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(Buteo jamaicensis) Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.
All winter, this white breasted young RTHA has been around, but would seldom let me closer than 100 meters. All I had to do was lift up my camera and he would take off. Today's rather lengthy series on him, shows that while I finally was able to catch up to him, I wasn't his only problem....
For me, this photo is a bit troubling. To the extent that it depicts in his eye and posture his feeling of anxiety, with the added suspense hinted at in the faint image of the weeping birches of the stiff breeze coming at him, I think it's a good photo. That he's nervous at all, however, does not make me feel good about what I'm doing.... Still, I cannot give up the chase any more than he can when he's hunting... There's more....
A Sarus Crane. The tallest of flying birds.
IUCN status: This crane is listed as Vulnerable because it is suspected to have suffered a rapid population decline, which is projected to continue, as a result of widespread reductions in the extent and quality of its wetland habitats, exploitation and the effects of pollutants.
Sarus Crane Album:
SN/NC: Musa acuminata, Syn. Musa Paradisiaca, Musaceae Family
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) bananas come from two wild species – Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. The scientific names of most cultivated bananas are Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana, and Musa × paradisiaca for the hybrid Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, depending on their genomic constitution. The old scientific name for this hybrid, Musa sapientum, is no longer used. Musa species are native to tropical Indomalaya and Australia, and are likely to have been first domesticated in Papua New Guinea. They are grown in 135 countries, primarily for their fruit, and to a lesser extent to make fiber, banana wine, and banana beer and as ornamental plants. The world's largest producers of bananas in 2017 were India and China, which together accounted for approximately 38% of total production. Worldwide, there is no sharp distinction between "bananas" and "plantains". Especially in the Americas and Europe, "banana" usually refers to soft, sweet, dessert bananas, particularly those of the Cavendish group, which are the main exports from banana-growing countries. By contrast, Musa cultivars with firmer, starchier fruit are called "plantains". In other regions, such as Southeast Asia, many more kinds of banana are grown and eaten, so the binary distinction is not useful and is not made in local languages.
The term "banana" is also used as the common name for the plants that produce the fruit. This can extend to other members of the genus Musa, such as the scarlet banana (Musa coccinea), the pink banana (Musa velutina), and the Fe'i bananas. It can also refer to members of the genus Ensete, such as the snow banana (Ensete glaucum) and the economically important false banana (Ensete ventricosum). Both genera are in the banana family, Musaceae.
Een banaan is een langwerpige, eetbare vrucht - botanisch een bes - geproduceerd door verschillende soorten grote kruidachtige bloeiende planten in het geslacht Musa. In sommige landen kunnen bananen die voor het koken worden gebruikt "plantains" worden genoemd, waarmee ze zich onderscheiden van dessertbananen. De vrucht is variabel in grootte, kleur en stevigheid, maar is meestal langwerpig en gebogen, met zacht vruchtvlees dat rijk is aan zetmeel en bedekt is met een schil, die groen, geel, rood, paars of bruin kan zijn als ze rijp zijn. De vruchten groeien in trossen die aan de bovenkant van de plant hangen. Bijna alle moderne eetbare pitloze (parthenocarp) bananen zijn afkomstig van twee wilde soorten: Musa acuminata en Musa balbisiana. De wetenschappelijke namen van de meeste gecultiveerde bananen zijn Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana en Musa × paradisiaca voor de hybride Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, afhankelijk van hun genomische constitutie. De oude wetenschappelijke naam voor deze hybride, Musa sapientum, wordt niet meer gebruikt. Musa-soorten zijn inheems in het tropische Indomalaya en Australië, en zijn waarschijnlijk voor het eerst gedomesticeerd in Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea. Ze worden in 135 landen verbouwd, voornamelijk voor hun fruit, en in mindere mate om vezels, bananenwijn en bananenbier te maken en als sierplant. De grootste bananenproducenten ter wereld in 2017 waren India en China, die samen goed waren voor ongeveer 38% van de totale productie.
