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Day 265
Rattling
The ultimate treat, getting to rattle Grandpa's rattlesnake rattle! #portrait #afternoon #wednesday #people #photography #hair #happiness #wo...
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Day 266
Wire, shrapnel and shell splinters
The Last Laugh. Wilfred Own 'O Jesus Christ! I’m hit,’ he said; and died. Whether he vainly cursed or prayed indeed...
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Day 267
A very close look at a dogfish.
Feeling somewhat under the weather I have spent the day indoors peering down my microscope and taking photographs of s...
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Day 268
The saliva machine
Another peek down the microscope. This is a section of a mammalian salivary gland. Salivary glands are made up of secretory acini (...
#269
Day 269
Trawlers in Peterhead Harbour
#afternoon #landscape #tuesday #water #sea #sky #transport #europe #january #boat #harbour #navy #peterhead #cruise-ship...
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Day 270
Spume
Spume - Foam, froth, frothy matter. From the Old French spume or the Middle English Spome. For example: 1440 Gesta Romanorum. For all thing that...
#271
Day 271
Just a pussy cat!
This is the skull of the sabrecat Hoplophoneus primaevus. This cat-like carnivore lived in what is now South Dakota in the Oligocene...
#272
Day 272
An inhabitant of the glass aquarium
This is a hand-made glass model of a colonial Hydroid. It is the work of father and son Leopold Blaschka (1822-189...
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Day 273
My first mango
Mangoes and most other tropical fruits are now available in a supermarket near to you, but I well remember seeing, and eating, my very...
#274
Day 274
Global trade
Spanish lemon. South African orange. Italian alabaster. British black velvet. As seen through a Japanese Camera, processed on an American...
#275
Day 275
A silken cocoon
I first photographed this little bundle of silk attached to a dwarf willow in the late summer of 2015. I then brought it home to see w...
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Day 276
Requiem for a dead Geranium
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light sh...
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Day 277
Water
Reflections, colours and interference patterns in the water at Peterhead Harbour. The complex waves were the result of a grey seal having moment...
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Day 278
My friend Gulli
Lovely day, cool, sunny and blue skies. On my way to the beach I had a chat with my black-headed friend. He tells me that he is much m...
#279
Day 279
The tetrapylon of Palmyra
More bad news from Palmyra, the ancient Roman city in the Syrian desert. Militants from the Islamic State group have destroy...
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Day 280
Our Collider
Much impressed with the results coming from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN a group of people from our village decided to have bash at...
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Day 281
Concentration
#indoors #afternoon #sunday #people #furniture #child #childhood #learning #january #housing #puzzle-pieces #minor
#282
Day 282
Waves of existence
Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Chief...
#283
Day 283
To be afraid, or not to be afraid?
"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." Alexander the...
#284
Day 284
Life at the harbour
When photographic inspiration is seriously lacking I tend to gravitate to Peterhead harbour where I can always find something of i...
#285
Day 285
A wild, wild day
#thursday #afternoon #night #dark #sky #clouds #january #astronomy #light-effect
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Day 286
The Doomsday Clock
From this morning's BBC website: "Scientists say the world has edged closer to apocalypse in the past year amid a darkening securit...
#287
Day 287
Through the microscope
It is a miserable day here today. A day to spend time peering into the microscopic world. The photograph shows part of the foot...
#288
Day 288
Gulls on the scrounge
My good friend Gulli was on guard duty on the bridge this afternoon, ably assisted by his alter ego. #nature #afternoon #bird #l...