On Yavapai Point I made another attempt at star photography. This is a challenge to get right. I tried various ISO settings and illuminated the dead tree with a little Lumen light covered with several thicknesses of handkerchief. Not sure what is causing the light on the rim in lower left middle. Might be the lights of Page, Arizona. It's quiet after the sun goes down and all the tourists leave. The canyon is beautiful too, although you can barely see it. Will keep trying. Unfortunately, this is not the time of year to get the Milky Way. But it is still fun to shoot the stars.

Picture One | This is in Luray Caverns in Virginia US. They give you a tour for 1 hour and you walk 1 mile inside the cavern. The cavern have millions of years of age and you can see it by the thickness of the stalactites and stalagmites. Very interesting and beautiful inside.

After the intense snowfall that fell on Madrid throughout the whole of Saturday, this was how the gardens of a park close to home were, with snow dunes formed on the plants. As you will see, the thickness was very large, with more than 30 inches (50 cm) deep

You will not see many images like this in Madrid.

I wish you a good Monday, be very careful with the ice and the low temperatures.

Take care!

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Después de la intensa nevada caída sobre Madrid a lo largo de todo el sábado, así estaban los jardines de un parque cercano a casa, con dunas de nieve formadas sobre las plantas. Como veréis, el espesor era muy grande, de más de 50 cm de profundidad.

No se verán muchas veces imágenes como ésta en Madrid.

Os deseo un buen Lunes, mucho cuidado con el hielo y con las bajas temperaturas.

¡Cuídense mucho!

Very distinctive when seen well with its brightly coloured plumage. The underparts are a bright orange-red, while the wings and back of the head are dark blue. The back, rump and tail are a bright, almost "electric" blue and usually draw attention to a flying bird.

The production of intense blue presents challenges to nature. Most vertebrates are unable to produce blue pigment. The orange of kingfisher plumage is the product of tiny pigment granules but its cyan and blue feathers contain no pigments. These colours are ‘structural’. They are created by the intricate structural arrangement of a transparent material which, depending on its precise make-up and thickness compared to the tiny wavelength of light, produces a range of colours by ‘incident light’ – in other words light shining on the sample.

Despite these bright colours, can be easily overlooked perched motionless on a branch beside a stream or river on the look-out for fish. During the breeding season, females have a small red patch at the base of the bill, which is not shown by adult males.

Large wind tunnel, Berlin-Adlershof

"The large wind tunnel was built between 1932 and 1934. It was used for aerodynamic experiments in air streams at speeds of over 200 km/h. The air stream was generated by a rotor with eight impellers, 8.5 metres across, connected to an electric motor with an output of 2,000 kW. The tubular plant has external dimensions of 58 m x 26 m and a diameter of 8.5 m - 12 m. It was used to direct an air stream on to aircraft parts (wings, coatings, tail, etc.) in a measuring chamber, where the resistance was measured. This enabled aircraft shape and surfaces to be optimised. A particular feature of this wind tunnel - still remarkable today - is its concrete construction using the Zeiss-Dywidag method with a wall thickness of just 8 cm." www.hu-berlin.de/en/about/campus/adlershof/overview/techn...

My country is known around the world as the land with no trees. But most people now know that we do in fact have some trees in Reykjavik.

I love trees and recently I discovered Leonardo da Vinci's "rule" for tree growth. What it says in his notebook: "All the branches of a tree at every stage of its height when put together are equal in thickness to the trunk." It means if a tree’s branches were folded together upward the tree would look like one trunk with the same thickness from top to bottom.

I do think that Leonardo's "rule" is an amazing thing.

Hlif by the Pond, Tjörnin

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I was in doubt in uploading this version of "Wanna dance", but it gives more details of the pattern of the other side of my tessellation 'Play'. You can see the little twisted triangles better.

They both are folded from German wrapping paper, grid 1:64", hexagon about 33cm, finish size about 15 cm, and again slightly concaaf. I think due to the density of the pattern and the thickness of this paper.

If you are interested to see more, have a look at my tessellation album Origami - Tessellation Progression".

I learned technical drawing at school with this kind of pens (Rotring Isograph).

The pens on the picture deliver lines of respective thicknesses 0.20mm (8 Mil), 0.35mm, 0.5mm and 0.7mm.

