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∎ The greatest natural disaster is man with his destructive power. – Thorsten Holt
∎ In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments. There are only consequences. – Robert Green Ingersoll
Source: www.greeningdeserts.com/de/aphorismen-zitate-und-lebenswe...
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∎ "'Climate crisis' or 'Earth overheating' are more precise terms. They make the cause and urgency of the problem clearer. In other policy areas we are quick to use the term 'crisis' - euro crisis or refugee crisis - but avoid it when we talk about the fundamental distortions of our planetary system. That says a lot about the political importance of the various policy areas.”
Nils Meyer-Ohlendor
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The journalist Journalist Ross Gelbspan pointed out the sufficient scientific knowledge as early as 1997 and emphasized:
∎“The climate crisis is no longer about scientific questions. The fact that the future rate of increase in warming has not yet been determined - or the effects in different regions - is politically and socially immaterial. Science has long since told us what we need to act.
Source: www.wikiwand.com/de/Klimakrise
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∎ www.arte.tv | Climate Change is happening now
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Explored July 5th 2009
Just got back from a fishing trip. and was busy watering and feeding the birds, when I noticed a Squirrel looking at was I was doing, He was thirsty and hungry. Got some peanuts and was calling him to come, within in minutes he came down the tree to receive it's rewards of Peanuts. I got them eating out of my hands. Happy Sunday.
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What better time than December to say Thank You to all the bloggers who choose to make their blog photos at Frogmore and have done so for 3 years!! See all the Rewards details here ---> www.flickr.com/groups/frogmore/discuss/72157721915496301?new
My character Saikhan battling in the snow a long, long time ago.
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One of the rewards of getting up in the middle of the night shooting a city is being able to scout a perfect location that will have a subject and composition for the sunrise using one of the many available phone tools for determining in which direction and when the sun will rise.
Captured here in the early light is the Castello di Trani or Castello Svevo the defensive fortress built by the Swabian Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II who dotted the Adriatic and Mediterranean coastline with defensive fortresses to protect his Sicilian empire, today it is a small museum and event location as well as the subject of many photo’s.
The castle is a design you would find in the Holy land as a Crusader fortress and itself was based on Roman castrum designs, the courtyard clock tower was added in a 19th century conversion to a prison which remained its function until the 1970’s when it was taken over to be used as a museum.
I took this on Sept 18, 2016 with my D750 and Nikon 24-85 f3.5-4.5 Lens at 52mm 1/25 sec f/9 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) on the River Bradford. Second weekend that I’ve see the Kingfisher’s by the River Bradford. Such an exciting treat.
Getting up before dawn on Kuwait's National Day holiday has its' rewards
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In my view, the year 2025 may later be remembered as one of those fateful years that turned the course of history - comparable to 1914, though for different reasons. In 1914, a world still shaped by old monarchies, elites and ideals collided with the realities of industrial total war, and the shock triggered political, social, and economic change never seen in the history before.
The year 2025 has had its share of wars, catastrophes, and political instability. But in a dark sense, much of that feels familiar, bloody business as usual. The truly new element, the one with the potential to scale into a transformation of the 1914 magnitude, is the speed of artificial intelligence development. I have followed ChatGPT from the beginning, and what happened in 2025 felt unreal - not a linear improvement, as if years of progress were packed into months.
And the impact will land everywhere. In media, Deepfaked faces, voices, and "credible" footage can be produced at scale. In art and culture, it changes the way of creation itself. In warfare, it rewards speed, autonomy, and information advantage. And inevitably, states will try to harness this power, they do it always.
If this trajectory continues, we may look back on December 31, 2025 as a threshold. Those of us who watched that sunset were not simply ending a calendar year. We may have been witnessing the sunset of an older world - one that is still here, still familiar in many ways, but already beginning to recede before our eyes.
One of the things I like most about the rural West is the roads that promise great rewards if you're brave enough to follow them. Here, snow capped peaks in the Eastern Sierras provide an enticing incentive to follow this dirt road in Western Nevada. This is actually a well graded dirt road. Many are much worse and require a hearty vehicle if one is to reap the rewards.
Mineral County, Nevada
Western Columbine, Wild Sky Wilderness, Washington
Some hikes roll smoothly along to their intended grand destination, and others serve as a gentle reminder that beauty can be still be found when things don't go according to plan. Yesterday's hike was one of the latter :-)
With an intended destination of a lovely waterfall plunging into an even lovelier pool below, I set out on a damp and drizzly morning for the Quartz Creek trail in the Wild Sky Wilderness (a wilderness area I have wanted to hike just because the name!) Progress toward the trailhead came to an abrupt halt however, at a large washout on the forest road that would have required a serious off-roading vehicle to pass. It was early enough in that day that I could convince myself adding five miles of forest road hiking to make an 11 mile roundtrip instead of six, would be perfectly fine (!!), since the extra five miles would probably go pretty quickly.
So I laced up my boots and headed up the road, which turned out to be a wonderful (uphill) walk along the beautiful Skykomish River as it noisily roared and plunged through rocks and off towering cliffs. There were many wildflowers along the way, including my first Columbine sightings of the year, some purple penstemon clinging to a rocky cliff, and several patches of bleeding hearts in a shade of deep purple I had not seen before. It was also wonderfully quiet since there were no vehicles beyond the washout and very few other hikers.
I finally reached the actual trailhead and after a short detour down a different trail to take some photos from a bridge that crosses the river at a dramatic viewpoint, I was on my way to my original destination. Or so I thought! As I made made my way up the first part of the trail I noticed an occasional patch of snow off to the side, which was not too alarming or unusual as those often linger in shaded areas well into summer and recent trail reports from nearby hikes had put the snow level at least 1000-1500 feet above the elevation I was hiking. But then those seemingly innocuous patches started to become more frequent until suddenly the entire trail was covered in knee deep snow!
