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Schloss Moritzburg ist ein barockes Jagd- und Lustschloss in Sachsen, Deutschland. Es liegt auf einer künstlich angelegten Insel inmitten eines Teiches, etwa 13 Kilometer nordwestlich von Dresden, nahe der Stadt Moritzburg.
Das Schloss wurde im 16. Jahrhundert als Jagdschloss erbaut und im 18. Jahrhundert unter August dem Starken im Barockstil umgestaltet. Es beeindruckt durch seine symmetrische Architektur, die prächtigen Innenräume und die malerische Umgebung. Besonders bekannt ist es auch als Drehort des beliebten Weihnachtsfilms „Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel“.
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Moritzburg Castle is a Baroque hunting and pleasure palace in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on an artificially created island in the middle of a pond, about 13 kilometers northwest of Dresden, near the town of Moritzburg.
The castle was originally built in the 16th century as a hunting lodge and was redesigned in the Baroque style in the 18th century under Augustus the Strong. It impresses with its symmetrical architecture, magnificent interiors, and picturesque surroundings. It is also well-known as the filming location for the beloved Christmas movie "Three Wishes for Cinderella".(Quelle/source: Internet)
The Cascade and Coastal Mountains offer unsurpassed natural beauty in the Pacific Northwest especially in the evening hours when the mountains and hills are tucked in for the night with a soft blanket of haze. All that's missing is a lullaby.
Eastern Chipmunk.
Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back nuch thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.
The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.
They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
The pink-footed goose is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands and western Denmark.
It is a medium sized goose, 60-75cm long, the wingspan 135-170cm, and weighing 1.8-3.4 kg. It has a short bill, bright pink in the middle with a black base and tip, and pink feet.
The body is mid-grey-brown, the head and neck a richer, darker brown, the rump and vent white, and the tail grey with a broad
white tip.
Photographed with: Canon 5DSR
Against a stary night sky, the Rio Grande searchlights at West Toponas shine outward into the night. The next morning, they will guide the M-PHBO on their run east to Bond. After that, they're likely to stay dark until the next weeks local, with no other regular traffic polishing the rails on the route to Craig.
An aerial view at low tide along the Oregon Coast reveals interesting patterns. Watching harbor seals forage from above was an added bonus.
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We didn't see any rattlesnakes on the way to Rattlesnake Ledge but we did see this garter snake on the way back down. This species of garter snake is common throughout the Pacific Northwest of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia
Sunset, Fort Ebey State Park - Island County, Washington.
The sunset sets with stormy skies across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Whidbey Island.
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28/06/2023, Northwest Spitsbergen National Park, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.
A Cook Islands registered, Norwegian owned, charter yacht with a steel hull.
The owner is a Svalbard resident, Heinrich Eggenfellner, and his company is Arctica Expeditions AS.
Launched in November 20023, and completed in 2004 by Saxe, Arendal, Norway.
40 displacement tons.
Length: 62 feet/19,1 m.
Engine: Caterpillar 3208/210 HP, as 'Arctica II'.
The company have a good and detailed website which is worth a look around:
arcticaexpeditions.com/arctica_II_general_info.htm
Photo with the kind permission of Ovanes Agaryan.
A stroll behind a waterfall. This is why people love the Pacific Northwest. And I have to say, iPhone has come a long ways. Its long exposures post editing feature is almost, if not as good as dslr.
Although they are usually called a Cougar, a Mountain Lion or a Panther, they are also often referred to as Painter, Deer Tiger and Catamount, depending on your geographic location. The Cougar has forty recognized names in the English language as well as at least twenty-five native North American names and eighteen South American names. All of which just goes to show how important scientific names are when referring to a species of animal. Like all other animals the Puma has only one scientific name (although this name may be changed to reflect our increasing scientific knowledge). Currently the Puma is Puma concolor (it was Felis concolor but this name is not now correct as the Puma is no longer considered to be a member of the genus Felis.)
For animals that hunt at night an enhanced sense of touch is obviously useful and for cats this is supplied by special sensitive hairs called vibrissae by scientists, but otherwise commonly known as whiskers. Vibrissae are extremely sensitive to touch and can tell the cat about even small changes in air movement around it. Being longer than ordinary hairs they are the first part of a cat to touch the world and they therefore allow a cat to move around in complete darkness without bumping into things.
Felines, with the notable exception of lions and to a lesser extent domestic cats, are habitually solitary, however they are sometimes are found in pairs (either m/m, f/f or m/f) or larger groups consisting of a single adult female and her immature young. Three quarters of cat species live in forests and many prefer a dense undergrowth that helps them approach their prey unseen.
In Captivity @ Northwest Trek - Eatonville, WA
I put together a calendar of this year's night photos. It was fun to look back on an eventful year of shooting in the dark. www.lulu.com/shop/craig-goodwin/northwest-nights-2016-cal...