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Struggling with understanding Blender's user-interface. Blender is not the most intuitive monster to control.

 

Bleh, never-ever liked it.

 

I love that it's free and seems pretty powerful and extremely stable. I haven't had a single crash, sputter, or file-corruption in Blender, since i started using it a couple of weeks ago.

 

Most 3D programs can be twitchy half the time. Even the major programs used by major film and game studios.

 

In the middle of this build, Autodesk discontinued all student lifetime Maya licenses and charging everyone their exorbitant "subscription fees".

 

What a load of...molasses.

 

So, in a mad rush, I'm learning Blender and Avastar at the same time for the September event.

 

I don't want to give anything away. But I'm hoping this will be ready in Fitted, Slink, Maitreya, Legacy, and possibly Kupra. I'm guessing on most of these shapes, by taking an extreme amount of screenshots of friends on pose stands, then correcting perspective for patterns in Pixelmator Pro as backdrops in Blender.

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Photo from last night, March 30.

 

(WARNING: Don’t scroll to the comments unless you want to see my other half)

 

First question is, can I call myself trans?

For “regular” people I’m weird and maybe gay. Why would I want to be a woman?

For some extreme trans women I am not “good enough” You know, you gotta do hormones….

from those trans women… really?

Didn’t we run away from stereotypes and w? Weren’t we looking for understanding for our own very unique situation regarding gender expression?

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So being primarily a crossdresser , can I use the flag or not️‍⚧️?

#transdayofvisibility

I would imagine that ancient man got a bit perplexed and even terrified by the aurora. It might have meant good tidings. It might have meant the opposite, depending on the culture. It's an awe inspiring sight, whatever era it happens in, though. And in this case, we were fortunate to stumble upon an unexpected display as we arrived to shoot Mount Hood and Trillium Lake here in Oregon. I'm starting to use more layers and masks in these types of shots, in this case curves and contrast masks on the sky and foreground. I'm not sure if there's a big difference in the final outcome compared with processing it as a single image through Lightroom and Photoshop, but I think it's at least a subtle improvement, even if the mask edges are a bit rough.

 

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Realms Beyond Understanding

I am drifting into the realms beyond my understanding.

Beyond the shadows of my former self.

 

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“Don’t try to reach God with your understanding; that is impossible. Reach Him in love; that is possible.”

...taken at the Mark Rothko exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton...

 

Paris, France...

Photo of Turtle Lake captured via Minolta MD Rokkor-X 85mm F/1.7 lens. Spokane Indian Reservation. Selkirk Mountains Range. Okanogan-Colville Xeric Valleys and Foothills section within the Northern Rockies Region. Inland Northwest. Stevens County, Washington. Late September 2020.

 

Exposure Time: 2 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/22 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 6000 K * Film Plug-In: Fuji Provia 100F * Filter: Hoya HMC CIR-PL (⌀55mm) * Elevation: 2,484 feet above sea-level

Listen

Of

Wave

Energy

 

Taking pictures a tool (camera), not a photographer.

The choice of tool limits the possibilities.

Experience allows him (instrument) less and less to limit their capabilities.

The ability to see is given only when the observer allows ...

The moment of observation is the real find ...

Training and mastering it defies. Training leads to poor imitations of the original.

Often the result should ripen, like wine. Although time is the understanding of the mind, therefore it is very speculative.

The meaning of all this is the process!

Find someone who inspires shooting the camera!

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Often we are visited by thoughts that may reveal something unknown ... Our mind many times tries to solve a problem with known methods ... This is its main mistake! The path of the heart opens the doors that appear in our path. It is a pity that not everyone has the courage to insert the keys that are always with us ...

(Listenwave- 圣彼得堡)

Morning light streams through the trees in the Snake River bottoms near Ririe, Idaho.

 

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This year's highlights fall into two categories: Visits to mainland Europe and some outstanding visits here. Firstly Europe. A week in Poland (Wolsztyn) with some snow and a different route taken by the steam. Then 11 days in Germany for mainline 'Rodelblitz' steam at the weekends and Harz mountains during the week. It had been a long held ambition the visit the Harz in the winter, but unfortunately there was a lack of snow, but this didn't diminish my enjoyment. Then recently another visit to Germany (Dresden) for two narrow gauge lines before travelling onto Prague for a gala held at a nearby museum. I owe a great deal of thanks to my friend Gordon Edgar for his help in organising these tours.

