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The restaurants all closed early in this area of Beijing, but the lights stayed on. So that was the perfect time to get some shots of the scene without a bunch of people in the frame mucking it up.I can’t tell you how many hours of my life I spend waiting for people to get out of the way. I mean, it’s not a horrible thing… because at least I’m usually in visually interesting people while waiting on people!
- Trey Ratcliff
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Although this photo might seem visually confusing at first... this is in fact one single photo... with absolutely no Photoshop trickery going on here.
But while it's definitely not a fake photo... it's also not quite real. It's just an example of me trying to be a bit more "creative" in the Knysna forests. :)
A couple of days ago I noticed an old mossy tree stump with some holes in it, perfectly backlit by the midday sun. I felt that the shapes of a few of these holes might also look quite nice in a photo?
So today I went back to that same stump with my camera and composed a fairly nice shot of two of the holes. If only there was a fern growing inside of that stump, I thought to myself while composing the shot. Hmmm. ;)
I decided to break two leaves from a nearby fern and then to strategically position them behind the holes and inside the stump. Then I waited about 30 minutes for the sun to perfectly light up the primary fern.
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Canada's massive boreal forests are a sight to see in autumn. The maples are particularly showy, with bright reds, oranges, and yellows. They burn bright and quick, and are often the first to turn and the first to "turn loose". As I hiked through the forest this Thursday I found that most of the maple leaves were on the ground and drying, while the harder trees (oaks and beeches) were putting on their own show. How ironic that the leaves that caught my eye, however, were on a fallen oak. They had died prematurely, but were preserved in a unique green/grey color. Something about them suited the mood of the day (a cool, greyish day that turned into a freak early snowstorm). The detail on these leaves are pretty amazing. The light here is imagined (I used one of my custom overlays to create it), but I wanted to visually showcase how my mind works - it was if a spotlight was on this heap of undesirables...and they became desirable to me.
Technical Information: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV + Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 VC | Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC, and Alien Skin Exposure X2 (use code "dustinabbott" to get 10% off)
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Peripheral vision loss (tunnel vision):
Peripheral vision problems mean that you don't have a normal, wide-angle field of vision, even though your central vision may be fine.
Moderate and severe cases of peripheral vision loss create the sensation of seeing through a narrow tube, a condition commonly referred to as "tunnel vision."
Symptoms of peripheral vision loss also can include difficulty seeing in dim light and decreased ability to navigate while you are walking.
If you have a sudden decrease in peripheral vision, see your optican or doctor immediately. Sudden loss of peripheral vision may indicate a detached retina, which is a medical emergency that must be treated as soon as possible to avoid permanent vision loss.
The Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB) website tells me that 93% of people who are registered blind or partially sighted in the UK retain some useful vision. So why isn’t there better understanding of visual impairment? Is it because it is easier for sight-loss charities to raise money if they present a more simplistic, pitiable image of blindness? Or is it because it is thought too complex an issue to explain?
Blindness is not binary. It is a full and varied spectrum. Visually impaired people come in many different variations. Some have central vision but no periphery. Some have periphery but no central. Some see the world through a window stained with blobs. For others, it is all a blur. Just give us a fair chance and a little space, we will probably just quietly get in your way on staircases.
March Point. Padilla Bay/Fidalgo Bay.
"The Washington population of the Black Oystercatcher is estimated to be roughly 400 birds. This number is probably not significantly different from the historical population, as these birds require fairly specialized habitat, which is not evenly distributed. Oystercatchers are highly vulnerable to human disturbance, oil spills, and pollution of the intertidal zone. Numbers of Black Oystercatchers on the outer coast may be higher than in the past, in part due to decreased human disturbance resulting from lighthouse automation. Numbers in inland areas, however, have declined in response to increased human activity. The Northern Pacific Coast Regional Shorebird Management Plan has identified the Black Oystercatcher as a regional species of high concern."
"The Black Oystercatcher is restricted in its range, never straying far from shores, in particular favoring rocky shorelines. It has been suggested that this bird is seen mostly on coastal stretches which have some quieter embayments, such as jetty protected areas. It forages in the intertidal zone, feeding on marine invertebrates, particularly molluscs such as mussels, limpets and chitons. It will also take crabs, isopods and barnacles. It hunts through the intertidal area, searching for food visually, often so close to the water's edge it has to fly up to avoid crashing surf. It uses its strong bill to dislodge food and pry shells open."
