Container pusher on the Elbe near Geesthacht

Interior, Huesca, Spain

Abbey of San Pedro el Viejo is a former Benedictine monastery. The present Romanesque structure was built by the Benedictines in the 12th century. The name "San Pedro el Viejo", or "Saint Peter the Old", refers to the fact that the Visigothic monastery building that was given to them predated the Moorish occupation. The site now consists mostly of the cloisters and the church. It has been a national monument since 1886, and is one of the most important buildings for the Romanesque architecture of Aragon.

The former chapter room has been since the 13th century the Chapel of San Benito or Royal Pantheon (Panteón Real) and contains the tombs of two kings of Aragon: Alfonso I, the Battler, and his brother and successor Ramiro II, the Monk.

This part of the Pucks Glen path takes the walker towards a rocky outcrop that contains what looks like a face ... can you see it?.

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More scenes from the walk can be seen here:.

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that bloom, shed and then simply go.

That's the wonders of life: One minute you're here and the Next minute you're gone!

This is where Mother Nature teaches us, how fragile we can become and yet still contain within ourselves, what we really are and should be.

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The Brain—is wider than the Sky—

For—put them side by side—

The one the other will contain

With ease—and You—beside—

The Brain is deeper than the sea—

For—hold them—Blue to Blue—

The one the other will absorb—

As Sponges—Buckets—do—

The Brain is just the weight of God—

For—Heft them—Pound for Pound—

And they will differ—if they do—

As Syllable from Sound—

Emily Dickinson, ‘The Brain is wider than the Sky’.

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Via San Gregorio Armeno is a street in the historic center of Naples, touristically famous for the artisan nativity scenes it contains.

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The church contains over 7500 square meters of mosaics, more than any other church in the world. The intricately detailed mosaics depict biblical scenes and figures, with the fine patterned borders setting off each picture. An elaborate shrine was constructed on the exact place of the Tsar Alexander's death, garnished with topaz, lazurite and other semi-precious stones.

The interior was designed by some of the most celebrated Russian artists of the day, including Victor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Nesterov and Mikhail Vrubel.

Mulranny (Irish: an Mhala Raithní, meaning "the hill-brow of the ferns"[2])—sometimes spelled as 'Mallaranny', 'Mulrany',[2] 'Malaranny', 'Mullaranny', 'Mullranny' or 'Mulranny'—is a seaside village on the isthmus between Clew Bay and Blacksod Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. Mulranny is the home of colourful giant Fuchsias, Ferns and exotic plants. This plant life is celebrated each summer during the Mulranny Mediterranean Heather Festival. Mulranny, nestled at the foot of The Nephin Mountain Range, offers long sandy blue flag beaches and a relatively mild climate. Mulranny also plays host to a coastal lagoon. The Corraun Peninsula, which contains three mountain peaks, is situated across Clew Bay.

In 2011, Mulranny was a winner of the EDEN (European Destination of Excellence) award.

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An einem einzigen Abend hatten wir klare Sicht. Auf Sommarøy begann mein erstes Polarlicht - Aurora Boealis. Keine Bange, später am Abend wurde es noch viel viel besser.

We had a clear view in one evening. My first Northern Lights - Aurora Boealis - started on Sommarøy. Don't worry, it got a lot better later in the evening.

Ein Panorma aus 5 Bildern - A panorama from 5 images

i almost lost my pinky fingers to frostbite by the time i was done shooting this series

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Les montagnes de Long Range, la plus septentrionale des Appalaches, contiennent de nombreux fjords sculptés par les glaciers. L’un des plus spectaculaires est le plus grand lac du parc, l’étang Western Brook. Ce lac de 16 kilomètres d'une profondeur de 165 mètres abrite du saumon de l'Atlantique, de l'omble de fontaine et de l'omble chevalier, ainsi qu'une colonie inhabituelle de goélands nicheurs sur les falaises. UNESCO

Étang Western Brook, parc national du Gros-Morne, marais Gulls, Terre-Neuve, Canada Les montagnes Long Range, la plus septentrionale des Appalaches, contiennent de nombreux fjords sculptés par les glaciers. L’un des plus spectaculaires est le plus grand lac du parc, l’étang Western Brook. Ce lac de 16 kilomètres d'une profondeur de 165 mètres abrite du saumon de l'Atlantique, de l'omble de fontaine et de l'omble chevalier, ainsi qu'une colonie inhabituelle de goélands nicheurs sur les falaises. UNESCO.

