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Fossil · #1401 Post by **Fossil** » Sat 21 Feb 2015, 21:18

As for this evening: Saturday 21st. A clear sky and a beautiful astronomical conjunction of Mars and Venus, with a crescent moon above and to the left. As I was setting up the shot, a bright white light appeared out of the North-West. It was the International Space Station (ISS). A long slow exposure captured the thin streak as it traversed across the upper horizon. Enclosed a screen-capture from Orbitron (Winblows freeware) as validation of both place and time.

musher0 · #1402 Post by **musher0** » Sun 01 Mar 2015, 15:15

New Friend Smiling

For anyone interested in photography or simply in beautiful pictures,
there's a little-known world collection of pictures on every subject
imaginable at "Le monde en images" [The World in Pictures]
http://monde.ccdmd.qc.ca/

Happy browsing!

BFN.

musher0
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Credit for picture above: Isabelle Gadbois, student photographer,
http://monde.ccdmd.qc.ca/ressource/?id= ... mande=desc

musher0 · #1403 Post by **musher0** » Sun 01 Mar 2015, 15:29

Will we ever get there...

rokytnji · #1404 Post by **rokytnji** » Mon 02 Mar 2015, 15:41

I posted the larger picture in case anyone wished to make it a Desktop Background on their personal gear.

Edit: found mikeb's wallaper. I was surprised as all get out.

http://cdn.stylisheve.com/wp-content/up ... iele-3.jpg

bark_bark_bark · #1405 Post by **bark_bark_bark** » Tue 03 Mar 2015, 14:33

something I found on Imgur.com:

https://imgur.com/gallery/UuXtjak

Ted Dog · #1406 Post by **Ted Dog** » Tue 03 Mar 2015, 16:15

lol nasa pic..

musher0 · #1407 Post by **musher0** » Tue 03 Mar 2015, 16:27

Ms. Frizzie and her class should be hired shortly...

Burn_IT · #1408 Post by **Burn_IT** » Tue 03 Mar 2015, 17:12

They wanted to call Challenger a space bus if I remember correctly.

Galbi · #1409 Post by **Galbi** » Wed 04 Mar 2015, 00:52

https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/la-imp ... 59389.html

#1410 Post by **Flash** » Wed 04 Mar 2015, 01:59

No way!

Ted Dog · #1411 Post by **Ted Dog** » Wed 04 Mar 2015, 04:04

story behind the flying squirrel on the bird on UK pic of the day.

Galbi · #1412 Post by **Galbi** » Wed 04 Mar 2015, 04:17

Ted Dog wrote:story behind the flying squirrel on the bird on UK pic of the day.

A neighbor of East London called Martin Le-May has captured this stunning photo that you can see the two animals in flight in a park Esssex (England). In it you can see a tiny Mustela a kind of dwarf weasel- back of a woodpecker.

Although at first glance our mind influenced by the cartoons we want to believe they are having a good time and are traveling to a great adventure, the reality is much more dramatic: the Mustela is trying to kill the bird to eat.

Le-May, an amateur photographer, instant defines as "the struggle of life." As explained Buzzfeed, the scene took place in Hornchurch Country Park.

At first it was not aware of what was happening, he just pointed his camera at a green flash that seemed like a tiny bird. Only when I saw the bird fell to the ground, he understood that something bad was happening to him."I realized I had a Mastela over, he was trying to bite him. Suddenly, the attacker was misled second and the bird flew away from the scene. "

Le-May ensures that the animal was not even hurt, and that the weasel ran fast to hide.

Fossil · #1413 Post by **Fossil** » Wed 04 Mar 2015, 12:34

See, Here: 3 March 2015. Weasel photographed riding on a woodpecker's back.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31711446
Video: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31722410
Green woodpecker - Picus viridis. Weasel - Mustela nivalis. Helps with ID, as some common names mean different animals in different countries.

rokytnji · #1414 Post by **rokytnji** » Wed 04 Mar 2015, 14:54

One of my wallpapers on the one that did not get away.

https://i.imgur.com/gjhoFYA.png

musher0 · #1415 Post by **musher0** » Wed 04 Mar 2015, 16:03

rokytnji wrote:One of my wallpapers on the one that did not get away.

https://i.imgur.com/gjhoFYA.png

Pheasant will do just fine!

Fossil · #1416 Post by **Fossil** » Wed 04 Mar 2015, 20:06

@musher0. Thinking along the line of tasty snacks, here is a very pleasant pheasant which was encountered sunbathing on my morning stroll. We wished one another 'Good Morning' and both wandered on our separate ways.

cthisbear · #1417 Post by **cthisbear** » Thu 05 Mar 2015, 03:23

Bunny Island, Fox Village, Cat Island:

A Look Into Japan's Paradises for Animal Lovers

http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/bunny-i ... d=28830838

:::::::

Japanese cat island has more cats than humans and it’s utterly amazing

http://metro.co.uk/2014/07/30/japanese- ... g-4815069/

:::::

Cat Island': Tourists flock to Japanese island Aoshima, where
felines outnumber humans six to one

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-03/t ... ma/6278128

Chris

Ted Dog · #1418 Post by **Ted Dog** » Thu 05 Mar 2015, 03:49

A Island full of cats... with cat dander allergy it sound like a nightmare. Plus I'd be swamped trying to eat my fill of real Japanese sushi. They Texas-ify the sushi here with jalapeño peppers and soft cheeses.. Its not bad, just not real.

greengeek · #1419 Post by **greengeek** » Thu 05 Mar 2015, 06:48

You sure thats sushi??

Barkin · #1420 Post by **Barkin** » Thu 05 Mar 2015, 10:33

Apparently this isn't photoshop : it's a weasel riding on the back of a flying woodpecker ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31711446

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