A banana é uma fruta comestível alongada - botanicamente uma baga - produzida por vários tipos de grandes plantas com flores herbáceas do gênero Musa. Em alguns países, as bananas usadas para cozinhar podem ser chamadas de "bananas", o que as distingue das bananas de sobremesa. O fruto é variável em tamanho, cor e firmeza, mas geralmente é alongado e curvo, com polpa macia rica em amido coberta por uma casca que pode ser verde, amarela, vermelha, roxa ou marrom quando madura. Os frutos crescem em cachos pendurados no topo da planta. Quase todas as bananas modernas comestíveis sem sementes (partenocarpo) vêm de duas espécies selvagens - Musa acuminata e Musa balbisiana. Os nomes científicos da maioria das bananas cultivadas são Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana e Musa × paradisiaca para o híbrido Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, dependendo de sua constituição genômica. O antigo nome científico desse híbrido, Musa sapientum, não é mais usado. As espécies de Musa são nativas da Indomalaya tropical e da Austrália, e provavelmente foram domesticadas pela primeira vez na Papua-Nova Guiné. Eles são cultivados em 135 países, principalmente por suas frutas e, em menor grau, para fazer fibra, vinho de banana e cerveja de banana e como plantas ornamentais. Os maiores produtores mundiais de bananas em 2017 foram a Índia e a China, que juntos responderam por aproximadamente 38% da produção total.
Un plátano (Cambur o banano en Venezuela) es una fruta comestible alargada, botánicamente una baya, producida por varios tipos de grandes plantas herbáceas con flores del género Musa. En algunos países, los plátanos utilizados para cocinar pueden llamarse "plátanos", distinguiéndolos de los plátanos de postre. La fruta es variable en tamaño, color y firmeza, pero generalmente es alargada y curva, con pulpa blanda rica en almidón cubierta con una cáscara que puede ser verde, amarilla, roja, violeta o marrón cuando está madura. Los frutos crecen en racimos que cuelgan de la parte superior de la planta. Casi todos los plátanos comestibles sin semillas (partenocarpio) modernos provienen de dos especies silvestres: Musa acuminata y Musa balbisiana. Los nombres científicos de la mayoría de los bananos cultivados son Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana y Musa × paradisiaca para el híbrido Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, dependiendo de su constitución genómica. El antiguo nombre científico de este híbrido, Musa sapientum, ya no se usa. Las especies de Musa son nativas de las zonas tropicales de Indomalaya y Australia, y es probable que hayan sido domesticadas por primera vez en Papua Nueva Guinea. Se cultivan en 135 países, principalmente por su fruta, y en menor medida para producir fibra, vino de plátano y cerveza de plátano y como plantas ornamentales. Los mayores productores mundiales de banano en 2017 fueron India y China, que juntos representaron aproximadamente el 38% de la producción total.
Une banane est un fruit comestible allongé - botaniquement une baie - produit par plusieurs sortes de grandes plantes à fleurs herbacées du genre Musa. Dans certains pays, les bananes utilisées pour la cuisson peuvent être appelées « plantains », ce qui les distingue des bananes dessert. Le fruit est de taille, de couleur et de fermeté variables, mais il est généralement allongé et incurvé, avec une chair molle riche en amidon recouverte d'une croûte qui peut être verte, jaune, rouge, violette ou brune à maturité. Les fruits poussent en grappes suspendues au sommet de la plante. Presque toutes les bananes comestibles modernes sans pépins (parthénocarpe) proviennent de deux espèces sauvages : Musa acuminata et Musa balbisiana. Les noms scientifiques de la plupart des bananiers cultivés sont Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana et Musa × paradisiaca pour l'hybride Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, en fonction de leur constitution génomique. L'ancien nom scientifique de cet hybride, Musa sapientum, n'est plus utilisé. Les espèces de Musa sont originaires de l'Indomalaya tropicale et de l'Australie et ont probablement été domestiquées pour la première fois en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée. Ils sont cultivés dans 135 pays, principalement pour leurs fruits, et dans une moindre mesure pour fabriquer des fibres, du vin de banane et de la bière de banane et comme plantes ornementales. Les plus grands producteurs mondiaux de bananes en 2017 étaient l'Inde et la Chine, qui représentaient ensemble environ 38 % de la production totale.
