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El Castillo del Rey cierra la muralla de la villa. Se considera que el primer castillo en este lugar debió edificarse durante la repoblación de Alfonso I de Asturias en la Alta Edad Media. No obstante, sus muros actuales son posteriores, del siglo XIII en adelante. Formó parte del sistema defensivo de la villa de San Vicente, junto con las murallas. Fue restaurado en los años 1990. Actualmente se usa como museo y para exposiciones.
Se alza sobre una elevación rocosa, adaptándose su planta a las irregularidades del terreno. La forma general del castillo es alargada, de más de cincuenta metros de largo por unos veinte de ancho. La fábrica es de mampostería, con sillería en las esquinas y los vanos. Tiene dos torres: una de planta cuadrada al este y otra con forma de pentágono al oeste. Las une un cuerpo central, que en el pasado estuvo abovedado.
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Looking up at a stairwell in an old house in Alfama, Lisbon. There are certainly more elegant stairwells, but this one seems particularly irregularly shaped
" El secreto no es correr detrás de las mariposas...
es cuidar el jardín para que ellas vengan a ti "
( Mario Quintana
La C-blanca (Polygonia c-album) es una especie de mariposa perteneciente a la familia Nymphalidae. Los bordes irregulares de sus alas son característicos del género Polygonia.
Se la encuentra en el norte de África y en toda Europa desde Portugal a través de Asia hasta Japón.
Sus alas dorsales son coloridas pero su lado inferior posee un patrón que se camufla cuando las alas se cierran una contra otra.
Fungi of beechwood: These are unusual looking bracket-like fungi the name of which I am not sure. Any ideas about ID would be much appreciated. They are attached with a small stalk to the wood and have white porous underside with irregular pores. I have taken picture of these fungi on the same fallen branch early in December last year and they didn’t grow much over a month (either slow growing or already full grown) and their porous side remains white too. This collage shows both upperside and underside of this group. Lansdown, Bath, BANES, England, U.K.
Se ubica en la ciudad de Segovia, en Castilla y León. La puerta, que también ha sido conocida con los nombres «puerta de la Judería» y «puerta del Socorro», se encuentra en el lado sur de la muralla. Cuenta con dos torres, una cuadrada y otra poligonal, arco peraltado, galería de irregulares ventanas, saeteras en cruz, cornisas de bolas, almenas piramidales y escudos heráldicos. Tiene una situación estratégica que domina el valle del Clamores. Se ha especulado con que su construcción pudiera haber corrido al cargo del maestro cantero Juan Guas.
Male and female. Upperside. Ground-colour reddish-ochreous, basal areas olivescent-ochreous-brown; cilia black, alternated with white, Forewing with an outwardly-oblique black irregular-shaped broken band crossing from middle of the cell to the disc above the submedian vein; the apical area from end of cell and the exterior border also black; before the apex is a short white outwardly-oblique streak and a curved row of four round spots, the second and third being small; a marginal pale lunular line with its upper portion most defined and whitish. Hind-wing with a blackish patch from the costal vein across end of cell, a partly confluent recurved discal band, a submarginal row of lunules, and then a marginal row of somewhat scutiform spots; between the discal band and submarginal lunules is a row of five round black spots, which in some examples show a pale and dark outer ring. Underside. Forewing brighter reddish-ochreous, the apical area and outer margin much paler, the apex being olivescent ochreous-brown; discal irregular band as above, subapical white streak, row of spots and marginal lunules distinct; base of wing and interspace before end of cell white. Hindwing transversely-marbled with olivescent ochreous-brown and speckled with black scales; crossed by basal and discal sinuous whitish or pale fascia and intersected by white veins; an outer-discal row of five ocelli, the upper one smallest and usually imperfect, the second and fifth the largest, the fourth with black centre speckled with blue and ringed with yellow, and the second and fifth also with an outer black ring; submarginal lunules purpurescent-grey, bordered by a whitish fascia; outer margin ochreous. Body olivescent ochreous-brown, abdomen with ochreous bands; palpi blackish above, white beneath; body beneath and legs greyish-white; antennae black above, tip and beneath reddish.
The regal Snowy Owl is one of the few birds that can get even non-birders to come out for a look. This largest (by weight) North American owl shows up irregularly in winter to hunt in windswept fields or dunes, a pale shape with catlike yellow eyes. They spend summers far north of the Arctic Circle hunting lemmings, ptarmigan, and other prey in 24-hour daylight. In years of lemming population booms they can raise double or triple the usual number of young.
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Fence by URBAN JUNGLE
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Road : taikou / city road (T) by taiko
Photo taken in the town of Alhama de Aragón, Province of Zaragoza, next to the left bank of the Jalón river
The river Jalón (Latin: Salo) is located in the northeast of Spain, and is one of the principal tributaries of the Ebro. It has a length of 224 kilometres (139 mi) and drains a basin of 9,338 square kilometres (3,605 sq mi). The flow rate in Calatayud is 20.8 cubic metres per second (730 cu ft/s), but is highly irregular due to the great range of Mediterranean rainfall patterns.
