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"You really should consider some goggles in your work. Wouldn't want anything to happen to those pretty eyes of yours…" - A Physician at Airship 107’s Annual Physical
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Our newest release at The Warehouse Sale is a ‘peek’ in the right direction! Introducing the Depthglass Eye System: a seemingly simple item, yet deceptively complex; we have worked to capture precisely how eyes catch light in real life and make it work within Second Life, while keeping it as a single mesh piece and ensuring an easy, seamless fit into your eye sockets.
We've received tonnes of feedback from testers from all walks of SL, and we thank them for helping us with our research to create these fantastic eye bases that will (hopefully) enhance your looks and give a little soul to your avatars.
As far as customization, the included HUD allows you to control the materials, glow, and tint. There are 9 baked in shine textures for non-PBR needs and fallback materials. On top of this, there are 5 different iris sizes and the ability to make them convex or concave to fit them into your eye sockets with ease (and it doesn't affect the way your eyes catch light-in fact, it is identical to the concave!). These eyes will have dozens of ways you can make any eye texture feel unique to you.
The HUD also allows you to input textures via UUID and mirrored fitting of both eyes so you can be assured they are positioned symmetrically, taking out the guesswork.
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Here's an AUTOCARRIAGE:
a trees in Cattleya park with buildings background in the city of Jakarta.
Cattleya city park precisely located in Palmerah sub-district, West Jakarta, province of DKI Jakarta, Indonesia.
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We are staying at Hotel Scardus in Popova Šapka. At the reception, it immediately feels welcoming — “you are family,” they say with a smile. When we mention that we want to go hiking, the advice comes naturally. Higher up the mountain there is no accommodation and no restaurant, they warn us, but at breakfast we are given a packed lunch for the hike toward Anteni. Far below lies the small village of Brodets, fragile in the valley, surrounded by slopes where autumn colors slowly shift from green to reddish brown and gold. This part of the mountain belongs to the Šar Mountains National Park, a vast and open protected area where space and silence dominate. We encounter no other hikers along the trail; the path is completely empty. From time to time we instinctively look around — not because of crowds, but with the quiet hope of not meeting any bears. They truly live here, along with wolves, lynx, foxes, and wild boar. Most of the time they remain unseen, but their presence adds a layer of tension and respect to the landscape. Our food is securely packed in the backpack, carefully sealed so that bears cannot smell it. It is a small, practical precaution, but up here it feels entirely natural — a reminder that this is not a backdrop, but a living wilderness. The walk is technically easy, yet the altitude makes itself felt. Popova Šapka already lies at 1,780 meters, and the path continues to climb steadily towards 2.434 m. This is not a heroic trek, nor a test of endurance. It is precisely this simplicity that makes the moment special: pausing, breathing, looking out over the valley, and sensing how small everything below becomes. Up here, there is nothing to arrange and nothing to buy. Only the mountain, the light, the effort — and a quiet sense of freedom that arrives on its own.
High above Popova Šapka, in the Šar Mountains National Park of North Macedonia, the landscape opens wide toward the small village of Brodets, resting quietly in the valley below. Autumn colors flow across the rolling slopes, while layers of distant peaks fade into soft blue tones. A vast mountain silence surrounds the scene, broken only by wind and sky.
We verblijven in Hotel Scardus in Popova Šapka. Bij de receptie voelt het meteen vertrouwd — “you are family”, zeggen ze glimlachend. Wanneer we vertellen dat we willen wandelen, volgen de tips vanzelf. Boven op de berg is geen accommodatie en geen restaurant, waarschuwen ze, maar bij het ontbijt krijgen we een lunchpakket mee voor de tocht richting Anteni. Diep beneden ligt het dorpje Brodets, klein en kwetsbaar in het dal, omringd door hellingen die in herfstkleuren langzaam overlopen van groen naar roodbruin en goud. Dit deel van de berg behoort tot het Šar Mountains National Park, een uitgestrekt en open berggebied waar ruimte en stilte overheersen. We komen onderweg geen andere wandelaars tegen; het pad ligt er verlaten bij. Af en toe kijken we automatisch om ons heen — niet vanwege drukte, maar met de stille hoop dat we geen beren tegenkomen. Ze leven hier immers echt, net als wolven, lynxen, vossen en wilde zwijnen. Meestal blijven ze onzichtbaar, maar hun aanwezigheid geeft het landschap een extra laag spanning en respect. Ons eten zit goed afgesloten in de rugzak, zorgvuldig verpakt zodat beren niets kunnen ruiken. Het is een kleine, praktische handeling, maar hier boven voelt die vanzelfsprekend — een herinnering dat dit geen decor is, maar leefgebied. De wandeling is technisch eenvoudig, maar de hoogte laat zich voelen. Popova Šapka ligt al op 1.780 meter, en het pad klimt gestaag verder omhoog naar 2.434 m. Het is geen heroïsche tocht en geen prestatie. Juist die eenvoud maakt dit moment bijzonder: even stilstaan, ademhalen, uitkijken over het dal en voelen hoe klein alles beneden wordt. Hierboven valt niets te regelen en niets te kopen. Alleen de berg, het licht, de inspanning — en een gevoel van vrijheid dat zich vanzelf aandient.
Exploring a Forgotten Office Complex
With this tower in the background and the information in the text below, the real detectives should already be able to find the building :D Feel free to send me feedback and wild speculation, but please no spoilers in the comments...
About the Series:
All photos of the series were shot at an abandoned office complex. It seems that the complex was about to be demolished, but I guess they stopped the work on it. It’s located somewhere in Bavaria and with a little investigation and a careful look at this series, everybody should find it. The selected sequence of photos should give the viewer the impression of a walk through the complex and it corresponds mostly to the actually gone way. Of course I wasn't inside myself and I only got the Photos by accident :D
About the post-processing:
For editing I've used the Lightromm plug-in "Silver Efex Pro". More precisely: Preset Nr. 28 (in German: "kühle töne"), but partly with adjustments: sometimes I omitted the blue color filter and I often reduced the very strong contrast of the preset to bring out the details more clearly. For the frame I used the free lightroom plug-in “mogrify”.
