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The advantage of a window seat. It was fascinating to see the mountain landscape and effects of glaciation. The two large dams can be clearly seen.
Unfortunately, I don't know where precisely the lakes are
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The general term ice age or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. There have been at least four major ice ages in the Earth's past. Outside these periods, the Earth seems to have been ice-free even in high latitudes. There is evidence that greenhouse gas levels fell at the start of ice ages and rose during the retreat of the ice sheets, but it is difficult to establish cause and effect (see the notes above on the role of weathering). Greenhouse gas levels may also have been affected by other factors which have been proposed as causes of ice ages, such as the movement of continents and vulcanism. Although the last glacial period ended more than 8,000 years ago, its effects can still be felt today. For example, the moving ice carved out landscape in Canada, Greenland, northern Eurasia and Antarctica. The erratic boulders, till, drumlins, eskers, fjords, kettle lakes, moraines, cirques, horns, etc., are typical features left behind by the glaciers. This is the Marken lighthouse, given its name due to its shape ('paard' means 'horse' in dutch). The original was built in 1700, then reconstructed on top of the early foundations in 1839. It's still in use today.
Photo of hummocks taken at the lighthouse of Marken. A hummock is a boss or rounded knoll of ice rising above the general level of an ice-field, Hummocky ice is caused by slow and unequal pressure in the main body of the packed ice, and by unequal structure and temperature at a later period.
Een ijstijd of glaciatie is een geologisch tijdvak waarin ijskappen voorkomen. In het Engels wordt dit een periode van ice-house genoemd, als tegenhanger van een ijskaploze periode, de greenhouse ("broeikas"). Aangezien er gletsjers liggen op bijvoorbeeld Groenland of Antarctica, leven we tegenwoordig in een ijstijd. Men neemt aan dat dit in de gehele geologische geschiedenis van de Aarde minstens vijfmaal het geval is geweest, waarvan eenmaal zelfs zo sterk dat de ijskappen van de polen vrijwel tot aan de evenaar waren opgerukt. Ook zijn er periodes dat er aanzienlijke opwarming optrad waarbij die ijskappen grotendeels waren weggesmolten. Het klimaat op Aarde wordt beïnvloed door vele factoren, zoals de intensiteit van de zonnestraling, de ligging van de continenten, de continentverplaatsingen, vulkanisme, de zeestromen, de bedekking van het land door vegetatie, het weerkaatsingsvermogen van het aardoppervlak en vele kleine andere factoren. Met behulp van klimaatmodellen wordt door wetenschappers een reconstructie van het klimaat en de klimaatveranderingen in het verleden gemaakt. Alhoewel er een zekere consensus bestaat onder wetenschappers, zijn er nog vele onzekerheden en tegenstrijdigheden in dit onderzoek.
Hierboven een foto van kruiend ijs. Zoetwatermeren kunnen spectaculair bevriezen. Grotere meren zoals het IJsselmeer (IJmeer) hierboven hebben bijna altijd wel golven, en dit werkt directe bevriezing van het wateroppervlak tegen. Eerst vormen zich kleine ijsschotsen, die naar de kust drijven onder invloed van de wind. Deze schotsen vormen zo een ijsveld op het water dat de golven dempt, en uiteindelijk vriezen alle schotsen aan elkaar vast tot een massa. Voordat dit gebeurt schuren de schotsen voortdurend langs elkaar heen en schrapen zo stukjes ijs van elkaar af; elke schots krijgt zo een witte rand. Zulk ijs is dus totaal niet geschikt om op te schaatsen. Wanneer grotere delen van het meer bevriezen beginnen de platen, die soms een paar vierkante kilometer groot zijn, langzaam tegen elkaar te bewegen onder invloed van de wind en stroming. Dit heeft kruiend ijs tot gevolg: de ijsschotsen worden met kracht gebroken en op elkaar gestapeld langs de dijken langs het meer. Dit hoeft niet alleen bij dun ijs te gebeuren; soms kruit het ijs bij een dikte van meer dan 20 cm. De stapels ijs worden dan hoog, en het geluid is oorverdovend. Het Paard van Marken is een vuurtoren van Marken. De vuurtoren is gebouwd in 1839 en staat op de oostelijke punt van het eiland. De toren heeft een hoogte van 16 meter en een lichtbereik van 16,7 km.
Lynn the Wildlife Rehabilitator returned Mama Cherry to her family today at precisely 8:56AM EST. Lynn had picked Cherry up at 4AM from the Sanctuary (Save Our Seabirds). She was so kind to call me when she arrived, and she stayed a short distance from our property until we had confirmed the location of the family. She and I hung up, and 10 seconds later Classic, Fanta and Fresca were outside my office window.
