Awesome Nature Pics
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Bliss
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Rock climbing. Colorado.
Sorry, that first one, one slip and its.........:-|
But for those that have the stomach, I salute them. What a rush it must be.
Bristlecone pines Windy Ridge near Alma, Colorado. Pines are over 1000 years old and many are above treeline and grow sideways because the air is thin at 12,000 feet.
Amazing! I learned something new today about nature's beauty! Thank you, Jordan!
Nature's transparent creatures:
transparent frog
sea cucumber
glass wing butterfly
mnemiopsis
Transparency explanation from mapoflife.com
We are nearly all very familiar with transparent tissues, because without them our eyes would not work. The lens and cornea depend critically on the crystallin proteins, an excellent example of molecular convergence. Transparency is, however, much more widespread. It is useful as a means of camouflage in habitats where an escape from visual predators is otherwise impossible, such as the open ocean, which lacks structures to match or hide behind.
transparent frog
sea cucumber
glass wing butterfly
mnemiopsis
Transparency explanation from mapoflife.com
We are nearly all very familiar with transparent tissues, because without them our eyes would not work. The lens and cornea depend critically on the crystallin proteins, an excellent example of molecular convergence. Transparency is, however, much more widespread. It is useful as a means of camouflage in habitats where an escape from visual predators is otherwise impossible, such as the open ocean, which lacks structures to match or hide behind.
Hanging Lake
Glenwood Springs, CO
Beautiful pics, JC. I'd love to be there right now.
I need to get back to Colorado one of these days, so I can enjoy beautiful places like these. Most of what I got to see was Greeley, and there was nothing beautiful about it. I did enjoy the view of the mountains and all the gorgeous wild flowers on the way there though.
Nature's transparent creatures:
transparent frog
sea cucumber
glass wing butterfly
mnemiopsis
Transparency explanation from mapoflife.com
We are nearly all very familiar with transparent tissues, because without them our eyes would not work. The lens and cornea depend critically on the crystallin proteins, an excellent example of molecular convergence. Transparency is, however, much more widespread. It is useful as a means of camouflage in habitats where an escape from visual predators is otherwise impossible, such as the open ocean, which lacks structures to match or hide behind.
Very cool pics, especially the frog.
Black DeNiro
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Awesome pics everybody. Im really enjoying the images im seeing.
I'm sorry tam, but Greeley is horrible. No offense to those who live there. I hope you can visit again and find some of the more beautiful, non touristy places here. I am not a native of Colorado but I have to say it's got so many beautiful places to visit that will leave you in awe of the beauty.
christine dubois
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very nice pics, all together. The frog is funny, Jordan!
christine dubois
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Bliss
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Magnificent photo you took.
Black DeNiro
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Cool pics Christine
SexyBaltimorean
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Lovely pics, Christine!! Two thumbs up!
Bliss
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Truly awesome. I know it's not an eclipse because we see the sun, but that moon sure looks like it is getting eclipsed.
SexyBaltimorean
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Makes me wanna' go to San Juan....
SexyBaltimorean
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Indeed. Astonishing pics....
christine dubois
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Thanks, wonderful that you people like it!
I have to find a motive that expresses "dynamics" maybe in nature?, difficult to have a great, a special idea..anyone has one??:smt115 It can be speed, an attack ..I've made one, where swans slide on a waterfall, they fall all differently, but I think it's not the big kick..
Bliss
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Makes me wanna' go to San Juan....
LOL, that lone palm tree is like, 'listen wind, u took all my kinfolk but dammit I'm NOT MOVING from here!' :lol:
Thanks, wonderful that you people like it!
I have to find a motive that expresses "dynamics" maybe in nature?, difficult to have a great, a special idea..anyone has one??:smt115 It can be speed, an attack ..I've made one, where swans slide on a waterfall, they fall all differently, but I think it's not the big kick..
Vultures or Hawks when flying in for the feed are very impactful...
Snakes and their snap attacks, and sharks (but sharks ARE common so not original idea)...
A thunderous avalanche is always wondrous,
A Tsunami is very powerful -- the way the sea sucks the ocean back like a bow and arrow, then explodes, destroying all in it's path...
Victoria of Niagra Falls...always a stunning act of nature
Anything with meteors...or falling stars
A volcano erupting, smothering towns...lava appears to move slowly, but it moves rather quickly in fact.
Even this which I found amazing...I watched a spider spin a silk web on my porch.......I was astounded at the SPEED the spider spun. He/she was on a schedule and before I knew it, this magnificent web from pole to pole was intact. They work very very quickly.
(of course there are non-nature ideas, too..like an Aerial plane demonstration, or group parachuting/skydiving, all requiring co-originated dynamics..even a human relay race where the baton is passed, or a horse race where the jockey timely opens up their horse to bolt for the last lap only)
*Hope I understood your description and this helps in what you meant
<3
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SexyBaltimorean
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LOL! Yeah, I feel ya'...