A great work from switzerland awarded architect Peter Zumthor.
In 1984 an avalanche destroyed the old baroque chapel in front of the village of St. Benedict. A recently built parking lot had acted like a ramp, pushing the snow from the avalanche up against the chapel. The new site, on the very same path to the Alps above the small village is protected from avalanches by a forest. It is here that the new wooden chapel, faced with larch wood shingles, was inaugurated in 1988. The village authorities sent Zumthor the building permit with the comment “senza perschuasiun” (without conviction). Yet the abbot and monks of the Disentis Monastery and the then village priest Bearth had a desire to build something new and contemporary for future generations.
"When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It’s not about paper, it’s not about forms. It’s about space and material."
From the composition and “presence” of the materials to the handling of proportions and the effect of light, this poetics of architecture enables the reader to recapitulate what really matters in the process of design. In conclusion, Peter Zumthor has described what really constitutes an architectural atmosphere as "this singular density and mood, this feeling of presence, well-being, harmony, beauty...under whose spell I experience what I otherwise would not experience in precisely this way."
"To possess the world in the form of images is, precisely, to re-experience the unreality and remoteness of the the real." Susan Sontag, On Photography
Biwa, an esteemed Kara elder and charismatic leader, vogued this near-surreal pose during preparations for an evening communal dance in Korcho, a small settlement set high on the east bank of Ethiopia's lower Omo River.
Adorned with finger-painted, white-chalk body markings and brass earrings. The ivory lip-button and clay hair bun with ostrich feather reflect a "culture of heroism" shared with other tribes in the region, one that glorifies and rewards individual acts of bravery for killing an enemy or a wild predatory animal.
The dry savanna grasslands and iconic Acacia trees at the fringe of the settlement are indigenous to this remote region. The region is part of Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley that extends south through the Horn of Africa to Kenya and Tanzania. expl#150
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Ah yes, it will take a special kind to appreciate this .....
Mother Nature is so amazing - we should be much kinder to her.
Der VW T1, genauer VW Typ 2 T1, auch Bulli genannt, ist ein Kleintransporter der Volkswagenwerk GmbH (ab 1960: AG).
The VW T1, more precisely the VW Type 2 T1, also known as the Bulli, is a small van manufactured by Volkswagenwerk GmbH (from 1960: AG).
The alps : probably the symbol of Switzerland !
Don't you find strange that when you have a photographic interest of any subject, the best solution is not to go directly to it, but to stay remote in order to have a global view ? For example, most of good pictures of castles are not taken from the castle, but precisely a few km away.
It's the same situation here : I am about 100 Km away of the Berner Oberland and the Alps, on another Mountain Range : the Jura. Between me and these mountains there's at least two lakes. However, it's probably one of the best place - better than the alps themselves - where you can see what alps really are : a chain crossing the horizon from east to west.
This place is absolutely beautiful in the morning when the air is clear. That day, it rained between me and the Alps, giving this graphic aspects for the clouds.
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This picture was published in the Nordic Magazine, n°16, October 2015, pp. 80-81. : Here is the result
This picture could have been taken anywhere else in the world, but it is in switzerland. More precisely, on the Furka Pass. The conditions were just awesome and later clouds and fog came, which also resulted in an impressive mood.
1.) To this day I happen to think that Muhammed Ali is "THE GREATEST" boxer and finest Athlete of ALL TIME. there are 100's of other good fighters, but NOBODY else comes close in boxing.
("I don't have to be what you want me to be; I'm free to be what I want"), the poetry (his ability to compose rhymes on the run could very well qualify him as the first rapper)
Ali brought beauty and grace to the most uncompromising of sports....Floating, stinging, punching, prophesying, he transformed his sport and became the most adored athlete in the ENTIRE WORLD, living or dead.
"Master of "The Sweet Science"
mention his name and EVERYBODY knows who Ali is"
2.) Jackie Joyner-Kersee
In every revolution -- and surely the explosion of women's sport is nothing less -- there is a leader. Whether vocal or silent, whether by purpose or happenstance, there is a figure whose shadow falls across an era and whose footprints mark the path for others to follow. In ways that could be measured, Jackie Joyner-Kersee was one of the greatest Olympic athletes in history, and in ways that could not, she was a rare combination of courage and grace, of power and vulnerability. A generation of women looked into her face and saw something they had never before seen in sport, and they were drawn to it.
"You could see that she loved everything she did and that she invested every ounce of strength she had in it," says Mia Hamm, who was 12 when Joyner-Kersee narrowly missed winning a gold medal in the heptathlon at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. "You saw her and
you got the idea of what a woman athlete should be. At the time it seemed almost like she wasn't responsible for just her sport, but for all of women's sport."
Hamm's words ring true. Joyner-Kersee is Sports Illustrated For Women's Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century not just because she was one of the best performers in track and field history, but also because the energy of her athleticism and personality wrapped itself around all of women's sport at precisely the time when it began to grow.
she won a silver medal in the heptathlon in the 1984 Olympics and gold medals in the 1988 and 1992 Games. She also won a gold medal in the long jump in 1988 and a bronze at the 1992 Olympics. Joyner-Kersee is the heptathlon world record-holder and American record-holder in the long jump. Her sister-in-law is the late track star Florence Griffith Joyner. A sufferer of exercise-induced asthma, Joyner-Kersee officially retired from track and field in 2001 at age 38. After her retirement, she started the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center Foundation to encourage kids in her underprivileged hometown to play sports.
3.) Jim Brown will always be a MARVEL of mine....Jim Brown is to running backs what Superman is to cartoon heroes. Standing 6-foot-2 and packing 230 hard pounds on his square-shouldered frame, he was an explosive fullback, combining outstanding speed with awesome power.
Brown played only nine seasons for the Cleveland Browns -- and led the NFL in rushing eight times. He averaged 104 yards a game, a record 5.2 yards a pop. He ran for at least 100 yards in 58 of his 118 regular-season games.
And MOST IMPRESSIVE.... (he never missed 1 game in his Entire Career) LOL!!!!!
Amazingly, football might not have been Brown's best sport. Some say he was a more talented lacrosse player, and he is the only person to be inducted into the halls of fame for pro football, college football and lacrosse.
