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Here in the following a huge assembling using DSS2 (red/blue) plates.
The green channel has been synthesized as 0.5(R+B).
Red panels: 48
Blue panels: 48
Copyright: R. Colombari / Caltech / NASA / StScI
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It is in the municipal area of El Port de la Selva in the province of Girona, Catalonia. It has been constructed in the side of the Verdera mountain below the ruins of the castle of Sant de Verdera that had provided protection for the monastery. It offers an exceptional views over the bay of Llançà, to the north of Cap de Creus. Near the monastery Santa Creu de Rodes is the ruins of a medieval town, of which its preRomanesque style church is the only remains dedicated to Saint Helena.
The true origin of the monastery is not known, which has given rise to speculation and legend; such as its foundation by monks who disembarked in the area with the remains of Saint Peter and other saints, to save them from the Barbarian hordes that had fallen on Rome. Once the danger had passed the Pope Boniface IV commanded them to construct a monastery.The first documentation of the existence of the monastery dates 878, it being mentioned as a simple monastery cell consecrated to Saint Peter, but it is not until 945 when an independent Benedictine monastery was founded, prevailed over by an abbot. Bound to the County of Empúries it reached its maximum splendor between the XI and XII centuries until its final decay in 17th century. Its increasing importance is reflected in its status as a point of pilgrimage.
In the 17th Century XVII it was sacked in several occasions and in 1793 was deserted by the benedictine community which was transferred to Vila-sacred and finally settled in Figueres in 1809 until it was dissolved.The monastery was declared a national monument in 1930. In 1935 the Generalitat of Catalonia initiated the first restoration work. The buildings are constructed in terraces, given its location. Cloisters of XII century form the central part of the complex. Around them the rest of constructions are distributed. The Church, consecrated in the year 1022, is the best exponent of the Romanesque style and without comparison with others of its time. Detailing features plants with three bays and a vault. These are bordered by a double column with capitals influenced by the Carolingian Style. The double column support arches separating the bays. The columns and pillars have been taken from a former Roman building. The bay is splendid with large dimensions with an arch in the apse, this is continued in the two lateral bays. Under the apse is a crypt. The church synthesizes a number of original styles including Carolingian, Romanesque and Roman. The monastery is considered one of the best examples of Romanesque architecture in Catalonia. In the western facade of the monastery is a XII Century bell tower, a square shape it is influenced by the lombards from the previous century. To the side is a defensive tower, that was probably began in the X Century but finished later after several modifications.
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I was taking a photo of these little pumpkins when this lady stepped right into the scene and started groping the pumpkins. So I decided to re-frame the image to include her.
I sometimes post my photos on Nextdoor, and I thought it would not be a good idea to post the photo of someone from my neighborhood on a social network dedicated to local neighborhoods. So I decided to make some tweaks to the woman to make her unrecognizable.
I was amazed at how clinically precise the generative fill is these days. It is very hard even for me to tell which is the original and which is the fake. Try to guess which is which!
In the next few years, it will be virtually impossible even for veteran photographers to tell if an image is real or synthesized. Anyone would be able to create any kind of a “story” image to evoke specific kinds of emotional reactions!
I don’t think that will be good for photography.
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It is in the municipal area of El Port de la Selva in the province of Girona, Catalonia. It has been constructed in the side of the Verdera mountain below the ruins of the castle of Sant de Verdera that had provided protection for the monastery. It offers an exceptional views over the bay of Llançà, to the north of Cap de Creus. Near the monastery Santa Creu de Rodes is the ruins of a medieval town, of which its preRomanesque style church is the only remains dedicated to Saint Helena.
The true origin of the monastery is not known, which has given rise to speculation and legend; such as its foundation by monks who disembarked in the area with the remains of Saint Peter and other saints, to save them from the Barbarian hordes that had fallen on Rome. Once the danger had passed the Pope Boniface IV commanded them to construct a monastery.The first documentation of the existence of the monastery dates 878, it being mentioned as a simple monastery cell consecrated to Saint Peter, but it is not until 945 when an independent Benedictine monastery was founded, prevailed over by an abbot. Bound to the County of Empúries it reached its maximum splendor between the XI and XII centuries until its final decay in 17th century. Its increasing importance is reflected in its status as a point of pilgrimage.
In the 17th Century XVII it was sacked in several occasions and in 1793 was deserted by the benedictine community which was transferred to Vila-sacred and finally settled in Figueres in 1809 until it was dissolved.The monastery was declared a national monument in 1930. In 1935 the Generalitat of Catalonia initiated the first restoration work. The buildings are constructed in terraces, given its location. Cloisters of XII century form the central part of the complex. Around them the rest of constructions are distributed. The Church, consecrated in the year 1022, is the best exponent of the Romanesque style and without comparison with others of its time. Detailing features plants with three bays and a vault. These are bordered by a double column with capitals influenced by the Carolingian Style. The double column support arches separating the bays. The columns and pillars have been taken from a former Roman building. The bay is splendid with large dimensions with an arch in the apse, this is continued in the two lateral bays. Under the apse is a crypt. The church synthesizes a number of original styles including Carolingian, Romanesque and Roman. The monastery is considered one of the best examples of Romanesque architecture in Catalonia. In the western facade of the monastery is a XII Century bell tower, a square shape it is influenced by the lombards from the previous century. To the side is a defensive tower, that was probably began in the X Century but finished later after several modifications.
location : Tofuku-ji Komyo-in temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Hashin-tei garden 波心庭
created by Mirei SHIGEMORI重森三玲
The stone placement represents the emitted lights ,and it comes from the name of this temple 光明院 光(Kou)means "lights" 明(myou)means "bright",so 光明means bright lights,in other words, the beams of light coming from the Buddha's body.
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This temple was founded by Kinzan Myosho in 1391 and the garden was designed by modern landscape architect Mirei Shigemori in 1939 and called "the garden of Hashin"
The significant feature of the garden is its strong stone foundation and modern style allotment of land by moss ,especially the placement of stones attracts attention and has some meanings
We can see the triad stone arrangement at the rear of the garden ,in which the central stone symbolizes Buddhist Mount Meru,
It is so- called "Sanzon-seki "三尊石 in Japanese and in this case selectively placed on artificial moss hill and regarded as a kind of the light source from which the lights are radiating.
And the other stones represent the radiated lights itself from the Sanzon-seki stones.
So in other words ,the garden depicts the lights source and lights beams by using 75 stones, that is based on the Buddhist thought and connected with the name of the temple "Komyo" 光明[Kou or Ko 光 means the lights ,Myo 明 means bright.
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Mirei Shigemori (重森三玲 Shigemori Mirei, 1896–1975) was a notable modern Japanese landscape architect and historian of Japanese gardens.
