Category Archives: Nature

Sheep, mixing Churras and Merinos

Sheep were one of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleece, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and milk.
The domestic sheep is a multi-purpose animal, and the more than 200 breeds now in existence were created to serve these diverse purposes.
Churras and Merinos are 2 of those breeds, [...]

Sheeps marching!
Sheeps marching! Credit Caro's Lines
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Snowmageddon

Nicknamed “snowpocalypse” and “snowmageddon,” an exceptionally severe winter storm dropped several feet of snow around the Washington, D.C., area in early February 2010. You can also check snow effects over Britain and some nice photos more with snow as common link.

East coast of the US covered by snow. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image on February 7, 2010, showing part of the region affected by heavy snowfall. Snow blankets the area hundreds of kilometers inland from the Atlantic coastline.
East coast of the US covered by snow. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image on February 7, 2010, showing part of the region affected by heavy snowfall. Snow blankets the area hundreds of kilometers inland from the Atlantic coastline. Credit NASA Earthobservatory
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A walk over the snow

A walk over the snow
Credit Max Eremine
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The last of mohicans, 1992 soundtrack

The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826.
The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 historical epic film set in 1757 during the French and Indian War. It was directed by Michael Mann and based on James Fenimore Cooper’s classic novel, although it owes more [...]

The last of the sunlight rays. Apocalyptic Sunset.
The last of the sunlight rays. Apocalyptic Sunset. Credit author
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Bats

Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera. The forelimbs of bats are webbed and developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums and colugos, glide rather than fly, and only for short distances. Bats [...]

Smile for the Camera (Eptesicus fuscus)
Smile for the Camera (Eptesicus fuscus) Credit Furryscaly
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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Avatar’s floating peaks inspiration

The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (full name: Hunan Zhangjiajie National Forest Park; Chinese: 湖南张家界国家森林公园; pinyin: Húnán Zhāngjiājiè Guójiā Sēnlín Gōngyuán) is a unique national forest park located in Zhangjiajie City in northern Hunan Province in the People’s Republic of China.
In 1982 it was recognized as China’s first national forest park (4,810 hectares). Zhangjiajie National Forest [...]

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Avatar’s floating peaks inspiration
Credit Ben Beiske
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O sole mio by The Three Tenors

“‘O sole mio” is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. It has been performed and covered by many artists, including such stalwarts of opera as Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli, Mario Lanza, The Three Tenors, as well as rock/pop artists such as Bryan Adams, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Vitas (who sings it [...]

Blasting CME
Another treatment of a fiery Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) with stunning, bright details in the ejected material. In this composite image, an EIT image of the Sun in extreme UV light, taken at about the same time (January 4, 2002), was enlarged and superimposed on LASCO C2. In coronagraph images, direct sunlight is blocked by an occulter (covered by the Sun here) to reveal the surrounding faint corona.
Blasting CME Another treatment of a fiery Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) with stunning, bright details in the ejected material. In this composite image, an EIT image of the Sun in extreme UV light, taken at about the same time (January 4, 2002), was enlarged and superimposed on LASCO C2. In coronagraph images, direct sunlight is blocked by an occulter (covered by the Sun here) to reveal the surrounding faint corona. Credit Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
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