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This big invasive spider first showed up here in North Georgia ... and in a year it has spread EVERYWHERE in our area - from our yard, to the wetlands, and across counties we visited this season. I'm shocked at how widespread they've become in a very short time. So I'm surprised their threat is mostly being minimized because it's clear that they are a BIG problem. Their beautiful golden webs (no one here has ever seen bright yellow spider webs!) are HUGE and HIGH and STRONG - stretching high across a driveway e.g. They survive until frost and I fear for migrating Monarchs and hummingbirds, late rare dragonflies, and more. We saw fewer of our native garden/orb spiders this Fall. Shot at the wetlands last month, North Georgia
NOTE: I read they are native to Japan ... if you have them in your country, tell me more about them
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El gondolero es la persona que maneja o gobierna una góndola, un bote a remos tradicional de Venecia. Las góndolas fueron durante siglos el principal medio de transporte de Venecia y todavía juegan un papel importante, ya que sirven como trasbordo desde y hacia los canales principales, para la población autóctona y sobre todo para el turismo.
Se conoce su existencia oficialmente desde el año 1094, pero en la actualidad quedan solamente un centenar de góndolas en la ciudad de Venecia, ya que la mayoría han sido sustituidas por embarcaciones a motor (motoscafos), en cambio durante el siglo XVIII navegaban por los canales miles de góndolas.
En la proa de la embarcación suele haber un adorno de hierro para protección en caso de accidente, para decoración y como contrapeso, ya que el gondolero rema de pie en la popa.
Una góndola es larga y estrecha, con un contorno asimétrico para facilitar la propulsión con un solo remo, y con una curvatura longitudinal que reduce al mínimo el área de contacto con el agua. El remo se sostiene con una cerradura especial conocida como forcola, que tiene una forma complicada, permitiéndole varias posiciones como son de remo lento, avance, giro, freno y para ciar.
En toda la historia, solo ha habido una mujer gondolera Alexandra Hai, que comenzó su labor en el año 2007.
The gondolier is a person who manages or governs a gondola, a traditional rowing boat to Venice. The gondolas were for centuries the main transportation in Venice and still play an important role, since they serve as transshipment to and from the main channels for the population and especially for tourism.
Their existence is known officially since 1094, but now only a hundred left in the city of gondolas in Venice, as most have been replaced by motor vessels (motoscafos), however during the eighteenth century navigated by Thousands of channels gondolas.
In the bow of the boat there is often a fixture of iron for protection in case of accident, for decoration and as counterweight, as the gondolier rows standing on the stern.
A gondola is long and narrow, with an asymmetrical outline to facilitate propulsion with a single oar, and with a longitudinal curvature that minimizes the contact area with water. The paddle is held with a special lock called Forcola, which has a complicated shape, allowing several positions such as rowing slow progress, turn, brake and finance.
Throughout history, there has been only one woman gondolier Alexandra Hai, which began its work in 2007.
While I wait for the spring migratory bird migration to pick up steam, a look back to last year at approximately this time. The Ring-necked Pheasant is a year round resident, some years seen in abundance, other years - not. Last fall my filmmaker friend George and I counted 75 of them in a single field, but it wasn't a photographic situation: we were looking into glaring light, and they were extremely skittish.
Single birds are often easier to photograph. This male was hanging out beside Hwy 18, along my usual access route to Grasslands Park, and when I stopped and exited the car in beautiful morning light, he posed nicely for me. It wasn't a "perfect" situation by any means; we were on a hill, and I was on the high side, looking down, therefore I couldn't do much to minimize the background. I had driven past him to get on the right side of the light, which was the more important consideration.
The background detail doesn't detract too much, despite not being ideal. But I do want to make the point that backgrounds are really important. I've seen a lot of great images ruined by lack of attention to background detail - including some of my own. I remember meeting a Famous Canadian Photographer at the counter of a film lab many years ago, and I was telling him about a recent encounter with some cow elk that got into a dispute right in front of me. They were up on their hind legs, lashing out at each other with front hooves. His first question: "How was the background?" Unfortunately, it wasn't great.
