MARVEL ACTION FIGURES, COLLECTIBLES AND COSTUMES
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A spider web is a true marvel of nature. The animals connect several widely spaced points with thin, elastic silk threads.
The flying thread that results from this procedure consists of a bundle of 50 to 60 individual threads, each of which is just 250 nanometers thick. That's 200 times thinner than a human hair. Due to its special structure, even a small gust of wind is enough to set the flying thread in motion. With the first movements, the spider releases more and more thread from its spinnerets, until the flying thread gets stuck somewhere. However, a spider cannot influence the direction in which the flying thread is carried, it depends solely on the wind direction.
The spider proceeds systematically and routinely when setting up the entire orb network. The construction of a new cycle network takes between 20 and 30 minutes, depending on the size. The flying thread of a horned garden spider can be up to 50 centimeters long. Since spiders are mostly loners and cannibalistic catch and eat their own kind, they are usually careful not to get in the way of other webs and spiders when stretching a new web.However, there are exceptions, such as what is probably the largest spider web in the world discovered by researchers in September 2018. It wasn't a single one, but a 300-meter stretch of coast in the Greek lagoon city of Etolikos was completely enshrouded in spider webs. A large number of favorable conditions had prompted the so-called Strecker spiders to create this unusual web network.
By the way: Researchers discovered what is probably the largest web ever made by a spider in Madagascar in 2009. Caerostris darwini ("Darwin's bark spider"), which is only 20 millimeters in size, builds webs that reach across rivers. The bridge thread can reach a length of up to 25 meters.
Yes, this is a real character. Look it up.
I've had this figure complete for some time but never got around to posting it.
The 'Marvel' tugboat.
www.psamarine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/PSA-Marvel.pdf
www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9869605
The 'Marvel' is returning home to Blackwattle Bay in Sydney, having just escorted a giant cargo vessel out of Sydney harbour.
Photographed from Kirribilli.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Midland Marvel
4F 43924 tackles Oakworth Bank in the late Winter light, passing milepost 2 1/2 on its final day in ticket today on the Worth Valley...
Texture by FlyPaper...White Shagreen
"Observe the marvels as they happen around you. Don't claim them. Feel the beauty moving through and be silent."
Rumi (1207-1273) Persia
Found this rose a few weeks ago in a park in Cobourg.
oeuvres de Sacha GOLDBERGER, photograpiées au Tri-Postal, à Lille, dans le cadre de l'exposition "Renaissance".
This is in no way perfect, however it's a decent enough start.
Fyi the white eyes are to represent her mask
Three of them stood in silent awe,
A sudden sight, without a flaw,
Marveling at the scene so rare,
A moment's magic filled the air.
View from Covington , Kentucky of Cincinnati's Central Business District. John Roebling built this bridge which opened in 1866. The main span is 1057' and the piers are constructed of sandstone from a quarry at Buena Vista in Adams County. The base of the piers consists of 13 layers of oak timber, resting on bedrock. Limestone rock from a Dayton, Ohio quarry is bedded between the oak and sandstone. An engineering marvel.
Well, as I previously mentionned, I am not a big fan of the panoramic framing. However, once in a while, you must admit it is a necessity... I tried to get decent shots of the marvelous Eystrahorn from a closer view point. But with my 70-200, I had no clue to fit it properly in the frame. So I needed to move hundreds of metter back. And then, it was it... Amazing set of tones, with a nice cloudy atmosphere and the subtle rays of light piercing through, just to turn the field and the farms right in the middle of the shot into a light-green passage. Even though it may not seem as a buttkick picture at first sight, I consider it as one of the best picture I've taken so far! Really happy about it !
