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Treehoppers (more precisely typical treehoppers to distinguish them from the Aetalionidae) and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers. There are about 3,200 known species of treehoppers in over 600 genera. They are found on all continents except Antarctica, although there are only three species in Europe.
They are best known for their enlarged and ornate pronotum, which most often resembles thorns, apparently to aid camouflage. But in some species, the pronotum grows to a horn-like extension, and even more bizarre and hard-to-describe shapes are also found.
Abiqua Falls is an aesthetically pleasing cascade situated in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, more precisely inside Marion County, Oregon. The mentioned watercourse is a constituent segment of the Abiqua Creek, which serves as a tributary to the Pudding River. The waterfalls are located in a secluded wooded region, surrounded by verdant vegetation and basaltic geological structures, resulting in a visually appealing and tranquil ecological environment.
The attainment of Abiqua Falls necessitates a trek, with the pathway presenting difficulties due to its inclination and uneven topography. It is imperative that tourists come well equipped and don suitable footwear for the hiking activity. Abiqua Falls, owing to its comparably remote geographical position and the arduous nature of its trek, often exhibits lower levels of visitor congestion in comparison to other waterfalls in the vicinity. Consequently, those who undertake the expedition to Abiqua Falls are afforded a tranquil and immersing encounter.
Prior to embarking on a visit, it is advisable to thoroughly examine the local legislation and prevailing circumstances, in addition to any pertinent updates pertaining to the accessibility of the falls. It is essential to acknowledge the importance of treating the natural environment with reverence, and it is incumbent upon visitors to adhere to the principles of Leave No Trace in order to safeguard the aesthetic appeal of the region for future generations.
or more precisely the adjacent quarry
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Cement_Works
The cement works has permission to continue to operate until February 2042 but the quarry doesn't have enough limestone left to last that long at current rates of extraction without extension
Viewed from the hillside.
"Piesport is a local community in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate and the largest wine-growing town in the Mosel wine-growing region. She has been a member of the Bernkastel-Kues municipality since January 1, 2012.
The local community is located, surrounded by vineyards, meadows and forests, on a loop of the Moselle that bulges out to the north in the Moselle valley between Bernkastel-Kues and Trier, more precisely between Minheim and Neumagen. The district of Piesport is located on the left bank of the river on the Eifel side. On the opposite, gently rising side of the river on the Hunsrück side is the Müstert district and a little further downstream, at the exit of the loop, is the Reinsport district. The higher district around the church of St. Martin is Emmel. Ferres is located slightly upstream on the left bank of the river. Müstert used to consist of just a few houses that gather around the All Saints Chapel at the bridgehead of the lower of the two Moselle bridges. This district grew together with Emmel and Reinsport over the centuries and formed the independent municipality of Niederemmel until the administrative reform in 1969. The B 53, the Moseluferstrasse, runs through the district of Niederemmel. From here, at a roundabout at the entrance to the town from the direction of Neumagen, the L 50 branches off to the north over the Moselle bridge to Klausen and the L 156 branches off to the south towards Neumagen-Dhron.
It can be assumed that in Roman times there was a ford through the Moselle at the site of today's town, through which wagons could drive when the water level was low. This ford was dedicated to Mercurius Bigentius, a local deity, from which the name Porto Pingontio was derived, which gradually became Piesport.
A sanctuary was also dedicated to Bigentius, which stood on the northern, left-hand bank on the mountain slope and which is now only remembered by the chapel house, which is also popularly known as Michelskirch ( Lage→ ). In Christian times it was replaced by a church dedicated to the Archangel Michael, which was attested in 1350 as the matrix ecclesia (“mother church”). Because of the long and arduous journey to the parish of Piesport on the banks of the Moselle, a new church was finally built, today's parish church of St. Michael.
The Romans already settled in the region around Piesport. The vineyards framed the place “like the tiers of an amphitheater,” wrote the poet Ausonius. The largest Roman wine press north of the Alps was discovered and partially reconstructed in 1985 between the districts of Alt-Piesport and Ferres. It is the center of the Roman Press Festival, which takes place annually on the second weekend in October. In 1950, a Roman diatret jar was found in a sarcophagus in a burial ground near Niederemmel, which is now in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier. Witnesses to the Roman era are also the Roman road (L 157) on the height between Niederemmel and Morbach, where a Roman grave was found near the Tonnkopf hunting lodge, as well as the Römerhof on the southern outskirts of Niederemmel. There was also a Roman milestone at the Tonnkopf.
