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Geometry train W001 heads east from Grand Rapids on a sunny October morning.
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To be more specific, one of the pressed flower note cards our mother used to make. She was a very creative, talented, gifted person, and one of the many things she would make were these note cards made with pressed flowers from her own garden.
She had a patch of Queen Anne's Lace growing in the backyard for this purpose. I still have a small assortment of her cards left, and this one with the Queen Annes' Lace flower is my favorite.
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The sociable lapwing or sociable plover (Vanellus gregarius) is a critically endangered wader in the lapwing family of birds. The genus name is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan. The specific gregarius is Latin for "sociable" from grex, gregis, "flock"
In 2004, BirdLife International categorised this bird as critically endangered, due to a very rapid population decline for poorly understood reasons. The main decline took place between 1960 and 1987, when the known population halved; it is some 20–25% of the 1930s population levels. The current population was estimated to be between 600 and 1,800 mature birds in 2006, but is being revised to the upward end of that scale, possibly more, following the discovery of the species' previously unknown main wintering grounds in Syria, where 1500 birds of all ages were encountered. Additionally, in October 2007, a superflock of approximately 3,200 sociable lapwings were discovered in Turkey, according to Guven Eken, director of the Turkish Nature Association.The current IUCN classification is CR A3bc—meaning that the population is expected to decline in the next decade or so by 80%, but based on theoretical considerations and the known habitat destruction rather than direct observation of the birds. Thus, the new discoveries might mean that as more data becomes available, the species could be downlisted to Endangered.
I very much admire graffiti when it's done well, and I am amazed at the talent there is in our world. But my favorite is the work of Guido Van Helten, he is awe inspiring. An Australian man who travels the world and paints "Big" murals on "site specific" buildings and brings them life. These silo's are 30 metres tall and can be seen for miles.
An SD40-2 leads an AC4400 through the falling snow on Q329 with dynamics howling. The heavy train is slowing from 40 mph to 25 mph for the remainder of the journey into town over the Grand Rapids Terminal subdivision. Pretty cool to see unmolested SD40-2s like #8096 leading a train on a Class 1 in 2019!
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December 6, 2025
Lunar halo: 22° ring formed when moonlight passes through tiny hexagonal ice crystals suspended in high-altitude clouds. Each ray is deflected at a precise angle, and the different wavelengths separate slightly, giving the inner edge a reddish tint and the outer edge a cooler hue. It is one of the most common optical phenomena in the atmosphere, but it requires very specific conditions to appear so clearly.
Canon 60 Da
Samyang 14 mm
Authors: Antonio Ferretti & Attilio Bruzzone from Lanciano (Italy)
It was quite a difficult place to get in, unless you plan way ahead of coming and obtain the necessary tickets, otherwise, good luck. Even with ticket, with some specific reserved time, it was confusing where to go and what to do since once you get to the ticket office, you'd need to exchange your online tickets with the real tickets and there were lines of people lining up and which lines are which...(a long walk uphill to the ticket office where you'd get in). If you missed you reserved time, then you'd not be able to see some of the main places inside. All in all, quite a hassle, but I think if you go to Granada, then I believe that you'd want to visit this place.
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From Wikipedia:
The Alhambra (/ælˈhæmbrə/; Spanish: [aˈlambɾa]; Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء [ʔælħæmˈɾˠɑːʔ], Al-Ḥamrā, lit. "The Red One"),[Note 1][Note 2] the complete Arabic form of which was Qalat Al-Hamra,[Note 3] is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was originally constructed as a small fortress in AD 889 on the remains of Roman fortifications, and then largely ignored until its ruins were renovated and rebuilt in the mid-13th century by the Moorish emir Mohammed ben Al-Ahmar of the Emirate of Granada, who built its current palace and walls. It was converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.[1] After the conclusion of the Christian Reconquista in 1492, the site became the Royal Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (where Christopher Columbus received royal endorsement for his expedition), and the palaces were partially altered to Renaissance tastes. In 1526 Charles I & V commissioned a new Renaissance palace better befitting the Holy Roman Emperor in the revolutionary Mannerist style influenced by Humanist philosophy in direct juxtaposition with the Nasrid Andalusian architecture, but which was ultimately never completed due to Morisco rebellions in Granada.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra
Taken with my "cheap" Nikon 24-85mm...
Ich wage nicht, mich auf eine bestimmte Art festzulegen, denn es gibt zu viele sehr ähnlich aussehende Libellen.
I don't dare to commit myself to a specific type, because there are too many dragonflies that look very similar.
Le deux-roues est véritablement une spécificité culturelle du Vietnam tant il fait partie du paysage urbain et rural du pays. Scooters et motos ont supplanté le vélo et sont désormais les rois du bitume au Vietnam
-Two-wheeled vehicles are so much a part of Vietnam's urban and rural landscape that they are truly a cultural specificity. Scooters and motorcycles have supplanted bicycles and are now the kings of the asphalt in Vietnam.
