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The Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) is a stunningly-colored creature and the only warbler to don an orange throat. This time of the year, though, fall molt is well under way or over for most of these birds, and they've taken on their drab winter apparel. Interestingly, the name of this beautiful bird--often called the most handsome of North America's wood warblers--is shrouded in some mystery. While it is widely agreed that it is named for English botanist Anna Blackburne, discord exists when attempting to define who, precisely, did the naming!
Went to a rather large supercar show and I took precisely 7 photos of just 2 cars. Oh well.
I did film a bit, look at my YT channel this week. www.youtube.com/user/F14BigAl?feature=mhee
“There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.”
John Kenneth Galbraith
Railways, stations and trains. The ornate eastern end of St Pancras station, or more precisely the former Midland Grand Hotel (now St Pancras Renaissance Hotel) in London, showing the substantial clock face.
Sir Gilbert Scott won the competition to design the hotel that the Midland Railway decided was required and created the ornate red brick Gothic building. Opened fully in April 1876, the hotel had many then innovative features, such as fireproof floors and hydraulic lifts, but the lack of bathrooms amongst other factors ended its hotel days in 1935.
From 1935 to 1980 it served as railway offices, this part of its life then coming to a close as it failed the then fire safety standards, perhaps ironic since fire safety features had made the hotel stand out in its early days.
Earlier than that, in the mid 1960s, closure of the station was being considered, as was demolition of the whole site, but Grade 1 Listing in 1967 concentrated minds on how it would be maintained for a long term future.
The hotel reopened as the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in 2011. By then the station was St Pancras International, Eurostar services having transferred here from London Waterloo in November 2007.
Precisely lined-up along an apron expansion joint, all nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Aerobatic Display Team BAE Hawks plus the spare await their display slot at the 2017 RNAS Yeovilton Air Day
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I was at this same spot precisely 366 days ago (considering that 2012 was a leap year). Interestingly, there was about 2 feet of snow last year at this spot, and also the light was a little better too. I am still happy with this image, though, and maybe I get the best shot of this place in about another 365 days... :) Hope you like it...
13-second exposure, 19mm @ f/9, ISO 50, B&W circular polarizer, 2 and 3-stop stacked Lee GND filters.
The sun traces precisely the profile of my unaware model inside a particular geometric lines game. I know it's similar to another shot but I love the delicate balance of this romantic scene.
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This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a pair of quasars (known as J0749+2255) that existed when the Universe was just 3 billion years old. They are embedded inside a pair of colliding galaxies. The quasars are separated by less than the size of a single galaxy. Quasars are powered by voracious, supermassive black holes blasting out ferocious fountains of energy as they engorge themselves on gas, dust, and anything else within their gravitational grasp. The black holes will eventually merge.
This discovery required the combined power of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatories in Hawaii. Multi-wavelength observations from the International Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, NSF's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico, and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory also contributed to understanding the dynamic duo. And, ESA's Gaia space observatory helped identify this double quasar in the first place.
Hubble shows, unequivocally, that this is indeed a genuine pair of supermassive black holes, rather than two images of the same quasar created by a foreground gravitational lens. And, Hubble shows a tidal feature from the merging of two galaxies, where gravity distorts the shape of the galaxies forming two tails of stars.
However, Hubble's sharp resolution alone isn't good enough to go looking for these dual light beacons. Researchers enlisted Gaia, which launched in 2013, to pinpoint potential double-quasar candidates. Gaia measures the positions, distances, and motions of nearby celestial objects very precisely. But in a novel technique, it can be used to explore the distant universe. Gaia's huge database can be used to search for quasars that mimic the apparent motion of nearby stars. The quasars appear as single objects in the Gaia data because they are so close together. However, Gaia can pick up a subtle, unexpected "jiggle" that mimics an apparent change in position of some of the quasars it observes. In reality, the quasars aren't moving through space in any measurable way. Instead, their jiggle could be evidence of random fluctuations of light as each member of the quasar pair varies in brightness on timescales of days to months, depending on their black hole's feeding schedule. This alternating brightness between the quasar pair is similar to seeing a railroad crossing signal from a distance. As the lights on both sides of the stationary signal alternately flash, the sign gives the illusion of "jiggling."