That one comment increased my awareness of backgrounds, so that today I always take them into consideration when assessing a scene or a shot. When I slow my vehicle down to try for a bird-on-post or bird-on-boulder or bird-on-sagebrush shot, I'm watching not only the light on the bird, but how the bird aligns with the background as I roll to a stop. I don't want to find "unlucky overlap" in my images. A foot or two can make a huge difference!
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
A Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) poses in a meadow in Virginia. I tried something slightly different for this photo. Instead of cropping the bird close and going for a portrait shot, I kept the bird in the bottom right corner of the frame and minimized cropping. My goal with this shot was to show the bird much smaller in the frame than usual and have it stand out against the out-of-focus brush in the background.
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Effectiveness test - This is a single exposure using the MSM star tracker with an exposure time of 181 second, color temperature 3500 K , post-production at LrC. I waited a long time for this test to be performed, but finally I know that what I expected in night shots can be done with the OLYMPUS system. I was able to freely extend the time obtained without fear of disturbing the stars and the occurrence of noise. Below is a table of settings that theoretically make it possible to obtain point stars without noise at the focal length of 12 mm MFT (24 mm FF) - an extension of the Alex McGregor method. For larger or smaller focal lengths and smaller or larger focal lengths f - of course, starting times for ISO 6400 are different, e.g. 17 mm MFT (35 mm FF) f / 2.8 - 10 s, 25mm MFT (50 mm FF) f'2.8 - 7 s , ....
ISO 6400 - f / 2.8 - 15 sec
ISO 3200 - f / 2.8 - 30 sec; f / 4.0 - 60 sec
ISO 1600 - f / 2.8 - 60 sec; f / 4.0 - 120 sec
ISO 800 - f / 2.8 - 120 sec; f / 4.0 - 240 sec
ISO 640 - f / 2.8 - 180 sec; f / 4.0 - 360 sec
ISO 400 - f / 2.8 - 240 sec; f / 4.0 - 480 sec
ISO 200 - f / 2.8 - 480 sec; f / 4.0 - 960 sec
ISO 100 - f / 2.8 - 960 sec; f / 4.0 - 1920 sec
ISO 64 - f / 2.8 - 1920 sec; f / 4.0 - 3840 sec
The conditions of the available light are 10 km from the center of Kielce and there is a lit street, and in the background there are several smaller towns around Kielce
The lights on the right side are coming from strong lights coming on from neighboring houses during the illumination.
In this way, I want to create mosaics with stars along with painting the foreground light.
The use of very wide angles - below 10 mm MFT (20 mm FF) in the nightscapes image is pointless in my opinion, because such focal lengths effectively move away the stars and the foreground in our image, depriving them of detail. Such compositions are not very realistic. It is optimal to make multi-level panoramas (2 x 3, 3 x 5, 3 x 7) using focal lengths 10 - 12 - 17 - 25 mm MFT (20 - 24 - 35 - 50 mm FF). The compositions of Richard Tatti are a good example.
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Led Lenser P7 ( version 450 lm ) + foil LEE filter CTO 205 ( 1/2 )
I used only a laser pointer for the setting, but greater accuracy can be obtained by using a polar telescope with backlight (for longer focal lengths when photographing DSS objects). In the case of a wide angle, it is enough to set the laser. The key is to have an equatorial wedge with precise adjustment by means of screws in two planes with a good lock of the selected position. It is also extremely important that the entire set is rotated as close as possible to the tripod axis to minimize the forces acting on the rotator mechanism (star tracker), so I used a ball head on the rotator and placed the camera on it. This time I did not use Z platforms, but for the composition plummet you will have to move the camera a bit away from the rotator to freely position the next vertical frames for mosaics or stacking star photos.
I manually focused on a bright star using the 14x magnification.
To avoid any shake, I used the remote camera control mode with the OM Image Share (Bulb) application installed on the Huawei P40 lite to release the shutter.
It is important to make three adjustments to the set of devices after purchase:
1. Laser calibration
2. Calibration of polar scopes
3. Tightening the rotator mechanism with a screwdriver (elimination of backlash)
An interesting fact is that this M.Zuiko 12 - 40 mm f / 2.8 PRO lens actually exhausts all the needs for nightscapes image realization.
