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Photo taken at: St Abbs, Scotland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Abbs
Species Information: butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/small-copper
A male western Pacific slope form of Variable Seedeater seen in Panama.
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Sastrugi
Sastrugi, or zastrugi, are features formed by erosion of snow by wind. They are found in polar regions, and in snowy, wind-swept areas of temperate regions, such as frozen lakes or mountain ridges. Sastrugi are distinguished by upwind-facing points, resembling anvils, which move downwind as the surface erodes. These points usually lie along ridges parallel to the prevailing wind; they are steep on the windward side and sloping to the leeward side. Smaller irregularities of this type are known as ripples (small, ~10 mm high) or wind ridges.
Large sastrugi are troublesome to skiers and snowboarders. Traveling on the irregular surface of sastrugi can be very tiring, and can risk breaking equipment—ripples and waves are often undercut and the surface is hard and unforgiving, with constant minor topographic changes between ridge and trough.
Etymology
The words sastrugi and zastrugi are Russian-language plurals; the singular is zastruga. The form sastruga started as the German-language transliteration of the Russian word заструга (plural: заструги).
A Latin-type analogical singular sastrugus is used in various writings on exploration of the South Pole, including Robert Falcon Scott's expedition's diaries and Ernest Shackleton's The Heart of the Antarctic.
Formation mechanism
White and black colors on sastrugi are not lights and shadows, they demonstrate difference in radioreflectivity of snow deposits on the windward and leeward sides of a sastruga.
Under the action of steady wind, free snow particles accumulate and drift like the sand grains in barchan dunes, and the resulting drifting snow shapes are also popularly referred to as barchans. Inuit of Canada call them kalutoqaniq. When winds slacken, the drifted formations consolidate via sublimation and recrystallization. Subsequent winds erode kalutoqaniq into the sculptured forms of sastrugi. Inuit call large sculpturings kaioqlaq and small ripples tumarinyiq. Further erosion may turn kaioqlaq back into drifting kalutoqaniq. An intermediate stage of erosion is mapsuk, an overhanging shape. On the windward side of a ridge, the base erodes faster than the top, producing a shape like an anvil tip pointing upwind.
On sea ice
Sastrugi are more likely to form on first-year sea ice than on multiyear ice. First-year ice is smoother than multiyear ice, which allows the wind to pass uniformly over the surface without topographic obstructions. Except during the melt season, snow is dry and light in climates cold enough for sea ice, allowing the snow to be easily blown and create sastrugi parallel to the wind direction. The locations of sastrugi are fixed by March in the northern hemisphere and may be linked to the formation of melt ponds. Melt ponds are more likely to form in the depressions between sastrugi on first-year ice.
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Este castillo en realidad está formado por dos: el castillo viejo, fortaleza árabe parcialmente conservada, y el Palacio de los Álvarez de Toledo, condes de Oropesa, del siglo XV, convertido en Parador Nacional. Su escalinata de piedra es única en España.
El castillo viejo fue erigido por los árabes entre los siglos XII y XIII, sobre una fortaleza romana. De planta rectangular y con cuatro torres circulares en las esquinas, sólo conserva dos de ellas.
El castillo nuevo fue erigido en el siglo XV, y en su interior hay una gran plaza, antiguo patio de armas, y escenario de actividades culturales. Desde allí puede subirse, por una rampa escalonada, al adarve y a las torres, y disfrutar de la impresionante escalinata. Su torre del homenaje, de cinco plantas, está rematada por garitas defensivas, con saeteras, y almenas para armas de diferentes clases. En ella podemos apreciar aún el escudo heráldico de los Álvarez de Toledo, moradores del palacio.
Cette place forme le cœur de la vieille ville de Francfort-sur-le-Main (Frankfurt am Main), Land de Hesse en Allemagne.
Le Römerberg (littéralement: le « mont des Romains ») occupe l'emplacement approximatif de la ville romaine, bâtie au cours du Ier siècle après Jésus-Christ. Ce qui explique son nom. Depuis le Moyen Âge, le Römerberg accueille de nombreuses foires, ainsi que le marché de Noël (Weihnachtsmarkt) durant les 4 semaines de l'Avent. Désormais, il est aussi un lieu de spectacles extérieurs.
On a ici une vue panoramique de l'ensemble de maisons à colombages appelé Ostzeile. Cet ensemble de maisons historiques ferme à l’est la place Römerberg. Sur la place, se dresse la Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen (fontaine de la Justice) datant de 1543 car elle est surmontée d'une statue de la Justice due à Philipp Uffenbach.
