Thursday, 1 May 2014
Australian King Parrot
The Australian King Parrot aka muaiz (Alisterus
scapularis) is endemic to eastern Australia. It is found in humid and
heavily forested upland regions of the eastern portion of the continent,
including eucalyptus wooded areas in and directly adjacent to
subtropical and temperate rainforest. They feed on fruits, seeds or
small insects.
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Birds
Sun Kissed Peaks at Smith Rock, Oregon
Patience
always pays off in photography. Waiting for the right time to capture a
moment can make or break a photo. In this shot I decided to wait until
the light hit the peak on the right and the sky was bright enough to
give the exposure in the water. I decided to keep the rest of the image a little dark to keep focus on the peaks. Photo Credit: Dave Bouskil
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USA
Trillium Lake, Oregon
Photographer says; I am a huge fan of this location. By huge I mean
HUGE. I wandered out this way last night but had to cut it a little
short unfortunately. I will be back before long though. My only
request is of the US Government to stop creating these fabulous clouds
overhead so that I can see a bit more of our great solar system.
Photo Credit: Wick Sakit
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USA
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Canyon lands, Utah
A storybook moment out in Canyon lands, Utah. I gave
this photo more of a painting-quality, it felt like such a timeless
moment that day. This was my first visit to the park. It's an incredible
place and I've returned once since then. I know I'll go again and
again... so much to see here. Utah has some amazing scenery!
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USA
A Western Bluebird quite popular in Northern California!
A Western Bluebird quite popular in Northern California! A really beautiful little fella with amazing colors, actually
chosen a great composition with perspective, the tree in the
background is a perfect frame from the left. Photo Alex James
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Birds
Widespread on the African continent, this diminutive
species has also been widely introduced, and is best known in the
neotropics from Brazil, where the species is thought to have become
established during the 19th century, perhaps as early as the 1820s, but
that it did not start to spread widely until the second third of the
20th century.
Image by Bertrando Campos
Image by Bertrando Campos
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Birds
Monday, 28 April 2014
The Incredible Cool-Colors Striped Iceberg
Perhaps you’d be knew that Icebergs are
formed when large blocks of ice breaks off from glaciers ice shelf and is
floating in open water. Icebergs are born as elegant ancient glaciers
rumble, crack and calve, and comes in all shapes and sizes, from tiny growlers
which are approximately size of small cars, to bergy bits which size are of a
small house, to massive icebergs of all sizes. Though icebergs can be striped
and come in numerous colors that are revealed as the iceberg “rolls” over in
the sea, the water from bergs is very pure since the ice formed long ago.
Nearly 70% of all fresh water is locked in the polar ice caps. Just the new icebergs
that form every year around Antarctica hold enough water to meet the needs of
every person on Earth for several months.
Generally glaciers are built up from
snow falling on the Antarctic continent over millennia; this ice consists of
pure fresh water. This floating chunk of freshwater ice then interacts with
seawater beneath them it. As seawater is drawn deep under the ice shelves by
the oceanic currents, it becomes super-cooled and freezes to the base of the
ice shelf. The ice is formed from seawater that encompasses organic matter and
minerals it causes variety of color and texture to the iceberg. When the bergs
become fragmented and sculpted by the wind and waves, the various colored
layers develop striking patterns. Striped icebergs in a various colors,
including black, yellow, brown, and blue has been spotted in freezing waters
around Antarctica.
Usually an iceberg looks white as a
result of the tiny bubbles trapped within which scatter light in every
direction. Blue stripes are formed when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up
with melt water and freezes so rapidly that no bubbles form. Ice that is bubble
free has a blue tint which is due to the same light marvel that tints the sky
the wavelength of blue light causes it to be scattered or spread around much
more than the other colors. When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of
salty seawater can freeze to the base. If this is abundant in algae, it can shape
in green stripe. However; other hues such as black, yellow and brown, are produced
by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the sea.
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Amazing Nature
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