Nature
grrlscientist | May 15, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Monkey Flower, Mimulus hybrid?
Photographed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 9 May 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 14, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
New Guinea Impatiens, Impatiens hawkeri.
Photographed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 12 May 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 13, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Yellow Hibiscus, Hibiscus rosasinensis.
Photographed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 12 May 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 12, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Yellow rosebud.
Photographed on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 9 May 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 11, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
White Ranunculus, Ranunculus asiaticus.
(You can also see some lilac blossoms on the left and more ranunculus on the right). Photographed on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 9 May 2009 [larger view].
awild | May 11, 2009Here's an old shot from the files:
Formica aerata- the grey field ant- California
photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS D60
ISO 100, 1/200 sec, f/13, flash diffused through tracing paper
grrlscientist | May 10, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Geranium, Geranium manculatum.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Image: GrrlScientist, 9 May 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 9, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Lilacs.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].
When I lived in beautiful Seattle, there were lilac bushes in my yard, and mostly everywhere else, too. So every day, I would cut fresh lilac flowers for my little house (which I shared with 46 lories) and the entire place smelled glorious. It is the smell of lilacs that mean spring to me.
grrlscientist | May 8, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].
awild | May 8, 2009
"Lean on Me", by Lesley Smitheringale
The Burrard-Lucas brothers held a wildlife portait competition, and the results are simply spectacular. Click here to see the winners.
grrlscientist | May 7, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Zinnias.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].
awild | May 7, 2009Mayapple
Brownfield woods, Urbana, Illinois
photo details: Canon 17-40x wide angle lens on a Canon EOS 50D
ISO 400, 1/30 sec, f/7.1, leaf backlit with handheld 550ex strobe.
grrlscientist | May 6, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Manhattan Roses.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].
These roses are deep red on the inside and cream-colored on the outside. I find the color combination interesting, even though I am not sure if I like these roses.
grrlscientist | May 5, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Still Life, 2.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 4, 2009tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Pink Flower (Detail).
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 May 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 3, 2009tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Fields of Gold.
"In the lower 80s" in the Park Avenue median (Upper East Side of Manhattan).
Image: GrrlScientist, 26 April 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 2, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Pink Carnation.
Photographed on the Upper Wast Side of Manhattan.
Image: GrrlScientist, 23 April 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | May 1, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Still Life with Red Roses.
Photographed on the Upper Wast Side of Manhattan.
Image: GrrlScientist, 23 April 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 30, 2009tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
One in a Million.
"In the lower 80s" in the Park Avenue median (Upper East Side of Manhattan).
Image: GrrlScientist, 26 April 2009 [larger view].
ddobbs | April 30, 2009Nature's Declan Butler looks at how baffled virologists are as they examine this virus's DNA:
Researchers are scrambling to study the evolution and spread of the novel H1N1 strain of swine influenza whose leap to humans was officially confirmed last week....
The genetic make-up of this swine flu virus is unlike any that researchers have seen. It is an H1N1 strain that combines a triple assortment first identified in 1998 â including human, swine and avian influenza â with two new pig H3N2 virus genes from Eurasia, themselves of recent human origin.
"It has been mixing all over the place,…