Beautiful Nature pics

[naste.de.lumina]

Arctic Circle Foxes Taken By Russian Miner (http://www.buzzwok.com/amazing-images-of-the-arctic-circle-foxes-taken-by-russian-miner/?Yz!Mp_A=1&eng_source=94608&eng_subid=1093_55629&eng_click=QGOw9g7a0lTLVRSmzZZ23P3MCpAllHq5zKf6N8tpWIuPmtmZ6CxXk%2FavJ6RjKLoQf3wuSz9Qot9D4HrudvIeOj5D %2BrSdwhu8xE4CeA%3D%3D)

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[Nat_Lee]

My contribution today !


Trees on Socotra, in Yemen, has branches facing up , with leaves that grow only on the limb . There is a bulge in the lower limbs , there is also a large trunk underneath but once looking up , the stem is split into several sections . If observed deeper , the trees in Socotra , much like a giant bonsai tree . In conclusion , Socotra has a unique and beautiful plants , really exotic !


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACNWciG8UbE/UoCweqtYTlI/AAAAAAAAN3k/ntprsPIRkqA/s640/7+The+Remote+That+Has+Had+Natural+Beauty+and+Exotic-Socotra+-Yemen.jpg

SOURCE:
http://artourtraveller.blogspot.com/2013/11/7-remote-that-has-had-natural-beauty.html

here some beautiful and fragile snowflakes ! :)
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1492620/thumbs/o-SNOW-900.jpg?6

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2049/2212995020_dcbb38319b.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5050/5283778818_0a48ed648c_z.jpg


Have a wonderfull day ! xx:flypig:

[onawah]

A smoke ring emitted by a volcano (I forgot to include the description of this when I posted it, and can't remember now which volcano, but it's one that is currently erupting, I believe.)https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1456681_979313095430461_5958077029743129702_n.jpg?oh=d9091d1306bb68c5bd089f7b1291a004&oe=55037C83

More beautiful foxes here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kaelintully/its-a-woodland-critter-christmas?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Animals+1215&utm_content=Animals+1215+CID_8d228f4ff2cff05528bac0009c6dfc21&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor#.jpx5Glqzv

such as:
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-12/11/13/enhanced/webdr06/enhanced-21503-1418321915-20.jpg

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-12/11/12/enhanced/webdr01/enhanced-buzz-6411-1418320767-8.jpg

[meeradas]

From here (http://www.trueactivist.com/29-breathtaking-photographs-of-the-human-race-you-probably-havent-seen/)and there (http://www.trueactivist.com/46-incredible-photos-you-may-not-have-seen-before/):

http://i.imgur.com/9dPZ2iY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tSHs019.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DZHfdRQ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Lx3HO0H.jpg

[meeradas]

Another favourite "eye" of mine: Atif Saeed from Pakistan.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10660197_856779934346912_2991325611201599526_n.png?oh=022dd459d7225661384e702232939ef2&oe=55286D1E&__gda__=1430088130_12f05eec3bf66653898b18bf89d5625c

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1613926_765310106827229_1488373814_n.jpg?oh=be916031e585e144b77629a8c3fb1dbe&oe=552A6EA7&__gda__=1428770958_e5bae90d3cebf2fcebf869c7dd089225

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1891070_761314207226819_2105859381_n.jpg?oh=2053bf4a95bc21000ee2d3ac5ba92ddd&oe=556BCB0D&__gda__=1428372260_0f711c923f8b8a69cc088cdbe105bc6f

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/v/t1.0-9/1175027_660904080601166_2134536785_n.jpg?oh=36b6264a4d00070309d65476ba671cd5&oe=553E9A27&__gda__=1428444789_01f82c92406a8759a465791637af3c3f

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1006166_620608604630714_1299916474_n.jpg?oh=ac2a66ed377f4d38895c44466fa214f9&oe=5538333E&__gda__=1428822793_bdbe0d65b713c64ed010741a06e9611e

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1424372_706470379377869_1545114126_n.jpg?oh=60da352b8af4a13a6041054d78639a1e&oe=5536E631 https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1620753_746378182053755_1428280620_n.jpg?oh=824c304c93214a179cc3cdfa0b5b3c2c&oe=553BFF61&__gda__=1430149765_20f28b5b6a762311100877715d808306

"If their agenda is ever more terror, then let's avalanche all with ever more beauty."

[onawah]

Ice haloes
https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10917357_10203592189627122_987343476601384903_n.jpg?oh=8225449b518cff27dd912e5c2750ab33&oe=55245813

[meeradas]

Ice cave [Iceland] [more (https://500px.com/photo/97055399/ice-cave-dream-by-jean-francois-chaubard?from=user)] [and more (https://500px.com/photo/94090967/small-against-time-by-kerry-koepping?from=user)]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/1399536_632826926822501_2531730811459324076_o.jpg

Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo [NZ]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10947211_633933046711889_4115709560343713118_n.jpg?oh=fa91fbe3b58a5c4d7cb1d8d431222b2f&oe=55521CB1&__gda__=1432714040_2bcbcf7a34fd4cb190fdc4c1ce1e3a60

[same source]

Iceland again

https://scontent-a-vie.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/461847_224569090981622_1809461252_o.jpg

[meeradas]

Nepal, Everest region, Gokyo (4,790 m), 2014

https://scontent-b-vie.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/1655022_10203067083705466_2233115452079542619_o.jpg

Photo by Anton Jankovoy: Do visit his website (http://jankovoy.com/home)!

[Wind]

Expansive Finnish Landscapes (http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/01/expansive-finnish-landscapes-photographed-by-mikko-lagerstedt/)

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mikko-1.jpeg

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mikko-2.jpeg

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mikko-4.jpeg

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mikko-5.jpg

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mikko-8.jpeg

I have to say, I have never seen anything as amazing as that with my own eyes.

Heck, I'm ashamed to admit it, but I've never actually seen the milky way with my own eyes. Not possible with the light pollution and I've lived all my life in the city, although I often wish to get out of here...

[meeradas]

*gasp*

i urgently need to go there

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10854468_950228738322029_6662044845798244003_o.jpg

https://scontent-a-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10257018_949590088385894_2621627236050242153_o.jpg

[unnamed photographer]

[Wind]

Icehenge (http://www.boredpanda.com/ice-pillars-icehenge-kevin-lehner/) on Rock Lake near the city of Lake Mills, Wisconsin.

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ice-pillars-icehenge-kevin-lehner-8.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ice-pillars-icehenge-kevin-lehner-9.jpg

[RunningDeer]

Frosty Landscapes

http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Seasons/4537003b_zps458099fe.JPG

http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Seasons/4524884_zps080692df.JPG

http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Seasons/4528982_zpse4a4d574.JPG

http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Seasons/4523890_zpsc4fe92f3.JPG

[joeecho]

http://thecareyadventures.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Peter-West-Carey-MtRainier2013-0908-0340_1_2.jpg

[Nat_Lee]

From an Ukrainien photographer: Vyacheslav Mishchenko

I love how those litle guys looks ! hahaha.....
http://www.buzzly.fr/jq/ckeditor/plugins/doksoft_uploader/userfiles/nature25.jpg

http://www.buzzly.fr/jq/ckeditor/plugins/doksoft_uploader/userfiles/nature21.jpg

http://www.buzzly.fr/jq/ckeditor/plugins/doksoft_uploader/userfiles/nature19.jpg

http://www.buzzly.fr/jq/ckeditor/plugins/doksoft_uploader/userfiles/nature18.jpg

[meeradas]

Joyride
[Frog Riding A Beetle - Sambas, Indonesia; Photos by: Hendy Mp]

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[meeradas]

Fog Waves - Ochsenkopf (Fichtel Mountains), Röslau, Germany; Photo by: Mirko Fikentscher
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Snowy Night Lights - Otzarreta, Biscay, Spain; Photo by: Ander Alegria
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Ice Palace - Bergen og hordaland turlag, Norway; Photo by: Espen Haagensen
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Trees reflections - Bentivoglio, Italy; Photo by: Roberto Melotti
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Fighters / Korea; Photo by: Tiger Seo
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/p720x720/10926331_763163850444910_2476327093411689157_o.jpg

Dramatic sunrise at Bangan, Myanmar; Photo by: Tawan Chaisom
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Misty and cold morning at Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany; Photo by: Achim Thomae
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A house in Arlington, Washington, overtaken by fog. Photo by: TJBr
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Fire, Ice & Stars - Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland; Photo by: Peter Ensrud
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[Bill Ryan]

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Dear All:

Not all these are beautiful, and not all of them are of nature! But here we have an astonishing collection of aerial photos...


1. Barcelona


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-1.jpg


2. Central Park, New York City


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-2.jpg


3. Maze at Longleat, England


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-4.jpg


4. Mexico City


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-5.jpg


5. Venice


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-6.jpg


6. Amsterdam


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-7.jpg


7. Giza Pyramids, Egypt


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-25.jpg


8. Niagara Falls, U.S.A.


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-8.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

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9. Namib Desert, Namibia


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-9.jpg


10. Chicago


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-10.jpg


11. Tulip Fields, The Netherlands


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-11.jpg


12. Bern


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-12.jpg


13. Mangroves in New Caledonia


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-13.jpg


14. Dubai


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-3.jpg


15. Dubrovnik


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-14.jpg


16. Paris


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-15.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

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17. Meskendir Valley, Turkey


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-16.jpg


18. Shanghai


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-17.jpg


19. Cape Town


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-18.jpg


20. Moscow


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-19.jpg


21. Athens


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-20.jpg


22. Vancouver


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-21.jpg


23. Mali, Maldives


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-22.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

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24. Seattle


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-23.jpg


25. Vatican City


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-31.jpg


26. Bac Son Valley, Vietnam


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-26.jpg


27. Marina Bay, Dubai


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-27.jpg


28. Rio de Janeiro


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-28.jpg


29. Terraced Rice Fields, China


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-29.jpg


30. A Lake in Pomerania, Poland


http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/birds-eye-view-aerial-photography-30.jpg

[Morbid]

a bit of my adventures:

brecon beacons - wales
https://pp.vk.me/c619417/v619417620/149ad/LXjy-UGXikQ.jpg

peak district - uk
https://pp.vk.me/c624225/v624225620/8ae9/h_DwXfNeAWI.jpg

elabuga - russia:
https://pp.vk.me/c617922/v617922620/1a267/0rEG8Jp7XhE.jpg

kazan - russia
https://pp.vk.me/c617922/v617922620/1a282/h7ZuwMp1ffI.jpg

novgorod - russia
https://pp.vk.me/c617922/v617922620/1a49e/y0gVaz1aysg.jpg

volga region - russia
https://pp.vk.me/c617922/v617922620/1a24c/FwS6AW70Vvc.jpg

ararat - armenia
https://pp.vk.me/c617922/v617922620/1a591/Lx0ZVPHosug.jpg

garni - armenia
https://pp.vk.me/c617922/v617922620/1a60f/CI_5N7j4fwc.jpg

stone circle - armenia
https://pp.vk.me/c617922/v617922620/1a83d/DyqYE9Ofris.jpg

[Morbid]

sevan lake - armenia
https://pp.vk.me/c617922/v617922620/1a777/IzMFWTmsQZE.jpg

vardzia - georgia
https://pp.vk.me/c619417/v619417620/14587/YtcIJqx4mMw.jpg

ushguli - georgia
https://pp.vk.me/c619417/v619417620/14668/DLCKgWrxKWU.jpg

kazbek - georgia
https://pp.vk.me/c619417/v619417620/14512/415n3UlR3ok.jpg

caves - bermuda
https://pp.vk.me/c619417/v619417620/14122/MGykTQ8gA4E.jpg

javor - poland
https://pp.vk.me/c617922/v617922620/1a243/y1Sai-zRM6o.jpg

elvas - portugal
https://pp.vk.me/c625828/v625828620/2d46/rFf8w99A-0w.jpg

[Jules]

I was enjoying the ocean, and took this picture of my daughter at Venice Beach. Kids care about their cell phones and technology... The irony is that the best stuff is around you.