4.) Barry Bonds* Go Ahead, put an asterisk after his name if you want to.
To Me is The BEST BASESBALL SLUGGER OF ALL TIME" with or without steriods.....Bonds currently holds the all-time Major League Baseball home run record with 762, and is also the all-time career leader in both Walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688). He holds numerous other records, including the single-season Major League record for home runs (73), set in 2001, and a record Seven Most Valuable Player Awards.
5.) Tom Brady* His career is relatively young and the Man Stands so far Above any other NFL Quarterback its "ridiculous" LOL......:))
To Me Brady is one of the best quarterbacks of OUR era. He has won three Super Bowls (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX), two Super Bowl MVP awards (XXXVI and XXXVIII), and has been invited to four Pro Bowls, and has the most touchdowns in a season. Brady was named to the AP All-Pro Team, and as Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year, in 2005. He also helped set the record for the longest consecutive win streak in NFL history with 21 straight wins over two seasons. PLUS Im nominating him as The MVP of this years Super Bowl with The Patriots going 16-0 in the regular season :))
He has already been named "Sportsman of the Year" This year, by The Sporting News for the second time in his career. He was also named Male Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press, the first time he has received that honor, and the first time an NFL player has been honored since Joe Montana won in 1990.
6.) Tiger Woods...."The king of swings on the green"
The son of an African American Army officer father and a Thai mother, he learned to play as a child. His father, Earl, served as his teacher and mentor. Around the age of eight, Woods showed off his skills. He grew Up to be The Best Golfer EVER!!!!!!
At the tender age of 21 Tiger became first African American to win the U.S. Masters at Augusta in 1997—with a record score of 270. He won six championships in 2005 and was voted the PGA Tour Player of Year for the seventh time in nine years.
He also won the World Golf Championship and US PGA Championship in August 2007. The next month, Woods’ winning ways continued, garnering the top spot at the BMW Championship and The Tour Championship. He was named Player of the Year by the other participants in the PGA Tour and won his eighth Arnold Palmer Award for being the lead money earner on the tour.
7.) Roger Federer has to be The Baddest Man on a Tennins Court!!!!
The undisputed king of tennis was in the news for bagging the 40th title of his career. For Swiss Champion Roger Federer there's no stopping. The show has just begun and he's here to stay.....In 1999, Federer was the youngest player (18 years, 4 months) in the ATP Ranking's year end Top 100.
He became the first player to win Grand Slam events (Wimbledon & US Open) the year after having won three Grand Slam events in the same year.
Federer is the first player to win four Tennis Masters Series titles in one season; he also is only the third player to have won all four North American ATP Masters Series events in a career. Federer became the first man to reach four consecutive Grand Slam finals since Andre Agassi reached four finals between 1999 (French Open) and 2000 (Australian Open), winning three titles. He bettered the result by reaching and winning the final of Wimbledon in 2006 to make it five consecutive Grand Slam finals (won four out of five).
Federer won four consecutive titles at one event for the first time on June 18th, 2006 at the Gerry Weber Open and tied Bjorn Borg's record of 41 straight grass-court wins with a 6-0, 6-7, 6-2 victory over Tomas Berdych. He repeated this feat by winning his fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship on July 9th, 2006, beating Rafael Nadal in the final.
8.) Micheal Jordan....c'mon say it..LOL...MJ..I wanna be like Mike!!!!
Did U ever drink "GATORADE"???? or lace Up a pair of Nike's????
Well in my Estimation Jordan is almost single handedly responsible for Us All doing these things.........What Kid growing Up anywhere in the WORLD has never heard of him????
By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time -- although a summary of his basketball career and influence on the game inevitably fails to do justice to the man. A phenomenal athlete with a unique combination of fundamental soundness, grace, speed, power, artistry, improvisational ability and an unquenchable competitive desire, Jordan single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar!!!!!
Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five NBA MVP (Most Valuable Player) awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances and three All-Star MVPs, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA record for highest career regular season scoring average with 30.1 points per game, as well as averaging a record 33.4 points per game in the playoffs. In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century.
Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam. He is currently a part-owner and Managing Member of Basketball Operations of the Charlotte Bobcats in his home state of North Carolina.
9.) Wilma Rudolph
The first American woman ever to win three gold medals in the Olympics, Wilma Rudolph overcame major obstacles to make her mark in the record books and in life.
She was named United Press Athlete of the Year (1960), the AP Woman Athlete of the Year (1960, 1961) and received the Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete (1961). She has been inducted into the Women's Sports Hall of Fame and named one of five sports stars selected as America's Greatest Women Athletes by the Women's Sports Foundation, she is in the Black Sports Hall of Fame and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Rudolph gave women's track a strong boost in America.
10.) Billie Jean King
One of the best female tennis players in history, she brought women's tennis - and women's sports in general - into prime time. In the 1970s, during the infancy of the Equal Rights Amendment, she helped establish a player's union and professional women's tour and fought for equal pay.
In 1967 she was selected as "Outstanding Female Athlete of the World". In 1972 she was named Sports Illustrated "Sportsperson of the Year", the first woman to be so honored; and in 1973, she was dubbed "Female Athlete of the Year".
She was the first female athlete to win over $100,000 prize money in a single season. Billie Jean King spoke out for women and their right to earn comparable money in tennis and other sports. Her constant lobbying and commitments have broken many barriers.
Billie Jean King established the first successful women's professional tennis tour. She founded tennis clinics for undeprivileged children. For her contributions to tennis as President of Tennis-America, Billie Jean King was awarded the National Service Bowl.
11.) Martina Navratilova
Perhaps the greatest women's tennis player of all time who set a new standard for women's achievement in sports. In addition to revolutionizing physical training in her sport, she courageously became one of the first star athletes to publicly disclose her homosexuality.
Nobody, ever, has had such a glittering trove of numbers. As a pro since 1973, she played the most singles tournaments (380) and matches (1,650), and won the most titles (167) and matches (1,438) with a won-lost mark of 1,438-212. She won more prize money, $20,344,061, than all but Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras.