Because Hubble peers into the distant past, this double quasar no longer exists. Over the intervening 10 billion years, their host galaxies have likely settled into a giant elliptical galaxy, like the ones seen in the local universe today. And, the quasars have merged to become a gargantuan, supermassive black hole at its centre. The nearby giant elliptical galaxy, M87, has a monstrous black hole weighing 6.5 billion times the mass of our Sun. Perhaps this black hole was grown from one or more galaxy mergers over the past billions of years.
[Image description: A close-up image of a dual quasar system is shown. They appear as two large, white blurry circles in the centre of the image.]
Credits: NASA, ESA, Yu-Ching Chen (UIUC), Hsiang-Chih Hwang (IAS), Nadia Zakamska (JHU), Yue Shen (UIUC)
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Summit.
It isthe only point to see snowcapped Llimani and Lake Titicaca, sacred geographical features of Tiwanaku. It houses double-walled enclosures, made with small sandstone blocks, arranged around an enameled yard.
The central part shows the massive destruction caused by treasure hunters since colonial times.
At the top:
Kalasasaya
North of the Akapana Pyramid is Kalasasaya, a partially reconstructed 130m-by-120m ritual-platform compound with walls constructed of huge blocks of red sandstone and andesite. The blocks are precisely fitted to form a platform base 3m high. Monolithic uprights flank the massive entrance steps up to the restored portico of the enclosure, beyond which is an interior courtyard and the ruins of priests’ quarters. Note the size of the top stair – a massive single block.
The Monolito Ponce monolith, with his turban (no doubt covering up his deformed cranium), mask, ceremonial vase and walking stick, sits at the center of the first platform. Some say the stick and the vase are symbolic of the dualism of Andean culture (nature versus nurture).
Other stairways lead to secondary platforms, where there are other monoliths including the famous El Fraile (priest).
This is precisely what the title suggests. Suset reflections along the water at Western Harbor, Gloucester - New England.
The beauty of Laponia - Stora Sjöfallet National Park. Norrbotten, Sweden. 4.7.2009
From wikipedia:
The Laponian area is a large mountainous wildlife area in the Lapland province in northern Sweden, more precisely in Gällivare Municipality, Arjeplog Municipality and Jokkmokk Municipality.
It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996; the bulk of it had enjoyed protected status since the early 20th century. The area was made a heritage site for both natural and cultural reasons.[1]
The total area is about 9,400 square kilometres (3,600 sq mi), making it the world's largest unmodified nature area to be still cultured by natives—the natives in this case being the reindeer herding Sami people.[2] Only parts of the area is actually used for pasture by them. With such a large space, the geography of the area varies greatly; it is dominated by mountains, rivers and lakes. Each nature reserve and national park has its distinctive features. The amount of snow in winter and rain in summer is considerable.
95% of the area is protected as national parks or nature reserves. It consists of the national parks Muddus, Sarek, Padjelanta and Stora Sjöfallet, and the nature reserves Sjaunja and Stubba.[3] The remaining 5% are located in the areas of Sulitelma, Tjuoltadalen, and Rapadalen (part of which is in the Sarek park).
The village of Porjus is a natural point of entry to the Laponian area and has recently opened an information center.
The Laponia area also contains three major hydropower stations with belonging basins and a big expansion of 100 wind power stations inside the world heritage area is planned.
The highest mountain of the area is Sarektjåhkkå, at 2,089 metres (6,854 ft).
At The Atelier, nothing makes sense and that, my darlings, is precisely the point. A little funk, an unapologetic riot of pop color, a tufted settee that looks as though its overheard far too many secrets and a hairless cat judging us all from its velvet perch. Not even my outfit appears to have consulted reality before arriving, but why should it?
Order is overrated. Coordination is a suggestion.
These days, I find the vibrant colors are doing what good manners and martinis cannot, they are giving me smiles. Loud ones. The kind that bloom without permission and linger far longer then expected.
Cheers Darlings- as always, message me in world to shop the closets.
Mat 6:26 "Look at the birds. They don't plant, harvest, or gather the harvest into barns. Yet, your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they?
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.
A split second. A lightning strike. A cargo ship. And many years of patience.
This image captures a real nighttime lightning strike — hitting the Rheinhafen steam power plant in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Not a bolt somewhere on the horizon, not a wide-angle shot, no compositing, no technical triggers.
Just a carefully planned strike — right on target.
What makes this photo special isn’t just the lightning itself, but how precisely the image was composed:
The visible section of the scene is only about 500 × 300 meters, roughly 0.15 square kilometers. The goal was to capture a strike exactly in the center of that narrow frame, hitting the heart of the power plant.
