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The aurora borealis only appears this far south about once every few years. While I've seen it up north, I've missed its appearance around here. Last night, the sky was clear, and they were predicting a spectacular show, so I suggested to Kate that we take a drive west until we could see it.
We drove away from the city lights until we could see stars and then found a place to pull over. We could see the aurora, but it wasn't very colorful.
I wasn't going to bother photographing it because EVERYONE is doing that and posting pictures. But, a friend had said that the colors show up when you photograph it. So I did. And he was right. Although he was talking about rods and cones, I just think it's because the camera can see more when it's a longer exposure. Luckily I rested the camera on the car for the long exposure and it came out acceptably.
When I went to bed, I was thinking about The Day of the Triffids because this is pretty much how it starts. EVERYONE was out there looking at the aurora. We passed a lot of people staring at the sky. And there are certainly a lot of pictures being posted - the vast majority are way better than this one.
I was relieved when I woke up this morning and wasn't blind. And everything seems normal as I look out the window in my lair. Wait! Did that plant just move?
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Our neighbour's having a spot of bother... Can't say we didn't warn her.
We're Here: Inspired by reading
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I'll be honest; I'm not reading DotT, I'm reading Trouble With Lichen. But I didn't have any lichen to hand...
Trffids as in the book 'The day of the triffids', by John Wyndham.
They were plants that could 'move or 'walk'. They had a fatal sting. 1950's sci fi book, 95% population were made blind.
John Wyndham lived about one mile from here.
taken with c.1979 Nikon FE; c.1995 Nikkor 50 mm AIs lens;
oops, think it was c.1981 Nikkor 100 mm f/2.8 E lens.
Ilford FP4 (125 ASA).
commercial develop and scan.
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Misty morning end of season sombre sunflower collective. It looks like they'd shown up at a nightclub, but refused admission for wearing inappropriate footwear. Everyone back to my place, guys...
I took this shot looking into an antique mirror, at the outdoor market, that has a cracked and crazed silver backing. My title is stolen from the post-apocalyptic novel by John Wyndham that features tall, venomous, carnivorous plants that are capable of locomotion.
Family: Asteraceae
Common name: Scotch Thistle, Giant Cotton Thistle
Plant Classification: Hardy biennial
Minimum Height: 1.8 meters
Maximum Height: 2.7 meters
I saw these at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, very striking plants!
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I love the dramatic Art Nouveau style entrances to the Metro stations designed by Hector Guimard for the Compagnie du Métropolitain de Paris. These beautiful works of art are the epitome of Parisian style.
The two tall flowers topped with moulded glass lamps of organic design (almost terrifyingly triffid-like) stand either side of the top steps, and between them they support the "METROPOLITAN" sign.
I ventured up into the hills last night as the clouds looked good, I was not disappointed with the sunset but disappointed with my foreground rocking in the wind, this was the best shot of the dandelion heads that I could achieve despite numerous shots but hey ho not too bad after all,
This tiny little flower appeared by my garden shed. I have no idea what it is but it was beautiful, and there was only one of it!
I have no idea if it is another weed, but think it is beautiful. Once again, I haven't seen it before. Any ideas?
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Sorry I’ve not been commenting much recently, been very busy trying to sort out stuff at home and getting ready to go on holiday in a couple of days time, and trying to fit all this in with medical appointments - just about to go off for another one which is an eye screening, and after that have to get to the hospital for another appointment to see the consultant in the Cardiac department, and hope there are no complications to interfere with my holiday.
Professor Paul K. Deleon is walking his voubboksie, an invertebrate from planet Qaskurn, practically the only living species on that earth-like planet of a vast solar system with 25 other planets.
Paul is an astrobiologist who works at the Ioxoni Outpost and he devotes all his time to the study of voubboksies. Even if scientists are still doubtful about the real nature of this single-eyed invertebrates, Paul is 100% sure that they are absolutely tame and he's determined to keep one of them as a pet. So far the facts seem to prove him right. The voubboksie (that Paul named Voubby), has grown very fond of the professor, especially after he started to feed it with AL's hot-dogs... So a daily stop at Al's is absolutely a must. And after a pair of hot-dogs, Voubby seizes the opportunity to answer a certain call... :D
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The Day of the Triffids (2009) Is about an two separate events that cause an apocalypse. The second being The Triffids, mobile, meat eating plants. Triffid oil saved the world from global warming but what will save the world from The Triffids once they have been released and most of the population has been incapacitated by blindness. One of the best parts of Part 1 was how Torrence (Eddie Izzard) survives a the plane crash he is involved in. It was brilliant. I do not know how plausible it was but it was brilliant how he quickly improvised.
Part 2 was when what was left of the world falls apart. I thought the spore solution would work. Too bad. Torrence’s obsession with Jo Playton (Joely Richardson) is something the viewer has seen before. An obsession that over powers reason and logic to the detriment of all that are around. Cough*Moby Dick*End cough.