Una banana è un frutto allungato e commestibile, botanicamente una bacca, prodotto da diversi tipi di grandi piante erbacee da fiore del genere Musa. In alcuni paesi, le banane utilizzate per cucinare possono essere chiamate "platani", distinguendole dalle banane da dessert. Il frutto è variabile per dimensione, colore e consistenza, ma è generalmente allungato e ricurvo, con polpa morbida ricca di amido ricoperta da una scorza, che può essere verde, gialla, rossa, viola o marrone a maturità. I frutti crescono in grappoli appesi alla sommità della pianta. Quasi tutte le moderne banane commestibili senza semi (partenocarpo) provengono da due specie selvatiche: Musa acuminata e Musa balbisiana. I nomi scientifici delle banane più coltivate sono Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana e Musa × paradisiaca per l'ibrido Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, a seconda della loro costituzione genomica. Il vecchio nome scientifico di questo ibrido, Musa sapientum, non è più utilizzato. Le specie Musa sono originarie dell'Indomalaya tropicale e dell'Australia, ed è probabile che siano state addomesticate per la prima volta in Papua Nuova Guinea. Sono coltivati in 135 paesi, principalmente per i loro frutti, e in misura minore per produrre fibre, vino di banana e birra di banana e come piante ornamentali. I maggiori produttori mondiali di banane nel 2017 sono stati India e Cina, che insieme hanno rappresentato circa il 38% della produzione totale.
Eine Banane ist eine längliche, essbare Frucht – botanisch gesehen eine Beere – die von mehreren Arten großer krautiger Blütenpflanzen der Gattung Musa produziert wird. In einigen Ländern werden Bananen, die zum Kochen verwendet werden, als "Kochbananen" bezeichnet, was sie von Dessertbananen unterscheidet. Die Frucht ist unterschiedlich in Größe, Farbe und Festigkeit, aber normalerweise länglich und gebogen, mit weichem, stärkereichem Fruchtfleisch, das mit einer Rinde bedeckt ist, die im reifen Zustand grün, gelb, rot, violett oder braun sein kann. Die Früchte wachsen in Büscheln, die von der Spitze der Pflanze hängen. Fast alle modernen essbaren kernlosen Bananen (Parthenokarp) stammen von zwei Wildarten – Musa acuminata und Musa balbisiana. Die wissenschaftlichen Namen der am häufigsten angebauten Bananen sind Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana und Musa × paradisiaca für die Hybride Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, abhängig von ihrer genomischen Konstitution. Der alte wissenschaftliche Name für diese Hybride, Musa sapientum, wird nicht mehr verwendet. Musa-Arten sind im tropischen Indomalaya und Australien beheimatet und wurden wahrscheinlich zuerst in Papua-Neuguinea domestiziert. Sie werden in 135 Ländern angebaut, hauptsächlich wegen ihrer Früchte und in geringerem Maße zur Herstellung von Ballaststoffen, Bananenwein und Bananenbier sowie als Zierpflanzen. Die weltweit größten Bananenproduzenten waren 2017 Indien und China, die zusammen etwa 38 % der Gesamtproduktion ausmachten.
الموز هو فاكهة مستطيلة صالحة للأكل - نباتية توت - تنتجها عدة أنواع من النباتات المزهرة العشبية الكبيرة في جنس موسى. في بعض البلدان ، قد يطلق على الموز المستخدم في الطهي اسم "الموز" ، مما يميزه عن الموز المصنوع من الحلوى. تختلف الثمار في الحجم واللون والصلابة ، ولكنها عادة ما تكون ممدودة ومنحنية ، ولحم ناعم غني بالنشا مغطى بقشرة قد تكون خضراء أو صفراء أو حمراء أو أرجوانية أو بنية عند النضج. تنمو الثمار في مجموعات تتدلى من أعلى النبات. تأتي جميع أنواع الموز الحديثة الصالحة للأكل (parthenocarp) من نوعين من الأنواع البرية - Musa acuminata و Musa balbisiana. الأسماء العلمية لمعظم أنواع الموز المزروعة هي Musa acuminata و Musa balbisiana و Musa × paradisiaca للهجين Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana ، اعتمادًا على تكوينها الجيني. لم يعد الاسم العلمي القديم لهذا الهجين ، Musa sapientum ، مستخدمًا. أنواع موسى موطنها إندومالايا الاستوائية وأستراليا ، ومن المحتمل أن تكون قد تم تدجينها لأول مرة في بابوا غينيا الجديدة. تزرع في 135 دولة ، في المقام الأول من أجل فواكهها ، وبدرجة أقل لتصنيع الألياف ونبيذ الموز وبيرة الموز ونباتات الزينة. كانت الهند والصين أكبر منتجي الموز في العالم في عام 2017 ، حيث شكلا معًا ما يقرب من 38 ٪ من إجمالي الإنتاج.
