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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.
This was a bit of a side trip that we shot on our way to Proxy Falls. Sadly, Proxy was closed because there was a fire nearby. I had been wanting to visit here with a camera for a long time. I love the tunnel effect you get here. Just a simple river image, but fun nonetheless. Let me know what you think.
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".
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So, I have a bunch of last ditch posts to make before November starts.
More info on that here: www.flickr.com/photos/142100445@N08/30320504152/in/photos...
Red and Black figs!
Here we go.
LtR
Black Widow:
She is an updated version of the one seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/142100445@N08/26842522240/in/album-...
Since that one, I changed the head, Added some leg detail, and painted on some metallic silver and flesh details.
Overall, I'm super happy with the update.
Daredevil Year One:
This guy is a Mash of all sorts of figs I've made.
The beanie is from My Reaper fig. The head is from himself (www.flickr.com/photos/142100445@N08/27827290650/in/datepo...). Torso is Star Wars. Arms are from a Scarlet witch I did and legs are from Bucky. Overall, i like the combos.
Iron Fist: Hair is from Luke Skywalker. I painted the head, but I don't remember what it was originally. All of the torso is by me. Hands are wrapped in labels and the legs are from Star-Lord.
10/10 for this bunch In my opinion!
So you thought I wasn’t gonna show up just because it’s 2026?
Aww, sweetie… that’s adorable.
And yeah yeah, I KNOW I’m not the real holy dude but NOTHING keeps Marvel’s discount Jesus from making an entrance
Tell me this isn’t at least “divine cosplay with benefits.”
No, I’m not dead in case you're wondering...
These gates are just cheap knockoffs from a theme park clearance sale just like my halo.
So this Easter, remember to keep love in your heart. The same way I keep Hugh Jackman and myself trapped together in this friendship locket like two emotionally constipated soulmates.
❤️BFFs forever❤️
Whether he likes it or not.
And kids…
devour all the chocolate you can find.
Become the cocoa‑powered chaos gremlin destiny intended.
Just, uh… avoid the whole “digestive disaster” thing.
Nobody wants an Easter that turns into a literal… well… you get it (rhymes with shisthow).
And finally:
Hugs, not drugs.
Unless the drug is chocolate. Or caffeine. Or the soft warmth of a bunny you definitely didn’t steal from a petting zoo.
whistles innocently
Wearing :
KORPOV:. - Weapon X Mask
Punklist - Hillario Hair
A&D - Katanas Dual Deadpool
sacrilege. andrey robe & belt
[T.P.O.M] - DWBF Pendant
SEmotion Libellune Summer Rabbit
Background:
FOXCITY. Photo Booth - Pearly Gates
L to R - Nighthawk, Hulk, Bruce Banner, Captain America, Quake, and Hawkeye.
Now before you say, "Wow, what a dinky group of heroes." let me say, yeah it is. That's on purpose. The first arc or story we (Payton and I) plan on doing with the Avengers story (if we get the role) will be a very grounded story. Well as grounded as a story about a group of superheroes can be.
Most of these figures are Nexus's design, but some of them (Hawkeye and Nighthawk) are changed a tad as I do not have the exact pieces that Payton used for his figures.
The first person I showed this image to commented how it looked like it could have been from a Marvel movie. I kind of agree.
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 !
OBSERVE Collective
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So I needed to empty out my box of Marvel Legends tonight. I needed to get pictures of Iron Fist, Sasquatch and Maestro. Most of these were at the bottom.
I don't just tip the box out willy nilly and let them get bashed around, I carefully unpack it and stand the marvels up one by one.. these have been re-arranged slightly, but not to the stage where they are in a dramatic scene or shot. I was quite taken back at how many I have, this doesn't include the figures I have from the HML series or the Fantastic Four Box Set. See the Tags list for the figures or characters in this picture.
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 Tales / Heft-Reihe
Starring Spider-Man
> Nothing can stop... The Sandman!
cover: Steve Ditko
Reprints from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (September 1963)
Marvel Comics Group / USA 1982
ex libris MTP
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
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Starhawk: Sorry Sly, you are not a weirdo, but the other two. Had the figure waiting to be photographed since I saw Vol.2. Now his time has come. Oh there is guy tagged: Superdaft1 he also had some great ideas for Starhawk so check him out.
Wanda: Actually I wanted to use this body for my Netflix Eletra, but I don't have the perfect head yet.
Vision: Maybe a after IW design. They'll definitely bring him back.
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That's it.
~Tom
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
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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
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Marvel Tales / Heft-Reihe
Starring Spider-Man
The Green Goblin Lives Again!
cover: John Romita
Marvel Comics Group / USA 1979
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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