When Lynn arrived with Cherry, the rest of the family had circled around another building. Lynn carried Cherry out; Cherry saw Fanta and started to wriggle. Lynn let Cherry go, and she went straight to Fanta. Fanta has been falling behind since Cherry has been gone. Classic and Fresca had already moved up the sidewalk, but they definitely saw Cherry and started making their way back. The family reunited against the mundane backdrop of office windows, but for me, it was one of the most beautiful scenes I have witnessed.
Lynn was surprised there wasn’t any trumpeting between Classic and Cherry, but I was closer to them and I could hear them purring and cooing and the chicks were peeping. They walked off together and then Cherry moved off to the pond when they got to the corner of the building. Classic, ever the good father, continued the daily foraging round without her as she got a drink and started to get used to her blessed freedom again. I told Lynn, she probably wanted to blow the stink off of her, the smell of humans and other birds at the sanctuary. Not that those stink…it’s an expression, you know. She wanted to freshen up! =o)
Later in the day, Classic and the chicks joined her at the pond for more foraging. I sat on the hill, and I just watched them. Of course I took some shots, but I also just enjoyed the splendor of seeing my family, our family, together again. I felt myself exhale, and while I will keep a close eye on Cherry and the family in the coming weeks, I feel better knowing they are together.
Thank you God for the blessing of Lynn and the good people at Save Our Searbirds who removed the paperclip from Cherry’s beak, gave her antibiotics, and cared for her. Lynn is some sweet lady, and she is incredibly dedicated and passionate. She often gets 6 rescue calls a day, most of them Sandhill Crane related. She showed me a lot of pictures. All of them made my heart ache, and some of them were incredible success stories. Lynn’s eye lit up, sharing the joy of those who were successfully released back into the wild, and I could see her heart ache when she spoke of those she euthanized and held as they passed away. “I wouldn’t want to be alone when I die; so I don’t let them be alone.”
I am going to go to the Sanctuary in a week and a half. I know a lot of what I may see there will be heart wrenching, but if I can help and raise awareness, that would be a great gift. Thank you my Flickr Friends for all of your prayers and good wishes. I met so many awesome and simpatico contacts because of this story. In case I haven’t mentioned lately, I HAVE THE BEST CONTACTS ON FLICKR. I hope you will check them out! You will find many nature lovers, bird nerds, macro-tastic bug lovers, tree-huggers, funny, talented, engaged and artistic people!
These are not necessarily shots of epic quality. Sometimes it is what it is with wildlife, and I was definitely respecting their space even more than usual, but the feelings were epic for me. For more information on these and other cranes visit www.savingcranes.org Hugs and thanks for viewing and oh my goodness, for reading this epic description if you were inclined to do so!!! XXOO
***All rights to my images are STRICTLY reserved. Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing my images or if you are an educator or non-profit interested in use. copyright KathleenJacksonPhotography 2009***
"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.
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Dani men on the long trek to market high in a remote corner of West Papua's central highlands, 1600m/5200ft above sea level - Grand Valley of the Balim River, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Shot with a compact semi-automatic Pentax Zoom 35mm point-and-shoot film camera, film developed in a Sulawesi street-corner shophouse, circa 1996.
Adornment
The Dani elder in the foreground is adorned with an upturned boar’s tusk nose piece, a single bird-of-paradise plume, a tightly woven bush-twine head band of cut shell pieces, an ornamental wristband of finely woven pandanus fibres, armbands of pigs’ scrotum above both elbows (thought to ward off ghosts), a walking stick, and the iconic long koteka or penis gourd.
Owning the Gaze
The men come from one of the scattered settlements under the mountain wall at the end of the infinity path that cuts across the valley floor in the backdrop below. They pause for a moment on a high-ridge pass to observe an approaching stranger, the photographer-Other. The photographer's gaze is returned with a seemingly wary look of wonder and resistance as the observer become the observed. Subject owns the gaze for a frozen moment.
The Gardens
The path below passes through elaborate sweet potato gardens and a huge maze of sophisticated irrigation ditches. Sweet potatoes (over 70 varieties) are the staple food and account about 90 per cent of the Dani diet.
The Dani are accomplished gardeners and pig farmers with a Neolithic (late Stone Age) culture and technology that relies on polished stone adzes, axes and fire-hardened digging sticks. These tools are gradually being replaced with iron and steel.
First Contact
The indigenous peoples of West Papua migrated from southeast Asia and the Australian content about 30,000 to 50,000 years ago during the Ice Age when sea levels were lower and distances between islands shorter.
Western "first contact” with West Papua's Grand Valley Dani was established in 1938 during American-led botanical and zoological expeditions to the central highlands, less than sixty years before this photograph was taken.
