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Despite the fact that there are around 20,000 species of this large family of Longhorn beetles there a few to be found living in the UK. Just proves that you don't have to always take a trip to a tropical rainforest to find some amazing looking bugs. Fond of damp grassland areas and chalky soils where the larvae of this beetle develop in the stem tissues of herbaceous plants such as hogweed. Can be seen from May to June and found widespread in the UK but local in eastern England.
Another slightly brighter view of the hills I visited recently, from a good vantage point it gave a great view for as far as the eye could see on what I consider a very interesting landscape with it's many layers.
In the early evening light the scene was really quite breathtaking. It's a great place to photograph and also very quiet, in fact I only seen one farmer on a tractor far away in the distance during my visit :))
-South Canterbury, New Zealand.
P1360724 - Purple Moorhen - Size - 45 - 50 cm
# 364 - 05 Aug '2019 - 20:03 (14:33 GMT)
Purple Moorhen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) - is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand.
Also Know as - Purple Swamphen, Grey-headed Swamphen, ...
WONDERFUL FACTS - The Slow Loris is one of the rarest primates.
Their closest relative is the African bush babies.
Slow Lorises may be slow, but they can travel around 8 kilometers in one night.
They are related to monkeys, apes and humans 🐾
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Fun fact:A leopard's spots are called “rosettes” because their shape is similar to that of a rose,
This is another of the magnificent leopards in Sabi Sands reserve, South Africa, while out on an early morning drive. Those 300mm (600mm 35m equiv) lenses come in quite handy for some handheld shooting from the back of a jeep!
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Also known as Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, this species was given an IUCN status of critically endangered in 2015. Only eight years prior, in 2007, its IUCN status was "near threatened", and it was subsequently degraded down through "vulnerable" and "endangered" to its current status. The BirdLife International Fact Sheet for this species estimates that there are only 22,000 individuals left in the world. The biggests threats are poisoning (a technique used to kill predators of livestock, this species and other carrion feeders are also impacted), medicinal purposes, and habitat loss. This species is also considered the highest flying bird in the world. There is documented collision with a commercial airliner at 37,000 feet (the bird was sucked into the engine, killing the bird; the engine was shut down and the plane landed safely).
reading fingers have left almost invisible traces on the letters. the story is very old.
what is readable, what can we know...just some shades and hints of the forgotten lives.
Cool Fact
Unlike robins and many other fruit-eating birds, Baltimore Orioles seem to prefer only ripe, dark-colored fruit. Orioles seek out the darkest mulberries, the reddest cherries, and the deepest-purple grapes, and will ignore green grapes and yellow cherries even if they are ripe.
(The Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
I may quite possibly be the proudest of this particular photograph out of nearly all of them. This guy was taken the very last day of a Yellowstone workshop. We were all on our way back to the hotel, and I happened to glance off to my right, right next to a road, and there were two brown lumps in the snow. I got my dad to drive down the road, and.. lo and behold... moose! Two moose, in fact! One male and one female. They were so close to the car, i'm amazed that us being there didn't bother them. However, it was so very, very worth it in this awesome photograph.
Interesting fact: House Wrens are fiercely territorial, they have been known to destroy bluebird and other cavity nester's eggs by piercing them, and then often removing the eggs from the nest.
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With an average body height of four feet and wing length of nine feet, the American White Pelican gives off a dino vibe.
While gangly on land, their soaring abilities are amazing and they know how to use the air currents both in their migrations as well as in daily flight.
This one passed directly over me as I fired off several shots.
Here's a link to 10 Fun Facts About Pelicans :)
www.mentalfloss.com/article/515654/10-fun-facts-about-pel...
Painted Lady Butterfly: -
This species is a migrant to our shores and, in some years, the migration can be spectacular. The most-recent spectacle, in 2009, is considered to be one of the greatest migrations ever, with sightings from all over the British Isles that are definitely on a par with previous cardui years.
This species originates from north Africa, and it has been suggested that the urge to migrate is triggered when an individual encounters a certain density of its own kind within a given area. This theory makes perfect sense, since this species can occur in high densities that result in food plants being stripped bare on occasion with many larvae perishing as a result.
Unfortunately, this species is unable to survive our winter in any stage. This is a real shame, for not only does this species often arrive in large numbers, but is a welcome sight as it nectars in gardens throughout the British Isles in late summer. This butterfly has a strong flight and can be found anywhere in the British Isles, including Orkney and Shetland. An interesting fact is that this butterfly is the only butterfly species ever to have been recorded from Iceland.