They could be a delight to use, delivering perfect lines with a constant thickness and a deep black color if you were in a good day.

They could also be a source of frustration and refuse to get enough ink on the paper... or drip on an almost finished drawing.

But with hindsight, this had mostly to do with how good you took care of them and how relaxed you were when using them. 😉

Amazing extra feature: you could erase mistakes once the ink had dried by carefully scratching the paper with a razor blade.

A small hole in the ice bridge I've had to use to cross The Stulan Burn on my way up to Dub Loch. It shows the thickness of the ice, but also, frighteningly, the water beneath.

Dub Loch translates as Black Loch (lake) and on a day like this all the water looks black!

Stodmarsh East Kent

Always amazing to see how the colour blue changes according to the light, background and time of day. The cyan and blue feathers contain no pigments.

'These colours are ‘structural’. They are created by the intricate structural arrangement of a transparent material which, depending on its precise make-up and thickness compared to the tiny wavelength of light, produces a range of colours by ‘incident light’ – in other words light shining on the sample.' Cambridge University

As you probably know, I like folding, playing with all kind of paper ;-)) So here is my latest results in my quest trying to find/fold a field full of big irregular hexagons....seems I need different forms too. I'm not a mathematician, I just have an idea and start folding, see what that pattern and paper tells me what is possible. It is a joy and a big adventure ;-))

This tessellation-duo I therefor call "Play".

There is one part of the pattern, that is in both tessellations. Do you see it?

They both are folded from German wrapping paper, grid 1:64", hexagon about 33cm, finish size about 15 cm, and again slightly convex. I think due to the density of the pattern and the thickness of this paper.

Did some color change on the other side of these tessellations, here you can see the result.

If you are interested to see more, have a look at my tessellation album Origami - Tessellation Progression".

I did some color chance on the other side of my newest tessellation 'Play'.

And found these four swinging ladies dancing on the music by Whitney Houston: 'I wanna dance with somebody ' .

They both are folded from German wrapping paper, grid 1:64", hexagon about 33cm, finish size about 15 cm, and again slightly concaaf. I think due to the density of the pattern and the thickness of this paper.

If you are interested to see more, have a look at my tessellation album Origami - Tessellation Progression".

50 Years ago we used to have fierce ice hockey matches against the neighbour Village on this lake, now because of the global warming the ice thickness is never getting thick enough even to walk on it.

This image is the follow on shot from my shot of the stile. As I walked across the field the sun became heavily diffused by the thickness of the mist that was hovering above Fletcher's Pond. This was my opportunity to make some images before the sun became too bright, though I still needed to hold the brighter sky in place with a 0.6 ND Grad. I am afraid I still like to do things the old fashioned way - in camera - rather than merging photos at the processing stage.

Udny Castle is a tower house in the parish of Udny, southwest of the village of Pitmedden and northeast of the hamlet of Udny Green, Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland. The area is generally flat but the castle is sited on the highest ground and can be seen for a considerable distance. Its exact construction date is unknown, but its foundations probably date from the late 14th or early 15th century. Additional storeys were added and a later extension, described as a "modern mansion", was incorporated but subsequently demolished. It is a Category A listed building.

Sited on the highest area in a generally flat terrain, the castle can be seen from a considerable distance. The exact construction date is not known but it was probably initially constructed by the Udny family in the 14th or 15th century. The property is first recorded when it is shown on a charter for David II instigated by Ronald of Uldney.

MacGibbon and Ross suggested a construction date of the turn of the 16–17th centuries, but the indentation of the upper floors and thickness of the foundation walls suggest a much earlier date. The main construction work of the keep is believed to have spanned over 100 years and been undertaken by three consecutive lairds; it is reported to have "ruined them all".

The Udny family also owned Knockhall Castle and lived there until 1734 when Knockhall was destroyed by fire; they then returned to Udny. Jamie Fleeman, the Laird's fool, was responsible for saving the family papers from being destroyed in the fire.

The castle was abandoned sometime around 1775 then repair work was undertaken in 1801.