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NGC 2442, also known as the Meathook Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Volans, which lies approximately 75 million light years away from Earth. The galaxy was first discovered by John Herschel, a British astronomer, in 1834 during his observations of the southern sky from South Africa. NGC 2442 is considered to be one of the most visually striking galaxies in the southern hemisphere and has been the subject of extensive study by astronomers for many years.
NGC 2442 has a distinct S-shaped appearance, with two prominent arms extending outwards from the central bar of the galaxy. The arms are littered with numerous bright pink regions of star formation, indicating that NGC 2442 is a site of active star formation.
One of the most striking features of NGC 2442 is the large dust lane that runs through the center of the galaxy, giving it the appearance of a meat hook. The dust lane is thought to be the result of a collision between NGC 2442 and a smaller companion galaxy, which occurred about 200 million years ago. The collision caused gas and dust to be compressed in the central region of the galaxy, triggering a burst of star formation and the formation of the dust lane.
NGC 2442 has a relatively small central bulge compared to other spiral galaxies, and its spiral arms are very tightly wound, which gives the galaxy a very compact appearance. The galaxy’s bar is also quite short and stubby, which is unusual for a galaxy of this type. NGC 2442 has a total mass of approximately 10 billion solar masses, and its diameter is estimated to be around 90,000 light years.
RA 07h 36m 21.8s
DEC -69° 31' 48.8"
SIZE 26.8 x 21.1 arcmin
ORIENTATION Up is 359 degrees E of N
CONSTELLATION Vollans
DISTANCE 75 million ly
MAGNITUDE 10.5
Captured December 2022 & January 2020
Total integration time of 48 hours.
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Data acquisition: Martin PUGH
Processing: Nicolas ROLLAND
El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado, Chile
Ha: 9*1800sec
L: 38*1200sec
R: 21*900sec + 15*1200sec
G: 21*900sec + 15*1200sec
B: 20*900sec + 16*1200sec
Optics: Planewave 17“ CDK @ F6.8
Mount: Paramount ME
CCD: SBIG STXL-11002 (AOX)
Dark Nights: Metal. What a spectacular, visually stunning, and well-written event. Nowhere near as good as Blackest Night, however, but still one of the greatest DC Universe-spanning stories I’ve had the privilege to read.
It’s neither the time nor the place for me to tackle the Dark Knights that sprung forth the Dark Multiverse. Several people have done so already with incredible results, and I won’t bother trying to measure up to such lofty standards. Instead, I fiddled around with a few new pieces to make these three pictures that I hope are reminiscent of specific events in the story. I was thinking about making Dream and Lady Blackhawk, but I didn’t really want to have to buy the pieces to make them.
On the top is the reveal of Barbatos’ true form in issue #3. The middle shows my rendition of Greg Capullo’s variant cover for #1. And the bottom is are a little Starro (issue #4) and Baby Darkseid (issue #2) that I threw together just for giggles.
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Barbatos: LBM S2 Bat-Fan CMF hoodie with erased logo, Scooby Doo Black Knight head, NK Gargoyle wings and torso with NK Harpy legs, custom cut dark purple pauldron
visually striking war memorial dedicated to soldiers of the Portuguese army who died during the Overseas War of 1961 to 1974. The Monumento Combatentes Ultramar memorial comprises of three distinctive sections; the flame, the monument and memorial wall.
The central flame burns continuously to signify the lasting memory of the dead soldiers while the names of each solider who died in the protracted African conflict are etched into the the three walls that surround the memorial. The artistic section of the Monumento Combatentes Ultramar include a shallow purpose built lake and two large angled pillars that jut out above the flame.
This early arriving Hummer is one of several males that are fighting over control of the nectar feeder just below. They now compete with breath-taking high-speed aerial sky dives to impress the feeding females and get their attention (for breeding). This flight action is both visually and audibly impressive! It's still very early morning, and the sunlight is heavily filtered by the tall forest growth to the east. Although I have the sun at my back, the gorgets will not display full red iridescence until it gets a little brighter. In this shot you can get nary a hint of the vibrant wine-red color to come with later more intense sunlight! This dazzling display is then based more on iridescence than pigment colors... but the sun angle has to be correct. The experienced males know how to precisely position themselves relative to sun angle to awe the ladies.