2024.04.05
Rotterdam
IMO:9770440
MMSI:374022000
Callsign:3EVN7
Width:49.0 m
Length:297.0 m
Deadweight:97000 tons
Gross tonnage:139050 tons
Liquid Capacity:
177000.0 m³
Year of build:2019
AIS type:Tankship
Ship type:Lng Tanker
Flag:Panama
Builder:
MITSUBISHI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
Not sure how the Swanson Schoolhouse has managed to survive. I've visited it before, and even peeked inside at it's bird ravaged interior. This time I just gazed at it and marveled at it's fortitude in the grip of loneliness and decay under a canopy of puffy clouds.
Patriot
Iron Lad
Wiccan
Hawkeye II
Stature
Kang
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Two main members are left: Speed and Hulkling. So why aren’t they here? Because somebody (he's tagged)made the ultimate versions of them and I'm lazy.
Hope you like them and PLEASE COMMENT!
MARVEL COMICS / Reprint
> Die menschliche Fackel
(The Human Torch: Origin of the Human Torch)
art: Carl Burgos
> Der Engel
(The Angel: The Six Big Men)
art: Paul Gustavson
> Der Sub-Mariner
(The Sub-Mariner: Origin of the Sub-Mariner ["Here is the Sub-Mariner!"])
art: Bill Everett
> Der Maskierte Reiter
(The Masked Raider: Origin of the Masked Raider)
art: Al Anders
> Dschungelterror
(Jungle Terror: A Complete Adventure Story)
art: Art Pinajian (signed as Tomm Dixon)
> Die Abenteuer von Ka-Zar dem Grossen
(Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great: Origin of Ka-Zar)
art: Ben Thompson
Timely Productions (USA; 1939)
Marvel Deutschland / Panini Verlag (1999)
Cover: Frank R. Paul
ex libris MTP
Sometimes I just get on a kick to paint some superheroes. This is one of those times. Here's Ms. Marvel.
Here is my 49th installment to my Marvel Figures
Left to Right
Silk: Made her a bit more accurate with more detailed parts.
Chase Stein: I finally ditched the construction paper jacket thanks to the stranger things set
Captain Britain: It was suggested to use Spider-Man's arms, so that's what I did, I also switched out the helmet for Flash's cowl
Forge: Completely redesigned him, I might take off the red belt because the two belts look off
Gorgon: Very proud of this guy, I will post an inhumans pic once I find good parts for Crystal
Tell Me Your Thoughts
Marvel Tales / Heft-Reihe
Collector's Item Classic
Starring Spider-Man
> The Wings of the Vulture!
Reprint from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #48 (May 1967)
cover: John Romita
Marvel Comics Group / USA 1986
ex libris MTP
Marvel Tales / Heft-Reihe
Starring Spider-Man
> Marked for Destruction by Dr. Doom!
cover: Steve Ditko
Reprint from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (October 1963)
Marvel Comics Group / USA 1982
ex libris MTP
Marvel Tales / Heft-Reihe
Starring Spider-Man
>The End of Spider-Man!
Reprint from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #18 (November 1964)
cover: Steve Ditko
Marvel Comics Group / USA 1983
ex libris MTP
Marvel Tales / Heft-Reihe
Starring Spider-Man
> Unmasked by Dr. Octopus
Reprint from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #12 (May 1964)
cover: Steve Ditko
Marvel Comics Group / USA 1983
ex libris MTP
Mirabilis jalapa - Marvel of Peru after sunset.
These two flowers are growing side by side on the same plant. This variation in colour of flowers within a plant gave rise to the genus name of this plant "Mirabilis" which means "amazing, wondrous, remarkable". It is also why it was given the common name of Marvel of Peru.
I hadn't noticed flowers with bright red anthers until I took this photo.
Natural light so quality not high. Pentax K5 0.8 f/20 ISO 6400 Pentax 100mm
Banff National Park - see trail at www.trailpeak.com/index.jsp?con=trail&val=6489
and more in the book "Mountain Running in the Canadian Rockies" by Bob Walker. Visit his website mtnrunning.ca.
Photo of the Day at earthshots.org, April 1, 2007
www.earthshots.org/2007/04/marvel-lake-by-istvan-hernadi
-Added to the Cream of the Crop pool as most interesting.