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A beautiful sunset over the Front Range and Rocky Mountains from Colliers Hill in Erie, Colorado
- Nikon D800e
- Sigma 24mm - 70mm
- B+W Circular Polarizer
- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead
Aerial view of snow covered mountain ranges as we flew from Xian to Donghuang. From the travel archive of the Old Silk's Road Trip in Xinjiang, China.
View enlarged for the distant mountain ranges.
Hope you like Julie Andrews singing " The Hills Are Alive "
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La Ceja, Colombia; 2300 meters above sea level.
Cyanocorax yncas galeatus (Inca Jay / Carriquí)
The Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a bird species of the New World jays, which is endemic to the Andes of South America.
Their basic diet consists of arthropods, vertebrates, seeds, and fruit.
The range extends southwards in the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Wikipedia
Another view of this scene , slightly different angle from previous ones.. This is Langdale in the Lake District.
This time I took the -3 exposure and lifted the shadows (normally I would merge 0 and -3 exposures in HDR program because LX7 has limited dynamic range). Very pleased with the detail in the foreground, which is almost black in the original. But even though it is -3 EV, some highlights are still blown.
Naples Botanical Gardens
60 Acre Wildlife Reserve
Naples, FL
The blue behind the anhinga is water.
The anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. The origin of the name snakebird is apparent when swimming: only the colored neck appears above water so the bird looks like a snake ready to strike. They do not have external nares (nostrils) and breathe solely through their epiglottis.
The anhinga is placed in the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to Indian (Anhinga melanogaster), African (Anhinga rufa), and Australian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) darters. Like other darters, the anhinga hunts by spearing fish and other small prey using its sharp, slender beak.
Anhinga species are found all over the world in warm shallow waters. A fossil species Anhinga walterbolesi has been described from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene of Australia.
Only birds that live in the extreme north and south of their range migrate and do so based on temperature and available sunlight. Anhingas will migrate towards the equator during winter but this range is "determined by the amount of sunshine to warm the chilled birds". Although not in their usual range, anhingas have been found as far north as the states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States. – Wikipedia
This early morning view is in the Flinders Ranges National Park of South Australia looking over the Bunyeroo Valley towards a small section of the majestic Heysen Range which dominates the background.
The hiking trail that climbs up the hill on the left is a minor part of the 1,200 km Heysen Trail which winds its way from Cape Jervis on the Fleurien Peninsula to Parachilna Gorge which is about 67 km off to the right of this scene.
Hans Heysen 1877 -1968 was a German-born Australian artist famous for his watercolours of the Australian bush and for his depictions of the arid landscapes in the Flinders Ranges.
The Sherwin range is one of the sub-range of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It runs from just south of Mammoth Lakes down to the Wheeler Crest. This morning as I was returning from the Hot Creek Geologic site, I spied this scene. I parked and then hiked up to a knoll so I could get a better vantage point to set up and get the shot I wanted.
From left to right: Mt. Adams, Jefferson, Clay, Washington (Center), Monroe, Franklin, Eisenhower
The Omnimount Washington Resort is on the left (looks like a castle).
I drove all the way from northeastern Washington state to the Snowy Range in southeastern Wyoming before I finally got out of the forest fire smoke. It was good to see clean air again....
To reach this unfathomable beauty I left my home that is 50 miles to the west at an elevation of 200 feet above sea level, arrived at a trailhead (Tatoosh North, 161) and climbed 2,900 ft in three miles to stand at 5,775 feet to ogle a volcano that stands at 14,410 ft with a prominence ranked third in the US and greater than even K2, (13,210 ft vs 13,189) The tallest peak in my home state of Missouri....Taum Sauk Mountain, 1,772 feet with a prominence of .....512 feet....
I've climbed higher to get to a bar and if you've been to Seattle you know I'm not joking. :)
In summation I'll leave you with the opening lyrics to one of the many great John Denver songs, Rocky Mountain High, which I'm convinced that he wrote for me, he was just a wee bit off to the East and I was 25:
'He was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year
Coming home to a place he'd never been before
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key for every door..........'
The Mitchell Range lies west of Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park and the Mitchell River. Its eastern boundary is the Kootenay River. Its northern boundary is the Simpson and Vermillion Rivers.
Le lac des Chésery dans le massif des Aiguilles Rouges, pour le reflet de tout le massif il faudra encore attendre un peu....
The Chésery lake in the Aiguilles Rouges Range, for the reflexion of the whole mountain range, we will wait a bit more....
White-Tailed Deer.
From between 27 to 45 inches tall and 6 to 7 feet long and weighing 150-310 pounds (male) and 90 to 211 pounds (female). Tan or reddish brown in summer and grayish brown in winter. Belly, throat, nose band, eye ring and inside of ears are white. Tail brown and edged with white above often with a dark stripe down the center and white below. Black spots on side of chin. Buck's antlers can spread to 3 feet. Does do not have antlers. Fawns are spotted.
The White-Tailed Deer inhabits farmlands, brushy areas, woods, suburbs and gardens.