Mirei Shigemori was a garden designer who actively participated in many areas of Japanese art and design. Shigemori was born in Kayō, Jōbō District, Okayama Prefecture, and in his youth was exposed to lessons in traditional tea ceremony and flower arrangement, as well as landscape ink and wash painting. In 1917, he entered the Tokyo Fine Arts School to study nihonga, or Japanese painting, and later completed a graduate degree from the Department of Research. In the early 1920s, he tried extensively to found a school of Japanese Culture, Bunka Daigakuin to synthesize the teaching of culture, but was foiled by the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, which forced him to move back to his hometown near Kyoto.
He also intended to create a new style of ikebana,or flower arrangement, and produced art criticism and history writings, including the Complete Works of Japanese Flower Arrangement Art published in 1930, and the New Ikebana Declaration written with Sofu Teshigahara and Bunpo Nakayama in 1933. Throughout his later gardening career, he maintained a voice in avant garde criticism of ikebana through publishing Ikebana Geijutsu magazine beginning in 1950, and through the founding of an ikebana study group called Byakutosha in 1949.
At the same time, he cultivated an interest and knowledge in traditional Japanese gardens. He co-founded the Kyoto Rinsen Kyokai with others in 1932. After the destruction caused by the Muroto typhoon in 1934, he began a survey of significant gardens in Japan. In 1938, he finished publishing the 26-volume Illustrated Book on the History of the Japanese Garden, an unprecedented and meticulous documentation of major gardens in the country which he revised in 1971, shortly before his death.
He began practicing as a garden designer in 1914 with a garden and tea room on his family’s property. His first major work was a design for the garden at Tofuku-ji Temple in 1939. He designed 240 gardens, and worked mostly in karesansui, or dry landscape gardens. Many of his gardens are on existing religious sites, but a few of his works are in cultural or commercial settings. He also collaborated with Isamu Noguchi in choosing stones for the UNESCO Garden in Paris.
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I was in a discussion with somebody the other day, (person will rename nameless) and I said that being able to understand the cultural significance, the fashionable trends, to spread your cultural net widely and synthesize results, to be able to place your work in context at the edge of the mainstream was an important element in the production of good art. Now I see many holes in this statement, that I’m sure will be ripped open, but my main point was that a person who hasn’t had much in-depth exposure, a person who hasn’t trained themselves to look, has the potential to follow a well-worn path thinking its virgin territory. Said person berated this statement claiming its arrogance, ‘everybody can be an artist, and it’s only a matter of personal taste’. ‘Well’, I said, wondering if I should change the subject as we had already had a few glasses of wine, ‘I’m not sure I fully agree’. ‘I see photographers all the time that fall into common clichés, they think they are original, but they are still learning’, deep breath, ‘there is nothing wrong with this, everybody has to learn their visual craft, but it takes many years of in-depth looking that one can draw on, that adds depth to any art’.
Oh by the way, this discussion was started by showing them my image in the Landscape Photographer of the Year book. I was trying to explain some of the images in the book fell into common clichés and they were the images that said person liked! I was trying to unsuccessfully convince them that years of actively looking, counted for something. Anyway my brother wasn’t convinced... (Don’t worry he won’t read this far down). His logical scientific training told him that it wasn’t possible for me to be correct, and those old art verses science debate we have bashed out over the years wasn’t about to be resolved. I changed the subject, but deep down I wanted to thrash it out… I must learn that some debates are unresolvable!
Minimalismo y Abstracción
Eliminar lo superfluo, sintetizar lo esencial, poner de manifiesto lo que es relevante en una imagen: sencillez, color, geometria, dinamismo en suma. Reflejar un estado de animo, configurar un espacio dinamico en color o blanco y negro.
La busqueda permanente del "menos es más"
Minimalism and Abstraction
Eliminate the superfluous, synthesize the essentials, highlight what is relevant in an image: simplicity, color, geometry, dynamism in sum. Reflect a state of mind, configure a dynamic space in color or black and white.
The permanent search for "less is more"
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Crossed-eyes 3D (stereoscopic) viewing: View the two photos cross-eyed until a third image appears in the middle, which will be in stereo 3D. The brain nicely synthesizes a composite image with realistic depth and sharpness. Then put your two hands in front of your face to cover the photos on the left and right so only the middle one remains in your sight.
Tamara de Lempicka's 1924 still life is a striking example of Art Deco style. The painting showcases her signature use of bold colors, geometric shapes, and a modernist approach to still life.
Łempicka (1894-1980) created still life in the 1920s. In these paintings, she studied light and details with precision, and synthesized them at the same time, by making them shine and giving them a touch of smoothness, as was typical of the art-déco craftsmanship. She seriously began painting still life after she had fled the war-time Europe and arrived in Los Angeles. This artistic choice was partly dictated by a lack of portrait commissions. Her still life refers to works of the Old Masters, especially Dutch painters which she symbolically underlined by placing her name on a piece of paper pinned to the painted wall.
Seen and photographed at the artists first major retrospective exhibition of her works in the US (October, 2024) at the de Young Fine Arts Museum (FAMSF) in San Francisco, California.
The Chagall windows at Tudeley were commissioned by Sir Henry and Lady d'Avigdor-Goldsmid in memory of Sarah d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, their daughter who died in 1963 at the tragically early age of 21, in a sailing accident off Rye. Sarah d'Avigdor-Goldsmid and her mother had visited the 1961 Louvre exhibition of Chagall's work. The centrepiece of the exhibition were the windows designed for the synagogue of the Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem, depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel. It was the memory of her daughter's love of these windows that led Sir Henry and Lady d'Avigdor-Goldsmid to commission Chagall to design windows for All Saints Tudeley.
Detailed information on the subject of each window is available at: www.tudeley.org/allsaintstudeley.htm
‘Will God or someone give me the power to breathe my sigh into my canvases, the sigh of prayer and sadness, the prayer of salvation, of rebirth?’– Marc Chagall
Russian born in modern day Belarus, Marc Chagall (1887-1985, French) was a pioneer of modernism and is considered to be one of the greatest figurative artists of the 20th century. Over the course of a long career Chagall’s unique personal style was informed by his experience and memories of Eastern European Jewish folk culture. In Paris as part of the Montparnasse circle ‘he synthesized the art forms of Cubism, Symbolism, and Fauvism, and the influence of Fauvism gave rise to Surrealism.’ Yet throughout these phases of his style ‘he remained most emphatically a Jewish artist, whose work was one long dreamy reverie of life in his native village of Vitebsk.’ During his career Chagall did accept many non-Jewish commissions, including stained glass windows for the cathedrals of Reims and Metz, the Dag Hammarskjold memorial at the United Nations, the great ceiling mural in the Paris Opera and the ceiling of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
Lewis, Michael J. “Whatever Happened to Marc Chagall?” Commentary, October, 2008 pgs. 36-37
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The Southern Darter (Sympetrum meridionale) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae, found primarily in southern and central Europe, as well as parts of North Africa and western Asia. Below are its main characteristics:
Taxonomy
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Sympetrum
Species: S. meridionale
Common Name: Southern Darter
🔍 Identification
Size
Body length: ~33–38 mm
Wingspan: ~50–60 mm
Male Characteristics
Color: Mostly yellowish-red to reddish, including the face (unlike some similar species).