[Alekahn2]

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[Wind]

Wisteria Tunnel, Japan

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr07/22/17/enhanced-buzz-wide-2425-1398202267-35.jpg

Glowworm Caves, New Zealand

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr07/23/10/original-32738-1398263432-3.jpg

Sea of Stars on Vaadhoo Island, Maldives

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr06/28/14/enhanced-buzz-wide-883-1398708163-15.jpg

[Iloveyou]

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Dear All:

Not all these are beautiful, and not all of them are of nature! But here we have an astonishing collection of aerial photos...



Man-made . . . how fragile, unstable and shaky, although sometimes there is a reminiscence of natural structures and patterns, that's where images of beauty emerge . . .

I love and adore the waters of earth, the blue, the green and the morning mists.

[Iloveyou]

.............................................

[Bill Ryan]

http://en.yellowkorner.com/zoom/76.jpg

[onawah]

Wow! I haven't visited this thread for awhile, and it's very gratifying to come back and see all these amazing photos here! Such a gorgeous planet we are so fortunate to live on, and such amazing creatures living on Her, including we human beings...
Thank you, Avalonians! It always gives my heart a lift to see the beauty here, and to feel your shared, heartfelt love of beauty coming through these photos.
Here is my humble offering for the day. Isn't he/she amazing!?
From: Science Dump: https://www.facebook.com/sciencedump?fref=photo

During the cold winters, the Alaskan Wood Frog becomes a frog-shaped block of ice. It stops breathing, and its heart stops beating. When Spring arrives the frog thaws and returns to normal going along its merry way.
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11058500_1038817686146668_4885706039878574299_n.jpg?oh=7839484fff92c0f8fa6ae376a215b101&oe=55BC28F3

[Iloveyou]

Milky Way At Night Over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park

http://www.oceanlight.com/home_page/203.jpg

Stars And The Milky Way Rise Above Ancient Bristlecone Pine Trees, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest

http://www.oceanlight.com/home_page/208.jpg

Brown Pelican Flying Over Waves, La Jolla

http://www.oceanlight.com/stock-photo/brown-pelican-flying-over-waves-photograph-30199-40332.jpg

California Pelican Flying On A Wave

http://www.oceanlight.com/stock-photo/california-pelican-flying-wave-picture-30313-24315.jpg

[Natalia]

Here is a little mini tour of Cyprus (were my parents were born)

(so many beautiful pics, this is part 1...)...

Troodos mountains

http://www.exclusively-cyprus.com/photos/2004/dcp_2569.jpg

http://www.kotsonis-properties.com/wp-content/gallery/cyprus/cyprus-troodos-mountains.jpg

Kelefos Bridge

http://www.luphen.org.uk/images/2007/2007-09/2007-09-07-143011.jpg

Caledonia Nature Trail

http://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.5708.1273605595!/image/980134176.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/980134176.jpg

http://images.summitpost.org/medium/699793.jpg

Caledonia Falls

http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/25/590x/secondary/115033.jpg

Chantara Waterfalls

http://www.holiday-weather.com/uploads/resort_guides/image/Cyprus/448x299xMillomeri,P20waterfalls,P20in,P20Platres,P20near,P20Troodos,,,P20Cyprus_.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Rg N7t1UFhX.jpg

Millomeris Waterfalls

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/90546461.jpg

http://allforcyprus.weebly.com/uploads/1/7/7/4/17748563/1526711_orig.jpg

[Nat_Lee]

The Hang Son Doong cave in Vietnam is so massive the Empire State Building could fit inside. It's about 3 miles long and 660 feet at its deepest point. Recently Beijing based photographer Ryan Deboodt used a drone and a GoPro camera to get a view inside and above the cave. Check out the video below.

nzoLZoTqQa8

source:
news.discovery.com (http://news.discovery.com/earth/worlds-largest-cave-explored-by-drone-150316.htm)

[Alekahn2]

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[meeradas]

Peace.
Can you smell it?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10422980_745993422187677_7313575171840644288_n.jpg?oh=d8998b41681aa189f1fcd816405e8ee5&oe=559D3CCD&__gda__=1436574276_bde9fc1b4045b00ea375432c1aea1860

[photographer unnamed]

[RunningDeer]

Peace.
Can you smell it?


http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Seasons/peace2_zps2su6hjlo.JPG

[photographer unnamed]
Hmmmm... Yes, and I can hear it. <3

[meeradas]

Intending to do this, should i make it up there:

https://d1ez3020z2uu9b.cloudfront.net/imagecache/blog-photos/8359_Fill_670_0.jpg

from here (http://www.spain-holiday.com/Nerja/articles/hiking-up-el-cielo-mountain-nerja-costa-del-sol)

and, looking fwd to crossing that bridge [and getting up there, first]:

https://d1ez3020z2uu9b.cloudfront.net/imagecache/blog-photos/2405.jpg

from here (http://www.spain-holiday.com/Alora/articles/el-caminito-del-rey-malaga)

[RunningDeer]

I love your adventurous spirit, meeradas! That first hole in the walkway would be enough for me to turn back. Then to see more and larger holes and other folks that still went on says I must have some chicken bones in me body.

[Nabbed vid from 'Here and Now' thread. Shhhh]


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<3

[meeradas]

... That first hole in the walkway would be enough for me to turn back...

I wouldn't really want to walk the old 'holey' caminito, either... as my vertigo is more an 'urge to fly' [...].

They made it safe now for [almost] everyone, and re-opened it to the public in March 2015.
Unfortunately, the adventure factor is strongly diminished [nearing complete extinction]:

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I'd even take my mom up there, nowadays...

[meeradas]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/395541_318898368152689_275944724_n.jpg?oh=35d18ea8b2d8958b8b7535e3d6ec9898&oe=55DB4689&__gda__=1439536951_f0ae2fec7bb557f1bf5ca5735e1f42d3

[photographer unnamed]

[RunningDeer]

http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Wilderness_Space/seagull_zps2c7u0uy8.JPG

http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Wilderness_Space/snall_zpsvp2rdmvu.JPG

[photographer(s) unnamed]

[lightning23]

http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article5575486.ece/ALTERNATES/s458/PAY-Human-cloud-main.jpg

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-acA46qioEI4/VT2yRH12k4I/AAAAAAAAL7M/4-0GuF-U2kc/s1600/IMG_20150426_234735.jpg
https://www.google.ca/search?q=calbuco+volcano+erupution+april+24&oq=calbuco+volcano+erupution+april+24&aqs=chrome..69i57.17866j0j4&client=ms-android-sonymobile&sourceid=chrome-mobile&espvd=1&ie=UTF-8#q=calbuco+volcano+eruption+april+24&spell=1

Namaskaram

[Truthseeker85]

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A photograph i took one winter's sunrise.

[lightning23]

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m_Ehip8h2WI/VUBBE-xXt8I/AAAAAAAAL7o/863ujIU41KY/s1600/29.04.15%252520-%2525201.jpg

Salam

[lightning23]

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U11c3sXNnr0/VUGdBvWfObI/AAAAAAAAL9Q/j1NN1Al1U90/s640/IMG_20150429_230750.jpg

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Kz7efmuwgUs/VUGc-ZIWu2I/AAAAAAAAL9I/xRoKzS4kr0w/s1600/IMG_20150429_230523.jpg

Namasté

[onawah]

Twenty five beautiful minerals such as

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Amazing-StonesMinerals6__700.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Amazing-StonesMinerals4__700.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/amazing-stones-minerals-23__700.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/amazing-stones-minerals-15__700.jpg

here:
: http://www.boredpanda.com/amazing-stonesminerals/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Newsletter

[Guest]

Some of my recent travels in Southern California

My Original Home Town


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Love

Nora

[Guest]

North Coastal Los Angeles, Ca Believe it or not, lol

The two stick looking plants in the center are Yucca Trees, they flower in the spring. The white petals can be eaten as a snack, but can cause a slight DMT reaction if you eat too many of them.:o South Western Native American peoples use the root of the Yucca to wash their hair in some of their traditional ceremonies.

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Just after the Sunset, First island of the Channel Islands in the distance
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Love

Nora

[meeradas]

sunset on Mars

http://mars.nasa.gov/images/mars-sunset-msl-curiosity-martian-sky-pia194001.jpg

from nasa (http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/?ImageID=7189)

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...Just after the Sunset,...

Beautiful, Nora

[RunningDeer]

Some of my recent travels in Southern California

My Original Home Town
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=29793&cid=1&stc=1

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=29794&cid=1&stc=1

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=29795&cid=1&stc=1



Love

Nora

Drats, Nora! Unable to see your pictures from these posts.

[Guest]

Some of my recent travels in Southern California

My Original Home Town
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=29793&cid=1&stc=1

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=29794&cid=1&stc=1

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attaichmentid=29795&cid=1&stc=1


Love

Nora

Drats, Nora! Unable to see your pictures from these posts.

Thanks running deer, I'll probably have to post the pics as attachments.. I've edited them twice now

[Caren]

Beautiful photos Nora, thank you for sharing them with us :hug:

[sleepydumpling]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/attach/jpg.gif


this is a small waterfall a few miles from where I live

[onawah]

Color Coordinated Kingfisher!

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10426319_919993484707376_9120231683483417863_n.jpg?oh=6d8dc636f898b61d0bc79fc86bb3dcf3&oe=5625AAFB

[onawah]

A jaguar cub bought back from the brink after being delivered stillborn by Caesarean section and given CPR and mouth-to-mouth by vets is now living with an adoptive human family. Watch the vid to find out more…and get ready for some JaguAWWWs!
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[onawah]

I started working at Turpentine Creek Animal Refuge this week
http://turpentinecreek.org/
which houses 100 big cats, and it's certainly brought to the forefront my lifelong love for cats.
Though I've never had the opportunity to get up close and personal with BIG cats, I can understand the desire to risk life and limb for the privilege to do so.
There are success stories from people who keep big cats, but there are a lot of failures, too, unfortunately.
We need to keep these splendid endangered animals alive and well until the wild is secured for them once again, but it's tragic how many of them are being abused and neglected in the process. These are some relatively successful stories:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrRqkW2jkF0
‪#‎nature‬
To learn more about some of the failures, see: IGXLsvZHouA


http://turpentinecreek.org/

[onawah]

We live in a holofractographic universe...

The Resonance Project

https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11698644_388115328046398_7279023101366795489_n.jpg?oh=0ca4837726226582cece033d0ddaec70&oe=55EBEBF3

[onawah]

A flower whose petals turn clear as glass when wet.....who knew!?
Diphylleia Grayi otherwise known as the Skeleton flower is the stuff of fairy tales.

:highfive:https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/1466209_368237076684681_7964679331292462100_n.jpg?oh=ac02f40086c10ad97178622be6f3f62f&oe=5619A9C3

[onawah]

Male Anna's Hummingbird in Port Orchard, WA
Photo by Jim Griffis
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/11870689_898123513606768_5406251762717951991_n.jpg?oh=75c188c9cb1897ce86f41552f00ba10a&oe=567FA888

[meeradas]

http://payload391.cargocollective.com/1/11/360454/10136556/TW_Nature012_721.jpg

from here (http://timewheel.net/Image-The-Village-That-Nature-Reclaimed)

[Jesse]

Solomon Islands - Lace Coral - Photo Credit CBParker Photography
http://i60.tinypic.com/1z5t24x.jpg

[genevieve]

meeradas--

Beautiful images and very interesting website. Thank you.


Peace Love Joy & Harmony,
genevieve

[meeradas]

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11180961_718776771560849_8894375340097253348_n.jpg ?oh=6e03d474ac3422ff91df831bb0af0697&oe=56417557
Photographer: Iurie Belegurschi


https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11880483_435890606595880_1550396874368448904_n.jpg ?oh=77d8fbec64f4bf53ad6ed2df0efeeb52&oe=564125CC
Photographer: Unnamed

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Video with some nice images [and info]:
Water
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[Selkie]

Wow...this thread gives me so much inspiration for paintings! Thank you!

[onawah]

This is not a caterpillar, just some lovely birds keeping each other warrm...