The clouds over the Jemez mountains, north of here, have started to build up now that the relatively wet season has begun.
I got out the RX10-iii and shot 396 frames, spaced four seconds apart. About 26 minutes elapsed time. I ran this sequence through StarStax, applying the "lighten" filter. Then I did some touching up in Photoshop.
(I underexposed the original images by about a full stop. The "lighten" filter tends to brighten the final image, to the extent that many areas are almost fully saturated white. By leaving some headroom, I brought the tomes back down in PS.)
The lightning strike was just a lucky event.
You can see multiple images of a distant airplane flying across the top.
Wildlife photography is to a large extent about opportunities, those you seize, those you miss, those you don't even see.... Red-winged blackbirds for sure are offering plenty of opportunities on Vancouver Island for a large portion of the year. It is probably one of the first bird I photographed when I started wildlife photography a few years ago. It is ever since, probably the bird I photograph the most each year. Yet, I feel that there is always a better picture of a red-winged blackbird which needs to be taken. The temptation was great to present a "year-end exhibit" of all those red-winged blackbird pictures I have taken this year. You will be glad I refrained from it. Here are a few I like.
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenclature that was formally proposed in 1802. It became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms which can be further divided or classified into altitude levels to derive ten basic genera. The main representative cloud types for each of these forms are stratus, cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level stratiform and stratocumuliform types are given the prefix alto- while high-level variants of these same two forms carry the prefix cirro-. Genus types with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one level do not carry any altitude related prefixes. They are classified formally as low- or mid-level depending on the altitude at which each initially forms, and are also more informally characterized as multi-level or vertical. Most of the ten genera derived by this method of classification can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties. Very low stratiform clouds that extend down to the Earth's surface are given the common names fog and mist, but have no Latin names. 64921
The far-famed valley came suddenly into view throughout almost its whole extent: the noble walls, sculptured into endless variety of domes and gables, spires and battlements and plain mural precipices, all a-tremble with the thunder tones of the falling water. The level bottom seemed to be dressed like a garden, sunny meadows here and there and groves of pine and oak, the river of Mercy sweeping in majesty through the midst of them and flashing back the sunbeams. --John Muir
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A84 has reached the northern extent of their Saturday run, and will drop off two tank cars here at Coosa Pines. A Resolute Forest Products mill is the main customer here, in the industrial park on the former site of the WWII-era Alabama Army Ammunition Plant.
The extent of the grotty August weather is evident in this shot of HMS St. Albans. In the background is Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender.
Adult female Hoodeds have variablity in the extent of their hood with some having hardly any evidence at all of a hood (perhaps a hint of black just in the sides of the crown) and some nearly resembling adult males like this one. Apparently the amount of black in the hood does NOT correlate with the age of the spring female. Notice despite the amount of black in her hood she has plenty of olive throughout it as well. She was hanging around a singing male who was undoubtedly trying to woo her. I was fortunate to get this image as she moved about the shadows in thick vegetation. Thanks for your visit!
Tennessee. 4/29/2019.
As a neat exercise in identifying warblers by song check out this 9 second video clip and see if you can identify the 3 warblers singing. I recorded it about a week earlier in this warbler rich Tennessee location.
This is Michelle. I knew about her before I knew her. I found her instagram account a long while ago and fell in love with her talent. This was about six months ago. It wasn't until recently that I met Kiaanna (from yesterday's post) and she then introduced me to Michelle. I tried my best to pretend I had no idea who she was except from what Kiaanna had told me.
In the short time we've known each other my perspective has changed so much. I used to see her as this perfect being, out taking incredible photos and living a life I could only dream of. Talking to her though, learning her as a person rather than an idol, I've come to respect her so much more. Knowing that she struggles, not only in creating an image she likes, but in daily things is something that had never crossed my mind. To know that she is as human as you or me and is still able to produce such talented work is something I admire to an extent which I can't describe with words. I'm glad to call her a friend.