Her doubles feats, attesting to a grandeur of completeness, were as sparkling: played the second most tournaments (286) and the most matches (1,111), and won the most titles (162) and matches (989) with a won-lost mark of 989-122. Throw in infrequent but very positive mixed doubles: played 27 tournaments, won 8 with a won-lost of 94-19. Overall for this three-way stretcher: played the most tournaments (693) and matches (2,874); won the most titles (337) and matches (2,521) with a 2,521-353 won-lost. Thus she battled .872 in singles, .890 in doubles, and .832 in mixed--.877 for everything. It means she won 48.6 percent of all the tournaments she entered. Whew Weeeeee, she a Bad Girl!!!!! :))
12.) Kobe Bryant......"The Golden Boy"
Bryant rose to national prominence in 1996 when he became the first guard in league history to be drafted out of high school, and led a wave of high school basketball players skipping college for the NBA. Bryant and then-teammate Shaquille O'Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. Since O'Neal's departure following the 2004 season, Bryant has become the cornerstone of the Lakers' franchise, and was the NBA leading scorer during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.
Bryant's individual scoring accomplishments posted resulted in the finest statistical season of his career. The season included many spectacular individual performances including a game on December 20 in which Bryant scored 62 points despite playing only three quarters against the Dallas Mavericks. Entering the fourth quarter Bryant had, by himself, outscored the entire Mavericks team 62-61, the only time a player has done this through three quarters since the advent of the 24-second shot clock. When the Lakers faced the Miami Heat on January 16, 2006, Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal made headlines by engaging in handshakes and hugs before the game, signifying the end of the feud that had festered between the two players since O'Neal's acrimonious departure from Los Angeles. A month later, at the 2006 NBA All-Star Game, the two laughed and joked together on several occasions. On January 22, Bryant scored 81 points in a 122-104 victory against the Toronto Raptors, who finished with a 27-55 season record and were among the worst defensive teams in the league. In addition to breaking the previous franchise record of 71 set by Elgin Baylor, his point total in that game was the second highest in NBA history, surpassed only by Wilt Chamberlain's legendary 100-point game in 1962.
Also in January, Bryant became the first player since 1964 to score 45 points or more in four consecutive games, joining Chamberlain and Baylor as the only players ever to do so. For the month of January, Bryant averaged 43.4 per game, the eighth highest single month scoring average in NBA history, and highest for any player other than Chamberlain. By the end of the season, Bryant had also set Lakers single-season franchise records for the most 40-point games (27) and most points scored (2,832), among others. Bryant won the league's scoring title for the first time, posting a scoring average of (35.4). Bryant finished in fourth-place in the voting for the 2006 NBA Most Valuable Player Award, but also received 22 first place votes — second only to winner Steve Nash, and by far the highest number of first-place votes Bryant had ever received in his career.
Late in the season, it was reported that Bryant would change his jersey number from 8 to 24 at the start of the 2006-07 NBA season. 24 was Bryant's first high school number, before he switched to 33. After the Lakers' season ended, Bryant said on TNT that he wanted 24 as a rookie, but it was unavailable, as was 33, retired with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Bryant wore 143 at the Adidas ABCD camp, and chose 8 by adding those numbers. He had also worn number 8 as a child in Italy, as a salute to Mike D'Antoni, who was one of his early idols and wore number 8 as a professional basketball player in Italy.
13) Randy Moss The Best Damn Wide Reciever of All Time!!!!
I could say a million things about this man, but his play speaks for Itself :))
He finished 2007 with 98 catches and 1,493 yards receiving....He is TRULY #1 at his position in the NFL.
He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 1998, and played the first stage of his career in Minnesota before a trade in 2005 brought him to the Oakland Raiders. On April 29, 2007, Moss was traded to the New England Patriots for a fourth-round draft pick.
[WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY SMOKING???? LOL]
Rookie record 17 TD catches.
He is third only to Anquan Boldin and Bill Groman for most rookie receiving yards with 1,313.
Moss has caught 120 TD passes through 10 seasons, 5th most in NFL history. He trails Jerry Rice, Cris Carter, Terrell Owens, and Marvin Harrison, all of whom have played more seasons than Moss.
Has caught 13 or more TDs in a season 5 times. He trails only Terrell Owens and Jerry Rice in such seasons.
Is the only player other than Jerry Rice to catch 17 or more TDs in a multiple seasons (Moss accomplished the feat in 1998, 2003 and 2007).
Moss has had 4 seasons in which he averaged at least one receiving TD a game: 1998 (17 TDs in 16 games), 2003 (17 TDs in 16 games), 2004 (13 TDs in 13 games), and 2007 (23 TDs in 16 games). He is the only wide receiver in NFL history to do so.
He had back-to-back 100 catch seasons, in 2002 and 2003. He joined Sterling Sharpe, Jerry Rice, Herman Moore, Cris Carter, Marvin Harrison, and Rod Smith as the only receivers to accomplish this feat.
At the end of the 2006 season, Moss averaged approximately 11.2 receiving TDs per season, an NFL record.
He had 1,000+ yards in each of his first 6 seasons, setting an NFL record.
In 2003, Moss became the second player in NFL history to average 100 yards and one TD per game in a 16 NFL game season, scoring 17 touchdowns and 1,632 yards.
In 2007, Moss became the only player in NFL history to record four 100+ yard games in his first four games with a new team.
Moss has eclipsed the 1,000 yard receiving mark 8 times in his career. He is tied for 3rd all-time in that statistic.
Also in 2007, Moss set a record with 16 touchdowns in his first 10 games with a new team.
In 2007 he set the a NFL record for most touchdown receptions in a regular season, with 23.
Capturing a Sunrise Photo of the Esztergom Basilica
As a photographer, one of the most exciting challenges is successfully executing a pre-planned shot. My sunrise photo of the Esztergom Basilica is the result of such a project, where the rising sun is visible through the arch spanning the Basilica’s large and small towers, with the silky Danube River in the foreground and the Maria Valeria Bridge in focus.
Below, I will walk you through the preparation and execution steps so that other photographers can draw inspiration from it.