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Ethnographic efforts at demystifying Dani neolithic cultural practices and ritualized inter-clan warfare in the region are associated with the early ground-breaking Harvard-Peabody Expedition, 1961-63. They include Anthropologist Karl Heider’s accounts in “The Dugum Dani: A Papuan Culture in the Highlands of West New Guinea,” Aldine Publishing (1970); and “Grand Valley Dani: Peaceful Warriors” (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology), Wadsworth Publishing (1996). Also, filmmaker Robert Gardner’s classic social documentary, “Dead Birds” (1965), and writer Peter Matthiessen’s gripping first-hand accounts in “Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea,” Viking Press (1962).
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Rauðisandur (Red Sand) is precisely that: a beach with endless red sand. Well, not endless but 10 km is a lot. The magnificent hues of the sand differ with daylight and weather, and the beach is the biggest pearl in a string of . . . All Information’s, Saga and Camera settings you will find on: www.patreon.com/RafnSig
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It is precisely during times of crisis that we have the most to gain by having a grateful perspective…. gratitude nullifies negativity. Gratitude is a mindset. A disposition. And it’s a choice.
Little Bungie wasn't too impressed by my photography set. After a nice cuddle she sat back on her travel basket, as you can see. Shortly afterwards she went under the hessian fabric and poked her nose out.
As you know, kitten misbehaviour is something I take very seriously, which is precisely why I will be sharing a photograph of bad Bungie peaking out from under the hessian at the weekend...
A family plays in the shadow cast by the world's largest gnomon, which here reflects precisely local noon on 15 Mar 2022.
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are precisely the mood to bring out the best shots, fully represents a moment of weakness I tried at a remote period of my life
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Lynn the Wildlife Rehabilitator returned Mama Cherry to her family today at precisely 8:56AM EST. Lynn had picked Cherry up at 4AM from the Sanctuary (Save Our Seabirds). She was so kind to call me when she arrived, and she stayed a short distance from our property until we had confirmed the location of the family. She and I hung up, and 10 seconds later Classic, Fanta and Fresca were outside my office window.
When Lynn arrived with Cherry, the rest of the family had circled around another building. Lynn carried Cherry out; Cherry saw Fanta and started to wriggle. Lynn let Cherry go, and she went straight to Fanta. Fanta has been falling behind since Cherry has been gone. Classic and Fresca had already moved up the sidewalk, but they definitely saw Cherry and started making their way back. The family reunited against the mundane backdrop of office windows, but for me, it was one of the most beautiful scenes I have witnessed.
Lynn was surprised there wasn’t any trumpeting between Classic and Cherry, but I was closer to them and I could hear them purring and cooing and the chicks were peeping. They walked off together and then Cherry moved off to the pond when they got to the corner of the building. Classic, ever the good father, continued the daily foraging round without her as she got a drink and started to get used to her blessed freedom again. I told Lynn, she probably wanted to blow the stink off of her, the smell of humans and other birds at the sanctuary. Not that those stink…it’s an expression, you know. She wanted to freshen up! =o)
Later in the day, Classic and the chicks joined her at the pond for more foraging. I sat on the hill, and I just watched them. Of course I took some shots, but I also just enjoyed the splendor of seeing my family, our family, together again. I felt myself exhale, and while I will keep a close eye on Cherry and the family in the coming weeks, I feel better knowing they are together.
Thank you God for the blessing of Lynn and the good people at Save Our Searbirds who removed the paperclip from Cherry’s beak, gave her antibiotics, and cared for her. Lynn is some sweet lady, and she is incredibly dedicated and passionate. She often gets 6 rescue calls a day, most of them Sandhill Crane related. She showed me a lot of pictures. All of them made my heart ache, and some of them were incredible success stories. Lynn’s eye lit up, sharing the joy of those who were successfully released back into the wild, and I could see her heart ache when she spoke of those she euthanized and held as they passed away. “I wouldn’t want to be alone when I die; so I don’t let them be alone.”
I am going to go to the Sanctuary in a week and a half. I know a lot of what I may see there will be heart wrenching, but if I can help and raise awareness, that would be a great gift. Thank you my Flickr Friends for all of your prayers and good wishes. I met so many awesome and simpatico contacts because of this story. In case I haven’t mentioned lately, I HAVE THE BEST CONTACTS ON FLICKR. I hope you will check them out! You will find many nature lovers, bird nerds, macro-tastic bug lovers, tree-huggers, funny, talented, engaged and artistic people!
These are not necessarily shots of epic quality. Sometimes it is what it is with wildlife, and I was definitely respecting their space even more than usual, but the feelings were epic for me. For more information on these and other cranes visit www.savingcranes.org Hugs and thanks for viewing and oh my goodness, for reading this epic description if you were inclined to do so!!! XXOO
***All rights to my images are STRICTLY reserved. Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing my images or if you are an educator or non-profit interested in use. copyright KathleenJacksonPhotography 2009***
The formal gardens at Sunnyland in southern California include this juxtaposition of precisely arrayed golden barrel cactus, Echinocactus grusonii, and a rock-lined pool reflecting trees and sky.
my room, more precisely. You might recognize your photo on my wall- I had some of my favorites printed as 4x6's - I didn't ask permission, because they are just small, and for my own use...
