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wow! thanks for full-extra photography posting!
I need to think over why I have never gave much GE/other reference to my shots...
in future I will try give more credits.
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about the lighthouse you said:

The lighthouse ... cannot be seen on GE.

well, if you mean on aerial/satellite imagery, you are right* (*if you check GE TimeSlider: a blurred patch of the reef appears), but: 

Two GPhotos (one is that from wiki and another), also PriceCollins' 1000+ U.S. lighthouses collection's GEC layer mark next to attached placemark!

Saint George Reef Lighthouse.kmz (832 B)
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based on your words I have managed to find the high-resolution "seals-rock"! -great! -hundreds of seals feeling the very best themselves on that sunny, guano covered, little, rocky islet!  -thank you shad light on these!
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thanks again your every time nice shots, always done to be saturated with mood! -you have talent in it!

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p.s.: do we know some about Price, our dear old buddy? -his nickname punched into my face as have clicked GEC layer mark.

every year I meet some of these guys around the house:



usually I find a pair: a male and a female within a few days period.

cute beetles with no serious chelicerae.

protected species in Hungary.

every year it appears around buried trunk of the old plum tree. -it would need some expertise in ID!

Could be the Sulfur Polypore (Laetiporus sulphureus).
It grows on woods with a dark core, such as plum, cherry and walnut.

Young, juicy specimens are edible and taste cooked after chicken. This has given the fungus in the English-speaking world the name "Chicken of the Woods".

... gives original view back.:



GM SV:


location: Hódmezővásárhely, town centre. (behind the Post office) 

Cam was put on that triangular shape, bright, metallic/glass installation in the mid-ground.
There are more and these are actually windows to the underground parking lot.

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Thanks willi1 for perfect ID of my previous rare, yellow 'chicken'! 

By the same occasion just have posted one to Seasons of GEC, but could not resist to post another here.

Photo is not edited! This one was taken by default cam settings. 

Have been told a million times, let add plus one: I love Balaton! 


Balatonvilágos, 2019. Július 13.

Note: plastic bottle on the water surface is not a drifting piece of waste, but a home-made buoy.

It was a month ago when the first time it has been appeared on the trunk of our old pine tree, and now again. 

A day before nothing can be seen on the trunk, where on the next day's morning you find it completely developed, tiny tubular structures, in magnificent yellow color. 
It "blooms" for one day; on the next morning it remains only as a grey layer of decomposing organic matter.

Sorry for probably a bit too much photo, but really it is the most extraordinary fungus I have ever seen - if it is fungus at all! (?) (...)

First "visitation" :





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Recent occurence:


Upclose of the central colony unit (Dandelion seed on the picture is good to scale) 


The same by next morning:


And another unit in some transition phase; active as morphing, also color start to change. 


EDIT:
Last stage, explanation and links:

The "winner" unit, which could ripen has changed color and full of spores: 


Amongst many other local names, this interesting creature of Earth is called Yellow Slime Mold / Fuligo septica or the dog vomit slime mold/ (image reference link). First link is from a great article with further photos.

Fuligo septica on Wikipedia

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Well, I thought I have known about all mayor taxonomic groups of creatures living in my garden, but it seems, I have missed Amoebidae. (:

And my favorite creature again; a jumping spider from around Balástya - yesterday, at about noon, on the piping hot bonnet... :



All terrain super mover

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Oh, you clouds! How should I jump up to you?!  

A tiny, bizarre looking creature in the outdoor toilette. (about the size of a nail)



Anyone who dare to ID?

Very small, probably only a larva.

And what is that fuzzy fur? Can be a species marker or is it some infection? Some kind of carcinoma for example?
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Anyhow,... will edit post later.

EDIT:

It is the larva (Nymph) stage in the life cycle of the Masked hunter (Reduvius personatus) - check on en.wikipedia - and as per an ImageSearch

It is the camouflage of the creature made of dirt and other small particles it collects on its sticky body to stay hidden from both predators and prey.

Wow, fantastic photos, syzygy and willi!

I haven't posted here in a long time. I happened upon a Harley gathering downtown today. The bikers were shy (!) and moved away before I took the photo. The red brick building is Black Dog Billiards and I have a feeling they were meeting there.




Harley line-up.kmz (717 B)

On the old forum I have made an own (photo)thread for the subject, here I share SHOT of my most recent distillate of plum.
(Alc.: 50 V/V %, adjusted with artesian water from Kopáncs.)

Crystal clear brain-dimmer


Cheers!

Brain dimmer - haha!

Egészségére!

Oct 10, 2019 8:51:16 GMT diane9247 said:

...Egészségére!

You sould not use this word when you talk to me! - Say: "Egészségedre!" instead!

The word and meaning is the same, only the one you have chosen is the formal variant, the one I recommend is used in informal speech.

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some deeper grammar:
Besides the hungarian word "egészség" means "health" - "egészségedre" means "for your health", also good to know "egész" means "whole", the "entire" so "egészség" also can be translated as "wholeness" or "entireness". 

(;

Perfect circle of mushrooms from around Algyő:

GMaps link and if it would not work, the coordinates are >>46.321434, 20.160346<<

Also have selected some further rings from the site, which are also visible on imagery (note: different imagery date for the one I have photographed):
Fairy Rings.kmz (1.14 KB)

Read some about this interesting natural phenomenon on Wikipedia

... Still I keep trying to locate the moss site on Iceland...!