Courtesy: UK Butterflies website
Some facts: The ocelot, also known as the dwarf leopard, is a wild cat distributed extensively within South America including the islands of Trinidad and Margarita, Central America, and Mexico. It has been reported as far north as Texas. North of Mexico, it is found regularly only in the extreme southern part of Texas,although there are rare sightings in southern Arizona.
The ocelot is similar in appearance to a domestic cat. Its fur resembles that of a clouded leopard or jaguar and was once regarded as particularly valuable. As a result, hundreds of thousands of ocelots were once killed for their fur. The feline was classified as a vulnerable species from 1972 until 1996, and is now listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot
Photographed at Pousada Santa Teresa, Mato Grosso at the end of the day.
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with a few facts, the hypotheses of the astronomer; let it, in short, be the secretary and record-keeper of whomsoever needs absolute material accuracy for professional reasons. So far so good.... But if once it be allowed to impinge on the sphere of the intangible and the imaginary, on anything that has value solely because man adds something to it from his soul, then woe betide us!
Charles Baudelaire
HBW! HGGT!! Science Matters! Hands Off Clean Air!! Resist the Ignorant Delusional Orange Cockroach and his Cabinet of Stooges and Buffoons!
narcissus, daffodils, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
We could easily have scooped up this small dog and taken her home. In fact we were encouraged to do so by the locals. Sadly we aren't allowed pets in our condo
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland, captured in September 2026.
After Ukraine destroyed a Russian data centre that housed a major 'bot farm' there has been a massive reduction in pro-Trump MAGA and far-right posts on social media across the US and Europe.
The current UK Prime Minister has, finally, shared the fact that Russia interfered with the Brexit referendum here. They also interfered with the Scottish Independence referendum.
There is plenty of evidence out there of Russian interference in Western political discourse.
Some of us have known for years that Russia was playing the long game in online disinformation and interference.
The impact that it has had on our lives cannot be underestimated. Public discourse. Division. Attitudes. Emotion. All manipulated by a relentless bombardment of propaganda designed to undermine Western democracy and destroy social cohesion.
We cannot allow it to continue. Our lives are miserable as a result of disinformation and lies spread on social media. Our lives are affected by political decisions made because of artificially overinflated online opinions.
Too many people lack the critical thinking skills to see beyond the propaganda, sadly.
These bot farms are a national security issue and it is long overdue that they are shut down.
Ps. I am not a bot.
A combination of moments,
light and shadows.
Lines and dots.
All inconspicuous and at the same time quite clear.
ursus arctos
length: 1 to 2.8 m
weight: 139 kg (male), 95 kg (female)
lifespan: 20 to 30 years
predators: humans
habitat: boreal forest, mountain alpine, arctic tundra
yukon population estimate: 6,000-7,000
they breed for the first time around their 8th year and reproduce every 3 to 4 years
bears routinely distinguish between threatening and non-threatening human behaviour
bears are not mean or malicious; they are very gentle, curious, and tolerant animals
shih shòh (gwich’in)
shär cho (hän)
dlēze (kaska)
srà cho (northern tutchone)
akłaq (inuvialuit)
atsìá sho (big grandpa) (southern tutchone)
shash chō (tagish)
shüh choh (upper tanana)
xóots or xûts (tlingit)
The Cheese Tower in Cluny dates from the 11th century. It offers a beautiful view of the town and its surroundings after climbing 121 steps. This 30-meter-high (98 feet) tower was part of the abbey grounds. Its current name comes from the fact that a woman used it to dry the cheeses she made in the 19th century.
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La Tour des Fromages
La Tour des fromages à Cluny date du XIe siècle. Elle offre une belle vue sur la ville et ses environs après une ascension de 121 marches. Cette tour de 30 m de haut appartenait à l’enceinte abbatiale. Son nom actuel vient du fait qu’une femme y faisait sécher les fromages qu’elle fabriquait au XIXe siècle.
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Cluny - Bourgogne du Sud - France / Cluny - South Burgundy - France
there are only ten of them ;-)
H. L. Mencken
HMM!! Public Education Matters! Resist the Ignorant Orange Clown and his Cabinet of Buffoons!
Loebner magnolia, 'Ballerina', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
A concert where all the regular musicians associated with the venue performed for free in support. Fortunately, the audience also showed their support by showing up in large numbers, in fact it was impossible to get a seat for the first hour. Great music and a warm atmosphere.
Line up:
Jesper Løvdal
Mads Mathias
Anders Gaardmand
Kjeld Lauritsen
Janus Templeton
Jan Harbeck
Alice Carreri
Mads Mathias
Sinne Eeg
Elias Kallvik
Ida Hvid
Rolf Thofte
Regin Fuhlendorff
Frands Rifbjerg
Claus Waidtløv
Kira Martini
Jacob Christoffersen
Simon Eskildsen
Andreas Fryland
...and many others.