The red squirrels are under threat here in the UK. The introduction of the American Grey has all but decimated our natural species. Two specific reasons. The much bigger grey eat the same foods and more importantly can the squirrel pox virus to which they are immune but the reds are not. Here where I live we have a small but increasing population. I've always loved their 'tufty' ears. This one looks like it could do with a manicure.
Sunset vs Sunrise colors Google AI Overview
Sunset colors are a vibrant mix of reds, oranges, yellows, pinks, and purples, created as sunlight travels through more of Earth's atmosphere, scattering blue light and allowing longer wavelengths to reach our eyes, with atmospheric conditions like dust and humidity enhancing these warm hues. The specific shades depend on the time after sunset, with yellows appearing before, reds and oranges dominant at sunset, and deep reds and purples lingering afterward, often enhanced by particles like pollution or volcanic ash.
Common Sunset Colors
Warm Tones: Yellow, orange, fiery red, and gold are primary colors due to light scattering.
Cool Tones: Pinks and purples often appear as light mixes with the remaining blues and violets.
Variations: Deep crimson, coral, lavender, and even hints of green can appear.
The Science Behind the Colors
Rayleigh Scattering:
Shorter wavelengths (blue, violet) are scattered away by air molecules.
Longer Path:
At sunset, sunlight travels through more atmosphere, scattering more blue and green light.
Visible Colors:
This leaves the longer wavelengths (yellow, orange, red) to dominate the sky.
Atmospheric Influence:
Dust, aerosols, and pollution particles can scatter light further, intensifying reds and oranges or even creating rare violet hues.
Timing Matters
Before Sunset: Yellows are often visible.
At Sunset: Oranges and reds become prominent.
After Sunset (Twilight): Deep reds, purples, and blues can be most vibrant, about 15-20 minutes after the sun disappears.
Sunrise and sunset colors are both caused by light scattering, but sunsets often appear redder and warmer (more oranges/reds) because the atmosphere contains more dust, pollution, and moisture from the day, scattering shorter blue light more effectively. Sunrises tend to be softer, with more pinks and yellows, as the air is generally cleaner and cooler in the morning, though humidity and clouds heavily influence both.
The Science Behind the Colors (Rayleigh Scattering)
Longer Path: At sunrise and sunset, sunlight travels through more of Earth's atmosphere to reach your eyes compared to midday.
Blue Light Scattered: Molecules in the atmosphere (like nitrogen and oxygen) scatter shorter-wavelength colors (blue and violet) more efficiently.
Reds & Oranges Remain: This scattering removes most blue light, allowing longer-wavelength reds, oranges, and yellows to dominate the sky.
Key Differences: Sunrise vs. Sunset
Atmospheric Conditions: The main differentiator is what's in the air.
Sunrise: Air is often cooler, clearer, and has less dust/pollution, leading to softer, more defined colors, sometimes with more blues/greens near the horizon before the golden hour.
Sunset: A full day's activities stir up dust, haze, and pollutants, which scatter light more broadly, creating more intense reds, oranges, and sometimes purples, often appearing more "chaotic" or layered.
Moisture: More humidity at sunset can mute colors, while low humidity at sunrise can make them vibrant, though high humidity can create dramatic hues at either time.
In a Nutshell
Sunrise: Often cleaner air, cooler tones, more defined light, sometimes blue/green pre-dawn, then soft pinks/yellows.
Sunset: Dustier, warmer air, more intense reds/oranges/pinks due to particulates, a broader color palette.
Each guest at A NIGHT TO REMEMBER randomly received a ticket upon entry to the upper deck of the virtual Titanic with a specific passenger's name, age and class from 1912.
The fate of each passenger was revealed just before Samm Qendra performed her stirring finale My Heart Will Go On.
Patterns in beach sand, southwest Iceland.
Rhomboidal rills are formed by the interaction of sand grains as waves recede. They form under specific conditions when the beach gradient (slope) is very gradual and the sand consists of fine, light- and dark-colored particles of different densities. In this case, the sand grains are made of dark volcanic rock and light-colored calcium carbonate (seashells).
Found these rare beauties at a Travelling Stock Reserve south of Rydal in NSW. They are endangered and only found in very specific areas, in specific conditions, on specific plants for 2 weeks of the year! I was fortunate enough to see them thanks to the help of a passionate scientist and conservationist at the Saving Our Species program (Dept. of Planning, Industry and Environment NSW).
Here's some information in the PCB:
"The Purple Copper Butterfly (Paralucia spinifera) is one of Australia's rarest butterfly species. It is also known as the Bathurst copper butterfly. It is only found in the Central Tablelands of NSW. Its habitat is restricted to elevations above 900 metres. The Purple Copper is a small butterfly with a thick body, and a wingspan of only 20-30 millimetres. Adult males fly rapidly at about 1 metre from the ground and rest in the sun with their wings parted. It feeds exclusively on a form of blackthorn (Bursaria spinosa subspecies lasiophylla).