And that's exactly what happened.
At the very same moment, a cargo ship crossed the frame — frozen in place by the flash of lightning, along with parts of the water’s surface.
It may look like a lucky shot, but in truth it’s the result of years of preparation, countless failed attempts, and a very persistent idea.
Why it’s so rare
Most lightning photos are taken with ultra-wide-angle lenses over open landscapes. These typically show 10 to 50 kilometers of sky. The camera is simply pointed roughly toward the storm. A visible bolt anywhere in the frame is often enough to make the image impressive.
But this shot takes a very different approach:
It wasn’t about capturing a lightning bolt — but about recording a direct strike on a specific subject, in a carefully framed and tightly composed image.
Karlsruhe sees about 25 thunderstorm days per year, but only a few occur at night. Many cells are too weak, too far away, or pass in the wrong direction. And even if conditions are good, not every stormy night can be used: life, work, visibility, wind direction — everything has to align.
Add to that the incredibly low probability:
A lightning strike hitting such a tiny target area, as shown in the image, occurs — statistically — only once every 25 to 40 years. And that’s if you're already out there at exactly the right moment, your camera is properly aligned and exposing, and a ship just happens to pass through the frame.
Even if you extend the frame to include bolts up to 5 kilometers behind the subject, it’s still an extremely rare event.
With the compressed perspective of a mid-range focal length, distant strikes often appear to hit the target — the power plant seems "hit," although the bolt actually struck kilometers behind it.
This visual effect helps slightly, but even then, you might get one visible nighttime strike per year, strong enough and placed right within the image — and only if everything else goes perfectly:
A storm at night, a suitable cell moving in the right direction, the camera already exposing, and a ship passing through.
In reality, this combination almost never happens — even with generous framing.
The long road to the photo
Over the years, I kept trying to capture this exact image. No trigger, no sensor, no app. Just a camera, tripod, cable release — and a lot of patience.
I lost count of how many nights it took.
But with every attempt, the element of chance got a little smaller — until, eventually, it all came together.
Of course, photographing lightning isn’t just about chasing dramatic moments — it also comes with risks:
Not only is your life on the line, but several thousand euros worth of gear often stand completely exposed to the storm for hours. Strong gusts can break off branches or even topple trees. That too can be dangerous.
This kind of photography demands extreme endurance, determination, and many sleepless nights.
Anyone who has ever successfully photographed a lightning bolt knows what I mean. The failure rate is massive.
So is the frustration. Coming home soaked, freezing, and empty-handed — again — makes it very tempting to just give up.
Even with rain covers, everything gets wet. Wind drives water into every seam, and when the storm is raging, nothing stays dry.
That’s why I always brought lots of cloths to wipe the lens — because yes, it does rain during thunderstorms. 😉
I took this photo back in 2006 — and now, more than 19 years later, I’ve reprocessed it using the editing experience I’ve gained since then. Revisiting the story and looking back on it all made me realize just how crazy the whole thing really was.
I probably wouldn’t do it again today. Too much time, too much risk — and the outcome so uncertain.
Back then, I tried things out of pure stubbornness, naïveté, and youthful madness. Some of it was just strange.
But every now and then… it actually worked — after an unbelievable number of tries.
And in hindsight, I’m glad I did it.
I estimate there are probably no more than 20 to 50 truly comparable photos worldwide — where someone spent years aiming for a direct lightning strike on a specific, carefully framed subject.
At least, I personally don’t know many examples.
What this image means to me
Technology today is better, easier, more automated.
But for highly targeted shots like this, no app or trigger can help —
unless, of course, you have a DeLorean with 1.21 gigawatts and precise knowledge of when and where the bolt will hit.
Unfortunately, I didn’t. 😉
What truly makes this image special isn’t just the lightning.
It’s the persistence, the planning, the stubbornness — and the rare moment when nature and technology align for just a split second.
Technical data:
📍 Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
🏭 Subject: Rheinhafen Steam Power Plant (Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk Karlsruhe)
📷 Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
🔍 Lens: EF 24–70 mm f/2.8 L USM
📏 Focal length: 40 mm (full frame)
⏱ Exposure: 100 seconds
🔆 Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
📎 Gear 1: Tripod, cable release, rain cover
📎 Gear 2: Lots of cloths to wipe the lens — because it does rain during thunderstorms. 😉
Semaphore signals stand guard at the WSS Chapelle, protecting the precisely two trains that pass this spot daily.
