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Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:50:20 -0500

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Breathtaking Close Up Photographs of Animals

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:41:57 -0500

Top 10 Facts of the World’s Largest Land Animal

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:02:38 -0500

Photograph by Nick Brandt

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Did you know there are only three species of elephant living today? They are: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant (also known as the Indian elephant). All other species are extinct.

Photograph by Nick Brandt

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Elephants are the world’s largest land animals now living. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956. This male weighed about 24,000 lb (11,000 kg), with a shoulder height of 3.96 meters (13.0 ft), a metre (yard) taller than the average male African elephant.

Photograph by Beverly Joubert

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The elephant’s gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kilograms (260 lb). They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years. Healthy adult elephants have no natural predators, although lions may take calves or weak individuals.

Photograph by paddyboy

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With a mass just over 5 kg (11 lb), elephant brains are larger than those of any other land animal. A wide variety of behaviours associated with intelligence have been attributed to elephants, including those associated with grief, making music, art, altruism, play, use of tools, compassion and self-awareness.

Photograph by Eduard

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Elephants live in a structured social order. The social lives of male and female elephants are very different. The females spend their entire lives in tightly knit family groups made up of mothers, daughters, sisters, and aunts. These groups are led by the eldest female, or matriarch. Adult males, on the other hand, live mostly solitary lives.

Photograph by Nick Brandt

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The tusks of an elephant are its second upper incisors. Tusks grow continuously; an adult male’s tusks grow about 18 cm (7 in) a year. Tusks are used to dig for water, salt, and roots; to debark trees to eat the bark; to dig into baobab trees to get at the pulp inside; and to move trees and branches when clearing a path. In addition, they are used for marking trees to establish territory, and occasionally as weapons.

Photograph by Nick Brandt

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The proboscis, or trunk, is a fusion of the nose and upper lip, elongated and specialized to become the elephant’s most important and versatile appendage. African elephants are equipped with two fingerlike projections at the tip of their trunk, while Asians have only one. The elephant’s trunk is sensitive enough to pick up a single blade of grass, yet strong enough to rip the branches off a tree.

The trunk is also used for drinking. Elephants suck water up into the trunk—up to 14 liters (15 quarts) at a time—and then blow it into their mouths. Elephants also suck up water to spray on their bodies during bathing. On top of this watery coating, the animals will then spray dirt and mud, which dries and acts as a protective sunscreen. When swimming, the trunk makes an excellent snorkel.

Photograph by Sandy Powers

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Elephants swim well, but cannot trot, jump, or gallop. They do have two gaits: a walk and a faster gait that is similar to running.

Photograph by Aaron Logan

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African elephants, are currently found in 37 countries in Africa. They are distinguished from Asian elephants in several ways, the most noticeable being their much larger ears. Also, the African elephant is typically larger than the Asian elephant and has a concave back. In Asian elephants, only males have tusks, but both males and females of African elephants have tusks and are usually less hairy than their Asian cousins.

Photograph by William Albert Allard

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Elephants are herbivores and spend up to 16 hours a day eating plants. Their diets are highly variable, both seasonally and across habitats and regions. Elephants are primarily browsers, feeding on the leaves, bark, and fruits of trees and shrubs, but they may also eat considerable grasses and herb.

Photograph by Nick Brandt

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Photograph by Eduard

Photograph by Sandy Powers

Photograph by Jo Beerens

Photograph by Nick Brandt

Photograph by George Steinmetz

Photograph by Nick Brandt

Photograph by Frank G. and Frances Carpenter

Unbelievable 3D Drawings by 17-year-old Fredo

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:58:32 -0500

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Chicken

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:45:06 -0500

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دعاية Faber Castell

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:41:57 -0500

The Street Work of Banksy: British Graffiti Artist

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:34:25 -0500

Inspiring Nightscape photography and Tips

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:59:35 -0500

A nightly prayer – Nightshot Photograph

Light Painting by MagLite – Night Shot photography

Taichung City, Taiwan – Nightscape photography

Severn Glow – Nightscape photography

Manhattan, New York City – Nightscape photography

Olympic Pacific Coast Last Light Catchers

A 30 second exposure (f/5.6 @ ISO 400) captures a purple fog produced by the lapping waves ephemeral presence along the line of an advancing tide. The longer exposure also allows the last of an already set sun to paint rocks on the beach with a warm glow.