The butterfly's life cycle relies on a 'mutualistic' relationship with the ant Anonychomyrma itinerans, and on the presence of blackthorn.
[Read more here: www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/nati... ]"
Bandlands, Morning Light. © Copyright 2019 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Soft early-morning light on rugged and colorful badlands formations.
On the final full day of our early-April 2019 photography visit to Death Valley we decided to head for a familiar location where I enjoy photographing in the morning. After being closed earlier in the season this area had finally reopened — flooding of washes in the area had interfered with access, and repairs had be recently completed.
The photographic opportunities in this area — and, to be honest, in many places — depend a lot on the specific qualities of the light during a visit. I've been here where clouds turned everything gray and when intense light made some portions of this landscape a bit too stark for my preferences. This morning was close to ideal. When we arrived, before dawn, there was a high overcast and the light was not all that spectacular. However, the clouds were thin, and as the sun rose the light made it thought the dissipating clouds — and this sort of high, thing clouds provide some of the most subtle and beautiful light.
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We have ventured out yesterday evening heading to a specific destination, but seeing the sky clouding out more and more we have decided to do a little bit of a reconnaissance in the area we have not yet explored. To my surprise we've discovered that relatively close to Edmonton there are a lot more hills and valleys than I originally thought. One thing for sure, we will be back at some of the places we have seen yesterday when the sky cooperates a bit more ;D
The theme for week 27 is 'Numbers or one specific number' The number is on the side of a small boat in Peel harbour. I was hoping for a better reflection but there has been just a bit of wind that with the natural movement of the water combined to form ripples. Had a play in Topaz adjust to see if I could get the numbers clearer so posing for Sliders Sunday as well!
A shady afternoon idyll under the spreading branches of a giant beech tree, watching the birds and insects idle by.
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One of the recurring themes of my daydreams is the flashback to some distant thought or memory. Sometimes a specific event or encounter. Other times a snippet of a past conversation, now torn away from its original context. Was in the midst of one of these flashback the other day, recalling a moment with someone I haven't seen or spoken with in over 30 years. "Why on earth am I thinking about this now?" I wonder to self. I got to thinking about what led me to that recollection. Funny thing is that it's almost never a metaphorical direct flight. More often it's a cascading effect like knocking over a row of dominoes. I hit an initial trip wire of thought, and that leads to a quick succession of other (quite random) thoughts and suddenly there I am, caught in a momentary time warp. There's little rhyme or reason to it. The end product varies. Sometimes I return to the same place in time, sometimes not. That's the nature of a flashback I suppose, bringing back a repressed memory. In my case I'm generally not recalling any sort of emotional trauma. That's the weird part. The returning thoughts are often quite mundane, but for some reason were ingrained deep down. Now as my age advances, they float back to the surface. I've noticed another pattern where specific tasks (usually physical, not involving a great deal of thought in their own right) lead me back down the same memory path. Somehow the modern day task has become interconnected with a past event, and the connection can remain for weeks or even months until it is broken off by a new one. I've even noticed this in my sleeping dreams where I'll either return to the past, or something from the past will return to the present. This will cause me to remember things of which I had no conscious memory. I wonder if time is not as linear as it seems. I also wonder if any of this plays out visually in photography, or at the very least helps shape the way I see things when out shooting.
I associated this story with the little figurine in this photo I suppose on account of the missing head. A metaphor for daydreaming on one level. When I first encountered this tiny statue I was struck by the awful juxtaposition of peace and serenity in the lower half of the body with the ghastly decapitation. But even more startling perhaps is the seeming ease with which the two realms coexist...the past blending with the new reality. The perched bird seemed to tie it all together somehow. Anyway the mere act of photographing this tableau ensures that it will be available for future playback in my mind.
Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde is one of Sweden’s most popular art museums, beautifully situated on Djurgården in Stockholm. The museum consists of a main building, the Mansion, built in 1903–1905 as a residence for Prince Eugen (1865–1947), and a gallery building that was added in 1913. Architect Ferdinand Boberg designed both buildings in close cooperation with Prince Eugen. The prince, son of King Oscar II and Queen Sophia, was one of the leading landscape painters of his time. He was also an important art collector and a central figure in the Swedish cultural world.
The park is rich in sculptures, all of them bought by Prince Eugen, often with specific sites in mind. Among the seaside flowerbeds, Carl Milles’ Triton (1916) serves as a fountain.