The beavers that built this lodge chose a nice location. What could be better than the Cathedral Group of the Grand Tetons as your backyard, and the Snake River, or more precisely a large pond impounded on one of the dozens of rivulets around the Snake River, in your front.
Next to humans, no other animal can do more to alter their habitat to suit the own needs. The impact can be significant. For instance, the dead trees here are probably not a coincidence. Rather, they likely succumbed to either flooding from the newly constructed water feature, being stripped of bark for as high as the beaver could reach, or being cut down for use as building material for dam or lodge. Over time, a colony of beavers can change a small stream flowing through a wooded valley to a pond surrounded by scrubby second-growth forest rising from root sprouts. Eventually, if the beavers live there long enough, sedimentation will fill in the pond replacing it with a bog, and then a fertile meadow. If you are a trout fisherman you might not find that to be an appealing outcome, but if you enjoy viewing wildlife . . .
There is an interesting article discussing this topic in the current issue of the University of Montana’s <i> Crown of the Continent and the Greater Yellowstone </i> eMagazine titled “Beavers: An Ally or an Inconvenient Species”. I have no connection to the article other than providing a photo.
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Schwabachers Landing, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Elevation: 6,583 ft. September 25, 2015.
ein alter USB Stick
… genauer: das Innere eines alten USB Sticks.
Stativ, Einstellschlitten, Stack aus 112 Einzelbildern
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an old usb stick
more precisely: the inward of an old usb stick
tripod, focussing rail, stack of 112 images
"No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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LA RÉVÉRENCE... TULIP
Each flower is carefully chosen by me, precisely for that, indivduality and what it conveys to me. What I saw here was a tulip bowing deeply, in reverence? Or a mother carrying her children heavily?
Talk to me? I'm listening!
Have a wonderful day, filled with love and thanx for your visit, M, (*_*)
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Bilberries in the forest, not far from our garden :)
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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Dojrzałe jagódki w lesie, niedaleko naszej działki :)
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.
Mainau, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland.
Mainau es una isla de Alemania, localizada en el Lago de Constanza y más precisamente en la parte noroccidental conocida como lago de Überlingen (Überlinger See). La isla está conectada por el sur con la tierra firme mediante un puente.
Mainau se encuentra comprendida en el territorio comunal de la ciudad de Constanza y de hecho la mejor forma de llegar a la misma es por medio del transporte urbano de esta ciudad, que tiene una línea de autobús con parada en el acceso a la isla. Ésta es un importante destino turístico gracias a su suave clima, merced al cual alberga una vegetación muy rica en especies, incluso subtropicales y tropicales.
La entrada a la isla se hace previo pago, pero su cuidada vegetación, los millones de flores que la decoran (como es evidente, fundamentalmente en los meses de primavera y verano), sus invernaderos de palmas y de mariposas - en el cual estas sobrevuelan libremente a los visitantes y son de gran variedad y grandes tamaños -, su espacio con variados tipos de columpios complejos, y su pequeña zona con diferentes animales, junto a otros detalles, son de un interés objetivo.
De acuerdo con todo lo anterior, el lugar también es denominado La isla de las flores.
Mainau is an island in Germany, located on Lake Constance and more precisely in the northwestern part known as Lake Überlingen (Überlinger See). The island is connected by the south with the mainland by means of a bridge.
Mainau is included in the communal territory of the city of Constanza and in fact the best way to get there is through the urban transport of this city, which has a bus line with stop at the access to the island. This is an important tourist destination thanks to its mild climate, thanks to which it shelters a vegetation very rich in species, even subtropical and tropical.
The entrance to the island is made after payment, but its careful vegetation, the millions of flowers that decorate it (as is evident, mainly in the months of spring and summer), its greenhouses of palms and butterflies - in which they fly over freely to visitors and they are of great variety and size - their space with varied types of complex swings, and their small area with different animals, together with other details, are of an objective interest.
In agreement with all the previous thing, the place also is denominated the island of the flowers.
The inner self is precisely that self which cannot be tricked or manipulated by anyone, even by the devil. [The inner self] is like a very shy wild animal that never appears at all whenever an alien presence is at hand, and comes out only when all is perfectly peaceful, in silence, when he is untroubled and alone. He cannot be lured by anyone or anything, because he responds to no lure except that of the divine freedom.
— The Inner Experience, page 5.
