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Background right building is Palazzo Pubblico (town hall) - construction began in 1297
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Structure in centre is Cappella di Piazza, started in 1352 to commemorate the city's escape from the Black Death of 1348/49
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it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappella_di_Piazza
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Historic Centre of Siena UNESCO World Heritage Site
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The structure was built in 1910 as soldiers' quarters for the men of the Royal Artillery who manned the Central and West Batteries. On the night of 18 December 1941, Japanese troops successfully crossed the Lei Yue Mun Channel from Devil's Peak and were engaged in fierce fighting with the defenders in this building. After stubborn resistance, the defenders, overwhelmed by superior numbers and firepower, were forced to retreat.
(Source: Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence Leisure and Cultural Services Department)
晨雾，福建永定
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Morning Mist, Yongding, Fujian, China
The Fujian Tulou 福建土楼 are houses of Chinese rural dwellings unique to the Hakka People in the mountainous areas in southeastern Fujian, China. This series was from my trip to China in early 2018.
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This old stone structure is on the slopes of Slieve Meelmore, opposite Slieve Meelbeg. It is four walls made using dry stone walling techniques and has a gap for a window and no roof. There appears to be some worked stone lying around which leads us to assume it was used by stonemasons, back in the day.
Xylocopa aestuans, or Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aestuans, is a species of carpenter bee. It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, India and Southern China and few parts of Europe.
It is a large bee about more than 20mm long.
Xylocopa comes from the Greek word "xylokopos", meaning woodcutter. 'Xyl' as in xylem refers to wood, while 'kopos' stems from koptein, which means to cut off. The name refers to the unique ability of Xylocopa bees to excavate and utilize wooden structures as nests.
Carpenter Bee Starter Facts
- Carpenter bees are sub-social bees: They do not live in hives and every female is reproductively viable. They occasionally exhibit social behavior whereby one or two female adults share a single nest.
- They do not ingest wood: They are named for their ability to bore into wooden structures and nest in them
- They can sting multiple times: Unlike honey bees which have hooked stings, many bees including the carpenter bee have straight stings and can therefore sting repeatedly. However, only females have stings and are reluctant even so to sting unless under extreme provocation (e.g., in defense of their nesting holes).
- They have 5 eyes in total!: They have 2 compound eyes and 3 simple eyes. The simple eyes are called ocelli (singular ocellus) and are simple light receptors.
- They are important pollinators: Carpenter bees are effective pollinators of various plants, especially for flowers of larger sizes,
- The males and females of Xylocopa aestuans look very different: Xylocopa aestuans and many other Xylocopa species exhibit sexual dimorphism, whereby males and females look superficially different.
Xylocopa aestuans are floral generalists that will go for just about any flowers that can accommodate their size. Bees are able to perceive ultraviolet (UV) light, which humans cannot. As a result, flowers that have UV floral patterns or reflect UV rays (e.g. blue or white flowers) may attract more bees.
Buzz pollination
In addition to normal pollination, Xylocopa aestuans (and certain other bees including Amegilla zonata) can carry out a special type of pollination called buzz pollination. Buzz-pollinated flowers release their pollen when hit with a certain frequency. The bees carry out buzz pollination by holding on to the flower and shivering their indirect flight muscles, generating an audible buzz. They may buzz singularly or multiple times till satisfactory amounts of pollen have been gathered, mainly on their head and thorax. Bees then groom this pollen using their forelegs to concentrate the pollen on their hind legs.
Nectar robbing
Xylocopa aestuans also practice nectar robbing where they cut through open the tubular bases of flowers with their proboscis to obtain nectar from the flower without the act of pollination. Nectar robbing is a viable method to obtaining nectar from otherwise unsuitable flowers, such as flowers that have too small an opening for the bee's bulk or for flowers which have a long penduncle (which is more suitable for a butterfly's long probiscis). This not only damages the plant but also largely decreases the amount of nectar obtained by legitimate pollination by other bees. The hole cut by Xylocopa may also be exploited by secondary nectar robbers, which have mandibles too weak to cut into the thick flower structures and would therefore be unable to exploit these nectar sources
Source: Wikipedia, wikispaces.com
The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply The Tower of Pisa (La Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situated behind the cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square) after the cathedral and the baptistry.
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Geometrisches Muster
You could walk kilometres along a deserted sandy beach. Since I discovered this sand structures.
Man konnte kilometerweit am menschenleeren Sandstrand wandern. Da entdeckte ich diese Strukturen.
Halos being those little mandarin oranges that are making such a big splash in the supermarket because they're incredibly easy to peel. I cut one in half this evening just to see what it looked like, and voila, a beautiful sunburst shape presented itself. Something you don't see if you're just doing the peel n' eat routine.
49/365
This shot was taken at the beginning of the winter in Lignano (Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Italy): as the title suggests, the symmetry and the persistence of the various elements ware what caught my attention.
Vessel (TKA) is a structure and landmark which was built as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Construction began in April 2017; it opened on March 15, 2019. The structure's name is a working title, noted in the TKA abbreviation, which means "Temporarily Known As". The structure owners have asked the public to give it a formal name and have a website devoted to naming it. Stephen Ross, the CEO of Hudson Yards' developer Related Companies, said that its unusual shape was intended to make the structure stand out like a "12-month Christmas tree." The copper-clad steps, arranged like a jungle gym and modeled after Indian stepwells, can hold 1,000 people at a time. Heatherwick said that he intends visitors to climb and explore the structure as if it were a jungle gym.
The Big Ol' Yellow Crane in Nantes, France.
Ondu 4x5 pinhole Camera
15 sec exposure
Kodak Tmax 100
developed in Tmax. 21°c, 7'30min
Testing a replacement copy of Horizon Perfekt & Superia X-TRA 400. Scanned with Pakon F135+. Still has right-end blur and scratches. The consolation is no light-banding on the left end now.
2021 Dyxum Black and White Challenge day 5 with D.R.P Dr. Rudolf Hugo Meyer & Co. Görlitz KinoPlasmat 1:1.5 f=2.5cm at f/1.5
Erected in 1876, this monumental Gothic Revival structure was designed by architects Joseph Lyman Silsbee and John Moore. It is one of the more imposing structures on Clinton Square, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Syracuse is the fifth largest city in the Empire State, and the county seat of Onondaga County. Home to Syracuse University, it is a center for education and science in Central New York.
"The North Point Light Station has a long history of guiding mariners to Milwaukee. Its location was chosen to mark the north point of Milwaukee Bay. Erected in 1887 and first lit in 1888, the 39-foot octagonal cast-iron tower replaced an 1855 cream-city brick lighthouse built too close to the eroding bluff. The Queen Anne - style keeper's dwelling was built at the same time. In 1912 the tower was almost doubled to its present height of 74 feet by lifting the existing tower atop a new structure. This resulted in a light source 154 feet feet above the level of Lake Michigan visible up to 20 miles away."
[The lighthouse was deactivated in 1994.] "In 2003 the two-acre property was transferred to Milwaukee County. The North Point Lighthouse Friends and Milwaukee County completed restoration of the light station on 2007."
- Quoted text from plaque erected in 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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