The course of the river forms the main communication route between the Castilian Plateau and the Ebro. Until the late twentieth century, roads and railways between Madrid and Zaragoza followed this path. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Foto tomada en la localidad de Alhama de Aragón, Provincia de Zaragoza, junto a la orilla izquierda del río Jalón
El río Jalón (latín: Salo) está situado en el noreste de España, y es uno de los principales afluentes del Ebro. Tiene una longitud de 224 kilómetros (139 millas) y drena una cuenca de 9.338 kilómetros cuadrados (3.605 millas cuadradas). El caudal en Calatayud es de 20,8 metros cúbicos por segundo (730 pies cúbicos/s), pero es muy irregular debido a la gran variedad de patrones de lluvia del Mediterráneo.
El curso del río constituye la principal vía de comunicación entre la Meseta Castellana y el Ebro. Hasta finales del siglo XX, las carreteras y los ferrocarriles entre Madrid y Zaragoza siguieron este camino. (Fuente: Wikipedia)
The palafitic pier of Carrasqueira is a masterpiece of popular architecture. Erected in the 50s and 60s, it is unique in Europe and is built on irregularly fragile wooden posts, apparently fragile, that serve as a dock for fishing boats. This structure allows fishermen access to boats, even during low tide. Carrasqueira, Setúbal - Portugal.
Panoramica compuesta por tres tomas
El Lago del Valle es el de mayor extensión de la Cordillera Cantábrica y está emplazado en un antiguo circo glaciar, con paredes subverticales y en el frente se puede observar depósitos irregulares, angulosos y de muy diferente tamaño (morrenas). Tiene forma de herradura, con una pequeña isla en el centro. Su perímetro es de unos 2.000 m, con 45 m. de calado máximo, fue recrecido artificialmente para su aprovechamiento hidroeléctrico. El valle tiene forma de U y a lo largo de él se pueden contemplar grandes bloques irregulares y estriados que fueron transportados por el antiguo glaciar, sobre algunos se observan arboles, que dan al paisaje un tono pintoresco. Se han catalogado más de 200 especies de fauna como el lobo, águila real, oso pardo, urogallo....En las zonas altas hay casas con techo de escoba (teitos) que han estado siempre ligadas a la vida trashumante y ganadera de los vaqueiros de alzada
Solanum laxum, commonly known as potato vine, potato climber or jasmine nightshade, is an evergreen vine in the family Solanaceae. It is native to South America and commonly grown as an ornamental garden plant.
The jasmine-flowered nightshade is a woody climber that forms branches 2 to 8 m long and has a base that can reach more than 10 centimeters in diameter. Fast-growing, it climbs by winding the leaf stalks around supports. The shoot axes are strongly angled zigzag, hairless or in the youth stage with simple, white, single-row trichomes less than 0.5 millimeters in length. New growth is hairless or finely to sparsely hairy. The bark of older branches is green or reddish green or, if the plant grows in direct sunlight, often purple-green. The ovate or ovate-lanceolate leaves are 30 to 50 mm long and 15 to 25 mm wide. The sympodial units contain many leaves. These are usually simple, only very rarely divided with one to four irregular lobes and pinnately split.
Polistes dominula és una espècie d'himenòpter apòcrit de la família dels vèspids (Vespidae), subfamília dels polistins (Polistinae), molt semblant a Polistes gallicus amb la què comparteix àrea de distribució a Europa.[1] És una vespa d'agressivitat mitjana o baixa, considerada com a plaga a diversos països, i amb impacte negatiu cap a les activitats agropecuàries, particularment la fruticultura. És nativa d'Europa i del nord d'Àfrica però ha estat introduïda accidentalment als Estats Units i a les serralades de l'Argentina i Xile, on està ben establerta.
Característiques
P. dominula posseeix un cos color negre amb taques grogues. Pot assolir fins a 2 cm de llarg. Presenta l'abdomen allargat i amb cintura molt estreta. Pot ser confosa amb Polistes gallicus, de la qual es diferencia per les galtes i el clipi grocs, sense taques negres. Vespula germanica, que és una altra vespa similar, és molt més agressiva, té potes més curtes, poca cintura i l'abdomen més engruixat; Polistes dominula, en canvi, té potes llargues que porta penjant en volar i antenes color taronja.
Història natural
Habitualment construeix els seus nius en ràfecs i abrics protegits de la intempèrie en els sostres d'edificacions i construccions humanes, encara que també poden aparèixer en arbres. S'alimenta principalment de fruites madures. Normalment ataca només quan percep agressions cap al seu niu.
Picada
En la part final del seu abdomen posseeix l'agulló amb el qual sol atacar inoculant un verí dolorós, el qual en els éssers humans pot produir picades doloroses, edemes, i fins a casos fatals a causa de xoc anafilàctic. Al no perdre el seu agulló quan pica, una mateixa vespa pot atacar diverses vegades a la seva víctima.
The European paper wasp (Polistes dominula) is one of the most common and well-known species of social wasps in the genus Polistes. Its diet is more diverse than those of most Polistes species—many genera of insects versus mainly caterpillars in other Polistes—giving it superior survivability compared to other wasp species during a shortage of resources.