Empalme Grünbein
Para los amantes del ferrocarril, Bahía Blanca es una zona donde los testimonios dejados por las empresas del riel desde fines del siglo XIX se multiplican en todo su entorno. En un radio de 100 kilómetros existen decenas de estaciones, puentes, casillas, galpones, señales y todo ese maravilloso equipamiento que las empresas inglesas trajeron junto con el ferrocarril.
Precisamente en un paseo por Calderón, a unos 30 kilómetros de Bahía, tomando luego por un camino vecinal, de tierra, casi perdido, se llega a una modesta estación llamada "Empalme Grünbein". Abandonada, semivandalizada, la misma aparece perdida en medio de un campo que llora su sequía. Empalme Grünbein era el punto de encuentro entre la "vía Pringles", habilitada al servicio público en 1903 entre Olavarría y Bahía Blanca", y la que llegaba desde Tres Arroyos, habilitada en 1891. A partir de este empalme, siguen dos vías, con destino a la estación Grünbein.
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Empalme Grünbein
For lovers of the railroad, Bahía Blanca is an area where the testimonies left by rail companies since the end of the 19th century multiply in all their surroundings. In a radius of 100 kilometers there are dozens of stations, bridges, squares, sheds, signs and all that wonderful equipment that the British companies brought along with the railroad.
Precisely in a walk by Calderón, about 30 kilometers from Bahia, taking then by a dirt road, almost lost, you get to a modest station called "Empalme Grünbein". Abandoned, semi-vandalized, it appears lost in the middle of a field that cries its drought. Empalme Grünbein was the meeting point between the "via Pringles", enabled to public service in 1903 between Olavarría and Bahía Blanca ", and the one that arrived from Tres Arroyos, enabled in 1891. From this junction, follow two routes, with destination to the Grünbein station.
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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. 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. The Dutch IJsselmeer lake is covered with icerocks hummocks, caused by the cold weather of the passed days. At some places even higher than 6 meter!
Photo taken of hummocks at the IJsselmeer (Markermeer) near Uitdam. 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. Blue ice occurs when snow falls on the ice. The blue color is actually created for the same reason that water is blue, that is, its slight absorption of red light due to an overtone of the infrared OH stretching mode of the water molecule.
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. Deze foto is genomen bij Uitdam aan de rand van het Markermeer.
Coincidentally I had imaged M101 precisely a month ago so this makes a nice comparison. Two nigts ago a new supernova, SN2023ixf, was discovered in the outer arms of M101. I've marked it in the image on the right, showing the charateristic blue colour of a supernova.
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The animals in the photo look wild. More precisely, feral. The nearest settlement is about 40 kilometers away from this place. And there is a nature reserve nearby. And beyond the mountains is Georgia.
The current Via dell'Inferno was known in the 15th century as Via di Nostra Signora dell'Avesa, after the church of the same name, which was now number 3 and of which traces of a fresco (seriously degraded and defaced by remarkably stupid vandals) remain under the portico.
Between the 16th and 17th centuries, Inferno was a toponym that referred not only to the current Via dell'Inferno, but also to Via dei Giudei, and the reason for this name was explained precisely by the presence of the Jewish ghetto, which meant that the inhabitants of this area were destined for Hell.
However, the toponym, documented as early as the beginning of the 15th century, is much older than the creation of the ghetto in this area (mid-16th century).
The Inferno, documented at the beginning of the 15th century, is said to be near the butchers' shops of the Mercato di Mezzo, where the pig skinning shop was located, described in the Galleria Giovanni Acquaderni entry, and already operational at the end of the 14th century.
The Napoleonic reform of 1801 attributed the street name Inferno to this street, which was confirmed as Via Inferno with the reform of 1873/78.
From what we've seen, it's clear that Inferno did not originate from the presence of the Jews, given that the name is much older than the creation of the ghetto.
Instead, it seems that the skinning shop (or skinning shop) played an important role in the birth of the name Inferno: the first documents mentioning Inferno, as we've just seen, refer to the existing butchers' shops, or rather, the skinning shop that was already operational in the final years of the 14th century. The skinning mill exploited the waters of the Aposa stream, which were evidently used to eliminate the stinking waste from the slaughterhouse.
It is likely that it was precisely the infernal stench emanating from the waste from the skinning mill and carried by the waters of the Aposa, which ran uncovered alongside Via dell'Inferno until the 19th century, that gave rise to the toponym (place name) Inferno, later becoming an odonym (street name).