The first documented mention of Piesport was in 776. Between 1506 and 1508, Piesport lost 82 of its 95 citizens (households) to the plague. In the Middle Ages and early modern times, Piesport was part of Kurtrier. From 1794 the area was under French rule, and in 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946 it has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Today's community was re-formed on June 7, 1969 from the dissolved communities of Piesport (then 503 residents) and Niederemmel (1,633 residents).
Mosel (German: [ˈmoːzl̩]) is one of 13 German wine regions (Weinbaugebiete) for quality wines (Qualitätswein, formerly QbA and Prädikatswein), and takes its name from the Mosel River (French: Moselle; Luxembourgish: Musel). Before 1 August 2007 the region was called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, but changed to a name that was considered more consumer-friendly. The wine region is Germany's third largest in terms of production but some consider it the leading region in terms of international prestige.
The region covers the valleys of the rivers Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer from near the mouth of the Mosel at Koblenz and upstream to the vicinity of Trier in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The area is known for the steep slopes of the region's vineyards overlooking the river. At 65° degrees incline, the steepest recorded vineyard in the world is the Calmont vineyard located on the Mosel and belonging to the village of Bremm, and therefore referred to as Bremmer Calmont. The Mosel is mainly famous for its wines made from the Riesling grape, but Elbling and Müller-Thurgau also contribute to the production, among others.
In the past two decades red wine production, especially from the Spätburgunder (Pinot noir), has increased in the Mosel and throughout the German vignoble and has become of increasing interest to the international wine community. Because of the northerly location of the Mosel, the Riesling wines are often light, tending to lower alcohol, crisp and high in acidity, and often exhibit "flowery" rather than or in addition to "fruity" aromas. Its most common vineyard soil is derived in the main from various kinds of slate deposits, which tend to give the wines a transparent, mineralic aspect, that often exhibit great depth of flavor. In the current era of climate change much work has been done to improve and gain acceptance for completely dry ("Trocken") Rieslings in this region, so that most of the more famous makers have found acceptance for such wines, particularly in Europe." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
Paysage d'Auvergne plus précisément du Cantal dans les environs de Salers
landscape d'Auvergne Cantal more precisely in the vicinity Salers
»..above and beyond our personal experience, we have collectively witnessed a fundamental unexpected event, fundamental precisely because unexpected, not foreseen by anyone. It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say. It can happen, and it can happen everywhere.«
primo levi
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no big glittery icons or invitations , please !
to be looked at for precisely 15 minutes, on repeat, indecisively.
Sad, bored, young man with Rembrandt Ironing-board, goose-hesitating.
Honk, honk.
Precisely a year before this image was taken on the eve of the Fall equinox, I had climbed up Fremont peak at Mt Rainier during a cloudy afternoon. The lookout at the summit had been socked in dense fog, reducing visibility to mere yards. And when all hope seemed lost, the inversion layer dipped below, and I was witness to one glorious sunset above the clouds.
I was hoping to repeat that this year, and with the dense smoke having finally receded, I was eagerly looking forward to a return visit. However, fire damage had temporarily closed the main access road to the area, and I turned to the next best fire lookout in the Mt Rainier area.
I started the hike in high spirits despite the foggy weather, hoping that the clouds would lift up just like last year. But as sunset approached, the snowy summit of Mt Rainier barely managed to peek through the thick fog rolling over the lookout. The glimpses of the inversion layer kept teasing me, prolonging the agony in the freezing cold. And just as I was about to turn around barely 30min before sunset, the clouds lowered.
I was now dropped into an ethereal landscape with the mist still clinging onto the nearby ridges and peaks, while the summit of Mt Rainier, towering over an alpine lake, managed to catch the last bit of alpenglow.
Mt Rainier National Park
WA USA
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.
Leopard 2, the never ending story... I'd like to think I'm getting to a point where I can finally call them done - but I think that after every redesign.
Well anyway, here is the latest iteration - or two thirds of it to be precise, haven't gotten around to fully redo the winter-camoed "Amdusias" yet.
