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Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) was a Scottish artist who contributed numerous works of art to the London streetscape. This is a Grade II listed ventilation shaft for an underground car park.
Happy Bench Monday!
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi designed this metal clad shaft which is now a listed landmark in Pimlico. It is outside Pimlico Tube Station and thought to ventilate a car park below. Paolozzi created the statue of Newton outside the British Library and also the beautiful coloured mosaics at Tottenham Court Road Tube station.
The Steely-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei) is a dazzling emblem of Colombia’s vibrant biodiversity, and this particular image was captured at La Minga Ecolodge, nestled in the foothills near Cali, Colombia. This male was perched on a slender branch, displaying its radiant metallic green plumage that shimmered in the soft natural light. The delicate contrast between the bird’s vivid colors and the muted greens of the background highlights its beauty while maintaining a sense of harmony with its forested surroundings.
To achieve this shot, I used a Canon R5 and a 100-500mm lens at 500mm, relying on the camera’s advanced stabilization to maintain sharpness at a slow shutter speed of 1/90 second. ISO 400 was selected to balance clarity and light sensitivity, ensuring a virtually noise-free result while preserving intricate feather details. The narrow aperture provided just enough depth to isolate the bird from its lush environment. This moment, shared with birding guide Asherita Viajera, underscores the importance of patience and preparation in wildlife photography. Capturing this fleeting yet perfect pose was a rewarding reminder of why I pursue this craft.
©2021 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is a member of the bulbul family of passerines. It is resident breeder across the Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka extending east to Burma and parts of Tibet. The red-vented bulbul is easily identified by its short crest giving the head a squarish appearance. The body is dark brown with a scaly pattern while the head is darker or black. The rump is white while the vent is red. The black tail is tipped in white.
Steam rises from a water filled vent at Seltúnshverir on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. This thermal area lies just off the road to Krýsuvík at Seltún. This solfatara field contains fumaroles, hot springs, mud pools and steaming ground. Fumaroles are the dominate thermal feature and deposit sulfur and sulphates on the ground near the vents. Fumaroles whose steam is rich in sulpur are called solfataras. The main sulphur aree is a fumarole field that lies southwest of the boardwalk at Seltún but sulphur and sulphates are found in at least small amounts around most of the steam vents, mud pools and acidic hot springs. Yellow patches on the ground were visible to us as we strolled along the boardwalk.
Seltún is part of the large Krýsuvík Geothermal field which lies on one of the NE-SW trending volcanic systems that cross the Reykjanes Peninsula. in Iceland. The volcanic zones lie in the middle of the fissure zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which traverses Iceland and are visible along the south of Reykjanes in the middle of the fissure zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which traverses Iceland and is visible along the south of Reykjanes.
In the mid-20th century there were plans to develop the geothermal field for utilisation, including power production, and Seltún then became one of the main drilling targets. There are old drill pads to be seen near the path along the creek. According to the Iceland Geosurvey (ISOR) one of the "boreholes started erupting intermittently in the winter of 2010". They reported that an interval of a few days between the eruptions. We found the spot but on two different visits to the field I saw no sign of geyser activity. ISOR also reports "another old borehole blew up in 1999 forming a crater with a diameter of about 30 m, now filled by mud except where a flow of steam keeps boiling pits open". That unexpected explosion in 1999 reportly caused the geothermal project to be halted. The springs have been preserved due to the lack of drilling and geothermal exploitation.
Temperatures are over 200 degrees C just below the surface. Geologist from the Iceland Geosurvey believe "the water of the pools is surface water heated by steam from a boiling geothermal reservoir. Accompanying gases such as hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide acidify the water and alter the rock to clay. Only the uppermost 300 m of the reservoir at Seltún is boiling, i.e., follows the boiling curve in accordance with increasing pressure. Below this depth, a temperature inversion occurs, indicating that the boiling section is fed laterally from an upflow some distance away.”
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Geologic and geothermal info from Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR) . Some text in the caption from their web page at:http://www.geothermal.is/17-seltun-high-temperature-area-solfataras
The yellow-vented green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Scientific name: Treron seimundi
Higher classification: Green pigeon
Rank: Species
Haralson, Georgia
Canon IVS 35mm rangefinder
Industar 26 50mm f/2.8 lens
JCH Streetpan 400 film
720nm infrared filter.
Metal ventilation vents for an inner-city apartment building that have been buckled by Adelaide's extreme summer heat.
Vent frais vent du matin
Vent qui souffle au sommet des grand pins
Joie du vent qui souffle allons dans le grand vent
Vent frais vent du matin...
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Le chant "Vent frais, vent du matin" trouve ses racines dans le répertoire des chants traditionnels français. Il s'agit d'une chanson profane qui date du début du XXe siècle et dont on attribue souvent la création au mouvement scout.
Librairie Musicale Internationale
Ti manderò un bacio
con il vento
e so che lo sentirai,
ti volterai senza vedermi,
ma io sarò lì.....
( Pablo Neruda )
Narcisi a Pian della Cavalla , Liguria
With the wind...
I will send you a kiss
with the wind
And I know you will feel it,
you will turn without seeing me,
but I will be there.....
Daffodils
in my garden, feeding on fresh papaya.
We are blessed with having over 50 species of bird in and around our small garden. Over 100 species of butterfly also frequent our flowering plants and trees. It provides us with many hours of simple pleasure in watching nature enjoy the small oasis we have created over the past six years.
Valencia, Negros Island, Philippines
The Steely-vented Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird that is a resident breeder from Colombia Venezuela, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. This hummingbird inhabits open woodland such as second growth, coffee plantations, gardens, savanna, and the edges and gaps of evergreen forests.
Source: Wikipedia
Hotel Tinamú, Caldas, Colombia