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La actual Via dell'Inferno se conocía en el siglo XV como Via di Nostra Signora dell'Avesa, por la iglesia del mismo nombre, que entonces era el número 3 y de la que aún se conservan restos de un fresco (gravemente deteriorado y desfigurado por vándalos increíblemente ineptos) bajo el pórtico.
Entre los siglos XVI y XVII, Inferno era un topónimo que se refería no solo a la actual Via dell'Inferno, sino también a Via dei Giudei, y el motivo de este nombre se explicaba precisamente por la presencia del gueto judío, lo que significaba que los habitantes de esta zona estaban destinados al infierno.
Sin embargo, el topónimo, documentado ya a principios del siglo XV, es mucho más antiguo que la creación del gueto en esta zona (mediados del siglo XVI).
Se dice que la calle Inferno, documentada a principios del siglo XV, se encontraba cerca de las carnicerías del Mercato di Mezzo, donde estaba ubicada la desolladora de cerdos, descrita en la entrada de la Galleria Giovanni Acquaderni, y que ya estaba en funcionamiento a finales del siglo XIV.
La reforma napoleónica de 1801 atribuyó el nombre de calle Inferno a esta calle, que se confirmó como Via Inferno con la reforma de 1873/78.
Por lo que hemos visto, es evidente que el nombre Inferno no se originó por la presencia judía, dado que es mucho más antiguo que la creación del gueto.
En cambio, parece que la desolladora desempeñó un papel importante en el origen del nombre Inferno: los primeros documentos que mencionan Inferno, como acabamos de ver, se refieren a las carnicerías existentes, o más bien, a la desolladora que ya estaba en funcionamiento a finales del siglo XIV. La fábrica de desollar aprovechaba las aguas del arroyo Aposa, que evidentemente se utilizaban para eliminar los fétidos desechos del matadero.
Es probable que fuera precisamente el hedor infernal que emanaba de los desechos de la fábrica de desollar y que era transportado por las aguas del Aposa, que corría al descubierto junto a la Via dell'Inferno hasta el siglo XIX, lo que dio origen al topónimo «Inferno», que más tarde se convirtió en nombre de calle.
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L'attuale via dell'Inferno era nota nel XV secolo come via di Nostra Signora dell'Avesa, dalla chiesa omonima che era all'odierno numero 3 e di cui si conserva traccia di affresco (assai degradato e deturpato da vandali di rilevante stupidità) sotto al portico.
Tra XVI e XVII secolo, Inferno era toponimo che indicava non solo l’attuale via dell’Inferno, ma anche via dei Giudei, e si spiegava la ragione di tale nome, appunto, con la presenza del ghetto ebraico, per cui gli abitanti di questa zona erano destinati all’Inferno.
Senonchè il toponimo, documentato già all’inizio del XV secolo, è molto più antico della creazione del ghetto in questa zona (metà del XVI secolo).
L’Inferno documentato all’inizio del XV secolo è detto essere vicino alle beccarie del Mercato di Mezzo, dove era lo scorticatoio dei maiali, descritto nella scheda di Galleria Giovanni Acquaderni, e già operativo alla fine del XIV secolo.
La riforma napoleonica del 1801 attribuì l’odonimo Inferno a questa via, confermato in via Inferno con la riforma nel 1873/78.
Da quanto visto, è evidente che Inferno non originò dalla presenza degli Ebrei, visto che l'odonimo è parecchio più antico della creazione del ghetto.
Sembra invece che lo scorticatoio (o pellatoio) abbia avuto parte importante per la nascita dell'odonimo Inferno: i primi documenti che citano Inferno, si è visto poc’anzi, fanno riferimento alle beccarie (macellerie) esistenti, ovvero al pellatoio che era già operativo negli ultimi anni del XIV secolo. Il pellatoio sfruttava le acque del torrente Aposa che evidentemente venivano usate per eliminare gli scarti ammorbanti del macello.
E’ probabile che sia stato proprio il fetore ... infernale emanato dagli scarti del pellatoio e trascinati dalle acque dell'Aposa, che correva scoperto a fianco di via dell'Inferno fino al XIX secolo ad originare il toponimo (nome di luogo) Inferno, per poi diventare odonimo (nome di via).
At last the sun was beginning to climb its way in the sky, so I thought: "Time to go back home" (my Flickr friend, Rich, would say, "there ya go Dad, two kids to love" :-)). Rather casually I began strolling downstream, when a new marvel arose before me. The row of poplars along the riverside ended abruptly, unveiling the wetland beyond the trees.