The northern lights appear precisely between two cloudbanks. Behind the hill is the city of Hammerfest - the northernmost city in the world, at over 70 degrees latitude.
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"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
Adorned with a wild boar's tusk, facial chalk markings, decorated goat-skin clothing and an ornamental clay lip-plate. Shot at a communal dance in a Mursi semi-nomadic pastoral settlement on the bank of the Mago River, a tributary that joins the essential Omo River in a remote corner of southwestern Ethiopia.
On the meaning of lip-plates in Mursi culture and society
The Mursi are one of the last groups in Africa where women still wear large wooden or clay plates in their lower lips. Most Mursi women wear lip-plates as an aesthetic symbol of cultural pride and identity, signifying passage to womanhood/adulthood. They are more frequently worn by unmarried or newly wed women and are generally worn when serving men food or during important ritual events (weddings, men's duelling competitions, communal dances, safari photo-ops).
Debunking popular myths
Contrary to popular opinion among travellers and other passing strangers, ethnographers found little or no connection between the size of a woman’s lip-plate and the size of her bridewealth (cattle, guns).
Anthropologists and ethnographers have debunked another popular myth surrounding the lip-plate in this region. They found no evidence that the labret originated as a deliberate attempt to disfigure and make women less attractive to slave traders, yet this myth seems to surface regularly in accounts by professional and amateur photographers, tourists, and bloggers alike.
The Mursi and Mursiland
The Mursi are semi-nomadic farmers and herders who depend on shifting hoe-cultivation (mostly drought-resistant varieties of sorghum) and cattle herding for their livelihood. They number less than ten thousand today.
Most Mursi live in small settlements dispersed across Mursiland, a remote territory of about thirty by eighty kilometres between the Omo and Mago Rivers in southwestern Ethiopia, near the border with South Sudan and northern Kenya.
The terrain varies from a volcanic plain dominated by a range of hills and a major watershed to a riverine forest, wooded grasslands and thorny bushland thickets. The climate is harsh and unstable with low rainfall and daily temperatures regularly exceeding 40°C in the shade during the dry season.
Cogent ethnographic accounts on the meaning of lip-plates in Mursi culture and society include:
• David Turton, "Lip plates and the people who take photographs: uneasy encounters between Mursi and tourists in southern Ethiopia", Anthropology Today, 20:3, 3-8, 2004.
• Shauna Latosky, "Reflections on the lip-plates of Mursi women as a source of stigma and self-esteem", in Ivo Strecker and Jean Lydall (eds.) The perils of face: Essays on cultural contact, respect and self-esteem in southern Ethiopia, Mainzer Beiträge zur Afrika-Forschung, Lit Verlag, Berlin, 2006, pp. 371-386.
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With their asymmetrical ear openings, Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) are among the most attentive of listeners. At a dinner party, for instance, they might hear even the most hushed of rumor-mongering from the corner of the room, and be able to share with you precisely what was said and by whom. In reality, they use this heightened sense of hearing while perched in an opportune branch in the night. With their disc-shaped faces angled downward, they listen for the rustling movement of mice and voles beneath the leaf-litter. So precise is their hearing, that they can accurately strike a prey item without ever seeing it.
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MOMENTS TO REMEMBER
Have you ever noticed that you do not remember days, you remember
moments?
A strange story about immortalizing moments comes from the book
SPIRITUAL LITERACY (Touchstone Books) by authors Frederic and Mary
Ann Brussat. It is about a Brooklyn cigar store manager named Oggie
Rand. Oggie has an unusual habit -- at precisely eight o'clock each
morning, he photographs the front of the store. Always at exactly the
same time and from exactly the same spot. Every morning. Oggie
collects his daily snapshots in photograph albums, each labeled by
date. He calls his project his "life's work."
One day Oggie showed his albums to a friend. He had not told his
friend about his unusual hobby. Flipping the pages of the albums, the
man noticed in amazement that the pictures were all the same.
Oggie watched him skim through the pictures and finally
replied, "You'll never get it if you don't slow down, my friend. The
pictures are all of the same spot, but each one is different from
every other one. The differences are in the detail. In the way
people's clothes change according to season and weather. In the way
the light hits the street. Some days the corner is almost empty.
Other times it is filled with people, bikes, cars and trucks. It's
just one little part of the world, but things take place there, too,
just like everywhere else."