 

Over here I had a unique visit to Arlington Works, Eastleigh, which was very enjoyable. It was good to visit a railway workshop again. Secondly I had a great week in Scotland with Simon and Harry photographing the Jacobite.

 

Other highlights include seeing the 100 year old 'Pendennis Castle' at both the KWVR and ELR, although it wasn't exactly steam tight! Another outstanding gala was 'Sir Nigel Gresley' and 'Britannia' at the ELR.

 

Finally after over twenty years it was a pleasure to see âBlue Peterâ out on the mainline again. She has been missed.

 

All these visits and experiences would only be possible with the continued understanding of my long suffering wife!

 

Wishing you all a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

 

Bulleid 'West Country' light Pacific no.34092 'City of Wells' picks up the pace as she heads into Rawtenstall Station with the 12:20 train from Bury.

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Made between 1998 and 2005, the Prototype series earned Jungen international recognition and acclaim for his ability to reimagine everyday goods. To make each of these works, the artist dismantled several pairs of Nike Air Jordans - highly coveted sneakers since their introduction in 1984 - paying careful attention to their design and colour scheme. He then imaginatively sewed the pieces together to create sculptures that reference Northwest Coast masks - a wry response to the way Indigenous motifs have been commercialized through civic designs in Vancouver. In total, this series has twenty-three sculptures, a nod to the shoe's namesake, basketball great Michael Jordan, whose jersey number was "23" for most of his career.

Some woods inspire understanding as to why early paths and roads followed animal trails. Trailblazing in thick, wet woods like these would be a chore.

“Life Underground” is a permanent public artwork created in 2001 by American sculptor Tom Otterness for the 14th Street - Eighth Avenue station of the NYC Subway. The installation is a series of whimsical miniature bronze sculptures depicting cartoon like characters showing people and animals in various situations, and additional abstract sculptures, which are dispersed throughout the station platforms and passageways. The sculptor said the subject of the work is "the impossibility of understanding life in New York” and describes the arrangement of the individual pieces as being “scattered in little surprises”

I'm incredibly sorry for my hiatus everyone; I've been overwhelmed with schoolwork and unfortunately I was not able to complete my 365 project. Though I will still continuously upload my photography, just not everyday. Thank you so much for understanding and I'm so happy to be viewing all of your beautiful photography once again! :D I hope you all had a wonderful Monday, and it sure feels good to be back!

 

**Wow this is my first photograph to ever be featured on explore! :'D Thank you all so much!

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein

Note: for a better understanding of Damian Wayne in the DCSG I suggest you go read Supremedalekdunn’s Batman: Knight of Gotham #48-59 (this issue will be a synthesized version of KoG #59 from Robin’s perspective). Or if you just want to read something amazing, because that entire volume is really something special.

  

Tim noticed that the Batcave felt colder than usual. Perhaps it was the fact that Bruce Wayne’s child, whom he did not know he had, was occupying the containment cell. Or perhaps, it was the way Bruce said,

  

“Ra’s will come for the boy.” Alfred had placed Damian Wayne’s Crimson Knight suit inside of a display case, which he, Tim, and Bruce now stared at.

  

“We can beat him Bruce. We might be outnumbered. We might even be outgunned. But when has that ever stopped us?” Tim was reaching. In truth, the League of Assassins had always terrified him. Sparring with Bruce was a challenge enough, but to fight dozens of his former peers always sounded like a challenge too great for himself. Not to mention fighting the Demon’s Head himself, Ra’s al Ghul.

  

“It hasn’t.” Alfred replied on Bruce’s behalf, as the latter stared deeply into the eyes of the Crimson Knight suit.

  

“We’ll do it how we always do Bruce. Together.” Tim’s words seemed to snap Bruce out of his trance, as the Batman replied,

  

“Together.”