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/birds-keep-warm-bird-huddles-5__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/birds-keep-warm-bird-huddles-15__880.jpg

Phacelia scariosa (Boraginaceae), a near-endemic to Baja California Sur, Mexico
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11898620_10153044225208016_3057737578150689659_n.jpg?oh=f0720221f8d8c847565abefc8d015c6d&oe=5684536A

[onawah]

Cloud rainbow

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fire-rainbow-phenomena-sky-rare-south-carolina-25.jpg

[Selkie]

This is not a caterpillar, just some lovely birds keeping each other warrm...

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/birds-keep-warm-bird-huddles-5__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/birds-keep-warm-bird-huddles-15__880.jpg

Phacelia scariosa (Boraginaceae), a near-endemic to Baja California Sur, Mexico
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11898620_10153044225208016_3057737578150689659_n.jpg?oh=f0720221f8d8c847565abefc8d015c6d&oe=5684536A

I think those birds are bee-eaters. We had them where I lived in Spain. They fly in flocks, eating bees and wasps, and make the loveliest chirping sound as they fly. You can hear them coming from a long way away, because of their chirping. They are simply enchanting; so colorful, swift and agile :)

[Love]

The Beauty of Andalucía

[Selkie]

The beauty of Andalucía

I remember those bushes. They have huge thorns, lol.

[onawah]

A butterfly egg: another example of the universe creating structures in resonance with the fundamental geometry of the fabric of space-time with the ability to self-replicate into fractal structures (butterflies) that in turn create more resonant fractal structures. The universe creating itself...

Nassim Haramein • The connected universe • The Resonance Project

https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11903972_1015669048466190_5651756477642311494_n.jpg?oh=20049066833432f527a8828791842cf8&oe=567A4C61

[meeradas]

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/1073715_659926020701537_1450271272_o.jpg

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https://guidetoiceland.is/image/4874/x/0/photography-in-iceland-6.jpg

[from here (https://guidetoiceland.is/nature-info/photography-in-iceland)]

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http://vimeo.com/49643332


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https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/11951713_10206870202301054_4432788332936564890_o.j pg


https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/11890033_10206869633046823_4131230092207170851_o.j pg

[meeradas]

https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/feature.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1600

[Location unnamed]


https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/11218984_965548340173700_8398118376317979938_n.jpg?oh=093d6a4e0b6d78cf5935e966dc842f3a&oe=5674F0E4

[Location and photographer unnamed]


https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/547237_372969426098264_940829755_n.jpg?oh=27ab58f68045d1e43dd888be486e990a&oe=5636E85B

[Elounda Peninsula Resort, Crete, Greece; photographer unnamed]


https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/375859_374024382659435_830513969_n.jpg?oh=06554cfcf5cffeff3924a81fbdbefa72&oe=566F30EC

[photographer unnamed]

[Shannon]

I asked this little guy if could take some pics of him last week in my garden ..

http://i.imgur.com/73yqRvR.jpg

[onawah]

Devil's flower mantis (Idolomantis diabolica)

is one of the largest species of praying mantis, possibly the largest that mimics flowers. It is the only species classified under the genus Idolomantis.

image via:http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/ugolieok/post314316748/
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11949511_795406377223813_6677396733806540220_n.jpg?oh=fb1080d7a79be57093b5494f1fe655b1&oe=566694E5

[Meggings]

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11986969_1186228358061134_1458252341186153008_n.jpg?oh=43391554f9bb490d087fef758ced9b89&oe=567B36C7

[Meggings]

These are pictures of the top of New Zealand, taken yesterday by my daughter. She trekked around Mt. Doom, walking on snow and ice, where the Hobbits were. She travels and has lived all over the world.

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[Wind]

http://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Aurora-and-bioluminescent-waves.jpg

Bioluminescent sea and northern lights at Anglesey, UK

[onawah]

The Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata)

is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula with iridescent mixture of bronze and green feathers.https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11995961_801923893238728_3798049500170809561_n.jpg?oh=f9d2ed607425967809c13e4b595ad4f3&oe=566EC1E1

https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11863503_801924083238709_8324965281093506423_n.jpg?oh=2670fce229b8ffdc65908dc16daeaaaf&oe=566ECF94

[Lost N Found]

There are some fantastic photos here, very calming to look and ponder on, I try a few. the sunshine is way to cool, remember seeing that when I was shipboard off the coast of Vietnam. The Deer are for Runningdeer, The dog contemplating is for all of us that do just that when we meditate.

Thank you.

[Meggings]

This little bird is from Kruger, South Africa. It is all fluffed up because it is winter. It is a Lilac breasted Roller.

Onawah, my mouth dropped open in amazement upon seeing your Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) from the Yucatan above. Thanks. What an amazing creature. Totally marvellous!

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/11949520_514981272004336_5590636347524476910_n.jpg?oh=cdd7612a5e39dd54e8433ce795df5e93&oe=56A68F06

[Meggings]

Seven-coloured Tanager, from Brazil.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/480445_10151464679026426_928610159_n.jpg?oh=b779ae0430b7b96b5365e535c5d4adbe&oe=565F79B8

Warning to this thread, daughter returned from Australia and New Zealand with ten thousand photos. Not one of people. She caught a rare cockatoo in the outback - when she gets settled in her new digs and new work, I'll ask her to send that one to me so I can post it here.

[Selkie]

I just love this tread. It is one of my absolute favorites. I get so much inspiration to paint from here! The little kruger bird took my breath away!

[Shannon]

This morning here in nyc...
http://i.imgur.com/YgIQdyk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/esYCix4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CYVfK5b.jpg

[Meggings]

Where is this sky? Are you having rain today, Theresa?
Here is frangipani. I have frangipani blossoms as my desktop background.

https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/12036495_10153038469811426_6990938370700427654_n.jpg?oh=696c6b6155441038348de6318e48da53&oe=565D5737

[Wind]

What a view.

Boston Mountains, Arkansas.

http://i.imgur.com/oCNMylW.jpg

[Meggings]

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12003023_1006690749382325_3026032759266628789_n.jpg?oh=e67d9623ec619250918a1306591abbc4&oe=56965CBD

When I showed this picture to my girlfriend she came back with a one-liner that made me laugh: "My god, what are you feeding him?"
Good to start the day with a laugh. Not bad to end it that way as well.

[Professor_Campbell]

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af356/stuarburstphotography/DSC_8555_zpsskjjxiwd.jpg (http://s1023.photobucket.com/user/stuarburstphotography/media/DSC_8555_zpsskjjxiwd.jpg.html)


This is my first post, and therefore I wanted it to be quite beautiful and represent nature. :sun:

This is my best friend, and partner.

Everything in this image is part of who I am as well.
For I am everything and everything is me.

-much love

[Shannon]

Where is this sky? Are you having rain today, Theresa?
Here is frangipani. I have frangipani blossoms as my desktop background.

https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/12036495_10153038469811426_6990938370700427654_n.jpg?oh=696c6b6155441038348de6318e48da53&oe=565D5737

Gorgeous I love that yellow, so mellow...*donovan, paging Donovan to the nature pics thread*

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http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af356/stuarburstphotography/DSC_8555_zpsskjjxiwd.jpg (http://s1023.photobucket.com/user/stuarburstphotography/media/DSC_8555_zpsskjjxiwd.jpg.html)


This is my first post, and therefore I wanted it to be quite beautiful and represent nature. :sun:

This is my best friend, and partner.

Everything in this image is part of who I am as well.
For I am everything and everything is me.

-much love

Welcome, Professor Campbell :)

[Meggings]

My daughter holding a painted bunting while she did some doctorate work on an island in the Bahamas four years ago.

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[TargeT]

We shot this a week or two ago, amazing sunsets in the tropics during "fall"

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[ulli]

View from our terrace.
I took this shot last Sunday with my iPad, after a rainstorm.

Suddenly it became noticeable, with the help of the clouds, that what in normal weather conditions looks like one single mountain is actuallly four distinct ones.

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/12087233_10207797489801139_4161110881558230928_o.jpg

[Meggings]

Ulli, I think it is stunning that perception can be so manipulated. Here's another instance of perception possibly being mistaken - what looks like an ocean view is a slice of agate.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/12049261_10153720739909456_8012974200347847372_n.jpg?oh=99dbcccd6070d51c423c4c7a5f347cbb&oe=569C8EA4

[Selkie]

Ulli, I think it is stunning that perception can be so manipulated. Here's another instance of perception possibly being mistaken - what looks like an ocean view is a slice of agate.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/12049261_10153720739909456_8012974200347847372_n.jpg?oh=99dbcccd6070d51c423c4c7a5f347cbb&oe=569C8EA4

The agate looks like an ocean view because reality is fractal :)

In the case of Ulli's terrace view, the reason is the same, and the canopy of the trees obscures the outlines of the individual mountains, which the fog reveals.

[Meggings]

The Blood Moon of September 27, 2015. Photo taken in Iceland. Kirkjufell Mountain, on a peninsula northwest of Reykjavik.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12043119_10206781778518443_4393278884564491184_n.jpg?oh=17b62c3bd476fff24f9bccc0e1762b9a&oe=56A066DC

[Bill Ryan]

http://projectavalon.net/bear.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/foxes.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/sunset.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/Island_and_Northern_Lights.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/woods.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/Banner_Peak.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/flowers.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

http://eastdailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/blueheron-peggycolemane.jpg

[Lost N Found]

I would like to take you all on a journey to a place that is only a hundred miles north of me. It is one of the 7 wonders of the world so am going to try to give you all a thought to perhaps dream this night.

[Lost N Found]

I have to do this a few at a time. So here comes some more.

[Lost N Found]

And here are 5 more.

[Lost N Found]

and as we move deeper into the canyon, or stay on top,

[Lost N Found]

and just two more. This concludes our journey down this canyon tonight folks I sincerely hope you enjoyed this short trip into a wonder of wonders. Please wait for the raft to come to a complete stop before standing and exiting the raft. You will find nourishment in your kitchens as you enter the lounge. Thank you for your time.

[onawah]

The colors on this bird are not as vibrant as on many birds, but I like the more subtle, delicate shading.


The European roller resembles a crow in size and build. It migrates great distances from its breeding grounds in Europe and Asia, to sub-Saharan Africa, repeating the mammoth journey again in spring. It is one of Africa’s most spectacularly visible migrations! http://bit.ly/1L9yCXq

https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12079648_928423050576814_2705696403466681419_n.jpg?oh=94487d8ef8efd1fedceb14c29368d7f6&oe=56D20FCA

It's great to see so many beautiful new posts here!
My intention for this thread was for it to be a little spiritual retreat from all the controversy and work that goes into keeping Avalon viable, and a reminder of "why we fight".
It's gratifying to see more members posting here and contributing to this sacred space.
Thank you!

[Meggings]

Sunrise, this morning, over seashells, in San Diego, California, at 8th Avenue beach.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/12112320_10104688854449903_2619855944673275092_n.jpg?oh=b7a1f0ff7735255d64bc23099e6a12dc&oe=568568DF

[meeradas]

The colors on this bird are not as vibrant as on many birds, but I like the more subtle, delicate shading.

Seen a flock of 'em [for the first time], flying around a mediterranean village before sunset -
their turquoise/ aqua- coloured feathers looked very impressive in the fading sunlight!

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The Mystical World Of Mushrooms (http://www.the-open-mind.com/the-mystical-world-of-mushrooms-captured-in-photos/)

Just a couple of my favs from the website, here:

http://cdn.earthporm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mushroom-photography-211__880.jpg

http://cdn.earthporm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/interesting-mushroom-photography-771__880.jpg

http://cdn.earthporm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mushroom-photography-302__880.jpg

[Lost N Found]

meeradas, Thank you now I know why snails are so slow. The enjoy a good mushroom breakfast and just cruse through the day enjoying everything.

To all, these pictures are totally inspiring.