The Long Range Mountains, the northernmost extent of the Appalachians, contain numerous glacially-carved fjords. One of the most spectacular is the Park’s largest lake, Western Brook Pond. This 16 kilometre lake with a depth of 165 metres is home to Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, and Arctic Char, as well as an unusual colony of cliff nesting gulls. UNESCO

Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Gulls Marsh, Newfoundland, CanadaThe Long Range Mountains, the northernmost extent of the Appalachians, contain numerous glacially-carved fjords. One of the most spectacular is the Park’s largest lake, Western Brook Pond. This 16 kilometre lake with a depth of 165 metres is home to Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, and Arctic Char, as well as an unusual colony of cliff nesting gulls. UNESCO

Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Gulls Marsh, Newfoundland, Canada

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Sunset light.

Actual name is Apache Plume

Fallugia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Fallugia paradoxa, which is known by the common names Apache plume and póñil. This plant is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is found in arid habitats such as desert woodlands and scrub.

The Cathedral of Our Lady (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Today's see of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been 'completed'. In Gothic style, its architects were Jan and Pieter Appelmans. It contains a number of significant works by the Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, as well as paintings by artists such as Otto van Veen, Jacob de Backer and Marten de Vos.

The belfry of the cathedral is included in the Belfries of Belgium and France entry in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The first Christian missionaries arrived in the 7th century. The first parish church dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul was constructed in the current Sint Michielsstraat. After the Viking raids in 836, the church was damaged and restored, and subsequently dedicated to Saint Michael. In the 10th century, a group of 12 secular canons were connected to this church. They would dedicate all of their time to the Liturgy of the Hours, and mainly opposed the beliefs of the established Roman Catholic Church.

Upon hearing of their dissent behavior, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai (to which Antwerp belonged at the time) then sent Norbert of Xanten to discipline them. In 1124, Norbert of Xanten convinces 4 of the secular canons to start a norbertine abbey and thus the parish church becomes a monastery church, known as St. Michael's Abbey. The 8 other secular canons prefer to keep their freedom and move to a different location, a chapel dedicated to Our Lady, the Virgin Mary.

This chapel becomes Antwerp's new parish church, and is located between the Saint Michael residential area, and an older settlement around the area of Het Steen.

Becoming more popular, the chapel is demolished and replaced by a much bigger romanesque church. The three-aisled nave corresponded in width to the cathedral's current central aisle, the inner and partly the middle aisles. The cloverleaf-shaped eastern section with a full aisle had a width of no less than 42 m. In 1294, the church gets a novum opus extension, indicating the first signs of gothic architecture.

Contains a sample from Rodney Smith

Mit Containern nach Linz war 1293 197 im Rheintal bei St. Goarshausen zu sehen.

VALPUESTA - Burgos

Cuna del Castellano.

En este lugar se situó un obispado desde el año 804 hasta el 1087.

La dióceis de Valpuesta fue formada tras la conquista islámica de la península ibérica, desmantelándose la diócesis de Oca hacia Valdegovía.

De su Colegiata de Santa María, construida a partir de la ermita del siglo IX, proceden los Cartularios de Valpuesta, primer documento que contiene palabras escritas en castellano.

Spanish language cradle.

There was a bishopric here from the year 804 until 1087.

The diocese of Valpuesta was formed after the Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, dismantling the diocese of Oca towards Valdegovía.

From the Collegiate Church of Santa María, built from the hermitage of the ninth century, come the Cartularios de Valpuesta, the first document that contains words written in Spanish.

It's amazing that even an autumn photo can contain so much green.

im Niehler Hafen

While most people think of toads as land creatures hopping about in the woods, there are also aquatic toads sharing a similar relationship to fresh water habitats as frogs.

This aquatic toad is sunbathing on a hyacinth plant, joined by a young frog on a leaf less than an inch away. It’s interesting that the small frog chose to keep company with the much larger toad, considering unoccupied vegetation was available. Perhaps their similar color made the frog believe they were part of the same species.

