Nature
grrlscientist | April 10, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature
Peach Roses, photographed on the UWS, Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 10, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature
Corona, photographed on the UWS, Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 10, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature
Pansy blossom, UWS, Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 10, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature
Tulip blossom, UWS, Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 10, 2009tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Daffodil blossoms, UWS, Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 10 April 2009 [larger view].
These blossoms are a couple days past their prime, but they are still beautiful.
grrlscientist | April 10, 2009tags: Planet Earth, David Attenborough, BBC, biodiversity, streaming video
This streaming video shows Earth by looking at our beautiful planet as a whole. [8:02]
grrlscientist | April 9, 2009tags: Hietaniemi Hautausmaa, Hietaniemi Cemetery, nature, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Ruusua lumessa (Roses in the snow),
photographed at Hietaniemi Hautausmaa (Hietaniemi Cemetery).
Image: GrrlScientist, 19 February 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 9, 2009tags: Planet Earth, David Attenborough, BBC, biodiversity, streaming video
This streaming video shows Earth by looking at our beautiful planet as a whole. [10:02]
grrlscientist | April 8, 2009tags: Hietaniemi Hautausmaa, Hietaniemi Cemetery, nature, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
A huge gravestone in Hietaniemi Hautausmaa (Hietaniemi Cemetery).
Image: GrrlScientist, 19 February 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 8, 2009tags: Planet Earth, David Attenborough, BBC, biodiversity, streaming video
This streaming video shows our planet by looking at our planet as a whole. There is a lot of gorgeous bird footage in this part [10:00]
grrlscientist | April 7, 2009tags: Greenland, image of the day
Grønland fra luften (Greenland from roughly 38,000 feet up).
Image: GrrlScientist, 10 March 2009 [larger view].
Can someone tell me; are those (relatively) straight lines fault lines?
grrlscientist | April 7, 2009tags: Planet Earth, David Attenborough, BBC, biodiversity, streaming video
This streaming video shows Earth by looking at our beautiful planet as a whole. [10:00]
grrlscientist | April 6, 2009tags: Scientia Pro Publica, Science for the People, biology, evolution, medicine, earth science, behavioral ecology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, blog carnival
Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.
Since Tangled Bank has gone the way of the Dodo (Passenger Pigeon, Carolina Parakeet, Ivory-Billed Woodpecker -- insert the name of your favorite extinct species here) and will probably never be seen again, despite promises to the contrary, there is a huge hole in the science writing blogosphere. A hole…
grrlscientist | April 6, 2009tags: Greenland, image of the day
Grønland fra luften (Greenland from roughly 38,000 feet up).
Image: GrrlScientist, 10 March 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 6, 2009tags: Planet Earth, David Attenborough, BBC, biodiversity, streaming video
This streaming video shows Earth by looking at our beautiful planet as a whole. [9:40]
grrlscientist | April 5, 2009tags: sunset, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Auringonlasku (sunset).
Sunset in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 1 March 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 4, 2009tags: Trees at sunset, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Puu auringonlaskun aikaan (Trees at sunset).
Sunset in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 March 2009 [larger view].
grrlscientist | April 3, 2009tags: anastamoses, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Here's a picture of some really cold birds .. but thanks to the wonders of evolution and anastamoses, their feet haven't frozen off!
Photographed from the ferry that runs between Helsinki and Suomenlinna
on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day). Suomenlinna is one of my
favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].
awild | April 2, 2009
Hikers at Purmamarca
Bits and pieces of landscapes, northern Argentina, March 2009.
El Palmar National Park
Cardon cactus, Amaicha del Valle
Termas de Reyes, Jujuy
Copina, Córdoba
Soybeans, ad infinitum
Purmamarca market
Purmamarca market
Purmamarca
Infiernillos, Tucuman
high desert, after late summer rains
On the road
grrlscientist | April 2, 2009tags: view from the ferry, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Näkymä lautalta (View from the Ferry).
Photographed from the ferry that runs between Helsinki and Suomenlinna
on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day). This is one of my favorite
places to visit in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].