[Meggings]

The fallopian tube:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11073982_886241311432163_6524396885974364914_n.jpg?oh=af8e75632a8f957fdc9f7e3cfbea2760&oe=56C8646C

A sperm in a fallopian tube:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11025141_886241251432169_6609683963802514449_n.jpg?oh=51fb099e0786d80bc2f54348ed0733a0&oe=56863FB2

An egg cell:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11082665_886241258098835_8692703063486859254_n.jpg?oh=ac423d598ce71fa42ad402deab6d43c3&oe=56879750

About to get together:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1517458_886241308098830_756240377491185240_n.jpg?oh=323425f9a73a40849b7348b76e6d05f3&oe=56CF4409

Successful arrival:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11070673_886241351432159_3939489219882515435_n.jpg?oh=ff87984e5fe79cb134af7655bd686b13&oe=56CA2A21

Brain starts developing:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11081352_886241428098818_6386619556258591253_n.jpg?oh=ae2034a52d9134e932df8c2c3ea5a17e&oe=56C6F937

24 day old embryo - this heart started beating on 18th day:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10712834_886241454765482_4795642801338860370_n.jpg?oh=3f2f28f11e5657a926f079016fc0d3c0&oe=568F7E29

40 days, placenta:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/150772_886241494765478_5186320072296524639_n.jpg?oh=a4b30153e416741dc8a4ddd53b11a5ad&oe=56C2972C

Eight weeks in foetal sac:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11070021_886241521432142_6547113037510097577_n.jpg?oh=67fdc542b076bc6c83db261709643dd3&oe=56C5413D

EDIT: Note to say this came through a relative whose source was given as "INDIA TV". I have no link to it, sorry. I was the one who gathered the images into this sequence...the FALLOPIAN TUBE was so beautiful, like a flower, that I wanted to share it.

[Lost N Found]

Life is so beautiful, Life is just love. Love is total life. Thank you so much Meggings.

[Lost N Found]

What we have here is soooo hot and yet sooooo cold but it all part of one place.

way to hot need water, Brrrrrrrr gotta have that parka.

[Meggings]

A girlfriend sent this to me today. Perhaps it is photoshopped. It matters not, for it is exquisitely beautiful regardless...

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11181782_1185110414839599_175630634396440386_n.jpg?oh=a932962b717db22e1ebb7306c7c084dd&oe=569748FF

[onawah]

Tricolor Heron Displaying.
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12112028_929696170449502_2778088686021198173_n.jpg?oh=b47c6f84298dd08f5c2375291032fbee&oe=56CFFB69

[meeradas]

Absolutely great and unique nature pics: http://www.mattysmithphoto.com/

Discovered through this site: http://themindunleashed.org/2015/06/a-parallel-universe-these-half-underwater-pics-show-what-hides-beneath-the-waves.html

Examples:

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/A-Parallel-Universe-Windows-Beneath-the-Waves.-6__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DSC2129-copy__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/302_1453-copy__880.jpg

http://www.mattysmithphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/3012242a2.jpg

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"Bonus":

Some awesome Sean Parker (http://www.sean-parker.com/) pics:

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/t31.0-8/11237582_1138676209493180_2261071485568011368_o.jpg

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/54671_528998057127668_1807430046_o.jpg

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/860467_578726348821505_1961972562_o.jpg


I just cannot get enough of the way S/HE paints.

PS:

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/11232713_1140739265953541_5487762166869760361_n.jpg?oh=b2026ad056cb890b5cf39084a3bbe600&oe=56848C09

[onawah]

This spiral vortex formed in the sea off Ibiza, Spain recently...from the Resonance Project
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12108249_10153210247743907_8388888544725731464_n.jpg?oh=70a66d962f239f010e7a4af1fa4050bb&oe=56D0E5FC

[meeradas]

Pete James (www.petejamesphotography.com), Australia:

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54d0463ae4b0d6f6962c68c3/t/560b8e80e4b03cd1555e26bc/1443597963796/


https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xal1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/12079257_1211094578917568_4856133865920511382_n.jpg?oh=384f30639b078185a57a50d20a90747e&oe=56BF83F8


https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/12108218_1214110231949336_8205299796622416451_n.jpg?oh=7b0bcc4b0a8697ed4143232a4128cea5&oe=56BD4158

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/12191447_1223818264311866_5812679931786426594_n.jpg?oh=6c9cda21eb2156e5da2a28872afc8ea8&oe=56B9453F&__gda__=1456677268_e29ee0c3bc6ee1e04870598639e0192e

[Bill Ryan]

.

This is a pod of Sleeping Sperm Whales.


http://9wows.com/files/2012/06/Sleeping-Pod.jpg

[Meggings]

Meeradas, my mouth literally dropped open at the beauty of the photos you posted. And Bill, this thread opened upon the sight of the whales, and I had to pause and let energy pass through me, tingling as it settled. I thank you both, I thank you all.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12189530_1020534117997988_26312755756521827_n.jpg?oh=35de7266225d990f11900de462bc7852&oe=56D1D7D1

[meeradas]

What a beautiful rose, Meggings!

Next pic:
"Even the sheep work on their tan during midnight sun season in Northern Norway.
If you want to experience this magical light, it's visible from late May to mid July.
Check Norway Travel Guide (https://norwaytravelguide.no/) for more."

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/q82/s720x720/11060860_1124898210869012_8296590790160761284_n.jpg?oh=9be7ca0619bd176c58e3e555a5d1d331&oe=56AFE4DF
Utakleiv, Vestvågøy, Lofoten
Photo credit: Tommy Simonsen


... and one more of Pete James' pics:

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/12185068_1225184360841923_8192407622452748745_o.jpg

[Meggings]

We had very high wind in Ontario, Canada today. Here are photos taken this morning on the shore of Lake Ontario, near where I was born and grew up. The water looks black from the sand churned up in the strong waves. An lady artist took the photos and shared them with me.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlf1/v/t1.0-9/12187644_1641423709478813_1494016459756944065_n.jpg?oh=c4365729b0739858a900242df0f00e9c&oe=56B3A56F

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12143362_1641423692812148_9012872223660816252_n.jpg?oh=88a3583e1311f9ebc3ad6da8e7f03eb9&oe=56C03D74

[Meggings]

I'd left the Avalon forum for the day, but then saw this incredible photo taken by a friend of a relative who lives in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was taken two days ago and is so beautiful, I thought to share it here. It is Villa Saint-Joseph du Lac.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12191584_10156281201145601_5269030902276484944_n.jpg?oh=8bc7141c11289719f1d0071ab42e5de1&oe=56B865C5

[Guest]

Here is a picture of an Ocotillo plant a friend recently sent me. It's my favorite desert plant. They are indigenous to the American Southwest. Very beautiful in the Spring.

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Love

Nora

[Iloveyou]

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/11/stoneforest/img/02-lemur-714.jpg

[Iloveyou]

http://40.media.tumblr.com/ddea3cf860b8e0c0265de0bd3fac31d3/tumblr_n2hj2mpgqI1s3ggdno5_r1_500.png


http://alvarezphoto.typepad.com/.a/6a00e551a5897b88330133f3326e83970b-800wi


Madagascar Stone Forest

Photos: Stephen Alvarez

[onawah]

Hello, Nature Lovers! It's so nice to see so many beautiful new posts here. :grouphug:
According to the Facebook page I saw this photo on, this magical phenomena is found only on Maui.

"UAKOKO" or "low-lying rainbow", island of MAUI
#thisiswhatinspiresme
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12063555_533491063486088_2356642104449268120_n.jpg?oh=5e5ba7eee2bf4ce27fd3aab4ebe81559&oe=56B98B72

[Meggings]

Further on my post above (#367) of the Nova Scotia lake with buildings on the shore: I learned after posting this that my cousin lives on the lake in this photograph.

And then tonight her relative posts THIS PHOTOGRAPH of an owl in mid-flight - it's by Italian photographer Jacopo Rigotti.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/1013407_1485608121727040_4394089818133072421_n.jpg?oh=2d06e15f13078d7a655df42def3d5ea4&oe=56D195E3

[Meggings]

A waterway in Denmark this week - in the middle of the Jutland Peninsula more-or-less west of Copenhagen - pic taken by daughter there. This is part of a network of small muddy waterways that provide perfect habitat for brown trout - when these trout head out to sea they grow very large, before coming back to spawn in these waterways. They do not die after spawning as salmon do, but can spawn another year.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12193795_10156212999510331_7171644575392618326_n.jpg?oh=f6d63dfc6ea6c71dba36bbe964593c5f&oe=56BEAFC8

[onawah]

How could you not smile :bigsmile: at the sight of these beautiful, goofy looking birds?
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12108872_936864043066048_3481523260779809530_n.jpg?oh=512c46066840a5a609af3d8f2e9bcff4&oe=56B1DD19


Hyacinth Macaws in Pantanal, Brazil at Pousada Aguape Lodge. Photo by Simon Degenhard from Aviarylife

[Meggings]

Agreed, Onawah, and how could we not smile at sight of these lovely flower faces:

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12109031_1023539481030785_1215806773298414947_n.jpg?oh=b7cacd3d7e8e23f27eea7c10516c8588&oe=56CE76EA

[meeradas]

Max Rive (http://maxrivephotography.photoshelter.com/#!/p/greenland-2016), again (and do use the link - it's worth it!):

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12191856_407561659429582_5044417510817545149_n.jpg?oh=24f91a0207bacb2cdc7c6d987a1a798c&oe=56BDC067

[Meggings]

Meeradas, I went to the link you gave. The landscapes hardly look real. Here is one daughter took...she hiked here alone for a few days. East-ish of Reykjavik.

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[meeradas]

... The landscapes hardly look real...

Great pic! Yes, Iceland is definitely on my list.
Just a bit too cold for my taste.

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Nice one from Gio:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?3596-Up-At-The-Ranch-And-Beyond&p=1017269&viewfull=1#post1017269

[onawah]

There's something about owls that has always fascinated me.

https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12191684_10154475270313840_2131867322412077323_n.jpg?oh=d1fb93c8fd8d83477ff8fd43370ce949&oe=56C4AC5D


Snowy Owl from The Living Bird, a new book from iLCP Fellow @gerritvyn and The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Snowy Owls are spectacular white birds of the Arctic, birds that normally go unseen by most of us. But every few winters lemmings (on which Snowy Owls feed) reach a high in their population cycle, which results in many more young owls fledging than normal. These young owls must spread out in all directions to find food through the winter, especially if the lemmings begin to decline. When this happens, hundreds of snowies travel south and invade our northern states, giving us a glimpse into the mysterious lives of nomadic birds that have evolved to thrive in the cold darkness of an Arctic winter.

[onawah]

These are from the Weather Channel page at:
http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/a-spectacular-fire-rainbow-cloud-has-been-seen-over-jamaica-5481410/
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-0/p552x414/12191445_10205191058111826_1027294592893906772_n.jpg?oh=444b761a1fc5a44c573f193dfff1981e&oe=56B45A87

https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/ad_181655990.jpg?w=748&h=420&crop=1

A rare ‘cap cloud’ appeared over Costa Rica earlier this year (Picture: Instagram/morales2chelo_)
A number users replied with their own photos of a similar .
The phenomenon is called cloud iridescence.
When parts of a cloud are thin and have tiny droplets of a similar size, light is diffracted or spread out, which causes various light wavelengths to emerge at different angles.
We perceive these wavelengths as colours, therefore creating a rainbow-like effect.
Unusual weather formations have been seen before over the Caribbean. In September, the sighting of a pileus, or ‘cap cloud’ over Costa Rica led a number of people to believe the world was ending.


Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/a-spectacular-fire-rainbow-cloud-has-been-seen-over-jamaica-5481410/#ixzz3qf0rjupZ

[onawah]

A pigeon, no less! Looks more like a peacock!


The Blue Crowned Pigeon is also known as the Western crowned pigeon. In the wild it lives in the lowland rainforests of Papua, Indonesia section of New Guinea. It is hunted for food and its plumes. http://buff.ly/1RF0Ifk
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12188973_939319802820472_9007955464249029749_n.jpg?oh=4061aac803937329d174dcea979d01f1&oe=56B9E71C

[meeradas]

A pigeon, no less!

Beautiful.