I had something more to capture :-)
I would like to present this scene as a visual counterpoint, more precisely as a round of the four Elements. The round, or perpetual canon, is the simplest, most ancient kind of canon, consisting of a melody (the theme) which is to be sung/played by three or four singers/players strating at different times, as in Row, row, row your boat. When one has finished her execution of the theme, she can restart again from the beginning, virtually forever. The problem with a round is not how to begin it, but rather how to finish it :-)
One of the most ancient known rounds, and the most ancient in English, is Sumer is icumen in, also known as the Reading Rota (the Latin word rota translates in English as "round"). Although there are innumerable beautiful performances of this canon, including one by the renowned Hilliard Ensemble, I would like to suggest you to listen to the humble performance by Alamire, the small vocal ensemble where I sing as the bass: you can listen to it by clicking here. Very, very funny to sing :-)!
So we are back to our Round of the four Elements...
The Waters of the river flow lazily across the plain, imbuing the Earth with their music; then the Fire of the rising sun warms up the Air, and the Earth start singing the Water's theme to the Air, in the form of a thick mist. The Air receives this misty music and starts singing herself, as the mist thins out in the sky - where it will eventually cool down, condensing into dewdrops - or raindrops, if you like. So the round restarts from the beginning, and again and again will repeat its wonderful cyclic harmony, perpetuating and celebrating Life on our beautiful Earth.
Depth of field (DOF) is the distance in front of and behind the subject which appears to be in focus. For any given lens setting, there is only one distance at which a subject is precisely in focus, but focus falls off gradually on either side of that distance, so there is a region in which the blurring is tolerable. This region is greater behind the point of focus than it is in front, as the angle of the light rays change more rapidly; they approach being parallel with increasing distance.
Several factors determine whether the objective error in focus becomes noticeable. Subject matter, movement, the distance of the subject from the camera, and the way in which the image is displayed all have an influence. However, the most important factor is the actual degree of error in relation to the area of film exposed.
Light from a point source at the correct distance will produce the image of a point on the film. A point farther away or nearer will produce the image of a disk whose border is known as "circle of confusion." The diameter of these circles increases with distance from the point of focus and so can be used as the measure of error or blurring of the image.
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I like to captured DOF, it is dreamy and we can much imagination through those of them:)
Nikon D90 and Tamron 70-300mm
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Prambanan Temple is the most famous and also the most magnificent of Central Java's temples or more precisely complex of temples. Situated about 15 kilometers from Yogyakarta, the top of the main shrine is visible from a great distance and rises high above the scattered ruins of the former temples. Prambanan is the masterpiece of Hindu culture of the tenth century. The slim building soaring up to 47 meters makes its beautiful architecture incomparable. Seventeen kilometers east of Yogyakarta, King Balitung Maha Sambu built the Prambanan temple in the middle of the ninth century. Its parapets are adorned with bas-reliefs depicting the famous Ramayana story. This magnificent Shivaite temple derives it name from the village where it is located.
Prambanan Temple is locally known as the Roro Jonggrang Temple, or the Temple of the "Slender Virgin", it is the biggest and most beautiful Hindu temple in Indonesia. The temple complex of Prambanan lies among green fields and villages. It has eight shrines, of which the three main ones are dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma. The main temple of Shiva rises to a height of 130 feet and houses the magnificent statue of Shiva's consort, Durga. There are 224 temples in the complex; three of them, the main temples are Brahma Temple in the north, Vishnu Temple in the south, and the biggest among the three which lies between Brahma and Vishnu temples is Shiva Temple (47 meters high).
Two theatres have provided the temple. Enjoy sunrise behind the glory of Prambanan Temple. Visitors should be at the location - in the area of The Open Air Theater and archaeological park of the temple - before sunrise at about 5:00 o'clock in the morning. The First open-air theatre was built on the southern side of the temple in 1960 and the second was built on the western side of the temple in 1988. During full moon evenings in the month from May to October, the Ramayana ballet is performed right here. Perhaps one of the most majestic temples in the South-East Asia, Prambanan attracts many admirers each year from abroad.
Mainau, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland.
Mainau es una isla de Alemania, localizada en el Lago de Constanza y más precisamente en la parte noroccidental conocida como lago de Überlingen (Überlinger See). La isla está conectada por el sur con la tierra firme mediante un puente.
