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It would have been stupid to have travelled all that way into the Red Centre and not put some time aside to visit the other big rocks – Kata Tjuta as well!
The group of 36 domes that make up the Kata Tjuta / Mount Olga formation and cover an area of 21.68 km² (8.37 sq. miles) are located 25 km (16 mi) to the west of Uluru. Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and Uluru form the two major landmarks within the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. The park is considered sacred to the Aboriginal people of Australia. They are composed of conglomerate, a sedimentary rock consisting of cobbles and boulders of varying rock types including granite and basalt, cemented by a matrix of coarse sandstone. The highest dome, Mount Olga, is 1,066 m (3,497 ft) above sea level, or approximately 546 m (1,791 ft) above the surrounding plain and 198 m (650 ft) higher than Uluru.
When we first visited Australia and the Red Centre back in 1997 the tourist guides always referred to these natural icons as “Ayres Rock” and “The Olgas” but I never knew the history of the area so look out… here comes the history bit!
Name
Kata Tjuṯa (Pitjantjatjara: Kata Tjuṯa, lit. 'many heads'; Aboriginal pronunciation: [kɐtɐ cʊʈɐ]), also known as The Olgas and officially gazetted as Kata Tjuta / Mount Olga (see below).
The arrival of the Europeans (1870s)
Europeans arrived in the Australian Western Desert in the 1870s. Uluru and Kata Tjuta were first mapped by Europeans in 1872 during the expeditionary period, which was made possible by the construction of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line. In separate expeditions, Ernest Giles and William Gosse were the first European explorers to this area. While exploring the area in 1872, Giles sighted Kata Tjuta from a location near Kings Canyon and called it Mount Olga, while the following year Gosse observed Uluru and named it Ayers' Rock, in honour of the Chief Secretary of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers.
The other name, The Olgas, comes from the tallest peak, Mount Olga. At the behest of Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, Mount Olga was named in 1872 by Ernest Giles, in honour of Queen Olga of Württemberg (born Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas I). She and her husband, King Charles I of Württemberg, had marked their 25th wedding anniversary the previous year by, among other things, naming Mueller a Freiherr (baron), making him Ferdinand von Mueller. The naming was his way of repaying the compliment.
On 15 December 1993, a dual naming policy was adopted that allowed official names consisting of both the traditional Aboriginal name and the English name. As a result, Mount Olga was renamed Mount Olga / Kata Tjuṯa. On 6 November 2002, following a request from the Regional Tourism Association, the order of the dual names was officially reversed, to Kata Tjuta / Mount Olga.
Put the NIKKOR micro lens on the camera and took a bunch of macros photos in our backyard this morning.
Our backyard
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
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While koalas are popular worldwide and are the face of many Aussie tourist souvenirs, there are some really basic facts that people might not know about this iconic and lovable mammal – like right now they are incredibly vulnerable to local extinction in NSW.
Here are 10 interesting facts about koalas put together by WWF Australia:
1. Koalas aren’t bears – they’re marsupials!
You might hear the term ‘koala bear’ being tossed around when it comes to these fluffy animals. While they might look bear-like with their round ears and big black nose, they actually share more characteristics with other marsupials like the wombat.
2. Baby koalas are too cute (this is indeed, a fact).
Called ‘joeys’, baby koalas develop in their mother’s pouch for about six months. After this time, they’ll ride on their mum’s back for another six months, only using the pouch to feed and sleep.
3. Koalas can be found in south-eastern and eastern Australia
While koalas are a national symbol of Australia’s unique wildlife, they can only be found in the wild on the southeast and eastern sides of Australia, along the coastlines of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. They live high up in eucalyptus trees of native bushlands and forests, usually perched between the forks of the tree’s branches.
4. They have a very supportive butt…
Living in trees and being wedged between rough branches requires a lot of support! Luckily, the koala has strong cartilage at the end of their curved spine, allowing them to make eucalyptus trees a comfortable home!