  

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Bruce left the cave in the resulting minutes, leaving his cowl on a vacant terminal. Tim approached the terminal and slumped against it, sliding to the ground where he sat looking around the enormous cave surrounding him. He looked around the cave he had called home for the past several years before he heard a voice in his ear,

  

“Tim?” Panicking, Tim realized that he had left his earpiece in.

  

“Hey Steph.” He responded.

  

“What’s going on?” Thinking of which way to best sum up the story of Damian, Tim sarcastically answered,

  

“An insane, drugged-up version of Batman attacked our city and now an ancient order of ninjas are coming to destroy everything.”

  

“The League of Assassins?” Stephanie asked on the other line.

  

“How’d you know-?”

  

“Love conspiracies. Everyone’s got a hobby, right? I mean, I’ve got this new one now, and you’ve had yours for a while…” Stephanie went silent, then asked, “So how bad is it? I mean, there’ve only been rumors…”

  

“Think one hundred Batmans killing people and burning down buildings.”

  

“So, not that bad.” Stephanie’s sarcasm prompted a laugh from Tim who said,

  

“I’m glad you’re back Steph.” While Stephanie simply replied,

  

“Glad to be back.”

  

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End of Volume 2

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seek first to understand, then to be understood...

Stephen Covey

 

i've found myself contemplating the many aspects and problems of communication lately, both verbal and written. Communication is the main artery in which to connect with another human being, which is in itself, innate...and what we desire and fear the most.

 

To speak and be spoken to...to hear and be heard. The latter is so much harder to do...

  

Spent yesterday with Sonora Guy and Surfma at Michael Frye's workshop for our local photo club. I now have a greater understanding of how symbols in pictures make for better inspiring photographs. But sometimes a llama walking to within inches of your lens is just sheer fun.

  

I took this shot already some days ago when it got very cold here in Finland (-25°C / -13°F). For those who might find it an odd scene, it's an ice hole where people go to swim from the sauna. It sure looks terribly cold in the picture with the icicles and all, but it's really a relaxing experience that many here do, sometimes on a daily basis. Though, I do have to admit that stepping down in to cold water does exceed a bit my own personal threshold of comfort, but it has always been a very positive experience when I've actually done it – this time I got to stay behind the camera.

 

As you have probably noticed, I've used the ZEISS Batis 1.8/85 a lot during the couple of weeks. Why is that you may wonder and I've been wondering this same question. One reason behind this preference is most probably the fact I used to shoot a lot with Nex-5N & SEL 50/1.8 OSS (equivalence of 75mm on a full frame) and my way of looking things is kind of 'hardwired' to this focal length. A bit of tele-compression but not too much. Lots of potential for bokeh and not too skewed lines even if position of the camera differs from the parallax-axel. It's a very nice focal length which offers loads of possibilities, though I find the difference between 75mm and 85mm to be more than I thought – it takes a bit to get used to take few more steps back.

 

Another reason favoring the Batis 1.8/85 comes from the lens itself. The first thing many have noticed when shooting with this lens is the sharpness it delivers already from wide open at f/1.8. Now, before I continue I have to add that I find the existing 'sharpness-race' to be a little bit constrained since many modern lenses are already sharp enough and much of the absolute sharpness never materializes in those mediums that people use for their photographs (screens and relatively small photographic papers). Sure, it provides a crude way to separate lenses from each other in product competition, but we never seem to stop and think what is enough. However, having said all this I have to admit that I am indeed pretty impressed with the sharpness that Batis 1.8/85 brings wide open. While it's beautiful performance from the technological point of view, I like even more a certain confidence that it brings to my photography. To understand where I'm coming from with this, you have remember that I spent years shooting with the Nex-5N & SEL 50/1.8 OSS. While the SEL 50/1.8 is still a great lens on its own right, I always had to careful to use it wide open at f/1.8 since it lost much of the sharpness & contrast at that aperture (stop it down to f/2.2 and it gets a lot better). With the Batis 1.8/85 I simply don't need to think about the technological limits of the lens at all, which means more freedom and confidence to me. I believe this is, together with the optical image stabilization, one thing that makes me like this lens a lot. As paradoxical it sounds the optical performance of the Batis 1.8/85 is great because I don't have to think about it all when using it.

