Favourite Photographic Images.

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Someone needs a broom to sweep that road off... LOL

This is in Mexico, but could easily be a few roads in California too.

Whats so fascinating about SnowFlakes? There's no two that are alike, and when I think about the math in that statement, I get a headache, LOL. The last pic is an Electron Microscope view of an small area on the snowflake.

a reply to: JohnnyAnonymous

You're a star mate - I know there's no photo but this marine worm is amazing (number 3 award)

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Being an Aussie i don't know much about snow . Are the flakes always symetrical and do they always have 6 main arms ?

originally posted by: hutch622
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Being an Aussie i don't know much about snow . Are the flakes always symetrical and do they always have 6 main arms ?

According to Wikipedia..

"Since the micro-environment (and its changes) are very nearly identical around the snowflake, each arm tends to grow in nearly the same way. However, being in the same micro-environment does not guarantee that each arm grow the same; indeed, for some crystal forms it does not because the underlying crystal growth mechanism also affects how fast each surface region of a crystal grows. Empirical studies suggest less than 0.1% of snowflakes exhibit the ideal six-fold symmetric shape. Very occasionally twelve branched snowflakes are observed; they maintain the six-fold symmetry.

Below : An early classification of snowflakes.





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originally posted by: karl 12
a reply to: JohnnyAnonymous
I know there's no photo but this marine worm is amazing (number 3 award)

Karl 12.. here's the worm I think your thinking of..

a reply to: JohnnyAnonymous

First up thank you for your answer . So basically one in a thousand have 6 fold symmetry and its not guaranteed that each arm will be the same . Still one has to wonder is there a hidden message mother nature is sending much like the golden ratio that is exhibited on some sea shells and plants .

a reply to: hutch622

No Worries Mate !

Below is Humming Bird and Bee.

There is a place in India (Uttarakhand, situated in West Himalaya) where a whole Valley is covered with a variety of beautiful flowers.

The beautiful time when tree leaves change their color.

Looking like something an Artist might paint on canvas are some very thin slices of Lunar Meteorites

A Jet cutting through the clouds...

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With all the panic going on in these uncertain times, many forget just how easy the transmission of bacteria/germs/virus's can get transferred by handling money. Just think of all the unprotected hands your cash and coins have been in contact prior to your handling them.

I always find it amazing the color schemes on birds. Below are Gouldian Finche's, a Pissaro and a Golden Pheasant (you can right click to see larger image).

A couple of nice Alpine Lakes, Squamish Lake, BC., Ice Lake, (Russia), and one of the many lakes of 1,864 islands[1] that straddles the Canada–US border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. (You can right click to view a much larger image)

There is an Artist named Chris Maynard who uses Eye Surgery Scissors And Scalpels To Carve Feathers Into Intricate Art. There's over 40 examples at the provided link but here's a few creations from Turkey Feathers (and other legal feathers).

A wild image of three 'stentors'. A type of single-celled protozoa that lives in fresh water and feeds on algae.

Talk about tipping the scales of balance. This is the World's Tallest Horse (Big Jake) and the world's smallest horse (Thumbelina), you can right click to view a larger image.

WOW, awesome pics in here!!!!!

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Like some alien from another world, the translucent bio-luminescent comb jellyfish are indeed a strange sea creature, (right click to view larger image).