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The Stunning Glasswinged Butterfly

The Stunning Glasswinged Butterfly
Sep 23, 2011 Photograph by SWAMIBU The Glasswinged butterfly (Greta oto) is a brush-footed butterfly, and is a member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini, subtribe Godyridina. The wings are translucent, with a wingspan of 5.6 to 6.1 cm (2.2 to 2.4 in). the tissue between the veins of its wings looks like glass, as it lacks the colored scales found in other butterflies. The opaque borders of its wings are dark brown sometimes tinted with red or orange, and its body is dark in color. Adults can range from Mexico through to Panama. via SWAMIBU ON FLICKR

Pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the Space shuttle Discovery during STS-31 on April 25, 1990. Since then, there have been 5 servicing missions that continued to upgrade the telescope's scientific instruments and operational systems. Hubble reached a major milestone, its 20th anniversary in orbit, on April 24, 2010. In this dated April 24, 1990 filed photo shows the Shuttle Discovery lifts off launch pad, carrying a crew of five and the Hubble Space Telescope STS-125 crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis showing this image of the Hubble Space Telescope as the two spacecraft continued their relative separation on 19 May 2009 Hubble Space Telescope image shows in unprecedented detail the spiral arms and dust clouds of a nearby galaxy, which are the birth sites of massive and luminous stars. This image released by NASA shows colliding galaxies seen in the early stages of their interaction.

Extreme Instability, Scary weather and incredible shots [37 pics Extreme Instability: Nebraska Sand Hills Monster Supercell Storm Very intense high precipitation supercell storm moves south in the Nebraska Sand Hills south of Valentine, July 13, 2009. Very low, long and fat inflow cloud stretches east of the storm. These images simply blew us away (pun intended). He always shoots with a Canon Digital Rebel SLRs. He states that “Second to a love of storms, is a love of all other things weather. We are very grateful he has allowed us to present some of his favorite pictures.[37 pictures] Hint: Use “J” and “K” keys (after the page finish loading) to navigate from picture to picture. Extreme Instability: June 19, 2011 McCook Nebraska Supercell The vertical wave wall was just crazy, but then you my also had that really funky curling wall/base up there. Extreme Instability: Whales Mouth Shelf cloud moves over a storm chaser producing what they term the “whales mouth” in southeast Nebraska August 9, 2009. Extreme Instability: Storm and Stars

Powerful weather conditions photography {Part 2} Posted on September 27, 2011 in Photography If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Facebook or Twitter . Thanks for visiting! Rate this Post Loading ... So... Check this out on our Partner Network Olympic National Park: One of the wildest places left in the USA [36 PICS] Maple Glade Trail. It’s supposed to be a humbling experience to stand amidst such giants in the ancient forests of Olympic National Park. Photo #1 by rachel_thecat Maples in Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest. 95% of this national park is designated as wilderness, a paradise for backpackers and hikers. Olympic National Park trees and roots in Hoh Rain Forest. Olympic National Park has a 73-mile long wilderness coast that is a rare treasure in a country where much of the coastline is prime real estate. Maple leaves and sword fern cover the ground. Big Cedar Tree and tiny girl. Lakes and mountains, an adventure lover’s dream. The largest known Western Redcedar, in the world with a wood volume of 500 cubic meters (17650 cu. ft.). Hoh Rain Forest has a mystical appearance with all the moss. The Kalaloch Cedar in the Olympic National Park, with a dbh of 599 (19,6 ft) cm and wood volume of 350 cubic meters (12,270 cu ft). Coast Range Subalpine Fir groves in meadow.

15 Places To Download Free High Quality Stock Photos There are many free stock photography sites. I set out to find as many good ones as I could. I found 15 good, solid resources out there. Today I am going to share 15 websites where you can download free stock photos. You can easily get a quality and beautiful wallpaper for your desktop or simply an illustration for your blog. Free stock nature photography. This site is a community for travel photographers. This is a huge resource of over3 million photos! This site provides tons of high quality and high resolution free stock photos. The photos on Imagebase are free to use, and are licensed under a Creative Commons license. Stockvault is a very classy, modern site with thousands of images and some Photoshop tutorials. Morguefile is a completely free source for stock photos. All the photos are free to use. Openphoto is a site of free photos by categories, and offers a search function as well. You can get 2,000 free stock photos from 10 categories. Related Posts:

Double Exposure Portraits Avec sa série « The World Inside of Us », l’artiste Dan Mountford originaire de Brighton nous montre l’étendue de son talent autour de l’idée d’une double exposition. Jouant sur les visages et les formes qui se dégagent, la série de visuels est à découvrir dans la suite de l’article. Panavia Tornado F3 Aircraft Pictures Sponsored Links:Commercial Flight School, Charter Flights, Model Airplanes, Airport Parking, Cheap Flights, Discount Digital Cameras [ Medium Large Fit Screen ] Photo Copyright © Berry Vissers - Aero Image, all rights reserved. Airliners.net is not affiliated with any entity mentioned or pictured herein.All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

I got 5 on it and Disney princesses tattoos – 11 awesome illustrations by Telegrafixs I got 5 on it and Disney princesses tattoos – 11 awesome illustrations by Telegrafixs Beautiful illustrations from the portfolio of the illustrator Telegrafixs, including her version of Disney princesses tattoos, especially my favorite: “I got 5 on it”;) 16 More Disney princesses tattoos and illustrations by Telegrafixs here !

25 Best Photos from Wikipedia We all know what wikipedia is, so here i got some best images from wikipedia today which came after careful selection and long voting process, finally lucky people became the winners of the photo contest, for which community members voted Wikipedia Commons. Take a look its cool & interesting…. 1. Luke Viato “Lock Belay” 2. “Cathedral of Saint-Aubin” 3. “Tabletop Photography” 4. “Young Elephant” 5. “Synthetic Bismuth Crystal” 6. “Start space shuttle Atlantis” 7. ” A fragment of a Mummy ” 8. “Meat Viviparous fly” 9. Owned by Noodle snacks. 10. “Japanese Maple” 11. “Teske’s Tomb.” 12. “Panorama of the Moon with the assistance of Apollo 17.” 13. “Paranalskaya Observatory. 14. “Lichtenstein Castle in Germany” 15. “The young leopard.” 16. “Male Agama” 17. «Bridge Golden Gate» 18. “Lake Vuoksa on the border between Russia and Finland” 19. “Lonely House”. 20. “Old bridge over the Neretva River “ 21. “Red-Tree-Frog” 22. “Sadhu at Varanasi.” 23. “Vulcan peak Sarychev. 24. “Bend of the Colorado River” 25. Ads by Google

Conserving Africa's Wildlife Through Photography How often do we see exquisite imagery of animals that isn't a "When Animals Attack" special? Photographer Nick Brandt says, "The emphasis has generally been on capturing the drama of wild animals IN ACTION, on capturing that dramatic single moment, as opposed to simply animals in the state of being." I agree with Brandt and appreciate his stunning contributions to wildlife photography. The native Londoner first discovered the beauty of Africa's majestic creatures sprawled out on the breathtakingly unaltered landscapes in 1995, when he was still making music videos, practicing his formal training in film. It isn't all gut-wrenching photography, though. Nick Brandt's website

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