Thorax: Often has a yellowish-brown tone without dark side markings.
Abdomen: Slim and slightly club-shaped at the end, red or reddish-orange.
Legs: Yellow, which helps distinguish it from other Sympetrum species that have black or partly black legs.
Female Characteristics
Color: Yellowish or ochre, becoming more reddish with age.
Similar markings to males, but generally duller in color.
Eyes
Bicolored: reddish above, greenish or blue-gray below.
🌍 Habitat
Prefers warm, sunny, lowland areas.
Found near still or slow-moving water bodies like ponds, lakes, and canals.
Tolerates temporary and brackish waters.
📅 Flight Period
June to October, peaking in late summer.
🔎 Similar Species
Sympetrum sanguineum (Ruddy Darter): has black legs.
Sympetrum vulgatum (Vagrant Darter): darker thoracic markings and different face coloration.
📌 Key Identification Tips
Yellow legs (important for separation from many other Sympetrum species).
Unmarked thorax sides.
Reddish face in males.
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The explanation I provided about the Southern Darter (Sympetrum meridionale) is synthesized from reliable entomological field guides, scientific literature, and naturalist databases. Specifically, the main sources of such information typically include:
📚 Primary Sources Used in Summarization
Field Guides & Identification Books
Dijkstra, K.-D.B. & Lewington, R. Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe → One of the most authoritative European guides, includes detailed species descriptions, distribution, and identification keys.
Scientific Journals and Taxonomic References
Research articles in journals like Odonatologica and International Journal of Odonatology, which provide morphological and ecological details of European dragonflies.
Online Biodiversity Databases
Fauna Europaea: Taxonomic database of European terrestrial and freshwater animals.
iNaturalist & GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Citizen science and species occurrence records.
British Dragonfly Society (BDS) and European Odonata websites: Offer identification aids, species profiles, and photographic comparisons.
Specialist Odonata Websites
DragonflyPix.com
Odonata Central
Sympetrum.info (focused specifically on the genus)
The California newt has warty, slate-gray skin on its back and bright orange-yellow skin underneath. Like other genus Taricha members, the glands in the skin of Taricha torosa secrete the potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin, which is hundreds of times more toxic than cyanide. This is the same toxin found in pufferfish and harlequin frogs. Researchers believe bacteria synthesize tetrodotoxin, and the animals that employ the neurotoxin acquire it through consumption of these bacteria. This neurotoxin is strong enough to kill most vertebrates, including humans.
Due to their toxicity, California newts have few natural predators. Garter snakes are the most common, and some species have developed a genetic resistance to tetrodotoxin. The mutations in the snake's genes that conferred resistance to the toxin have resulted in a selective pressure that favors newts that produce more potent levels of toxin. Increases in newt toxicity then apply a selective pressure favoring snakes with mutations conferring even greater resistance. This evolutionary arms race has resulted in the newts producing levels of toxin far in excess of what is needed to kill any other conceivable predator.
They eat earthworms, snails, slugs, woodlice, bloodworms, mosquito larvae, crickets and other small bugs.
I took a picture of this fella at Sykes campsite on the Pine Ridge Trail in Big Sur.
Removing extinct civilizations on far away planets to make room for new ones is not an easy job. Thats why the Cyclear 11000X Plow Bike was designed. It never runs out of fuel as it runs on synthesized hydrogen gas made in the interior of the bike. With a fleet of these no ancient ruins make a job to big for the Cyclear 11000X Plow Bike.
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This started out as a tablescrap, and then while searching for a piece in my yellow collection I stumbled across this old plow assembly. It immediately wanted to connect it to my bike.
This was inspired by IronSniper's many vehicles and mechas.
Is it a tablescrap or table crap? :3
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Btw, can you count the number of Brick Forge elements used in this creation?
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This composite NASA Hubble Space Telescope Image captures the positions of comet Siding Spring and Mars in a never-before-seen close passage of a comet by the Red Planet, which happened at 2:28 p.m. EDT October 19, 2014. The comet passed by Mars at approximately 87,000 miles (about one-third of the distance between Earth and the Moon). At that time, the comet and Mars were approximately 149 million miles from Earth.
The comet image shown here is a composite of Hubble exposures taken between Oct. 18, 8:06 a.m. EDT to Oct. 19, 11:17 p.m. EDT. Hubble took a separate photograph of Mars at 10:37 p.m. EDT on Oct. 18.
The Mars and comet images have been added together to create a single picture to illustrate the angular separation, or distance, between the comet and Mars at closest approach. The separation is approximately 1.5 arc minutes, or one-twentieth of the angular diameter of the full Moon. The background starfield in this composite image is synthesized from ground-based telescope data provided by the Palomar Digital Sky Survey, which has been reprocessed to approximate Hubble’s resolution. The solid icy comet nucleus is too small to be resolved in the Hubble picture. The comet’s bright coma, a diffuse cloud of dust enshrouding the nucleus, and a dusty tail, are clearly visible.
This is a composite image because a single exposure of the stellar background, comet Siding Spring, and Mars would be problematic. Mars is actually 10,000 times brighter than the comet, and so could not be properly exposed to show detail in the Red Planet. The comet and Mars were also moving with respect to each other and so could not be imaged simultaneously in one exposure without one of the objects being motion blurred. Hubble had to be programmed to track on the comet and Mars separately in two different observations.
The images were taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3.
Credit: NASA, ESA, PSI, JHU/APL, STScI/AURA
Credit: NASA, ESA, PSI, JHU/APL, STScI/AURA
Blue Ridge Parkway, Transylvania County, NC.
Synthesized IRG-->RGB image from single exposure. Full-spectrum camera, 525LP dichroic filter. Worked up in Pixelbender and Photoshop.
In 1998, Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s directors Donovan Zimmerman and Jan Burger met and began a collaboration of epic proportions. Since then, 25 years ago, they have been using papier-mâché, cardboard, bamboo, your old house paints, cloth, and other assorted junk (treasure to us!) to create incredible giant puppets, masks, shadow plays and spectacle performances for all ages.
Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s mission is to use diverse styles of puppetry and artistic expression to create works that inspire, promote social change and are deeply rewarding for all involved. These styles include: giant puppets, rod puppets, shadow puppetry, masks, stilt dancing and anything under the sky that strikes our fancy.
Our vision is inspired by our love for the earth and its creatures (including humans). We will synthesize many art forms including, but never limited to, sculpting, painting, dance, music, improvisation, costume design, set design and theater. We are committed to creating multi-scaled and multi-disciplinary puppet performances that support this vision.
They perform at various venues throughout North Carolina from August till late September.
Explored - Highest position: 424 on Friday, July 12, 2024. Thanks for all the views, comments and FAVs.
Sunset at Lake Lhanquihue, at Puerto Varas, Chile.