 

If you have read any reviews regarding the Batis 1.8/85 this is probably no surprise to you as many others have already reported similar findings regarding the sharpness. To me this confidence of the optical performance definitely describes one trait of this lens and getting to know other aspects as well is the key to understanding its characteristics in total. And the Batis 1.8/85 definitely has other traits as well, most probably one of them being bokeh, but I'm unlocking this lens slowly and taking my time with it – as I do have almost one full year to go. It seems that the Batis 1.8/85 is my first favorite of the setup I'm using, but I'm in no hurry and I want to enjoy the ride to the fullest.

 

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Wind measurements are crucial for understanding and forecasting tropical storms since they are closely tied to the overall dynamics of the storm. The dual-wavelength (Ku and Ka band) High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) flew for the first time on the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) during the 2010 Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP).

 

The HIWRAP is able to measure line-of-sight and ocean surface winds at higher spatial and temporal resolution than obtained by current satellites and lower-altitude instrumented aircraft. HIWRAP is conical scanning, and winds and reflectivity can be mapped within the swath below the Global Hawk. HIWRAP utilizes solid state transmitters along with a novel pulse compression scheme. This results in a system that is considerably more compact in size, requires less power, and ultimately costs significantly less than typical radars currently in use for clouds and precipitation observation.

 

HIWRAP is able to image the winds through volume backscattering from clouds and precipitation, enabling it to measure the tropospheric winds above heavy rain at high levels. The first interesting case from the HIWRAP flights were the rapid intensification of Hurricane Karl on September 16 and 17, 2010. This visual will highlight the precipitation structure of this storms during their intensification as derived from the HIWRAP KU observations.

 

Please note, the dimensions of the Global Hawk were exaggerated by a factor of 10 so the viewer could see the UAV. The Global Hawk actual dimensions are 44.4 ft (13.5 m) length by 116.2 ft. (35.4 m) wingspan by 15.2 ft (4.6 m) height. The movie starts as the Global Hawk flies over Hurricane Karl to reveal a Hot Tower. Hot towers are important to understanding hurricane intensification because they can carry hot moist air through the high layer of cirrus clouds above a hurricane. Hot towers are hard to study because they go so high and they do not last very long. In this movie, several of the paths have been placed in storm-centered coordinates and laid together to reveal the storm's hot towers and eyewall development. The structure of this storm is seen through reflectivity data where dbz is between 25 and 40.The HIWRAP data is colored based on the height. Red is 12 km, orange is 10 km, yellow is 7.5 km, green is 6 km, and blue is under 6 km.

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My understanding is that this building houses a historic collection of transportation vehicles which were at various times managed by the former Yellowstone Park Transportation Company and its subsequent iterations.

As the building is not considered suitable for public visitation access to the collection is currently closed until such time as a purpose built facility to house the collection can be built.

This historic building was built here in Gardiner in 1925 but YPT began very early in the park's life and from what I can find out may have wound up operation in 1979?

I've been unable to find out much about either the building or the YPT so any information is welcomed.

Interestingly when I look on Flickr's map I can't locate this building, at least, I can't locate a building with a chimney stack and can't see it on Google Maps either. I've added it to the Flickr map though but only in the rough vicinity of where I photographed it.

 

www.nps.gov/yell/learn/historyculture/historicvehicle.htm

 

www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.mt0321.photos/?sp=1

 

All USA Trip 2018 Images HERE

  

Rebuilt Merchant Navy Class 35022 "Holland America Line" Passes through Surbiton with what I think is the Bournemouth Belle? Date unknown?

 

Original photographer unknown.

 

I have started to collect a number of original slides (with copyright) 'most' of which probably haven’t been seen before. Some come with image information and some don't. Please feel free to leave a comment if you know locations, dates, numbers etc, it would be much appreciated. I have uploaded these at a low resolution, please don't copy / download without my prior permission.

 

I only collect slides on the understanding that the full copyright transfers over to me. If you believe there to be a copyright issue please drop me an email.

Pentax P30T Takumar 135mm F2.5 Bayonet FP4 DDX 1+4 01/28/2023

The Red Sox season starts tonight! Diego wants to refresh his understanding of the rules. GOSOX!