5. They’re fussy eaters!
Koalas survive on a diet of eucalyptus leaves and can eat up to a kilogram a day! Pretty impressive, considering eucalyptus is poisonous to most animals. Their special fibre digesting organ, called a caecum, helps to detoxify the chemicals in the leaves.
However, they can be quite picky eaters, eating less than 50 of over 700 eucalypt species. Even then, they’ll often choose leaves at the top of the tallest trees that contain more liquid and nutrients – only the best for Australia’s koalas!
6. ‘Koala’ is thought to mean ‘no drink’ in the Australian Aboriginal language
It was thought that koalas didn’t need to drink because of the moisture they get from munching on juicy eucalyptus leaves all day. However, they do drink from various water sources when needed, especially during heatwaves and in times of drought.
7. Koalas can sleep up to 18 hours a day
Despite the rumours, koalas don’t ‘get high’ or ‘drugged out’ on eucalyptus leaves. It’s because the leaves are so low in nutrients that koalas need more sleep than most animals which basically helps them conserve energy.
8. Koala Chlamydia is a serious disease
But it’s not the same strain of Chlamydia that affects humans. Many koala populations are vulnerable to Chlamydia and it usually manifests when they’re in stressful situations. The disease can cause blindness and reproductive tract infections.
9. Koalas are losing their homes to excessive tree-clearing
Many koala populations are faced with nowhere to go when their forest habitat is destroyed by deforestation. Just in the last two years, tree-clearing has tripled in New South Wales, leaving important koala habitats incredibly fragmented or completely lost. With their trees gone, koalas are spending more time on the ground in search of food and shelter. Sadly, this is when they’re most vulnerable to being hit by vehicles, attacked by dogs and falling ill to stress-induced diseases like chlamydia.
10. Sadly, koala numbers are on the decline
Sadly, koala numbers are on the decline. Their numbers have been falling further and further every year due to deforestation and disease. Then, Australia was ravaged by the most devastating, unprecedented bushfire season the country has ever seen. Tragically, nearly 3 billion animals, many found nowhere else in the world, perished. Many struggling Australian species, like our koalas, have now been pushed even further towards the brink of extinction. The good news is that there is hope to turn this around.
I really shouldn’t put these homework till the very last minute D: *dies*
Made it just in the nick of time for submission!
This week we had to create a zbrush sculpt of an animal of our choice, then use that as a basis to create 3 iterations of that animal. This was a WHOLE lot of fun albeit the entire rushing it through in two days.
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Iteration I Idea: A somewhat luminescent creature that lives near a river bed, mostly nocturnal. Elegant gallop, non hostile.
Iteration II Idea: A furry creature that lives in a cold climate, runs very fast and somewhat hostile to humans. Fairly clumsy.
Iteration III Idea: a reptilian creature that lives in a tropical hot climate, carnivorous and runs incredibly quickly.
My mother always tells me to smile and put on a happy face. She told me I had a purpose: to bring laughter and joy to the world.
Nu nog bijzonder, straks de standaard. Alle blauwe neuzen van de SNG's zullen in de komende tijd worden omgespoten en er net zoals deze gaan uitzien. Dit ter vergroting van de zichtbaarheid door het wegverkeer. De 2741 was de eerste die in deze nieuwe kleuren station Putten bezocht.
Just put together the now work in progress of the return of the Japanese Onsen (Bath House) at Furbitten Paradise.
I put my business post office box here at the Hyannisport Post Office because it's only $60 a year, where the one nearest my house is $100 more. Why, I don't know. I think it has something to do with the absence of a parking lot. It's only 10 minutes away and gives me a reason to get lost at the beach with my morning coffee.
After years of procrastination I finally put my name down a few months ago for a Scottish Region Class 24/1 from Sutton's Loco Works. The loco selected is D5132, which comes in BR standard green with a yellow warning panel. Delivery is expected sometime next year but meantime I've been giving some thought as to where it will go. Being displayed on a shelf is not an option being considered - especially as the loco comes with the full-monty regards sounds and effects, including the 'stay-alive' feature.