I had a conversation with a friend recently where the topic of failure came up. In specific, he was reflecting on the failure of his photography business and how that led to him avoiding photography for several years after his business went under. That brief conversation has been kicking around in my head ever since, particularly the power that the idea of failure has over us. We struggle with this concept in so many different ways, related to photography and otherwise. All of us have a fear of failure on some level or another and it influences our behavior and choices. To keep the scope of this manageable, I'll keep it revolving around photography. A good example is the idea of "bad pictures". We try to avoid making bad pictures, right? Why? What exactly is wrong with a bad picture? Well, it is a little failure on our part and enough of those strung together... so we follow trusted formulas, trends and cliches to make photos, that while not original, are at least better guaranteed of "success" both in our own eyes and those of others. It is fear of failure that makes it so hard for many photographers to share their work with their peers. What if it is not received positively? What does that say about me? It was fear of failure that led my friend to giving up photography after the perceived failure of his photo business. And I am sure there are many other ways we can list that this fear insinuates itself into our photographic lives.
I don't think I have all the answers on this. On some levels I am as much a victim of this fear as others. But I also feel like in some ways I have learned to inoculate myself against this fear as well, at least in photography. A big part of the way I did that was redefining what "success" and "failure" meant to me. It is a simple and tricky thing to do. But if you take a moment to consider that the rules of failure that we play by are rules that we have the power to dictate then it is simply a matter of changing those rules. I sometimes tangentially lecture on this to classes when I talk about the whole idea of "bad pictures". I encourage my students to not think of bad pictures as bad just because they didn't turn out like you wanted or expected, but rather to see them as learning opportunities with each picture you make teaching you something new and making you a slightly better photographer in the process. In that sense, no picture is a bad picture and every picture makes you more experienced and competent, even if that growth is incremental. That is changing the definition of both success and failure and by doing so eliminating to some degree the fear of failure via bad pictures at least.
I do think it is worth considering what you define as success and how wise a definition you are following. Is the success you are chasing financial? creative? social popularity? It is not that these are wrong answers per se, but they might be, or at least they might be wrong for you in that particular circumstance or moment. And if you are tripping up against that struggle with perceived failure, try changing you how perceive success and failure.
I don't know if this image embodies fear as much as it does disappointment (which is a lower version of fear I suppose). This was one of those photos that I liked the idea and execution but problems with the film itself manifested causing the speckling and mottling across the image. I scanned it anyway and left it for months in my To Edit folder, just sitting there. Then one night recently I was looking at it again and didn't see the failure I had seen before. That allowed me to see a success I had not seen before. And so I present this image with these thoughts today.
Hasselblad Flexbody
Rollei Retro 80S
Last Saturday I went to search this rarity, the Small Pincertail.
It can only be found in one or 2 specific areas in the Netherlands.
And I found them, very glad with that.
Handheld shot, did like the obelisk pose also.
The Baobab Trees on Kubu Island were just fantastic. In fact the island itself was pretty great, and I'll detail that more in a future post, as well as revisiting this specific tree.
I'm not a big fan of selfies, but sometimes you have to go with the model you've got... The moon cooperated with some nice landscape light.
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Benin, West Africa.
January, 9th marks the start of the annual voodoo festival in Benin.
After the official ceremony we were invited in a private home to witness the ceremonial offerings
Voodoo/Vodoun is a name attributed to an West African ancestral religious system of worship and ritual practices, where specific deities are born and honored, along with the veneration of ancient and recent ancestors who earlier served the same tutelary deities.
Since 1994, Voodoo has officially decreed as an official religion, Voodoo festival continues to be the country’s most colorful and vibrant annual celebration.
Similar to any other religion, Benin’s voodoo practitioners remain strong and devoted to their religion, as Benin’s leading religion is animism.
The Voodoo Festival is held on the 9th of January at Allada in remembrance ‘Adjahounto’ the initiator of voodoo and 10th of January as a national festival at Ouidah (at the site of Dagbokonou and across the country).
This specific aircraft, wonderfully restored by the Central Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force to original condition, led the Airborne Forces dropping paratroops in the early morning hours of D-Day, the Sixth of June, 1944. She reprised her role in 2019, carrying 18 reenactor paratroops & leading over 30 other C-47/DC-3's over Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. _DSC4472_HDR
The image represents a year's worth of research for my MRes project entitled, ‘A Property Comparison of Cold Formed and Hot Finished Steel Conveyance Tubes’ sponsored by Tata Steel Tubes, which I completed (and passed) last year.
The main image is made up of all the key sections of my MRes thesis, in order of how they appear in the finished document, from the title page to the literature review to the conclusions and further work. The border is made up of painted, galvanised and uncoated tube samples that I have acquired throughout the last year – I omitted the rusty ones from salt spray testing as they would have stained the carpet!
The image reflects how there are many different aspects to a scientific research project and successfully putting all the pieces into place makes for a good picture, a good story and ultimately a good thesis.
Picture credit: Nathan Cooze, SPECIFIC, Swansea University
Habitat is a “home ground” or an environment in which an organism or group of species normally lives or occurs. In this sense, a habitat is any particular place that supports animal or plant life. From the habitat is where plants or animals get their survival essentialities such as water, food, shelter, and breeding grounds.