This time Oggie's friend looked more carefully at each picture. No
two were alike. Every picture was unique, just as every moment is
unique. Through a series of photographs, he became conscious of one
of life's great truths -- that each minute that passes is special,
even sacred.
I'm reminded of something writer Henry Miller said, "The moment one
gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes
a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."
And those are the moments we'll remember; the ones for which we
stopped everything else long enough to pay close attention.
The advice for me is this: to pay as close attention to each moment
as I can, as if I were carefully observing a series of snapshots. I
would like to take time to study the moments. If I look closely
enough, I know I'll see that each is unique. Each is sacred. And each
holds a special place in time.
I suspect it will be these moments -- not whole days, weeks, months
or years -- that I will finally remember. And much of the happiness
and joy I will find in life will be because I took care of the
moments.
The Aqueduct of Segovia (or more precisely, the aqueduct bridge) is a Roman aqueduct and one of the most significant and best-preserved ancient monuments left on the Iberian Peninsula. It is located in Spain and is the foremost symbol of Segovia, as evidenced by its presence on the city's coat of arms.
The aqueduct transports water from Rio Frio river, situated in the nearby mountains, some 17 km (11 mi) from the city in a region known as La Acebeda. It runs another 15 km (9.3 mi) before arriving in the city.
The water is first gathered in a tank known as El Caserón (or Big House), and is then led through a channel to a second tower known as the Casa de Aguas (or Waterhouse). There it is naturally decanted and sand settles out before the water continues its route. Next the water travels 728 m (796 yd) on a one-percent grade until it is high upon the Postigo, a rocky outcropping on which the old city center, the Segovia Alcázar, was built. Then, at Plaza de Díaz Sanz (Díaz Sanz Plaza), the structure makes an abrupt turn and heads toward Plaza Azoguejo (Azoguejo Plaza). It is there the monument begins to display its full splendor. At its tallest, the aqueduct reaches a height of 28.5 m (93 ft 6 in), including nearly 6 m (19 ft 8 in) of foundation. There are both single and double arches supported by pillars. From the point the aqueduct enters the city until it reaches Plaza de Díaz Sanz, it includes 75 single arches and 44 double arches (or 88 arches when counted individually), followed by four single arches, totalling 167 arches in all. The construction of the aqueduct follows the principles laid out by Vitruvius as he describes in his De Architectura published in the mid-first century.
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.
CROR rule 110 states that ; "When performing a train or transfer inspection, the locomotive engineer will inspect the near side". And it's precisely what locomotive engineer C.R does as eastbound L57321-23 flies by at Greening.
Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a breeze, a moment's glance,it is little that makes the best happiness ~Friedrich Nietzch
Paulina is here.
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For this image I made two shots.
One overexposed to the sea and an underexposed to the ciero.
To shoot the stones at the bottom of the sea I used a polarizer and a 3-stop filter to smooth the water.
This location is located near Sestri Levante and more precisely in Riva Trigoso.
It is a place full of rocks and rocks, a destination for fishermen and bathers.
A few months ago we spent some time in eastern Washington ... Spokane precisely. One of our favorite places to visit while in that area is the Palouse Scenic Byway ... with its rolling hills and fertile farmlands with some nostalgic touches along the way. Yes, grain silos and old barns are the norm out there. It's so nice to get out of the hustle and bustle of the city and into hundreds of miles of simple beauty.
One of the best places to get a birds eye view of the area is from Steptoe Butte State Park near Colfax, WA in Whitman County. It sits at an elevation of 3,612' on a quartzite butte, offering a 360 degree view of the surrounding farmlands. It's a favorite place for sunsets, especially when the clouds come out to play. :-)
On this particular night, it was not as windy as we've seen it before. We were thankful for that because it was quite cool. At one point, as were we anticipating and enjoying the sunset, a few deer entered nearby, as if to enjoy it with us. It was lovely.
When I look outside my windows in south Florida at the flatlands and congested view, I long to be back there enjoying the endless spectacular views. Ahh yes.
Thanks for stopping by to view and sharing your thoughts and comments.
© 2016 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
With the use of leftover duck dish cooked the previous day but reality it was precisely planned for next noodle meal.. today !! Some dishes go extremely well pairing with a varieties of noodles or pasta.. time saving !!
Not caring to precisely identify this rose colour I'm going for Fizzy Pink. Who remembers packets of candy you put on your tongue so they fizzed and popped...?
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A sensible morning shot given the warm weather currently here in the UK. Raw File into Affinity Photo for a light touch and 10:8 crop.
Our garden, June 2024.
My name is Ousman Banse, I live in San Liberale in Treviso, I have lived here since I was born and my parents were born in Africa, precisely in Burkina Faso, and moved here to Italy about 25 years ago. I study at Riccatti and am in my first year, which I am about to complete.