They range throughtout the southern half of the southern tier of Canadian provinces and through most of the United States except for the Southwest.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
One of several scenic ranges that make up the West Elk Mountains, the Ruby Range is the backdrop for some beautiful views of fall color. The aspen on the southern flanks of the range make up the most extensive stands in Colorado, only a portion of which are seen here from Beckwith Pass. The two prominent peaks are Ruby Peak and Mount Owen. The conifer forests here have escaped the outbreaks of spruce beetle that have killed numerous trees in surrounding mountain ranges.
This little guy, well not that little, was coming up over the hill at the National Bison Range. He found me interesting, but with the rest of them to follow I was glad I was near the car.
Be well all and thanks as always for the views and comments.
Southern Alps, New Zealand.
The Southern Alps (Māori: Kā Tiritiri o te Moana) are a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the island's western side.
The range runs 500 km north to south. The tallest peak is Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest point in New Zealand at 3,724 metres (12,218 ft) and there are sixteen other points that exceed 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) in height. The mountains are cut through with glacial valleys and lakes.
The Southern Alps lie along a geological plate boundary, part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, with the Pacific Plate to the southeast pushing westward and colliding with the northward-moving Indo-Australian Plate to the northwest.
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A view of the Ruahine Ranges from our picnic spot last weekend - a little section that I thought demonstrated the rugged beauty of these, even a tiny bit of snow still hanging on in there!
© Dominic Scott 2021
This enormous fly will be my species No. 497 on iNaturalist.
I was kneeling in front of my flower bed, trying to get a clear capture of a mini Bee on one of the newly opened Alstroemeria blooms, when this weird insect landed on the Parsley flower head behind it.
Scientific name: Tachina grossa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name: Giant Tachinid Fly aka Yellow-faced Fly
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Wingspan : 15 to 19 mm.
Biotope: Open and damp woodlands, damp meadows, heathlands.
Geographic area: Western Europe.
Observation period : Late June to early September.
The Giant Tachinid Fly is the largest member of the Tachinidae family in France and maybe in western Europe.
You can easily tell it apart with its body size, its black thorax and abdomen and its yellow head contrasting with the two large rounded eyes.
The abdominal hairs are strong and raised at right angle.
The hairs on the thorax are not raised. There are yellow hairs at the back of the head.
It parasites butterflies' caterpillars, especially those of the Lasiocampidae family.
You can often observe the Giant Tachinid Fly on flowers in summer. /
There is one brood per year (maybe two in the southern part of its range). /
J'étais en train d'essayer de prendre une photo nette d'une mini Abeille sur une fleur d'Alstroemère tout juste éclose, lorsque cette énorme mouche s'est posée sur une tête de fleurs de Persil juste derrière !
Tachina grossa, l'Echinomyie grosse ou Tachinaire corpulente est une espèce d'insectes diptères brachycères de la famille des Tachinidae. C'est la plus grosse mouche d'Europe. Sa larve parasite des chenilles de papillons. Wikipédia
Le train l' AVENIR ou le Chemin de fer intérieur de l'Exposition universelle de 1889.
- le signaleur (à gauche toute) : Vous avez votre ticket M'sieurs Dames ? 0,25 franc par personne, tarif unique pour un voyage unique !
- le Chef de gare (à droite) : GALERIE DES MACHINES ! GALERIE DES MACHINES ! terminus du train ! Tout le monde descend !
La superficie de l'Exposition universelle de 1889 était trop grande pour être parcourue à pied. Par conséquent, un chemin de fer intérieur a été construit pour relier les bâtiments d’exposition de l’esplanade des Invalides à ceux situés sous la tour Eiffel.
La ligne de chemin de fer, longue de trois kilomètres, commençait à 250 mètres du pont de la Concorde, au ministère des Affaires étrangères près de la Seine. Elle traversait l'esplanade des Invalides et suivait le quai d'Orsay sur les quais de la Seine, à l'intérieur de la clôture de l'Exposition, entre les deux rangées d'arbres les plus éloignées du rivage.
Elle traversait le boulevard de La Tour-Maubourg par un passage à niveau, empruntait un tunnel de 106 mètres sous l'avenue Rapp et l'avenue Bosquet, traversait l'avenue de La Bourdonnais, puis empruntait un passage souterrain près de la tour Eiffel, puis à angle droit, tournait à gauche sur l'avenue de Suffren et la suivait jusqu'au dernier arrêt à la Galerie des Machines.
L'infrastructure et les véhicules ferroviaires (locomotives à vapeur et wagons) étaient fournis par la société Decauville.
En RL comme sur SL: ça fume et ça sent le charbon ;))
One of the roads I used to use to get away to no where. The road became narrower as I traveled to a favorite spot.
Wikipedia: The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.
Conservation status: Least Concern
CN R921 unloads ore pellets for the James R. Barker on Dock #6. In the foreground is Dock #5, closed in 1985. Built by the Duluth, Missabe, and Northern, a predecessor of the DM&IR, Docks #5 and #6 were constructed in 1915 and 1917 respectively.
We went Whale Watching in Avila on 7/25. We saw many Humpbacks (Megaptera novaeangliae), BUT only 1 breach, and a few lunge feeding behaviors. Most of that action was beyond photo range. I posted this in B&W because I like the look and the composition showing the shoreline, mist, and gray cloudy condition. Look closely behind the whale's head and in the white water you can see small fish, probably anchovies, jumping.