Its figure ideally synthesizes what a volcano is. Its unique colors, as well as its slopes and a summit that remains covered with white, unspoilt snow almost 365 days a year.
Standing almost 60 kilometers to the Northwest of Puerto Varas, it reaches a height of 2,661 meters above sea level. Its great height makes it visible from every point in the district of Osorno, even in some places on Chiloé Island. Therefore, it represents an impressive and typical postcard of the region. With its classical blackish dark green color and ornamented with arms of eternal snow, its presence attracts the thousands of tourists who visit it every year. Looking at its summit is mesmerizing and it is the destination for various climbing excursions.
The volcano may be ascended from Puerto Kloker, Ensenada and Petrohué. Ascents take approximately 6 hours and, in most cases, groups are organized to climb in the company of a local guide. It is advisable to wear thermic clothes, sunglasses, sun protection, water and, of course, comfortable climbing footwear.
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There are several species known as cotton tree in Brazil, almost all belonging to the genus Ceiba (formerly Chorisia family Malvaceae (previously Bombacaceae)In all, the best known species is the cotton tree Ceiba speciosa (St.-Hill.) Ravenna, native forests of Brazil and Bolivia, initially described as Chorisia speciosa St. Hilaire 1828.FEATURES: -It is a tree with up to twenty feet tall, gray-green stem with grooves and photosynthetic strong blunt spines, very sharp in the younger branches.The trunk of Painswick has a good ability to synthesize chlorophyll (photosynthesis) and greenish to have when you have a good size, that helps growth even when the tree is bare of leaves, is also common Paineiras present a kind of enlargement on base of the stem, hence the nickname "paunchy". Detail of the trunk, with photosynthetic tissues (photographed in Portugal)The leaves are composed slaps and fall during flowering. The flowers are large, with five pink petals with red spots and white edges. There are a variety of less common, with white flowers. Paineira-white, less common variety, with white flowers in the park Ceret, in Sao Paulo, Brazil Their reproductive organs are united in a long androginóforo.The fruits are green capsules which, when ripe, burst (dehiscent), exposing the seeds wrapped in fine white fibers that aid in flotation and which are called kapok. From twenty years old, approximately (southeastern Brazil), the spines usually start to fall in the lower stem and gradually also fall in the higher parts of the tree, with thickening of the shell. It is said, in Brazil, this allows the tree to get birds' nests, which would be impossible to happen when it had long, sharp thorns, so flowers and fruits are no longer present, but the tree continues to give its contribution to Nature hosting the birds. This is not a rule for all Painswick, Painswick some with more than twenty meters, for example, still have very large thorns on the lower, probably as a defense of the local insects.
Há várias espécies conhecidas como paineira no Brasil, quase todas pertencendo ao gênero Ceiba (antes, Chorisia da família Malvaceae (antes, Bombacaceae)
De todas, a mais conhecida é a paineira da espécie Ceiba speciosa (St.-Hill.) Ravenna, nativa das florestas brasileiras e da Bolívia, inicialmente descrita como Chorisia speciosa St. Hilaire 1828.
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É uma árvore com até vinte metros de altura, tronco cinzento-esverdeado com estrias fotossintéticas e fortes acúleos rombudos, muito afiados nos ramos mais jovens.
O tronco das paineiras tem boa capacidade de sintetizar clorofila (fazer fotossíntese) e tem coloração esverdeada até quando tem um bom porte; isto auxilia o crescimento mesmo quando a árvore está despida de folhas; é comum, também, paineiras apresentarem uma espécie de alargamento na base do caule, daí o apelido "barriguda".
Detalhe do tronco, com tecidos fotossintéticos (fotografada em Portugal)
As folhas são compostas palmadas e caem na época da floração. As flores são grandes, com cinco pétalas rosadas com pintas vermelhas e bordas brancas. Há uma variedade menos comum, com flores brancas.
Paineira-branca, variedade menos comum, com flores brancas, no parque Ceret, em São Paulo, no Brasil
Seus órgãos reprodutivos encontram-se unidos em um longo androginóforo.
Os frutos são cápsulas verdes, que, quando maduras, rebentam (deiscentes), expondo as sementes envoltas em fibras finas e brancas que auxiliam na flutuação e que são chamadas paina.
A partir dos vinte anos de idade, aproximadamente (sudeste brasileiro), os espinhos costumam começar a cair na parte baixa do caule e, gradualmente, também caem nas partes mais altas da árvore, com o engrossamento da casca. Diz-se, no Brasil, que isto permite à árvore receber ninhos de pássaros, o que seria impossível de acontecer quando esta tinha espinhos longos e pontiagudos; assim, flores e frutos já não estão presentes, mas a árvore continua a dar sua contribuição à natureza hospedando os passarinhos. Esta não é uma regra para todas as paineiras; algumas paineiras com mais de vinte metros, por exemplo, continuam com espinhos muito grandes na parte baixa, provavelmente como defesa de insetos do local.
Sagrada Família, Barcelona, España.
El Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia, conocido simplemente como la Sagrada Familia, es una basílica católica de Barcelona (España), diseñada por el arquitecto Antoni Gaudí. Iniciada en 1882, todavía está en construcción (noviembre de 2016). Es la obra maestra de Gaudí, y el máximo exponente de la arquitectura modernista catalana.
La Sagrada Familia es un reflejo de la plenitud artística de Gaudí: trabajó en ella durante la mayor parte de su carrera profesional, pero especialmente en los últimos años de su carrera, donde llegó a la culminación de su estilo naturalista, haciendo una síntesis de todas las soluciones y estilos probados hasta aquel entonces. Gaudí logró una perfecta armonía en la interrelación entre los elementos estructurales y los ornamentales, entre plástica y estética, entre función y forma, entre contenido y continente, logrando la integración de todas las artes en un todo estructurado y lógico.
La Sagrada Familia tiene planta de cruz latina, de cinco naves centrales y transepto de tres naves, y ábside con siete capillas. Ostenta tres fachadas dedicadas al Nacimiento, Pasión y Gloria de Jesús y, cuando esté concluida, tendrá 18 torres: cuatro en cada portal haciendo un total de doce por los apóstoles, cuatro sobre el crucero invocando a los evangelistas, una sobre el ábside dedicada a la Virgen y la torre-cimborio central en honor a Jesús, que alcanzará los 172,5 metros de altura. El templo dispondrá de dos sacristías junto al ábside, y de tres grandes capillas: la de la Asunción en el ábside y las del Bautismo y la Penitencia junto a la fachada principal; asimismo, estará rodeado de un claustro pensado para las procesiones y para aislar el templo del exterior. Gaudí aplicó a la Sagrada Familia un alto contenido simbólico, tanto en arquitectura como en escultura, dedicando a cada parte del templo un significado religioso.
The Expiatory Church of the Sagrada Familia, known simply as the Sagrada Familia, is a Roman Catholic basilica in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architect Antoni Gaudí. Begun in 1882, it is still under construction (November 2016). It is Gaudí's masterpiece and the greatest exponent of Catalan modernist architecture.
