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Just yesterday I found out about this curiosity. Scientists estimate that in the early days of life on Earth the day lasted only about 6 hours. Today we know that every year the day lengthens by 2 microseconds. But there is no need to worry. In 100 years, a day will be about 2 milliseconds longer than today, that is, 1/500 of a second, much less than the duration of a blink!
Justo ayer me enteré de esta curiosidad. Los científicos estiman que en los primeros tiempos de la vida de la Tierra el día duraba sólo unas 6 horas. Hoy se sabe que cada año el día se alarga 2 microsegundos. Pero no hay que preocuparse. Dentro de 100 años, un día tendrá unos 2 milisegundos más que hoy, es decir 1/500 de un segundo, mucho menos de lo que dura un parpadeo!
Sershul Tekchen Dargyeling སེར་ཤུལ་ ཏེཀ་ ཆེན་ དར་ གྱེ་ གླིང་
Founding (1759) > Monks 1255 •Religious Sect > Geluk སེར་ཤུལ་དགོན། > ser shul dgon > Sershül Gön Sershul Tekchen Dargyeling སེར་ཤུལ་ ཏེཀ་ ཆེན་ དར་ གྱེ་ གླིང་ is an important monastery of the Gelukpa School, located 20 km west of Deongma, on the right side of the road. This is currently the largest monastery in Sershul county, with 1200-1300 monks divided into six colleges, under the guidance of the youthful but charismatic Drukpa Rinpoche. The rain retreat festival held in August is a magnificent spectacle, attracting nomad communities. The hills and grasslands around the monastery are sparse and spacious.
The complex was founded as a branch of Chunkor but soon outgrew the latter. The recently restored buildings at Sershul, which are all near the motor road, include the Tsokchen (assembly hall), the Jamkhang (Maitreya temple), the Gonkhang (protector temple), the Dewachen Lhakhang (Amitabha temple), the Mentsikhang (where Mipham Rinpoche`s tradition is maintained), the college, a Mani Wheel chapel (containing three wheels constructed by the father of the present Drukpa Rinpoche) and a small guesthouse. A new Tsongkhapa Lhakhang, resembling a giant cathedral, has been constructed below the main complex, and was due for completion and consecration on 12 December, 2008. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
The Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana) is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. It exists in two distinct adult forms, which differ chiefly in the patterns on the underside of the wings; the dry-season form has few markings, while the wet-season form has additional eyespots and lines.
Stockholm, Sweden, 2016 I found this very long subway escalator in stockholm and was very impressed of the deep look into the ground. Very nice!
went searching for the jays today and found all three, this was my first day to go looking for them, it was not the best day but had to make do with the light that was available.....blue jay. So cute to see them search knowing where they have stored their food
1st tried of 'Night Photography and Light painting' based on Lance Keimig's technique. Credit to 'Cikgu' Fuad whose sharing the brilliant technique with me and my mentor Abg Kri
Resident Chipmunk who found a peanut in the concrete blocks.
Thank you much to Explore for selecting this image and to all of you who viewed, faved or commented, very much appreciated.
How's this, then? Likely to quite possibly be the rarest car I ever find, so rare in fact that searching up its model name yields no results besides old photos of this very car. This previously was hidden under a car cover, and, can you believe it, had done a mere 12,000 or so miles at its last MOT in 2008.
Whilst looking this car up, I found some photos of it, some from 2019, and some from when the car was laid up in 2009.
Always something to do always something to investigate its a badgers life Quick thank you Tony for a few pointers with the edit
Flickr has for some reason reduced this photo of 11mb to 475kb on initial upload from my Ipad
work around found and replaced
The Diwan-i-Am (Hall of Public Audience) us where the Mughal emperors presided over court and conducted state business. The vast royal compound in Agra was founded in XVI century by the Mughal emperor Akbar who transferred the capital of his realm to Agra, expanded subsequently by Jahangir and Shah Jahan. It is much better preserved than its namesake in Delhi, but most of it is occupied by the military garrison and is off limits to tourists.
В Диван-и-Ам (Зале Публичных Приёмов) падишахи председательствовали в суде и вели государственные дела. Обширная резиденция падишахов в Агре была основана в XVI веке Акбаром, перенесшим столицу Индии в Агру, расширона и достроена Джахангиром и Шах-Джаханом. Агрская Лал-Кила сохранилась на порядок лучше одноимённой крепости в Дели, но бОльшая её часть занята военным гарнизоном и туристов туда не пускают.
Found this photo in an antique shop. I just love the determined look in her eyes. I wonder what her life was like. It is probably over now.
17 Aug 2019. A Rhincodon typus species whale shark carcass weighing five tonnes was found floating in the waters of Tanjung Tohor Saturday morning before being taken by fishermen to the Parit Jawa Fishermen’s Jetty.
According to press report, the cause of death was unknown. The carcass will be sent to the Turtle and Marine Ecosystem Centre (Tumec) in Rantau Abang, Terengganu for post-mortem.
In Malaysia, whale sharks are listed as threatened species under the Fisheries (Control of Endangered Species of Fish) Regulations 1999, Fisheries Act 1985.