...Love becomes true when we share the yearnings of our Heart with others...about our understanding of Peace...

 

Feb 1, 2025

Love and prayers for peace, understanding.

Copyrights (c) Nira Dabush.

As I walk on through troubled times, my spirit gets so downhearted sometimes.

The results of the tower of Babel don't exist between children and animals. They perfectly understand each other :).

 

Het resultaat van de toren van Babel bestaat niet tussen kinderen en dieren. Ze begrijpen elkaar perfect :).

The genesis of modern understanding of Greek mythology is regarded by some scholars as a double reaction at the end of the 18th century against "the traditional attitude of Christian animosity mixed with disdain, which had prevailed for centuries", in which the Christian reinterpretation of myth as a "lie" or fable had been retained.[1] In Germany, by about 1795, there was a growing interest in Homer and Greek mythology. In Göttingen Johann Matthias Gesner began to revive Greek studies and a new humanistic spirit. His successor, Christian Gottlob Heyne, worked with Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and laid the foundations for mythological research both in Germany and elsewhere. Heyne approached the myth as a philologist and shaped the educated Germans' conception of antiquity for nearly half a century, during which ancient Greece exerted an intense influence on intellectual life in Germany.The development of comparative philology in the 19th century, together with ethnological discoveries in the 20th century, established the science of myth. Since the Romantics, all study of myth has been comparative. Wilhelm Mannhardt, Sir James Frazer, and Stith Thompson employed the comparative approach to collect and classify the themes of folklore and mythology.In 1871 Edward Burnett Tylor published his Primitive Culture, in which he applied the comparative method and tried to explain the origin and evolution of religion.] Tylor's procedure of drawing together material culture, ritual and myth of widely separated cultures influenced both Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell. According to Robert Segal, however, Campbell’s "romantic view of myth is the opposite of a rationalist view, one epitomized by the Victorian anthropologists Edward Tylor and James Frazer".J.F. del Giorgio has added a new turn to the comparative approach, insisting in The Oldest Europeans about present Greek myths being generated by the clash between a Paleolithic European population and the incoming Indo-European tribes.Max Müller applied the new science of comparative mythology to the study of myth, in which he detected the distorted remains of Aryan nature worship. Bronisław Malinowski emphasized the ways myth fulfills common social functions. Claude Lévi-Strauss and other structuralists have compared the formal relations and patterns in myths throughout the world.Evans himself, while studying the Minoan world, drew regularly on Egyptian and Near Eastern evidence for comparison, and the discovery of the Hittite and Ugaritic civilizations has uncovered texts as well as monuments which offer comparative material for ritual and mythology.Sigmund Freud put forward the idea that symbolic communication does not depend on cultural history alone but also on the workings of the psyche. Thus Freud introduced a transhistorical and biological conception of man and a view of myth as an expression of repressed ideas. Dream interpretation is the basis of Freudian myth interpretation and Freud's concept of dreamwork recognizes the importance of contextual relationships for the interpretation of any individual element in a dream. This suggestion would find an important point of rapprochment between the structuralist and psychoanalytic approaches to myth in Freud's thought.Carl Jung extended the transhistorical, psychological approach with his theory of the "collective unconscious" and the archetypes (inherited "archaic" patterns), often encoded in myth, that arise out of it.According to Jung, "myth-forming structural elements must be present in the unconscious psyche".[10] Comparing Jung's methodology with Campbell's theory, Segal concludes that "to interpret a myth Campbell simply identifies the archetypes in it. An interpretation of the Odyssey, for example, would show how Odysseus’s life conforms to a heroic pattern. Jung, by contrast, considers the identification of archetypes merely the first step in the interpretation of a myth".