À l’est, en retrait, on distingue aussi la tour de la Kaiserdom St. Bartholomäus (en travaux) édifiée sur Domplatz entre le 13e et le 15e siècle sur l'emplacement d'une construction carolingienne. L'élection des empereurs (dès 1356), puis leur couronnement (à partir de 1562) eurent lieu dans cette église, ce qui lui valut l'appellation de cathédrale Saint-Barthélemy de Francfort.
À droite de la photo, on distingue par ailleurs la Nikolaikirche (13e siècle) qui limite au sud la place Römerberg.
Sur cette place, il y a aussi (pas visible sur cette photo) de nombreux immeubles des 14e au 18e siècle qui comprend à l'ouest, la maison Zum Römer, l'ancien hôtel de ville, dont la façade présente une horloge et est surmonté d’un clocheton, installé dans un bloc disparate de 3 maisons bourgeoises du Moyen Âge au pignon en escalier.
La présence de nombreux gratte-ciels a valu à Francfort-sur-le-Main le surnom de Mainhattan ou Chicago-sur-le-Main. Avec près d’un habitant sur trois n’ayant pas la nationalité allemande, Francfort est sans conteste la ville la plus internationale du pays. La ville de Goethe peut ainsi s’enorgueillir d’un brassage unique de cultures et de langues du monde. Capitale financière et commerciale de l’Allemagne, Francfort est aussi un important pôle scientifique et culturel, avec ses instituts de recherche, son université, son opéra, ses théâtres et un nombre sans cesse croissant de musées.
In France we say: "La fonction fait la forme". Here, one could say: "The form generates the function".
More two tone green brush action in the form of Riviera's 47812+47815 approaching Penmaenmawr working 1Z43 Carlisle -Holyhead 'The Ynys Mon Express' after taking over from 86101 at Crewe 24/03/07. Scanned slide.
The sun meeting the horizon, evening mist forming in the golden glow.
Treelined riverbanks of the Mighty Fraser River
The long shadows of the late Autumn season.
Fraser Valley
British Columbia
Canada
The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 kilometres (854 mi), into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual discharge at its mouth is 112 cubic kilometres (27 cu mi) or 3,550 cubic metres per second (125,000 cu ft/s), and each year it discharges about 20 million tons of sediment into the ocean.
The river is named after Simon Fraser, who led an expedition in 1808 on behalf of the North West Company.
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~Christie (happiest) by the River
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This is an old photo rescued from Facebook. I remember the day I took it, I drove by and saw this lotus on a stem nearly 7 feet tall, went home and got my camera. This is a good example of how lotuses are emergent, their stems grow and they bloom over the water, as opposed to waterlilies that usually rest on the water's surface.
Golden hour photography uses the soft, warm, diffused light just after sunrise or before sunset, creating a magical, flattering glow with long shadows and rich red/gold tones due to the low sun angle filtering light through more atmosphere.
It's ideal for portraits and landscapes, adding depth and a dreamy quality.
Not quite the same in black and white.
Shooting in black and white during the golden hour
shifts focus from warm colours to light, shadow, texture, and mood, creating dramatic, high-contrast images with long shadows and ethereal light, emphasising form and emotion over hue, and often revealing timeless, classic compositions.
The river Tone. Taunton, Somerset, UK.
Back form a great holiday in Switzerland and Italy. A lot of people fly a long way from home during the summer, but forget that Europe has so much to give.
Our last stop was Cinque Terre. A famous spot that I always wanted to visit. Yes it was crowded, but if you hike a bit, you loose most of the crowds. As a photographer always the challenge to make a unique shot on a very popular photo location. I tried my best, especially using different foregrounds. Hope you enjoy and more to follow.