IMG_6332; Broad-tailed Hummingbird
I wanted to travel to Morocco by boat in order to experiment visually the continent change from Europa to Africa. Only on land travelling make the passenger really feel the distance and the cultural evolution all along the way. Since I had previously visited Sevilla, Malaga was for me an obvious starting point for a short Morocco trip. Then I would go to gibraltar, Tarifa and take the boat for Tangier, my first Morocco city. The trip lasted 3 weeks until I reach south of Atlas Mountain Range, just before the desert.
The conclusion of my travel is that I could not recognize any Moroccan people anymore since I could realize that from north to south, and depending of the mountain side landscape, geography and people are totally different.
Visually, the feet are the most interesting thing about this water bird.
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he Blue Lake was created during the Otago gold mining era. It started as a hill and was reduced to a pit from which shafts and then hydraulic elevators brought up gravel for sluicing. In its day it was the deepest mining hole in the Southern Hemisphere. When mining stopped, it flooded full of water. The blue color of the lake is caused by the mineral content of the surrounding, visually striking cliffs.
Visually rough as can be seen in this macro image, but comparatively smooth to the touch. A disconnect between the senses.
That's a question I've been hearing lately. Well, there are two main reasons: health and cosmetic. Those who are only visually impaired can wear dark glasses (sunglasses) to protect their remaining vision. However, that's not the case with people who are completely blind. They wear dark glasses for cosmetic reasons. Blind people's eyes can be deformed, they can look abnormal (different from healthy eyes), they may move rapidly, they may point in another direction than where, for example, the person you're talking to is. Dark glasses are therefore worn by blind people mainly to hide such a disability and make others feel more comfortable. I do wear dark glasses now: I wear them for cosmetic reasons, but only when I go out. I never wear them at home or when I'm with friends.
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Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a great start to your weekend. Today I will be sharing the first set of photos of a custom build & interior design project that we have completed for our longtime friend and repeat client, Janessa. For this project, Janessa requested that we design and build, from the ground up, the spa located within her brand new Singaporean themed resort. Over the last couple of years, we’ve had the pleasure of working alongside Janessa to design her personal homes, corporate office spaces & resorts. This has given both Rooky & I, as well as Janessa, a keen sense of each other's aesthetics, as well as a solid understanding of how each other’s brains work, when it comes to completing a project. As a result of this, Janessa has placed her trust in us to execute her vision seamlessly, while delivering a product that is visually appealing to her guests, while also being functionally available for their use. The end result is a structure and spaces, which we have designed and built from scratch, that is completely unique to the resort.
In an effort to not discuss and show off too much of the resort, so all future guests have a surprise factor when visiting for their first time, I will only be highlighting a small number of details in the body of each post, as well as showcasing a small and select set of photos of this project over the next couple of weeks or so.
In the first photo, you are getting a peak into the shower area of the spa. To offset the black metal window frames, black concrete ceiling & other black architectural elements throughout, we created all interior walls and door frames in a beautiful oak, which has just a dash of warmth too it, helping alleviate the coldness that a space like this can have. For the privacy of the spa guests, we added shutters to the exterior windows. We customized the shutters by cladding them in the same wood used in the interiors of the spa, helping add another element of warmth into the space. For the flooring, none of you will be surprised to see that we created a custom mesh floor, which has become somewhat standard at TDF. The flooring is made up of an oak border, grey marble trim inlay, and a multi toned marble tile in a hexagonal shape. For the shower stalls, the walls and flooring are also custom, created with a black marble border, grey marble trim inlay, and a multi toned marble tile in a hexagonal shape.
In the second photo, you are getting a view into the change room area of the spa. Similar to the design language in the first photo, we’ve stuck with oak walls and trim to add warmth to the space, while continuing with the same style of mesh flooring.
As I say in all of my posts, thank you all for the continued support that is shown to our small team here at The Design Firm. It means an absolute ton to us <3
Lastly, I always recommend viewing my photos in full screen mode when able! This allows you to see the true depth and detail of the spaces that my colleagues and I create for our clients.
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Visually I like the silhouette of the man and his umbrella as he slowly but purposefully walks past the mannequins to his destination.
I changed the name to ‘Fitting In’ thanks to my friend Sara. This reference on one hand can be taken literally i.e. in relation to the subjects position between the mannequins. On the other hand, It can be taken as a symbolic representation. A protest about the ‘fitting in’ to superficial norms set by societies. How more superficial can a mannequin be? Who wants to conform? Who wants to ‘fit in’?