I thought they would slap on a happy ending and tie it off but they did not. The Day of the Triffids (2009) has a bleak ending. By, by world as we knew it.
There is one logic flaw in the two parter and probably in the book its based on as well: Why grow and maintain Triffids in populated area? Why not have the Triffid farms on islands and in barren areas like deserts? That way, if they ever escaped, the island would keep them secluded, away from people and the barren desert would kill them (the heat plus the lack of food and water). If these precautions had been taken, the book and the two parter would not have been very interesting though.
taking my new c.1979 manual Nikkor 105 f/2.5 AI lens for a walk.
This is small crop from original.
These are the sunflowers that I saw in the summer.
Think that they make interesting subjects.
Bit like 'triffids'; Book 1951 by John Wyndham 'The day of the triffids'. He lived about a mile away from here.
Didierea Trollii, a succulent tree from Madagascar bristling with wicked thorns, inside the Palm House glasshouse at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. The thick water-storing stems and leaves are deciduous in the long dry season.
The Triffid Nebula, so called because the red cloud appears to split into three, is a specially colourful deep space object as it is both red and blue at once. This image is a bit rough, only 40 minutes of exposure, but it still shows the finer dusty details of this small pair which are quite striking! I had posted the Trifid Nebula not long ago but this new version has been photographed with 400% more magnification (2350mm) so appears a lot larger and detailed.
Riisitunturi National Park, Posio, Finnish Lapland
In 1951, John Wyndham’s post-apocalyptic novel the Day of the Triffids was released. It starts with a meteor shower blinding most of the earth’s population. In the aftermath, an aggressive species of giant plant begins killing people indiscriminately. The sight of a line of frozen trees, known as tykky, reminds me of the triffids, marching malevolently through the thick snow of the Riisitunturi National Park in Finnish Lapland. I’ve never seen these trees without the snow, so perhaps they are triffids?
This weird and unearthly landscape could have existed somewhere on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io. Who can tell if this hostile nighttime eruption of this volcanic geyser took place million or even billion years before now. The red Triffid- and the Lagoon nebula of the Sagittarius constellation within the center of our galaxy radiates in a distance of about 5000 light years. The bright band of the Milky Way seems oddly familiar. It is new moon. We are on Earth, within the desert of Nevada, and indeed a geyser is spouting. Such unearthly landscapes are rare on Earth, but they exist. Maybe this helps to imagine how Earth might have looked like at its very beginning. Heat and sulphur resistant bacteria feed on the boiling water of the geyser. Just like in the beginning of life on Earth.
August 2006
Canon 20D, Canon 10-22mm, F/3.5, 45sec using 10sec foreground flash-fire, ISO 3200, tripod
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A very stiff but thankfully short climb and a view north and back over the swelling lower slopes of the Berkshire Downs to the gentle Vale of the White Horse from the climb from the village of Letcombe Regis to Segsbury hill-fort and the Ridgeway.
The drizzly rain that greeted me at the start of the walk in Wantage hopefully moving away.
And at this point I mislaid the path and spent the next half hour in Triffid sized thistles.
Watch out it could be dangerous .. Agave atten u ate .. you ate .. Who ate who .. one to watch !
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The Triffid is a combination of an emission nebula (pink section) and reflection nebula (blue section). Situated in the constellation Sagittarius near M8 the Lagoon Nebula. Often these two objects are photographed together.
Takahashi TAO-150B
FLI 16200 (scale 1.1")
AP 1600GTO Abs Encoders
Data from Deepskywest El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile)
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Sii (15x30min)
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Total Integration = 27.7hrs
Pixinsight:
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Not exactly the week I had envisioned. Certainly not as joyous, but definitely more eventful. Think I'll just keep it cryptic for now while I process.
We're Here! looking for stripes in the wild.
I found my stripes on a protective barrier behind my pet Triffid.
Apparently, the yellow flowers are called skunk cabbage, which is rather marvellous. I did wonder if they were triffids.
Painted with a mixture of Chromacolour animation paints and system three acrylics on cardboard.
I'll take a non iphone photo and upload so you can see the detail a bit better.
While walking in my garden here in West Wales looking at all the jobs I've put off for another day like weeding, more weeding and yet more weeding I came across this little being growing on its own in the middle of a Dog Rose. Probably a common growth on Dog Roses or could this be a scout Triffid, establishing a foothold preparing for the invasion of the main Triffid force from outerspace ? A strange thing indeed, soft to the touch with multiple 'arms & tiny fingers', rich crimson-pink in colour and about 25mm (1 inch) diameter.
If you look out at the night sky and see multi-coloured clouds and meteor showers then you'll know the Triffid invasion has started 😄
Technical stuff:
Taken using a Panasonic DMC FZ200 in Macro mode.
f/4
1/400
4 mm
ISO 100
Dedicated to CH (ILYWAMHASAM)