The dominant females are the principal egg layers, while the subordinate females ("auxiliaries") or workers primarily forage and do not lay eggs. This hierarchy is not permanent, though; when the queen is removed from the nest, the second-most dominant female takes over the role of the previous queen.[1] Dominance in females is determined by the severity of the scatteredness in the coloration of the clypeus (face), whereas dominance in males is shown by the variation of spots of their abdomens.[2] P. dominula is common and cosmopolitan due to their exceptional survival features such as productive colony cycle, short development time, and higher ability to endure predator attacks.[3]
These wasps have a lek-based mating system. Unlike most social insects, 35% of P. dominula wasps in a colony are unrelated. It is considered an invasive species in Canada and the United States.
Taxonomy
The European paper wasp was originally described in 1791 by Johann Ludwig Christ as Vespa dominula. The specific epithet dominula is a noun meaning "little mistress",[4] and following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, species epithets which are nouns do not change when a species is placed in a different genus. Authors who were unaware that dominula was a noun have misspelled the species name as "dominulus" for decades. P. dominula is often referred to as the European paper wasp because of its native distribution and its nests, which are constructed from paper and saliva. It is also frequently referred to in older literature as Polistes gallicus, a separate species with which it was often confused.[5]
Description and identification
Close-up of the head
Little variation occurs among individuals of P. dominula; the wing lengths of males range from 9.5 to 13.0 millimetres (3⁄8 to 1⁄2 in), while those of females range from 8.5 to 12.0 millimetres (5⁄16 to 1⁄2 in). Its body is colored entirely yellow and black, similar to that of Vespula germanica, one of the most common and defensive wasps in its native range.[6] The female mandible is black and sometimes has a yellow spot. Females have a black subantennal mark that rarely has a pair of small, yellow spots. The female vertex sometimes has a pair of small, yellow spots behind the hind ocelli. Females have yellow, comma-shaped scutal spots.[7]
Variations amongst individuals
Although the wasps do not display much conspicuous variation that enables one to tell them apart with the naked eye, definite features are unique to each individual. For example, the abdominal spots on males of P. dominula vary in sizes, locations, and patterns. They act as sexually selective signals and also are associated with social hierarchy within the colonies. Males with smaller, regular patterns of spots are more aggressive and dominant over those with larger, irregular patterns. Similarly, females' appearance varies between individuals and is associated with their social rank. The larger and the more scattered the clypeus marks on the foundress, the higher the probability that she is dominant over other females.[8]
Distribution
P. dominula in the Netherlands
The native range of P. dominula covers much of southern Europe and North Africa, and temperate parts of Asia as far east as China.[9] It has also been introduced to New Zealand,[10] Australia, South Africa,[11] and North and South America. Since the mid-1980s, the population of P. dominula has expanded to rather cooler regions, especially towards northern Europe. Global warming is speculated to have raised temperatures of certain areas, allowing P. dominula to expand to originally cooler regions.[7]
The first North American occurrence of P. dominula was reported in Massachusetts in the late 1970s,[12] and by 1995, this species had been documented throughout the northeastern USA.[13] However, the species is also likely present in additional states, but has just not yet been reported. Although detailed mechanisms of the species' dispersal are still unknown, some number of individuals, including the foundresses, may have hidden inside transportable items such as shipping crates, trailers, boats, or other human-made structures used during international trading between countries.[7] wikipedia dixit
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We went to Rebels and Redcoats by mistake, thinking it had been held the previous weekend. Charlie doesn't do well with crowds, and neither do I, but we braved the line to get in and stayed for a couple hours. The reenactors are fun to watch, anyway -- some seem super into it while others struggle to hide their desperation and regret.
I hope everyone has a great week.
Renaissance cloister of the Convent del Carme. Valencia
Built towards the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century by the Carmelite friar Gaspar de Sent Martí. It is a cloister with an irregular square plan, consisting of two floors.
Construido hacia finales del siglo XVI y principios del XVII por el fraile carmelita Gaspar de Sent Martí. Se trata de un claustro de planta cuadrada irregular, formado por dos pisos.
Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània (CCCC)
Barri del Carme de València (Spain).
Das Gebäude ist stilistisch dem Brutalismus zuzurechnen. Es besteht aus 152 unverkleideten Beton-Blöcken zwischen 0,84 m3 (1,84 t) und 64 m3 (141 t); der höchste Block misst 13,10 Meter.
Das Licht fällt durch einfache Glasscheiben, die in die unregelmäßigen Zwischenräume eingesetzt sind, woraus sich überschneidende Lichtbündel ergeben.
An der Altarwand befindet sich ein Abguss des von Wotruba für die Hofkirche in Bruchsal geschaffenen Kreuzes.
Stylistically, the building can be categorised as Brutalist. It consists of 152 unclad concrete blocks between 0.84 m3 (1.84 t) and 64 m3 (141 t); the tallest block measures 13.10 metres.
The light falls through simple glass panes inserted into the irregular spaces between the blocks, resulting in overlapping beams of light.
On the altar wall is a cast of the cross created by Wotruba for the Hofkirche in Bruchsal.