A visually charming window display in one of the tourist shops in Le Castellet, a medieval village in the South of France. There are so many entertaining little details to look at here.
Visually indistinguishable from Western Wood Pewee, the two species are separated by geography and vocalization. Lake St. Clair.
One of the most visually stunning Inca ruins beside Machu Picchu is the Moray Agricultural Terraces. It's weird that this site is not on the typical tourist agenda, but we're glad we went. The site holds a series of concentric terraces that looks like an ancient Greek amphitheater, and it descends to a depth of approximately 150 meters. The circular bottom is so well drained that it never completely floods, no matter how plentiful the rain.
The most widely agreed theory about this site is that the Incas used it as an agricultural research station. Pollen studies indicate that soils from several region of the Andes, from tropical and sub-tropical areas, were imported by the Incas and deposited in each of the large circular basins. Seeds were then cultivated, studied, and likely sent throughout the Incan empire to improve yield in the harsh conditions of the Andes.
The Sculptor Galaxy is visually a very bright and quite big galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It can be easily seen through binoculars.
It lies at a distance of around 11 milion light years away and is part of the Sculptor Group, one of the nearest galaxy groups to the Milky Way.
The globular cluster is NGC288 and lies at a distance of 30.000 light years from earth.
Image taken with monochrome Nikon D600 on a APM107/700 with Riccardi reducer and modified Nikon D600 on a TS Quadruplet 480/80, mounted on Fornax 51 and guided with MGEN.
Luminance 30x10min ISO400
RGB 30x10min ISO400
Location: Astrofarm Kiripotib, Namibia
A relaxing and visually attractive way to walk from a car park down to the Seafront.
Dappled light coming through the trees, the sound of the adjoining stream and a well maintained path.
Filey is between Scarborough and Bridlington on the East Coast of Yorkshire but is more refined and relaxing than either of those two.
This ravine would be called a Chine if down south or on the Isle of Wight.
M33 is visually the second largest galaxy observed in the Northern Hemisphere and can be seen by the naked eye in dark skies. It is 2.7 million ly from earth and named after the constellation Triangulum in which it sits near.
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R 8x15min
G 4x15min
B 7x15min
Ha 33x30min
Oii 13x30min
Total Integration Time = 30.75hrs
Data from Deepskywest Remote Observatory
After almost a thousand years of existence, the Castle of Fougères is visually unchanged. The largest medieval fortress in Europe in this state of preservation, the castle is an amalgam of the building principles of the second half of the Middle Ages. But more than that, it bears witness to the great struggles and sagas that forged the history of the Marches, of the Duchy of Brittany and of France....
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More fibre-optics to celebrate 19 MILLION views on Flickr.
I am always on the look-out for visually interesting props, this is obviously a set of fibre-optic lights, consists of 6 balls which I arranged in different ways to get a pleasing composition.
The light-guiding principle behind optical fibres was first demonstrated in Victorian times when the total internal reflection principle was used to illuminate streams of water in elaborate public fountains, but modern optical fibres were only developed in the beginning of the 1950's.
Now that we are back on Winter time, it is dark very early, the weather's gone bad, I've had plenty of time to think and be creative in the studio once more.
I am enjoying the new burst of creativity, I wish you all a day full of light and THANX for your visit and comments, so appreciated, Magda (*_*)
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visually describe a person or an object by photographing them/it six different ways. all six images should be distinctly different from each other
One of the most visually stunning Inca ruins is at Moray, an archaeological site in Peru approximately 50 km northwest of Cuzco and just west of the village of Maras. In a large bowl-like depression, is constructed a series of concentric terraces that looks like an ancient Greek amphitheater. The largest of these terraces are at the center – they are enormous in size, and descend to a depth of approximately 150 meter, leading to a circular bottom so well drained that it never completely floods, no matter how plentiful the rain.
The concentric terraces are split by multiple staircases that extend upward like spokes of a wheel and enable people to walk from the top to the bottom of the bowl. Six more terraces, in connected ellipses rather than perfect circles, surround the concentric heart of Moray, and eight terraced steps that cover only a fraction of the perimeter overlook the site. The purpose of these depressions is uncertain, but the most widely agreed theory is they used to serve as ‘agricultural research station’.*
*https://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/03/the-mysterious-moray-agricultural.html
This visually busy scene occurred mid summer of this year and was captured while standing in my backyard. I’m not certain why the vivid section of the rainbow was so abbreviated in these conditions, but it created something that looked almost like a bridge between the upper and lower clouds, which I thought looked pretty cool. Besides the clouds, rainbow and corn, there are two birds also caught in frame. The obvious one (just to the left of the rainbow) was a barn swallow and the other (perched on a cornstalk in the lower right quadrant) was a blue grosbeak.