The Sagrada Familia is a reflection of Gaudí's artistic plenitude: he worked on it for most of his professional career, but especially in his later years, where he reached the culmination of his naturalistic style, synthesizing all the solutions and styles he had tried up to that point. Gaudí achieved perfect harmony in the interrelationship between structural and ornamental elements, between plasticity and aesthetics, between function and form, between content and container, achieving the integration of all the arts into a structured and logical whole. The Sagrada Familia has a Latin cross plan, five central naves, a three-aisled transept, and an apse with seven chapels. It boasts three façades dedicated to the Birth, Passion, and Glory of Jesus. When completed, it will have 18 towers: four at each portal, making a total of twelve for the apostles, four over the transept invoking the evangelists, one over the apse dedicated to the Virgin, and the central dome tower in honor of Jesus, which will reach 172.5 meters in height. The temple will have two sacristies next to the apse and three large chapels: the Assumption Chapel in the apse and the Baptism and Penance Chapels next to the main façade. It will also be surrounded by a cloister designed for processions and to isolate the temple from the exterior. Gaudí applied a highly symbolic content to the Sagrada Familia, both in architecture and sculpture, dedicating each part of the temple to a religious significance.
A view at Master of the Nets Garden, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
The Master of the Nets Garden is among the finest gardens in China. It is recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The garden demonstrates Chinese garden designers' adept skills for synthesizing art, nature, and architecture to create unique metaphysical masterpieces. The Master of the Nets is particularly regarded among garden connoisseurs for its mastering the techniques of relative dimension, contrast, foil, sequence and depth, and borrowed scenery.
The Blue Mosque, or Sultan Ahmet Mosque, is an historic mosque located in Istanbul. The mosque was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage list as part of the Istanbul historic core.
Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Magnificent hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets and eight secondary domes.
After the Peace of Zsitvatorok and the crushing loss in the 1603–1618 war with Persia, Sultan Ahmet I decided to build a large mosque in Istanbul to reassert Ottoman power. It would be the first imperial mosque for more than forty years. While his predecessors had paid for their mosques with the spoils of war, Ahmet I procured funds from the Treasury, because he had not gained remarkable victories.
It caused the anger of the ulema, the Muslim jurists. The mosque was built on the site of the palace of the Byzantine emperors, in front of the basilica Hagia Sophia (at that time, the primary imperial mosque in Istanbul) and the hippodrome, a site of significant symbolic meaning as it dominated the city skyline from the south. Big parts of the south shore of the mosque rest on the foundations, the vaults of the old Grand Palace.
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has five main domes, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. The design is the culmination of two centuries of Ottoman mosque development. It incorporates some Byzantine Christian elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect, Sedefkâr Mehmed Ağa, synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty and splendour.
This was shot from the second floor of the ayasofia....
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has one main dome, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. The design is the culmination of two centuries of Ottoman mosque development. It incorporates some Byzantine Christian elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect, Sedefkar Mehmed Aga, synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty and splendour.
On the last morning of my trip to Kathmandu I went out for a 'dawn raid' despite the rain. The Royal Palace, seen here, was interesting for the way it tried to synthesize Nepalese and Western architecture.
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From Wikipedia : "Narayanhiti Palace, or Narayanhiti Durbar (Nepali: नारायणहिटी दरवार) is a palace in Kathmandu, which long served as the residence and principal workplace of the reigning Monarch of the Kingdom of Nepal. Located in the capital city of Kathmandu, the palace was the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. The palace complex is located towards east of the Kaiser Mahal next to Thamel, and is incorporated in an impressive and vast array of courtyards, gardens and buildings. The current Narayanhiti Durbar was built by King Mahendra in 1963."
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Gorilla Grodd is a supervillain character appearing in American comic books and other media published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of The Flash (Barry Allen). The character was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, and first appeared in The Flash #106 (May 1959). He is an evil, super-intelligent gorilla who gained mental powers after being exposed to a strange meteorite's radiation.
Grodd has appeared in several forms of DC-related media, such as the Super Friends franchise (voiced by Stanley Ralph Ross), television series set in the DC Animated Universe (voiced by Powers Boothe), and the 2014 television series The Flash set in the Arrowverse (voiced by David Sobolov).
Gorilla Grodd is a hyper-intelligent telepathic gorilla able to control the minds of others. He was an average ape until an alien spacecraft (retconned from a radioactive meteor which also empowered Hector Hammond) crashed in Grodd's African home.
Grodd and his tribe of gorillas were imbued with super-intelligence by the ship's pilot. Grodd and fellow gorilla Solovar also developed telepathic and telekinetic powers. Led by the alien, the gorillas constructed the super-advanced Gorilla City.
The gorillas lived in peace until their home was discovered by explorers. Grodd forced one of the explorers to kill the alien and took over Gorilla City, planning to conquer the world next. Solovar telepathically contacted Barry Allen to warn of the evil gorilla's plans, and Grodd was defeated. The villain manages to return again and again to plague the Flash and the hero's allies.
In his first Pre-Crisis appearance, he met the Flash while searching for Solovar (who had been imprisoned) during a trip to the human world.
Grodd probed Solovar's mind to find the secret of mind control so he could control Gorilla City, using its inhabitants to take over the world. Solovar breaks out of the cage and tells the Flash.
The Flash defeats Grodd and temporarily removes his telepathy. When his power returns, he escapes and builds a machine to strip his fellow gorillas of their intelligence.
The Flash finds out from Solovar where Grodd has escaped to and destroys the machine. Grodd is again imprisoned, but uses a burrowing machine he built earlier to escape.
Assuming human form, he creates a drug to strengthen his abilities. After easily stopping the Flash, Grodd experiences a side effect that removes his new powers. The Flash arrests Grodd and takes him back to Gorilla City. Grodd fakes his death by transferring his mind into a man in Central City, but is caught and arrested.
Later, he instigates the Flash's Rogues Gallery, breaking them out of jail to distract the Flash after transferring his mind to that of Freddy, a gorilla in a zoo. Thanks to Solovar, the Flash learns of Grodd's escape.
Ironically, Grodd, despite using radiation to negate the Flash's speed, is defeated by the gorilla's mate when she hears him mention another gorilla. He and Freddy are restored to their normal bodies.
Grodd is recruited along with several other villains as one of the original members of the Secret Society of Super Villains.
In this series, Grodd defeats Kalibak, the son of Darkseid, in a hand-to-hand grudge brawl, but is later defeated by Captain Comet who is able to repel Grodd's mental energy.
During the hunt for a sorcerer's treasures, Grodd is able to fend off Wally West and escape him using the mentally-commanded Quadro-Mobile,then later knocks Captain Comet unconscious, and is shown to be able to hypnotize the new Star Sapphire, as well as protect others from mental probing.