La Fontaine Jazz Club, Copenhagen.
Due to the fact that the wind comes almost from West, the waves become the same direction, from W to E, and wash the sand away
To stop/make less this washout effect, to break the stronght of the waves - that's the reason of this pillars. In the northern part of Zeeland there are beaches , many km long, and there are this pillars, always two lines together, repeating so about 500m. Depending from tide/low tide you can see 2,0m or nothing from them.
Fun fact: It's a scene you’ve probably seen countless times in movies and on TV: An eagle flies overhead and emits a rough, piercing scream. It's a classic symbol of wilderness and adventure. The only problem? Bald eagles don't make that sound. Instead, they emit a sort of high-pitched giggle or a weak scream. These noises are so unimpressive that Hollywood sound editors often dub over bald eagle calls with far more impressive sounds: the piercing, earthy screams of a smaller bird, the red-tailed hawk. (Mentalfloss.com)
Trump doesn't like the fact that some provisions of the Iran nuclear treaty expire in seven years, so he backs out of it, which means those provisions expire immediately. What a mental dwarf! It's really only because the treaty was negotiated under the Obama administration, sorta like the ACA.
Let's be very clear: It's one thing to say a peace treaty is bad. It's very much another to rip it apart with no better idea, no plan, no negotiation, no expertise, no allies and no ultimate goal except perhaps starting another serious conflict -- and that's already happening. The guy is an idiot, that thinks he's a genius.
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“Then suddenly comes the awakening to a new level of experience. The soul one day begins to realize, in a manner completely unexpected and surprising, that in this darkness it has found the living God. One’s being is overwhelmed with the sense that He is there and that His love is surrounding and absorbing the soul on all sides. In fact, He has been there all the time—but He was utterly unknown. Now He is recognized. At that instant, there is no other important reality but God, infinite Love. Nothing else matters. The darkness remains as dark as ever and yet, somehow, it seems to have become brighter than noonday. The soul has entered a new world, a world of rich experience that transcends the level of all other knowledge and all other love. From then on one’s whole life is transformed. Although externally sufferings and difficulties and labor may be multiplied, the soul’s interior life has become completely simple. It consists of one thought, one preoccupation, one love: GOD ALONE.”
- Thomas Merton from The Inner Experience
A cool fact from Cornell
"Swans have long been associated with ideals of romance. Added to their elegant outlines and all-white plumage is their tendency to form permanent pair bonds by the time they’re 2-3 years old. Once a pair forms, Tundra Swans feed and roost together year-round."
Near Stapina, Velebit, Croatia.
STAPINA (1124 m) is the biggest and the most imposing rock in South Velebit. This high smooth conical rock by its shape reminds on milkman's tool piston (stap in croatian). The fact that this huge rock, on outstanding grassy peak with nice view, is well visible from afar contributes to the beauty and attractiveness of Stapina.
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— Theodor Adorno
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Interesting fact: the ewe and ram both develop horns soon after birth. However, the ram's horns may weigh as much as 30 pounds and grow over 3 feet in length. This ram was photographed in Colorado National Monument.
With the promise of thunder storms in the forecast I headed for the Lincolnshire Wolds in search of dramatic skies. First stop was here looking down on St James's Parish Church in Louth, a composition I spotted a few weeks ago on a long walk and thought at the time it just needed a more interesting sky or sunrise. Hey presto I got the sky, sunrise will have to wait for the shorter days.
Interesting fact, the church has the 3rd tallest spire in the uk...most of its 287ft missing in this shot.....
To me - this Swan did seem to be looking at itself in the early morning lake reflection.
If only Hans Christian Anderson was a bird watcher he might have got the name for a young Swan right.
I’m not such an ugly duckling
No feathers all stubby and brown
For in fact these birds in so many words said
The best in town, the best, the best
The best in town
Taken at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk.
October feels like such a brave month.
Ushered in gently
but all the same awakening us
to our strength
Maybe it's the rawness
the crisp freshness
the scent of apples
the longing to get out walking
to capture the day
and the precious light
Or the feeling of coming into alignment
by nature of the birth sign days to come
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel -
This month also triggers memories of groiwing up, particularly at a time when music was beginning to play such a part in defining my developing personality, so I guess it must have been early adolescence when I tuned into Radio 1 one evening and listened to a fine selection of rock music during their weekly 'Rock-tober' show.
My late brother David and I were in the two opposite attic bedrooms at the top of the family house, so between us there was a lot of music being played.
This rock balance isn't as large as it looks. It's a trick of the lens and is in fact made of small stones found in the field on a walk in the hills behind my house.