Such a curiosity, the Z platform can be used to correctly take panoramas by finding the modal point for a given lens, which is extremely important for the correct rendering of the spatial effect for the foreground.
The modal distance is the distance by which the axis of panorama rotation from the camera matrix should be shifted along the lens axis - usually it is a few to several cm.
The modal point is a property of each lens, and finding it consists in experimentally shifting the panorama rotation axis by such a value that the foreground objects obscuring the objects behind them - after changing the angle - are still obscured. Such a designation can be carried out by taking photos of some tall and thin objects that obscure each other - e.g. a field of grain. It is enough to set the modal point once for a given lens and, when taking panoramas, move the camera on a long plate by the value found.
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The „Schiefes Haus“, or crooked house, is the most frequently photographed former town house in Ulm and dates all the way back to the year 1406.
In 1443, a fundamental extension of the house in the late Gothic style was completed. Initially it had measured only half its current length, but the extension enlarged it to the current size and towards the creek Blau. The north wall of the house stood on steady gravel. The south wall, however, was founded on much less firm ground. As the foundation of this house side slowly gave way, the fundament moved with it and the house sunk into a tilted shape. To save it from eventually "swimming apart", the house was first supported by three additional pillars, before the wooden south wall was replaced by a stone wall in the mid 17th century.
In around 1800, also the wooden north wall was replaced by a stone wall. At the end of the 19th century, the wooden pillars on the south side were given concrete fundaments. Despite all efforts, however, the house continued to tilt and turn on the south side - due to moisture issues in the roof and the cross beams, and the extreme weight of the first floor that had been filled up to counterbalance the tilt.
Thanks to the prominent first floor of the building that was secured by wooden props, it was possible to add a gallery for the tying up of wooden boxes and the mooring of riverboats. Today, the historic landing has become a "swimming" gallery on the Blau. The glass floor allows a direct view of the fundament of the former fish basin.
In the course of the restoration and renovation works in 1994/95, the house's fundament was again reinforced, the original bearing structure reconstructed and the entire roof- and ceiling structure stabilized. Additionally, all weight was moved to the north side - as far as possible - and secured. The wood paintings on the cross beams on the first floor were restored and the vaulted ceiling reconstructed.
Today's condition of the "Schiefes Haus" brings across the history of the building, thanks to both the retention of the tilted floors and the minimized visibility of modern technology, while it offers all the modern comfort and amenities to our guests.
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Wild ginger (Asarum canadense) is native to East North America and grows in mature deciduous woodlands.
The drab, maroon colored flowers grow close to the ground and are completely concealed by leaves of the wild ginger plant. They are therefore inaccessible to pollination by bees, butterflies or hummingbirds.
A widely held belief was that pollination was by means of fungus gnats or flies that frequent the forest floor. However, the flowers possess no odor to attract flies.
Studies have shown that the flowers are almost exclusively self-pollinated. Nevertheless, beetles, ants and other insects that inhabit the forest floor may assist in pollination, but are not absolutely required.
In the photo, the ant sitting on the wild ginger flower scratches its head in puzzlement!
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This wild flower was photographed in situ taking care to minimize disturbance .
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Tower Bridge isn’t named so because it is one of the few bridges on the Thames that features towers. In fact, it’s named after the Tower of London which is located on one side of the Bridge. The Tower of London also influenced the final design.
The bridge is 800 feet (244 m) in length with two towers each 213 feet (65 m) high, built on piers. The central span of 200 feet (61 m) between the towers is split into two equal bascules or leaves, which can be raised to an angle of 86 degrees to allow river traffic to pass. The bascules, weighing over 1,000 tons each, are counterbalanced to minimize the force required and allow raising in five minutes.
The high-level open-air walkways between the towers gained an unpleasant reputation as a haunt for prostitutes and pickpockets as they were only accessible by stairs they were seldom used by regular pedestrians and were closed in 1910. In 1982 they were reopened as part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition, a display housed in the bridge’s twin towers, the high-level walkways and the Victorian engine rooms.
The bridge usually opens at least once a day and if you’re a boat that requires an opening, you need to book it in advance. The bascules are raised around 1000 times a year. River traffic is now much reduced, but it still takes priority over road traffic. Today, 24 hours’ notice is required before opening the bridge. There is no charge for vessels.