Colonel John Robert Fullerton Udny inherited the estate in 1802. He had been an army officer since 1797 but retired after his marriage to Emily Fitzhugh in 1812. Thereafter he only visited the estate occasionally as his main residence was in London. The couple had one son, John Augustus Udny, but he died a bachelor in 1859. The Colonel's wife died in 1846 after which he had an affair with Ann Allat whom he married on 2 January 1854. However, the couple had a son, John Henry Udny, born out of wedlock on 9 May 1853. A legal case was heard by the House of Lords as to whether John Henry was entitled to inherit the estate as his parents had been unmarried when he was born. The legal arguments describe how the Colonel had wished to do restoration work on the castle but could not afford to do so "owing chiefly to his connection with the turf".

The Colonel died in 1861. The House of Lords had decided in favour of John Henry and he inherited the estate as "though illegitimate at his birth, [he] was legitimated by the subsequent marriage of his parents".

In 1887, it is recorded as owned by John Hay Udny and had been in the family's ownership for several centuries.

Bartizans were included when an extra storey was added in the 17th century.

A mansion house in the baronial style was added in 1874–75 to the design of architect James Maitland Wardrop (of the Wardrop and Anderson company) but was subsequently demolished during the 1960s. Wardrop's son, Hew, was also an architect and undertook some of the decorative work at the castle. He died suddenly of appendicitis while working at the castle on 4 November 1887.

In 1964, restoration work was begun on the original tower house and the mansion house was demolished. Historic Scotland listed the castle as a Category A listed building in April 1971.

Generally, the least end-of-season ice thickness values range from near 60 cm. in the southern part of the state (excluding the Aleutian Chain and the southeast panhandle regions) to 170 cm on the west coast. The range of maximum ice thickness in Alaska ranges from 100 cm. in the southern part to 180 cm.

The world of bubble solution is a difficult thing to capture on film. Trying to focus on the quickly moving liquids really tests one's patience. However, when you finally get that one image worth keeping, it is worth it. Having captured soap film with my macro lens, I know that the thickness of the solution allows one to see yellow, red and blue. Just before it pops, the whole thing turns to black & white. More information is here: www.explainthatstuff.com/thin-film-interference.html

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An old window at Eksjöhovgård (lit. Oak lake manor). And note the thickness of the walls!

The manor is situated just outside of the town Sävsjö, built in the 1650s by Carl Mauritz Lewenhaupt (who died with the title of field marshal in 1666). But it was not completed by the time of his death and his family could not complete the project. It saw substantial remodelling in the 1730s (including the tearing down of the top floor - so it is now a two storey structure). In 1812 the copper roof was sold and the manor quickly deteriorated - as buildings with no roof on tend to do...

After many days of rain and overcast skies. We got some mushrooms popping up here and there.. This is such a small little mushroom on the grass. Camera was right on the grass, elevated only by the thickness of my hand.

Warmont Castle is located north of the village along the main road. Huys te Warmont is built on the site of a medieval castle dating from 1250, incorporating traces of medieval architecture.The original timber structures were replaced by buildings that were subsequently damaged by fire in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries and rebuilt each time on the old foundations.A 16th-century drawing makes it possible to reconstruct the medieval original, when the castle consisted of a square ground-plan of four wings and four corner towers set around an interior court, the whole surrounded by a moat. The living-quarters were in the north and east wings. The massive west tower was once assumed to have been the keep, but the thickness of its walls and its dimensions are too small for this purpose. In 1629 the castle was given a new entrance range by Salomon de Bray, featuring pilasters and a broad pediment. The south tower, originally octagonal, was replaced by a square one after 1650. Owing to the various rebuilding projects, Warmond acquired an irregular character in the course of the centuries. In 1780 the castle was extensively rebuilt. Floor levels and the proportions of the rooms were altered, and the walls were stuccoed. Medieval remains were hidden by new walls and plasterwork; de Bray’s additions disappeared.

From one of the hills in Juan Carlos I Park in Madrid we have been able to contemplate the first snow fallen on last Wednesday over Sierra de Guadarrama, located about 37 miles or 60 km away from the capital.

Although the thickness of the snow was light, about 2,36 inches (6 cm), the low temperatures of the last days have allowed the snow to be preserved in the higher summits.

In this sight, you can see Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium, property of Real Madrid, in the nearby, in front of the mountains.

I wish you a nice Sunday and a good new week ahead!

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Primera capa de nieve cubriendo la Sierra de Madrid, Madrid, España

Desde una de las colinas del Parque Juan Carlos I de Madrid hemos podido contemplar la primera nevada caída el pasado miércoles sobre la Sierra de Guadarrama, situada a unos 60 kilómetros de la capital.