1. Preliminary Planning and Location Scouting
Visualizing the Shot:** The first step was to mentally plan the desired photo. I aimed to capture a shot where the sunrise light shines through the arch of the Basilica, with the silky Danube River reflecting in the foreground and the Maria Valeria Bridge in focus. I knew using a tripod would be necessary for the long exposure.
On-site Visit: Four days before the planned shoot, I visited the location to thoroughly scout the area. Using an app, I checked when the sun would rise precisely through the arch. The app indicated this would happen four days later, so I chose this time.
2. Technical Preparations
Setting Up the Equipment: During the on-site visit, I determined the most stable spot for the tripod. This was on larger stones, requiring one of the tripod's legs to be shorter. I had to be very cautious to ensure my safety when approaching this spot. This mindset is recommended for all photographers! After securing the camera to the tripod, I planned the angle and lens choice to position the sunrise optimally for the composition. I took some test shots and noted the settings to only need fine adjustments on the day of the shoot.
3. The Day of the Shoot
Timing and Weather:I hoped the weather would be favorable for the sunrise four days later, and fortunately, it was. I arrived about 20 minutes early to prepare and make any last-minute adjustments.
Fine-Tuning the Settings: Thanks to the pre-planned settings, I didn’t need much time to set up the technical details on-site. I quickly secured the tripod and camera, set the camera to auto mode focusing on the bridge, then switched to manual mode, turned off the stabilizer, and fine-tuned the focus using focus magnification.
4. Capturing the Photo
Exposure and Composition:** At the moment of sunrise, I took the shot, ensuring the exposure time was enough to achieve the silky effect of the Danube while the sunlight perfectly arched through. The result was a well-composed and spectacular photo that captured the envisioned scene.
5. Post-Processing
Editing: After taking the photo, I performed some basic post-processing to enhance the colors and contrasts, further highlighting the magic of the sunrise and the beauty of the Basilica.
This process required detailed planning and precise execution, but the result was worth all the effort. I hope this summary helps other photographers in creating similar photos.
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Modifiable Shape was designed wearing the Lelutka Lilly Head and Maitreya body.
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The title of the picture is my tribute to legendary film director Werner Herzog, whose documentary "Into The Inferno" (2016) ends precisely on the rim of this volcano crater, the mighty Mount Yasur (Vanuatu)
After Bruno is through with the book "Patapuf und Filifer", a rare family reunion takes place.
Hoping that everyone is looking at the camera - and yet there is always one dissenter...
What is it that distracts the eye when there is already no honey in the house, or is it precisely this circumstance...?
The city of Petra, capital of the Nabataean Arabs, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.
t is not known precisely when Petra was built, but the city began to prosper as the capital of the Nabataean Empire from the 1st century BC, which grew rich through trade in frankincense, myrrh, and spices.
Petra was later annexed to the Roman Empire and continued to thrive until a large earthquake in 363 AD destroyed much of the city in the 4th century AD.
The earthquake combined with changes in trade routes, eventually led to the downfall of the city which was ultimately abandoned.
Petra is also known as the rose-red city, a name it gets from the wonderful colour of the rock from which many of the city’s structures were carved.
The Nabataeans buried their dead in intricate tombs that were cut out of the mountain sides and the city also had temples, a theater, and following the Roman annexation and later the Byzantine influence, a colonnaded street and churches.
In addition to the magnificent remains of the Nabataean city, human settlement and land use for over 10,000 years can be traced in Petra, where great natural, cultural, archaeological and geological features merge.
On December 6, 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site.
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London, August 1997. One of those fleeting moments when nothing extraordinary is happening—and that’s precisely why the photograph works.
Michela turns her face toward the light, sunglasses on, caught somewhere between curiosity and distraction. I honestly can’t remember what drew her attention upward—an architectural detail, a passing thought, or simply the photographer saying “wait, don’t move.”
What I like here is the simplicity. No iconic landmark demanding attention, no elaborate composition trying to prove a point. Just a portrait built on light, expression, and timing. The warm sun catches her face while the city remains slightly anonymous in the background, doing what cities do: moving on without waiting.
Sometimes travel photography is less about documenting a place and more about documenting how someone inhabited that place, even for a second.
And yes, in 1997 those sunglasses were making a very confident statement.
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Londra, agosto 1997. Uno di quei momenti fugaci in cui non sta accadendo nulla di straordinario—ed è proprio per questo che la fotografia funziona.
Michela gira il volto verso la luce, con gli occhiali da sole, colta in un istante sospeso tra curiosità e distrazione. Onestamente non ricordo cosa avesse attirato il suo sguardo verso l’alto—un dettaglio architettonico, un pensiero improvviso, o semplicemente il fotografo che dice “aspetta, non muoverti.”
Quello che mi piace qui è la semplicità. Nessun monumento iconico a reclamare attenzione, nessuna composizione elaborata che voglia dimostrare qualcosa. Solo un ritratto costruito su luce, espressione e tempismo. Il sole caldo le illumina il volto mentre la città resta appena anonima sullo sfondo, facendo ciò che le città sanno fare: andare avanti senza aspettare nessuno.
A volte la fotografia di viaggio parla meno dei luoghi e più di come qualcuno ha abitato quel luogo, anche solo per un secondo.
E sì, nel 1997 quegli occhiali da sole avevano parecchia sicurezza in sé.
Created with GIMP
Popcorn in the making!
I still feel like I need to take a break from medium format. Small frame seems really demanding, I almost forgot how crucial the exposure is, how much attention is needed to precisely compose the image.
... and this is precisely why they are willing to pay for them as much as their husbands would pay for real works of Art - such as cars, for example!..
If you don't believe this, just read what my dear Lisa has to say on the subject in her own unique style!
www.flickr.com/photos/zoom-in-tight/3026650297/
Unfortunately, her husband has no Flickr account and we can't have his own view - when he comes to his feet and finds his calm again...
P.S.: Naturally, this pair of shoes is my gift to Lisa's charming friend, Demi!.. I hope it's her size...