In a confrontation with Wally West, Grodd increases most of the animals' brain power in Central City. He hopes to endanger all the humans' lives, but this plan backfires because some of the pets are too loyal to their humans. Grodd's plans are defeated by the Flash, assisted by the Pied Piper, Vixen and Rex the Wonder Dog.
Immortal villain Vandal Savage kidnaps Titans member Omen to form the perfect team of adversaries for the Teen Titans. Savage approaches Grodd, offering him membership in this new anti-Titans group known as Tartarus and promises of power and immortality.
Grodd joins Tartarus on their mission to synthesize the immortal blood of the H.I.V.E. Mistress Addie Kane as Savage seeks to create a serum that will grant immortality. Their schemes are thwarted when the Titans intervene.
Tempest later leads a rescue mission to save Omen from Savage. During the rescue attempt, Tartarus collapses upon itself due to each member having a different agenda, because Omen had purposely chosen members who would not work well together. When Siren switches alliances during the battle and aids Tempest in escaping, the Tartarus members go their separate ways.
Grodd has made no fewer than eighteen attempts to eliminate all traces of humanity from the face of the Earth. In Son of Ambush Bug #5 (November 1986), he travels to the Late Cretaceous to wipe out all traces of humanity from the time stream. His plans are shattered by the sudden appearance of Titano and Ambush Bug waking from a nightmare.
In the final issue of Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, Grodd travels to Earth-C in an attempt to conquer, but is defeated by the efforts of the Zoo Crew (plus Changeling of the Teen Titans).
Grodd later does another attempt to conquer Gorilla City by controlling the minds of Congo Bill, Congorilla, Djuba, Gorilla Boss, Monsieur Mallah, and Sam Simeon. For some unknown reason, Grodd also gained control of Swamp Thing's mind. In an attempt to expand his mind-control, Grodd suffered some brain damage enough to free everyone from his mind-control.
In the 1991 Angel and the Ape limited series, Grodd is revealed as the grandfather of Sam Simeon (Angel's detective partner). This is in conflict with Martian Manhunter (vol. 2) Annual #2 (1999), which states that Simeon is Grodd's brother.
During the Final Night, Grodd attempted to use a mystical talisman called the Heart of Darkness (normally effective only in eclipses) that brought out the 'inner beast' of humans, turning the population of the town of Leesburg into feral monsters, including Supergirl.
However, Supergirl was eventually able to fight off Grodd's influence, allowing her to oppose Grodd until the sun was restored. Grodd is assumed killed when an icicle fell into him.
One of Grodd's widest-ranging schemes was to arrange Solovar's assassination and manipulate Gorilla City into war against humanity, with the aid of a "shadow cabinet" of prominent gorillas called Simian Scarlet.
In the course of this, Grodd absorbs too much neural energy from his fellow apes, leaving him with the intelligence of a normal gorilla. He has since recovered, and a failed attempt to set up a base in Florida leads to his capture and incarceration in Iron Heights.
Grodd had been trapped inside the human body of an overweight street bum. He was attacked by a gang known as the Vultures. One of them commented on how their member Iggo had the strength of a gorilla, which reminded Grodd of his true form.
Suddenly changing back to his original shape and size, he quickly defeated the gang, making them believe that they are burning in molten lava by using his telepathic abilities. Reading the minds of the crooks, he saw that one of the former members of their gang was a friend of the Flash, and a plan began to form in his mind.
Grodd found another space rock, identical to the one that had given him his powers, and contacted Hector Hammond, a human who had also gained similar powers. Grodd was able to take control of Gorilla City after increasing his evolutionary abilities but was defeated once more.
Grodd is also seen in the Superman/Batman arc "Public Enemies" controlling numerous villains and heroes to take down Superman and Batman for the prize of one billion dollars offered by then U.S. President Lex Luthor. Despite his use of foes such as Mongul, Solomon Grundy, Lady Shiva, and Nightshade, Batman is able to deduce the mind behind the attacks and they quickly dispose of Grodd.
Grodd is responsible for Hunter Zolomon's crippling, resulting in the man's transformation into the villainous Zoom after trying to change the event to never have happened. Zolomon would often think about how Grodd used him as a plaything in that fight while talking this over with the Flash.
In Birds of Prey, Grodd makes a deal with Grimm to get Blockbuster an ape heart.
In the JLA Classified story arc, Grodd and his forces attack the Ultramarine Corps. Grodd has most of the citizens they are protecting killed. He personally eats some of the humans. During the course of this incident, Beryl informs the team that Grodd ranks number three on the latest "Global Most Wanted".
In the Justice League of America Wedding Special, Gorilla Grodd is among the villains seen as members of the Injustice League Unlimited.
In the Salvation Run mini-series, Grodd teams up with the Joker to gather their own faction of the exiled supervillains. He kills Monsieur Mallah and Brain and was knocked off a cliff by the Joker. Grodd is seen alive and attempting to deliver payback to the Joker.
In Justice League of America, Grodd is shown among the members of Libra's new Secret Society and placed in the Inner Circle. In the Final Crisis storyline, Gorilla Grodd was among the high ranked superheroes and supervillains that were turned into Justifiers. He is sent to apprehend Snapper Carr and Cheetah, but fails.
Powers and abilities
Grodd's psionic abilities allow him to place other beings under his mental control and transfer his consciousness into other bodies.
Grodd also has (on occasion) vast telekinetic abilities ranging from force beams, telekinetic transmutation of matter and lifting thousands of tons mentally. In recent issues he has shown the ability to absorb intelligence through the consumption of human brains.
He possesses great superhuman strength far exceeding that of an ordinary gorilla.
He is a scientific genius who has mastered Gorilla City's advanced technology and who has created many incredible inventions of his own. He also uses large laser guns.
His thought process still operates at a relatively human speed; the Flashes have shown some degree of immunity to his telepathic illusions by moving so fast that their thoughts process Grodd's illusions in slow motion.
In one story, Grodd either gains or strengthens his already vast psychokinetic abilities via ingesting a pill he develops after changing himself into a human, enabling him to control the forces of nature.
But after he turns back, he loses this power as his brain is not transformed enough; in later stories, however, Grodd has been seen using both his psionic attributes openly without the need of accelerants.
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Created by: John Broome (writer)
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A white Monarch, named nivosus by Lepidopterists, is grayish white in all areas of the wings that are normally orange (Vane-Wright 1993). Several authors (Stimson and Meyers, 1984; Vane-Wright 1993) have assumed that the white form results from the inability of the butterfly to synthesize the normal orange pigment, but this hypothesis has never been tested. The white Monarchs appear to be normal in all other respects giving rise to many questions. Why is this form so rare? Is nivosus selectively eaten by predators? Does it have difficulty finding mates? Is the genetic basis for this form the same in all populations? These, and many other questions, need to be answered.
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Catharanthus roseus
Species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae
Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but is grown elsewhere as an ornamental and medicinal plant, and now has a pantropical distribution. It is a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer. It was formerly included in the genus Vinca as Vinca rosea.
