Caticlan Aklan , Philippines

While cruising in the mid of the sea

Winter in Strasbourg

A big storm approaches. Soon it was darker and rainy. Much as I wanted to stay knee deep in the water photographing, it was safer to leave.

Just taken from home I wake up seeing the mountain you forget how beautiful it is

MKU_6901

[Hardware: Canon EOS, Tamron lens, Samsung TelephotoLens] In collaboration with Sarah.

We lose our souls if we lose the experience of the forest, the butterflies, the song of the birds, if we can't see the stars at night.

Thomas Berry

Off track just one of many of the waterfalls you can see up on MT Taranaki

Summer sunrise framed by coastal pandanus trees at Gold Coast, Australia

Sunrise

In Danish we are calling them "chocolate flowers" :)

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The spider species Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833. It is common to the contiguous United States, Hawaii, southern Canada, Mexico, and Central America. It has distinctive yellow and black markings on the abdomen and a mostly white cephalothorax. Its scientific Latin name translates to "gilded silver-face". The body length of males range from 5–9 mm; females range from 19–28 mm. These spiders may bite if disturbed or harassed, but the venom is harmless to non-allergic humans, roughly equivalent to a bumblebee sting in intensity.

Scientific name: Argiope aurantia

Genus: Argiope

Order: Spider

Family: Orb-weaver Spider

Suborder: Opisthothelae

Class: Arachnid

Biological rank: Species

Shot with my A6300 and Sony 90mm F/2.8 OSS.

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Scarborough storm waves