Given that usable space is at a premium I've come up with the idea of a loco shed, theoretically located somewhere in the Borders area, during the steam-diesel transition period of the early 1960s. While D5132's home was Inverness 60A (making it a shoo-in for the Kyle and Far North Lines), seeing as I'll be the Operations Manager, I've decided the occasional trip down to Carlisle is a possibility, where it might encounter some ex-LNER and LMS friends.
The sketch attached is how it's currently visualised - it isn't to scale, but I do have a scaled plan. Use is made of a 3-way point and a double slip to save space. The shed is two-road with pits just in front of the entrance, and a water crane The well turntable is currently sized at 32 foot - which will turn a 3F Jinty but nothing bigger, so I may end up rethinking that.
The backdrop will be a brick retaining wall with a street scene above together with houses and shops. Just in front of the retaining wall will be a coaling stage - the line behind the shed used to access the coaling stage is long enough to hold a class 24 with a couple of mineral wagons, which will then be propelled back. I may well put a diesel-oil tank and another water crane there, to make it a 'one-stop shop'.
Entrance to the shed yard will possibly be through the bridge at bottom right. However, thoughts subsequent to this sketch are to have it from a small two-platform station currently being designed which, if it comes off, will also provide a circuit for continuous running.
This foray back into railway modelling is very simple after 50 years away so we'll see how (or even if) it goes. I have acquired some rolling stock - a covered van, three 16T mineral wagons (two with coal added), and a brake van, all of which are secondhand. I've also acquired enough of the track pieces (Peco Code 75 Bullhead) to start work on the Shed yard, although the baseboard and supports are still being researched so construction will have to wait until that's resolved and installed. Likely layout size will be 1.0m by 2.5m.
Imminent steps include acquiring a DCC controller - probably the Digitraks Zephyr Express - but, whichever it is, it's a steep and often confusing learning curve for someone who's only ever known the simple bi-directional analogue controllers of the 1960s.
It should make for some interesting fun over the next few months - if it does indeed get off the ground.
Apologies for the lack of responses lately. This coupled with Christmas prep, family, elderly relatives, and other personal commitments has made big demands on time. I will be however catching up over the next few days. Cheers, David.
12th December 2022
I put this at iNaturalist and someone identified this wildflower as Lithophragma glabrum. (bulbous woodland star, bulbiferous prairie-star, smooth woodland star, smooth rockstar). Those are all common names at Wikipedia.
I thought it was Lithophragma parvaflorum. Also I thought bulbous and blubiferous names were dropped when 2 species become one. Photographed at Catherine Creek Friday. IMG_0185
two one and a quarter pounders for sixteen. incredibly sweet meat. even the green stuff. but i'm one of those guilty carnivores who'd rather sit in the waiting room during the execution. just let me pull up a crate and watch the napkins fly in the briny bay breeze.
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Hier gaat het de komende dagen gebeuren. De drie wissels in dit beeld worden vervangen door nieuwe, en ook de oude houten dwarsliggers moeten wijken voor nieuwe betonnen exemplaren. Als ik de verhalen mag geloven dan neemt de geluidsoverlast straks flink af. Maar eerst maar eens een weekendje genieten van al het geklus op het spoor. De stadionverlichting staat al klaar aan de vier zijden van de wissels (blauwe basten), en ook een groot deel van de apparatuur is al aangevoerd over de weg. Vanavond kwam de eerste werktrein naar het zijspoor in Putten, en daar zaten onder andere de twee Gottwaldkranen van Strukton bij. Eens kijken of die zich mooi laten fotograferen in de komende dagen.
I put a sequence of these shots in my blog! If you press L you'll see (almost) in black :)
Tks for all comments and views, people ;)
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Eu coloquei a sequencia dessas fotos (em stop motion) lá no meu blog. Obrigada pelos comentários pessoal!!!!!!!!! :D
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A brincadeira é: fazer uma descrição contando sua história fotográfica.. como começou a gostar da fotografia, o que você faz hoje, se trabalha na área, quais fotos gosta de tirar..