The dark lumps on the toad are actually glands growing outside the body.

Beneath the toad is a leaf containing several frog eggs. The minute plants clinging to this leaf and floating above the toad are duckweed.

Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis.

The closest relatives of mantises are the termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies (Mantispidae). Mantises are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species are found actively pursuing their prey. They normally live for about a year. In cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, then die. The eggs are protected by their hard capsules and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation.

Mantises were considered to have supernatural powers by early civilizations, including Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Assyria. A cultural trope popular in cartoons imagines the female mantis as a femme fatale. Mantises are among the insects most commonly kept as pets.

Los Angeles. California.

Anthurium is a genus of about 1000 species of flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family, Araceae. General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, and laceleaf. It's native to tropical America, from Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay. They are grown for their attractive flowering bracts which are popular with the cut flower trade. All parts of the plant, are poisonous. If ingested, may cause mild stomach disorders. Anthurium is a genus of herbs often growing as epiphytes on other plants. Some are terrestrial. The leaves are often clustered and are variable in shape. The inflorescence bears small flowers which are perfect, containing male and female structures. The flowers are contained in dense spirals on the spadix. The spadix is often elongated into a spike shape, but it can be globe-shaped or club-shaped. Beneath the spadix is the spathe, a type of bract. This is variable in shape, as well, but it is lance-shaped in many species. It may extend out flat or in a curve. Sometimes it covers the spadix like a hood. The fruits develop from the flowers on the spadix. They are juicy berries varying in color, usually containing two seeds. 3523

Peter's Pool is a kettle lake made by Franz Josef Glacier, in the Westland National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. Together with Fox Glacier—located 20 kilometres away—the glaciers extend from the Southern Alps to the valley floor less than 300 metres above sea level.

The lake was formed by melting glacial ice around 200 years ago. The water is highly reflective and provides stunning views of the glacial valley containing Franz Josef Glacier.

Happy Fence Friday

Mit Containern aus Enns Hafen nach Bremerhaven war die MRCE/Boxx 193 609 bei Sinngrün nordwärts unterwegs.

The creator of sandi (round frame of right hand side of pic.)

This image is virtual world.It isn't reality ( contain thought)

The 12 connected cubes can be bent in every direction. The object is to bend and stretch in the in the right way to get the right colour combinations. It comes with a booklet that contains 80 challenges from easy to master. Each cube is 1.27 cm.5 inch

Here's a link that shows you the puzzle

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Though not nearly as nice as the scenery out in Yellowstone Park, Winneshiek County's coldwater streams offer comparable trout fishing. Coldwater creek contains wild brown and brook trout in addition to stocked rainbows. I had the stream all to myself tonight as most anglers have hung up their fishing rods for the year.

Hoensbroek Castle or Gebrookhoes (Gebrook Castle) is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. The oldest part of the castle, in particular the high round tower, dates from around 1360, when Herman Hoen rebuilt it. In 1225 there was already a precursor in this swamp (or broken), a so-called moth castle. In 1250 a fortified house was built on the site of the current castle. Due to its strategic location on the important trade routes to Maastricht, Aachen and Cologne, the castle was expanded in successive phases into the largest castle between Maas and Rhine. It contains 67 halls, rooms and spaces.

Kasteel Hoensbroek of Gebrookhoes (Kasteel Gebrook) is een van de grootste kastelen van Nederland. Het oudste gedeelte van het kasteel, met name de hoge ronde toren, dateert van rond 1360, toen Herman Hoen het verbouwde. In 1225 was er in dit moeras (of gebrook) al een voorloper, een zogeheten motte-burcht. In 1250 werd op de plaats van het huidige kasteel een versterkt huis gebouwd. Vanwege zijn voor Limburg zeer strategische ligging aan de belangrijke handelsroutes naar Maastricht, Aken en Keulen werd het kasteel in opeenvolgende fasen uitgebouwd tot de grootste burcht tussen Maas en Rijn. Het bevat 67 zalen, vertrekken en ruimtes.

The American bushtit inhabits mixed open woodlands, often containing oaks and a scrubby chaparral understory ; it also inhabits parks and gardens. It is a year-round resident of the western United States and highland parts of Mexico, ranging from Vancouver through the Great Basin and the lowlands and foothills of California to southern Mexico and Guatemala.