The colourful nature and long crest, red bills and also white-eye stripes of the male Mandarin Duck did mean that they were prized precisely more than his female pair a much duller bird often a grey or brown colour, so the male ducks are bagged the crown as the most ornate of duck species or also arguably the most symbolic of all the waterfowl species on earth.
Taken at precisely 7 minutes past midnight, at Tromso in Northern Norway, 200 miles above the arctic circle, where the sun never sets and is constantly above the horizon 24 hours a day from May 20th till July 22nd.
No day copies yesterday,
no two nights will teach what bliss is
in precisely the same way,
with precisely the same kisses.
W.S.
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.
Südafrika - Kleine Karoo
Red Stone Hills
Sunset - Sonnenuntergang
The Karoo (/kəˈruː/ kə-ROO; from a Khoikhoi word, possibly garo "desert") is a semi-desert natural region of South Africa. There is no exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo, and therefore its extent is also not precisely defined. The Karoo is partly defined by its topography, geology and climate — above all, its low rainfall, arid air, cloudless skies, and extremes of heat and cold. The Karoo also hosted a well-preserved ecosystem hundreds of million years ago which is now represented by many fossils.
The Karoo is sharply divided into the Great Karoo and the Little Karoo by the Swartberg Mountain Range, which runs east-west, parallel to the southern coastline, but is separated from the sea by another east-west range called the Outeniqua –Langeberg Mountains. The Great Karoo lies to the north of the Swartberg range; the Little Karoo is to the south of it.
The Little Karoo is separated from the Great Karoo by the Swartberg Mountain range. Geographically, it is a 290 km long valley, only 40–60 km wide, formed by two parallel Cape Fold Mountain ranges, the Swartberg to the north, and the continuous Langeberg-Outeniqua range to the south. The northern strip of the valley, within 10–20 km from the foot of the Swartberg mountains is most un-karoo-like, in that it is a well watered area both from the rain, and the many streams that cascade down the mountain, or through narrow defiles in the Swartberg from the Great Karoo. The main towns of the region are situated along this northern strip of the Little Karoo: Montagu, Barrydale, Ladismith, Calitzdorp, Oudtshoorn and De Rust, as well as such well-known mission stations such as Zoar, Amalienstein, and Dysselsdorp.
The southern 30–50 km wide strip, north of the Langeberg range is as arid as the western Lower Karoo, except in the east, where the Langeberg range (arbitrarily) starts to be called the Outeniqua Mountains.
The Little Karoo can only be accessed by road through the narrow defiles cut through the surrounding Cape Fold Mountains by ancient, but still flowing rivers. A few roads traverse the mountains over passes, the most famous and impressive of which is the Swartberg Pass between Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo and Prince Albert on the other side of the Swartberg mountains in the Great Karoo. There is also the main road between Oudtshoorn and George, on the coastal plain, that crosses the mountains to the south via the Outeniqua Pass. The only exit from the Little Karoo that does not involve crossing a mountain range is through the 150 km long, narrow Langkloof valley between Uniondale and Humansdorp, near Plettenberg Bay.
(Wikipedia)
Die Karoo (auch Karroo, früher Karru; Khoisan für Halbwüste) ist eine Halbwüstenlandschaft in den Hochebenen des Landes Südafrika, nördlich der Großen Randstufe und im südlichen Namibia. Unterschieden werden Kleine Karoo, Große Karoo und Obere Karoo sowie Sukkulentenkaroo und Nama-Karoo. Mit einer Ausdehnung von 500.000 km² umfasst die Karoo fast ein Drittel des Territoriums Südafrikas. Die Sukkulentenkaroo gehört zu den Biodiversitäts-Hotspots der Erde und wird u. a. im Rahmen von BIOTA AFRICA systematisch kartiert.
Der Name Karoo kommt von kurú (trocken) aus der Sprache der San, die einst hier lebten und jagten. In Hinsicht auf die geographische Ausdehnung des Karoo-Begriffs sind die folgenden Teilaspekte zu beachten und voneinander zu unterscheiden.
Die Karoo als Landschaft im traditionellen Verständnis ist eine südafrikanische Trockenregion innerhalb der Provinzen Westkap, Ostkap und Nordkap sowie im Süden Namibias. Ihre spezifische kapländische Strauchvegetation weist sie als Halbwüste aus. Ursprünglich wird in zwei Regionen unterschieden: Große Karoo und Kleine Karoo.