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Night shot obtained zooming out with my lens, from 40mm to 17mm, during an exposure time of only 30 seconds, ISO 6400. Obviously camera on tripod.
Shot taken in the far September 27th 2011 while I was wandering during the night at the foot of Mount Paterno (Dolomites), whose tormented ridges look also as visually drag during the use of my zoom.
On the left, the more brilliant line is generated by planet Jupiter. The gas giant in our solar system that shines, especially on moonless nights, more than any star because of its "proximity" to the Earth.
Therefore, I hope it is clear, nothing to do with the star trail technique, which itself is often largely misunderstood. In that case you need to set a long exposure of at least 15 minutes up to what you want, also a few hours, by pointing your camera towards the Polaris in the Northern Hemisphere, or Sigma Octantis if your are in the Southern Hemisphere, then you obtain concentric trails. Also it is possible to point the camera toward any other cardinal point in order to get more "parallel" trails the more you get closer to the celestial equator.
Instead, in this shot the trails appear to come from a single point, as a sort of Big Bang structure, which wouldn't be obtainable in any other way except that zooming during exposure.
The fact of being able to get a similar shot in just 30 seconds (without having to wait hours!) undoubtedly has its advantages. An image like this definitely belongs within the field of abstract photography... this implies it may be necessary to make a few attempts before to get a "making sense" dialogue between the various elements visible and less visible to the naked eye.
Here it seemed to me that the shining Jupiter on the left, the ridges of Paterno at the bottom as well as on the right, and the central "point of origin", due to the lens zooming, contribute to create a logical structure in the overall image (hopefully also with a symbolic meaning).
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More colour. More rainbows. :)
Rainbow lorikeet. (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
There is little to visually distinguish between the sexes; however, to a keen observer of their colouring and behaviour, their dimorphism is readily apparent. Juveniles have a black beak, which gradually brightens to orange in the adults.
When feeding in a flock during breeding season, the male will often puff up and produce a threatening display, hopping around his partner as she feeds and ensuring that competitors for food do not interrupt her ingestion of food.
Rainbow lorikeets often travel together in pairs and occasionally respond to calls to fly as a flock, then disperse again into pairs. Rainbow lorikeet pairs defend their feeding and nesting areas aggressively against other rainbow lorikeets and other bird species.
A visually impaired man going up the stairs of La Grande Arche de la Défense in Paris.
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This is one of the most visually direct drawings in the “Living Machine” series. The drawing took first place in the fine arts division of the LPL Art of Planetary Science show 2015. As with other works in this series, this drawing explores themes of mimetic evolution, Lamarckian evolution and self-construction. A large organic spheroid creature (a “Plantimal”) mimics the form of a smaller more machine-like creature which it is carrying. The background is taken largely from a view of low mountains north of Interstate 8 near the Arizona-California border.simpler story more cleanly and directly.
This work was part of a solo show at Tucson's main library May 2019: pima.bibliocommons.com/events/5cc0d96b6d8db6450037c654
Some pics for my Wardrobe post!
I really had a lot of fun putting this looks together. I really find the outfit, the makeup, and the hair to all be super beautiful on their own. Mixing them together makes me feel so sexy!
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This wonderful volcanic crater lake was first brought to my attention by a lovely lady who worked at a guesthouse that I stayed at March 2017. She had seen a photograph taken by Icelandic local photographer Sigurdur William Brynjarsson that featured a blazing display of the aurora borealis reflected in the water of the crater. It certainly was quite colourful.
Here's a link to Sigurdur's photo apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170306.html
And Sigurdur's 500px Page
Sadly I did not have time to visit it last year but I did on Wednesday afternoon as I was driving my clients back to the airport town of Keflavik so we stopped off for an hour to shoot it.
According to Wikipedia, it is one of several crater lakes in the area, known as Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone. It was created as the land moved over a localised hotspot, but it is the one that has the most visually recognisable caldera still intact. The caldera, like the other volcanic rock in the area, is composed of a red (rather than black) volcanic rock. The caldera itself is approximately 55 m (180 ft) deep, 170 m (560 ft) wide, and 270 m (890 ft) across. Kerid’s caldera is one of the three most recognisable volcanic craters because at approximately 3,000 years old, it is only half the age of most of the surrounding volcanic features. The other two are Seyðishólar and Kerhóll.
