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View over Rippon Vineyard. April 30, 2016 Central Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.

 

The land upon which Rippon stands has been in the Mills family since 1913. The primary interest of all who work at Rippon is to grow wines which are an accurate reflection of the property. All Rippon wines are produced from the single vineyard on the shores of Lake Wanaka.

 

Central Otago: the only continental climate in New Zealand viticulture with high ultra violet light, long sunshine hours and highly refractive soils.

 

Wanaka: a more temperate climate relative to the rest of Central Otago due to its close proximity to the dividing mountains of the Southern Alps.

 

Lake Wanaka: the temperance of this large thermal mass, coupled with the protective nature of Ruby Island further softens Rippon’s microclimate.

 

Schist: the metamorphic mother rock, rich in foliated mica and quartzite is deposited as glacial moraines, coarse-layered gravels, ancient lake-bed clays and wind-blown loess.

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Two ruby-throated hummingbirds gracefully hover around a vibrant red feeder, with their delicate wings blurred from rapid movement. Set against a clean, bright background, the focus is on the birds' vibrant feathers and the feeder's striking color!!!

Olympic National Park, WA

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), female

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Coral Bean plant - Green Spring Gardens

Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

They are anual visitors, can be seeing during august and september while are going southward.

Los Ruby-throated pueden ser observados en Monterrey en los meses de agosto y septiembre, cuando están migrando hacia el sur.

Ruby beach along with Abbey island; also has Cedar Creek flowing out to the Pacific Ocean. Jefferson County, Forks area, WA

Shot with Minolta 28mm lens.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet singing away. Just wish the light had been better to get the right depth of field :0)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird on Jewelweed

Ruby-throated hummingbird (f)

Photographed at the Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Ingleside, Ontario.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird Green Springs Gardens

I've been trying to create brighter images, but this hummingbird only allowed me the chance to snag one photo before flying off, meaning I was not able to adjust the settings. The best laid plans of mice and men...

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Coral Bean tree - Green Spring Gardens.

Pretty Ponytail Waitress and one of my "greatest hits......"

Now the garden is filled with hummingbirds. We all seem to like my new favourite flower, the crocosmia. What a fabulous combo they are! It was a bit hard dashing around all the garden flowers, pots, lights, and so on to catch the little hummingbirds as they dashed around. It was windy, too (so all hand-held). The little hummers are so intent on their feeders and flowers that they hardly mind my presence, at all... though they zip by so fast.

About crocosmia www.canadiangardening.com/plants/perennials/the-classic-g...

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you?

When you change with every new day

Still I'm gonna miss you...

 

Listening: Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones

An immature Ruby-throated moving in on one of the feeders at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Hueston Woods State Park

Ruby Red Fashion Friends doll

A firm favourite at the bountiful buffet. I am patiently waiting to be 'crowned' !

Ruby Beach, west coast of Washington State.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird - feeding on Salvia - State Arboretum of Virginia

FOV: 6" wide.

 

This experiment was an attempt to recreate the fluorescence of chromium activated corundum (aka 'ruby'). Aluminum hydroxide was mixed with 1-4 drops of Cr(III) oxide in a basic solution. This was placed on a small amount of aluminum sulfate in an aluminum foil container and a bit of water was added.

 

The sample was then heated, first with a propane torch until the water was removed and then with a MAPP gas torch until the aluminum sulfate expanded into foam, trapping the aluminum hydroxide which was calcined into aluminum oxide by the torch's flame. (at least that was the plan)

 

Shown also is a natural ruby from Mysore, India.

 

See ruby excitation spectrum here (0.03% Cr):

www.northropgrumman.com/BusinessVentures/SYNOPTICS/Produc...

 

Contains:

Ruby (FL Red >GR,BL/UVa)

Ruby Foam (FL Red >GR,BL/UVabc)

 

Shown under UVa light.

 

Key:

WL = White light (halogen + LED)

FL = Fluoresces

PHOS = Phosphorescent

BL = 450nm, GR = 532nm

UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)

'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"

 

Ruby2

24 Dec 2016

  

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18 Watt Triple Output UV lamp from Polman Minerals - Way Too Cool UV lamps

Baby Ruby, 5 days...

 

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The kinglets are always very active and sometimes tough to take a good photo of.

Joe Parks and I celebrated this year's Thanksgiving in beautiful, FREEZING cold Olympic National Park. I'd been hoping to visit Olympic for years, and it didn't disappoint! We spent the better part of Thursday driving up from Portland, arriving just in time to catch the sun going down over Ruby Beach.

 

[Canon 24-105mm f/4.0]

Elle a 4 jours sur la photo .Petit bébé Carlin(pug).

 

Baby Carlin(Pug).She was 4 days old,black as tar and turned out to be a beauty.

toppers for an 18th birthday cake cuppies. They are all black fondant cubes covered with coloured fondant.

Given by my grandfather to my grandmother for her ruby wedding anniversary

 

Lighting information: one Olympus FL-600R camera right, diffused by Polaroid mini-diffuser. One Olympus FL-300R camera left, undiffused. Both triggered optically by Olympus FL-LM2, on camera, also contributing to the exposure.

 

See here for an illustration of the lighting setup: flic.kr/p/2n4Thjp

Ruby Falls is a 145-foot high underground waterfall located within Lookout Mountain, near Rock City and Chattanooga, Tennessee in the United States.

 

It was such a wonderful place and a wonderful Waterfall that they switched on the lights to capture the falls for only 2 Mins :(

Ruby-throated hummer taking nesting material from a nest material ball. She must be starting a second nest since I took this on 6/28/22. Monmouth County, N.J.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Bromeliad Green Spring Gardens

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