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clipper's remarks: A Richly-textured world, rarely seen in the West -
Tehran and surrounding area. (more photos at the source page)

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Discovering Iran (photos)

A Richly-textured world, rarely seen in the West

Tehran and surrounding area. (click to enlarge)

Tags: travel, photography

Dancing Jellyfish (photos)

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:56:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Most of these shots were taken in Osaka Aquarium, Japan. Check out more pictures from the image credits

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Dancing Jellyfish

Japanese Jellyfish Are Positively Glowing

Most of these shots were taken in Osaka Aquarium, Japan.

2. It's an entirely different story outside of the Aquarium

Nomura jellyfish periodically "attack", or rather infest the warm Japanese seas. Some are 1 meter wide, with the largest reportedly being up to 4 meters in length. Wikipedia article documents the invasion. In the meantime coastal communities in Japan are doing their best to promote jellyfish as a novelty food, sold dried and salted, and some even turned into cookies.

Baby Jellyfish

Tags: marine photography

Real Life "Bambi & Thumper" - cute!

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:28:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Disney in real life: Bambi and Thumper! - more photos on a "clipped from" page

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Real Life "Bambi & Thumper"

CUTENESS OVERLOAD!

German photographer Tanja Askani has quite a portfolio of outstanding animal pictures, but this series is simply irresistible. Disney in real life: Bambi and Thumper!

Tags: animals, photography

Wind Power in Stormy Waters

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:43:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's hard to say whether or not the giant offshore wind farms will survive the harshest of North Sea storms.

Clip Source: thrillingwonder.blogspot.com

Wind Power In Stormy Waters

Offshore Wind Turbine Farms: Ambitious and Beautiful.

There is nothing like the promise of readily available and bountiful energy in our resource-strapped world. Based on data determining that average wind speeds at sea are higher than on land, the modern offshore wind farms promise to be exceptionally energy efficient. When the weather is calm they also look fetchingly beautiful:

“There are other offshore wind parks in the world but everybody agrees that Horn’s Reef is the first ’real’ offshore wind park because of its size and its placement in the North Sea. So far, all other offshore parks have been placed close to land in protected waters“ says project manager Jens Bonefeldt. “The North Sea is considered to be one of the roughest stretches of water in the world.”

at sea depths of 200-300 meters.

8 to 10 meter waves are expected at the site

(not counting nasty "global warming" storm surprises)

- The pictures above show a spectacular failure of a turbine during a storm in Lichtenau, Germany (Thanks to Wilfred Heck for supplying these photographs).

CONSTRUCTION OF THE OFFSHORE WIND FARM

In 2002 the world’s largest offshore wind farm was constructed at the Danish west coast. The Horns Rev wind farm is sited 14-20 km into the North Sea, west of Blåvands Huk, and represents the first phase in the Danish Government’s ambitious plan - to have wind turbines with a total capacity of 4000 MW in Danish waters before 2030.

Tags: technology, environment, energy, photography

Magical Tropical Rainforest

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:06:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: most fascinating environment, endangered and unique (photos)

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Tropical Rainforest (photos)

Tags: nature, photography

Most spectacular view in the Solar System

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:48:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Few sights in the solar system are more strikingly beautiful than softly hued Saturn embraced by the shadows of its stately rings. The Cassini Orbiter on its mission in deep space caught this rare occasion of Saturn eclipsing the Sun.

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Most Spectacular View of Saturn

SATURN ECLIPSES THE SUN

Incredible opportunity to take possibly the most stunning photograph in the Solar System

Few sights in the solar system are more strikingly beautiful than softly hued Saturn embraced by the shadows of its stately rings. The Cassini Orbiter on its mission in deep space caught this rare occasion of Saturn eclipsing the Sun.

This marvelous panoramic view was created by combining a total of 165 images taken by the Cassini wide-angle camera over nearly three hours on Sept. 15, 2006. The mosaic images were acquired as the spacecraft drifted in the darkness of Saturn's shadow for about 12 hours, allowing a multitude of unique observations of the microscopic particles that compose Saturn's faint rings.

Earth - a pale blue orb

Cassini casts powerful eyes on our home planet, and captures Earth, a pale blue orb -- and a faint suggestion of our moon -- among the glories of the Saturn system. You can certainly marvel at how small and yet endearing our home planet looks. By the way, there is another famous image of Earth as a pale dot - view it here

Panoramic Rings

The rings are awash in subtle tones of gold and cream in this view:

Tags: space, photography

Towers Above the Clouds Photo Quiz

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:48:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Can you recognize these towers?
(Check your answers at the bottom of the page)

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"Towers Above the Clouds" Quiz

Can you recognize these towers?
(Check your answers at the bottom of the page)

These are photos of various towers rising above the clouds, with the ground below shrouded in mystery. Some towers are easily recognizable, others are more difficult to identify. Have fun.

Tags: photography

Unreal Landscapes of the Bolivian Salt Lake

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:54:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is perhaps one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world. A magnificent area with an impressive Salt Desert (the world's largest), active volcanoes, tall cacti islands and geyser flats, it exists like an alien mirage, something completely out-of-this-world...

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Fantastic Landscapes of the Bolivian Salt Lake

Salar de Uyuni - Bolivian Salt Lake and islands

The Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is perhaps one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world. A magnificent area with an impressive Salt Desert (the world's largest), active volcanos, tall cacti islands and geyser flats, it exists like an alien mirage, something completely out-of-this-world...

"...We finally reached the salt flats. Imagine being surrounded by endless white salt covered by a few inches of water. Without any reference points the sky meets the salt and creates an odd illusion that objects in the flats are flying. I had never seen anything like it... The truck drove through the salt flats and stopped at an island full of cacti. We had lunch on a table made of a large salt tablet and eventually stopped at a hotel made completely of salt."

Tags: travel, photography

Autumn in Japan - photo gallery

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:48:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "The Autumn Color" photography competition was organized among Japanese bloggers on Yahoo Japan (homepage of this contest here). During the months of October and November, they gathered thousands of pictures, of which these are only a few examples. Witness the supernatural beauty of Japanese landscape and the sublime quality of "Autumn in Japan." Many more are on the source page.

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Autumn in Japan

Fantastic Colors and Sublime Glory
along Japanese Autumn Trails

With winter fast approaching, we'd like to linger a bit more among the few available signs of autumn. As it happens, the trees are still "aglow" in Japan.

Tags: nature, photography