The American bushtit is one of the smallest passerines in North America, at 11 cm (4.3 in) in length and 5–6 g (0.18–0.21 oz) in weight. It is gray-brown overall, with a large head, a short neck, a long tail, and a short stubby bill. The male has dark eyes and the adult female, yellow. Coastal forms have a brown "cap" while those in the interior have brown "mask."

The American bushtit is active and gregarious, foraging for small insects and spiders in mixed-species feeding flocks containing species such as chickadees and warblers, of 10 to over 40 individuals. Members of the group constantly make contact calls to each other that can be described

Die recht frische 193 539 BoxXpress bespannte einen Containerzug und durcheilte die Landschaft bei Bruchköbel in der tiefstehenden Novembersonne.

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acorns in a plash of water

- Acorn: the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.

The acorn, or oak nut, usually contains a single seed (rarely two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule. Acorns vary from 1–6 cm long and 0.8–4 cm broad. Acorns take between about 6 and 24 months (depending on the species) to mature.

Acorns play an important role in forest ecology when oaks are the dominant species or are plentiful. The volume of the acorn crop may vary wildly, creating great abundance or great stress on the many animals dependent on acorns and the predators of those animals. Acorns, along with other nuts, are termed mast.

Wildlife which eat acorns as an important part of their diets include birds, such as jays, pigeons, some ducks, and several species of woodpeckers. Small mammals that feed on acorns include mice, squirrels and several other rodents.

Large mammals such as pigs, bears, and deer also consume large amounts of acorns; they may constitute up to 25% of the diet of deer in the autumn.

Some animals, such as squirrels and jays serve as seed dispersal agents. Jays and squirrels that scatter-hoard acorns in caches for future use, effectively plant acorns in a variety of locations in which it is possible for them to germinate and thrive.

Even though jays and squirrels retain remarkably large mental maps of cache locations and return to consume them, the odd acorn may be lost, or a jay or squirrel may die before consuming all of its stores. A small number of acorns manage to germinate and survive, producing the next generation of oaks.

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- Een eikel of een aker is de vrucht van een eik. Het is een noot met één, soms twee zaden. De lengte van een eikel varieert tussen de 1 tot 6 cm en is 0,8 tot 4 cm breed. Meestal duurt het tussen de zes en de 24 maanden voordat een eikel kiemt.

Afhankelijk van het weer vallen de meeste eikels in september en oktober. De hoeveelheid zaad die eiken produceren verschilt erg per jaar. Eens in de zoveel jaar, als de weersomstandigheden goed zijn en de bomen genoeg reserves hebben, produceren ze veel meer eikels dan anders. Deze jaren van overdadige vruchtvorming worden mastjaren genoemd.

Eikels zijn belangrijk voedsel voor dieren, zoals muizen, eekhoorns, wilde zwijnen, hertachtigen, sommige eenden en andere vogels en beren die in de buurt van eiken leven. Bij deze dieren bestaat soms 25% van de wintervoorraad uit eikels. Eikels werden vroeger gebruikt om varkens te voeren (mast).

De eik is voor het voortbestaan vooral afhankelijk van de gaai en van de eekhoorn. Een eikel valt niet ver van de boom en kan onder het bladerdak van de boom niet uitgroeien. Hij is dus aangewezen op dieren om de eikel verder van de boom te verplaatsen. Eekhoorns begraven voorraden eikels voor de winter. Als een eekhoorn omkomt of de voorraad niet of onvolledig aanspreekt of vergeet, is dat een ideale plaats voor de eikels om te kiemen.

Gaaien, zoals ‘Vlaamse gaaien’ officieel heten, zijn echte verzamelaars. Van eikels wel te verstaan. Ze leggen er een wintervoorraad van aan. De gaaien nemen de eikels mee in hun keel en stoppen ze een eindje verderop onder de grond. Een enkele gaai kan in het najaar zo duizenden eikels verstoppen. Gedurende de winter zoekt de gaai zijn voorraadplekken op. Zelfs in het voorjaar worden jongen nog gevoerd met ontkiemde eikels.