Different plant or animal species have different necessities for water, shelter, nesting and food. Thus, each and every plant or animal is adapted to survive in a specific kind of habitat. For instance, some turtles live in the seas while others live on land. Some plants grow in the deserts, some in the seas, and some in swampy areas. This shows different species have different needs. Examples of habitats include oceans, streams, or forests.
When a habitat is dramatically altered due to natural or anthropogenic activities such as earthquakes, agriculture, pollution or oil exploration, these places may no longer be able to provide shelter, food, water, or breeding grounds for the living organisms.
Such kind of events lessens the places where plants or animals such as wildlife can live and threatens the survival of various species. That sort of habitat degradation or fragmentation is what is termed as habitat loss and destruction. Habitat loss and destruction are influenced by several drivers which include:
1. Agriculture
Agricultural production has claimed much space of the natural habitat since settlers began converting forests and grasslands to croplands. In the modern world, the pressure to convert lands into resource areas for producing priced foods and crops has increasingly led to habitat loss.
Runoff of agricultural waste, fertilizers, and pesticides into marine and freshwater environments has also transformed streams and water systems. As a result, there has been a tremendous loss of natural crop species, aquatic life, and wildlife habitat.
2. Animal Waste, Sewage, Fertilizer, and Mining Waste Pollution
Marine and freshwater life forms are the most affected by pollution. Pollutants from animal waste, untreated sewage, fertilizers, pesticides, and heavy metals find way into wetlands and water systems and subsequently end up in the food web.
Animal wastes and fertilizers generate nutrients that cause an outburst in algae growth that depletes dissolved oxygen in aquatic systems. Mining wastes may also contain heavy metals that affect the health and breeding of aquatic organisms. Sewage sediments may destroy dwelling grounds of aquatic animals.
3. Industrial and Automobile Pollution
The majority of animal and plant habitats have been destroyed due to the toxic substances and chemicals emitted from industries and automobiles that pose long-term cumulative impacts on the species health. Seriously polluted regions have become dead zones since the conditions have become very harsh for biotic survival. A prime example is an acidic lake which cannot support aquatic life forms. In some areas, only a few organisms can survive owing to the cumulative effects of industrial and automobile pollution.
4. Water Projects
The development of water projects such as hydropower plants, dam construction, and water diversion frequently disconnect or draw off waters thereby altering water chemistry and hydrology. This is because such water projects limit the amount of water and nutrients running downstream.
The downstream section of the river can dry out and the nutrients supporting aquatic life can significantly reduce. As an outcome, gradual habitat loss happens as the water flows downstream.
5. Land Use and Development
The conversion of lands into urban settings, housing developments, office spaces, shopping malls, industrial sites, parking areas, road networks, and so on takes away the naturally occurring land that provided habitat for wildlife and other living organisms. This practice has substantially led to the loss and destruction of millions of acre of natural habitable environments.
6. Global Warming
Global warming is one of the recent leading causes of habitat loss since it changes the physical environmental factors such as temperature and moisture which are essential for a sustainable habitat.
For instance, wildlife that requires cool temperatures of high elevations such as the rock rabbit and mountain gorillas may in the near future run out of habitat due to global warming. Excessive rains, flooding or drought arising out of global warming have also impacted several habitats, contributing to the loss of wildlife and other living organisms.
7. Diversity Loss and Invasive Species
When a certain ecosystem which is home to numerous species collapse, more aggressive species may enter the territory. As the original species struggle to cope in a harsher environment, the invasive species contributes to a further and rapid decline of the habitat and subsequently dominates.
The explosive entry of invasive species into a habitat presents a strong threat to the native species as they struggle to survive in the increasingly changing environment. Invasive species directly competes for food with the native species and can also alter the structure of the habitat.
8. Vegetation Removal and Logging
Vegetation removal and logging destroy the structure of the habitat since it takes away the vital materials and natural systems responsible for replenishing and purifying the habitat. Removal of vegetation cover and logging also creates room for soil erosion and decrease stormwater infiltration which leads to the degradation of water quality, further destroying the habitat.
9. Dredging and Bottom Trawling Fishing
Dredging and bottom trawling fishing gives rise to the physical destruction of the dwelling, feeding and breeding areas for aquatic plants and animals. The displaced sediments may further smother the bottom dwelling organisms. Fish gills can as well become blocked with sediments and plant life activity is reduced due to limited light.
Dredging might also release underground toxic materials into aquatic habitats. Besides, bottom trawling fishing can by-catch unmarketable fish which turns out to be the food for other bigger fish in that particular underwater habitats.
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The greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds.
It breeds in the semi-deserts of Turkey and eastwards through Central Asia. It nests in a bare ground scrape. This species is strongly migratory, wintering on sandy beaches in East Africa, South Asia and Australasia. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe, where it has been recorded as far west as Great Britain, France and Iceland. It has been spotted twice in North America, the most recent being on May 14, 2009, in Jacksonville, Florida.
