poolbeg sky 2
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Market in Dakar, Senegal
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many cherry trees
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cherry trees park april
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Dinosaur attack, American Museum of Natural History
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Reflections of Dublin - Custom House
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Right of way.
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Gull and Lady.
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Orange Crush
Part of "Frozen Beauty" panel
Cliché de Paris
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Church of the Divine Saviour
The dome in the Church of the Divine Saviour (El Salvador), Seville
Irish Hare - Lepus timidus hibernicus
The Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus is the only species of lagomorph native to the island of Ireland. Carbon dating of cave fossils has shown that hares were present in Ireland as far back as 30,000 BP (years before present). This species is now thought to have continuously inhabited Ireland since before the last ice age.
Irish hares can be found from hill-top to sea-shore and there are reports of them grazing on sea-weed. However, they are most likely to be found in “unimproved” areas of species rich vegetation and tall plants such as rushes. This provides not only food but also cover and shelter where they can lie up during the day, out of sight of predators.
African portrait
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Derb Habib Allah, typical of the labyrinth of laneways of the Medina Quarter, Marrakech
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Grand Canel Dock, Dublin
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Grand Canel Dock, Dublin
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Dun Laoghaire St Patrick's Day Parade, The Main Man
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Dun Laoghaire St Patrick's Day Parade, Beating it out
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Pillar of Hope
Portugal
Tuck shop.
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Kilkenny Resident
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Kilkenny Reflections on the Nore
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40ft sunrise
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Kilkenny Castle-2
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Kilkenny Castle Panorama
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Algarve Sunset
Portugal
African Portrait
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Acrobat
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Fossett's circus acrobat
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Fosset's clown 2
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Fosset's clown 1
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pier dog walk
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African portrait
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Copper Coast beach
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Jupiter and it's 4 major moons
Io is the upper most one, with Ganymede and Europa next (Europa is slightly higher than Ganymede) and finally Callisto at the bottom right. The diameter of the Earth is 2.5 times that of Gannymede - which gives you an idea of how big Jupiter is relative to the Earth. Shot with 600mm and then cropped to hell (Out of the starting 45MP this is just 0.6MP)
Calmness, peace and pure heaven
Cahore South Co. Wexford
African portrait
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Separated
Algarve, Portugal
underneath cherry tree
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more fronds
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40ft sunset
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Africian portrait.
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Vik Aurora
Amazing light show
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Minions are small, yellow pill-shaped creatures which have existed since the beginning of time, evolving from single-celled organisms into beings which exist only to serve history's most evil masters, but they accidentally end up killing all their masters: rolling a Tyrannosaurus into a volcano, letting a caveman get mauled by a bear, crushing a Pharaoh and his subjects with a pyramid, and exposing Count Dracula to sunlight. They are driven into isolation after firing a cannon at Napoleon while in Russia and start a new life inside a cave, but after many years, the Minions become sad and unmotivated without a master to serve.
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The Minion Master.
Red Fox digging for food in snow
I observed this Foxes behaviour while it followed its prey under the snow. Jumping up and then down and digging under the snow, while being followed by an opportunistic Magpie to the left of the image.
Foxes are, in visual terms, arrhythmic (or 24-hour) mammals, meaning they can be active at any time, day or night (compare this to most squirrels, who are almost totally blind at night and can only be active during daylight). There are several adaptations that allow for this activity pattern; all help control the amount of light available to the animal.
Foxes, unlike most canids, have vertically-slit pupils, which provide them with three significant advantages over hunters with round pupils. Primarily, vertically slit pupils can be closed more tightly than rounded ones and this, in conjunction with eyelids that close horizontally, allows their owner to more precisely regulate the amount of light entering the eye, helping them hunt across a wide variety of different light conditions.
The Vendor
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Wave rider
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Hook Head Lighthouse sunset
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Dyrhòlaey lighthouse
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Farol de Alfanzina Lighthouse
Algarve
Vestrahorn
Moments before sunrise
Dublin Bay Reflections
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Burano streetscape
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Bruarfoss Waterfall
Morning colour at one of Icelands most scenic waterfalls
Moored in Galway Harbour
Street Entertainment, Galway Style
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African Portrait
@ Banjul, Gambia
Red Squirrel in the snow
Squirrels moult twice a year. In autumn the summer coat fills out and they prepare for winter. Any given squirrel can look a fair bit different in winter time- the coat can vary in colour from how they look in summer. Red squirrels can often show a silver colour in winter.
Spent 3 years wishing for an Animal with snow on their nose- preferable a Wolf but will settle for now on this little beauty.
As the red squirrel’s winter coat grows in they also grow their dapper little ear tufts. A few keep their ear tufts all summer as well, but most lose them in the spring moult. The function of the ear tufts is not certain – but they certainly look fabulous.
Kingfisher
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Can't catch me!
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Stream_Shore_Sea_Sleeper_Sky
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Magic aurora shape
Wonderful trip to Iceland
Cliff Top Sunset
Algarve
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Icelandic horses
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Fishing Pier. West Cork
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Vestrahorn
The beautiful mountain bathed in early sunrise glow. We have enjoyed several days of incredible weather here in Iceland, no snow, rain or wind and lots of blue skies. The only problem we had was clear skies at night with only one of three active northern lights nights. However the aurora show we had the privilege of experiencing was simply spectacular, more posts to follow!
Turquoise Sunset
Algarve, Portugal
Aurora over Vestrahorn-1
Some great lights emerged over the classic Vestrahorn in Iceland
Beautiful twins
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Moonscape in Iceland-1
Some amazing scenery travelling along the south coast of Iceland
Street market in Dakar, Senegal
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Sun and Moon rise
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Algarve Dusk
Portugal
Hard at work or forging ahead!?
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Oyster farm (Flickr Social Weekly Snapshot 4.04.2025)
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Somebody Special at Just 10
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Let's All Sing Together
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Deep blue
Taken at the Gap WA Australia
Where the trees meet. WA Australia
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Lagos Sunset
Portugal
Museum of Asian Arts Nice
Closed so had to peep over a fence
Hook Head Light (explored 4.04.2025)
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Resting
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Peaceful beach WA Australia
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Kicking Perfection
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Reaching for the sky
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Lac du Chevril, near Tignes, France
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Great Spotted Woodpecker- Dendrocopos major
Drumming away hoping to find a mate. The great spotted woodpecker is black and white, with white shoulder patches and red underneath the tail. Males have a red patch at the back of the head. Only likely to be confused with the lesser spotted woodpecker, which is much smaller and rarer.
Lesser spotted woodpeckers share some of the black and white features of their larger cousin which can make them look similar at first glance. To tell them apart, look for barring all the way across the back rather than the 'shoulder' patches of the great spotted. They also lack the red area beneath the tail.
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