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A stingray gracefully swims by. Stingray sandbar, Grand Cayman
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A stingray at sunrise on a sandbar on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
Credit: Lois Hatcher
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A Stingray hides near the bottom of the aquarium covered in sand at the Coral World Ocean Park in Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands (VIR), United States (USA). #saintthomas #virginislands #usa #stingrays
This image of the Stingray nebula, a planetary nebula 2700 light-years from Earth, was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) in 1998. In the centre of the nebula the fast evolving star SAO 244567 is located. Observations made within the last 45 years showed that the surface temperature of the star increased by almost 40 000 degree Celsius. Now new observations of the spectra of the star have revealed that SAO 244567 has started to cool again.
More information: www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1618a/
Credit:
ESA/Hubble & NASA
They look so cute and peaceful creatures but beware as their tail spine can be extremely dangerous! Be safe, my dear Flickr friends!
The stingray's spine, or barb, can be ominously fashioned with serrated edges and a sharp point. The underside may produce venom, which can be fatal to humans, and which can remain deadly even after the stingray's death. In Greek mythology, Odysseus, the great king of Ithaca, was killed when his son, Telegonus, struck him using a spear tipped with the spine of a stingray. Source:
animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/stingray/
From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin aka Crocodile Hunter
Steve Irwin died on 4 September 2006 after being fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship MV Steve Irwin was named in his honour, christened by his widow, who stated: "If Steve were alive, he'd be aboard with them!"
Playing with simple rim light and a Musicman Stingray 5 string bass guitar. One Einstein 640 in a Larson 13x40 strip soft box above and behind the subject. A black card was used to flag between the lens and light source. Some post processing in PhotoShop to add some glow and edge treatments. Updated: slightly revised version, bringing a little more detail back into the strings.
This Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 image captures the infancy of the Stingray Nebula (Hen-1357), the youngest known planetary nebula.
A planetary nebula forms after an aging, low-mass star swells to become a "red giant" and blows off some of its outer layers of material. As the nebula expands away from the star, the star's remaining core gets hotter and heats the gas until it glows.
In this image, the bright central star is in the middle of the green ring of gas. A companion star is diagonally above it at 10 o'clock. A spur of gas (green) is forming a faint bridge to the companion star due to gravitational attraction.
The image also shows a ring of gas (green) surrounding the central star, with bubbles of gas to the lower left and upper right of the ring. The wind of material propelled by radiation from the hot central star has created enough pressure to blow open holes in the ends of the bubbles, allowing gas to escape.
The red curved lines represent bright gas that is heated by a "shock" caused when the central star's wind hits the walls of the bubbles.
The nebula is as large as 130 solar systems, but at its distance of 18,000 light-years, it appears only as big as a dime viewed a mile away. The Stingray is located in the direction of the southern constellation Ara (the Altar).
The colors shown are actual colors emitted by nitrogen (red), oxygen (green), and hydrogen (blue). The observations were made in March 1996.
For more information please visit:
hubblesite.org/image/653/news_release/1998-15
Credit: NASA and Matt Bobrowsky (Orbital Sciences Corporation)
Stingray City is a series of shallow sandbars found in the North Sound of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
I was treated to a load of friendly stingrays during our visit and this is one of the best shots from the set, especially as I managed to keep human legs out of the shot. It is a great snorkling / diving experience.
One to remember!
La Chevrolet Corvette est une famille d'automobiles sportives, lancée le 30 juin 1953 à Flint, dans le Michigan, par la marque américaine Chevrolet. Un prototype aux lignes strictement identiques avait été présenté au début de l'année 1953 au Motorama de General Motors, dans l'hôtel Waldorf-Astoriade New York.
La première Corvette comportait déjà de nombreuses innovations : c'était la première voiture de série dont les lignes étaient directement issues d'un concept car, et surtout, c'était la première voiture de série à posséder une carrosserie en fibre de verre.
Forte d'un succès jamais démenti, la Corvette s'est déclinée au fil du temps en divers modèles; elle en est actuellement à la septième génération. Ces modèles sont répertoriés de C1 à C7.