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The Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), also known as the common coot, or Australian coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. It is found in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Africa. The Eurasian coot is 32–42 cm long and weighs 585–1,100 g, and is largely black except for the white frontal shield (which gave rise to the phrase as bald as a coot, in use as early as 1430). As a swimming species, the coot has partial webbing on its long strong toes. The juvenile is paler than the adult, has a whitish breast, and lacks the facial shield; the adult black plumage develops when about 3–4 months old, but the white shield is only fully developed at about one year old. This is a noisy bird with a wide repertoire of crackling, explosive, or trumpeting calls, often given at night. The coot breeds across much of the Old World on freshwater lakes and ponds. It occurs and breeds in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. The species has recently expanded its range into New Zealand. It is resident in the milder parts of its range, but migrates further south and west from much of Asia in winter as the waters freeze. The Eurasian coot is much less secretive than most of the rail family, and can be seen swimming on open water or walking across waterside grasslands. It is an aggressive species, and strongly territorial during the breeding season, and both parents are involved in territorial defence. During the non-breeding season they may form large flocks, possibly related to predator avoidance. 52470
Spectacular view of the Quiraing.
As part of the Trotternish ridge it has been formed by a massive landslip which has created high cliffs, hidden plateaus and pinnacles of rock.
The rock structure in the middle is known as the Prison. From particular directions it looks like the fortress walls of an ancient Prison.
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2017 has already brought us a mish-mash of snow, rain, ice, warm & now cold temperatures!!! Looked like one of my bird feeders was turning into a little prison with the icicles getting longer & longer by the minute! Poor little birds! (Best viewed Large"
This Rock Pigeon rested for a few minutes on the railing along a walkway by the Norwalk River. I managed to get a couple of shots of the numbers and letters on the leg bands and with a bit of online research determined that this is a racing pigeon from a club in a nearby town. I sent them an email, but no response so far.
Silfra is a rift formed in the divergent tectonic boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates and is located in the Þingvallavatn Lake in the Þingvellir National Park in Iceland.
The plates drift about 2 cm (0.79 in) farther apart every year, building up tension between the plates and the earth mass above. This tension is relieved through periodic major earthquakes at approximately ten year intervals, which have caused cracks and fissures to form in Þingvellir valley; Silfra lies at the rim of the Þingvallavatn Lake and is one of the largest and deepest of these fissures.
The Silfra fissure intercepts a major aquifer, which feeds multiple springs at its base. Boulders and rocks falling into the widening cracks have formed caves within the fissures.
Today's forms of money have developed from primitive money, e.g. B. mussels or rice, which were accepted as a means of exchange in business life. Money initially belonged to the cultic and legal sphere and referred to "that with which one can repay or pay penance and sacrifices". Only after the 14th century did it assume its current meaning as a "coined currency". From the middle of the 19th century, the gold standard existed in many countries, promising the exchange of legal tender (coins, banknotes) for a fixed amount of gold. By the 1930s almost all major states had abandoned the gold standard. Instead of such a standard, monetary policy measures were taken by the central banks to ensure price stability.
Partial excerpt from: (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geld#Etymologie)
Geld, auch benannt als:
Cash (englisch für „Bargeld“)
Kies (jiddisch kis, „Geldbeutel“)
Mäuse (jiddisch meus, „Geld“)
Moneten (lateinisch moneta, „Münze“; vgl. engl. money)
Moos (jiddisch und rotwelsch moos, mous (Plural), „Geld“)
Penunze (berlinisch Penunse, von polnisch pieniądze, aus dem Westgermanischen, verwandt mit althochdeutsch pfenning)
Zaster (rotwelsch saster, „Eisen“)
Kohle
Asche
Pulver (gemeint ist Zündpulver; vgl. sein Geld verpulvern, veraltet: verzünden)
Kröten, Mücken
Entwickelt haben sich die heutigen Geldformen aus Primitivgeld, z. B. Muscheln oder Reis, die im Geschäftsleben als Tauschmittel akzeptiert wurden. Geld gehörte anfangs zur kultischen und rechtlichen Sphäre und bezeichnete „das, womit man Buße und Opfer erstatten bzw. entrichten kann“. Erst nach dem 14. Jahrhundert nahm es seine aktuelle Bedeutung als „geprägtes Zahlungsmittel“ an. Ab Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts existierte in vielen Ländern der Goldstandard, bei dem der Umtausch von gesetzlichen Zahlungsmitteln (Münzen, Banknoten) in eine feststehende Menge Gold versprochen wurde. Um 1930 haben fast alle größeren Staaten den Goldstandard aufgegeben. An die Stelle eines solchen Standards traten geldpolitische Maßnahmen der Notenbanken, die eine Preisniveaustabilität sicherstellen sollten.