Die Große Karoo besitzt eine West-Ost-Ausdehnung von über 750 Kilometern und eine Nord-Süd-Ausdehnung von etwa 110 Kilometern. Sie wird im Westen vom Massiv der Zederberge und im Osten durch die Winterberge begrenzt. Im Norden bilden die Bergketten vom Roggeveld-, Koms-, Nuweveldberge und Sneeuberg und im Süden die Höhenzüge der Witteberge, Groot Swartberge und die Groot Winterhoek die natürliche Begrenzung.
Südlich dieser Region schließt sich die Kleine Karoo an. Diese wird wiederum an ihrer südlichen Flanke von den küstennahen Langebergen und Outeniqua-Bergen begrenzt.
Anders als in dieser traditionellen Gliederung, wird die Karoo heute nach ökologischen Gesichtspunkten in einen östlichen Teil, die Nama-Karoo, und einen westlichen Teil, die Sukkulenten-Karoo, gegliedert, wobei auch die Gesamtausdehnung der Karoo nach diesem Konzept von jener der traditionellen Betrachtungsweise abweicht.
(Wikipedia)
Die Little Karoo (englisch, auf Afrikaans Klein Karoo) ist eine Region in der Western Cape Provinz in Südafrika.
Durch die Little Karoo zieht sich die Route 62.
Die Klein Karoo ist ein halbwüstenartiger Landstrich, der zwischen den Swartbergen im Norden und den Outeniqua-Bergen im Süden liegt. Die Gegend ist fruchtbar und nicht ganz so trocken wie die nördlich anschließende Große Karoo. Die Kleine Karoo ist bekannt für die Straußenzucht, allein in der Umgebung von Oudtshoorn gibt es angeblich über 400 Betriebe, landwirtschaftliche Nutztiere der Region sind auch Schafe und Angoraziegen.
Die Kleine Karoo ist das östlichste Weinbaugebiet Südafrikas. Muskatweine, Portweine und Desertweine gedeihen in dem recht trockenen Klima, ein Teil des Weines wird zu Brandy verarbeitet. Auch das hier angebaute Obst wird teilweise zu Schnaps verarbeitet, man bekommt aber auch überall recht preisgünstig getrocknete Früchte.
(wikivoyage.org)
“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.”
― Roger de Bussy-Rabutin
Each flower is carefully chosen by me, precisely for what it conveys to me. Here I saw a longing, a wanting to be close, not to be separated?
Talk to me? I'm listening!
Have a wonderful day, filled with love and thanx for your visit, M, (*_*)
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I have a fear from this image, that the low water level in the stream is yet another indicator of climate change.
Surely in April the watercourses would, historially, have been at 50% level?
Seen carrying off this catch to precisely not sure where.
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Being from Florida, I've seen my share of lizards and other reptiles. While I know that here in western Colorado, there is no remote chance of seeing an alligator (or crocodile) in the wild ... but I knew that they have a variety of lizards. I also knew which one precisely I wanted to find.
Enter the collared lizard, particularly the one found in western Colorado, which is quite colorful and ever so fascinating to observe. With their brightly colored turquoise body and orange-golden colored head, black banding near the collar, and 8-15" length from nose to the tip of its tail ... this one made me stop in my tracks. Finally!!!
They are quite the agile and powerful lizard too. Standing up on their hind legs when they run, they can reach speeds of up to 16 mph. During the early summer, they are ready for mating. When confrontational, like when two males fight for their territory or possibly the female, they will often display head bobbing and tail whipping. When a female lays eggs, the newborn are born ready to fend for themselves. Quite remarkably are these collared lizards and I'm just thrilled to have had the opportunity to find, observe, and photograph them. :-)
Thanks for stopping by to view.
Happy Thursday!
© 2018 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
Photo from the Albert Kuhbandner collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
Spring 1987
SE-IEY "Ada of Gothenburg"
Convair 580
372
ScanBee
Parked out in the "Westpilz" parking area. Almost precisely ten years before this shot, ScanBee's Convair 340 SE-GTE had visited Riem in practically the same colour scheme. A JAT DC-9 is seen in the distance close to the Lufthansa maintenance hangar.