The Incident video
The beauty of Parit Jawa video
2019年8月17日，轟動一時的巴冬漁民誤補鯨鯊事件。鯨鯊是馬來西亞受保護魚類，捕獲鯨鯊者恐被判罰款最高不超過5000令吉。
巴冬巴冬兩名漁夫拉網時意外拉到一隻估計5噸重的鯨鯊。兩名漁夫清晨5時在巴冬海域7海哩處拉網時，拉到該只被漁網纏住的鯨鯊。當兩人把鯨鯊拖來巴冬漁民碼頭時，鯨鯊早已沒了氣息。
由於身體龐大，經過數個小時之後該鯨鯊過後才由起重吊機吊出水面，過後由馬來西亞漁民局載回單位調查死因並將它做成標本。
The new book I am listening to is "Don't Touch Me" by Howie Mandel. I love autobiographies and have the utmost respect for people who share the deepest parts of themselves with others. Howie talks about his struggles with OCD & ADHD and what led him to comedy. I am not very far into the book yet but so far it is interesting. It feels paralyzing to me to share the intimate details of my life with others and lately I haven't been writing my captions like I used to because I realized that there are some people who actually read them. For some reason I am more self conscious when friends and acquaintances comment than when online contacts do.
PS - I found myself crawling around on the ground using the light streaming through the slats in my fence to shoot this today.
Found, that is, on my worktable and in my massive pre-cut images collection.
The challenge from the Kollage Kit blog this week was MERZ...creating a collage from found materials.
Since we recently went on a holiday and I emptied trash before we left, I had nothing in my workroom bin to rummage through. BUT I do have quite a collection of pre-cut outs AND the background you see is from a lovely book I found that features graphic designs from countries such as Italy, Poland, Japan, etc. and I have been meaning to do something with it and it was sitting on my worktable staring at me.
Now my lady and a violin (goodness knows how long ago I cut those two out) have finally found a home!
Himarë lies between the Ceraunian Mountains and the Ionian Sea and is part of the Albanian Riviera.
In antiquity the region was inhabited by the Greek tribe of the Chaonians. The town of Himarë is believed to have been founded as Chimaira (Χίμαιρα) by the Chaonians as a trading outpost on the Chaonian shore. However, another theory suggest that it comes from Greek χείμαρρος (cheimarros), meaning "torrent".
The above image was created from a negative. These are the last of my current stock of found photos, sourced before anything came up about my dad last summer. There was no effort to find any with writing. I just wanted to preserve the images.
I won't be putting this in the Fount Photos WITH Writing group since it doesn't fit the rules (no writing). :)
The ministry of time
Chapter II: The Mystery of the Incubators
The style card and credits here
Sam found himself alone in the laboratory, the dim lights flickering intermittently over the equipment. A bottle of beer was within his reach as he immersed himself in his thoughts. Recently, an unusual event had shaken his scientific world: the disappearance of a body from the incubators. This act not only defied the laws but also raised serious questions about the integrity of the timeline.
As the golden liquid flowed down his throat, Sam pondered the possible devastating consequences that this incident could unleash. What effect would it have on historical evolution? How would it alter temporal continuity? These questions haunted him, filling his mind with unease and concern.
An even more alarming idea seized his thoughts: Who could have orchestrated this act and for what purpose? Time travel technology was heavily regulated, its illegal use a serious offense. Only a few would have access to it, and none of them would have noble motives to carry out such an action.
As Sam delved into his reflections, a determination grew within him: he must uncover the truth behind this enigma. Not only for the sake of the scientific community and temporal stability but also for his insatiable thirst for knowledge. With determination in his gaze, he promised himself that he would not rest until he found answers and ensured that temporal integrity remained intact.
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Big Bone Lick State Park, KY
The name of this park is based on the Pleistocene era fossils found here, I read as well this area is considered the birthplace of American vertebrate paleontology.
This warbler landed along the path about 4 feet from me. Every so often this fortunate situation occurs.
Check out the ideal-ness of this little number. Cute curvy heel, tiniest of peeptoes, mary jane strap, cute buckle detail. And the good news: they are totally comfortable. I found them on clearance for $20 at Shoe Pavilion about six years ago. They're made by To The Max!, which is the lower-cost version of BCBG.
A few clown-fish that swim around around on the coral reef of the Perhintian islands. they were swimming around here and there - sometimes just a few but here and there many of them where at the same place. This is a closeup of a few of them.
You can see other shots of Malaysia in general in my Malaysia set.
You could watch this Large On Black since that brings out more details. My pictures aren't balanced for a white background.
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This species can be found in most of European countries. It mainly occurs in wet meadows and forests, but its narrow habitat is restricted to the range of its host plant.
Abia nitens can reach a length of 10–12 millimetres (0.39–0.47 in). The adults have a large body with a showy metallic green-golden or bronze abdomen. The thorax is black, with bluish sheen and it is slightly hairy. Wings are transparent, with brown markings in the middle. Antennae are yellow-reddish, while other species in this genus have totally or partially black antennae. Legs are yellow, with black thighs at their base.
Adults can be seen from May to October feeding on nectar of Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis), of Ferulago campestris and of the Giant Fennel (Ferula communis).
Larva can reach a length of about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). They have a sandy background colour with black and yellow spots. They are oligophagous, mainly feeding between June and September on Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis), Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), cream scabious (Scabiosa ochroleuca ) and on various Dipsacus species.
and it's peace that I called for. and it's you that I long for. and it's days like this that never want to end, without me squeezing out your name. must I be so sure, of a world so small?
The Pygmy Cormorant is distributed in south-eastern Europe and south-western Asia, inhabiting freshwater marshes, river deltas, and lakes. Its range includes countries like Spain, Greece, Hungary, the Danube Delta, and various parts of central Asia, with populations concentrated in the Palearctic region. These birds are partially migratory, with northern populations moving south for winter, and are often found in mixed breeding colonies with other waterbirds in reed beds and low shrubs.
A suspicious device was across the street from Toys R Us. They blocked off one of the entrances to the Lakeland Square Mall. Lakeland Police was first on scene. LPD doesn't have a bomb squad, so they had to wait on TPD's bomb squad to arrive. After close investigation, it was determined to be a low jack device beeping because the vehicle it was taken off of, was stolen.
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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