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This soapstone water-dropper is a small device used in East Asian calligraphy as a container designed to hold a small amount of water. In order to make ink a few drops of water are dropped onto the surface of an inkstone.
Macro Mondays theme: Translucent
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IMG_0872rotatenikcontentviveza colourful macro of gel beads backlit from below with led light and from above with ring light.
I didn't see what I believe is this translucent butterfly, feeding on the stamen of this Trillium plant, but the lens did! I took this in our local Richfield County Park, at April's close, April 30.
Glass ashtray being hit by yellow and blue light from the sides (used cellphone flashligths and color gels) and the bounced light from a glitter-covered table ornament from behind. Macro mondays - translucent.
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Sam Smith - Fire On Fire (From "Watership Down")
Fuego sobre fuego
Pero no dejemos que arruinen nuestros hermoso ritmo,
porque cuando me hablas,
y me dices que me amas, y me miras a los ojos.
Tú eres la perfección, mi única dirección.
Es fuego sobre fuego,......
Fire on fire
But let's not let them ruin our beautiful rhythms
because when you talk to me,
and you tell me that you love me, and you look into my eyes.
You are perfection, my only direction.
It's fire on fire, ......
Feu en feu
Mais ne les laissons pas gâcher nos beaux rythmes
parce que quand tu me parles,
et tu me dis que tu m'aimes, et tu me regardes dans les yeux.
Tu es la perfection, ma seule direction.
C'est le feu en feu, ......
Fuoco in fiamme
Ma non lasciamo che rovinino i nostri bei ritmi
perché quando mi parli
e mi dici che mi ami e mi guardi negli occhi.
Sei la perfezione, la mia unica direzione.
È fuoco in fiamme, ...
María
Click on image to zoom in on this one. Amazing details!
Heliconia chartacea 'Sexy Pink' is a striking hanging heliconia with a flower that gets as much as 6 feet long! A large plant, about 8-10 feet tall, Sexy Pink has thin graceful attractive bright pink to white hanging bracts tinged with white sepels, and the rachis is typically red. This moderately sized species is a beautiful plant with its waxy gray-green leaves and stems that's native to Guyana and northern South America.
Windows to the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
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Did you know...your skin is translucent in infrared light? Not a corpse actually, but it sure has that appearance....
Up close look at a slice of a translucent stalactite or possibly a stalagmite, hard to tell from the slice. For the Macro Mondays Group, Challenge: translucent.
España - Cantabria - Rionansa - Celis - Cueva El Soplao
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ENGLISH:
El Soplao is a cave located in the municipalities of Rionansa, Valdáliga and Herrerías in Cantabria, Spain. It is considered unique for the quality and quantity of geological formations (speleothems) in its 17 miles length, 6 of which are open to the public. In it are formations such as helíctites (eccentric stalactites defying gravity) and curtains (draperies, or sheets of calcite, sometimes translucent, hanging from the ceiling). Its formation dates back to the Mesozoic, in particular the Cretaceous period 240 million years ago. The entrance is at 540 metres in the Sierra Soplao Arnero.
The cave was accidentally discovered during drilling for mining, subsequently being exploited for the extraction of minerals. During its operation, many local families were supported by the income they got from the mining, combined with farming livestock. After decades of neglect, speleology, and in particular the Cantabria University Speleology Club since 1975, have discovered its true geological value.
On July 1, 2005 the Government of Cantabria opened it to the public and publicised it internationally, after development for tourism and protection rules prohibiting any further activity by the discoverering club. Research goes on, resulting in the study of amber deposits, the recognition of underground stromatolites formed by manganese-oxidising bacteria, and a new mineral form, zaccagnaite-3R.
El Soplao is just one of at least 6,500 caves in Cantabria.
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ESPAÑOL:
El Soplao es una cueva situada en los municipios de Herrerías, Valdáliga (pueblos de Labarces y Roiz) y Rionansa (pueblo de Celis), en la sierra de Arnero, en Cantabria (España) a una altitud de 540 m. Es considerada una cavidad única a nivel mundial por la calidad y cantidad de las formaciones geológicas (espeleotemas) que alberga en sus 20 kilómetros de longitud total, aunque solo 4 están abiertos al público. En ella se encuentran formaciones poco comunes como helíctitas (estatalactitas excéntricas que desafían la gravedad) y draperies (sábanas o banderas traslúcidas colgando del techo). Las rocas sobre las que se desarrolla el karst que da lugar a la cueva datan del Mesozoico, concretamente del periodo Cretácico, hace 240 millones de años.
La cavidad fue descubierta accidentalmente durante las labores de perforación minera siendo aprovechada posteriormente para la extracción de minerales (en la visita guiada se accede únicamente a dos de las ocho galerías). Los mineros denominaban soplaos a las cavidades kársticas que cortaban en sus trabajos y que creaban fuertes corrientes de aire. Durante su explotación, muchas familias de la zona se sustentaban con los ingresos que obtenían de esa actividad minera, compaginada con la ganadera. Tras décadas de abandono, la espeleología, y en concreto el «Speleo Club Cántabro», S.C.C., desde el año 1975, descubrió su auténtico valor geológico.
El 1 de julio de 2005 el Gobierno de Cantabria la abrió al público después de acondicionar su interior y alrededores para el turismo. Se llega a la entrada de la cueva en un tren minero y el recorrido comienza en una antigua galería de la mina.
I've viewed through my kaleidoscope at my Macromondays screen for #macromondays 'translucent' theme (12-Oct-2020).
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This is one image in a series I'm shooting on parking decks ... shapes and forms, light and shadow play, mood and atmosphere. Some images are minimalist; others representational; still others abstract. To see more in the series click Parking Deck Series