Information from flickr - thanks to Kerry Taylor:
Built in 1957 as a Convair 440-90 and registered to Convair as N8466H. Delivered to General Dynamics Corp as N440J on 20Mar57. To the Gulf Oil Co as N108G in Jan62. Converted to a Convair 580 on 28Mar62. Reregistered to N108GL in Mar71. To N114M in Apr71. To N114ML in Feb77. To Sweden and ScanBee as SE-IEY in Dec80. Next to Canada with Kelowna Flightcraft on 20Jan87. On to New Zealand as ZK-KFL with Air Freight NZ in Feb90. Transferred to Air Chathams on 29Nov16 and still current in 2021.
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/SE-IEY/764509
This airframe as N114ML ca. late 1970s:
www.flickr.com/photos/191692050@N04/52117521898
This airframe as ZK-KFL with Air Freight NZ at AKL in September 1992:
www.airhistory.net/photo/234034/ZK-KFL
ZK-KFL with Air Freight NZ at CHC in December 2002 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/146301829@N08/29341592765
ZK-KFL with Air Freight NZ at AKL in October 2011 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/vj_bhana/7112039753
ZK-KFL with Air Chathams at WLG in October 2017 (all white):
www.flickr.com/photos/154880822@N02/39570367711
ZK-KFL with Air Chathams at AKL in September 2018
(wearing a depiction of the Chatham Island mollyhawk bird head and feathers on the tail):
www.flickr.com/photos/ryanhothersall/31347670258
ZK-KFL with Air Chathams in May 2020 (detail of mollyhawk bird head):
www.flickr.com/photos/zk-ngj/50797835313
ZK-KFL with Air Chathams at AKL in October 2021 (wings and engines removed):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/7/5/6602571.jpg
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
Precisely on this day 10 years ago the Hungarian national carrier, Malév ceased operations.
The airline shut down after 66 years of continuous operation, marking February 3 as a mourning day in Hungarian aviation history.
Longshan Temple (龍山寺) is the largest scale of temple in Lukang, and it’s also the most well-preserved Fujianese style building of the Qing Dynasty in Taiwan. Due to its architecture and historical value, Lukang Longshan Temple is ranked as first class historical site in Taiwan.
Most of the structures in Lukang Longshan Temple were completed in Qing Dynasty in 1831. The most amazing one is Bagua caisson ceiling (八卦藻井) above outdoor stage. This wood structure was precisely calculated. Craftsmen used leverage to sustain the whole ceiling without a single nail. Besides producing better sound effect, caisson ceiling has a function to suppress evils and bring peace to the town. Pillars, gates, and walls made by stone are elaborate, especially dragon pillars in the front hall.
The resident deity at Lukang Longshan Temple is Guanyin (觀音)*, and it’s the same in every Longshan Temples all over Taiwan. In back worship hall, shrines of Dragon King** and Wind God can be found. In every Dragon Festival, Dragon King is invited to bless favorable weather and good harvest.
With lots of effort from specialists, Lukang Longshan Temple was able to be restored from ruins in 10 years after 921 Earthquake. They tried their best to keep it as original.
Camera: Zenza Bronica EC-TL
Lens: 75mm Nikkor f2.8
Film: Lomography 100 Color
Developer: Unicolor C-41
Scanner: Epson V600
Photoshop: Curves, Healing Brush (spotting)
Cropping: None
Hello darkness my old friend…
What you are (not) seeing, highlighted in blue, is dark matter. Webb was used to precisely map out the dark matter that is part of the makeup of two colliding galaxy clusters, with help from @NASAChandraXray. Webb captured more extremely faint galaxies in the Bullet Cluster than ever seen before (as well as foreground stars), allowing scientists to accurately determine the mass of the cluster.
Chandra data shows the hot, X-ray-emitting gas present between the two galaxy clusters (highlighted in pink). As these two galaxy clusters collided, this gas was dragged out and left behind. Webb observations show that the dark matter (in blue) still lines up with the galaxies and was not dragged away.
Normally galaxies consist of gas, dust, stars, and dark matter, all combined, even when the galaxies are part of a cluster. Observing this separation between the gas and dark matter is unusual.
