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Zebrafish scales can give insight into how lymphatic vessels are important for tissue growth and development. This picture of an anesthetized, adult zebrafish was taken using a powerful microscope that uses lasers to illuminate the fish. The image shows fish scales with lymphatic vessels in green and scale structures in blue and magenta.
Credit: Daniel Castranova, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH
It's interesting to try out different scales on the models. If they have kept some of the character after all details are gone, and almost reduced to something abstract, I'm happy with composition. This one loses a lot when reduced, but still better than what I expected.
This end view show both the truck loading dock on the left and the narrower rail loading dock on the left.
I got a DPM factory kit #506 called Gripp’s Luggage Mfg over twenty years ago, but it sat in my parts box with various plastic and metal construction materials that I use for scale buildings. Last year I built the building shell and roof plus the loading dock for trucks, painted them, and then constructed a custom base. This year I painted all those window frames and doors scattered around the six sides and installed clear plastic window glazing. Recently I scratch-built a small loading dock to serve the rail spur and added a sign on the roof.
Like most DPM structure kits, the factory is a two story brick building with details that suggest North American late 19th century to mid-20th century construction. The factory is just big enough to actually be served by a railroad and could be almost any kind of warehouse or manufacturing plant that doesn’t require a lot of obvious external equipment. The factory could produce clothing, shoes, metal products, wood products, drugs, cosmetics, toys, plastic products, electronics, small appliances, canned foods, baked goods, or be a small printing plant.
There are more esoteric possibilities: since the town is in northern New Mexico set in the 1950’s, perhaps the products have something to do with the Atomic Energy Commission’s plant at Los Alamos or whatever happened near Roswell a few years earlier. Both mysterious locations aren’t very far away. Maybe the sign on the roof says it all, but the folks who work here won’t say a word.
If you have the legs and the stamina, I would highly recommend the 13 mile round trip to Plateau Point down the Bright Angel trail. The views of the Colorado River are just amazing and the scale and backdrop of the canyon walls are well worth the pain of the hike.
This is in Matlock Bath with Matlock in the background. Can you spot the 2 climbers on the rock face.
looking across to Moel Cynghorion. Its summit tucked away beneath a blanket of cloud. A lone hut and winch look tiny and isolated from the Dinorwic slate quarries
The crease pattern for my scaled wyvern. Veiw large to see all the creases better.
UPDATE: I uploaded the most recent version of the crease pattern.
Called also Fig wax scale, in this image on a Frangipani leaf. What you see is the heavy waxy cover of a female that remains a "grub" (juvenile form) without obvious legs, eyes or antennae that stays protected and lays eggs. A simple life. Found occasionally locally on Frangipani leaves (pictured), and on the leaves of coconut palms. I have not yet seen a male: a 1-2 mm tiny winged insect that does not feed and lives a day or two.
Gears: Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens
Location: Heritage Bay, Pulau Duyung, , Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Processing: Sephia Split Toning +USM+Adobe PSCS2, Cropped
“Today we were simply not good enough," said Peter Gilmour "Ian sailed well but we certainly helped to open the door, which at this level you just can't do."
Note: You can adjust your brightness by referring to the gray scale bitmap at the top of my profile as a guide.
For Our Daily Challenge: SCALE is the Topic for 28 November 2010
OK, I know when the bark starts to come off the tree these things are called scales, right? It comes off in scaly sections? I need you to agree with me because the dictionary is not being helpful! Anyway, here is my interpretation for "scales"! Voila!
The remains of Bass Breweries Bass Maltings a Grade II listed complex on Mareham Lane, Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
The Maltings were built between 1892 and 1905 for Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton of Burton on Trent and were designed by H.A. Couchman. They are the largest maltings complex in the country outside Burton. It consist of eight red brick pavilions with a massive square tower and slender chimney in the centre. The total frontage is of about 1000 feet.
The Bass Maltings complex opened fully in 1905, replacing all the small malthouses in the area. The complex struggled to remain open during the Second World War, but survived and continued operating until 1960.
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner considered the huge brewing malthouses to be Lincolnshire's most important industrial architecture, stating in his book Buildings of England; "For sheer impressiveness, little in English architecture can equal the scale of this building. A massive four-storey square tower is in the centre of a line of eight detached pavilions.
The Maltings closed in 1960, and the two Robey engines were transferred to museums. In 1976 one of the pavilions caught fire and spread to the tower and a further two pavilions and the site has remained unused ever since.
Remains associated with a railway serving the maltings complex were uncovered during trial trenching on land to the west of the main buildings. A concrete culvert was also seen, although its full extent and function remain unknown.
In 2011 agreement was reached to convert the Bass Maltings site into shops, offices and more than 220 apartments and houses.
I have found these metal scale models on several occasions here in Poland. This is in the south eastern part of the courtyard, Stare Miasto here in Poznan. They are pretty well detailed and replicate the courtyard exactly....I wasn't exactly looking for this, but I did end up backing into it and almost falling over while trying to take a photo.
A man working on the exterior of the dome of the Capitol in Washington DC gives one a sense of the scale of the building.
A heavy yet extremely durable, heat and fire proof shield, absorbs fire damage as well.
this very scale originates from a endangered sub species of a kanohi dragon, often found near lava or deep in its silver mine as its nest.
The Dragon Warrior model of a advanced engineered torch that creates a blade of Fire. The mobile variant offers great performance thats easy to master, requiring less energy from its own source and its user, making it very economical friendly. Its precision focus a perfect and sharp beam of only fire. Strong, Light and Fast. Reaching melting temperatures.
Compared to the Dragon Elder, Tahu's beastly class torch, burns hotter and requires more hard training to master and is incredibly more taxing.