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Sean Parker (http://www.sean-parker.com/) posted these shots [taken near Tucson, AZ] couple of hours ago on his fb page:

"Well, that was crazy! During my photography workhsop tonight, a huge glowing light suddenly started glowing.
The light was getting brighter and the cloud started growing. We thought it was a plane flying through a cloud at first
but the light changed to green and then blue so we thought we witnessed something magical like a comet or something.
Turns out it was just a naval missle. It was still a really cool experience and a treat to the workshop atendees. What a night..."

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12189557_1150202898340511_2917219743306320795_n.jpg?oh=c505fc45958d9af7c5c1884d1ec95372&oe=56C8CD2D&__gda__=1455486362_bc3a1b348038a39a8402ce067ce40f39

https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12195774_1150201671673967_1317201315149898269_n.jpg?oh=bda8c50de60563e4d6fe5c555c60dddc&oe=56C820E5

https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/12183767_1150287818332019_8320670279727280390_o.jpg

[Meggings]

Real sculpted bushes, created by John Brooker of Norfolk, UK - he is a 75-year old retiree. Below the photos is a youtube of him and the dragon hedge he sculpted.

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12188934_891497147606193_5205115392355805100_n.jpg ?oh=378cbc5d594b5a90b62bc7b2228c93d1&oe=56C6A5A1 https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12191569_891497127606195_5659090153057733277_n.jpg ?oh=ed5aaf23610b82a0339b5a6af94bae30&oe=56F3AE57


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7aDbis2gsU#t=18

[meeradas]

Daniel Kordan (http://danielkordan.com/) [also enjoy his galleries behind the link!]:

https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/12186774_1059901804054653_37986902075988705_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/12185292_1059902260721274_2931508311866611073_o.jpg

https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfl1/t31.0-8/887365_1061529770558523_236415400559943579_o.jpg

https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/11041098_1063447107033456_3830281371628376662_o.jpg

[Iloveyou]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hZepmswULRY/VW7UgfMF7II/AAAAAAABjd4/RR7FD_UEGzw/s1600/066%2B-%2B66.jpg

oh my . . lol . .

[onawah]

Aurora Australis With A Meteor
Taken by Tony Maheno on November 9, 2015 @ Bluff, Southland, New Zealand

While photographing the southern lights near the wreck, Olivia at Bluff, Southland, NZ I caught a meteor shooting from above and burning out as it passed by. I could see the smoke vapours after it passed.
Details: Canon 5D mark iii, 24 mm lens, 1.4 EF, ISO 3200, 15 sec, f/stop 2.8
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=119962
http://0e33611cb8e6da737d5c-e13b5a910e105e07f9070866adaae10b.r15.cf1.rackcdn.com/Tony-Maheno-DMS_8574-10_1447146179_lg.jpg

[Meggings]

Sunset less than an hour ago, looking south over Lake Ontario (Canada).

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12227807_1645863652368152_1751508806158653544_n.jpg?oh=a6f40de3b9e1b0e928d24dc392af8bb7&oe=56F365E4

[onawah]

Male Anna's Hummingbird in Port Orchard, WA. A wonderful visitor who will stay throughout the winter!
Photo by Jim Griffis

https://scontent.fmci1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12241537_942821185803667_6734024473355842633_n.jpg?oh=bd9441b2ed801c99844146a863e17e12&oe=56BC2C52

[onawah]

From Facebook page for:
Crop Circles-UFO's-Ancient Mysteries-Scientific Speculations

Simon Timotejovič Timotejenko posts us another short video which shows a fascinating collection of cloud formations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDkgTbfEz1o

VDkgTbfEz1o

[onawah]

The Sierra Club is asking for people to sign their petition to help save this beautiful little Appalachian fish, the Kentucky Arrow Darter
http://sierra.force.com/actions/servlet/rtaImage?eid=70131000001Loyp&feoid=00Ni000000FxwVD&refid=0EM31000000E7Y7


The colorful little Kentucky arrow darter lives in Appalachia, where the coal industry has already destroyed an area the size of Delaware and is destroying the darter's only habitat through mountaintop removal mining. The arrow darter was once found in 74 streams, but today it’s only in 38. Nearly half of that loss happened in the last twenty years -- since mountaintop removal mining became widespread and polluted the water with metals and other contaminants.

It's time we say enough is enough. We can't stand by and let the coal industry continue to destroy these beautiful landscapes, and the wildlife and communities that depend on this land and water for survival.

Fortunately, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agrees that the arrow darter is in grave danger and they’re considering protecting it under the Endangered Species Act. Your comment can save this unique fish from near-extinction and prevent more devastation from mountaintop removal mining.

Send in your comments to the US Fish and Wildlife Service Now
http://sierra.force.com/actions/National?actionId=AR0029445&id=70131000001LoxwAAC&data=137f06168b7f6a2654b4c2690c573bf830c250bc91ec054ac73dad80a137eb66c3f19fa60fe627eb21c75bc4d4e139c 7&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sierraclub&utm_campaign=beyondcoal&utm_content=KYarrow

[onawah]

Northern Flicker photo by Jolie Kraus Gordan
https://scontent.fmci1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/12239997_946035878815531_7456814137434308187_n.jpg?oh=1b55f8d6d03264bf0d56a2f35744002a&oe=56DD925C

[Spirithorse]

............

[meeradas]

These are just some of "The 100 best photographs ever taken without photoshop":
Every one of them deserves... needs to be seen!
Urging you to go HERE (http://brightside.me/article/100-best-photographs-without-photoshop-46555/?image=210605)
[site has all the photographer credits on it]


http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_4/46555/208755-1000-14471607853.jpg

http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_4/46555/207955-1000-144716078618263860-R3L8T8D-900-10974214_10152563992311150_4556931093850352168_o.jpg

http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_4/46555/207555-1000-144716078614610660-R3L8T8D-1000-5918e7b545b19bf27af59dd9eec31c3e2c2ecccb70f86558d1fdefe40e97dec3_-original.jpg

[onawah]

Here's another:

Wingardium Leviosa
http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_4/46555/3-r-24io-t-1000-1447160788.jpg

[meeradas]

Mikolaj (http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/mikolaj-gospodarek/shop/all/all/all)Gospodarek (http://www.gospodarek.pl/index.php/galerie/)

http://www.gospodarek.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MG_52622-960x640.jpg

http://www.gospodarek.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MG_26992-960x640.jpg

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/t31.0-8/11157454_901529023241912_1238736885896772666_o.jpg

[Iloveyou]

http://educateinspirechange.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/small-man-grand-nature-landscape-photography-24.jpg

1 person on the ground and 3 others in the tree.

Cloaked in the snows of California’s Sierra Nevada, the 3,200-year-old giant sequoia called the President rises 247 feet. Two other sequoias have wider trunks, but none has a larger crown, say the scientists who climbed it. The figure at top seems taller than the other climbers because he’s standing forward on one of the great limbs.

[meeradas]

couple minutes ago, in our backyard

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/DSCF1826_zpszzvuofqc.jpg

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/DSCF1838_zps7zsz8fxu.jpg

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/DSCF1851_zpsorwux0gp.jpg

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/DSCF1854_zpsaobmgudi.jpg

... here's one more (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=1027419&viewfull=1#post1027419)

[Violet]

Wow, Meeradas, what a fairy tale!

And it really catches some good eighties-vibes.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=32209&cid=1&stc=1

[Bill Ryan]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151125165153-32-poy-2015-restricted-super-169.jpg


Forgive me if this has already been posted! It's a real photo, and has not been photoshopped.

http://projectavalon.net/weasel_and_woodpecker.jpg

[meeradas]

lion cub in the womb

http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_3/39855/863405-850-1449558789-original.jpg

more here (http://brightside.me/article/15-amazing-photographs-of-animals-in-the-womb-39855/)[see 'em all!]

[promezeus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoPiLg8DZ3A

[Meggings]

Here is a photographer from this area, who took pictures of Lake Erie (Ontario, Canada) during this past month. Lake Erie is shallow, and high winds whip up waves.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/12/11/dave-sandford-lake-erie-photos_n_8790116.html

Here is one of his photos. He wrote that sometimes he just put his camera down and said "What in hell did I just see?"

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[onawah]

The beauty and perfection of snowflakes never ceases to amaze.

Amazing macro-photography of individual snowflakes
Photographer Alexey Kljatov takes incredible close-up photos of snowflakes in his backyard in Moscow.

"I capture snowflakes on the open balcony of my house, mostly on glass surface, lighted by an LED flashlight from the opposite side of the glass, and sometimes in natural light, using dark woolen fabrics as background."
http://www.natureknows.org/2013/11/amazing-macro-photography-of-individual.html?m=1

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5ElFskxZroM/UpPOfnsNX1I/AAAAAAAABz0/0D8X1Xqwfwo/s640/Wherecoolthingshappen_christals2.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l-pGfC8UTnQ/UpPOsfuE2hI/AAAAAAAABz8/dh6asmvZCGw/s640/Wherecoolthingshappen_christals3.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U9jGrVhQ2w0/UpPO1CvAvBI/AAAAAAAAB0E/YBTGek7QK0E/s640/Wherecoolthingshappen_christals4.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0XVEfOeUjuA/UpPPCorooTI/AAAAAAAAB0M/I_pEsByYzkk/s640/Wherecoolthingshappen_christals5.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m5Oj8Emc0Lw/UpPPRl2jBdI/AAAAAAAAB0U/KIVXWCBFRU0/s640/Wherecoolthingshappen_christals6.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ck6kzu1nnoo/UpPP4mseJPI/AAAAAAAAB0g/iLv1qkmO6Ig/s640/Wherecoolthingshappen_christals7.jpg


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_b6UAJI5bW4/UpPQUDGLHPI/AAAAAAAAB0w/FU97k9mbE3I/s640/Wherecoolthingshappen_christals9.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t9pmIBbeLaM/UpPQdRayfcI/AAAAAAAAB04/MB0fF-qq_4A/s640/Wherecoolthingshappen_christals10.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tOQcjOAyup4/UpPQlJwgGrI/AAAAAAAAB1A/Hp8KcisV1i8/s640/Wherecoolthingshappen_chrystals1.jpg

[onawah]

From Facebook: Kelvin-Helmhotz Wave Clouds

‎BradPeterson‬ was up at Snowbasin and got these shots this afternoon. It takes a thin layer of shear to get these clouds to form.
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12314104_1525331524448692_4923956969367331190_n.jpg?oh=aee51d5b16b89e329eafd34cb9905eb4&oe=57189D41

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12366236_1525331531115358_788030592683043331_n.jpg?oh=9a08f5b77a7dea9ed50f3c8fd9a61809&oe=57201D36

[onawah]

Gorgeous color, beautiful symmetry!
Male Purple Honeycreeper
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12321142_987000928014082_1978208170391694522_n.jpg?oh=53e6dc198c44bf167407d35324fe04a3&oe=571253AE

[Meggings]

Tourmaline.
From "Quartzsite Happenings" tourist FB.

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12373222_1041783485880092_921431513415171277_n.jpg?oh=df1e6d2fc797d50bc77709cf26f8bd3a&oe=56D4ED47

[onawah]

Magnificent Great Grey Owl

https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12065900_1168673019827449_756503463595787056_n.jpg?oh=30ac305265b4e0ab732643b02cb6bbdb&oe=570F4235

[promezeus]

Owl Butterfly

[Meggings]

A photograph of a fern with morning dew.
Unbelievably beautiful!

(posted on Tristan Robin Blakeman's page)

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/12360157_10153150072802007_8562394831127104626_n.jpg?oh=a30c461cc9b5acc6a36f3acc3294ac66&oe=5709EF07

[meeradas]

Iceland.

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpl1/t31.0-8/12377637_10153736060026147_2818419316804747467_o.jpg
Vestrahorn in South East Iceland. Photo by Wim Denijs (https://www.facebook.com/wim.denijs.1).

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/10313447_993568994035962_8458069126072080034_n.jpg?oh=ad811efeb19ef4943c8b7535ada5d8ea&oe=572182F0
Photographer credits in picture

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/11072934_770196826458901_7254423976548077224_o.jpg
Skógafoss, Iceland. Photo by Phlip Slotte (http://www.philipslotte.com/).