Si bien el espesor de la nieve fue ligero, de unos 6 cm, las bajas temperaturas de los últimos días han permitido conservar la nieve en las cumbres más altas.

En esta vista, se puede ver el Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, propiedad del Real Madrid, en las cercanías, frente a las montañas.

¡Os deseo un buen domingo y una buena nueva semana por delante!

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The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km (14 mi) (2014), has about a volume of 15.4 km3, and covers about 81.7 km2 (31.5 square miles) in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais. The Aletsch Glacier is composed of four smaller glaciers converging at Concordia Place, where its thickness was measured by the ETH to be still near 1 km (3,300 ft). It then continues towards the Rhône valley before giving birth to the Massa. The Aletsch Glacier is – like most glaciers on this world – a retreating glacier. As of 2016, since 1980 it lost 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) of its length, since 1870 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi), and lost also more than 300 metres (980 ft) of its thickness.

The whole area, including other glaciers is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch Protected Area, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001.

Treviso :Il Botteniga si divide per fare bella la città

English

At the bridge of Frà Giocondo , formerly know as " de Pria " ,sixteenth artifact ( of which one can see the gate valves ) under whose arches flow into the city the waters of Botteniga , bracing fan ( one of the branches has its original name Cagnàn ) .On the side of the embarkment of the Venetian walls appears almost intact and the green contour assumes the thickness of a real garden .

Italiano

Al ponte di Frà Giocondo ,anticamente detto " de Pria " ,manufatto cinquecentesco ( del quale si intravedono le saracinesche ) sotto le cui arcate sboccano in città le acque del Botteniga , diramandosi a ventaglio ( uno dei rami conserva

l'originario nome di Cagnàn) . Su questo lato il terrapieno delle mura Veneziane appare pressoché integro e il verde di contorno assume lo spessore di un vero e proprio giardino

Touring Ed.

No problem!

A U.S. dime is just the right thickness to drive a standard slotted screw. I do recommend drilling a hole first, though. :-)

For Macro Mondays: “Smaller Than A Coin” theme

And yes, the head of the screw is smaller than the dime.

HMM!

Толщина стен, сооруженых в технике равнослойной кладки, доходит до 2х метров. В толще северной стены нартекса находится подъём на хоры. Хоры размещаются над нартексом и западными частями боковых нефов.

Generally, the least end-of-season ice thickness values range from near 60 cm. in the southern part of the state (excluding the Aleutian Chain and the southeast panhandle regions) to 170 cm on the west coast. The range of maximum ice thickness in Alaska ranges from 100 cm. in the southern part to 180 cm.

Comfort them all, Lord,

comfort their odd shapes

and their standard hair.

They seem so hand-me-down,

so hymn-hewn,

in their slow drift

toward the exit.

Comfort them standing there,

then comfort them sitting down—

God knows his own; the old have no tears.

The thickness of winter clouds

is the thickness of what’s to come.

--after Charles Wright

Rila Monastery - the monastery was founded in the 14th century on the site of the hermitage Ivan Rila existing since the 10th century in the valley of Rila mountain.

Modern form of the monastery dates from the 19th century, when through the victims of Bulgarian society and with the agreement of the Turkish authorities built a huge monastery complex. The walls of a thickness of 2 m and a height of 24 m giving it the appearance of a fortified stronghold. The inner courtyard is surrounded by three-storey buildings with arches painted in black and white and wooden galleries.

The main church of the Holy Mother of God is a three-nave basilica based on a cruciform plan with a dome at the intersection of the aisles. The pride of the temple are frescoes and great iconostasis.

In 1983 the monastery was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Rylski Monastyr – monastyr został założony w XIV na miejscu pustelni Iwana z Riły istniejącej od X wieku w kotlinie górskiego masywu Riła.

Współczesna postać monastyru pochodzi z XIX w., kiedy to dzięki ofiarom społeczeństwa bułgarskiego i przy zgodzie władz tureckich wybudowano ogromny kompleks klasztorny. Mury grubości 2 m i wysokości 24 m nadają mu wygląd warownej twierdzy. Wewnętrzny dziedziniec otaczają trójkondygnacyjne budynki z łukami pomalowanymi na czarno i biało oraz drewnianymi krużgankami.