Teilweise Auszug aus: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geld#Etymologie
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Allestito all’interno dell’Ex Palestra della Gioventù Italiana del Littorio, il Museo della Forma Urbis custodisce i frammenti superstiti di una grande planimetria di Roma incisa su 150 lastre di marmo tra il 203 e il 211 d.C., originariamente esposta sulla parete di un’aula nel Tempio della Pace, in seguito inglobata nel complesso dei SS. Cosma e Damiano. Si tratta di uno dei più rari documenti giunto a noi dall’antichità, che restituisce un panorama unico del paesaggio urbano di Roma antica. Nella sua integrità, su di una superficie di 18x13m circa erano rappresentati almeno 13.550.000 m2 di città attraverso una moltitudine di sottili incisioni che raffiguravano le planimetrie degli edifici di Roma, a una scala media di circa 1:240. Considerata la posizione, la difficile leggibilità e la generale assenza di dettagli, è probabile che la pianta marmorea avesse, più che una finalità pratica, una funzione di propaganda e di celebrazione del potere, fornendo all’osservatore una visione generale della città e dei suoi grandiosi monumenti, le cui sagome erano facilmente individuabili anche grazie all’uso del colore.
Anche se rinvenuti a centinaia, a partire dal 1562 e fino ai pezzi scoperti più di recente, i frammenti della Forma Urbis costituiscono circa un decimo della pianta originale, in uno stato di conservazione che varia da piccole schegge a settori di lastra con interi quartieri, case, portici, templi e botteghe. Solamente per circa 200 frammenti circa è stato finora possibile raggiungere un’identificazione e un’ideale collocazione sulla topografia moderna.
A week on and the frog embryos are developing into tadpole form (can be seen clearer if enlarged). Fascinating & wonderful to observe.
It also looks like this lizard is in the process of shedding his skin, which snakes and lizards do from time to time. I took this shot in the Grand Canyon of Arizona.
L'enceinte forme un carré presque parfait de 69 mètres de côté flanqué de huit tours : une à chaque angle (hormis l'angle nord-est occupé par le donjon), une au milieu de chaque courtine et deux protégeant l'entrée.
Les courtines ont 2,65 mètres d'épaisseur et une hauteur d'environ 8 mètres : crénelées, elles supportaient le chemin de ronde.
Bearding is a natural behavior in bees where they form clusters on the front of the hive, often resembling a beard. This behavior is typically a response to hot and humid weather, as the bees gather outside to help regulate the temperature and humidity inside the hive.
Bearding does not indicate a problem with the hive and should not be interfered with by beekeepers.
Bees may stay bearded for hours or days, depending on the weather conditions.
Bearding can be confused with swarming, but there are differences between the two behaviors. Bearding bees are calm and collected, while swarming bees are preparing to leave the hive to establish a new colony.
Bearding usually occurs in the evening when temperatures drop, whereas swarming typically happens earlier in the day.
RVYC was formed in 1903 as the Vancouver Yacht Club, receiving its Royal Warrant in 1906.
[...]. Our Coal Harbour home port is nestled into the shores of Stanley Park, a stone's throw from the cycling path, park trails, and downtown Vancouver - our floating restaurant there, the Mermaid Inn serves breakfast and lunch daily. The vistas over the bay from the Star & Dragon patio or the Marine Lounge's Upper Deck have given us the nickname of having the best view in Vancouver. www.royalvan.com/about
Swallowtail, southwest France this summer. I liked the way the insect and the leaf have the same shape and pattern
Ravens and crows together form the genus Corvus in the corvid family (Corvidae). The larger representatives are referred to as "ravens", the smaller ones as "crows". However, this is not a taxonomic classification. The genus includes 42 species, which are distributed almost worldwide and are missing only in South America. In Europe, the common raven, the carrion crow (carrion crow and hooded crow) and the rook occur. As a naturalized neozoon, the crow has also been breeding in the Netherlands since the late 1990s.
Ravens and crows are among the largest species within the order of passerines: the two largest representatives of the genus are the common raven (Corvus crassirostris) and the common raven (Corvus corax), each of which has a body length of between 60 and 70 cm and a body weight of up to Can reach 1.5 kg and are therefore the largest passerine birds ever.
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Raben und Krähen bilden zusammen die Gattung Corvus in der Familie der Rabenvögel (Corvidae). Die größeren Vertreter werden als „Raben“, die kleineren als „Krähen“ bezeichnet. Hierbei handelt es sich jedoch nicht um eine taxonomische Einteilung. Die Gattung umfasst 42 Arten, die fast weltweit verbreitet sind und nur in Südamerika fehlen. In Europa kommen der Kolkrabe, die Aaskrähe (Rabenkrähe und Nebelkrähe) und die Saatkrähe vor. Als eingebürgertes Neozoon brütet zudem die Glanzkrähe seit Ende der 1990er Jahre in den Niederlanden.