While we cannot see dark matter because it does not emit light, it has mass and gravitational influence on light we can see. It can act like a lens, magnifying and warping objects behind it. Imagine dark matter as water so clear you can’t see it unless the wind ripples it. The ripples will distort the shapes of any pebbles below its surface. Likewise, dark matter distorts the shapes of distant background galaxies. We can’t see it, but we see its effects.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, CXC
Science credit: James Jee (Yonsei University, UC Davis), Sangjun Cha (Yonsei University), Kyle Finner (Caltech/IPAC)
#NASAMarshall #NASA #NASAWebb #JWST #NASAGoddard #astrophysics #NASAChandra #Space #Chandra #Telescope #Universe
Taddeo Gaddi (c. 1300 - 1366) Stories of Christ and St. Francis of Assisi (Panels of the cupboard in the sacristy of Santa Croce) (1340 - Tempera on panel dimensions: 41 x 31 cm - Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
La formelle decoravano sicuramente un arredo ligneo nella sacrestia di Santa Croce a Firenze, forse un armadio per reliquie. La prima citazione dell'armadio risale al Cinquecento (Anonimo Magliabechiano e Vasari), e poi in altre fonti successive fino al 1810, quando, con la soppressione napoleonica del convento francescano, le ante furono trasferite nei depositi del Convento di San Marco. Da qui, nel 1814, arrivarono ormai smembrate alla Galleria dell'Accademia, dove erano esposte in ambienti separati. Secondo i documenti dell'epoca, lo smembramento avvenne proprio a San Marco tra il 1812 e il 1813, quando vennero rimosse le "prospere", cioè gli stalli lignei. A quell'epoca risalgono anche le attuali cornici lignee dorate.
Quattro dipinti, immessi sul mercato antiquario, sono oggi in Germania, alla Gemäldegalerie di Berlino (Pentecoste e Resurrezione del fanciullo) e all'Alte Pinakothek di Monaco (Prova del Fuoco, la Morte del cavaliere di Celano).
Le storie sono così composte:
Storie di san Francesco d'Assisi
Francesco rinuncia ai beni del padre
Papa Innocenzo III vede in sogno Francesco sostenere la basilica Lateranense
Papa Innocenzo III approva la Regola francescana
Apparizione di Francesco sul carro di fuoco
Prova del Fuoco (Alte Pinakothek di Monaco)
Presepe di Greccio
Morte del cavaliere di Celano (Alte Pinakothek di Monaco)
Francesco predica davanti a papa Onorio III
Francesco appare al Capitolo di Arles
Francesco riceve le stimmate
Morte di Francesco
Resurrezione del fanciullo (Gemäldegalerie di Berlino)
Martirio dei francescani a Ceuta
The panels surely decorated a wooden piece of furniture in the sacristy of Santa Croce in Florence, perhaps a cupboard for relics. The earliest mention of the cabinet dates back to the 16th century (Anonimo Magliabechiano and Vasari), and then in other later sources until 1810, when, with the Napoleonic suppression of the Franciscan convent, the doors were transferred to the storerooms of the Convent of San Marco. From there, in 1814, they arrived by then dismembered at the Accademia Gallery, where they were displayed in separate rooms. According to documents of the time, the dismemberment took place precisely at St. Mark's between 1812 and 1813, when the "prospere," or wooden stalls, were removed. The present gilded wooden frames also date from that time.
Four paintings, placed on the antiquarian market, are now in Germany, at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin (Pentecost and Resurrection of the Child) and the Alte Pinakothek in Munich (Trial by Fire, Death of the Knight of Celano).
The stories are composed as follows:
Stories of Saint Francis of Assisi
Francis renounces his father's property
Pope Innocent III sees Francis supporting the Lateran Basilica in a dream
Pope Innocent III approves the Franciscan Rule
Apparition of Francis on chariot of fire
Trial by Fire (Alte Pinakothek in Munich)
Nativity of Greccio
Death of the Knight of Celano (Alte Pinakothek in Munich)
Francis preaches before Pope Honorius III
Francis appears to the Chapter of Arles
Francis receives the stigmata
Death of Francis
Resurrection of the Child (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
Martyrdom of the Franciscans in Ceuta
Inside an early 15th century madrasah built during the Timurid dynasty, and more precisely the grandson of Amir Timur named Ulugh Beg.