;-)
Prompt: A highly detailed, painterly-style image depicting a tender interaction between two young animals, matched precisely to the provided reference. The scene shows a small kitten on the left and a small puppy on the right, seated close together on a neutral surface. The kitten is tiny, with soft white fur and light brown markings on the head and ears, bright round eyes gazing upward toward the puppy, and a curious, gentle expression. The puppy is slightly larger, with fluffy white fur, upright ears, and a calm, attentive expression as it looks down at the kitten. Both animals are facing each other in profile, creating a balanced, intimate composition. The environment is a simple studio-like setting with a smooth, painterly gradient background in muted gray-green tones, free of any props or distractions. Lighting is soft and diffused, coming from the front and slightly above, emphasizing fur texture and subtle shadows beneath their bodies. The overall style resembles a realistic oil painting with fine brush textures, natural color harmony, and a warm, emotionally comforting mood. Preserve proportions, poses, expressions, background, lighting, and composition exactly as in the reference image.
This digital fine art was created using OpenAI Sora AI and Photoshop
“To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.”
Blooming bilberry. Taken in the forest, not far from the housing estate where I live :)
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) is a species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry. It is found natively in Europe, northern Asia, Greenland, Iceland, Western Canada, and the Western United States. It occurs in the wild on heathlands and acidic soils. Its berry has been long consumed in the Old World. It is related to the widely cultivated North American blueberry. The bilberry fruit is smaller than that of the blueberry and similar in taste. Bilberries are darker in colour, and usually appear near black with a slight shade of blue. While the blueberry's fruit pulp is light green, the bilberry's is red or purple, heavily staining the fingers and lips of consumers eating the raw fruit. Vaccinium myrtillus fruits has been used for nearly 1,000 years in traditional European medicine for treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and diabetes. In cooking, the bilberry fruit is commonly used for the same purposes as the American blueberry such as pies, cakes, jams, muffins, cookies, sauces, syrups, juices, and candies.
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Kwitnące jagody. Pstryknięte w lesie niedaleko mojego osiedla :)
Borówka czarna (Vaccinium myrtillus) – gatunek rośliny wieloletniej z rodziny wrzosowatych. Ma wiele nazw zwyczajowych, m.in. jagoda, czarna jagoda, czernica. Roślina jest szeroko rozprzestrzeniona w Azji, Europie i Ameryce Północnej na obszarach o klimacie umiarkowanym i arktycznym. W Polsce jest pospolita zarówno na nizinach, jak i w górach. Jest wykorzystywana szeroko jako roślina jadalna i lecznicza. Znaczenie gospodarcze borówki czarnej pozostaje wysokie mimo silnej konkurencji znacznie bardziej plennych borówek północnoamerykańskich, których owoce mają uboższy skład chemiczny od czernicy. Owoce borówki czarnej były od dawna bardzo istotne dla Słowian i ludów północnej Europy. Używano jej owoców jako lekarstwa przy biegunkach i krwawej dyzenterii. Zastosowanie takie utrzymało się w lecznictwie ludowym, przy czym często zalecano je także w większych dawkach przeciw owsikom. Ponadto owoce borówki czarnej oferowane i spożywane są w postaci świeżej, suszonej, mrożonej oraz jako składnik przetworów takich jak dżemy, ciasta, soki oraz ciekłe lub sproszkowane koncentraty, będące suplementem diety. Przetwory z jagód wyróżniają się długą trwałością.
Clouds are more precisely described as stratified but at the risk of being booted I'm going to call them Stacked.
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Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. 3 shot focus merge in Affinity photo, 2 EL-100 Speedlites. I tried so many variations of flash positions and power settings I can't recall precisely the specifics of this one. The light fall off is a clue however.
From the Richard Harvey Studio One.
I fully realize the wisdom of what you have to say about types of conscience and modes of conscience formation and malformation. You can well realize that I run into all kinds of difficulties and problems, precisely where an “authoritarian” conscience is allowed to have its way. It is pitiful to see the harm that can be done in potentially fine monks by the pettiness and formalism they can get into as a result of making their whole life depend entirely on the approval of another. (10.2.54 HGL 309)
-The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns
After so boldly advertising to the world that I was out to become a saint, I find I am doing a pretty bum job of it. . . . But it certainly is a wonderful thing to wake up suddenly in the solitude of the woods and look up at the sky and see the utter nonsense of everything, including all the solemn stuff given out by professional asses about the spiritual life: and simply to burst out laughing, and laugh and laugh, with the sky and the trees because God is not in words, and not in systems, and not in liturgical movements, and not in “contemplation” with a big C, or in asceticism or in anything like that, not even in the apostolate. Certainly not in books. I can go on writing them, for all that, but one might as well make paper airplanes out of the whole lot. (9.18.58 HGL 17)
-The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns
Moose of the Canadian Rockies
Moose (Alces alces) are the largest members of the deer family, and their size is precisely why they are one of nature’s most resilient cold-climate species. Their adaptive mechanism to conserve body heat is best described by a zoological principle known as, ‘Bergmann’s Rule.’ The rule applies to the ratio of body surface to weight in warm-blooded animals. Moose have a relatively small surface area compared to their volume. Regardless of external temperatures, Moose maintain a relatively constant internal temperature—meaning they require only minor metabolic and environmental adjustments to live comfortably in North America’s lowest-temperature regions. Moose range from the Arctic coasts of North America, Europe, and Asia, down to the southern limits of the boreal forest. In North America, they reach their southern extent in New York State to the east and Utah to the west.
The Moose is a browser, or ‘eater of twigs’ as the Algonquian Native name translates. In a single day, an adult can consume about 44 pounds of vegetation. They graze on aquatic plants such as water lilies and duckweed and make use of their impressive stature to tear off twigs high in the willow trees. Summer waterways are important feeding areas and also provide escape routes from wolves, bears, and mesopredators like the red fox and coyote.
For more Info: www.nathab.com/know-before-you-go/alaska-northern-adventu...
The waterfalls of Irrel, but more precisely, rapids.
Is also an older action of mine. Can not say what I tried out here 3 years ago, except that I got a little sweaty while trying to light the trail over the bridge. Experimenting and having fun.
I drove by this bridge on my way to visit the Union Valley Dam in Thetford, Vermont. I was struck by the stillness of water reflecting its image. (If someone can help me define this spot more precisely, please do!)