This species is fully migratory, and is likely to migrate without stopping on a broad front between breeding and non-breeding areas . Migratory flocks form after the end of breeding between mid-June and early-August, and arrive in the wintering grounds between mid-July and November (adults and immature birds arriving before juveniles. Those birds wintering in South-East Asia start moving northwards to the breeding grounds in late-February (the migration peaking in March to early-April), arriving from mid-March to May; whereas those wintering in East Africa and southern Asia depart for breeding grounds from mid-April to early-May. Most non-adult wintering birds remain in the wintering areas during the breeding season . The species is typically gregarious, feeding in flocks of 2-50, and sometimes congregating in groups of up to 1,000 when roosting (Urban et al. 1986, del Hoyo et al. 1996). Habitat Breeding During the breeding season this species is predominantly found in open, dry, treeless, uncultivated areas up to 3,000 m , including dried mud, silt and clay flats, hard salt-pans overgrown with halophytic plants , and rocky plains near mountains in desert or semi-desert . In Turkey the species frequents heavily grazed saline steppe . The species usually breeds near water but exceptionally it will nest up to 20 km away from it. Non-breeding During the non-breeding season this species shows a preference for littoral habitats with mixed sand and mud substrata . It is found on sheltered sandy, shelly or muddy beaches, large intertidal mudflats, sandbanks, salt-marshes, estuaries, coral reefs, rocky islands, tidal lagoons and dunes near the coast , although it may sometimes feed on coastal grasslands . Whilst on migration the species will occasionally utilise inland habitats such as salt-lakes and brackish swamps, usually roosting on sandbanks and spits . Diet This species is carnivorous: during the breeding season its diet consists mainly of terrestrial insects and their larvae (especially beetles, termites, midges and ants), and occasionally lizards whereas during the non-breeding season its diet contains mainly marine invertebrates such as molluscs (snails), worms and crustaceans (such as shrimps and crabs). Breeding site The nest is a shallow scrape on the ground amongst sand-hills, gravel, or on other barren substrates.
Smile when it Rains and make others Worry.
There is a tiny detail that it's the actual reason for uploading this specific image out of many similar. Can you find it?
You are my best smile,my sunbeam on the moonCKB💕
There’s a specific kind of quiet that only settles into these old alleyways after the crowds have moved on. The warmth of the festoon lights cutting through the obsidian shadows creates a path that feels almost cinematic. A moment of urban solitude captured on a late-night wander.
Catatonia
is a syndrome of psychological and motorological disturbances. In the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV) it is not recognized as a separate disorder, but is associated with psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia (catatonic type), bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and other mental disorders, as well as drug abuse or overdose (or both). It may also be seen in many medical disorders including infections (such as encephalitis), autoimmune disorders, focal neurologic lesions (including strokes), metabolic disturbances and abrupt or overly rapid benzodiazepine withdrawal.
Patients with catatonia may experience an extreme loss of motor skills or even constant hyperactive motor activity. Catatonic patients will sometimes hold rigid poses for hours and will ignore any external stimuli. Patients with catatonic excitement can die of exhaustion if not treated. Patients may also show stereotyped, repetitive movements. They may show specific types of movement such as waxy flexibility, in which they maintain positions after being placed in them by someone else, or gegenhalten (lit. "counterhold"), in which they resist movement in proportion to the force applied by the examiner. They may repeat meaningless phrases or speak only to repeat what the examiner says.
Bad day. Bad bad day.
My friends went to Chicago today to go see the Lion King and eat at the Cheesecake Factory. Where am I at? Sitting on my butt in my room. Why? Because I'm too effing poor to do crap.
Then Garry calls this morning on his way home from work and tells me that he had been asked to go into work tonight. We were supposed to take tonight and tomorrow night and celebrate our anniversary. Is that going to happen now? No. Did he even bother to call me any time in the last seven hours? No.
Haven't eaten anything yet today because the spot doesn't open until 6. Thankfully that's only a half hour away...then I can finally eat something. Will probably be crap because this school could care less about those of us stuck on campus during the weekend...but it's something.
However, I do like this picture. I have high expectations for how it'll do...which sucks cause, with the way my day is going, this thing will be totally ignored by everyone. *sigh* but I still like it...so that's good at least.
Sometimes you go out with a specific image in mind, sometimes it's nice to just stand around having a chat and occasionally pressing the shutter to capture the scene in front of you.