[onawah]

Merry Christmas, Avalon!
Steller's Jay in Port Orchard, WA. Photo by Carrie Griffis

https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10406465_960503524035433_3222230707926229221_n.jpg?oh=9d39278de9fac6914f527cad0f18c965&oe=570B8611

[onawah]

Perl Clouds
Taken by nenne åman on December 26, 2015 @ Arjeplog, Norhtern Sweden
http://0e33611cb8e6da737d5c-e13b5a910e105e07f9070866adaae10b.r15.cf1.rackcdn.com/nenne-Ayman-_NEA0285paIrlemor1_1451165006_lg.jpg

[sleepydumpling]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/attach/jpg.gif


this is a place called Hartside , its much nicer on a clearer day but you can still see the mountains of the lake district in the distance.
Also it is a brilliant road on a motorbike especially if there are no police around;)

[onawah]

Rockjumper -the Lilac Breasted Roller


From: ‎We Love Birds

Photo of the Day – Many of you will not know how rollers got their name but it is derived from the spectacular aerial acrobatics they perform during courtship.
These 'rocking and rolling' displays, as they are sometimes referred to, are usually accompanied by raucous calls and displays of color that could easily be described as an avian version of a firework display. One of the most colorful of these rockets of the sky is this Lilac-breasted Roller, as is evident in the photo below by Rich Lindie.
Found throughout large parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, this wonderful bird brings color to many an African sky and seems like the perfect choice for this year's final bird of the day.
Wishing you all a very happy New Year from the Rockjumper team, we'd like to say "Roll on the New Year"!
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/1848_907814159283797_445614407872605704_n.jpg?oh=ca033b639d38fb48a35e8718c0dd5c47&oe=5700CA4A


https://www.facebook.com/rockjumperbirding/photos/o.613245882094534/907814159283797/?type=3&theater

[onawah]

Ice Stalagmites

Planet Earth Phenomenon
Ice stalagmites in Slovakia. This picture in NOT upside-down!

source: https://m.reddit.com/

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12400677_845544025543381_5184078268065380116_n.jpg?oh=40c1a9f94a1882585c1ae2d08291c723&oe=5709798C

[Meggings]

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10897927_10152913074477731_3477282988827468473_n.jpg?oh=5dd54436f5733353b0b98d32b735d5e8&oe=5709DF79

[onawah]

I couldn't believe my eyes!
At first glance from the still photo, I thought it was some kind of incredibly symmetrical crystal formation.
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/943901_846551985442585_1780329328184552173_n.png?oh=06a50cc976bf6594b9fa8694985bc742&oe=570C57CE

...But when I saw it was being described as a caterpillar, I couldn't wait to see the proof on youtube!
What an amazingly beautiful planet we live on...

From:
Planet Earth Phenomenon

The Jewel Caterpillar ! Acraga hamata larva!

Acraga hamata is a moth of the Dalceridae family.
It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and possibly Colombia.
The habitat consists of tropical premontane wet and rain forests at altitudes above 800 meters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaQzsqezaSE
IaQzsqezaSE

[onawah]

And actually, this one is alive too...
"Crystals are living beings at the beginning of creation. All things have a frequency and a vibration." ~ Nikola Tesla
Photo: Amethyst Scepter from Australia - specimen and Photo by Patrick Gunderson
The Resonance Project

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyzgGvO6CQ4nx8mYmEE0NaBCSG_W-GmZ6oj-ud9utMnChzNelWiA

Here are some more amazing stones:

An amethyst flower growing from a clear quartz cluster


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUQgvRvWoAA-PRx.jpg:large

Opal

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CULuBQsWEAA_zKh.jpg


Citrine from the French Alps
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSfNN9-WUAAVr3O.jpg

[Meggings]

Hokkaido, Japan. Take two minutes and enter this peaceful forest.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW9LTtn32K8

The English translation from Japanese on the park's website:

An art made of material fir and maple grown in Hokkaido. Roll a ball from the top of the xylophone and enjoy the tone.
You can find a vending machine placed at the top the xylophone and purchase a ball cost you 300 JPY for one. Play with the ball as many times you want and bring it back home as a souvenir. Don't forget the ball next time you come back to play with xylophone.
The keyboard is simply placed and set on the pedestal to make the sound better. In case the keyboard comes off or fall down, please return it to the original position in consideration for the next users.
This service takes a rest for xylophone protection on a rainy day.

[Meggings]

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12510424_1520608918235299_4146729555040168697_n.jpg?oh=aa44ba02a48b24298d8380862bd1f998&oe=5708D827

[Jhonie]

A bee from a past garden.

[meeradas]

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/12525393_10153206350392273_3749048736204081765_o.jpg
Ved Siljanelva, Siljan, Norge. Photo by Thom Paul Brandtzæg‎

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/t31.0-8/12471709_1738258946409918_232310650245416168_o.jpg
Finnmark, Norway. Photographer: Natasha Busel

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/12489370_918675894894407_2239776796778880741_o.jpg
Photographer: Juan Carlos Vindas

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/t31.0-8/12473724_752524671551759_1491561812450774426_o.jpg
Photo by Steven Henriksen/ Lofoten Arctic Photography. Also the one below:

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/11780038_686201444850749_7978893152490839000_o.jpg

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlt1/t31.0-8/12496397_10153180680887245_4977610689826361932_o.jpg
Låtefoss, Odda, Norway. Photo by Eva Larsen

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtl1/t31.0-8/12604712_970221829698550_6473476462832969447_o.jpg
"A winterday to be remembered". From Åfjord,Norway. Photo by Knut Dreiås‎

[onawah]

Rare albino cardinal
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12573055_809308365882008_6452931490149629895_n.jpg?oh=96cefa48fcb9918317dea336a1c3912c&oe=573E2C4A

[Meggings]

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12573700_10153850269832629_7583019213827651666_n.jpg?oh=8b84254a0c470858db54017dfceeb870&oe=5746C32B

[Meggings]

Photo taken morning of January 16, 2016, by an ice fisherman. Rather stunning. Taken in Alger County, Michigan, USA.

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12552779_1708130859431427_2782817660989062891_n.jpg?oh=cfed75cb86bf09f64a87ef5fc17cd155&oe=5741DF8B

[Meggings]

This is a eucalyptus flower bud opening. It was photographed by Peter Nydegger in Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia. The local name is Mottlecah (Eucalyptus Macrocarpa) and is native in the South-West of Western Australia only. The flowers are bigger than a large hand.

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10671211_1070022183037838_6132703937294265656_n.jpg?oh=85ff9fd2338b1e88bf49bb04ebe0c65b&oe=5748843D

[onawah]

Sunflower field in Turkey
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-0/p480x480/12650858_813693255443519_8946225569695566308_n.jpg?oh=4f01820a94235580bf499e15b4ad5176&oe=573A17AC

[Meggings]

Great pictures from you all! Thanks!

This is a male Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) from south-east Asia.

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12650976_972703612808796_1197534085146533621_n.jpg?oh=eb4500d9d330f11a6b3470382d6d2a11&oe=57283C59

[OneKind]

@Onawah these are gorgeous specimens, are they in your collection?

[Meggings]

Aquamarine, photo from Pakafghan Minerals:

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11061216_636909833121732_3849931340343074674_n.jpg?oh=1d09ebcbea198a5c92a11cc3204408de&oe=573311DE

[onawah]

No, just photos I find on Facebook, like the one below. I follow a page called "We Love Birds"
https://www.facebook.com/welovebirdspage/?fref=photo
I don't always post the credits, but you can always check the source by clicking on "reply with quote" to see the url.

@Onawah these are gorgeous specimens, are they in your collection?

Like an angel on the water....Snowy Egret.
Photo by Laura Karg
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/12642778_980460535373065_7996451087499681877_n.jpg?oh=bbf21a08fd6977e3540947a8b11bba71&oe=5724E532

[Meggings]

My daughter took this picture in New Zealand a few months ago of the rarest bird on earth - a KAKAPO. This is the famous one in the Stephen Fry you tube, where this bird tried to "shag" a zoologist.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A7uFSbRJ5w

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirocco_%28parrot%29

[meeradas]

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/12646683_1012076805525213_8354250938031921237_o.jpg
Boiling sea - Scene from Hellestø, Sola Municipality with Feisten Lighthouse, SW Norway. Photo: Kjell Einan, January 30, 2016

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/12525427_1075740449124676_8762412188468894702_o.jpg
Rune Askeland‎ "partly illuminated" - Olden, Norway.

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/12593494_10153771083260325_8144799185577990407_o.jpg
Yngve Olsen Sæbbe‎. Sommarøy i Tromsø, Norge

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/12622201_471647643021484_1536058507198892611_o.jpg
Pekka Hatunen. Oulujoki-Finland 21.1.2016

https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/s2048x2048/12615391_1004805289583686_6867751738062963704_o.jpg
Finn Larsen,19. Januar 2016. Amazing and changing light today. Faroe Islands

[Meggings]

Meeradas, I love the Norway photos! I've seen water like your first picture. It feels like home to see your pics.

A very dear and old friend sent me a batch of bird pictures, but with no names of the types of birds. I thought I'd just start posting some of the prettiest ones, to share the beauty.

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[Bill Ryan]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/07/00/30F251AC00000578-3435489-Monkey_wrench_This_250kg_alpha_male_gorilla_clearly_thinks_he_co-a-110_1454803669026.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/ http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/07/00/30F251C000000578-3435489-Got_your_back_An_adorable_cheetah_cub_hops_on_the_back_of_photog-a-112_1454803669116.jpghttp://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/07/00/30F251C000000578-3435489-Got_your_back_An_adorable_cheetah_cub_hops_on_the_back_of_photog-a-112_1454803669116.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/07/00/30F251B400000578-3435489-Behind_you_It_seems_this_emperor_penguin_spotted_on_Salisbury_Pl-a-116_1454803669378.jpg

[onawah]

From Facebook page for: We Love Birds
Snowy Owl in New York, January, 2016.
Photo by Lynn Cleveland - TLC pics - Nature's Visions
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpl1/v/t1.0-0/p480x480/12742431_988074257945026_2363884040915931041_n.jpg?oh=11b6890a19cc70402f804dd086067f2b&oe=57261B7B

[onawah]

Winning shots from Siena International Photography Awards ...
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2015/nov/01/winning-shots-from-siena-international-photography-awards-2015

by Hasan Baglar
‘When mantises are afraid of something, they raise their arms and spread their wings. It’s their normal defensive behaviour. To take the picture I attempted to touch them and this is how they reacted, opening their wings. They look like smiling ballet dancers.’
https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/9frUk-2phCJCffCHjcS3IsoRs0gadl1XNa_Xz_zHwN2tg8oueSWMS0ClCtP0kKKOPnemCXDPSHOVy4GoUwUry0orlSjLDO8cTR7O5p0-eMmBbLhRVxX_L90sn1dHXVfItnBa=s0-d-e1-ft#http://files.ctctcdn.com/7f1a4256001/a3788ce3-ad70-4489-acd3-d025a5d563ae.jpg

“TEMPEST” by Craig Bill (USA)
Texas and New Mexico’s border (USA) - 2011
https://plus.google.com/collection/0F9J2
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xKinJBSXD7k/Vl76PsQGcwI/AAAAAAAAHPA/fWWtAjOMXkw/w957-h319-no/02-4320.jpg

[Limor Wolf]

Early spring February 2016 - Israel

[onawah]

Peacocks in flight

http://www.boredpanda.com/flying-peacocks-mid-flight/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Newsletter

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/flying-peacock-20.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/flying-peacock-1.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/flying-peacock-9.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/flying-peacock-4.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/flying-peacock-5.jpg

Now, if only they didn't make that ungodly shrieking sound!!

