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First light on the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Overnight rain has darkened the dunes and the mountains in the background are lost in the humidity.
Winter in São Paulo - 33ºC / 89ºF
air humidity - 23%
September 9th., 2022.
Save our Planet, please!
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El Valle de la Luna (the Valley of the Moon) is located 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of San Pedro de Atacama, to the north of Chile in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert.
It has various stone and sand formations which have been carved by wind and water. It has an impressive range of color and texture, looking somewhat similar to the surface of the moon. There are also dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a white covering layer of the area. It presents diverse saline outcrops which appear like man-made sculptures.
There are also a great variety of caverns. When the sun sinks, it is painting pie tones the edges of hills and defiles, while the wind blows among the rocks and the sky passes from pink color to purple and finally black.
Valle de la Luna is a part of the Reserva Nacional los Flamencos and was declared a Nature Sanctuary in 1982 for its natural environment and strange lunar landscape, from which its name is derived.
The Atacama desert is also considered one of the driest places on earth, as some areas have not received a single drop of rain in hundreds of years. A prototype for a Mars rover was tested there by scientists because of the valley's dry and forbidding terrains.
A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
.......we are surely getting lots of rain this summer. It's actually raining while I'm posting this photo.
Burchell's Coucal, in folklore known as the Rainbird, because it seems to call most often in periods of high humidity, leading to the belief that it foretells rain.
This bird is a shy but beautiful one, not seen in the open often, with lovely chestnut-brown back and wing feathers and a long, floppy tail with some marked bands in its upper parts.
Should you be interested to listen to the call connect to the following link : www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D22EwszPjE
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Ticino
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My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
ABOUT THE PHOTO:
The photo above was taken this past May and shows parts of my garden and the surrounding hills just as the sun was setting after a heavy thunderstorm, which is when the light and the colors are at their most intense, most magical; it was one of those rare moments that usually only last for a few minutes (sometimes not even that), and you have to be quick to capture them.
The reason I like the photo quite a bit is that it shows a side of my country that is far less known to the people abroad than our snowy mountains and green meadows with friendly cows or the glitz of St. Moritz, Zermatt and Zurich: it shows you "my" tropical Switzerland 😊.
And the thing is, the spot in Ticino where I'm fortunate enough to own a vacation home - a tiny, 400-year old stone building only 70 meters from the Italian border - doesn't just look like it lies in the tropics: it actually sort of does, at least during the summer months.
With temperatures frequently in the mid 30s (Celsius) and a level of humidity that is high enough to make you break out in a sweat the second you leave the house, the micro-climate is not that dissimilar from what you might find in a rain forest.
The air can grow so heavy that people unaccustomed to it might feel like they have a hard time breathing (when friends of mine who originally are from Brazil visited me for a couple of days during a particularly hot period, even they struggled and told me they felt as if they were inhaling steam).
On the plus-side, this tropical micro-climate allows the people in our village to grow lemons, peaches, figs and kiwi fruits in addition to the more traditional apricots, grapes apples and cherries, and even palm trees like the one in this photo are a very common sight throughout the region.
Luckily our houses are traditionally built in a way to keep out the heat even during the hottest months, so the few remaining permanent residents of the village (around 40 people most of whom are over the age of sixty), find soothing cool as soon as they enter the thick stone walls of their homes.
The village itself is built on a rock that is surrounded by dense chestnut forest on all sides that stretches on until the horizon, only interrupted every now and then by a village, a vineyard or a small stream in a valley with a few fields.
So it's hardly a surprise that this tiny tropical paradise is a place where a great variety of beautiful insects, snakes and colorful lizards (that most people probably wouldn't immediately associate with typical Swiss fauna either) feel very much at home, and I feel incredibly blessed that I need only step outside and enter my garden to capture it with my camera 😊.
In case people are interested I might upload a photo that shows a bit more of our village one day, but for now I'll continue to stick with my beloved "creepy crawlies" (as some of my friends here jokingly refer to them) and continue to concentrate on nature, wildlife and landscape photos. 😉
I hope you like the photo and wish you all a wonderful weekend! Many greetings from Switzerland, and as always: let me know what you think in the comments 🙏 😊 ❤!