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White flower with yellow center
It has many vernacular names among which are arivotaombelona or rivotambelona, tonga, tongatse or trongatse, tsimatiririnina, and vonenina.
Taxonomy
Two varieties are recognized
Catharanthus roseus var. roseus
Synonymy for this variety
Catharanthus roseus var. angustus Steenis ex Bakhuizen f.
Catharanthus roseus var. albus G.Don
Catharanthus roseus var. occellatus G.Don
Catharanthus roseus var. nanus Markgr.
Lochnera rosea f. alba (G.Don) Woodson
Lochnera rosea var. ocellata (G.Don) Woodson
Catharanthus roseus var. angustus (Steenis) Bakh. f.
Synonymy for this variety
Catharanthus roseus var. nanus Markgr.
Lochnera rosea var. angusta Steenis
Description
Close-up view of flower in morning
In morning
Catharanthus roseus is an evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant growing 1 m (39 in) tall. The leaves are oval to oblong, 2.5–9 cm (1.0–3.5 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.4–1.4 in) wide, glossy green, hairless, with a pale midrib and a short petiole 1–1.8 cm (0.4–0.7 in) long; they are arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers range from white with a yellow or red center to dark pink with a darker red center, with a basal tube 2.5–3 cm (1.0–1.2 in) long and a corolla 2–5 cm (0.8–2.0 in) diameter with five petal-like lobes. The fruit is a pair of follicles 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) long and 3 mm (0.1 in) wide. [
Ecology
In its natural range along the dry coasts of southern Madagascar, Catharanthus roseus is considered weedy and invasive, often self-seeding prolifically in disturbed areas along roadsides and in fallow fields. It is also, however, widely cultivated and is naturalized in subtropical and tropical areas of the world such as Australia, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, and the United States. It is so well adapted to growth in Australia that it is listed as a noxious weed in Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory, and also in parts of eastern Queensland.
Pale Pink with Red Centre Cultivar
Cultivation
As an ornamental plant, it is appreciated for its hardiness in dry and nutritionally deficient conditions, popular in subtropical gardens where temperatures never fall below 5–7 °C (41–45 °F), and as a warm-season bedding plant in temperate gardens. It is noted for its long flowering period, throughout the year in tropical conditions, and from spring to late autumn, in warm temperate climates. Full sun and well-drained soil are preferred. Numerous cultivars have been selected, for variation in flower colour (white, mauve, peach, scarlet, and reddish-orange), and also for tolerance of cooler growing conditions in temperate regions.
Notable cultivars include 'Albus' (white flowers), 'Grape Cooler' (rose-pink; cool-tolerant), the Ocellatus Group (various colours), and 'Peppermint Cooler' (white with a red centre; cool-tolerant).
In the U.S. it often remains identified as "Vinca" although botanists have shifted its identification and it often can be seen growing along roadsides in the south.
In the United Kingdom it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017).
Uses
Traditional
In Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine) the extracts of its roots and shoots, although poisonous, are used against several diseases. In traditional Chinese medicine, extracts from it have been used against numerous diseases, including diabetes, malaria, and Hodgkin's lymphoma. In the 1950s, vinca alkaloids, including vinblastine and vincristine, were isolated from Catharanthus roseus while screening for anti-diabetic drugs. This chance discovery led to increased research into the chemotherapeutic effects of vinblastine and vincristine. Conflict between historical indigenous use, and a patent from 2001 on C. roseus-derived drugs by western pharmaceutical companies, without compensation, has led to accusations of biopiracy.
Medicinal
Vinblastine and vincristine, chemotherapy medications used to treat several types of cancers, are found in the plant and are biosynthesised from the coupling of the alkaloids catharanthine and vindoline. The newer semi-synthetic chemotherapeutic agent vinorelbine, used in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer, can be prepared either from vindoline and catharanthine or from the vinca alkaloid leurosine, in both cases via anhydrovinblastine. The insulin-stimulating vincoline has been isolated from the plant.
A periwinkle shrub
Dark pink colour
Research
Despite the medical importance and wide use, the desired alkaloids (vinblastine and vincristine) are naturally produced at very low yields. Additionally, it is complex and costly to synthesize the desired products in a lab, resulting in difficulty satisfying the demand and a need for overproduction. Treatment of the plant with phytohormones, such as salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate, have been shown to trigger defense mechanisms and overproduce downstream alkaloids. Studies using this technique vary in growth conditions, choice of phytohormone, and location of treatment. Concurrently, there are various efforts to map the biosynthetic pathway producing the alkaloids to find a direct path to overproduction via genetic engineering.
C. roseus is used in plant pathology as an experimental host for phytoplasmas. This is because it is easy to infect with a large majority of phytoplasmas, and also often has very distinctive symptoms such as phyllody and significantly reduced leaf size.
In 1995 and 2006 Malagasy agronomists and American political ecologists studied the production of Catharanthus roseus around Fort Dauphin and Ambovombe and its export as a natural source of the alkaloids used to make vincristine, vinblastine and other vinca alkaloid cancer drugs. Their research focused on the wild collection of periwinkle roots and leaves from roadsides and fields and its industrial cultivation on large farms.
Biology
Rosinidin is the pink anthocyanidin pigment found in the flowers of C. roseus. Lochnericine is a major alkaloid in roots.
Toxicity
C. roseus can be extremely toxic if consumed orally by humans, and is cited (under its synonym Vinca rosea) in the Louisiana State Act 159. All parts of the plant are poisonous. On consumption, symptoms consist of mild stomach cramps, cardiac complications, hypotension, systematic paralysis eventually leading to death.
According to French botanist Pierre Boiteau, its poisonous properties are made known along generations of Malagasy people as a poison consumed in ordeal trials, even before the tangena fruit was used. This lent the flower one of its names vonenina, from Malagasy: vony enina meaning "flower of remorse".
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First of all these two are feral cats. They've been friends of mine for about four years. They get fed an excellent diet, which includes a nutritionally balanced spectrum of protein, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, etc. I would venture to say that their diet is better than most indoor cats receive. Nevertheless, the kitty with the red fur is experiencing a deficiency of an amino acid called tyrosine. It's in the food, but for whatever reason she isn't able to absorb it. May be liver issues or metabolic digestive problems. Anyway, tyrosine is needed in a sufficient enough concentration to be able to synthesize melanin. Melanin is a pigment that is necessary for the fur to be black. With a deficiency of melanin in cats, their black fur changes to red. Same pigment is found in the skin of humans. In people, that pigment determines whether one is fair skinned or darker. When humans tan, they get darker because of an increased production of melanin. Anyway I thought this pic was unique and a bit intriguing, due to the pose as well as the red fur. :-):-)
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From 4,000 feet over McDowell County, NC.
Synthesized IRY-->RGB cross-sampled image from a single exposure. Converted camera, Asahi 35mm lens, Tiffen #15 filter. Worked up in Pixelbender and Photoshop.