Główna cerkiew pod wezwaniem Świętej Bogurodzicy to trójnawowa bazylika oparta na planie krzyża z kopułą na skrzyżowaniu naw. Ozdobą świątyni są freski i olbrzymi ikonostas.

W 1983 monastyr został wpisany na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO.

Vatnajökull literally "Glacier of Lakes"; is the largest and most voluminous ice cap in Iceland. The average thickness of the ice is 380 m with a maximum thickness of 950 m, whereas the highest peak is 2,109.6 m high. Vatnajökull has around 30 outlet glaciers flowing from the ice cap.

Hoodoos and Spires on The Navajo Trail at Bryce Canyon National Park- Utah, USA

The word "hoodoo" means to bewitch and Bryce Canyon has plenty to bewitch you.

A spire, tends to have uniform thickness and taper from the ground upward, whereas a hoodoo has a totem pole shaped body with variable thickness.

They can range in size from that of a human, to heights exceeding a 10-story building.

The people in the picture give you some estimate about the height of these Hoodoos and Spires.

The Patagonian Andes guard the entrance to the Southern Ice Field as the Perito Moreno Glacier slowly makes its way down to the lower ground of Argentino Lake. At its end the Perito Moreno Glacier has an average thickness of 170m (558ft) with 74m (240ft) visible above the water line above the lake. With over 250 km2 (97 sq mi) of ice the glacier spans 30 km (19 mi) in length and a width of 5km at its terminus. Since 1968 rupturing ice has taken the lives of 32 people who were hit by flying ice. One of 48 glaciers that form part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the high altitude field has a total area of 12,363 km2 (4,773 sq mi) of ice. Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz , Argentinean Patagonia, Argentina.

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This fantastic mountain road runs partly along the glacier Skálafellsjökul, one of the 30 outlet glaciers of the Vatnajökul icecap.

Vatnajökul is the largest and most voluminous icecap ( about 3,000km3 ) in Iceland and the second largest in area( 7,900 km2 ) in Europe. It is in the south-east of the island, covering approximately 8% of the country. The average thickness of the ice is 380 m with a maximum thickness of 950 m.

In 1997 FREE Nature makes a start with the red Geus a special sort of wild cow. For the river area, we were looking for a cow better adapted to the Dutch climate and suitable for the landscape. Dutch brand red cattle were crossed with the French Salers cattle and this resulted in the red Geus. This breed can now be found in Dutch nature for more than 20 years. The Red Geus has a deep red color, stands high on the legs and has a small udder. The thickness of the coat suits the Dutch climate: the summer coat is short and smooth and the winter coat is sufficiently thick. More than Scottish Highlander or Galloway, he walks great distances through the areas. With his horns he skilfully breaks branches and twigs and thus prunes the forest. They eat a remarkably large amount of woody plants. He stands high on his legs and can handle a meager diet.

Vatnajökull literally "Glacier of Lakes"; is the largest and most voluminous ice cap in Iceland. The average thickness of the ice is 380 m with a maximum thickness of 950 m, whereas the highest peak is 2,109.6 m high. Vatnajökull has around 30 outlet glaciers flowing from the ice cap.

Patterned glass is often used for aesthetic reasons. However, patterned glass can also reduce light transmission or transparency. These can also be reasons to choose patterned glass. The structure and pattern of the glass determine the degree of transparency. However, the glass dimensions, thicknesses, and tints are limited. Depending on the thickness and type of glass, it can be thermally treated, allowing it to be used as safety glazing.

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When I got up this morning I saw that the layers of fog were going to hinder the sunrise. So I took my camera and, as the Sun was beginning to rise above the fog, I took this photo of the shy star rising. It was very safe to look at the Sun without protection due to the thickness of the fog that obscured it.

If you look closely at the solar disk, you can see some sunspots.

This photo was taken at 8:25 am, with a temperature of 41F (5ºC). The forecast announces a highest temperature of 63F (17ºC) today in Madrid.

I wish you the best possible Friday and an exciting weekend. Take care and stay healthy!

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Medio sol elevándose sobre una capa de neblina, amanecer del viernes, Madrid, España

Cuando me levanté esta mañana vi que las capas de niebla iban a obstaculizar la salida del sol. Por lo tanto, tomé mi cámara y, cuando el Sol comenzaba a salir sobre la niebla, tomé esta foto del tímido astro elevándose. Era muy seguro mirar al Sol sin protección debido a la espesura de la niebla que lo oscurecía.