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NEMO Science Museum

The green Nemo building

NEMO Science Museum (from latin Nobody) is a science center in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located in the Oosterdokseiland neighborhood in the Amsterdam-Centrum borough, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and the Kattenburg. The museum has its origins in 1923, and is housed in a building designed by Renzo Piano since 1997. It contains five floors of hands-on science exhibitions and is the largest science center in the Netherlands.

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A widefield view of Cassiopeia and Cepheus containing a variety of objects including the Bubble Nebula – lower center aka NGC7635, Shapless-162 or Caldwell 11, which is an HII emission region that contains a bubble structure created by stellar wind from a massive hot star. It is estimated to be anywhere from 7100 to 11,000 lightyears from earth. Another prominent object is the Lobster Claw Nebula or Sharpless-157 on the right side of the frame at about 11,050 lightyears distant. On the left side of the frame is the huge diffuse nebula Sharpless 161 which is studded with the bright nebula NGC7538 sometimes called the Northern Lagoon Nebula or Brain Nebula, (both are about 9100 lightyears distant). Aside from these glowing gas regions there are two prominent star clusters: NGC7510 aka the Dormouse or Arrowhead Cluster and The Cassiopeia Salt and Pepper Cluster (M52, NGC7654).

The field contains objects from Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae

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- Acquisition Date: 09/02/2022 to 09/03/2022

- Location: Western Massachusetts USA

- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56

- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length -106mm aperture)

- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4

- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider

- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini

- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor

Filters used:

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Exposure Times:

-Chroma Hydrogen Alpha: 15 x 600 sec (150 min)

-Chroma Oxygen III: 15 x 600 sec (150 min)

-Astrodon Sulfur II: 15 x 600 sec (150 min)

Total Exposure: 450min. (7.5 hrs.)

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Morning fog is still hanging over much of the valley near Sprankle Mills, Pennsylvania as the Pittsburg & Shawmut train from Brookville takes empty hoppers to the mines. Fortunately the sun has burned through to the trestle spanning the valley containing small stream called Big Run.

The plant contains cardiac glycosides, allied to digitalins used in treating some heart disease. These glycosides, when absorbed by monarch butterfly larvae whose sole source of food is milkweed foliage, make the larvae and adult butterflies toxic to birds and other predators.

Containers maritimes et Street Art - Le Barcares - Pyrenees Orientales -

Pour sa deuxieme edition, le Barcares Street art museum accueille cette annee a nouveau huit structures geantes, faites de containers maritimes empiles dont quatre monumentales culminant a plus de 15m de haut.

Ces structures permettent a dix artistes de creer leurs œuvres devant le public. Parmi eux: Nicolas Barrome, Juanjo Surace, Pantonio, Abys, Belin et Kalouf.

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1643 eruption of Oyama volcano did not only engulf the Ako community but also forests on their way down to the coast. After almost 380 years, vegetation has not recovered yet.

Blooming plant is Botan-boufuu (Peucedanum japonicum Thunb. var. japonicum). It is a medicinal vegetable that also converts sterile volcanic terrains to arable fields.

Ako community was rebuilt at the site that was swept away by a lava flow of the 1983 eruption. It is now situated south of Imasaki.

Oh, dark clouds, what do you contain?

Are your lips wet with rain?

Ready to fall on natures skin

Part the waves, sink within

Place damp caresses on the fingers

As they catch every drop that lingers

Fresh from the drama, high above

Filled with wetness and creations love

That falls passionately, again, again

From the skies. filled with hard rain

"Ice contains no future, just the past, sealed away. As if they're alive, everything in the world is sealed up inside, clear and distinct. Ice can preserve all kinds of things that way- cleanly, clearly. That's the essence of ice, the role it plays."

Haruki Murakami

On hot summer days I love to collect bits of flora alongside the road. These Sweet Pea flowers were originally a soft pink. However they became a royal purple when frozen in place overnight.

Kingfishers or Alcedinidae are a family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The family contains 114 species and is divided into three subfamilies and 19 genera. All kingfishers have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright plumage with only small differences between the sexes.

The man-made floating mats contain a wide array of wetland

plant species. They help to enable cleansing of water through

phytoremediation. The natural filtration system improves water

quality in water body