P.S. This is probably going to be my last upload in 2022, so HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone!! 🎄💕🎉😃!!
The Incahuasi Island is covered with cactuses (Echinopsis atacamensis) in an incredible way. This plant has narrow ecological requirements, and cannot tolerate hight humidity, extreme heat or enduring frost.
A few nights ago we had a storm in the early evening that when it had passed, thanks to the temperature, turned Storkowmark into the Borneo jungles. It was humid, misty, eerie and bloody wonderful for the sort of atmosphere I love to capture as well as be in. Wondering around that night was somewhat surreal, when you write poetry, scripts and work in the creative of whatever discipline, you are gifted to not only see more, but feel more and this night was all of that!
Albeit more rural I will pop this into the "Dark City Deutschland" collection or in German - "Dunkle Stadt Deutschland".
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you! :)
Humidity and high altitude with low atmospheric pressure create an ecosystem that accumulates organic material in the soil that is able to retain water. The high grassland ecosystem (páramo) contains plants suitably adapted to it, 19 of them endemic to Cajas.
The dominant plant is straw grass (Calamagrostis intermedia).
I love fog, and if we cannot have rain, this sunlight breaking through a heavy fog layer suffices.
We don't cut wild grasses since that ruins habitat for wild critters: coyote, deer, fox, frogs, rabbits, birds of course, and smaller varmints.
If this were Graham Russell's Hammerchewer photo, it would have Red deer in fog, but sadly, no wild deer today, or at least none that I could see.
Larger view: www.flickr.com/photos/jan-timmons/52399775914/sizes/k/
Let me know if you see a wild deer ;-)
01-May-2023
A heat T-storm, in the late afternoon, poured 34mm or l/m2 of rain into this area which the setting sun was unable to dry, therefore keeping the humidity close to saturation.
The Babno basin/polje is known for the strong nocturnal thermal inversion due to factors that enhance it such as the calcareous bottom and the open-air meadow area, which favor the rapid loss of heat from the ground towards space and a rapid decrease in temperatures from sunset.
The decrease in the evening temperature therefore favored the condensation of an already saturated water vapour.
In a short time, the entire basin will be covered by dense fog of low height.
A close-up shot inside this tourist attraction on Mainau Island in Lake Constance (Bodensee). (A re-edited archives shot.) From the web page of the island:
Observe and admire approx. 120 different species of free flying tropical butterflies from Africa, Asia, Central and South America in the Butterfly House, kept at approx. 90% humidity and temperatures between 25 and 30°C. At certain times it is also possible to see moths with a wingspan of up to 30 cm. 70% of the butterflies come directly from special breeding farms in their country of origin. They arrive every week on Mainau Island as pupae. The other 30% breed and lay eggs on their respective forage plants in the Butterfly House. The entire lifecycle from egg to caterpillar (lava) and chrysalis (pupa) to adult butterfly can be observed here. Source: www.mainau.de/en/attraction-detail/attraktion/schmetterli...
Thank you all for the clicks, comments & faves.
Gruccione (Merops apiaster), European Bee-eater, Žuta pčelarica
They're back :).
Isola della Cona together with the Caneo area, is part of the Natural Reserve called Foce dell’Isonzo; covering a surface of 2,400 hectares, the area is located along the last 15 km of the
river Isonzo and has been recognised as best area in Italy for birdwatching.
Thanks to everyone for your visiting, favs & comments :).
Gruccione (Merops apiaster), European Bee-eater, Žuta pčelarica
Isola della Cona together with the Caneo area, is part of the Natural Reserve called Foce dell’Isonzo; covering a surface of 2,400 hectares, the area is located along the last 15 km of the
river Isonzo and has been recognised as best area in Italy for birdwatching.
Thanks to everyone for your visiting, favs & comments :).
Tınaztepe Cave, one of the longest caves in the world
Tınaztepe caves are located in Seydişehir, Konya. The world's third, is Turkey's largest caves. Its total length is 22 km, and its navigable part is 1580 meters. It is a completely horizontal cave except the 64-meter descent at the end. It was opened in 2004 as Cave Recreation Facilities.