Flit launches herself from the moving Poseidon's Wrath rollercoaster car and tests out her new add-on extention gattling missles. "Pow pow pow" she mouths as each rocket whistles through the rotating shafts and into the air.
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[...] within the capitalist system all methods for raising the social productiveness of labour are brought about at the cost of the individual labourer; all means for the development of production transform themselves into means of domination over, and exploitation of, the producers; they mutilate the labourer into a fragment of a man, degrade him to the level of an appendage of a machine, destroy every remnant of charm in his work and turn it into a hated toil; they estrange from him the intellectual potentialities of the labour process in the same proportion as science is incorporated in it as an independent power; they distort the conditions under which he works, subject him during the labour process to a despotism the more hateful for its meanness; they transform his life-time into working-time, and drag his wife and child beneath the wheels of the Juggernaut of capital. But all methods for the production of surplus-value are at the same time methods of accumulation; and every extension of accumulation becomes again a means for the development of those methods. It follows therefore that in proportion as capital accumulates, the lot of the labourer, be his payment high or low, must grow worse. The law, finally, that always equilibrates the relative surplus population, or industrial reserve army, to the extent and energy of accumulation, this law rivets the labourer to capital more firmly than the wedges of Vulcan did Prometheus to the rock. It establishes an accumulation of misery, corresponding with accumulation of capital. Accumulation of wealth at one pole is, therefore, at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole, i.e., on the side of the class that produces its own product in the form of capital.
Karl Marx, Capital, Vol 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production
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Culture and Congress Centre – CKK Jordanki, Torún, Poland
The architecture firm Menis Arquitectos led by spanish architect Fernando Menis has designed the Culture and Congress Centre – CKK Jordanki a contemporary concert hall in Torún, Poland.
CKK Jordanki is located within a green ring around the historic city centre, overlooking the Vistula River. Therefore, special care was took in designing the orientation and height of the volumes so that the presence of the new building establishes a harmonious relationship with the natural and built environment. Thus the building occupies half of the plot, the other half being dedicated to park and the height is kept as low as possible, to avoid blocking the view over the river. The visual effect achieved is that of a natural object, a rock embedded in a gently sloping meadow.
On the other hand, the materiality refers Torun’s Gothic legacy, an UNESCO protected city, in which almost all the façades of the old town boast of red brick. CKK Jordanki’s outside is made of white concrete in contrast to the cuts in the skin that give a glimpse of the red inner lining, made of crushed brick. The use of brick in Jordanki CKK is a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional brick, is a reference to Torun’s façades, and ultimately to its cultural heritage.
The program is characterized by a great flexibility at such extent that a building, which according to the client’s brief, was meant to be only a concerts hall, ended up being a space for all kinds of concerts and events, within the same initial budget. First of all, the theatre space is able to adapt easily to different capacities. For instance you may join two rooms to act as the main theatre by moving the walls and changing the number of the easily removable seats. It is possible to hold several separate and simultaneous events. Secondly, thanks to its dynamic ceiling, the building can be tuned to effectively absorb symphonic performances, chamber, theatre, opera, and film and meet any acoustic requirements the theatre designer requires. Finally, the concert hall can open to the outside, allowing to join the interior stage with the park outside for outdoor performances.
Picado, used in the entire building, is a mix of concrete and other materials. At CKK Jordanki, it was mixed either with reclaimed red bricks from a local factory (Ceramsus) for the sound reflection effect; either with a volcanic reddish stone from China, for its sound absorption effect. The picado is an innovative technique, conceived by Fernando Menis, consisting of mixing concrete with other materials and break it afterwards. Besides achieving a rough expression, the picado allows excellent acoustics results. The first time Menis used it, was for Magma Art & Congress (Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2005), by mixing concrete with local volcanic stones. For the CKK Jordanki, the technique has been researched further, tested and certified by the Spanish and the Polish Building Research Institute -ITB, respectively. The red brick is present almost on all the façades of the city and its use in CKK Jordanki is Menis’s contemporary reinterpretation of this traditional material while a clear reference to the town’s cultural heritage.