Just saw this thread now 

I love taking photos and I have a instagram account if you want to take a look: www.instagram.com/ndrqu/

I like taking photos of landscapes, animals, and I am obsesseses with simplicity, minimalism and symmetry! 

Most of the pictures are taken in Italy where I live, but I also travel a lot

Beautiful photos on Insta ndrqu !

An honor to have them added to this thread!

Also you might give some fresh power to our common seasons-thread as well! (:

After our garden camp-fire went out (and before it was professionally extinguished), half glass of a last shot of Pálinka is waiting on the brick ledge of the fireplace to be poured on the glowing embers.



It is a ritual of mine - some kind of a votive offering in honor of the ancestors; for all the grandpas and grandmas who could made the most delicious spirits and who thaught me to enjoy this beautiful drink also to respect the work and wisdom which are associated with production.

Sweet, fruity scent rises from the hot ash and I commemorate all the beloved ones deceased, also I send a "Thank You" for all the unknown chains of generations from the distant past to whom I owe that I exist.



 
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('Ember' - in english: glowing hot coal of wood, in hungarian it means: man or human - I use this english word extremely rarely (whether if I have ever used it before), so it was a pleasant surprise for me when I have seen it in the translator and realised the contextual relations of the two words in this story.)

I see you.

Some more shots from Balatonvilágos (27-29.07.2020)


Common daisy (Bellis Perennis)

On hungarian language it is called 'Százszorszép' ~ 'Nice for a hundred times'

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Exposed to 40°C for hours makes me to see things somewhat different.
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Turning back to my favorite subject, now here you are a Wasp spider I have seen yesterday, in a bigger corn monoculture.




Wasp spider photo.kmz (900 B)


Just now I have read on wikipedia, that it can change its color. As prey falls into the net, yellow stripes turn to white, so spidy become black and white for the period of the capture. (!)

Sure, next time I will do a try with a poor fly or grasshopper I throw into the net to confirm this...

Aug 5, 2020 6:11:32 GMT syzygy said:

Turning back to my favorite subject, now here you are a ...

strange looking fungus:


FULL IMAGE (3,99 MB)

I have spotted it yesterday on a rotting log at Hódmezővásárhely Öreg-Kishomok. The thin, silky filaments were full of brown spores and made my fingers painted as I have touched.
(Also note the smaller, immature 'unit' on the upper part of the image with filaments still bond togeteher.)

Photo / georeference: location: >>46.389864, 20.282016<<, time: 4:52 PM, 08.08.2020, direction: set by kmz file attached:
Shaving brush fungus - photo.kmz (924 B)

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For the first hit Google Search I have found a page; projectnoah.org, where interesting things can be read about it, for example that it is common in tropical (!) regions. On this page, quite the same looking creature can be seen, also we get to know it is called Shaving brush fungus (Trichocoma paradoxa).

Later I have found a biodiversity database; gbif.org, where map shows a global occurrence for Trichocoma Paradoxa Jungh. (most records on Japan) - Yes; that 'Jungh.' probably means that this is another subspecies, also photos are showing quite a different looking something... (maybe the same fungus, only over ripen?), also similar photos for "Tichocoma paradoxa" on Wikimedia Commons.

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Smaller confusion around taxonomy and occurrence as you see... any comments would be fine!

Thanks!

Spring in Australia brings out our national floral emblem the Golden Wattle.

There are many species of Wattle in Victoria and I am not sure what the genus of this one is but they smell like anise and are horrendous to asthmatics with the amount of pollen that they shed.

This was taken on my phone at Clarinda in Melbourne while bored at work.

Hi farceur , welcome to this thread!

Glad, you have found your way here at last and shared your great photo of this (literally) breathtaking tree in bloom!

This is beautiful! 
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Anytime you'd have problems with ID (of any living thing), share your spotting at the Project Noah's shareboard, I have found not long ago! Real experts and/or famous nature-photographers  from around the globe give instant help there. (Hundreds of thousands of georeferenced nature photos, cool search and data-filtrating options, modern, easy to use interface. Only a Gmail account is enough to be a member.)  

Here is my Noas's profile:
www.projectnoah.org/users/syzygy

Good browsing! (;

Rural architecture in Worden, Oregon, 20 September, 2020.

They probably contain barley. I wish I could have a tour!




Horse training.

Sept 22, 2020 11:10:47 GMT diane9247 said:

...would probably contain barley. ...

and would better be painted by this guy! (:

Thanks for cool shot Diane!

Oh yes, I thought the same! He does spectacular work.

"I have delivered, I have tasted. You can imagine how does it taste, or can visit me anytime in the near future."

As I have written to my recently next-town fellow, Villaman. (member, logged in so long ago, that does not pop up in the 'Members' drop down menu...(?)


15 l (Safety first!... : )


50 ml

50%alc., 100%Plum

Hey, tell Villaman I said Hello! 

Sunset on the far northern part of California. Desert-like. It has a beauty of its own.




My daughter-in-law training her new horse. It's a mustang (from wild horse stock) named Jolene, after the Dolly Parton song of that name. 
American wild horses are direct descendants of Spanish colonial horses. Some researchers have found that Native Americans had horses
before the Spaniards came. (I have not researched this myself to clarify the issue).



To complete the picture...the best version of "Jolene" is this one.