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Last Sunday, I had the privilege of participating in a workshop called "Cameras and Dancers" where photographers were paired with dancers for the opportunity to shoot them in a myriad of poses. The location for the shoot was Union Station – a marvelous, historic building and the hub of Los Angeles's metro system.
I got so many wonderful shots that I expect you'll be seeing many manipulations of them in the next few weeks and over time.
Credits: The beautiful Haylee Nichele (with hummingbirds from Pixabay).
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I created a spiral of various screws standing on their heads on a small oak block. I had a red T-shirt in the background, so the screws would pick up a bit of red. I chose to use only the ambient light coming through the windows to the left of the frame, to minimize the flaring on the shiny metal surfaces. HMM
The simplicity of a popsicle wrapper on a glass table caught my eye as my sweet west coast damsel and I babysat her two precious granddaughters a few nights ago, I saw the kaleidoscope of colors and all I did was minimize the glare and bingo a beautiful abstract image of crinkled plastic wrapper.
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The original aircraft, of which just two were built in 1927, were designed to research high speed flight in monoplanes. They achieved speeds of around 185 mph, but were not commercially successful - possibly due to their difficult handling.
To minimize the frontal area for streamlining purposes, the design was sized around the test pilot, one Mr Broad, who despite his name, was quite a slightly built gentleman. Fortunately, Mr Jones is also able to fit himself into the extremely cosy cockpit.
Pictured here flying on a summer's evening at Old Warden Aerodrome near Bedford, England. The low evening sun makes the aircraft appear far more orange than it is in normal daylight - it's actually a pale buff colour.
2019 West-Tsavos National Park, Kenya
. These antelopes have beautiful, large, dark eyes surrounded by a white ring. And while their eyes are stunning, they provide more than just sight. Preorbital glands appear as a black spot below the inside corner of each eye. These glands produce a dark, sticky secretion used to scent-mark their territories.
The most distinguishing feature is their elongated snout, which is also an evolved cooling mechanism that stops them from overheating, even in extreme temperatures of up to 40°C (104°F). This also helps minimize their need for water.
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Before ADA - Here is a fieldstone staircase in one of our Genesee County parks built by the WPA, a Great Depression-era program in the USA. It is built diagonally down this hill with a minimal rise in each stair. This was an attempt at minimizing barriers "before we had to". Now, eighty years later, it is still going strong and looking good in autumn's colors
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I love the light this time of year. Still a little softness and low angle to minimize glare, but high enough to capture the color of its water's playfulness.
So I've seen some awesome shots of the Blood Moon, far better than mine. It was fun trying something new but I have so much noise!! I used a tripod and the timer to minimize movement. I used different shutter settings, but failed to try a different ISO?? Any suggestions I would love to hear. Thanks!!
This one showed lots of personality while I watched its range of mannerisms. Here the crest is in a ragged punk rocker mode. She also "slicked back" and minimized the crest and arranged it every way in between the extremes.
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The streets are empty, the sunrise unnoticed as we hide from that which is unseen but rarely forgotten, an invisible enemy that impacts every minute of our day in ways that were unimaginable just a few short days ago.
As dreary as things are we can never forget the beauty that accompanies each new dawn, life begins afresh for some but sadly ends for others, our duty to the departed is to live and in doing so they live on with us.
As the sun slowly rises and pushes back the blackness of the night so to should we try to push the darkness we feel in our hearts to the side for a later time when we have the time for the luxury of grief.
Now is a time for a determination that comes not from outside but inside, we can do nothing for the fallen other than make sure we minimize their number and that they are not forgotten.
This scene is of a morning pre sunrise glow across the pleasant design of Puglian trulli on a street in Alberobello in Apulia region of Italy.
I took this with my D750 and Nikon 24- 85mm Lens at 24mm 8s, f/20 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz Denoise
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The 1243 foot long Linn Cove Viaduct was the last portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway to be completed, in 1983. It winds around the slopes of Grandfather Mt. and was built to minimize environmental impact on the mountain. Many photos show its entire sweep. I think this one shows its grace but also its power and its relationship to nature.