Mainau se encuentra comprendida en el territorio comunal de la ciudad de Constanza y de hecho la mejor forma de llegar a la misma es por medio del transporte urbano de esta ciudad, que tiene una línea de autobús con parada en el acceso a la isla. Ésta es un importante destino turístico gracias a su suave clima, merced al cual alberga una vegetación muy rica en especies, incluso subtropicales y tropicales.
La entrada a la isla se hace previo pago, pero su cuidada vegetación, los millones de flores que la decoran (como es evidente, fundamentalmente en los meses de primavera y verano), sus invernaderos de palmas y de mariposas - en el cual estas sobrevuelan libremente a los visitantes y son de gran variedad y grandes tamaños -, su espacio con variados tipos de columpios complejos, y su pequeña zona con diferentes animales, junto a otros detalles, son de un interés objetivo.
De acuerdo con todo lo anterior, el lugar también es denominado La isla de las flores.
Mainau is an island in Germany, located on Lake Constance and more precisely in the northwestern part known as Lake Überlingen (Überlinger See). The island is connected by the south with the mainland by means of a bridge.
Mainau is included in the communal territory of the city of Constanza and in fact the best way to get there is through the urban transport of this city, which has a bus line with stop at the access to the island. This is an important tourist destination thanks to its mild climate, thanks to which it shelters a vegetation very rich in species, even subtropical and tropical.
The entrance to the island is made after payment, but its careful vegetation, the millions of flowers that decorate it (as is evident, mainly in the months of spring and summer), its greenhouses of palms and butterflies - in which they fly over freely to visitors and they are of great variety and size - their space with varied types of complex swings, and their small area with different animals, together with other details, are of an objective interest.
In agreement with all the previous thing, the place also is denominated the island of the flowers.
Hoy hace precisamente 5 años de esta foto. Desde hace diez años en esta época había podido observar emergencias de Orthetrum cancellatum, este año todavía no las he visto. Deben estar a punto.
En la imagen, un macho de la especie completando el desarrollo de las alas.
Fotograma completo sin recorte.
Tomada en Villena (Alicante) España
Today precisely 5 years ago of this photo. For ten years at this time I had been able to observe emergencies of Orthetrum cancellatum, this year I have not seen them yet. They must be ready.
In the image, a male of the species completing the development of the wings.
Full frame without clipping.
Taken in Villena (Alicante) Spain
"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 a small settlement set high on the east bank of Ethiopia's lower Omo River.
Adorned with finger-painted 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 dangerous wild animal that threatens the settlement.
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Finally we are back from another once-in-a-lifetime trip to the other side of the world. More precisely, we spent 22 days exploring the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand. I’m sure I don’t have to convince you that New Zealand is breathtaking and it is actually much bigger than it looks on the map, so our three week schedule was pretty tight as we explored both the north and the south island. Back home, it took a few weeks to roughly sort through the almost 4000 images and I’ll start uploading a few of my favourites over the next weeks that immediately caught my eye while looking through the catalog.
This first image is actually from pretty much the end of our trip, when we drove to the famous Moeraki boulders which are large, almost perfectly spherical rocks scattered along a beach on the Otago coast on the south island. We arrived at the nearby campground 2 hours before sunset, payed for the fee for the night and then had a really nice chat with the campground operator, who talked with us for half an hour and told us everything about her recent trip to England and Scotland. After that we had to hurry to get to the boulders in time for sunset, but luckily they are just a few minutes drive from the campground. To our surprise, we were almost alone and enjoyed the sunset which was not overly spectacular, but I might upload an image of the following blue hour one day. As it turned out by looking at the tide chart at the campground, we had also missed the high tide by a few days, meaning a few days earlier the high tide would have been right around sunset and sunrise, but in our case it was predicted for the night and noon the next day.
Nevertheless, we returned the next morning for sunrise which was amazing as the morning light seemed to mimic the Orthon effect adding a certain glow to this beautiful scenery. After scouting this location the evening before, I decided to go for a vertical shot of this cracked boulder since another boulder was protruding into the left side of the image in landscape format. However, since it’s not always possible to judge on location what fits a scene best, I switched my camera into horizontal orientation, and as luck would have it, shortly thereafter a larger wave rushed onto the beach and just barely reached this cracked boulder. Luckily, I was already set up, pressed the shutter and captured my favourite image from this location which I hope you like as much as I do! :)
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.