[onawah]

From FB page Planet Earth Phenomena
Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) by photographer : © zahoor salmi on https://500px.com/…/the-oriental-turtle-dove-by-zahoor-salmi
image via:https://acebourke.files.wordpress.com/…/…/photo-12622447.jpg

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/12800330_880729675358149_837040655877392569_n.jpg?oh=1fee450817779c6798f5745b319e4137&oe=574E835D

[onawah]

Those itty-bitty wings!
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-0/s526x395/10610901_1236937049668647_8799107266068578793_n.jpg?oh=0cbdd22b447557cbe04b9386aaf794d4&oe=57949BD4
JkBSkFyUyv0

[onawah]

Eye in the sky From FB page for Worldwide Hippies
March 23 near Moose Jaw, SK, Canada ·

This was taken on Sunday- the eye in the sky- many cultures believe this is a sign of a great change coming.https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/12794388_10207533588650343_3399415354143885812_n.jpg?oh=f77e7ff039dcdb2ab140559e17f0c4ff&oe=5781A933

[uzn]

Hi Onawa, these are called Sundogs. Here´s an ultrarare one from Mars. Unfortunately Nasa tinted the picture red but nice anyhow.

33155


Here´s my momentary favorite picture:

http://i0.wp.com/image.thenewslens.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0126-hk-blue2.jpg?w=
http://i0.wp.com/image.thenewslens.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0126-hk-blue2.jpg?w=

[onawah]

I have no idea what this is, but wow, very interesting.
It looks like a species from a different planet. From the Resonance Project FB page:

Nature approaches infinity using Phi scaling to create Fibonacci spirals that reflect the dynamics of the curling of space-time toward singularity...
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12936773_477127899145140_5550285585713581398_n.jpg?oh=ce4169e6297e2e366a26c3acd0f13245&oe=577B5434

[Wind]

Provence, France

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Lavande_DSC04585-57066d4242147__880.jpg

Monument Valley, United States

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/United_States_Monument_Valley_MG_4734_7-57066dd62f14c__880.jpg

Meteora, Greece

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Meteores_FG9A6177-57066d0a866e6__880.jpg

Iceland

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Traveling-the-world-to-catch-the-sun-5707669d12fc3__880.jpg

Plitvice, Croatia

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Croatia_Plitvice_DSC00547_6-57066d24d23bf__880.jpg

Yosemite, United States

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Yosemite_MG_1495-57066da75dd44__880.jpg

Australia

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Traveling-the-world-to-catch-the-sun-570766a12b20b__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Traveling-the-world-to-catch-the-sun-570766a31ce91__880.jpg

[Wind]

Asperatus Clouds Over New Zealand

https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xla1/t31.0-8/13029712_757978731005623_2960638512489219415_o.jpg

[uzn]

Flyby drinking ;)
http://www.arcadedarwin.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/021_Ofer-Levy-Israel_Australia-Fly-by-drinking.jpg

[onawah]

PLANTS BEHAVING BADLY: MURDER AND MAYHEM

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

This beautifully-produced nature documentary narrated by the late, great David Attenborough reveals deceit and treachery worthy of any thriller novel in the world plants. Although Darwin is most well-known for his book, 'On The Origin Of Species’, it was his next book, entirely about orchids that clarified his revolutionary ideas.

Orchids exhibit extraordinary variety and beauty and these
flowers, unlike all others are shaped for just one purpose – to seduce pollinators.

'Murder and Mayhem' examines the strange traits that some species have evolved, beginning with a look at the carnivorous varieties.


O-fNzFdxAUU

[uzn]

eating, eating, eating, that´s all i can think of. Come here you little fish.
http://www.archive.xray-mag.com/files/slideshow/Mex_03-vhr.jpg

[Wind]

Apricot Valley, China Xinjiang (http://www.boredpanda.com/blooming-apricot-valley-yili-china/)

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/blooming-apricot-valley-yili-china-1.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/blooming-apricot-valley-yili-china-25.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/blooming-apricot-valley-yili-china-18.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/blooming-apricot-valley-yili-china-24.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/blooming-apricot-valley-yili-china-17.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/blooming-apricot-valley-yili-china-23.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/blooming-apricot-valley-yili-china-20.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/blooming-apricot-valley-yili-china-28.jpg

[onawah]

Purple Honeycreeper
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/13267797_1084333114947529_4823631337052357411_n.jpg?oh=0c9b0fc5b594df0ebe72f6b6a75b34b3&oe=57D929DB

[Jhonie]

In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. I wish it had been me who took this picture. I would have loved to be there.

[meeradas]

both from today
[taken here (http://www.escapadarural.com/casa-rural/cadiz/cerro-del-hada), by myself]

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/DSC02512_zpscxai3mz9.jpg

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/DSC02678_zpsffsowfcg.jpg

[onawah]

Mountain Bluebird at Aspen Grove British Columbia, Canada. Photo by Anthony Bucci, A.Bucci Photography
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13332798_1058376940914757_6824883037500450284_n.jpg?oh=208649db7d10848d977c91b11cae19a0&oe=580BA933

[onawah]

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p480x480/13393931_843836809081912_7784689939280578158_n.jpg?oh=204b8d36daee74f68969e6d9ccde7b20&oe=57D0DD2E

[onawah]

Unusual specimen of Mexican Opal with Rutile inclusions
From:
Planet Earth Phenomenon


Unusual specimen of Mexican Opal with Rutile inclusions

It is really a mystery on how this Opal was formed this way.
Opal is silica and Mexican Opal is volcanic so to have rutilated needles form inside the silica or Opal it needed to have cavities.

source:https://www.opalauctions.com/learn/did-you-know/mysterious-beautiful-opals

via:http://bijoux-et-mineraux.tumblr.com/

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13445653_938973052867144_1044377428622226309_n.jpg?oh=807d505e08bece4677c1091b42049fbc&oe=57C9D467

[onawah]

Scientists conclude Octopus DNA is not from THIS world
http://zonnews.com/new/6556-scientists-conclude-octopus-dna-is-not-from-this-world.html
http://i2.wp.com/www.ferocesmente.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Octo-1024x767.jpg?resize=1024%2C767

A new study has led researchers to conclude that Octopuses (NOT Octopi) have Alien DNA. Their genome shows a never-before-seen level of complexity with a staggering 33,000 protein-coding genes identified, more than in a human being.
The oceans of our planet hide countless mysteries that could perhaps help answer numerous mysteries of life itself. During the last couple of decades, marine biologists have made small but steady progress towards a deeper understanding of nature and life.
http://zonnews.com/images/2016/06/1465763004_octopus-alein-dna.jpg
A group of researchers decided to do some science and chose the cephalopods in order to try and break down their DNA code, hoping to understand them better.

The octopus, squid, and cuttlefish are integrated into the coleoid sub-class of the molluscs. They have an evolutionary history that goes back over 500 million years, a period long before plants moved onto land. These creatures inhabit nearly every single ocean at almost any depth.

They are mainly characterized by a vast range of incredible morphological wrinkles: camera-like eyes, really flexible bodies, and ‘sophisticated’ chameleonic response. All of this is ruled by the larger nervous system found among invertebrates, which makes these beings the rulers of the oceans.

They possess highly developed brains and are considered as the most intelligent invertebrate demonstrating elaborate problem-solving behaviours. And ss if it wasn’t freaky enough for octopuses to open up jam jars, scientists have just concluded that these aquatic creatures are even more mysterious.

Thanks to the first-ever full genome sequence, researchers have found that octopuses (NOT Octopi) are in fact entirely different from any other animals on our planet. Their genome shows a never-before-seen level of complexity with a staggering 33,000 protein-coding genes identified, more than in a human being.

US researcher Dr. Clifton Ragsdale, from the University of Chicago, said: The octopus appears to be utterly different from all other animals, even other molluscs, with its eight prehensile arms, its large brain, and its clever problem-solving abilities.

“The late British zoologist Martin Wells said the octopus is an alien. In this sense, then, our paper describes the first sequenced genome from an alien.”

One of the mains reasons why researchers decided to investigate the molecular basis of cephalopod brain, was its ability to adapt instantly its neural network properties which result in a great impact in memory and learning capacity. These specific capabilities offer an explanation within the genome that incorporates biological mechanisms that allow tissues to rapidly change proteins in order to alter their function.

According to researchers from the University of Chicago, the octopus genome is enriched in transposons, commonly referred to as “jumping genes,” which can rearrange themselves on the genome. Even though their role in octopuses is unclear, researchers found elevated transposon expression in neural tissues. Transposons are known to have the ability to affect the regulation of gene expression and are believed to play major roles in shaping genome structure.

“With a few notable exceptions, the octopus basically has a typical invertebrate genome that’s just been completely rearranged, like it’s been put into a blender and mixed,” said Caroline Albertin, co-lead author and graduate student in Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. “This leads to genes being placed in new genomic environments with different regulatory elements, and was an entirely unexpected finding.”

Octopuses have an alien genetic baggage. The scientific report mainly concluded that Octopuses share ‘Alien’ genes.This has been a ground shaking claim in the scientific community which caused an upheaval among marine biologists who seemed to be shocked and intrigued at the same time.

It turns out that apparently, we’ve had under our nose a link to humanity’s mysteries, and many of life’s greatest enigmas can be solved if we only decide to pay more attention to our ocean and everything inside of it.

The findings are published in the Journal Nature.

Source: http://www.ferocesmente.com/science-technology/scientists-conclude-octopus-dna-is-not-from-this-world/

[Violet]

There's this song, it says: When the fish came out of the ocean, and grew legs and they started walking.

[meeradas]

a few of the nice shots i could take on our recent trip:

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/rangescape1-02989_zpst5w1boje.jpg


http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/DSC04593_zpsbvfr1wfi.jpg


http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/dreamscape1_clear-05113_zpsupi1ldqd.jpg


http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/sundog1--05784_zpsn2dyyzd8.jpg


http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/dreamscape1-05142-2_zpsjayippem.jpg



http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/dreamscape1--05465_zpsjijwrzvo.jpg

[onawah]

At 7cm, the Tufted Coquette is the smallest of the 18 hummingbirds recorded on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago.
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13432256_1095659763814864_183355241869234356_n.jpg?oh=12296131d87b19e2a3983ac3489a1653&oe=57F2BC83

[onawah]

From: We Love Birds' FB page:

One of the world's fastest birds, the Peregrine Falcon may possibly reach 200 miles per hour!
Photo taken in New Jersey by Ray Gilbert

https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13567472_1076355199116931_3528002500418217203_n.jpg?oh=c1117eeb01848ce142440fa1fdf7724a&oe=57FFAAB4

[onawah]

From the The Resonance Project FB page

“My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me” — Oliver Sacks
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13557914_1206361346063625_1306701868193873617_n.jpg?oh=f1e68b6d8ce51835c1d724f025072e39&oe=57EBF853

[onawah]

From FB page for :We Love Birds

Black-crowned Night Heron in the Smoky Mountains. Photo by Denise Hilley Photography

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13726677_1083838861701898_2233996411463306411_n.jpg?oh=24a5eda1995ed6d640ee8760e5274064&oe=57F80190

[EFO]

3 years ago in Timisoara,Romania - amazing storm cloud... 120 km from where I live

and more photos and videos of it http://www.opiniatimisoarei.ro/norul-infricosator-si-spectaculos-care-a-adus-furtuna-peste-timisoara-imortalizat-in-imagini-video-si-fotografii/31/05/2013

http://www.opiniatimisoarei.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nor-furtuna-timisoara-30-mai.jpg

Photo credit:Ervin Boer

[onawah]

A beautiful female Northern Cardinal getting ready to take off! Photo by Fred Detwiler
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13669127_1091214347631016_3343516307868297692_n.jpg?oh=b8d83cc5669013c5d34e46e0a9cdc6a8&oe=5818CF66

[onawah]

Balinese starling
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-exxrGdA1Ups/T8wpHlGtZMI/AAAAAAAAB1g/x77yauqzAwA/s320/jalak+bali+selamatkan+dari+kepunahan.jpg

[Fanna]

Originally posted on Wind's Thread, but I thought it best to share it here as well :]

So I was walking the dog and got distracted making a rock stack. Links to full size photos below, here is a compressed version for the forum:

http://i.imgur.com/hX5QbO2.jpg

Clear (https://i.imgur.com/ftwzD6a.jpg)