I have been playing football since I was five years old, and since I started I have never thought of quitting, I hope one day to be able to fulfil this desire of mine.
My name is Ismael, I live in Treviso in a small neighbourhood called San Liberale. I was born in Castagnole and moved with my brother here to san Liberale in 2019. My parents are originally from Burkina Faso and have lived in Italy for thirty-five years.
I'm attending the Riccatti school, I'm in my second year and I'm thinking of changing class because I don't fit in.
I dream of becoming a footballer, I've been playing football since I was eight years old and every three years I changed teams because I didn't fit in, I hope my dream can one day become reality.
My name is Aldo Ruggia, I live near the city centre and I've lived here since I was a child even though I was born in Calabria as my parents are.
I attend the Duca degli Abruzzi school of applied sciences. I'm doing well and I want to continue on this path to become a doctor. I hope my dreams will come true.
I am Soulemane Gouvem (...)
Villaggio coordinato san Liberale, May 2022
This incredible spur of rock is located in the municipality of Elva and more precisely on Colle San Giovanni, a few dozen metres from the chapel of the same name, Suspended in the void, it affords a breathtaking view of the mountains: Bettone, Chersogno, Marchisa, Pelvo and Monviso. If you lower your gaze, you will have the entire Vallone di Elva at your feet.
Actually, it is not this single rock that is called Fremo Cuncunà, but the group of rocks that form a very unusual figure: that of a ‘crouching woman‘, which in Occitan is called Fremo Cuncunà. If you want to see this figure in full, the best view is from the Vallone di Elva road.
However, due to the risk of falling rocks, the road has been closed to traffic for several years, and since then the condition of the road surface has deteriorated significantly.
Using Macro Lens at about two feet...This is precisely why it is called a Mexican Long Tongued Bat, it is in my back porch. No editing, no
crop, shot in RAW.
Date: mid 11th century, more precisely in 1060. Style: Bayon Built during the reign: Udayadityavarmana II This huge temple-mountain, located in the northwest of the Bayon was the state temple of King Yasodharapury- capital Udayadityavarmana II, and is still quite impressive being recently renovated, and at the end of the 13th century , earned the following description of a Chinese diplomat Zhou Daguana ". to the north of the Golden Tower (Bayona) at a distance of about two hundred yards, Bronze Tower rises even above the Golden Tower This is a truly amazing spectacle, with more than ten rooms at its base"
Fantastic Caverns- America's Ride-Through Cave - is a family owned business. It was discovered in 1862 by a farmer - or more precisely, by his dog, who crawled through an entrance. It wasn't until five years later that the first exploration took place: 12 women from Springfield, answering a newspaper ad seeking explorers, ventured into the cave. Their names remain on a cave wall today.
The cave was used as a meeting place for the Klu Klux Klan, and as a speakeasy during Prohibition.
Because the beauty of Fantastic Caverns is vulnerable, the Cave is toured in jeep-drawn trams. Since you ride all of the way through, you experience the magnitude, the stillness, and the splendor of Fantastic Caverns while preserving its natural features.
The Heel Stone at Stonehenge is a natural stone, which has not been worked by tools, and extends someway underground. It weighs around 35 tonnes. It marks precisely the direction of the midwinter sunset and midsummer sunrise in relation to the main group of stones. Unfortunately, I dn't quite get the sunset I hoped for at Winter Solstice 2023, but there was at least some colour in the clouds.
I live only a short drive from Stonehenge, dating to around 2,300 BC in its current form, is one of the world's most mysterious and iconic sites, but I don't often go there to take photos: it's expensive to get in and the crowds can make it difficult to get good shots.
One of my parishioners asked me to take her there so she could watch the winter solstice sunset. Around 6,000 people had been there to see the sunrise that morning, but at sunset there were maybe 100 or 150. The horizon was cloudy at sunset itself, but I did get some great shots of the stones about 20-30 minutes before sunset. It was a very windy afternoon.
Using the world wide web and because our solar system works like clockwork, or rather since our clocks are based on our movement in our solar system, it has become very easy to precisely predict when and where the moon will rise above the horizon and to witness the magic of our immediate universe. This helped me select an interesting venue for capturing the rise of last evening’s full moon over the frozen St-Lawrence’s Thousand Islands, which occurred 40 minutes before sunset, hence concurrently affording plenty of illumination to the landscape. However, the natural light dimmed that reflected by the moon with a soft atmospheric haze near the horizon further masking the immediately rising earth’s satellite. As a result, the moon was essentially invisible until it had reached a 2° elevation or four times its 0.5° angular size above the horizon. Thankfully, the surrounding ground topography could be used to sort of recreating the moon rise closer to the “horizon” as illustrated herein. Because the moon was lit straight on, it lacked the topographical details of its craters and appeared flat, which is why I often prefer to shoot the moon during its crescent or gibbous phases when the angle of sunlight creates shadows that enhance the appearance of moon surface features.