Si miras detenidamente el disco solar, puedes ver algunas manchas solares.

Esta foto fue tomada a las 8:25 am, con una temperatura de 41F (5ºC). El pronóstico anuncia una temperatura máxima de 17ºC hoy en Madrid.

Te deseo el mejor viernes posible y un emocionante fin de semana. ¡Cuídate y mantente sano!

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The image shows the terminal part of the MER DE GLACE (SEA OF ICE), photographed from the Montenvers train station, an extraordinary panoramic point.

Since 1850, the glacier has retreated 2.7 km (approximately 1,7 miles) in length and 300 m (approximately 91 feet) in thickness. Surroundings Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, FRANCE. EXPLORE 09-07-2026.

Grazie per i Vostri commenti / Thanks for your comments.

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium holds the world-class mega water tank called Kuroshio Sea. The tank holds a 22.5 m width, a 8.2 m height and a 8.2 m depth, framed by an acrylic glass panel with a 60 cm thickness.

When we encounter larger spices more than our physical size, the impact that creates to us is enormous. It is a sensation! The size of whale shark is more than 12 m in length. The weight is more than 20 metrics tons. Encountering whale sharks in a very close look brings anyone into a dreamy like state. Enjoy watching their slow and elegant move! More info: www.edenwalkers.com/?p=3465

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"The trees are coming into leaf

Like something almost being said;

The recent buds relax and spread,

Their greenness is a kind of grief.

Is it that they are born again

And we grow old? No, they die too,

Their yearly trick of looking new

Is written down in rings of grain.

Yet still the unresting castles thresh

In fullgrown thickness every May.

Last year is dead, they seem to say,

Begin afresh, afresh, afresh."

—Philip Larkin

Castle Acre,Norfolk, the town is named because of the amount of Castle/Abbey remains is within and incorporated into the village.

The Piuskirche in Meggen Luzern (Switzerland)is a Roman Catholic parish church and the main building of a community center of the parish of Meggen. The church building is characterized by the fact that it has no windows - the outer walls between the steel columns consist of 888 slabs of Greek marble with a thickness of 28 mm, which are translucent and thereby illuminate the interior. The top wreath of marble slabs and the marble fillings of the doors are only 20 mm thick and therefore appear lighter - from the inside. From the outside the building appears pale white to bluish, inside the color impression of the light is ocher yellow to bright orange, whereby the respective outside lighting conditions play a role in the different color impression.

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Vatnajökull literally "Glacier of Lakes"; is the largest and most voluminous ice cap in Iceland. The average thickness of the ice is 380 m with a maximum thickness of 950 m, whereas the highest peak is 2,109.6 m high. Vatnajökull has around 30 outlet glaciers flowing from the ice cap.

The one on top is a book of poetry given to my father by his mother. The inscription is dated 1946.

The bottom book is about Earth Sciences and was owned by my grandfather, signed and dated 1903.

FYI: the combined thickness of the books is 6 cm.

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Hrútárjökull, the glacier located on the left side of the photo, descends over a series of “steps” caused by resistive rock layers which results in steep areas of rapid ice flow and chaotic crevasses called icefalls. The term icefall was coined by analogy with the word waterfall, a similar, but much higher speed, phenomenon. The larger glacier on the left, Fjallsjökull, displays even more spectacular and pronounced icefalls.The two glaciers in southeastern Iceland are separated by a serrated ridge called by glaciologists an arête. The ridge forms a wall of uneroded rock that remains between the two glacial valleys. Both Hrútárjökull and Fjallsjökull descend from the icecap glacier on top of Öræfajökull, a large active volcano in southeast Iceland. A peak (Hvannadalshnúkur or Hvannadals Peak) on the northwestern rim of the Öræfajökull volcanic crater rises to 6,952 feet (2,119 meters), the highest peak in Iceland. Fjallsjökull and Hrútárjökull are two of several outlet glaciers descending from the volcano’s ice cap. The ice cap makes up part of the Vatnajökull glacier, a much larger ice cap that covers the top of several volcanos and has multiple outlet glaciers. The Vatnajökull ice field covers an area of 3,200 square miles (8,400 square km) with an average ice thickness of more than 3,000 feet (900 meters). It is the largest glacier in Iceland and second largest in Europe in area and volume after the ice cap on Severny Island which is the northern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in Russia. Most of Vatnajökull including the two glaciers pictured lie in Vatnajökull National Park.