With Rainbow (https://i.imgur.com/xehxYMG.jpg)

[onawah]

DRAGONFLY
https://scontent.fmci1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14192120_1090676644355837_1380469971824034296_n.jpg?oh=d6132ad28eb1c8c33dc70314768762ac&oe=58395653

[Fanna]

Another hike bc I'm a hobo dog lover.

http://imgur.com/mD2mQFW.jpg

[onawah]

Photo by Candace Dyer
http://angstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Candace-Dyar.jpg

[meeradas]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=1103100#post1103100

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=1104006&viewfull=1#post1104006

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=1104060&viewfull=1#post1104060

[meeradas]

Afternoon nap on Pedra da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Photo by @wellboldrini

https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14470583_1790507874528569_5554057543158043172_n.jpg?oh=1393df22b11ee67fb27f8eefc2f301ca&oe=586E96C4


Bromo, an active volcano in Java, Indonesia; Photo by Kris Bednarzewski

https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14492342_1790058794573477_7729898766875959517_n.jpg?oh=dd4813da96821a7852c6ed1bd8c623ab&oe=586E9902


Here comes the sun. Al Qudra Desert, Dubai; Photo by Dennis Stever

https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14495395_1789194867993203_5962588818220319919_n.jpg?oh=f698bfd83ff9952bac75c38069f5f453&oe=586190C9

[Wind]

Your pictures are always so amazing, meeradas! :)


Volcanoes in National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lava-milky-way-meteor-moon-mike-mezeul-II-hawaii-2.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lava-milky-way-meteor-moon-mike-mezeul-II-hawaii-1.jpg

[meeradas]

[...]! :)

Thanks, Wind! Though i can't top the ones you just posted...

get some more of my own, for your enjoyment:

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/pdln%20shore%20long%20exp%203-07639_zpstskpug8l.jpg

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/dwarved%20by%20it%20all_2-07436_zpsundjdc01.jpg

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/teide-06445_zpsoqkryd9l.jpg

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/fantastic%20evening%20mood-06746_zpsmjbc9nrv.jpg

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b585/Herb_Garmsen/unstoppable%20force_2-08409_zpstg1wjcgu.jpg

PS: (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=1106223&viewfull=1#post1106223)

[The Freedom Train]

34405

This is a fae gift I made while visiting Alex Grey's COSM in New Paltz. :)

[onawah]

20+ Birds Taking Care Of Their Babies
These are priceless
See them all at:
http://www.boredpanda.com/baby-birds-parents-taking-care/

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cute-bird-parents-36__700.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cute-bird-parents-261__700.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cute-bird-parents-25__700.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cute-bird-parents-41__700.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cute-bird-parents-26__700.jpg

[meeradas]

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cute-bird-parents-41__700.jpg

My personal fav. Thank you!

---

Go here [-] (https://500px.com/popular?categories=Nature) and enjoy!

[onawah]

Art coming to life
DjtwjvnfxGc

[onawah]

Synchronicity! I saw this article just after posting the above.
http://www.lionsroar.com/how-buddhism-inspired-monets-masterpieces/?utm_source=Lion%27s%20Roar%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=ce7f8972d5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1988ee44b2-ce7f8972d5-22642825&mc_cid=ce7f8972d5&mc_eid=b81a7fa120

[onawah]

A treasury of prize winning photos here:
http://www.boredpanda.com/best-photos-2016-natgeo-national-geographic/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Newsletter
such as:

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/best-photos-2016-natgeo-national-geographic-7-5846f70467192__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/best-photos-2016-natgeo-national-geographic-2-5846f6f8cce47__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/best-photos-2016-natgeo-national-geographic-6-5846f701a5c6f__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/best-photos-2016-natgeo-national-geographic-36-5846f7537e833__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/best-photos-2016-natgeo-national-geographic-11-5846f70d9bd1c__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/national-geographic-travel-photographer-of-the-year-contest-2016-79-572c4634a36b5__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/national-geographic-travel-photographer-of-the-year-contest-2016-1-572c454cd68fd__880.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/national-geographic-travel-photographer-of-the-year-contest-2016-36-572c45b93c3aa__880.jpg

[onawah]

Secret Subterranean Worlds of Mesoamerica
I've been in the crystal mines of Arkansas (which are above ground) and the energy is amazing. I can't begin to imagine what it must feel like in these crystal caves.
http://atlanteangardens.blogspot.com/2016/04/secret-subterranean-worlds-of.html
PqzpBdZVYHU

In the year 2000, the “Cave of the Crystals” was discovered by miners excavating a tunnel for the Naica Mine in Mexico. The main chamber contains some of the largest natural crystals ever found in any underground cave, with the cave’s largest crystal found to date measuring at 36 ft (11 m) in length, 13 ft (4 m) in diameter and 55 tons in weight.These spectacular crystals became so large because the extremely hot temperatures inside the cave, reaching a steamy 136 degrees Fahrenheit, encouraged microscopic crystals to form and rapidly grow. Gazing at these gigantic crystals, one can't help but get carried away imagining what else awaits further exploration of these cave systems.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dkj9Xkq0o8M/VwoxvP3yPKI/AAAAAAAACjM/DelfHb7E1aw4KbzYNW41O6k5GECIn1qmw/s1600/crystal640.jpg

[Noelle]

Whenever I can, I photograph "winks" from nature. Many, of course, call them nature spirits ... but not sure at this point of what exactly they are. I also photograph clouds with human forms, eyes, faces, and such. Most images in this video I captured; those that are not mine are "free to use" stock photos with "winks" that the photographers may have not seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0524rYMb1zI

[meeradas]

... should anyone miss my posting here -
i have moved all my stuff to somewhere else (https://500px.com/herbgarmsen)
(not only nature shots but the whole range to be found there)

[RawLove]

I hope it's perfectly alright of me to begin my adventure on these forums with some pictures of my own. With my current seasonal location, I am subject to large amounts of snow and beautiful weather.

Sometimes, I let the giddy in me take over and random pictures happen.

Some clean and clear scenery. This world really is breathtaking.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/923/KBhYND.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnKBhYNDj)

One of the helicopters on its way up to the peaks.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/924/p5rhH6.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pop5rhH6j)

An old but memorable snapshot of an incoming sunrise outside my front door.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/921/r6Nlv7.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plr6Nlv7j)

I know my photos aren't of the greatest quality but I'd like to hope that the admiration for the beauty behind the attempt is fully shared with you all. Respect to this planet of ours.

[Foxie Loxie]

Can't wait to see your pictures!! :sun:

[Ankle Biter]

Some breathtaking pictures in this thread.

Gem quality Opalised mollusc shell. Original organism was ~110Ma. Truly a collectors piece. I find myself gazing at the dynamic colour play and lose track of time.

https://i.imgur.com/22QnEfMl.png

[onawah]

Transparent Animals That Are Hard To Believe Actually Exist
http://www.boredpanda.com/transparent-animals/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Newsletter

Transparent Juvenile Surgeonfish
Transparent Animals That Are Hard To Believe Actually Exist


http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transparent-animals-2-5731db7fc60f1__605.jpg
This is a juvenile sharpear enope squid (Ancistrocheirus lesueurii). Its transparent body is covered with polka dots of pigment-filled cells, and below its eyes are bioluminescent organs. They may be found throughout the tropical and subtropical oceans, often at depths of between 200-1000 metres. (source: telegraph, wikipedia)

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/transparent-animals-016.jpg
The pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis) is a small (2 mm) yellow or light brown, almost transparent ant notorious for being a major indoor nuisance pest, especially in hospitals.[1] The pharaoh ant, whose origins are unknown, has now been introduced to virtually every area of the world, including Europe, the Americas, Australasia and Southeast Asia. (source: wikipedia)


http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/transparent-animals-013.jpg
The tortoise shell beetle is not completely transparent, but it does have a carapace that is nearly invisible. The purpose of the transparent outer shell is to fool potential predators, as it reveals markings on its back that act as a warning. Tortoise beetles come in many different varieties, and the design under their clear shells can be distinct and beautiful. (source: mnn)


http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transparent-animals-6-5731db8678f92__605.jpg
Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to the Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. It is recognized for a highly unusual transparent, fluid-filled dome on its head, through which the lenses of its eyes can be seen. M. microstoma has been known to science since 1939, but is not known to have been photographed alive until 2004. Old drawings do not show the transparent dome, as it is usually destroyed when brought up from the depths. (source: wikipedia)

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transparent-animals-12-5731db902c05d__605.jpg
Hyperolius leucotaenius is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo. At one time thought to be extinct, in 2011 Hyperolius leucotaenius was found and photographed on the banks of the Elila River, a tributary of the Lualaba, during an expedition led by Eli Greenbaum of the University of Texas El Paso. (source: wikipedia)

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transparent-animals-1-5731db7e3c937__605.jpg
This juvenile octopus is just 2 centimetres wide, and its internal organs can be seen through its transparent body. This one was spotted at night in the deep water off the coast of Tahiti. The orange spots on its tentacles change color and are used for camouflage. (source: ibttimes)

[onawah]

I can't embed this, but it's an amazing little clip of cuttlefish, entitled "Tiny Underwater Hippos"

https://boredpanda.com/underwater-hippo-flamboyant-cuttlefish

[onawah]

Pokemon Moth
http://better-find.com/9-scariest-creatures-ever-discovered/8/
http://better-find.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Venezuelan-Poodle-Moth.jpg

Venezuelan Poodle Moth
This moth is creepy and adorable all in one. Discovered in 2009, it kind of looks like a Pokemon. It was discovered in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela and leaves us with many unanswered questions. The research so far leads us to believe it is from the lepidopteran genus, Artace because of it’s vast similarity to the Muslin Moth.

[EFO]

1:40:44
Encounters At The End Of The World


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7edsEUQB-J8

[Foxie Loxie]

Thanks for the marvelous trip, EFO!! It was simply amazing! :highfive:

[uzn]

http://stwww.surfingmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/10/100-feet_right1.jpg

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/bigs/corp2303.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/bncore/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/arctic-getty-images.jpg

http://www.manager-magazin.de/images/image-121454-galleryV9-eqwi-121454.jpg

[onawah]

I've never seen a cloud like this before, if that's what it is....in any case, breathtaking!

https://weather.com/news/weather/video/colorful-cloud-over-philippines

[onawah]

One of Nature's great artists, the humble puffer fish
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[onawah]

I haven't posted in this thread for a long time, but had to post these.
Lest we forget why Nature is so worthy of protection.

Beautiful Birds
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Colorful Sea Creatures
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Beautiful and Rare Peacocks
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More Beautiful Birds
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[onawah]

Birds of Paradise courtship displays
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The Bowerbird's Grand Performance
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[Bill Ryan]

I can't compete with onawah's spectacular images... and I'm not trying to. :)

But here's a photo I took myself a couple of months ago... my dog Mara can just be seen right of center. The entire place is as stunningly beautiful as it looks. (The curved horizon effect was no fish-eye... it was an accidental effect of the panorama image joining.)

http://projectavalon.net/Ecuador_Cajas_National_Park_Panorama.jpg

[onawah]

To be fair, Bill, those images I post are from sources such as the BBC, etc.
Photos you have taken yourself belong to a different category, and have their own unique merits.
Thanks for posting them on this thread... :sun:
It is a lovely scene.

I can't compete with onawah's spectacular images... and I'm not trying to. :)

But here's a photo I took myself a couple of months ago... my dog Mara can just be seen right of center. The entire place is as stunningly beautiful as it looks. (The curved horizon effect was no fish-eye... it was an accidental effect of the panorama image joining.)

http://projectavalon.net/Ecuador_Cajas_National_Park_Panorama.jpg

[onawah]

What could be sweeter?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DbaAhgS5AYs/WTW1bKQ6eFI/AAAAAAAA6sQ/VwmnG8p2fJc8bx8xPDD0lfiica6NckdYwCJoC/w700-h831/gplus-2104635626.jpg

[naste.de.lumina]

https://data.whicdn.com/images/110996335/large.jpg