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
I spotted this Monarch on two straight days, in precisely the same place. It was significantly damaged, and fluttered about more than flew. Still, it moved from blossom to blossom. The power of nature's programming.
"The button eyes" Eagle owl staring quite precisely,,closely.,,,The Eagle owl is also "mascot" of Finnish football team.
Genevieve is the one with the flag held high. I was chosen because I am precisely 72 inches tall and have a very cute butt in Bellbottom dungarees.
Preah Khan is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII to honor his father. It is located northeast of Angkor Thom and just west of the Jayatataka baray, with which it was associated. It was the center of a substantial organization, with almost 100,000 officials and servants. The temple is flat in design, with a basic plan of successive rectangular galleries around a Buddhist sanctuary complicated by Hindu satellite temples and numerous later additions. Like the nearby Ta Prohm, Preah Khan has been left largely unrestored, with numerous trees and other vegetation growing among the ruins. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preah_Khan)
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..or more precisely grazing at The Devil's Kneading Trough, Wye on the North Downs. When I saw the group of white cows munching grass on the edge of the hill my immediate thought was that this would make a fun panoramic image. The multi-RAW files were stitched in CS6 and tweaked in Lightroom 5.
This is possibly my last post on Flickr with the D5000, as today I treated myself to a Nikon D7100 ;) I'm very excited to try it out!
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The general term ice age or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. There have been at least four major ice ages in the Earth's past. Outside these periods, the Earth seems to have been ice-free even in high latitudes. There is evidence that greenhouse gas levels fell at the start of ice ages and rose during the retreat of the ice sheets, but it is difficult to establish cause and effect (see the notes above on the role of weathering). Greenhouse gas levels may also have been affected by other factors which have been proposed as causes of ice ages, such as the movement of continents and vulcanism. Although the last glacial period ended more than 8,000 years ago, its effects can still be felt today. For example, the moving ice carved out landscape in Canada, Greenland, northern Eurasia and Antarctica. The erratic boulders, till, drumlins, eskers, fjords, kettle lakes, moraines, cirques, horns, etc., are typical features left behind by the glaciers.
Photo of hummocks taken at the IJsselmeer (IJmeer) near Amsterdam. A hummock is a boss or rounded knoll of ice rising above the general level of an ice-field, Hummocky ice is caused by slow and unequal pressure in the main body of the packed ice, and by unequal structure and temperature at a later period.
Een ijstijd of glaciatie is een geologisch tijdvak waarin ijskappen voorkomen. In het Engels wordt dit een periode van ice-house genoemd, als tegenhanger van een ijskaploze periode, de greenhouse ("broeikas"). Aangezien er gletsjers liggen op bijvoorbeeld Groenland of Antarctica, leven we tegenwoordig in een ijstijd. Men neemt aan dat dit in de gehele geologische geschiedenis van de Aarde minstens vijfmaal het geval is geweest, waarvan eenmaal zelfs zo sterk dat de ijskappen van de polen vrijwel tot aan de evenaar waren opgerukt. Ook zijn er periodes dat er aanzienlijke opwarming optrad waarbij die ijskappen grotendeels waren weggesmolten. Het klimaat op Aarde wordt beïnvloed door vele factoren, zoals de intensiteit van de zonnestraling, de ligging van de continenten, de continentverplaatsingen, vulkanisme, de zeestromen, de bedekking van het land door vegetatie, het weerkaatsingsvermogen van het aardoppervlak en vele kleine andere factoren. Met behulp van klimaatmodellen wordt door wetenschappers een reconstructie van het klimaat en de klimaatveranderingen in het verleden gemaakt. Alhoewel er een zekere consensus bestaat onder wetenschappers, zijn er nog vele onzekerheden en tegenstrijdigheden in dit onderzoek.
Hierboven een foto van kruiend ijs. Zoetwatermeren kunnen spectaculair bevriezen. Grotere meren zoals het IJsselmeer (IJmeer) hierboven hebben bijna altijd wel golven, en dit werkt directe bevriezing van het wateroppervlak tegen. Eerst vormen zich kleine ijsschotsen, die naar de kust drijven onder invloed van de wind. Deze schotsen vormen zo een ijsveld op het water dat de golven dempt, en uiteindelijk vriezen alle schotsen aan elkaar vast tot een massa. Voordat dit gebeurt schuren de schotsen voortdurend langs elkaar heen en schrapen zo stukjes ijs van elkaar af; elke schots krijgt zo een witte rand. Zulk ijs is dus totaal niet geschikt om op te schaatsen. Wanneer grotere delen van het meer bevriezen beginnen de platen, die soms een paar vierkante kilometer groot zijn, langzaam tegen elkaar te bewegen onder invloed van de wind en stroming. Dit heeft kruiend ijs tot gevolg: de ijsschotsen worden met kracht gebroken en op elkaar gestapeld langs de dijken langs het meer. Dit hoeft niet alleen bij dun ijs te gebeuren; soms kruit het ijs bij een dikte van meer dan 20 cm. De stapels ijs worden dan hoog, en het geluid is oorverdovend.
