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I can't think of a more impressive monument that I've ever visited. Each of the previous times I've been in DC I've made it my business to get here and pay tribute, but this was the first time I came with a tripod. And that has made all the difference.
I've been reading lately, in a book I bought in the Smithsonian the next day, about how the Romans were the first tourists. During the Pax Romana period it was both safe and desirable to travel far and wide to take in the wonders of the Empire. Bringing back a piece of those places to inspire friends and create envy in enemies was the order of the day.
Seeing how the Lincoln Memorial is designed in the Greek Revival style and modelled on an ancient temple, it's not hard to think of Roman citizens milling about an amazing structure like this. You can almost hear Brian, from Monty Python's 'Life of Brian' call out his available snacks "Wolf Nipple Chips, Dromedary Pretzels, Jaguar Ear Lobes, Tuscany Fried Bat and Otter Noses."
At the time this shot was taken the snack vendors were long gone, the cold winter air was numbing my nose and my feet were sore after a 3 mile walk from the hotel. None of this mattered. Basking in the beauty of an incredible scene, dedicated to one of my three all-time heroes, all discomfort evaporated away.
I rarely buy souvenirs of places I visit anymore and never bring back physical pieces of it. I simply try to capture it in a different form.
Once I was happy I had the shot in the can, we got a taxi back to the hotel. If I'm happy to bring a large tripod across the Atlantic I wasn't going to worry about paying a few Denarii to cut out a return 3 mile walk. Life is too short.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus/Species: Morelia bredli
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: A large, heavily built species, unlike its two more slender Aspidites exhibit companions, who are built for burrowing. Distinct, but variable colors and pattern; often brown-to-reddish background color with cream patterning surrounded by black.
Undersides lighter. Note the multiple heat sensing pits in the upper and lower jaws.
Length up to 2 m, known to reach 3 m in captivity
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Northern Territory of Central Australia in arid desert areas. Most often on rocky outcrops and river banks in or around trees and shrubs. as birds are a favored prey item *
DIET IN THE WILD: Birds are a favored prey item. Like all pythons, a non-venomous species that kills by constriction. To save energy during the dry season when food and water are scarce, pythons reduce their body temperature.
REPRODUCTION: This snake is oviparous, like all pythons. The female coils around the eggs, protecting and warming them with heat generated by muscular "shivering" for the incubation period.
REMARKS: Like all pythons, a non-venomous species that kills by constriction. To save energy during the dry season when food and water are scarce, pythons reduce their body temperature. Can dig and live in burrows to escape daytime heat.
Color of Life note: Pit vipers, boas and pythons have heat sensing organs which detect infrared wavelengths on their face. This feature that detects heat is used in the dark to detect warm blooded prey.
References
California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium, Water Planet little water 2018
Ron’s Wordpress shortlink. wp.me/p1DZ4b-1YO
The Reptile Database reptile-database.reptarium.cz 1981
Inland Reptile
www.inlandreptile.com/bredli/morelia bredli.htm
7-13-12, 2015, 10-27-18
connecting Borneo and Sporenburg sectors
Java Eiland / Zeeburg / Eastern Docklands area, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 24, 2006. Photo taken with Nikon EM film camera.
A Amsterdam 404
Diamond python, Harmless ( unless you are a small mammal)
looking for mice in my chicken house. Not what you expect when you go to put the chooks back inside . He doesn't seem to both the hens at all, they just stare at him......better count them just to be sure though.
PYTHON is a 21st century chair for cafes and restaurants, Internet cafes as well as for reception-rooms with a chair back that holds your jacket like a coat-hanger without it falling on the floor or beeing crumped
PYTHON’s special construction with enlarged thickness in the curve gives very high strenght to the chair making it suitable for regular usage in public spaces
PYTHON collection includes three chairs - PYTHON, PYT and stackable PYT bar chair. PYT has the same shape and construction but without the high back. It suits very well together with PYTHON and allows you to play with forms and colours in the interior.
Both - PYTHON and PYT - are offered also with upholstered seat pad
PYTHON collection is available in different natural wood veneers - birch, beech, maple, cherry, walnut, oak, zebrano, wenge. It comes clear lacquered or in wide range of stained finish as well as covered with matted white or black melamine
PYTHON, PYT and PYT bar is stackable up to 8 pieces
Tested according to DIN EN 1728, DIN EN 13761, DIN 68 878 for contractual use in LGA Qualitest GmbH Furniture Test Institute.
this team copped a lot of crap for referring to python documentation but it didn't matter because they still won!
Python - Pythonidae
Found in Africa, Asia and Australia
At National Zoological Gardens, Dehiwala, Sri Lanka
05th July 2014
es la edicion de una presentacion de python, la imagen de Jules Winnfield tiene los creditos de mase0ne (mase0ne.deviantart.com/)
The Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is one of the five largest species of snakes in the world (about the third-largest as measured either by length
or weight). It is native to a large variation of tropic and subtropic areas
of South and Southeast Asia.
They are often found near water and are sometimes semi-aquatic,
but can also be found in trees. Wild individuals average 3.7 m long,
but have been known to reach 5.74 m .
Burmese pythons are mainly nocturnal rainforest dwellers. When young, they are equally at home on the ground and in trees, but as they gain girth, they tend to restrict most of their movements to the ground. They are also excellent swimmers, being able to stay submerged for up to half an hour. Burmese pythons spend the majority of their time hidden in the underbrush.
Like all snakes, the Burmese python is carnivorous. Its diet consists
primarily of appropriately sized birds and mammals. The snake uses its
sharp rearward-pointing teeth to seize its prey, then wraps its body
around the prey, at the same time contracting its muscles, killing
the prey by constriction. It is often found near human habitation due
to the presence of rats, mice, and other vermin as a food source.
Burmese pythons are often sold as pets Although this species has a reputation for docility, they are very powerful animals, capable of inflicting severe bites or even killing a keeper by constriction.
Found AOR after being ran over by a passing truck with boat on trailer. Seemed fine. Given over to Burmese Python researchers. 147" long, our record. Everglades, FL. December 2007.
Una visita para conocer las instalaciones donde tendrá lugar el PyCamp 2010. Más info en python.org.ar/pyar/PyCamp/2010