Red clouds – Night Photograph

Magical Snow – Nightscape

Boston Skyline in the Blue Hour

The Light of Greality – Nightscape

Repose – Nightscape photography

Lonely hut at the top of the mountain in wilderness. Moon and stars shines the sky. Morning Sun starts to make some appear in the backround.

Forth Rail Bridge @ Sunset – Scotland

This is a view of the famous forth rail bridge taken from the north bank of the firth of forth in Scotland.

Tokyo tower – Nightscape

Provencher Bridge – Nightscape

Punggol beach – Late night shot

This has plenty of my favourties in one frame – long exposure (121 seconds), wide angle (17mm), late night, surreal water and gorgeous textures. From a late night shoot with the gajman. We drove up to Punggol beach to shoot something different, and were very happy with the results.

Neustift – Nightscape

A thunderstorm over Kansas at night

Chennai Marina beach Nightscape

Long Exposure Cityscape Nightscape

Jersey City, New York – Nightscape

Pacific Coast Highway – Nightscape

Playground – Nightscape Photograph

Rowes Wharf and Custom House Tower at Dusk, Boston

North Point Park at Sunset- Nightscape photography

Nightscape photography

Capetown – Nightscape Photograph

Evening Flow Nightscape Photograph by Skarpi

Dubai Marina Nightscape Photograph by Daniel Cheong

Ligth House Nightscape Photography

Dubai Nightshot by Daniel Cheong

Water candles – Nightscape

Taken from the same view point of my previous shot, but this time zooming in with my Sigma 18-200mm (Focal Length = 65mm). A total of 4 exposures, 3 at f/8 for the foreground and one at f/18 for the fountains

Austria Nightscape Photograph

South Africa – Nightscape Photograph

25+ Inspirational Photography by Eric Gustafson

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:56:41 -0500

Son Doong, أكبر كهوف العالم

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:45:43 -0500

Photos: National Geographic

Levitation by Franck Bohbot

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:41:50 -0500

Devils Tower at Wyoming, USA

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:38:37 -0500

Wonderful Book Origami by Isaac Salazar

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:34:07 -0500

Eruption of Shinmoedake Volcano

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:29:01 -0500

Wave Rock at Hyden, Australia

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:25:16 -0500

Wave Rock is an interesting natural rock formation located east of the small town of Hyden in Western Australia. It derives its name from the fact that it is shaped like a tall breaking ocean wave. The Wave Rock is composed of granite and the total outcrop covers several hectares. The rock is about 15 meters high and approximately 110 meters long.

It should be noted the shape of the rock is not caused by a wave phenomenon, rather its rounded wave-like shape was formed by subsurface chemical weathering followed by removal of the soft weathered granite by fluvial erosion, thus the weathering occurred below ground level before it was exposed. The end result is an undercut base, leaving a round overhang

One aspect of Wave Rock rarely shown on photographs is the retaining wall about halfway up the rock. This follows the contours and allows rainwater to be collected in a storage dam. It was constructed in 1951 by the Public Works Department, and such walls are common on many similar rocks in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

Africa’s First Elephant Underpass

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:23:10 -0500

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Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:19:27 -0500

من أشد الهجاء ما قاله الأعشى في علقمة بن علاثة العامري,وكان سببه أن الأعشى أتى الأسود العنسي, وقد...