"Lucem Diffundo (I Spread the Light)"
Palmer's Island LightNew Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts
February 11, 2022 at 9:02PM
The City's Motto is "Lucem Diffundo." This translates precisely as " I Diffuse Light." It can also be interpreted as "I Spread the Light." It has often been incorrectly translated as "I Light the World." The author of the motto remains undiscovered, however, there is a good chance that it was Abraham Howland, the city's first mayor, or one of his circle of friends. It has been widely printed that "Lucem Diffundo" is an allusion to New Bedford's leading role in the whale oil trade. This is certainly a reasonable assumption, however, the motto has at least two other meanings.
"Lucem Diffundo" is a 'personification' of the lighthouse depicted in the center of the seal. The lighthouse is saying to the viewer, "I diffuse Light." Palmer's Island Lighthouse still stands in New Bedford's inner harbor and was restored and re-lighted by the city in 1999 on the light's 150th anniversary. The original seal, first crudely drawn in 1847, depicted only the lighthouse with the motto, "Lucem Diffundens," which translates to "Diffusing Light," or the lighthouse as saying "I am diffusing light." Howland and the new city fathers were predominately Quakers. Followers of the religious teachings of Englishman, George Fox, the Quakers referred to themselves as the "Society of Friends" and "Children of the Light." Their spiritual mission in life was to spread (diffuse) the "Inner Light of Christ" to all they encountered. So here they were, the Children of the Light, employed in the lighting industry, supplying whale oil to the entire world for lighting! In addition, New Bedford held all the federal contracts which supplied whale oil for the young nation's system of lighthouses. Imagine the power and significance of "Lucem Diffundo" to them as they spread spiritual and physical light to all they met. Surely, the Scripture from St. Matthew held great meaning to them: "I am the Light of the World. A city that is set on a hill shall not be hid." Indeed, the biblical references in the seal's design remain to this day.
In the foreground is the Fairhaven shore, with the Acushnet River almost seeming like the River Jordan, with the city set on its hill in the distance, like the promised land. In the harbor is depicted a steamship, representing the future and a whale ship representing the past, with Palmer's Island and its Lighthouse in the center, a spiritual and physical beacon to all who arrived in this world port built by light. Certainly, the Quakers saw their wealth and success as a sign of divine approval.
The spirit of "Lucem Diffundo" lives on today, though less widely known. It is this spirit which keeps its adherents resilient and tenacious in the face of all obstacles for the betterment of this great city by the sea. Source: FOTW Homepage
Palmer Island Light Station is a historic lighthouse in New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The lighthouse was built in 1849 out of stone rubble. It was discontinued when the harbor's hurricane barrier was built in the early 1960s, as its location immediately north of the barrier was no longer an outlying danger and there are lights on either side of the barrier opening.
From 1888 until 1891 it served, with Fairhaven Bridge Light, as a range light to guide vessels past Butler Flats, a rocky shoal on the west side of the entrance channel.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Palmer Island Light Station on March 26, 1980.
"Why did the Yearling cross the road...?"
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.
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A brief moment in time, in this timeless and remote corner of Wales, high above the Conwy Valley.
Edit: Just thought of this line by TS Eliot, it fits my thoughts precisely: "Here, the intersection of the timeless moment"
The exquisite interior of the Central Sofia Synagogue. The synagogue is still active, but with its capacity of more than one thousand it tells the story of a Jewish community that was once many times larger than at present day.
This is not precisely, as one might expect, because of the Holocaust. Despite the fact that Bulgaria was a (somewhat reluctant) ally of Germany, almost all Bulgarian Jews survived the war. This was largely due to the opposition of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and many other Bulgarians who loudly refused to cooperate with the Holocaust. It is in fact remarkable how many lives were saved or lost by the different responses of different peoples to the order to participate in the murder their Jewish neighbors. Many allies of Germany were enthusiastic participants, but some--most notably Bulgaria and Finland--mostly just refused to go along. And in occupied countries outcomes could also vary widely. The Danes, for example, behaved heroically and saved almost the entire Jewish population, while in many more shameful examples, occupied populations instead chose collaboration.
After the war, the vast majority of Bulgarian Jews emigrated to Israel. Today, though, Jews make up a notable proportion of international tourists in Bulgaria, which I presume has a lot to do with this history. Interior of the Sofia Central Synagogue, Sofia, Bulgaria.