Raben und Krähen zählen zu den größten Arten innerhalb der Ordnung der Sperlingsvögel: Die beiden größten Vertreter der Gattung sind der Erzrabe (Corvus crassirostris) und der Kolkrabe (Corvus corax), die jeweils eine Körperlänge zwischen 60 und 70 cm und ein Körpergewicht von bis zu 1,5 kg erreichen können und damit die größten Sperlingsvögel überhaupt sind.
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Exotic! Coral like. Brilliant in color and form.
This is a strange one! The tree is very large and tall but the flowers all hang from stems 10 feet or so from the ground so it feels like they are growing on a vine attached to the tree rather than the tree itself! These are called cauliflorous... flowers that grow from the trunk.
"In the rainforests of South American, fruits of the Cannonball tree sway and clash in the wind, creating loud noises like artillery fire! These fruits really do resemble big, rusty cannonballs as they hang in clusters on the side of the tree attached to rope like tangles that emerge directly from the trunk.
The Cannonball tree’s beautifully complex and fragrant flowers resemble huge orchids. At night the flowers become particularly pungent in order to attract swift-flying pollinators. This particular Cannonball tree was collected in 1913 at Jamaica’s Hope Gardens and has flourished at Fairchild since it was planted here in 1938."
Couroupita guianensis, whose common names include Ayahuma and the Cannonball Tree, is an evergreen tree allied to the Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa), and is native to tropical northern South America and to the southern Caribbean. In India it has been growing for the past two or three thousand years at least, as attested by textual records; hence it is possible that it is native to India also. It's part of the family Lecythidaceae and grows up to 25m (82ft) in height. The "Cannonball Tree" is so called because of its brown cannon-ball-like fruits. The majority of these trees outside their natural environment have been planted as a botanical curiosity, as they grow very large, distinctive flowers. Its flowers are orange, scarlet and pink in color, and form large bunches measuring up to 3m in length. They produce large spherical and woody fruits ranging from 15 to 24cm in diameter, containing up to 200 or 300 seeds apiece.
Cannonball Tree, Couroupita guianensis
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL
Con forma de castillo es, en realidad, un monumento dedicado a Cristóbal Colón y su llegada al Nuevo Mundo en un particular homenaje al descubrimiento de América. Fue construido por el Dr. Esteban Martín y Martín entre los años 1987 y 1994. Se encuentra situado en Benalmádena, Málaga.
El Castillo de Colomares es una fantasía arquitectónica que recoge diversos estilos.
Se trata de un pequeño castillo realizado y construido por un hombre de nuestro tiempo. Toda una obra arquitectónica gótica realizada en los años 80.
Es un lugar de obligada visita en Benalmádena por lo que enseña y por ver una obra fruto de la tenacidad y el esfuerzo humano.
Expo Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Título: Pollen, Autora: Yayoi Kusama
“Disolución y acumulación, propagación y separación, obliteración particulada y reverberaciones ocultas procedentes del universo: estos iban a ser los cimientos de mi arte, y ya estaban cobrando forma en aquellos tiempos”.
La artista y escritora japonesa Yayoi Kusama (Matsumoto, Nagano, 1929) es una figura singular admirada por los historiadores de arte por su pionera trayectoria, que abarca múltiples movimientos artísticos desde los años sesenta hasta el momento actual. Convertida en verdadero icono cultural a nivel global, en las últimas siete décadas Kusama se ha consagrado a su visión vanguardista con convicción, perfeccionando su personal estética, que es fiel reflejo de su filosofía vital.
“Dissolution and accumulation, propagation and separation, particulate obliteration and hidden reverberations from the universe: these were to be the foundations of my art, and were already taking shape at that time.”
The Japanese artist and writer Yayoi Kusama (Matsumoto, Nagano, 1929) is a singular figure admired by art historians for her pioneering career, which spans multiple artistic movements from the 1960s to the present day. A true cultural icon on a global level, over the last seven decades Kusama has devoted herself to her avant-garde vision with conviction, perfecting her personal aesthetic, which is a faithful reflection of her life philosophy.