Toa Hotaru
Kanohi: Aki Hau
Younger Brother: Flaris
Element: Blaze
Class: Elite Samurai
Abilities: advanced fire bending and shaping his flames into a katana
Hotaru & Flaris were two young brotherly matoran, starting as low level knights in training in hopes one day they would become Toa. Hotaru was the oldest and a bit more skilled, sharping his and flaris abilities. The two trained, fought and hunted together for years. While most Ta-matoran took work in making masks all day, the brothers were busy earning their place. Hotaru took lessons with the very few that wanted to challenge the makuta. Flaris invested his time into researching armor and weapons and caught up on lessons passed to him from his best friend. The matorans courage & hard work would pay off when the day came for them to begin their future as Toa. Hotaru was the first to evolve into one and quickly joined a team, he said his good byes and took off. Flaris would also evolve into knighthood in the near future
The Kanohi Aki Hau
made by Forge of the Mask Makers - KhingK
Taken for Our Daily Challenge (Topic: Scale)
I might still play around with the edit on this. But it I try my best and it was fun to do :)
I got the idea of having a big me and a little me randomly. I thought I could do it, so I whipped out my camera and decided to stand on the bathroom scale for good measure :) I ended up looking more frightened of myself than I intended, but its okay. I believe my oddly shaped feet and toes are enough to frighten anyone ;)
Hoping everyone is having a superb day! I can't believe my birthday is tomorrow. It doesn't feel real...
PS- My hair is pulled up into a bun. I just now realized that it looks a little odd..
A frosty morning at the river Hull
I wrote a blog on Hull's popular photography locations. Please check it out, it may be useful! www.neilnicklinphotography.co.uk/blog/2015/5/photography-...
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, literally "Deer Garden Temple"), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.[2] It is one of the most popular buildings in Japan, attracting many visitors annually.[3] It is designated as a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape and is one of 17 locations making up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.
The Golden Pavilion (金閣 Kinkaku) is a three-storey building on the grounds of the Rokuon-ji temple complex.[11] The top two stories of the pavilion are covered with pure gold leaf.[11] The pavilion functions as a shariden (舎利殿), housing relics of the Buddha (Buddha's Ashes). The building was an important model for Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion Temple) and Shōkoku-ji, which are also located in Kyoto.[2] When these buildings were constructed, Ashikaga Yoshimasa employed the styles used at Kinkaku-ji and even borrowed the names of its second and third floors.[2]
Architectural design
The pavilion successfully incorporates three distinct styles of architecture, which are shinden, samurai and zen, specifically on each floor.[8] Each floor of the Kinkaku uses a different architectural style.[2]
The first floor, called The Chamber of Dharma Waters (法水院, Hō-sui-in), is rendered in shinden-zukuri style, reminiscent of the residential style of the 11th century Heian imperial aristocracy.[2] It is evocative of the Shinden palace style. It is designed as an open space with adjacent verandas and uses natural, unpainted wood and white plaster.[8] This helps to emphasize the surrounding landscape. The walls and fenestration also affect the views from inside the pavilion. Most of the walls are made of shutters that can vary the amount of light and air into the pavilion[8] and change the view by controlling the shutters' heights. The second floor, called The Tower of Sound Waves (潮音洞, Chō-on-dō ),[2] is built in the style of warrior aristocrats, or buke-zukuri. On this floor, sliding wood doors and latticed windows create a feeling of impermanence. The second floor also contains a Buddha Hall and a shrine dedicated to the goddess of mercy, Kannon.[8] The third floor is built in traditional Chinese chán (Jpn. zen) style, also known as zenshū-butsuden-zukuri. It is called the Cupola of the Ultimate (究竟頂, Kukkyō-chō). The zen typology depicts a more religious ambiance in the pavilion, as was popular during the Muromachi period.[8]
The roof is in a thatched pyramid with shingles.[12] The building is topped with a bronze hōō (phoenix) ornament.[11] From the outside, viewers can see gold plating added to the upper stories of the pavilion. The gold leaf covering the upper stories hints at what is housed inside: the shrines.[9] The outside is a reflection of the inside. The elements of nature, death, religion, are formed together to create this connection between the pavilion and outside intrusions.
Garden
The Golden Pavilion is set in a Japanese strolling garden (回遊式庭園 kaiyū-shiki-teien, lit. a landscape garden in the go-round style).[6] The location implements the idea of borrowing of scenery ("shakkei") that integrates the outside and the inside, creating an extension of the views surrounding the pavilion and connecting it with the outside world. The pavilion extends over a pond, called Kyōko-chi (鏡湖池 Mirror Pond), that reflects the building.[5] The pond contains 10 smaller islands.[8] The zen typology is seen through the rock composition; the bridges and plants are arranged in a specific way to represent famous places in Chinese and Japanese literature.[8] Vantage points and focal points were established because of the strategic placement of the pavilion to view the gardens surrounding the pavilion.[10] A small fishing deck (釣殿 tsuri-dono) is attached to the rear of the pavilion building, allowing a small boat to be moored under it.[5] The pavilion grounds were built according to descriptions of the Western Paradise of the Buddha Amida, intending to illustrate a harmony between heaven and earth.[6] The largest islet in the pond represents the Japanese islands.[5] The four stones forming a straight line in the pond near the pavilion are intended to represent sailboats anchored at night, bound for the Isle of Eternal Life in Chinese mythology.[5]
The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period garden design.[11] The Muromachi period is considered to be a classical age of Japanese garden design.[10] The correlation between buildings and its settings were greatly emphasized during this period.[10] It was a way to integrate the structure within the landscape in an artistic way. The garden designs were characterized by a reduction in scale, a more central purpose and a distinct setting.[13] A minimalistic approach was brought to the garden design, by recreating larger landscapes in a smaller scale around a structure.