At that point for the sake of safety I decided to turn around given the snow conditions, steep slope of the hillside, number of fallen trees along the trail that required maneuvering over and around, and being on a trail I was unfamiliar with. So I headed back down the trail and road, and hiking in the reverse direction was treated to intermittent views of the Central Cascade peaks as they emerged from the clouds and fog, only to disappear again minutes later.
Someday I will return to hike to that waterfall, but on a day when little went as planned, it was still a hike filled with beautiful sights and sounds of nature, and for that I am very grateful.
I had been driving all day and was tired so drove past the turn off to the Trestle Bridge because I couldn't be bothered. I metaphorically kicked myself up the butt, turned around and got the camera out.
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view from Hwy 62 between Lawton & Cache (Oklahoma)
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Teller, CO - I took my unsuspecting truck on some dirt roads in the Cripple Creek area (that small town in the distance). Can't remember last time I had this much fun getting lost. If I had stuck to the safer paved roads I would have never witnessed this. Sometimes taking the less obvious paths leads to great rewards. Good thing I had a full tank of gas, water, plenty of beef jerky and a spare tire.
Named for its mewing call, but capable of a surprisingly complex and continuous song. A secretive bird that stays close to dense cover and rewards patience.
I've just returned home from a weekend away with some golfing buddies, staying in the Dorset coastal town of Swanage, a lovely place. I shared a room with a friend of mine and as often happens in these situations, after a hearty dinner and a few too many drinks, the room will all too often reverberate with the sound of the snoring golfer. I'm sure I'm as guilty as the next person when it comes to snoring but in this instance my friend managed to nod off before me (damn!) and the chainsaw duly started. I then could not sleep a wink and tossed and turned and covered my ears with a pillow, to no avail, I could not sleep. So at 5:30am I decided to grab my camera and go down to Swanage harbour to get a few sunrise shots. Sunrise was not til 6:22 AM and I had a bit of time to kill so I decided to set the camera on a rock to steady it and shoot a couple of long exposures, this being the first shot of the morning.
As it turned out there was no glorious sunrise to photograph. The dawn light revealed a dull low hanging cloud cover that didn't lift until later in the morning. In the end, despite being out and shooting for more than an hour I came away with very little that was worth keeping. But as any photographer will tell you, just to be out with a camera always makes it worthwhile. (At least that's what I keep telling myself!)
The Alfama is the most wonderful section of Lisbon - tiny, twisting streets winding up a tall hill through the old, beautiful buildings. At every turn you find tiny squares, amazing views, fascinating architecture. A mysterious labyrinth to explore with many rewards.
For Macro Mondays 'Sport' theme these are some of the medals I got for running events. As I'm pretty obsessed with running, I've got a whole shoe box full of them. These three were for the Endure 24 event - an ultra marathon event I have completed three times, most recently at the beginning of this month, running 50 miles in 24 hours.
One from the archives - I particularly remember the sound of quiet, very little traffic noise, hardly any aircraft flying as still clearing the runways? Just the peace and quiet of a snowy scene has it rewards for those intrepid photographers who ventured out.
Image taken with Nikon D90 with Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens @ f/7.1, ISO 400, shutter 1/40th, focal length 16mm. (APC camera note.)
Tulips in my garden still waiting for warmth to open. Not my ideal POV but my better half has been busy digging up our back lawn, putting fresh soil from another part of the garden, rolling it out ready to reseed it so I daren’t even kneel on that.....yet...
Blair outfit bought mostly with 400L$ Rewards giveaway at Vision. Picture taken at Angel Manor, The Rose Theater
The rewards that are found with the discovery of a little gem of a waterfall that is Goit Stock. A short walk down a country lane leads to a scene that you would think had come straight from a page of "The secret garden". Every time i go exploring the thought of finding these special places helps drive me on in fulfilling the overwhelming urge to photograph.
"What do we look for as reward?
Some little sounds, and scents, and scenes
A small hand darting strawberry-ward
A woman's aprons full of greens.
The sense that we have brought to birth
Out of the cold and heavy soil,
The blessed fruits and flowers of earth
Is large reward for our toil."
- Ruth Pitter
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One of the most important lessons to learn about landscape photography is that when shooting a sunset do not pack up when the sun passes behind the horizon. The light level may have dropped dramatically and the colour cools like the onset of winter but there are still wonderful shots to be had using the soft cool tones of the Blue Hour.
There is always the possibility that the weather conditions across the horizon will allow for the sun to shine under the cloud base and set a fire to the sky. If you are patient then there are rewards to be had from the gently glowing embers of cirrus catching subtle tones of amber all the way to the spectacular inferno that is stratocumulus glowing scarlet from horizon to horizon. Either way it’s got to be one of nature’s best lightshows and well worth waiting that little while longer for the second act of the evening’s performance.
The rewards are found in the twilight hour. Is there such an hour. Well it's dark and then you see the glow of an EYR. And stop and admire. After a few minutes more than at home in each other's presence. They ( tonight there were two) go on catching worms or whatever and I take photographs.
I think this is the partner of the bird next door. Ten seconds after taking this it flew to a branch directly above me, and as I turned my head upward to get a better look, pooped on me. A first ( that I know of) !
Incredibly the white stuff landed on my camera shoulder harness... which saved my clothes!
At sunset a regal dairy barn sits empty like a king without a kingdom. After retirement, many people look back on years of travel and sacrifice for their career and regard their hard work for a company only as a reminder of family loss.
I spent two hours waiting in hedge bottom this morning, waiting for one of the local hares to come into close range, here is one of my rewards.