I had it on good authority a train would be passing through this tunnel at precisely 11am. So we arrived, i parked, took my camera around to figure out best settings and angles - then went back to the car and had a nap while the wife waited patiently for the sound of an approaching train. It was supposed to be a west bound train so i assumed the engineer just had a bad sense of direction.
The tracks run through three tunnels and i have been after this shot for 4 years. the only two issues i had: train moving in the wrong direction and wind on the lake obscures the reflections. So this is 1 out of 3 shots.
I though i was going to witness a derailment when the top container came in contact with the tunnel's roof - but apparently someone took measurements before hand.
When bees land on a flower to collect pollen, they will vibrate at precisely 256 Hz. Want to know why? This is because resonance produced at 256 Hz, also middle "C," will cause the pollen to vibrate from its source. This pollinates the flower and provides the Bee with quite a hefty load of pollen. Hachoo!
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The Omo Valley, often more precisely called the Lower Omo Valley, is a place like no other. Home to a number of tribal communities, the variety and diversity of life, truly a melting pot of humanity.
The Lower Omo Valley region has been as UNESCO World Heritage Site since the discovery of human remains dating back nearly 2.5 million years.
Keeping the correct time is important to the railroads and was very important a hundred years ago. Precisely made clockwork mechanisms such as this were machined to keep accurate time.
More precisely, these are known as "frittole" and find their origin in Veneto (Italy).......and, now, you can help yourselves.
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Sometimes a long walk ends precisely where it started, after crossing meadows and rocks, uphills and downhills, sunlight and rain. We call it "anello" and I have just closed mine.
(happy to be back here dear friends)
More precisely: 'Olstind plus fish heads'.
Olstind is, in many ways, *the* mountain in the lower half of the Lofoten archipelago / chain of islands. Its triangular bulk presides over the fjord at Reine and offers a great, imposing backdrop from many different vantage points on the chain of roads and bridges.
The foreground here (there's a surprisingly large tract of water, mostly hidden between the foreground and the mountain) is a rack of drying fish heads - nice.... if you like that sort of thing ;-) Fortunately, some societies value dried fish heads as a delicacy, which is good news for the Lofoten fishing community. Lofoten, to me, was predominantly characterised by triangular mountains and drying fish.... hence this composition.
For a bit more detail about the area, see my two Lofoten blog posts, linked below.
Locations for photography: Lofoten (preface)
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The caption in the family scrapbook says "First snow in Roswell in 50 years". I don't know if that's precisely true, but I do recall that it was a HUGE deal to see snow that far south in New Mexico...
I'm pretty sure that I'm the one in the middle, but I have no idea who the other two kids are (or were).
This was taken in front of the house in Roswell, NM — on South Pennsylvania Avenue, between Reed and McGaffey — where I lived with my parents and two of my five sisters in 1953-4. The photo was taken nearly 40 years after we first moved into the house, as part of some research that I was doing for a novel called Do-Overs, the beginning of which can be found here on my website
www.yourdon.com/personal/fiction/doovers/index.html
and the relevant chapter (concerning Roswell) can be found here:
www.yourdon.com/personal/fiction/doovers/chapters/ch7.html
Before I get into the details, let me make a strong request — if you’re looking at these photos, and if you are getting any enjoyment at all of this brief look at some mundane Americana from 60+ years ago: find a similar episode in your own life, and write it down. Gather the pictures, clean them up, and upload them somewhere on the Internet where they can be found. Trust me: there will come a day when the only person on the planet who actually experienced those events is you. Your own memories may be fuzzy and incomplete; but they will be invaluable to your friends and family members, and to many generations of your descendants.
So, what do I remember about the year that I spent in Roswell? Not much at the moment, though I’m sure more details will occur to me in the days to come — and I’ll add them to these notes, along with additional photos that I’m tweaking and editing now (including some of the drive from Roswell to Riverside, CA where our family moved next), as well as some “real” contemporaneous photos I’ve found in family scrapbooks.