The word sail, a monument to poetry, is the name of a steel sculpture by Heinrich Popp.

The sculpture stands on an open field northwest of Sotzweiler, the birthplace of the sculptor and today a district of the Saarland municipality of Tholey in the district of St. Wendel. On an elevation of about 338 metres above NHN, the sculpture represents a landmark visible from afar.

The word sail consists of two sail-shaped triangles, one of which stands on the top and which are twisted against each other. The two halves of the sail, made of stainless steel, are welded together at their highest point. At the same time, the empty space between the two steel plates also has a sail-like shape, depending on the point of view.

The monument, a gift from Heinrich Popp to his home community, was erected in 2005 after several years of planning and execution. The two steel plates were cast in the Dillinger Hütte and rolled to a thickness of 3 cm. The sculpture has a height of 13 meters and a total weight of approx. 30 tons.

The term word sail is also the name of a writing and poetry competition initiated by the artist at participating schools in Saarland.

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Das Wortsegel, ein Denkmal für Poesie, ist der Name einer Stahlplastik von Heinrich Popp.

Die Skulptur steht auf offenem Feld nordwestlich von Sotzweiler, dem Geburtsort des Bildhauers und heute ein Ortsteil der saarländischen Gemeinde Tholey im Landkreis St. Wendel. Auf einer Anhöhe von etwa 338 Metern über NHN stellt die Plastik eine weithin sichtbare Landmarke dar.

Das Wortsegel besteht aus zwei jeweils segelförmigen Dreiecken, von denen eins auf der Spitze steht und die gegeneinander verdreht/verspiegelt aufgestellt sind. An ihrer obersten Stelle sind die beiden aus rostendem Stahl erschaffenen Segelhälften miteinander verschweißt. Gleichzeitig besitzt auch der sich zwischen den beiden Stahlplatten befindende leere Raum abhängig vom Betrachtungsstandpunkt ebenfalls eine segelähnliche Form.

Das Denkmal, ein Geschenk von Heinrich Popp an seine Heimatgemeinde, wurde nach mehrjähriger Planungs- und Ausführungsphase 2005 errichtet. Die beiden Stahlplatten wurden in der Dillinger Hütte gegossen und bis auf eine Stärke von 3 cm gewalzt. Die Skulptur hat eine Höhe von 13 Metern und besitzt ein Gesamtgewicht von ca. 30 Tonnen

Der Begriff Wortsegel ist gleichzeitig der Name eines von dem Künstler ins Leben gerufenen Schreib- und Lyrikwettbewerbs an teilnehmenden Schulen im Saarland.

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Vatnajökull is Europe's largest glacier outside the arctic, with a surface area of 8,100 km2. Generally measuring 400–600 m in thickness and at the most 950 m, the glacial ice conceals a number of mountains, valleys and plateaus and some active central volcanoes, of which Bárðarbunga is the largest and Grímsvötn the most active.

Vatnajökull National Park, one of three national parks in Iceland, encompasses all of Vatnajökull glacier and extensive surrounding areas. These include the national parks previously existing at Skaftafell in the southwest and Jökulsárgljúfur in the north.

Established in June 2008, it covers 14,141 km2 or approximately 14% of Iceland, being the Europe's second largest national park in terms of area after Yugyd Va in Russia. It has a great variety of landscape features, created by the combined forces of rivers, glacial ice, and volcanic and geothermal activity. On July 5 2019, Vatnajökull National Park was inscribed as a World Heritage Site.

(Wikipedia)

His arms were still lifted up, hands near his ears trying to control the thickness of the memories in his head. Click here for the rest of the short story and credits

♫ Rag'N'Bone Man - Guilty ♫

My attempt at the "Macro Monday" theme "EDC".

It shows a plectrum/pick for guitar, of course. It's one of those things, that you make a habit of carrying around with you at all times as a musician. And experience tells you: It will come in handy for sure!

I don't have any particular brand or type I use exclusively, but I prefer the ones with a thickness of around 1 mm.

Shot with a Carl Zeiss "S-Planar 74 mm F 4" lens on a Canon EOS R5.