Listen No Te Olvides de Mí - Diana Navarro
¡Ay que ver, como quema la luna¡
cuando tu no estas aquí
como pesa la noche en mi cama
si me acuerdo de ti
¡ay que ver, como duele en mis venas¡
el amor que te dí
el sabor de mis últimas penas
que pené para ti
iaiaiaiaiaaaaaaa
no te olvides de mí
iaiaiaiaiaaaaaaa
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¡ay que ver, como mata el dolor¡
el frio y el calor
como sabe de ingrato el sabor
del amor
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¡ay que ver, como amargan los besos¡
que al final me perdí
como matan aquellos recuerdos
que se acuerdan de ti
iaiaiaiaiaaaaaaa
no te olvides de mí
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no te olvides de mi
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This woman has to be admired for having one of the most amazing voices in Spain. Traditional Spanish songs are reborn with her incredible range and phrasing. She is a Spanish Nana Mouskouri. God bless her!!
The first news of which has its existence dates back to 978. Around the church of Sant Marti, as documented by the year 1088 began to wake up the first houses in this picturesque town that even today retains all its medieval charm.
Historically, work in the field was the main dedication of its people; particular importance was conreo of grapes, from the eighteenth century shifted more traditional forms of agriculture. This was a particularly arduous task given the characteristics of the mountainous terrain, settled in part by building jars at the foot of vineyards, which were used for the storage of must and grapes. Already into the nineteenth century, the phylloxera conditioned conreo and resulted in a significant decline in population. Another important task, until mid-twentieth century, was the development of charcoal, until such time as the electricity found their disappearance. Since then, its people were devoted to another kind of work in line with the changing times. It set up a textile factory in the early twentieth century, which was in operation until the year 1964. Logically, closing it was important socio-economic consequences on the lives of the people, determining the migration of population towards the industrial cities or to neighboring towns. Since then, the physiognomy of Mura se ha ido transforming into a large number of people with second homes, laying the groundwork for a tradition tourist potential. Precisely for the new work and revenue earned from tourism, was very relevant to the creation of the Natural Park Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac, in 1972. Since then increased the number of tourists and visitors. Nobody is aware that, as in many other municipalities of Catalunya, tourism could ensure the future of the people so that asentare solidly its core population.
In Wordpress In Blogger photo.net/photos/Reinante/ In Onexposure
Taking his cue from the Bible, or more precisely, from the experience of the prophets that produced biblical speech, Heschel offers a literary analysis of how religious words can function as “hyphens between heaven and earth,”135 a claim that implies a formal connection between the two.
-Sophia The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton, Christopher Pramuk
The metaphor is a concrete image that alludes to another reality, based upon some analogy between the two terms. The “vehicle” of the metaphor is the term (or image) that appears in the text, alluding to the “tenor,” the absent reality or concept. Metaphor may be used to express something less known, abstract, or even unknown, by something more familiar: for example, “A mighty fortress is our God.” A fortress alludes to one particular aspect of the Deity, seen from a definitely human perspective. The common quality that enables the metaphorical equation or comparison is the “ground” of the metaphor, here God’s strength and stability. Heschel depicts the “ground” of the biblical metaphor as a “hyphen between heaven and earth,” since it hints to what is ultimately real. The vehicle and tenor themselves remain incomplete representations of their referents, for they must emphasize, in order to intensify them, only certain characteristics. In this sense as well, Heschel avers that religious assertion functions as understatement, for the vehicle of language can never completely express the divine tenor.
Edward K. Kaplan, Holiness in Words: Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Poetics of Piety (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996), 10; hereafter HW.
The room holds its breath.
Candlelight dances across lace fabric, roses remain silent, and time seems to pause for a moment.
She knows who she is—and that is precisely what makes this moment so dangerously beautiful.
My new outfit from Addams is called the “Sisi Layered Lace Dress with matching Sisi-Heeled Shoes.”
It is currently on sale.
Here is the link to Addams:
Myst: Cixi! This is not the way a pro SL photographer tilts a photo!
Cixi: Why? It is turned by precisely 90°.
Myst: Watch my glass of wine and your bottle.
Cixi: Ooooh my! How do you do that?
This image is the result of trying to produce an abstract image with red. I thought the other image fit the bill but I was asked for something a little more straight forward. So much for that idea, but I did shoot the sky and red thing (Ok strawberry cut in half) with the calipers on Saturday so that should count for something.
For The Sunday Challenge Group - Abstract w/Red.
And one very late cover for Sliders Sunday - Please forgive me Aurelia! HSS sort of!!
The Monostor Fortress - the largest modern fortress in Central Europe - was built between 1850 and 1871. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the neoclassical military monument is a fascinating sight with its huge walls of precisely hewn stone, the 3-4 metre thick earthen ramparts covering the defences and its network of underground passages (kazamata) several kilometres long.
Its monumental dimensions are evidenced by the following figures: The fortress covers 25 hectares, the total area including the firing ranges is 70 hectares, the floor area of the buildings is 25 680 m2 and the number of rooms is 640.
After the fortress was built, it served generations of soldiers of the Hungarian Defence Forces. Its tasks included the defence of the central fortress (North - Komárom) and the control of shipping on the Danube. It was never used in combat and served mainly as a training centre and weapons depot. During the First World War it was used as a conscription and training centre. During the Second World War, the 22nd Infantry Regiment had its headquarters at Fort Monostor, and the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments were stationed there. After the Second World War.
Between 1945 and 1990, the Red Army's Army Group South set up the largest ammunition depot in Central Europe in the fort. With their withdrawal, the military function of the fortress ended forever.
Today the fort is a popular destination with a military history exhibition, Cold War vehicles, a bread museum, a boat exhibition and numerous events.
This guy was actually precisely on time for it's 5:10PM departure. Of course that made me come too late. This is an upgrade to the AC838/9 flight during the month of May, from B767 to A330.
Not a great pic I know, but hell, it's so typically Irish. Met this young couple yesterday, shortly after dawn on a mountain pass up near Malin Head in Donegal, or more precisely somewhere between the back end of beyond and the middle of nowhere, which is my favorite place to be :-)
When the mailman does not arrive at precisely 2:24, I find myself worried something has happened to him or maybe, he has forgotten where I live?