[5] For Jung, myth is no more about gods than about the physical world; it is about the human mind and must be read symbolically. Karl Kerenyi, one of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology, gave up his early views of myth, in order to apply Jung's theories of archetypes to Greek myth.The origins of Greek mythology are an open question. In antiquity, historians such as Herodotus theorized that the Greek gods had been stolen directly from the Egyptians. Later on, Christian writers tried to explain Hellenic paganism through degeneration of Biblical religion. According to the Scriptural theory, all mythological legends (including Greek mythology) are derived from the narratives of the Scriptures, though the real facts have been disguised and altered. Thus Deucalion is another name for Noah, Hercules for Samson, Arion for Jonah etc.] According to the Historical Theory all the persons mentioned in mythology were once real human beings, and the legends relating to them are merely the additions of later times. Thus the story of Aeolus is supposed to have risen from the fact that Aeolus was the ruler of some islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea.The Allegorical theory supposes that all the ancient myths were allegorical and symbolical. According to the Physical theory the elements of air, fire, and water were originally the objects of religious adoration, and the principal deities were personifications of the powers of nature.The sciences of archaeology and linguistics have been applied to the origins of Greek mythology with some interesting results. Historical linguistics indicates that particular aspects of the Greek pantheon were inherited from Indo-European society (or perhaps both cultures borrowed from another earlier source), as were the roots of the Greek language. Prominent Sanskritist Max Müller attempted to understand an Indo-European religious form by tracing it back to its Aryan, Vedic, "original" manifestation. In 1891, he claimed that "the most important discovery which has been made during the nineteenth century with respect to the ancient history of mankind [...] was this sample equation: Sanskrit Dyaus-pitar = Greek Zeus = Latin Jupiter = Old Norse Tyr".[16] Philologist Georges Dumezil draws a comparison between the Greek Uranus and the Sanskrit Varuna, although there is no hint that he believes them to be originally connected.In other cases, close parallels in character and function suggest a common heritage, yet lack of linguistic evidence makes it difficult to prove, as in the case of the Greek Moirai and the Norns of Norse mythology.Archaeology and mythography, on the other hand, has revealed that the Greeks were inspired by some of the civilizations of Asia Minor and the Near East. Adonis seems to be the Greek counterpart — more clearly in cult than in myth — of a Near Eastern dying god. His name is related to the Semitic invocation "adon" (Lord) and appears in other cultures as Dumuzi, Tammuz or Attis. Cybele is rooted in Anatolian culture, and much of Aphrodite's iconography springs from the Semitic goddesses Inanna, Ishtar and Astarte. The theogonic myths current in the Near East in the second millennium BC, such as the myth of Anu, Kumarbi, and Teshub, contain significant stories of generational conflict. Meyer Reinhold argues that "such Near Eastern theogonic concepts, involving divine succession through violence and generational conflicts for power, found their way — the route is not certain — into Greek mythology. Our prime source is the great theogonic poem of Hesiod".Parallels between the earliest divine generations (Chaos and its children) and Tiamat in the Enuma Elish are also possible.In addition to Indo-European and Near Eastern origins, some scholars have speculated on the debts of Greek mythology to the still poorly understood pre-Hellenic societies of Greece, such as the Minoans and so-called Pelasgians. This is especially true in the case of chthonic deities and mother goddesses. Historians of religion were fascinated by a number of apparently ancient configurations of myth connencted with Crete: the god as bull — Zeus and Europa; Pasiphaë who yields to the bull and gives birth to the Minotaur; agrarian mysteries with a sacred marriage (Demeter's union with Iasion) etc. Crete, Mycenae, Pylos, Thebes and Orchomenus figure so large in later Greek mythology.For some, the three main generations of gods in Hesiod's Theogony (Uranus, Gaia, etc.; the Titans and then the Olympians) suggest a distant echo of a struggle between social groups, mirroring the three major high cultures of Greek civilization: Minoan, Mycenaean and Hellenic. Martin P. Nilsson, Professor of Classical Archaeology, worked on the structure, origins and relationships of the Indo-European languages, and concluded that all great classical Greek myths were tied to Mycenaen centres and were anchored in prehistoric times.Nevertheless, according to Walter Burkert, the iconography of the Cretan Palace Period has provided almost no confirmation of all these theories; nothing points to a bull, sexual symbols are absent and a single seal impression from Knossos showing a boy beneath a sheep is regarded as a scant evidence for the myth of Zeus' childhood.

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird, immature male

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Nikon D300 with Tokina 12-24mm/f4: 12mm - ISO200 - 1/160 - f5.6

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