Located at the crossing of the Konya-Antalya Highway on the Taurus Mountains and discovered by the French scientist Michel Bakalowichz in 1968, the cave is an important natural wonder.
In addition to stalactites and stalagmites, Tınaztepe Cave offers a different environment to its guests with its unchanging heat in summer and winter in its open section.
Stalactites and stalagmites, a cave with a lake inside. The cave, where daily tours are organized due to the ease of transportation, fascinates those who see it. Tinaztepe actual length of 22 kilometers, one of Turkey's longest cave. One of the three few caves in the world
There is 75 percent humidity inside the cave. An ideal cave for asthma patients
A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.
Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily Nicotianoideae), and the cape gooseberry, tomato, potato, deadly nightshade and chili pepper (subfamily Solanoideae). It's a flowering plant of South American origin. Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates, but not frost. They need at least five hours of sunlight every day and flourish in moist soil and conditions of low atmospheric humidity. Petunias are generally insect pollinated. The Maya and Inca believed that the scent of petunias had the power to ward off underworld monsters and spirits. Their flower-buds were bunched together for magical drinks. 43861
Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily Nicotianoideae), and the cape gooseberry, tomato, potato, deadly nightshade and chili pepper (subfamily Solanoideae). It's a flowering plant of South American origin. Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates, but not frost. They need at least five hours of sunlight every day and flourish in moist soil and conditions of low atmospheric humidity. Petunias are generally insect pollinated. The Maya and Inca believed that the scent of petunias had the power to ward off underworld monsters and spirits. Their flower-buds were bunched together for magical drinks. 9259
When the humidity of the night rising up out of the forest and laying down on the trees like a curtain. When the fog is hiding in the shadows of the valleys that the sun can not reach it. Thats really a great sight.
Wenn am frühen Morgen die Feuchtigkeit der Nacht aus dem Wald empor steigt und sich wie ein Schleier über die Bäume legt. Wenn sich der Nebel im Schatten der Täler versteckt damit ihn die Sonne nicht erreicht. Das ist schon ein toller Anblick.
Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily Nicotianoideae), and the cape gooseberry, tomato, potato, deadly nightshade and chili pepper (subfamily Solanoideae). It's a flowering plant of South American origin. Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates, but not frost. They need at least five hours of sunlight every day and flourish in moist soil and conditions of low atmospheric humidity. Petunias are generally insect pollinated. The Maya and Inca believed that the scent of petunias had the power to ward off underworld monsters and spirits. Their flower-buds were bunched together for magical drinks. 43740
A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.
With some humidity in the air this evening there was a pretty glow to the moon. Used the 2x extender to get the lunar details.
Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. It's a flowering plant of South American origin. Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates, but not frost. They need at least five hours of sunlight every day and flourish in moist soil and conditions of low atmospheric humidity. Petunias are generally insect pollinated. The Maya and Inca believed that the scent of petunias had the power to ward off underworld monsters and spirits. Their flower-buds were bunched together for magical drinks. 9605
Alagna Valsesia & Gressoney. Italy.
From the top of Corno del Camoscio, Chamois horn, 3,024m, a look toward the divide marking the border between the Piedmont Region and Valle d'Aosta.
Starting from the closest summit, you see Corno Rosso, Punta Straling, and the threatening Corno Bianco, the highest point of the long ridge, 3,320m, with its satellites, Punta di Netscho and Punta di Ciampono.
You can reach this view point from a nearby cable car station in less than 30min. I opted for a longer trail, starting 1,000m below. It's a lovely hike, amid the pastures and the first rock fields, and you can forget the presence of the lifts till the last steps, when you reach the summit and you look on the other side of the ridge.
The show offered by the clouds is common up here. Humidity rise up from the plane and the big lakes of Northern Italy and collide against the South East side of the divide, leaving the sky above Valle d'Aosta almost clean. Usually the clouds bring then the rain, but this last summer they forgot their job.
Dalla cima del Corno del Camoscio, uno sguardo verso lo spartiacque che segna il confine tra Piemonte e Valle d'Aosta.