While most of the crater is steep-walled with little vegetation, one wall is sloped more gently and blanketed with a deep moss, and can be descended fairly easily. The lake itself is fairly shallow (7–14 metres, depending on rainfall and other factors), but due to minerals from the soil, is an opaque and strikingly vivid aquamarine.
There is a charge to walk around it during the daytime (approx £3.00) but it's free once the car park closes and you can park outside of the gates and off the road so there's no problem in parking.
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I'm always looking for interesting things on my daily walks to capture for my Picture-of-the-Day for the 365 Group, and these sidewalk bumps, also known as "warning pavers" that are meant to assist visually impaired people really caught my eye.
These are 2 different pavers that are about a block apart and they're identical in every way, except one seems to be slightly more worn. However, the one on the left clearly looks like raised bumps, whereas the one of the right looks like depressions. It's a trick of the eye due to the angle of the sun and shadows!
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When I went back for a visit, the one I was hoping to see wasn't there. These were new and so loveable, though.
I feel like I'm sitting in the first row of the movie theater with the new Flickr. Visually, there is no sweet spot with this new layout. It's really out of balance with the photo so big and everything else crunched in the right rail. It's still my favorite photo site even with the changes, though. They did keep a lot of the features I really like. And I love my contacts!
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I have posted this photograph for scientific interest as I realise it is not visually pleasing, but it is interesting. In all my years of birdwatching I cannot think of another instance where a plant has killed a bird. This is a Cassin's Auklet that has been impaled on a "Jumping Cholla" Cactus (Cylindropuncta prolifera). This cactus has long barbed spines that readily attach to anything they touch, and are stubborn to let go. But sections of the cactus quickly detach from the mother cactus, and pliers are needed to remove these spiky balls from clothing, or even skin. This cactus grows commonly on San Benitos island off Baja where thousands of Cassin's Auklets nest in burrows. But to avoid predatory gulls they only visit the island at night, and sometimes bump into the deadly Cholla Cactus. This unfortunate individual had sadly died, impaled on the needle-like spines.
And if you want to know what a Cassin's Auklet really looks like here's a happy and healthy one: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/52746876765/in/dateposted/
March Point. Padilla Bay/Fidalgo Bay.
"The Washington population of the Black Oystercatcher is estimated to be roughly 400 birds. This number is probably not significantly different from the historical population, as these birds require fairly specialized habitat, which is not evenly distributed. Oystercatchers are highly vulnerable to human disturbance, oil spills, and pollution of the intertidal zone. Numbers of Black Oystercatchers on the outer coast may be higher than in the past, in part due to decreased human disturbance resulting from lighthouse automation. Numbers in inland areas, however, have declined in response to increased human activity. The Northern Pacific Coast Regional Shorebird Management Plan has identified the Black Oystercatcher as a regional species of high concern."
"The Black Oystercatcher is restricted in its range, never straying far from shores, in particular favoring rocky shorelines. It has been suggested that this bird is seen mostly on coastal stretches which have some quieter embayments, such as jetty protected areas. It forages in the intertidal zone, feeding on marine invertebrates, particularly molluscs such as mussels, limpets and chitons. It will also take crabs, isopods and barnacles. It hunts through the intertidal area, searching for food visually, often so close to the water's edge it has to fly up to avoid crashing surf. It uses its strong bill to dislodge food and pry shells open."
Visually seen and captured at 4:02 AM. Milky Way above the meteor. Mars is to the left of the Saguaro cactus and Saturn and Jupiter to the right of the cactus, all three planets in a straight line.
The meteor last 1-2 seconds and moved very fast. This is a 10 second exposure so the meteor is photographically less bright in appearance than the visual observation.
Although little changed visually, the sturdy timber and masonry buildings of the Fort Point neighborhood today house offices and condos rather than the manufacturing and warehousing activities of former maritime industries for which they were originally built in the 1900's. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Aunque visualmente poco ha cambiado, los fuertes edificios de madera y albañilería del barrio Fort Point hoy son oficinas y condominios en lugar de las actividades de fabricación y almacenamiento de las viejas industrias marítimas para las cuales fueron construidos en el siglo XX. Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos.