Big, Big World: September 2015

9/26/2015

Tree Canyonlands National Park

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Baum (Juniperus osteosperma) im Canyonlands-Nationalpark in Utah / USA

Broken Tree in the Primeval Forest Sababurg

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Broken tree in the primeval forest Sababurg near Hofgeismar, district Kassel, Hesse, Germany.

Baobab Tree-001

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Baobab Tree in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Spring Blooming Cherry Tree

Broken Tree Against the Sunset

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Broken tree against the sunset near Mörfelden-Walldorf, Hesse, Germany.

Bloedel Reserve Willow Tree

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Taken by me during a visit to the Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge, Washington. Willow in the Japanese Garden.

Baobab and Elephant, Tanzania

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Baobab (Adansonia digitata) and elephant, Tanzania

Fog on the Tree Line in the Rocky Mountain National Park

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Fog on the tree line in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. The trees are most probably limber pine (pinus flexilis).

Cirio columnaris, Boojum Tree

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Boojum tree (Fouquieria columnaris), taken at the Baja California Peninsula, Cataviña region, Mexico

Silhouette of a Dry Tree at Dawn

9/23/2015

People Like You and Me (Photo Portraits)

India - Delhi Portrait of a Man

Young Ashaninka girl in an Apiwtxa village, Acre State, Brazil

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Young Ashaninka girl in an Apiwtxa village, Acre state, Brazil.

Official portrait of Barack Obama

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Official photographic portrait of US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009)

Blond-haired Vanuatu Boy

Robert De Niro Portrait

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Robert De Niro at 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Josephine Skriver

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Josephine Skriver (born April 14, 1993) is a Danish model

Migrant Mother

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Colorized version of Great Depression photo "Migrant Mother" by Dorothea Lange.

Face of a Boy from Venezuela

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A 9-year-old boy's face, Margarita Island, Venezuela.[1]

Louis Armstrong

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Head and shoulders portrait of jazz musician Louis Armstrong.

I'll Miss You Dad by Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr

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I'll Miss You Dad Child holds on tight to her dad's leg while saying goodbye to him. Her father deployed to Southwest Asia for six months in support of OEF and OIF.

9/22/2015

Aquila chrysaetos

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The Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

American Bison

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Bison bison. Original caption: "scientists are helping users of American rangelands meet the challenge of managing multiple uses sustainably.")

Crocs

American crocodiles basking at a swamp in La Manzanilla, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. The swamp is about 180 hectares and has a population of approximately 300 crocodiles. The swamp is a protected sanctuary for wildlife, including crocodiles and birds.

Strix varia

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Barred Owl (Strix varia) – Whitby, Ontario (Canada)

Lynx kitten

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A lynx kitten

Suricata suricatta

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Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Alligator mississippiensis Babies

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Two baby American alligators, Miami-Dade county, Florida

Anas rubripes

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American Black Duck (Anas rubripes), immature, Wapizagonke lake, La Mauricie National Park, Quebec, Canada

American Badger

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A female American Badger about four years old at the Oxbow Zollman Zoo in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Black Bear (Yellowstone)

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Ursus americanus, the American black bear at Yellowstone National Park

9/21/2015

Light Painting

Light Painting Screw

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Light painting screw - backwards.

Light Painting - Booyeembara Park

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Light painting an orb in Booyeembara Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Light Painting Gnangarra

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Light painting, orb and domes on the bank of the Swan River, Perth, Western Australia.

2014-12-24 Light Painting

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This file was uploaded with Commonist. Ouvrage "G" de la D.A.T. : locaux souterrains : à proximité de l'entrée du matériel (lightpainting).

13-10-18 Lightpainting

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Lightpainting bei den Kranhäusern, Rheinauhafen Kön

2011-03-01 Light Painting

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This file was uploaded with Commonist. Accès à la caponnière de gorge d'origine. Bois d'Oye fortifications (lightpainting).

2011-03-20 Light Painting

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This file was uploaded with Commonist. This photograph was taken with a Nikon D300. Fort du Lomont : dans l'accès à la caponnière simple de la batterie Nord (lightpainting).

2014-07-08 Light Painting Fort du Salbert

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This file was uploaded with Commonist. Fort du Salbert : dans la galerie sous roc (lightpainting).

Französischer Dom - Festival of Lights 2011

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Französischer Dom in Berlin beim Festival of Lights 2011. Vorne die Wächter der Zeit, rechts ein beleuchtetes Velotaxi

Diwali Light Painting

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Light painting

9/20/2015

Jackie Collins (1937 - 2015) RIP

Jackie Collins (Jacqueline Jill Collins 1937 - 2015) an English novelist.

Her 32 novels were all on the New York Times bestsellers list.

Sold 400 million copies
Translated into 40 languages

She died on 19 September 2015 of breast cancer in Beverly Hills, California.

She was 77 years old.

Joan Collins was her sister.

Jackie Collins - The Power Trip

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Jackie Collins releases The Power Trip - 2013

Jackie Collins

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JackieCollinsByPhilKonstantin

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Author Jackie Collins in San Diego at KUSI TV studios. Please acknowledge "Phil Konstantin" as the creator of this photograph.

9/19/2015

Unbelievable Insect Macro Photography

Carpenter bee head and compound eyes

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Head of a carpenter bee showing the compound eyes. Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Graphosoma lineatum qtl1

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Striped Shield Bugs (Graphosoma lineatum) mating near the old airstrip, Frankfurt, Germany.

Caliphrodae head

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Head of a fly (Calliphoridae)

Sarcophagid Fly

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Agelenopsis Spider

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An American grass spider from the genus Agelenopsis, likely Agelenopsis aperta. Specimen found and photographed in Los Angeles, California. Image is a 13 frame focus stack. Image is slightly cropped from a 1:1 macro on a Canon 20D + EF 100mm 2.8 macro. 13 frames at ISO 100, 1/125, f8. Spider appears somewhat grayer and more opaque to the naked eye without macro lighting and magnification.

Sympetrum flaveolum

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This image shows an about 1.6 inch (4 cm) large male Yellow-winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum) from the side.

Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album)

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Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album), Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire

Episyrphus balteatus

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This image shows a close-up of the head of a marmelade fly (Episyrphus balteatus) sitting on a flower of a Grey-haired Rockrose (Cistus creticus). The fly head has a diameter of 0.1 inch (2.5 mm).This image is a 100% crop and not a downscaled version of a larger photo.

Araneus diadematus

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Underside of a Diadem Spider (Araneus diadematus) in its web at a retention basin in Ahlen, Germany.

Harvestmen

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Macro shot of Opiliones Harvestmen. Probably male Phalangium opilio - @Author: Please add a location!!