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Oasis Outfit @ The Mainstore
Sizes include:
* Slink Original & Hourglass (incl. Petite & Homme)
* Belleza, Isis, Venus & Freya (for Natural)
* eBody Classic & Curvy
* Tonic Curvy, Fine & Minimizer
* Maitreya, Lara Petite & Flat Chest
* Signature Alice
* Legacy with Perky & Petite
* Kupra (original) & Kups (B)
You can increase the transparency for both the top & the sleeves using the +/- buttons on the HUD. Each button will increase or decrease the transparency in steps of 10% allowing you to take each piece from opaque to gone. (Transparency option is for the main body of each piece, and not for the trim)
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YM SHOP_Vague Jumpsuit
Compatible with, Tonic bodies, Maitreya, Ebody, Belleza, Legacy, Slink. Provided with Top hud 40 colors and pant hud 40 colors. Mix and match for create your own style!
for Body:Strip Tank - Lara,Lara Petite, Kupra Original, KupraKupsB,Venus,Tonic Fine Mini,Tonic Fine,Tonic Curvy, Rebirth,Rebirth Petite,Physique,Physique Petite,Perky,Perky Petite,Legacy,Freya,Hourglass,Hourglass Petite,Isis,Kalhene.
Stripable via touch or via your HUD
White-Blacklist or set to Public.
96 textures (56 plain - 16 dirty - 24 Camo)
4 sheers and 4 shine levels
Set 'strip on touch' on and off via the HUD Minimize and scale your HUD.
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for Body: Maitreya,Kupra,Legacy,Physique,Rebirth,Tonic,Venus,
Kalhene,Isis,Hourglass,Freya.
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Compatible : Altamura / Legacy / Perky / Maitreya / Petite / eBody / Freya / Isis / Hourglass / Tonic Curve, Fine and Minimizer / Kupra
Available in 20 colors
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This place was amazing!! The rock formations are so red and so delicate that we felt guilty walking around. You had to be extremely careful to minimize any breakage to these fragile rock formations. Good thing it is so remote and not too many people visit. It was gorgeous to see but very challenging to shoot as a lot of the pics just looked too busy. I have no idea why it's called Little Finland. It's also known as the Hobgoblins Playground.....probably a better name.
Taken at Cardiff Bay Nature Reserve.
Birds' legs have an adaptation called "rete mirabile" that minimizes heat loss. The arteries that transport warm blood into the legs lie in contact with the veins that return colder blood to the bird's heart. ... And by standing on one leg, a bird reduces by half the amount of heat lost through unfeathered limbs.
Called the Queen of the Adriatic, Venice has a setting that no other city in the world can rival. It is a network of rii (streams), canali (canals) calli (streets) and campi (squares). The richness and charm of Venice does not derive solely from the presence of significant works of architecture and art (Bellini, Tiziano, Veronese, Tintoretto, Palladio, Sansovino, and many others) but also from the general layout of the city and its way of life. “The rules change in Venice,” I’m told by Janys Hyde, long-time Venice resident and friend. For me, Venice is pure magic. In some ways the city is like a movie set tho' it's not fair to minimize Venice to make believe.
Venice is unique among all great cities of the world in that its streets are full of water. Made up of 118 islands only two to four feet above sea level, crisscrossed by 117 canals, and connected by some 360 bridges, its main avenue is the curving Grand Canal, its buses are the vaporetti. There is no other city in the world of this size and sophistication where the automobile is absent. With no better way to explain, Venice is all about the water. Janys tells me “when furniture is delivered to your home, it’s done by boat or when an ambulance is called it arrives on the water. To truly understand and ‘get in touch with Venice’ one must embrace the water.” Embrace I did, and instantly, feeling a sigh of relief from the usual bells, pollution and whistles of the big city.
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Nila Outfit @ The Mainstore
Uber cute straped body with matching tube top (with logos) and strappy shoes.
