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Captured during a breath-taking lunar eclipse over Dhaka, Bangladesh, this blood moon reveals the dramatic red glow caused by Earth’s shadow filtering sunlight through the atmosphere. Shot with a camera setup to preserve lunar surface details and crater textures, this moment showcases the beauty of celestial alignment over South Asia.
Astrophotography from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The strange patterns on the water surface are most likely caused by sunlight reflecting off a thin film of fuel oil or gasoline. I took this shot close to the disused Stena catamaran dock in Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Dun Laoghaire Harbour - Co. Dublin - Ireland
On the surface of the city, moments flicker and fade, captured just before they vanish. Every puddle is a portal to another perspective.
Under an immense canopy of pristine, cinematic blue, the desert stretches out in smooth, undulating waves of pale amber, carved by unseen winds into elegant, minimalist slopes.
Rising like a rugged monument from this sea of shifting grains is a chaotic cluster of weathered boulders. Their surfaces etched with the deep, fractured history of thermal stress and desert time display a rich palette of charcoal greys and oxidized rust reds.
Harsh, blazing sunlight casts crisp, dramatic shadows across the sand, anchoring these stony monoliths to the earth and imbuing the scene with a profound, silent tension between the ephemeral and the eternal.
A vast desert landscape with a rocky outcrop situated amidst sandy dunes under a clear blue sky. Fine, light-colored sand forms gently sloping dunes that are dynamically shaped by wind action.
A distinct cluster of weathered boulders and smaller rocky debris emerges from the sand. These stones show varying colors from dark grey to reddish-brown, indicative of varying mineral compositions and exposure to desert weathering processes
The rocky outcrop acts as the primary visual anchor, broken up into distinct shapes and tones that contrast sharply with the uniform sand. Subtle wind ripples and shadows in the foreground sand draw the viewer's eye diagonally upward toward the central rocks.
The large, uninterrupted areas of sky and smooth sand create a strong sense of isolation and scale. The deep blue of the sky contrasts beautifully with the warm, golden-beige tones of the desert sand.
The harsh, direct sunlight creates deep, sharp shadows behind the stones, adding three-dimensional depth to an otherwise flat landscape. The rocks display a mix of cool greys and warm rust-reds, preventing the central subject from looking monochromatic.
The image thrives on the contrast between the soft, fluid texture of the wind-swept sand dunes and the hard, jagged, weathered surfaces of the boulders.
Scattered smaller stones in the mid-ground bridge the gap between the smooth foreground sand and the dense central pile.
By joining these two ideas, the title creates a poetic narrative that perfectly mirrors the physical contrast shown.
The Unyielding captures the permanent, solid nature of the heavy rocky outcrop that resists the elements while
The Fleeting beautifully represents the sandy dunes, which are constantly moving, reshaping, and being carried away by the desert wind.
A red-eared slider turtle blows bubbles as she surfaces.
St. Augustine Beach (Crescent Beach), Florida, USA.
3 July 2023.
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▶ "The red-eared slider or red-eared terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans) is a subspecies of the pond slider (Trachemys scripta), a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. The red-eared slider is native from the Midwestern United States to northern Mexico, but has become established in other places because of pet releases, and has become invasive in many areas where it out-competes native species. The turtle gets its name from the small, red stripe around its ears, or where its ears would be, and from its ability to slide quickly off rocks and logs into the water."
— Wikipedia.
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Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias - Valencia.
A Calatrava's building. A wonderful space... really liked the ambient.
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Anhinga ~ (Anhinga anhinga)
With a few greedy wading birds hanging around, an Anhinga makes a few dramatic gestures with its fresh catch as to dissuade any potential thieves.
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Naples Botanical Gardens
Southeaster Florida
USA
Now for something local.The grebe was photographed under the birding tower in the reserve.
Part bird, part submarine, the Pied-billed Grebe is common across much of North America. These small brown birds have unusually thick bills that turn silver and black in summer.
These expert divers inhabit sluggish rivers, freshwater marshes, lakes, and estuaries. They use their chunky bills to kill and eat large crustaceans along with a great variety of fish, amphibians, insects, and other invertebrates.
Rarely seen in flight and often hidden amid vegetation, Pied-billed Grebes announce their presence with loud, far-reaching calls.
Lobed (not webbed) toes assist with swimming. Pied-billed Grebes pay for their aquatic prowess on land, where they walk awkwardly.
Pied-billed Grebe chicks typically leave the nest the first day after hatching and spend much of their first week riding around on a parent’s back. They usually spend most of their first 3 weeks on or near the nest platform.
Pied-billed Grebes are fairly poor fliers and typically stay on the water—although rare individuals have managed to fly as far as the Hawaiian Islands, Europe, the Azores, and the Canary Islands.
Pied-billed Grebes can trap water in their feathers, giving them great control over their buoyancy. They can sink deeply or stay just at or below the surface, exposing as much or as little of the body as they wish.
When in danger, Pied-billed Grebes sometimes make a dramatic “crash-dive” to get away. A crash-diving grebe pushes its body down with its wings thrust outward. Its tail and head disappears last, while the bird kicks water several feet into the air.
The longest-lived Pied-billed Grebe on record was at least 4 years, 7 months old and lived in California. – Wikipedia
Blue creek point, Eufaula lake. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma... Decided to post something a little bit different than the stuff I have been putting out lately. The comp is maybe a bit too busy, I don't know, I still like it though. Hate to post and run but I have to go to work. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.
Something a bit different - a landscape of droplets on red plastic.
Had the (mis)fortune to be working on the plastic, prepping an art installation for Hobart's annual DARK MOFO. Rained pretty much the whole time and we were well over it by the end.
For this pic however, the sun came out for a few moments and the 'art' was hard to pass up!
Ricoh GRii, 18.3mm f/2.8, 1/1250th sec at f/5.6, ISO 200
Just viewing the pond this morning and this guy popped up - made each other jump and then we had the stand off!!
This week's theme for Mosaic Montage Monday was Mineral Surfaces. A former decorative waterfall seems to indicate a rocky road ahead. HMMM!
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The plan had been to photograph sunrise over the frozen surface of Lake Erie at Metzger Marsh. We arrived forty minutes before sunrise, in a snow squall. The sun did not show up for another two hours, but the changing skies over the lake were worth the wait.
Plants cover the surface of a water tank designed for aquatic plants at UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens. Intense