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  • Hummingbirds

    • 21 May 2011
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    Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus)

    via The Internet Bird Collection

    From scarlet to dusty gold,
    to yellow flames,
    to the rare
    ashen emerald,
    to the orange and black velvet
    of our girdle gilded by sunflowers,
    to the sketch
    like
    amber thorns,
    your Epiphany,
    little supreme being,
    you are a miracle,
    shimmering ..

    Pablo Neruda - Ode to a Hummingbird

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  • Chefchouen - The Blue City of Morocco

    • 21 May 2011
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    "Chefchaouen is most known for its blue-rinsed buildings and alleys, an old tradition leftover from the city’s Jewish population.

    Chefchaouen was founded by Moorish exiles from Spain, in 1471, as a small fortress to fend off the attacks of invading Portuguese forcess in northern Morocco. After the Spanish Reconquista, the small mountain town became one of the largest Moriscos and Jews refuge sites, and during their stay they managed to leave their mark on it, one that makes the modern city so special.

    The name Chefchaouen comes from “chauen”, which is Spanish for horns, and refers to the shape of the two mountains overlooking the settlement."

    via odditycentral.com

     

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  • "Throat of Fire" : Tungurahua

    • 21 May 2011
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    Photograph by Dolores Ochoa, AP

    "Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano (satellite map)—seen here from the town of Cotalo—shot truck-size boulders nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) away Friday, prompting the evacuation of at least 300 people, according to the Associated Press.  

    Tungurahua—"throat of fire" in the indigenous Quechua language—sits high in the Andes mountains, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Quito, Ecuador's densely populated capital.

    Eruptions are nothing new for the 16,500-foot (5,000-meter) volcano, which roared back to life in 1999 after nearly 80 years of dormancy."

    —Korena Di Roma     Published May 4, 2011

    via news.nationalgeographic.com

     

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  • 40 Beautiful Nebulas

    • 21 May 2011
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    The Snake Nebula

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  • Two Unlikely Friends at the Bronx Zoo

    • 21 May 2011
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    "A tiny motherless duckling had wandered in. At first the gorillas were bemused but as they became used to their miniscule visitor their wariness grew in to acceptance."  The Ark in Space
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  • Armed Forces Day.....21 May 11

    • 21 May 2011
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    Sent by Bob...Thanks !

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  • Strangely "Digital" Agricultural Landscapes Seen From Space

    • 21 May 2011
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    Brazil and Kansas Centerpivots

    "Agriculture is one of the oldest and most pervasive human impacts on the planet. Estimates of the land surface affected worldwide range up to 50 percent. But while driving through the seemingly endless monotony of wheat fields in Kansas may give you some insight into the magnitude of the change to the landscape, it doesn’t compare to the view from above." 
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