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Pure white rose spattered with blood
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Digital abstract / mixed fractals / / My flowers for the Silverman / / 48 megapixels (6000 x 8000), 2007.10.20th / © 2007 by Nodakami / www.nodakami.com / /
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10×14 watercolor enhanced colored pencil. Original available. The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a bear native to the Arctic. Polar bears and Kodiak bears are the world’s largest land carnivores, with most adult males weighing 300-600 kg (660-1320 lb); adult females are about half the size of males. Its fur is hollow and translucent, but usually appears as white or cream colored, thus providing the animal with effective camouflage. Its skin is actually black in color. Its thick blubber and fur insulate it against the cold. The bear has a short tail and small ears that help reduce heat loss, as well as a relatively small head and long, tapered body to streamline it for swimming. A semi-aquatic marine mammal, the polar bear has adapted for life on a combination of land, sea, and ice, and is the apex predator within its range. It feeds mainly on seals, young walruses, and whales, although it will eat anything it can kill. It is the bear species most likely to prey on humans. The polar bear is a vulnerable species at high risk of extinction. Scientists and climatologists believe that the projected decreases in the polar sea ice due to global warming will reduce their population by two thirds by mid-century. Local long-term studies show that 7 out of 19 subpopulations are declining or already severely reduced. In the USA, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to up-list the legal conservation status of polar bears to threatened species in 2005. This petition is still under review. / Physical description / Size and weight / Polar bears rank with the Kodiak bear as among the largest living land carnivores, and male polar bears may weigh twice as much as a Siberian tiger. Most adult males weigh 300–600 kg (660–1320 lb) and measure 2.4–3.0 m (7.9–10.0 ft) in length. When standing upright, an adult male can stand up to 3.35 m (11.5 ft). That is about as tall as an elephant. Adult females are roughly half the size of males and normally weigh 150–300 kg (330–660 lb), measuring 1.9–2.1 m (6.25–7 ft). The great difference in body size makes the polar bear the second most sexually dimorphic of mammals, following the eared seals.[10] At birth, cubs weigh only 600–700 g or about a pound and a half. The largest polar bear on record was a huge male, allegedly weighing 1002 kg (2200 lb) shot at Kotzebue Sound in northwestern Alaska in 1960. Fur and skin / A Polar Bear resting.A polar bear’s fur is white (individual hairs are translucent, like the water droplets that make up a cloud) and provides good camouflage and insulation. It may yellow with age. Stiff hairs on the pads of its paws provide insulation and traction on the ice. Polar bears gradually molt their hair from May to August; however, unlike other Arctic mammals, polar bears do not shed their coat for a darker shade to camouflage themselves in the summer habitat. It was once conjectured that the hollow guard hairs of a polar bear coat acted as fiber-optic tubes to conduct light to its black skin, where it could be absorbed – a theory disproved by recent studies. The thick undercoat does, however, insulate the bears: they overheat at temperatures above 10 °C (50 °F), and are nearly invisible under infrared photography; only their breath and muzzles can be easily seen.[14] When kept in captivity in warm, humid conditions, it is not unknown for the fur to turn a pale shade of green. This is due to algae growing inside the guard hairs — in unusually warm conditions, the hollow tubes provide an excellent home for algae. Whilst the algae is harmless to the bears, it is often a worry to the zoos housing them, and affected animals are sometimes washed in a salt solution, or mild peroxide bleach to make the fur white again. The guard hair is 5-15 cm over most of the body of polar bears. However, in the forelegs, males have significantly longer, increasing in length until 14 years of age. The ornamental foreleg hair is suggested as a form of an attractive trait for females, likened to the lion mane. (information from Wikipedia) Complete 2007
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Sing us a song, you’re the Piano Man.
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Kind of makes you feel special :)
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Flowers / / /
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drawing on paper, ink pen / my avatar is a bit of this one
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Oils on linen painting of elephants trekking across the Namib Desert on their annual migration to the Etosha Pans. They are tired, hungry and thirsty – and who knows how many family members they have lost along the way. When they reach Etosha, in time for the flooding, these elephants swim and play like children, happy to have the blessing of water. Elephants are once again vulnerable. The ivory trade will lead to the slaughter of these magnificent and very clever animals. Their family ties and compassion for one another is evident for anyone who watches and follows the herds. Donations from the sale of this painting will be used for anti-poaching conservation organisations. Please visit my blog to see my posting about the Ivory Trade and please make your voice heard about this issue. Clare Artist Blog
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A place to go and dream… and perhaps find your way to a secret world all your own. Light beams stock / Cobwebs stock © Aimee Stewart, Foxfires – please read my terms here: Click Here . / (Please do not repost this on Photobucket or Flickr!) / —-—-—-—-——-
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A self portrait. Basking in the joys of autumn.
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A door at the end of a long corridor. Light and Dark creates an interesting pattern. Gives a suggestion of infinity
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Salisbury Beach, MA http://lloydsjourney.smugmug.com/gallery/7261574_izJ7G
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drawing on paper Fabriano,drawing pad for sketches, ink pen / cm 43×36
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Found this old moss covered VW Bug amongst the woods in rural Pennsylvania. It looks like it has been resting here for years, yet it still is smiling. When viewed in Large, it almost has a 3-D effect like Kevin pointed out. Herman is in this shot as well …..
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Stay focus / look ahead / and go for what you want. / Life sometimes may look blurry / things may try to side track you / but if you stay focus and keep / your eye on your goal / you will make it. / You have what it takes. / art work and writings by Elenne Boothe 2009 / / / /
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Miami Vice I loved the softness of the suns play on this walkway. Federal Courthouse, Fort Myers, Florida another version of my Walk this way and another version in blue : Here a useless quote : ..why not?? / For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three Alice Kahn Sony DSC H 7 / Handheld / tinged a slight bit for some different colors caught here Iso 100 / Daylight
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