For now, here is a random list of things I remember:
I discovered roller skates while I lived here — perhaps aided by the presence of nice, smooth, wide sidewalks throughout this whole area of town. Sometimes my mother sent me on a small shopping expedition to the local grocery store, about two blocks away, to buy a quart of milk or a couple of other minor things. The shorts that I wore had no pockets (I have no idea why), so I put the coins that my mother gave me into my mouth, for safekeeping. That way, I had both hands free in case I tripped and fell … but if I had done so, I probably would have swallowed the coins.
For Christmas that year (i.e., Christmas of 1953), I was given a .22-caliber rifle. Even today, it would cause only a shrug in many rural parts of the U.S.; and it was certainly unremarkable in the 1950s. My dad felt that every boy should have a rifle, and should learn how to shoot it, clean it, and take care of it in a responsible fashion. I think his intention was to take me out into the open area outside of Roswell, to shoot at rabbits or gophers; but we ended up shooting at cans and bottles in the local dump.
In 1953, Roswell had not acquired any fame or attention for its proximity to the alleged alien landing in 1947. Trust me: if there had been even a hint of a rumor, the young kids in that town would have heard about it. Whatever may (or may not) have happened there . If you have no idea what this is all about, take a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident
For young boys, it was great sport to shoot at moving creatures. Dogs and cats were considered off-limits; and as implied above, we were not allowed to wander the streets with a .22 rifle. But we all had slingshots, and there were an infinite number of lizards in the area. Unfortunately, lizard were far too quick to hit with a relatively inaccurate slingshot (especially if shot with an unevenly-shaped rock; and it was only a year later, in California, that I began shooting marbles). Our greatest success was actually with slower creatures: horned toads, usually referred to as “horny toads,” or just “horns.” Indeed, they were slow enough that you could capture them with bare hands. You probably have no idea what I’m talking about, so take a look at this National Geographic article: animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/horned-toad/
First, I created a very long image plot that precisely describes the scene as a still image and had ChatGPT generate it into a single image. I then made three more corrections or revisions to it in ChatGPT and used the second-to-last result as the image template for Krea-AI (image to video), specifying that everything should be in an endless loop. I made the swing move forward a bit and then return to the rabbit, who then pushes it again. The chick didn't turn out quite right, unfortunately. However, I'm satisfied considering I only ever use the free versions. My goal was to avoid overly sexual content, but also not to create something too childish, and to ensure the whole thing had plenty of humor and wit for a happy Easter.
In the end, when I looked at the result, I was reminded of a black and white film I loved as a child, another "Harvey," also known as "My Friend Harvey," with a quasi-imaginary, but for the main character, life-sized rabbit. A truly exceptional comedy; I wouldn't be surprised if a remake were to be made with AI involvement in the production.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_(1950_film)
I'll refrain from including the exact prompts because they were very long. Krea wouldn't even accept them for frame-by-frame generation—too long! So I used ChatGPT, which, by the way, delivers excellent results, even for free. And Krea is simply very accommodating when it comes to motion rendering. Together, they make a very useful combination if you don't have a large budget, or any budget at all.
Happy Easter to everyone out there from bennoH. and of course Harvey!
Actually, I can't precisely date this photo. This a February or March photo. Mom is Lillian Laura Frenkel. Her family name was Hersh. This photo was shot in front of our house on Appoline Avenue in Detroit.
Disclaimer: Precisely zero walking humans encountered during this brief 20 minute dose of walking exercise and the coincided photo stop.
With the ongoing global situation and a discouragement on using public transport except for key and essential personnel, much of the transportation system in the UK has been reduced to a skeletal-style service to cater for the heavily reduced demand.
Despite the many reduced service offerings in the locality, Route 7/7A operated by Trustybus continues to maintain a full timetable as per pre-lockdown, albeit not carrying a lot of passengers.
With Trustybus themselves having done well in recent Essex and Herts local tenders in winning and regaining a small number of routes (and losing only 1), a need for extra vehicles appears to have emerged.
2 of those to appear are in the form of Optare Solo M880s from the South West operation of First Group, being YJ05XNV and YJ55YGN.
As the shadows from the countryside nature start to pass over, Optare Solo M880 YJ55YGN passes along Stansted Road on the fringe of Stansted Mountfitchet working the final southbound Route 7 of the day to Bishops Stortford.
The livery of the former operator is still evident, undoubtedly soon to be treated to a turn into the new Central Connect base colours 11/05/20