Private citytrip in springtime
The Park Güell is a public park system composed of gardens and architectural elements located on Carmel Hill, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Carmel Hill belongs to the mountain range of Collserola – the Parc del Carmel is located on the northern face. Park Güell is located in La Salut, a neighborhood in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. With urbanization in mind, Eusebi Güell assigned the design of the park to Antoni Gaudí, a renowned architect and the face of Catalan modernism.
The park was built from 1900 to 1914 and was officially opened as a public park in 1926. In 1984, UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site under "Works of Antoni Gaudí".
Park Güell is the reflection of Gaudí's artistic plenitude, which belongs to his naturalist phase (first decade of the 20th century). During this period, the architect perfected his personal style through inspiration from organic shapes. He put into practice a series of new structural solutions rooted in the analysis of geometry. To that, the Catalan artist adds creative liberty and an imaginative, ornamental creation. Starting from a sort of baroquism, his works acquire a structural richness of forms and volumes, free of the rational rigidity or any sort of classic premises. In the design of Park Güell, Gaudí unleashed all his architectonic genius and put to practice much of his innovative structural solutions that would become the symbol of his organic style and that would culminate in the creation of the Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family (Catalan: Sagrada Familia).
Güell and Gaudí conceived this park, situated within a natural park. They imagined an organized grouping of high-quality homes, decked out with all the latest technological advancements to ensure maximum comfort, finished off with an artistic touch. They also envisioned a community strongly influenced by symbolism, since, in the common elements of the park, they were trying to synthesize many of the political and religious ideals shared by patron and architect: therefore there are noticeable concepts originating from political Catalanism – especially in the entrance stairway where the Catalan countries are represented – and from Catholicism – the Monumento al Calvario, originally designed to be a chapel. The mythological elements are so important: apparently Güell and Gaudí's conception of the park was also inspired by the Temple of Apollo of Delphi.[citation needed]
On the other hand, many experts[who?] have tried to link the park to various symbols because of the complex iconography that Gaudí applied to the urban project. Such references go from political vindication to religious exaltation, passing through mythology, history and philosophy. Specifically, many studies claim to see references to Freemasonry, despite the deep religious beliefs of both Gaudí and Count Güell. These references have not been proven in the historiography of the modern architect. The multiplicity of symbols found in the Park Güell is, as previously mentioned, associated to political and religious signs, with a touch of mystery according to the preferences of that time for enigmas and puzzles.
Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and painter.
His work mostly explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships. Cohen was inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honor. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize.
Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not launch a music career until 1967, at the age of 33. His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974). His 1977 record Death of a Ladies' Man was co-written and produced by Phil Spector, which was a move away from Cohen's previous minimalist sound.
In 1979, Cohen returned with the more traditional Recent Songs, which blended his acoustic style with jazz and Oriental and Mediterranean influences. "Hallelujah" was first released on Cohen's studio album Various Positions in 1984. I'm Your Man in 1988 marked Cohen's turn to synthesized productions and remains his most popular album. In 1992, Cohen released its follow-up, The Future, which had dark lyrics and references to political and social unrest.
Cohen returned to music in 2001 with the release of Ten New Songs, which was a major hit in Canada and Europe. His eleventh album, Dear Heather, followed in 2004. After a successful string of tours between 2008 and 2010,
Cohen released three albums in the final four years of his life: Old Ideas (2012), Popular Problems (2014) and You Want It Darker (2016), the last of which was released three weeks before his death.
RIP Leonard Cohen
All about tendrils...
Auxin is synthesized at the shoot tip and helps the cell grow longer. When a tendril comes in contact with a support, auxin stimulates faster growth of the cells on the OPPOSITE side, so the tendril forms a COIL... like a watch spring.
That's a wrap!
Windows of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Curling tendrils of Tsigaris umbrosa
Glad they showed up to render aid. Thank you AFD.
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Found this guy at the Coglin Dam Campsite, Dryandra, WA.
Officially known as the red-capped robin, it has also been referred to as redhead, redcap, robin red-breast or red-throated robin. Kuburi is a name used in the Kimberley. Across southwestern Australia, it was known as menekedang by the local indigenous people.
Although widespread, it is uncommon in much of its range and has receded in some areas from human activity.
The position of the red-capped robin is unclear; it and its relatives are unrelated to European or American robins but appear to be an early offshoot of the songbird infraorder Passerida. The red-capped robin is a predominantly ground-feeding bird and its prey consists of insects and spiders. Although widespread, it is uncommon in much of its range and has receded in some areas from human activity.
Petroica is a genus of Australasian robins, named due to their red and pink markings. Many species in Australia have a red breast and are known colloquially as "red robins" as distinct from the "yellow robins" of the genus Eopsaltria. Two red keto-carotenoid pigments, canthaxanthin and adonirubin, are responsible for the redness in the red-capped robin's plumage. The birds are unable to synthesize these compounds themselves, and hence need to obtain them from their food. Carotenoids are costly to metabolise and are also required for use in immune function, hence birds need to be in good condition to have enough left for use in red feathers. This makes red plumage a good advertisement to prospective mates (Wikipedia).
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Or Phenomenon....
- It was made by synthesizing three photographs -
© Marie Eve K.A.
♫♫ Metamorphosis Two - Philip Glass
玉響 - TAMAYURA -
貴方には決して見えない愛のために準備した夢
それを私は手のひらで玉のように磨き温めていた
ふとその手を花のように閉じた時
果たし得たであろう未完の情感が
私めがけて垂直に降下して来た
とたんに指の隙間からさらさらと砂がこぼれ
掌もまた崩れ落ちた
私には手が亡い、貴方と交わした握手も約束も
そして 私には顔が亡い
在るのはぼんやりとした翳である
亡霊のような女に貴方は魂を売り渡しはしまい
時々 いかがわしい夢枕で抱くぼやけた女は
貴方の明け暮れる日日の狭間に
熱烈でも恒常でもなく
ただ魔が刻の一瞬間の勾引しの甘露だった
幾たび繰り返される
玉響(たまゆら)綺譚
私よ、幽かなる琅琅たる音となれ。
作者不詳 / Author unknown
- Sorry, this is not possible to English translation -
© Marie Eve K.A.
The refuge of my doubts
Wanting the significance that cause and effect
might have (we see it in little things where it is)
not seeing it in any place
important to us (it is in our lives but in ways
that deny each other) and the totality,
I suppose, is what I mean—it isn’t there—
we look around: the possibilities,
dreams and diversions, whatever else there is.
》William Bronk, The Effect of Cause Despaired
Sirius (instrumental) - The Alan Parsons Project
If you look for the Truth outside yourself,
it gets farther and farther away.
Today, walking alone, I meet it everywhere I step.
It is the same as me, yet I am not it.
Only if you understand it in this way
will you merge with the way things are.
《 Tung-Shan ... Paths of Water
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