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Mud plugging, or
sporting trials, is an off-road motor-sport that involves driving a specialised vehicle through steep, muddy courses, prioritising skill and control over speed.
In this case speed is far less important than staying upright.
I bet he wished he had stayed on the roadway.
Mid Devon Show, Knightshayes Court, Tiverton, Devon, UK.
Death Valley—land of incredible textures and formations everywhere you turn. Only us photographers would actually roll around in the mud as I did a couple of mornings to capture some unique layered cracks. Cracks on top of cracks. I wanted to capture something a little different with some serious depth. I stack focused 7 shots here for sharpness throughout. Got a very brief, but intense, flash of color in the sky.
There was a fair amount of new erosion and recently-wet mud on my visit to Death Valley earlier this month, and a lot of it was rained on again on Monday. I can't wait to get back there in a few days to see what's growing where!
this is my little princess making mud pies in a fancy sun dress and hat!!! ;)
I processed this into a sepia tone as well (see it below). But I think I ended up liking this one better. I like the bright sunshine...over exposed look. What do you think? hope I made the right choice? I took this at 9:30 a.m....it was amazing how bright the low sun was already shining!!
The weather forecast looked favorable in NE Georgia so we decided to try to get to five waterfalls in a day earlier this week. Very fun day. This is my first posting from it.
I saw a posting of Mud Creek Falls in NE Georgia recently. I've visited that area several times but had never heard of it so decided to check it out.
Mud Creek is really very nice. We had pretty decent overcast skies but there was some sun popping into the scene at times. A nice thing about this falls is that there is no hiking needed. It is located at the end of a road with several parking places available. Composition possibilities are a bit slim as you're limited in moving around. Definitely one to see if you're in that area.
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Mud Volcanoes, Qobustan, Azerbaijan.
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In 1870, explorers stood in awe as Mud Volcano spewed mud into the treetops, shaking the ground with each eruption. Two years later it was a pool of bubbling, muddy water. Mud Volcano had blown itself apart.
Hydrogen sulfide gas rising from Yellowstone's magma chamber causes the rotten-egg smell.
Microorganisms, or thermophiles, use this gas as a source of energy, and then help turn the gas into sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid breaks down the rock and soil into mud.
Many of the colors are vast communities of thermophiles, but some of the yellow is pure sulphur.
When iron mixes with sulphur to form iron sulfide, gray and black swirls sometimes appear in the mud.
(From a sign at the site.)
Mud, Glorious Mud!!
Green-winged Teal dabbling on the mudflats at E B Forsythe NWR, NJ on 1/23/2020
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Mornings on this country road always seems to offer up some rays of light. You better have a clean windshield.
Frozen mud masquerading as scenery on the outskirts of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
I learned a new trick for sharpening photos today, this photo is the first one I tried it on. If you're interested you can read about it in the description of the next photo in my photostream. It works quite well, the details in this shot look super-duper sharp when viewed at 100% on screen...it's cooool
Photo COPYRIGHT 2008/2009 Django Malone
Because it is a modest stream, Mud Creek never supported large-scale commercial shipping, but it heavily dictated how the immediate land was settled in the 1830s.
The creek intersects US Highway 12. Historically, this road was the Old Sauk Trail, a major Native American trail that later became the primary overland military road connecting Detroit and Chicago. Early pioneers traveling this trail used Mud Creek as a vital water source when setting up the first homesteads in Porter Township.
In early town records, Mud Creek and its surrounding marshy lowlands were frequently noted by pioneers as obstacles. Before modern bridges and drainage ditches were built, crossing the "Mud Creek flats" with heavy oxen and timber wagons during the spring thaw was a notoriously difficult task for early settlers moving between Mottville and Union.
Today, the creek remains a heavily wooded, quiet natural corridor. It is surrounded by private acreage, local campsites, and small-scale fishing spots where anglers target warmwater species like largemouth bass and northern pike moving through the river system.
Megachile ericetorum ♀
Banded Mud-Bee
Platterbsen-Mörtelbiene
Bugsamlerbi, Bladskærerbi
If my ID is correct, this is the host of the Sharp-tail Bee (Coelioxys aurolimbata) shown in the previous insect photos
Body length 14-15 mm
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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Wenn Ihnen meine Bilder fliegender Insekten gefallen, besuchen Sie bitte meine Homepage speziell zu diesem Thema:
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PLEASE, NO AWARDS, no Copy and Paste Comments and no group icons like "your wonderful photo was seen in group xyz". They will all be deleted as soon as I see them.
BITTE KEINE AWARDS, kopierte Kommentare oder diese Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich sobald ich sie sehe.
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This entrance to the house looks like a mud room. A place where you stop to remove your muddy boots or shoes before entering the cinderblock house. I doubt there are hardwood floors inside that need to be protected from wet boots.
However, I can’t figure out what else that strange entrance could have been for.
Of course, now are aren’t many windows or even a full roof so it is a moot point. It doesn’t look like siding was used to cover the plywood either. It looks like it was just painted white.
I’d love to know the history of some of these old places.
Taken off a back road in the Northern Neck of Virginia.
Mud Lake is part of Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho and is a beautiful place despite its unattractive name. I thought this tree looked pretty good against the water reflecting a bright blue sky.
With time on my hands, I took a senile struggle through the Severn mud, what used to be easy is now at my time of life, very hard work. 60041 runs back to Wales with the overnight fuel tanks.
I think this is a Yellow-legged Mud-dauber wasp with her ball of mud. In late July and mid-August of 2020 I watched the female carry and patch incredible amounts of mud onto the nest. I photographed her every day that I could. I read somewhere that the male stays inside guarding the nest from any predators but I never saw him. Thank you for taking time from your busy day to view, fave and comment on my images. It is always appreciated.
Ruins of a mud-brick wall from the abandoned Roman and Coptic settlement at Wadi al-Dush, a minor oasis in Egyptian western Desert.
After looking thru my Sierra Valley folders I realized there were still several birds that I hadn't posted. There were many swallows flying around Marbled Hot Springs Rd. this Barn Swallow still had a dirty beak from 'mud dabbing'!
Mud Glorious Mud.....
Green-winged Teal pair feeding on the mudflats at Bombay Hook NWR
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The tide is out and the foreground is Mud Bay where migrating shorebirds stop to take their fill of creatures living in the mud as the tide rolls in and out. The birds follow the tides edge as it uncovers and then covers back up the mud. In October there are no migrating shorebirds here to take advantage of the resources. Kachemak Bay is the deep water between the mud and the glacial fields of the mountains across the bay.
Taken 16 October 2021 at Homer, Alaska.
Parque das Nações, Lisboa, Portugal.