By the way....the mailman arrived while I was taking this photo.....she had a good laugh.
Silence can create disturbance as much as a hasty or indecisive answer. . . . It is precisely because we are thrown into the apocalyptic battle that we are called upon to do the job of theologians. . . . Theology is called not only to judge [scientific unbelief] but to heal. We must penetrate into this world of doubt, of illusion and lies to reply to doubts as well as reproaches” (but not reply with complacent and ambiguous platitudes)! It must be the word of God lived in us.
-A course in Christian mysticism : thirteen sessions with the famous Trappist monk Thomas Merton / edited by Jon M. Sweeney.
As you know, you can tell the time by blowing away the seedheads - this dandelion head took 7 puffs, 7pm precisely
More precisely the Alderney Race (Raz Blanchard in French), one of the strongest currents in Europe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderney_Race
Alderney is visible in the background
Fou de Bassan - Morus Bassanus - Northern Gannet
Cap de la Hague, Auderville, Cotentin, Normandy, France
The telephoto lens is definitely the tool that allows me more flexibility, both photographically and artistically speaking. Precisely thanks to the possibility of choosing and isolating "details" of the landscape, without being forced to always capture everything, everything and... everything ;-)
Moreover, doing this on spotless snowy fields is a spectacle, and when the light collaborates, magic happens :-)
Other minimalist shots taken here and there on the Alps
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A sunset from the island of La Palma and more precisely from the small town of El Remo.
A "pueblo" of fishermen that seems to come from the past.
Here, time has definitely another meaning and the rhythm of life
is marked by nature.
There are no shops to buy food or even boutiques to visit, but three kiosks
by the ocean, they fully satisfy the needs of the indigenous people and
the few tourists arrived here by mistake!
On Friday evening, then a big party ...
the bar in the center attacks the fryer and, with a few euros you can eat a
packet of "churros" and have a beer with friends!
On the small black sand beach in the center of the town, the few children have fun
inventing bloody battles on improbable vessels in the calm waters of the ocean,
filling your eyes with the beautiful nature and not with the usual pixels ...
As my backyard faces south, all i need to do is to place my phone on tripod, set on "star trails" setting for 1-2 hours at least.
The bold arcs on the right of the images were formed by the Southern Cross constellation which has guided generations of explorers in the southern oceans at night.
Nerdy Facts: I can work out the exact degrees of the arc by simple calculation of the length of exposure. It was 6398 seconds or about 1.777Hours. Divide this by 24 hour gives me a factor of 0.074 of 360 degrees. Which is 26.65 degrees precisely.
The Monostor Fortress - the largest modern fortress in Central Europe - was built between 1850 and 1871. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the neoclassical military monument is a fascinating sight with its huge walls of precisely hewn stone, the 3-4 metre thick earthen ramparts covering the defences and its network of underground passages (kazamata) several kilometres long.
Its monumental dimensions are evidenced by the following figures: The fortress covers 25 hectares, the total area including the firing ranges is 70 hectares, the floor area of the buildings is 25 680 m2 and the number of rooms is 640.
After the fortress was built, it served generations of soldiers of the Hungarian Defence Forces. Its tasks included the defence of the central fortress (North - Komárom) and the control of shipping on the Danube. It was never used in combat and served mainly as a training centre and weapons depot. During the First World War it was used as a conscription and training centre. During the Second World War, the 22nd Infantry Regiment had its headquarters at Fort Monostor, and the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments were stationed there. After the Second World War.
Between 1945 and 1990, the Red Army's Army Group South set up the largest ammunition depot in Central Europe in the fort. With their withdrawal, the military function of the fortress ended forever.
Today the fort is a popular destination with a military history exhibition, Cold War vehicles, a bread museum, a boat exhibition and numerous events.
Not long ago they bloomed and now the fruits are already ripe and good to eat :)
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) is a species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry. It is found natively in Europe, northern Asia, Greenland, Iceland, Western Canada, and the Western United States. It occurs in the wild on heathlands and acidic soils. Its berry has been long consumed in the Old World. It is related to the widely cultivated North American blueberry. The bilberry fruit is smaller than that of the blueberry and similar in taste. Bilberries are darker in colour, and usually appear near black with a slight shade of blue. While the blueberry's fruit pulp is light green, the bilberry's is red or purple, heavily staining the fingers and lips of consumers eating the raw fruit. Vaccinium myrtillus fruits has been used for nearly 1,000 years in traditional European medicine for treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and diabetes. In cooking, the bilberry fruit is commonly used for the same purposes as the American blueberry such as pies, cakes, jams, muffins, cookies, sauces, syrups, juices, and candies.
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Leśne jagódki. Dopiero co kwitły, a teraz już są dojrzałe i gotowe do zbierania :)
Borówka czarna (Vaccinium myrtillus) – gatunek rośliny wieloletniej z rodziny wrzosowatych. Ma wiele nazw zwyczajowych, m.in. jagoda, czarna jagoda, czernica. Roślina jest szeroko rozprzestrzeniona w Azji, Europie i Ameryce Północnej na obszarach o klimacie umiarkowanym i arktycznym. W Polsce jest pospolita zarówno na nizinach, jak i w górach. Jest wykorzystywana szeroko jako roślina jadalna i lecznicza. Znaczenie gospodarcze borówki czarnej pozostaje wysokie mimo silnej konkurencji znacznie bardziej plennych borówek północnoamerykańskich, których owoce mają uboższy skład chemiczny od czernicy. Owoce borówki czarnej były od dawna bardzo istotne dla Słowian i ludów północnej Europy. Używano jej owoców jako lekarstwa przy biegunkach i krwawej dyzenterii. Zastosowanie takie utrzymało się w lecznictwie ludowym, przy czym często zalecano je także w większych dawkach przeciw owsikom. Ponadto owoce borówki czarnej oferowane i spożywane są w postaci świeżej, suszonej, mrożonej oraz jako składnik przetworów takich jak dżemy, ciasta, soki oraz ciekłe lub sproszkowane koncentraty, będące suplementem diety. Przetwory z jagód wyróżniają się długą trwałością.