Located on the corner of Spring Street and Mott Street not far from its original location at 53 1/3 Spring Street we find the first registered pizza establishment in the world, the first pizzeria was opened in 1905 by Gennuardo Lombardi from Naples, Lombardi’s Pizzeria. Pizza actually traces its origins back Naples, Naples which was founded as a Greek settlement back in 600 BC had grown to become a thriving waterfront city with it throngs of lazaroni (working poor) in the 1700’s. Their meals were simple, flatbreads with various toppings, the precursor of today’s pizza sold mostly by street vendors referred to as pizze or pizza which was the vernacular for pie. There is some controversy even about that as the discovery of Giuseppe Nocca of the Istituto Alberghiero di Formia of formal document ”codex diplomaticus cajtanus” which was written in Latin but gives specific instructions for annual tithes to the archbishops of Gaeta during Easter and Christmas of “duodecim or 12 pizze” way before the use in Naples and Gaeta is about 50 miles north-west of Naples, so documented and time stamped and in those times 50 miles was a quite a distance for poor folk who couldn’t hop a train or bus as there weren’t any and only the wealthy could afford travel by steed.
Well I’m not inserting myself into the pizza controversy between the Napoleons and their brothers from Gaeta, but definitely pizza has become a staple in American diets. It is estimated that annually Americans consume about 13.8 billion slices of pizza, almost 14 billion….wow. Lombardi’s as it exists today interestingly enough does not sell pizza by the slice, is a cash only business though like many cash only businesses in Little Italy and Greenwich Village, there is a convenient ATM on premises, and on any given night, there is quite a wait to get a table, thus in my photo here you see one of many benches where patrons patiently wait to get a pie or pies from the first pizzeria restaurant in World, Lombardi’s in front of the unique mural painted on the brick wall by artist Zito of the Mona Lisa holding a Lombardi’s Margherita Pizza. I’ve seen plenty patrons on hot summer days and cold, snowy winter days waiting on those benches, tourists snapping away pictures. There are several foody ‘Pizza’ tours available in New York City that include a stop a Lombardi’s.
Here’s an interesting fact about Lombardi’s and it’s no slices policy. Lombardi’s original Margherita pizza’s popularity particularly with the many low income Italian immigrant workers in the 1940’s was that he would sell you slices. The difference between today and then is he would provide workers with a slice that was equivalent to what they could afford, the less $$ you had the smaller the slice. It is rumored that John of John’s Pizza on Bleeker Street in the Village, the Grimaldi’s of Brooklyn fame all had some stint at Lombardi’s here in Little Italy to learn the craft thus tying them to Lombardi’s before they went on to open their own respective pizzerias, the thin crusted New York style. Is it good, yes it is, and I will go in the early afternoon sort of between lunch and early dinner when I get the craving to avoid the crowds, I’ll take an extended lunch from the office, hop on a bus-train to Spring Street and usually not wait at all, as long as it’s not Christmas like now or in middle of the summer. Which Pizza Place is the best? I can’t say, I like all I’ve tried of the vintage New York Style and of 13.8 billion annual slices that Americans eat annually, well I’m probably too big a contributor to those statistics. So if you’re in the lower Manhattan early afternoon, give it a try, then walk one block west on Spring Street over to Mulberry Street down south a few blocks get some cannoli’s (Sicilian origin) from the Cannoli King or Ferrara’s around since 1892 (can’t go wrong with either), stop by the Italian American Museum and you’ll get a taste of Italy Americana style.
Taken with Nikon J1, with Nikor 10-30MM F3.5-5.6 VR lens handheld, RAW file processed in Photomatix, cleaned up in Adobe Lightroom.
Not really a specific make/model, maybe a Mopar E-body perhaps. The important part is that the fiberglass body flips up to allow access to the chassis and engine. These cars from the 70's are some of my all-time favorite drag racing machines! As always, comments and constructive criticisms are welcome, and thanks for looking!!
Do you have Synaesthesia?
Dont worry...its not a disease. For people who have Synaesthesia, they see colors for different things, such as days of the week, or months of the year, for different people or certain names.
Ever since I was a little kid, I see specific colors for the days of the week and months of the year; for instance:
Sunday is redish orange
Monday is blue
Tuesday is orange
Wednesday is blueish green
Thursday is green
Friday is white
Saturday is red
If youd like to learn more about Synaesthesia, here is a link:
Very organic feel that I just can't seem to capture with my camera.
Contemporary baby, non gender specific. 42x35. Kona cotton, Kaffe, Linen, Japanese Linen/cotton, Yardwork from Etsy and Linen Binding.
Langdon.
This corn bunting had a very obvious silver beak. I have found a couple of pictures on the internet where birds have silver-ish beaks but they seem very scarce. Is this a feature of a specific age group? This bird was also a lot more gingery-yellow than normal.
Spytkowice Fishponds, Lower Skawa River Valley, Lesser Poland, Poland
CAUTION! THREATENED BY HABITAT LOSS!
This beautiful and colorful finch colonized Europe in 20th century.
Its original home was Indian Subcontinent but now it is widespread even in northern parts of Poland. Males protect large territories and mate with several females. Rosefinch prefers rich, moist habitats with dense vegetation near ponds, lakes or bigger rivers.