The definition of the auditorium space and of its shapes was made through an interactive process, always in relation to acoustics, until reaching the final shape. The plastic properties of concrete allows its use in concert halls in many different ways because it allows you to control the geometry (liquid stone) and adapt its shape to the formwork so that you can control the first sound reflections the listener received. In addition, the surface treatment of the crushed brick and concrete mix, allowed us a kind of diffusion, very difficult to achieve with other materials.
The moving parts of the auditorium have an area ranging from 80 to 140 m², having a weight that varies according to the piece, from 11 to 20 Tn. Each of the pieces can move independently from 3 to 5 m in height, allowing adjustment of the geometry and volume of the hall, depending on the needs of each moment, transforming a volume of 8,200 m3 with a time reverberation of 1.85 seconds, into a volume of 6,800 m3, with a reverberation time reduced down to 1.35 seconds. By adding additional absorption you could reach a reverberation time of 1.2 seconds, which covers the entire range of possible activities: 1.85 seconds for symphonic music, 1.6 seconds for opera and 1.2 seconds for theatre.
A collage of two images of the Moon and Venus taken minutes apart on April 28, 2020, to show the similarity in their phases this night, April 28, 2020. Both images were shot with the same focal length and camera and so are identical in image scale, to compare their apparent sizes. I have not enlarged Venus, but I have put a frame around it to emphasize that its image has been layered in as a composite.
The Moon was a 5.6-day-old waxing crescent this night, 32% illuminated.. Venus was at its greatest brilliancy, or Greatest Illuminated Extent, with a disk 38 arc seconds across and 27% illuminated, so slightly less.. But the Moon was closer in phase to Venus this night than it would have been the night before with a 5-day Moon. The Moon’s disk appears about 50 times larger than Venus’s.
Just to be clear — Venus was not this close to the Moon! I layered in the image of Venus taken after the Moon image, with both set in the deep blue evening twilight. Venus and the Moon were actually some 30° apart in the sky. But the composite illustrates their mutual phases and disk sizes.
Taken with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor with a 2X Barlow lens for an effective focal length of 1600mm and with the Canon 60Da APS-sensor camera. The Moon image is the full frame of the sensor, uncropped. Both images are single short exposures at ISO 100.
Bluebell's anniversary of the Extention to East Grinstead. Visiting engine GWR 5643 climbs Freshfield Bank, 22nd March 2014. More of the 56XX class at davebowles.smugmug.com/Railways/Great-Western-Region/56XX...
Landsat image that shows the extent of Thomas wildfires in southern California. This image was acquired after the fires that raged in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. The Thomas fires started on December 4, 2017 and became the largest ever in California history.
This is a high-resolution, false-color satellite image, from Landsat 8; image acquired on February 11, 2018. Please place your cursor above the image, then click on the image in order to see more detail; click on the image a second time to get back to your normal viewing.
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Over the course of summer, I've been collaborating with TheOneVeyronian m.flickr.com/photos/theoneveyronian/ on this project: a chessboard whose pieces are constraction figures themed after Light vs Dark characters. I took over creating the "Light Faction", with characters based on mythological warriors to a large extent. And here I showcase the first characters to be created: The Bishop. A somewhat more othrodox-looking wizard that is, what I believe, the perfect fit for a Light-themed Bishop. The ornament on the back is a design I've always wanted to try, and I think it has this mystic appearance that really adds to the character.
Renders done by TheOneVeyronian.
She also made these really cool GIF spinnies that I unfortunately couldn't share with you guys through Flickr, so you're free to check out this link if you want!
www.brickshelf.com/gallery/TheOneVeyronian/LDDMOCSpinnies...
And a 360 Spinnie of the whole board!
www.brickshelf.com/gallery/TheOneVeyronian/LDDMOCSpinnies...
Stay tuned for more pieces coming shortly, and to TheOneVeyronian's stream for her upcoming characters!
The Moulton Barn is a historic barn within the Mormon Row Historic District in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The mapped area is about 55 percent Youga soils and 35 percent Tineman soils.