Partendo dalla vetta più vicina si vedono Corno Rosso, Punta Straling e il minaccioso Corno Bianco, il punto più alto della lunga cresta, 3.320 m, con i suoi satelliti, Punta di Netscho e Punta di Ciampono.
È possibile raggiungere questo punto panoramico da una vicina stazione della funivia in meno di 30 minuti. Ho optato per un sentiero più lungo, partendo 1.000 m più in basso. E' una bella escursione, tra i pascoli e le prime rocce, e si può dimenticare la presenza degli impianti di risalita fino agli ultimi passi, quando si raggiunge la vetta e si guarda dall'altra parte della cresta.
Lo spettacolo offerto dalle nuvole è comune quassù. L'umidità sale dalla pianura e dai grandi laghi del Nord e si scontra con il lato sud-est dello spartiacque, lasciando il cielo sopra la Valle d'Aosta quasi pulito. Di solito le nuvole portano poi la pioggia, ma quest'estate hanno dimenticato di fare il loro lavoro.
Waldbaden: Eintauchen in die Atmosphäre des Waldes.
Hier habe ich versucht, den Wald als vertikales Panorama einzufangen.
Forest bathing: Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the forest.
Here I tried to capture the forest as a vertical panorama.
Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily Nicotianoideae), and the cape gooseberry, tomato, potato, deadly nightshade and chili pepper (subfamily Solanoideae). It's a flowering plant of South American origin. Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates, but not frost. They need at least five hours of sunlight every day and flourish in moist soil and conditions of low atmospheric humidity. Petunias are generally insect pollinated. The Maya and Inca believed that the scent of petunias had the power to ward off underworld monsters and spirits. Their flower-buds were bunched together for magical drinks. 45144
A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.
Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily Nicotianoideae), and the cape gooseberry, tomato, potato, deadly nightshade and chili pepper (subfamily Solanoideae). It's a flowering plant of South American origin. Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates, but not frost. They need at least five hours of sunlight every day and flourish in moist soil and conditions of low atmospheric humidity. Petunias are generally insect pollinated. The Maya and Inca believed that the scent of petunias had the power to ward off underworld monsters and spirits. Their flower-buds were bunched together for magical drinks. 14766
Rivercat at Charity Point, Meadowbank.
Beneath the John Whitton Railway Bridge.
Sydney ferries.
Meadowbank, western Sydney.
Today, Friday 14th January 2022.
Today we ventured into the city via Rivercat from Meadowbank Wharf. It was 32 degrees celsius and a wicked 90% humidity.
We firstly visited the amazing 'Fork and Spoon' cafe on Bowden Street, overlooking the river. You can see the Rivercats gliding past.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV, with the Canon EF 24-105mm f 4/L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
27-March-2023
The Ćićarija (Čičarija for the part in Slovenija, Cicceria for the tiny portion attributable to Italia, or Monte Carso/Mali Kras border ridge, Dolina, Trieste) is a historical mountainous region of northern Istria, formerly inhabited by Istro-Romanian population, which falls within the traditional Karst, the coastal one (Trieste and Gorizia Karst in Italy, Primorska in Slovenia) of the Karst Region extensively understood, the only area of this region belonging to Croatia.
The Ćićarija/Čičarija is geologically the mountainous scar that joins the Istrian peninsula to the European continent, while its morphology is the classic one of the limestone areas at this latitude and altitude (here at just under 700m above sea level) therefore very similar to other areas not considered part of the Karst region, such as the contiguous coastal Gorski Kotar (Rijeka, HR) seen in the previous photos.
Over the geological eras, the rains have softened the appearance of these mountains, but the poor soil roughens the surfaces covered largely by karst moorland (Gmajna) of gnarled grass which for most of the year (between winter frost and summer sun) is golden in color and from which angular rock conformations frequently emerge.