I invite you to check my album page where I prepared sections with photos from specific locations.
Magnolia (Michelia) champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre, captured in R T Nagar, Bengaluru.
The Golden Champa, produces brown, woody aggregate fruit clusters containing angular seeds covered in a fleshy, reddish-orange aril. Fresh seeds lose viability quickly and require specific steps to sprout successfully.
There's no specific blog post for this photo, so here are your credits!
Hair: Truth, Beatrix — This hairstyle inspired the photograph, of course, with its vintage look.
Body: Maitreya
Head: Lelutka, Spencer Bento Mesh Head
Skin: Lumae, Lelutka Deia, Tone 1
Makeup: All from Cazimi!
Essence Eyeshadows
Flirt Lipstick
Too Cute Nails
Necklaces: Short: Cae, Simplicity Pearls
Long: Maxi Gossamer, Pearls
Ring: Earthstones, Mystic Ring
Top & Skirt: Belle Epoque, Good Golly, Miss Molly, Top 2, Skirt 4
Wall Background RAMA retro cafe
Mirror: Starlight Designs, Light Up Wall Mirror
Pose: Imeka, LookBook, Pose 8
This stunning image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 5643 in the constellation of Lupus (the Wolf). Looking this good isn’t easy; 30 different exposures, for a total of nine hours of observation time, together with the high resolution and clarity of Hubble, were needed to produce an image of such high level of detail and beauty.
NGC 5643 is about 60 million light-years away from Earth and has been the host of a recent supernova event (not visible in this latest image). This supernova (2017cbv) was a specific type in which a white dwarf steals so much mass from a companion star that it becomes unstable and explodes. The explosion releases significant amounts of energy and lights up that part of the galaxy.
The observation was proposed by Adam Riess, who (alongside Saul Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt) was awarded a Nobel Prize in physics in 2011 for his contributions to the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe.
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.; acknowledgment: Mahdi Zamani
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Gasteracantha cancriformis (spinybacked orbweaver) is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae). It is widely distributed in the New World.
The genus name Gasteracantha derives from the Greek words γαστήρ (gaster, "belly") and ἄκανθα (acantha, "thorn"), while the specific epithet cancriformis derives from the Latin words cancer ("crab") and forma ("shape, form, appearance").
Females are 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) long and 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) wide. The six abdominal spine-like projections on the abdomen are characteristic. The carapace, legs, and underside are black with white spots under the abdomen. Variations occur in the colour of the upperside of the abdomen - a white or yellow colour with both featuring black spots. A white upper side can have either red or black spines while a yellow upperside can only have black ones. Like with many other spiders, males are much smaller (2 to 3 mm long) and longer than wide. All morphs have six abdominal spines. They are similar to the females in colour, but have a gray abdomen with white spots and the spines are reduced to four or five stubby projections.
This species of spider does not live very long. In fact, the lifespan lasts only until reproduction, which usually takes place in the spring following the winter when they hatched. Females die after producing an egg mass, and males die six days after a complete cycle of sperm induction to the female.
Los Angeles. California.
This stunning image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 5643 in the constellation of Lupus (The Wolf). Looking this good isn’t easy; thirty different exposures, for a total of 9 hours observation time, together with the high resolution and clarity of Hubble, were needed to produce an image of such high level of detail and of beauty.
NGC 5643 is about 60 million light-years away from Earth and has been the host of a recent supernova event (not visible in this latest image). This supernova (2017cbv) was a specific type in which a white dwarf steals so much mass from a companion star that it becomes unstable and explodes. The explosion releases significant amounts of energy and lights up that part of the galaxy.
The observation was proposed by Adam Riess, who was awarded a Nobel Laureate in physics 2011 for his contributions to the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe, alongside Saul Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.; CC BY 4.0; Acknowledgement: Mahdi Zamani
Arachnophobia is a specific phobia brought about by the irrational fear of spiders and other arachnids.
Seen near Liverpool Street on my trip to London with [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sasastro/]. Ginkgo biloba is a large, deciduous tree that matures to 100' tall and is considered to be a living fossil. It is the only surviving member of a group of ancient plants believed to have inhabited the earth up to 150 million years ago. It features distinctive two-lobed, somewhat leathery, fan-shaped, rich green leaves with diverging (almost parallel) veins. Leaves turn bright yellow in fall. Ginkgo trees are commonly called maidenhair trees in reference to the resemblance of their fan-shaped leaves to maidenhair fern leaflets (pinnae). Ginkgos are dioecious (separate male and female trees). Nurseries typically sell only male trees because female trees produce seeds encased in fleshy, fruit-like cone which, at maturity in autumn, are messy and emit a noxious, foul odor upon falling to the ground and splitting open.
Genus name is a misrendering of the Japanese gin meaning silver and kyo meaning apricot used in Japan in the 17th century.
Specific epithet means two-lobed in reference to the leaves.
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