The Youga series consists of very deep or deep, well drained soils formed in glacial till, outwash, alluvium, eolian deposits, or similar material. Youga soils are on upland hills, plateaus, foot slopes, fans, and mountainsides. Slopes range from 2 to 50 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 20 inches and the mean annual temperature is about 38 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Ustic Argicryolls
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for native pastureland and for recreational purposes. Native vegetation consists of Thurber fescue, big sagebrush, and widely spaced aspen.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: The high mountain areas of central Colorado and Wyoming. The series is of moderate extent, about 100,000 acres.
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/Y/YOUGA.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#youga
The Tineman soil series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in gravelly alluvium and glacial till. Tineman soils are on nearly level to steep alluvial fans, stream terraces, mountains and moraines. The mean annual precipitation is about 17 inches, and the mean annual air temperature is about 35 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Ustic Haplocryolls
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Tineman soils are on nearly level to steep alluvial fans, stream terraces, mountains and moraines. Slopes are 0 to 40 percent. The soils formed in noncalcareous alluvium and glacial till. Elevation is 5,500 to 7,500 feet. The average annual precipitation is 15 to 24 inches. The mean annual temperature is 35 to 40 degrees F. The frost-free period is 70 to 90 days.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for irrigated cropland, rangeland, homesites and other community uses, recreation, and wildlife habitat. Native vegetation is big sagebrush, bluebunch wheatgrass, prairie junegrass, and bluegrass.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: In the intermountain valleys of western Wyoming. The series is of moderate extent. The series was established in Teton County, Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park Area, 1975.
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/T/TINEMAN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#tineman
For additional information about soil classification using Soil Taxonomy, visit:
sites.google.com/site/dinpuithai/Home
For more information about describing soils using the USDA-Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_052523...
The Manchester Town Hall Extension features a steeply pitched roof made of slate from the same Cumbrian quarry as the original town hall building. The structure is also noted for its elaborate use of leadwork, which adorns various ridges, pinnacles, and spires.
Key characteristics of the roof and roofline include:
Material: The roof is primarily covered in more than 100,000 hand-split and trimmed slate tiles. Traditional, high-quality sandcast lead has been used for the detailed sections, known for its durability and authentic appearance.
Design: The design is Gothic in character, with a typically steeply pitched profile. The roofline includes decorative features like dormer windows with hipped roofs, and the gable ends feature stair-turrets.
Features: The roofline is enhanced by 37 enormous chimney stacks, which have been repaired and reconstructed using matching sandstone. It also features decorative cast-iron work, known as brattishing, which has been restored and repainted in the architect's original burgundy red colour.
Modernisation: During recent major restoration work as part of the "Our Town Hall" project, the gutters were redesigned and enlarged to handle increased rainfall associated with climate change, helping to future-proof the historic building.
Visibility: The historic roofline has recently become visible again as temporary coverings were removed, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing restoration project.
The building, designed by architect Emanuel Vincent Harris, was completed in 1938 and is a Grade II* listed building.
While visiting in Moab, we took the 2 hour drive to amazing Mesa Verde National Park. It was difficult to take in the magnitude and extent of these magnificent dwellings, especially when being so close, even with a 14mm wide angle lens.
This is a 3 shot vertorama of one of the kivas at Spruce Tree House. Three handheld images were taken angling from top to bottom and then assembled in Photoshop using Photomerge. The final image before scaling was huge being about 11000 x 14000 pixels but I was pleased with the detail.
Camera Nikon D800
Exposure 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture f/14.0
Focal Length 14 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias -1/3 EV
View the entire Ruins Set
View the - Mosaic, Vertorama, Panorama Set
View the entire Lake Powell Set
View my - Most Interesting according to Flickr
The photographs in this album were not taken by myself. They were taken in and around London in late March 2020 and show the extent the people in this lovely city are taking the current pandemic very seriously indeed.
Like millions of others in the UK I’m adhering to the advice of the government to remain in my home so that my own chances of catching the Covid-19 virus are minimised.
The pictures show how quiet some major London landmarks are at this worrying time.
I’d love to go out and take some pictures of my own but know that to do so would be irresponsible.
I hope that the pictures give my friends and contacts on flickr some idea of how serious the people of the UK are taking this potential health crisis.
The vast majority of the UK is trying extremely hard to:
#FlattenTheCurve
My thoughts at this worrying time are with all of the families around the world who are having to bear the loss of their loved ones.