Lembrando que no final você deve dizer quem te convidou para a brincadeira e indicar 5 fotógrafos para escreverem também sua história.
Fui indicada pela fofa da Gabi Ciolini :)
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Lembro de ter acesso à câmeras fotográficas desde criança. Sempre gostei muito de fotografias!! A paixão pegou mesmo a uns 4 anos atrás qdo tirar fotos apenas das pessoas nas festinhas ficou monótono e descobri o macro da câmera. Entrei no flickr. Vi milhões de fotografias arrasadoras. Apesar de ter estudado fotografia na facu, na época eu não estava nem aí.. meu trabalho sempre foi ligado à imagem mas nada era tudo muito sério em relação a minha fotografia. O hobby foi ficando mais sério e comprei uma dslr..melhor coisa que já comprei na vida! Hoje a fotografia é um vício, uma terapia, um hobby e quem sabe trabalhos freelas.. Eu adoro tirar fotos, ficar manipulando no PS...e agora no LR. O mais TOP de tudo foi fotografar o casamento de uma amiga..foi pauleira! Tenho muito que aprender ainda! Gosto de fotografar de tudo e nunca usei actions..edito cada foto de acordo com o humor do dia. :)
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Come on and dance with me....Girls put the brooms down and turn up the sound LOL
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OK I am just enjoying myself, filling in time.
These are some of our Calathea lutea habana cigar
These leaves are huge and look like big fans. The flower is incredible and they look like a lot of little cigars rolled together. When they are out next time I shall photograph these for you.
She pulled back the curtain to look outside. Not again, she said to herself. This winter had been particularly hard, given all the recent snowfall. She looked over at the woodstove that heated their small, run-down home, and wondered to herself if she would have enough stovewood to make it through the coldest part of the winter. She had already used more this winter than the past two winters combined. She knew the woodpile was getting low, too low for her liking. What was she to do? She didn't have the money to buy another load. She had to buy food to feed her family. Maybe if she didn't have all of those other financial obligations, but she did. And, she just had to accept that fact. No getting around it. She sighed, put on her coat to go outside for probably the last armload of stovewood. But, just as she opened door, the snowflurries slowed and a small ray of sunlight fought it's way through the clouds. As she looked up, a slight smile crossed her face, and a sense of calmness settled in. This wasn't her first battle and it wouldn't be her last. She knew and believed that with all her heart and soul. For she had the will. A strong will. Things would be find. She was positive.
Windmill located in Leiden, the Netherlands. This is actually a replica of the original one. The windmill itself is sourronded by channels. I took this picture from a boat, offering a unique perspective, and adjusting shutter speed for minimizing the shaking.
Donna put down the iPod to answer her phone, and, well, she's still talking. Ice-Bat flew over and grabbed it up.
This is also an Ode to revlimit's brilliant Ice-Bat iPod shot.
Ice-Bat's listening to Cold as Ice by Foreigner.
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Había un señor viudo que vivía con sus dos hijas curiosas e inteligentes. Las niñas siempre le cuestionaban todo, hacían muchas preguntas a las que el padre a veces sabía responder, pero en ocasiones no se sentía con la sabiduría suficiente como para aclarar las dudas que ellas manifestaban. Como pretendía brindarles la mejor educación, mandó a las niñas de vacaciones con un sabio que vivía en lo alto de una colina.
El sabio siempre respondía todas las preguntas sin siquiera dudar. Impacientes con el maestro, las jóvenes decidieron inventar una pregunta que él no pudiera responder correctamente.
Entonces, una de ellas apareció con una hermosa mariposa azul que usaría para engañar al sabio.
-¿Qué vas a hacer? –preguntó la hermana. –Voy a esconder la mariposa en mis manos y le voy a preguntar si está viva o muerta. Si él dice que está muerta, abriré mis manos y la dejaré volar. Si dice que está viva, la apretaré y la mataré. Así, cualquiera que sea su respuesta, ésta será equivocada.