Check out these cool cardinal facts:
Cardinals are early nesters.
Both male and female cardinal birds sing.
Some people put birdseed outside to keep cardinals as “pets.”
In many cultures, bird lovers have a special place in their hearts for cardinals.
Many people associate cardinals with pleasant memories or the idea that a deceased loved one is present.
Perhaps the cardinal’s comforting, beautiful, and cheerful song invokes pleasant memories from the past.
Or maybe the bold red color speaks to us; red is the color of blood, which gives us life.
For many, cardinals symbolically represent joy and hope.
When single people encounter cardinals, they believe the bird’s presence represents an omen that new romantic relationships are on the verge of manifesting.
In the United States, when people see cardinals in winter, they feel encouraged to look forward to springtime.
Its an inescapable fact that things will be a problem - cars meeting at the narrowest point on a road, the phone ringing just as you got in the shower or the puddle forming just where you have to stop and put your foot down.
(Murphy was a optimist).
Murphy's Law is an adage stating that if something can go wrong, it will. Coined after a mishap during rocket sled tests in the late 1940s involving American aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy Jr., the law's popularisation is attributed to testing project head John Stapp and the 1977 book Murphy's Law, and Other Reasons Why Things Go WRONG by Arthur Bloch. The principle is often used humorously to explain unfortunate events or setbacks, emphasising the inevitability of negative outcomes when multiple possibilities exist.
Taunton, Somerset, UK.
Here are another picture of the very nice cascades near Soubey (Jura, Switzerland). With all the snow melting above, in the Franches-Montagnes, it was a real flood.
As you can see on this shot, the framing is rather unperfect : the left side is kind of messy and blurry, there's this perspective in the upper right corner that could have been intensified. Moreover, it's not totally at horizon level : all I had to do was to go a little lower with the tripod rotate the camera. That was my first plan.
The problem was : I wore shitty shoes and I stood upon a slippery rock covered with moss. What had to happen happened : I slipped, the tripod slipped and my 100D fall directly in the water in a very nice "sloosh".
Fortunately, it remained in the water less than 5 seconds and the screen was still showing this picture when I removed the battery. It is now in a kilogramme of long grain USA parboiled rice, and will stay there until tomorrow evening. I hope it will manage to dry it completely. I have some hope to save it ...
However, saving the lens would probably be a miracle, but I try anyway with the same trick ... Now I just have to wait, pray and see ...
So I am happy to show you this very last shot of my (maybe) dead buddy. I hope I did not became a photographer without a camera ...
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And now : the end of the story : I tried the camera this morning. The body seem to work perfectly fine. The lens AF and stabilizer work as well, but there's some dirt on the lenses inside, so I'll probably have to make it clean. Then, it's always possible to have some rust on electronic components. I'll see in the future.
So the rice trick works, but I definitely think that what saved my camera is the fact that I removed the battery very quickly. What you don't want is some short-circuits on electronic components that heat and burn after a few seconds (they are small, so it can happen really fast). Without electrical power, much less risk to get damages.
Thank you anyway for your support !
Le tranquille acque del Lago di Antorno nel territorio di Auronzo di Cadore (BL) contornate da foreste di conifere, godono tutto attorno di gruppi Dolomitici conosciuti in tutto il Mondo. Alle spalle di questo piccolo lago vi sono infatti le Tre Cime di Lavaredo, il simbolo per antonomasia delle Dolomiti Patrimonio Unesco.
The calm waters of Lake Antorno in the territory of Auronzo di Cadore (BL) surrounded by coniferous forests, enjoy all around the Dolomite groups known throughout the world. Behind this small lake there are in fact the Tre Cime of Lavaredo, the symbol par excellence of the Dolomites Unesco World Heritage Site.
An extremely rare event for me, in fact I can tell you the last time I went out to dinner and it was on 11th September 2001.
And the reason I went out to dinner. Very good friends of mine who I have known forever flew in from California today and paid us a visit.
Lynn is American, Andy Oz and it was SO good to catch up with them. Lots of hugs and kisses because we all know I am a kissy, kissy, huggy, huggy person.
So, I took this photo just prior to going out to prove to myself more than anything that I still know how to dress up!
My Mug shot got explored lol #490 30th October
For the love of color.
To be able to look at an ordinary scene and see the beauty in its structure and inherent design.
I’m still chasing Stephen Shore and the transparency and 2D flatness of space.
In this case I forced myself to choose only one angle in which to shoot this station. Now, Stephen Shore was forced by the fact he was using 8x10 color negatives which cost a lot to develop and print. In my case I wanted to follow that rule. And here it is. Thanks