Venus as a morning star and at its greatest brilliancy (or illuminated extent) for this dawn apparition, shining at magnitude -4.9 in the dawn twilight. The star Spica is to the right of Venus. Taken from home on November 30, 2018, the day before the official day of greatest brightness. The waning crescent Moon off camera higher in the sky provides the illumination and the sparkles in the snow.
This is a stack of 4 x 10 second exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one 10-second exposure for the sky, all with the Nikon D750 at ISO 800 and Sigma 24mm Art lens at f/2.8. Orton glow effects added to the sky and ground with Luminar and Nik Collection effects. Diffraction spikes on Venus added with Astronomy Tools for artistic effect.
Since he decided to show the full extent of his crown I decided I would post this second picture of this cute little fellow.
A collection of pictures of Campsie Fells from different viewpoints.
The Campsie Fells are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west from Denny Muir to Dumgoyne, in Stirlingshire and overlooking Strathkelvin to the south. The southern extent of the range fall within East Dunbartonshire.
This is the castle that I displayed at both Brickworl in Chicago and Brickfete in Toronto. At Brickfete it won the Lego run castle contest and I got the entire castle line as a prize.
I uploaded pictures of this a while ago but they were terrible quality, had bad lighting, and a crappy background. Anyway here are better retakes that bring out the detail of this creation to a better extent.
I plan to make another castle for next year.
~Adam
Note: I chose this as my "photo of the day" for Jul 17, 2017.
One of the things I found most interesting about this shot was the extent to which the other people in the scene were ignoring the older woman with her crutches ... and, of course, the photo gives you no sense at all of the swarm of people that were moving back and forth, all around her, as they rushed in and out of the subway station while she slowly but steadily made her way forward.
Note: One of my Flickr visitors suggested that it would be interesting to see a black-and-white version of the photo. It has taken me a month to find the time to do so, but here it is ...
It might appeal to some people, but I have to admit that I like the color version better. Of course, one might also conclude that it was not a particularly interesting photo to begin with ...
For comparison, here is the URL of the B/W version:
www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/20068039044
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This was taken outside the entrance to the 96th Street IRT station on Broadway
This was one of several photos that I took with a little Sony RX-1R full-frame camera that I had rented for a few days ... I was curious to see if the full-frame format would make any noticeable difference.
It did make a difference, though not one that you would notice right away: because of the sensor and full-frame size, I had a lot more freedom in terms of cropping out all of the distractions that I did not want to include in the final picture.
On the other hand, the camera has no zoom capability: it's a wide-angle lens whether you like it or not. Perhaps more important, the LCD display screen does not swivel or tilt -- and that meant I had to actually hold the camera up to my face in order to see what the camera lens was pointing at. So much for "candid" photos. Conclusion: it's not a camera I want to buy.
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This is a continuation of a Flickr set that I started in the summer of 2009, and continued in 2010 (in this Flickr set), 2011 (in this Flickr set), 2012 (in this Flickr set), and 2013 (in this Flickr set). As I noted in those earlier sets of photos, I still have many parts of New York City left to explore -- but I've also realized that I don't always have to go looking elsewhere for interesting photographs. Some of it is available just outside my front door.
I live on a street corner on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where there's an express stop on the IRT subway line, as well as a crosstown bus stop, an entrance to the West Side Highway, and the usual range of banks, delis, grocery stores, mobile-phone stores, drug-stores, McDonald’s, Two Boots Pizza, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, Subway, 7-11, and other commercial enterprises. As a result, there are lots of interesting people moving past my apartment building, all day and all night long.
It's easy to find an unobtrusive spot on the edge of the median strip separating the east side of Broadway from the west side; nobody pays any attention to me as they cross the street from east to west, and nobody even looks in my direction as they cross from north to south (or vice versa). In rainy weather, sometimes I huddle under an awning of the T-Mobile phone store on the corner, so I can take pictures of people under their umbrellas, without getting my camera and myself soaking wet...
So, these are some of the people I thought were photo-worthy during the past few weeks and months; I'll add more to the collection as the year progresses ... unless, of course, other parts of New York City turn out to be more compelling from time to time.