades Region of the Cascades Range. Whatcom County, Washington. Early June 2015.
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-200 * Aperture: F/11 * Bracketing: +1 / -1
This female Giant Wood Orb Weaver spider (Nephila maculata) has inject digestive juices into her prey, then will extract the butterfly's liquefied organs through her hallow fangs. Half life-size.
Photographed at the Spider Pavilion, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum.
www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/special-exhibits/spider...
This is the largest species of orb weaving spider in the world. Although it is the size of a chocolate chip cookie, it is not in any way dangerous to humans and can be easily approached. The webs that this species constructs are equally impressive. Individual webs can measure up to 10-feet across and are strong enough to catch a small bird.
Hand-held Nikon D90 at ISO 400, Nikkor 105D macro lens, 1/160-sec at f/16; Nikon SB-600 Speedlight with O-Flash 3/4-circle Fresnel prism diffuser diffuser.
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In Rotation: Ye-Yo Erykah Badu
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"I say the sun's in the east and the moon reflects
Like the knowledge and wisdom, I manifest
If you want to go to heaven lay up on my breast
I'm ye yo, you're ye yo
Ye yo, ye yo"
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“Melinda Messenger Launches The TBS Ideal Home Show”. You will see this headline in many newspapers tomorrow but I am not sure that it is totally accurate because the event that I attended was hosted by Harvey Norman rather than the RDS or the TSB.
This is the second year in a row for Harvey Norman at the Ideal Home Show at the RDS in Dublin and today, the day before the show opens to the public, the media were invited to view what will be on offer at the Harvey Norman ‘connected home’. As well as some really appealing home automation we were also introduced to Melinda Messenger who attracted more attention than most of the embedded technology.
I must be losing touch because a friend had to explain to me that Melinda Janet Messenger (born 23 February 1971) is an English television presenter and former glamour model and Page 3 girl. She presented the magazine programme Live from Studio Five and was formerly the co-presenter of the reality show Cowboy Builders. Maybe, I need to watch more television. Don’t worry some of my photographs available via Flickr do include the lady in question.
I do suggest that you should visit the Harvey Norman ‘connected home’ over the weekend [in case you are wondering they did not pay me to say that].
Don’t tell anyone that I told you but if you visit idealhome.ie/free-ticket-registration/ you can free tickets [Friday Only].
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Photo of the North Fork Nooksack River captured near Nooksack Falls via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm F/4.5 lens. Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. North Cascades Region of the Cascades Range. Whatcom County, Washington. Early June 2015.
Exposure Time: 0.3 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-200 * Aperture: F/22 * Bracketing: None
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In the developed world, the experience of the average twenty-five-year-old is one of substantial overlap between online and offline friends and colleagues. The overlap is so great, in fact, that both the word and the concept of “cyberspace” have fallen into disuse. The internet augments real-world social life rather than providing an alternative to it. Instead of becoming a separate cyberspace, our electronic networks are becoming deeply embedded in real life.
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