The steppe aspect of these areas, despite the high average rainfall (1600-2200mm/y), is to be found in the porous soil, often dry and poor, beaten by strong winds and the difficulty in developing forests, which would guarantee the biomass (woody residue) for the formation of humus, but here the microclimate of these basins comes into play which, despite their proximity to the Mediterranean but closed in all directions, generate strong night-time temperature inversions (clear skies and calm winds) with minimum values below the freezing point possible for 9 months of the year.
This is always due to the porous calcareous soil which limits stagnation of humidity and exacerbates thermal dynamics with strong daily excursions which make the survival of many species of deciduous tall trees difficult, and, at the same time, the summer heat and drought are not suitable for many trees of the alpine environment, which instead form extensive virgin forests a few kilometers inland, where the extremes of wind, temperature and humidity are softened and where humus can develop.
A ground which freezes deeply in winter and which overheats in summer, sometimes even in the course of the same day, especially in spring, and which does not favor the maintenance of humidity, is clearly an obstacle to the development of vegetation, even if they try, as evident in the photo, with the robust black Pine (Pinus Nigra var austriaca) the only ones to bear such extreme microclimates and large producers of wood residue.
In any case, the karst moorland is a biodiversity that must be maintained, not fought.
9 degrees Celsius at night, 50% humidity. Taiwan is in the subtropical zone. Oh my God, It feels very cold.
The overall appearance is like a harp, The bridge height is 72 meters, It is the highest cable-stayed bridge in central Taiwan.
The bridge is also a scheduled MRT route, It connects Central Taiwan Science Park and the urban area.
Thank you for your visit, Have a nice day.
晚上氣溫攝氏9度，濕度50%。台灣位於亞熱帶，我的天啊，感覺非常冷。
整體外型如豎琴，橋梁高度72公尺，是台灣中部最高的斜張橋。
這座橋也是預定的捷運路線，它連接台灣中部科學園區和市區。
謝謝您的訪問。
This week's theme for Mosaic Montage Monday was Humidity. It's been pretty hot and humid here and my Agapanthus are starting to wilt. But it didn't keep a lovely butterfly away! HMMM!
I think you will agree with me with the title I chose for my post. I can't wait to enjoy another spring and summer but first we got to reach winter ( December 21) , wait a few months when rain and humidity will be the thing I might not be so exited about.. Anyway... Thanks for your visit . Enjoy the WE.
Je pense que vous serez d'accord avec moi avec le titre que j'ai choisi pour ma photo. J'ai hâte de profiter d'un autre printemps et d'un autre été, mais nous devons d'abord rriver a l'hiver (21 décembre), puis attendre quelques mois où la pluie et l'humidité seront la chose qui ne me passionnera peut-être pas vraiment. C'est comme ca !!! Merci pour ta visite . Profitez bien du WE.
Tınaztepe Cave, one of the longest caves in the world
Tınaztepe caves are located in Seydişehir, Konya. The world's third, is Turkey's largest caves. Its total length is 22 km, and its navigable part is 1580 meters. It is a completely horizontal cave except the 64-meter descent at the end. It was opened in 2004 as Cave Recreation Facilities.
Located at the crossing of the Konya-Antalya Highway on the Taurus Mountains and discovered by the French scientist Michel Bakalowichz in 1968, the cave is an important natural wonder.
In addition to stalactites and stalagmites, Tınaztepe Cave offers a different environment to its guests with its unchanging heat in summer and winter in its open section.
Stalactites and stalagmites, a cave with a lake inside. The cave, where daily tours are organized due to the ease of transportation, fascinates those who see it. Tinaztepe actual length of 22 kilometers, one of Turkey's longest cave. One of the three few caves in the world
There is 75 percent humidity inside the cave. An ideal cave for asthma patients
Photo taken in the mangrove at the north end of the Cairns Esplanade... I still remember how the humidity and the mosquitos have attacked as soon as I approached the mangrove. It looked like I was entering in a dense jungle... and I was only a few meters away from the esplanade and from the hotel where I was staying.
Cairns Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland
I find photographing trees difficult. I envy those with the eyes to detail and composition to pick out something from the cacophony of the forest and create an image out of nothing. Well this time I got lucky. I could not ignore the light of a sun fighting a thunder cloud with humidity in the air lighting this single tree ablaze.