Photo of the Day January 2023

[AZhappyjack]

Two of the grands at the beach in SoCal... long time ago.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

Mooning City Hall.
With the Glacier Park series over I'm going to be a bit more random.
Scanned this 1978 (?) early morning shot of the Denver Civic Center yesterday. Finally ended up going with a fairly major crop rather than the symmetrical framing of the full frame.
V-II film. Lens unknown but probably Schneider 121mm Super Angulon.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

Politicians taking a break.

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Sadly I was told point blank that I had to stop referring to various politicos as skunks. Turns out the comparison is politically incorrect, as the animals find the comparison insulting.

 

[jazz1]

"If You Build It They Will Come." Last year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo preparation.

 

[citysnaps]

 

[Steven-iphone]

More of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado. Here is some more geology nerd stuff. /Will take first photo full size other just attachment; here we have pegmatites in the Gneiss

“In the park, the Gunnison River cuts through Precambrian rock nearly 2 billion years old! Most of these rocks are metamorphic and show evidence of exposure to extreme pressures and temperatures. Some of the rocks are igneous and formed from magma that pushed its way up into cracks in the Earth's crust, where it cooled and crystallized.

Gneiss
The metamorphic rock that dominates the walls of the Black Canyon is called gneiss (pronounced "nice"), and is blended with schist, another rock that normally has flat or elongated crystals. You might spot the intense folding of the alternating light and dark bands in this adjacent photo. These rocks were once buried deep below the Earth's surface where they encountered extreme heat and pressure.

Pegmatite
This granite-like igneous rock formed as hot magma forced its way into cracks. It cooled slowly, allowing large crystals to form. The pegmatite is loaded with shiny muscovite (mus'-ko-vite) mica and large crystals of a pinkish mineral called potassium feldspar.

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I worked for a geo-technical firm and learned that there is a science to dirt (not just a chemical make up). Thank you for the rock-ology.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Sedona AZ.

 

[Snowlover]

Milo bird watching from top of fridge.

 

[Steven-iphone]

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Looks like an event in the Castro

 

[citysnaps]

Looks like an event in the Castro

Close... Folsom Street Fair from awhile back.

 

[macguru212]

 

[PhilBoogie]

We went to one of our favorite Chinese restaurants last night, and much to my wife's chagrin, this came out of my fortune cookie.😇😈 But, if I gotta be totally honest, it doesn't change anything in the order of the food chain around here.

Sue, Ben(our dog), then me.😌🥰

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Last time I had a fortune cookie it read: "Thát was not chicken"

 

[CK Williams]

 

[PhilBoogie]

 

[r.harris1]

A beloved Cottonwood.

 

[Matsamoto]

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This is almost like it's taken from a Mad Max movie. It has a dystopian look.
Love it!

 

[katbel]

Inspired by the homework of today

 

[dimme]

20230115-_DSC0052.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr

 

[mollyc]

 

[Solomani]

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Uncut opal. Natural History Museum UK. Nikon Z50.

LMAO. At first look, I thought I was seeing some very exotic seafood from a sushi-sashimi restaurant.

And then I read the description.

 

[_timo_redux_]

Broadwater Cove dusk

1/100s 41mm @f/9

 

[Steven-iphone]

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Interesting reflection

 

[Steven-iphone]

F/16 26.0mm 1/6s ISO-100 Ricoh GR iiix - IBIS off - built-in ND filter on.
ICM Drive Thru

Entry sign to donut shop - spin rotation - Lr to taste

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

More XPAN, from a warmer time.

 

[bevsb2]

Sam the cat was adopted from a shelter the previous day. The following morning Jacy was his new best friend.