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:31:54 -0500

من أشد الهجاء ما قاله الأعشى في علقمة بن علاثة العامري,وكان سببه أن الأعشى أتى الأسود العنسي, وقد امتدحه, فاستبطأ جائزته,فقال الأسود: ليس عندنا عين, ولكن نعطيك عرضًا, فأعطاه خمسمائة مثقال دهنًا, وبخمسمائة حللا وعنبرًا,
فلما مر ببلاد بني عامر خافهم على ما معه,فأتى علقمة بن علاثة, فقال له: أجرني, فقال: أجرتك. قال: من الجن والإنس؟ قال: نعم. قال: ومن الموت؟ قال: لا.فخرج من عنده غاضبًا فذهب إلى عامر بن الطفيل, فقال: أجرني, قال: قد أجرتك. قال من الجن والإنس؟ قال: نعم. قال: ومن الموت؟ قال: نعم. قال: وكيف تجيرني من الموت؟ قال: إن مت وأنت بجواري بعثت إلى أهلك الدية. فقال: الآن علمت أنك قد أجرتني من الموت.
وعندما علم علقمة بحديث الأعشى مع عامر بن الطفيل قال: ما أهون عليَّ أن أجيره من الموت ولكنني لم أفهم ما يعنيه.
وكان بين علقمة وعامر منافرة شديدة ومفاخرة لتنافسهما على زعامة بني كلاب,ودخل بهذه المنافرة بعض الشعراء المشاهير حيث أنحاز كل منهم إلى طرف من الطرفين,وكان لبيد بن ربيعة في صف عامر, والحطيئة في صف علقمة, ثم أقحم الأعشى نفسه في المنافرة,وظاهر عامرًا, وشهد له بالقدرة على إدراك الثأر, وجعله سيد قومه, وجعل علقمة عبدًا مسودًا,وزعم ” كذبًا ” أن الرجلين احتكما إليه, فقضى بينهما بالحق, وأدعى أنه حكم عدل, لا يقبل بحكمه شفاعة, ولا يبالي بغضب الخاسر منهما, وأنشد هذه القصيدة التي اخترنا منها أبيات:

حكمتموهُ فقضى بينكـمْ = أبلج القمر القمر الزَّاهرِ
لا يأخذُ الرَّشوةَ في حكمه = ولا يبالي غَبنَ الخاسـرِ
علقمُ ما أنتَ إلى عامـرٍ = الناقضِ الأوتارَ والواترِ
واللامسِ الخيلَ بخيلٍ إذاً = ثارَ عجاجُ الكّبة الثـائرِ
ساد وألفى رهطه سـادةً = وكابراً سادوك عن كابرِ

فلما وصلت القصيدة لعلقمة توعد الأعشى وتهدده, وعندما علم الأعشى بتهديد علقمة أنشد قاصمة الظهر هذه ردًا عليه:

أتاني وعيدُ الحوص من آل جعفـرٍ = فيا عبدَ عمروٍ لو نَهيتَ الأحاوصا
فما ذنبنا أن جاشَ بحر ابن عمـكـم = وبحرك ساجٍ لا يُواري الدَّعامصا
كلا أبويكـم كـانَ فـرع دعـامةً = ولكنهم زادوا وأصبحتَ ناقـصا
تبيتونَ في المشتى ملاءً بطونـكـم = وجاراتكم غرثى يبتنَ خمائصا
يراقبن من جوع خـلالَ مـخـافةٍ = نجومَ العشاءِ القائماتِ القوامصا
رمى بك في أخراهمُ تركك النـدى = وفضل أقواماً عليك مراهـصا
فعضَّ حدَيدَ الأرض ان كنت ساخطاً = بفيك وأحجارَ الكلابِ الرواهصا

فبكى علقمة لما بلغه هذا الشعر وكان بكاؤه زيادة في العار.
وللأمانة.. كذب الأعشى وظلم علقمة عندما استنقصه, ووصفه بالبخل وقلة المروءة كما في البيت الرابع من القصيدة الذي لا أشك أنه سبب بكاء علقمة, وقد علق عبد الملك بن مروان على هذا البيت ذات يوم بقوله: يا بني أمية أحسابكم أحسابكم، لا يسرني أني هجيت ببيت الأعشى حيث يقول:
تبيتونَ في المشتى ملاءً بطونكم = وجاراتكم غرثى يبتن خمائصا

ar6bon: مؤمن بتاع سندويتشات XD دعاية صووووووح

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:03:25 -0500

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مؤمن بتاع سندويتشات XD

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الليل يا ليلى .. مصطفى محمود

Sat, 06 Nov 2010 08:56:33 -0400

الليل يا ليلى يعاتبني
ويقول لي سلم على ليلى
الحب لا تحلو نسائمه
إلا إذا غنى الهوى ليلى

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دروب الحي تسألني
ترى هل سافرت ليلى
وطيب الشوق يحملني
إلى عينيك يا ليلى

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لأجلك يطلع القمر
خجولاً كله خفر
وكم يحلو له السفر
مدى عينيك يا ليلى

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لنا الأيام تبتسم
ولا همس ولا نغم
وماذا ينفع الندم
نديم الروح يا ليلى

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رجعت ألم أحلامي
وأحيا بين أنغامي
وغاب ربيع أيامي
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