Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
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The time: December 22, 2015, 10:48 am. The setting: Intersection of Pennsylvania Ave. and 18th Street NW, Washington, DC.
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In the wake of a light rain shower, two spots of colorful efflorescence appear on the surface of the asphalt.
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Are these not astronomical images, the one suggesting a spiral galaxy and the other an eclipsed star?
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More about oil blooms on wet streets, here. The phenomenon–known in physics as oil film interference–is exhaustively explained here. Check out this brilliant Instagram shot of what looks like a furry jellyfish floating through space.
For a previous post of mine discussing another instance when mother nature displays her art on man’s concrete, click here.
Tags:oil blooms, oil film interference, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
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Yesterday’s drifting snow in Glover Park turned a cautionary sign into really bad advice:
Cleaned up, the sign reveals its original intent (click on image to enlarge):
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For additional information about these safety signs, go to http://drivelikeyourkidslivehere.com/.
Several blocks to the south, in Georgetown, someone turned their mini-dumster into a four-sided plea:
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Tags:"Drive Like Your Kids Live Here", "Drive Like Your Kids", Georgetown, Glover Park, Please Do Take Your Poo With You, Washington DC
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
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On a lunchtime walk today I saw a landscape crew placing fall mums in the sidewalk tree boxes. Arrested by the color, I raised my iPhone and shot several photos. Midway through the series I remember sensing a disruption to the scene. There was the sound of fluttering wings and then a sudden streak from left to right on the screen, gone in a flash. Only later while looking through all the photos did I see what the camera had caught.
The scene:
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The photobomber:
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Tags:accidental capture on camera, fall mums, flying, Magritte, photobomb, photobomber, photobombing, Pigeon, street photography, the decisive moment, Washington DC
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Friday, June 6th, 2014
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Google Map’s “Street View” can show you scenes of life in distant lands, as here and here. But it can also give you a new perspective on what’s to be seen right outside your own front door, as in this view of the maturing crown of an elm tree I planted many years ago.
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(c) 2014 Google Image Date: 2011
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Tags:Elm tree
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Saturday, December 14th, 2013
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Trunk of an aged sycamore tree, outside Rosedale Conservancy:
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Autumn leaves, viewed from an office window overlooking 19th Street, NW:
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The second of three morning yawns:
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Tags:Golden Retriever, Jesse, Rosedale Conservancy, Trees
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Saturday, April 20th, 2013
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Sunday, April 14, 2013, was a fine Spring day in Washington’s Glover Park. There, in a stretch of fields bordered by Foundry Creek and a north/south hiking trail, I found these views.
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Tags:District of Columbia, Foundry Creek, Glover Park, Spring, Washington DC, Wildflowers, yellow
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Friday, January 4th, 2013
A photo of contrails above Washington DC, in the clear morning air of January 3rd, 2013. You can see a new vapor trail being formed by a jet in the lower left quadrant, while in the upper left corner a bird tries to horn in on the action (click on photo for enlargement). This view is toward the East North East.
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Tags:bird, blue sky, condensation trail, contrail, contrails, jet, vapor trail, Washington DC
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