Las dos niñas fueron entonces al encuentro del sabio que estaba meditando.
-Tengo aquí una mariposa azul, dígame, sabio, ¿está viva o muerta?. Muy calmadamente el sabio sonrió y respondió: -Depende de ti…ella está en tus manos…
Así es nuestra vida, nuestro presente y nuestro futuro. No debemos culpar a nadie cuando algo falla, somos responsables por lo que juzgamos bueno o malo. Nuestra vida está en nuestras manos, como la mariposa azul. Nos toca a nosotros escoger qué hacer con ella y hacernos cargo de las consecuencias
I've just been going through some old photos and found some taken in New Zealand in 2008-09 with my Panasonic TZ5 which I hadn't put on Flickr. I've processed a little bit with Lightroom.
Op het perron in Putten zijn om de vijf meter deze stickers aangebracht om iedereen te herinneren aan de corona maatregelen. Dit hadden we ons een half jaar geleden niet kunnen voorstellen, en de kans is aanwezig dat deze stickers er over een half jaar niet meer zijn. De wereld verandert snel......
Put me into a land rover or a similar vehicle and let it roll and lurch over rough terrain, following nature's designs and creations and I am a "happy camper." Safari in the lovely language of Swahili means journey. Soon after the sun rose we were off to see some of my favorite wonders, the sand dunes at Sossusviev. This shot was the result of not leaning out of the window enough, but I thought it was worth adding to the images of Namibia.
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'De plas' or 'De put' is a small lake just around the corner where is live, my home town Mechelen - Belgium.
The shot
Standard 3 exposures [-2,0,+2EV] shot in RAW/ISO100 at f/13, on a tripod using the Sigma 10-20mm lens and a remote control.
Photomatix
Tonemapped using the detail enhancer.
For once I'll give you all my settings I used for this image, I'm not going to make a habit out of this since it would take up too much of my time and I'm already a very busy man.
° Strength : 100%
° Color saturation : 85%
° Light Smoothing : Very high
° Luminosity : 10
° White Point : 0.669%
° Black Point : 0,000%
° Gamma : 1,23
° Temperature : -1
° Saturation Highlights : 0
° Saturation Shadows : 0
° Micro-contrast : 10
° Micro-smoothing : 10
° Highlight smoothing: 0
° Shadow smoothing : 0
° Shadow clipping : 0
Photoshop
° Shadows&Highlights
° The usual Curves to deepen the tones, brushed away on the darker parts.
° Some highlight dodging in clouds and on the water.
° Some midrange dodging on the trees.
° Some sponging.
° Noise reduction using a smart filter so I could mask in&out the areas I wanted to be affected.
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome.
Music
Another Belgian hero !
Dankzij een meldig van een bevriende fotograaf (super bedankt) ontdekte ik dat er enkele minuten later een Nightjet door Putten zou komen.
Als een haas mijn camera gepakt en naar de brug gelopen. Daar zag ik de sprinter naar Amersfoort aan de kant gaan terwijl de sprinter naar Zwolle van de andere kant kwam binnenrijden. Mijn beoogde foto leek te gaan mislukken door deze laatste, maar gelukkig maakte de conducteur er een korte stop van. Achter het sein zie je hem nog wegrijden.
Het had zomaar anders kunnen lopen.
Happy Cliché Saturday ♥ Apologies for my sporadic absences from flickr over the last couple of weeks. Our house has just gone up for sale. Now we’re ready to sell we’re busy house hunting and can’t find anything (well nothing in our price bracket). For a while we toyed with the idea of staying here and buying a separate flat or small house to rent out … now we are looking at selling this & buying something larger with land ….. but should we put all our eggs in one basket? Ooh I have a headache!
A cliché title … selective colouring … sparkling bokeh … food …. Shallow dof … macro …
I took this today but my camera battery run out and it defauted giving it a date in 2006!