Gorgeous range of colours
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* Belleza, Isis, Venus & Freya (for Perky)
* eBody Classic & Curvy
* Tonic Curvy, Fine & Minimizer
* Maitreya, Lara Petite & Flat Chest
* Signature Alice
* Legacy with Perky & Petite
* Kupra (original) & Kups (B)
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Josie Dress and Shoes @ The Mainstore
2 fat packs this time. The Asymmetric dress has built in optional panties, and the shoes have 3 parts to mix & match
Sizes include:
* Slink Original & Hourglass (incl. Petite & Homme)
* Belleza, Isis, Venus & Freya (for Natural)
* eBody Classic & Curvy
* Tonic Curvy, Fine & Minimizer (incl Dainty options)
* Maitreya, Lara Petite & Flat Chest
* Signature Alice
* Legacy & Perky (ouch)
* Kupra (original) & Kups (A)
Kupra Body, Lelutka Lilly Head, Hair by Tram
To contrast my previous post of a spring female Northern Parula here is a spring male. Notice the more colorful breast bands, the more vibrant blues, and the black color in the lores (the area between the eye and the beak).
This warbler species is one of those where it is usually far easier to work with the shorter the duration of time that has passed since arriving on breeding grounds. When I hear a recent arrival of this species sing I am looking around to see what potential compositions are available. If you know what you are doing you can minimize the time you spend with a bird, and usually get the type of image you want. If I hear a bird sing, and don't like the lighting, or see no composition I would like to work with, I move on. I also try to avoid heavily birded areas in the spring. There are many advantages to working earlier in the spring. There are more open perches, more is in bloom, and nesting has not yet begun.
A tenement in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg. The house has a slight circular curvature to the street side. And the door is quite minimized by the relatively large dominating windows. Should be Bauhaus architecture. But I'm not sure.
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Body used: Maitreya
Head: Lelutka Avalon evox
Sizes:
Altamura / eBody Curvy / Freya / Hourglass / Isis / legacy / Maitreya / Perky / Petite / T Curvy / T Fine / T Minimizer /
Colors:
Skirt:
Hud driven with 3 colors
On what turned out to be a super windy day, I wanted to get out and find something to shoot. I came across this tight grove of trees that were alone for miles in all directions and figured they would be my anchor. Their direction was perfect for my polarizer as I watched the clouds racing across the sky. This one turned out best as the clouds minimize the trees below.
Als Lotoseffekt (in der Schreibweise Lotus-Effekt als Markenname geschützt) wird die geringe Benetzbarkeit einer Oberfläche bezeichnet, wie sie bei der Lotospflanze beobachtet werden kann. Wasser perlt in Tropfen ab und nimmt dabei auch alle Schmutzpartikel auf der Oberfläche mit. Verantwortlich dafür ist eine komplexe mikro- und nanoskopische Architektur der Oberfläche, die die Haftung von Schmutzpartikeln minimiert.
The lotus effect refers to self-cleaning properties that are a result of ultrahydrophobicity as exhibited by the leaves of Nelumbo or "lotus flower". Dirt particles are picked up by water droplets due to the micro- and nanoscopic architecture on the surface, which minimizes the droplet's adhesion to that surface. Ultrahydrophobicity and self-cleaning properties are also found in other plants, such as Tropaeolum (nasturtium), Opuntia (prickly pear), Alchemilla, cane, and also on the wings of certain insects.
Living in the Eastern Sierra can be an adventure in itself, with periodic wildfires fanned by high winds in dry conditions. In August of 2020 the Slink Fire erupted in the Slinkard Valley, and eventually came over the ridge to appear above the homes in the towns of Walker and Coleville in Little Antelope Valley. I captured this image just a few miles from my house, along the detour of Highway 395. Fortunately this fire was contained before it cause too much damage, but a later one fanned by winds over 50 MPH burned over 70 structures in the neighboring community of Walker. Residents and governmental agencies have been reducing sagebrush in and around neighborhoods to minimize future fire wildfire risk.
This Slink Fire panorama was captured Sunday night, August 31, as it burns over the towns of Coleville and Walker in Little Antelope Valley. By September 1, the fire was significantly reduced by air tankers and helicopters. Highway 395 re-opened.
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~Original Fitted Mesh~
4 Piece Chain outfit
Can be worn with or without items, you choose
Rigged for the following mesh bodies
Mesh Body Legacy
Maitreya
Maitreya Petite
Slink Physique
Hourglass
Tonic Fine, Curvy, Fine Minimizer
Bellezza Isis, Freya
Texture Tint Hud included with 3 metals to choose from (tint as well)