Blue hour

On August 7, 2021 By estrangedztIn art, documentary, life, Nature, photos, WorldLeave a comment

Landscapes at Blue Hour

The blue hour is the period between day and night, when the sky is filled with a darker blue than daytime blue due to “Rayleigh scattering”.

Summer is a good time to take advantage of the blue time. This waiting time when day passes into night and the sky takes on a particular tone that allows you to see the shadows invading the Earth…

It is in the first moments of the “blue hour” that the birds start to sing.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

It’s the time of the “blue hour” that I prefer, when everything becomes prettier, smoother and brighter. It’s like a dream veil…

Blue Hour at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

The sun is setting, but night has not yet fallen…
It’s like time is suspended, in complete harmony with the World and the light…
…

With the tops of the mountains touching the sky in this enigmatic blue hour, all things get confused and the time seems to have gone wrong, being enveloped in a scenario of perfect tones announcing the darkness to come…

In the morning, the blue hour precedes dawn and at night, twilight follows, marked by its pink tones.
For photographers, this is a moment of unique magic!!!

The blue hour is the time of day when the sky glows dark, a deep blue, almost electric.
It happens twice a day: in the morning before sunrise and in the afternoon after the sun goes down.

Blue Time on the London Eye, United Kingdom

The blue time in Summer is the best time to feel the scents of flowers!!!

The blue hour in the passage from day to night is a very short transitional moment, but very beautiful.
It’s like a state of grace.

The End
Images and texts are from the Internet.

Original PowerPoint can be found here: https://slideplayer.fr/slide/12569943/

Author: Jean-Charles Lapierre

Beautiful story – amazing

On July 31, 2021 By estrangedztIn awesome, documentary, Education, history, life, Nature, tips, WorldLeave a comment

An amazing story

The famous Italian diver, Enzo Majorca, swam in the warm waters of the Siracusa sea and chatted with his daughter Rossana, who had stayed on the boat.

Ready to submerge, he felt something tap lightly on his back. He turned and saw a dolphin. He realized then that he didn’t want to play, but to express something.

The animal dove and Enzo followed.

About 12 meters deep, trapped in an abandoned net, was another dolphin.

Majorca quickly asked her daughter to pick up her diving knives. In a few minutes the two managed to free the dolphin, which, at the limit of its strength, managed to emerge, emitting an “almost human scream” (so described Majorca).

A dolphin can only resist underwater for up to 10 minutes, then it drowns.

The freed dolphin, still stunned, was controlled by Enzo, Rossana and the other dolphin.

Then came the surprise: It was a dauphin, which soon gave birth to a baby.

The male circled them and, stopping in front of Enzo, touched his cheek (as if it were a kiss), in a gesture of gratitude… And they walked away.

Enzo Mallorca ended his speech saying: “Until man learns to respect and dialogue with the animal world, he will never be able to know his true role on this Earth.”

The most beautiful coral reefs in the World

On July 28, 2021 By estrangedztIn documentary, Nature, photos, WorldLeave a comment

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by Tony Chacko, from Kerala – India!

Benefits of Bay Leaves

On July 26, 2021 By estrangedztIn health, Immune system, life, NatureLeave a comment

Just a reminder, which is not mentioned here – the central vein must be removed from the bay leaves because it is toxic.

Besides, it’s like snake oil, it cures everything!

Many people add bay leaves to foods, especially red meat and poultry.

Don’t you know why bay leaves are added to food?

If you ask a woman, she will answer: “To flavor the food.”

However, if you boil the bay leaves and taste them after placing them in a glass of water, they will have no taste.

So why do you put bay leaves on meat?

Adding bay leaves to meat converts triglycerides into monounsaturated fats. To try and confirm, cut a chicken in half, cook each half in a pan, put a bay leaf in just one of the halves, and note the amount of fat in both pans.

Recent scientific studies have shown that bay leaves have many benefits.

They help prevent many serious problems and illnesses.

Bay Leaf Benefits:

1 – Treats digestive disorders and helps to eliminate lumps;

2 – Prevents heartburn;

3 – Fights acidity;

4 – Treats constipation;

5 – Drinking hot bay tea regulates bowel movement;

6 – Reduces blood sugar and is also an antioxidant;

7 – Allows the body to produce insulin by eating the leaf, or drinking bay tea for a month;

8 – Eliminates bad cholesterol and relieves the body of triglycerides;

9 – Very useful in the treatment of flu, colds and severe cough, as it is a rich source of vitamin “C”. You can boil the leaves and do steam inhalation, to get rid of the phlegm and reduce the severity of the cough;

10 – The bay leaf protects the heart from convulsions and strokes, as it contains compounds for cardiovascular protection;

11 – Rich in acids such as caffeic acid, quercetin, eigonol and bartholinide, substances that prevent the formation of cancer cells in the body;

12 – Eliminates insomnia and anxiety; if taken before bed, it helps to relax and have a peaceful sleep;

13 – Drinking a cup of cooked bay leaves twice a day breaks kidney stones and cures infections.

This information requires you to search and validate it… Most of it it is old homemade medicine, so don’t forget to give it a research!

Iceland

On July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 By estrangedztIn documentary, history, Nature, photos, travel, WorldLeave a comment

Iceland Trivia
Icelanders don’t have a nickname, they use a handy system by which they match the son’s name with the father’s in each generation. At the same time, families do not identify themselves by a nickname or family branch, something very different from what we are used to.
There is no private health or education, public services are so good that there are no complaints. More books are bought per inhabitant than in any other country. They invented the Icelandic sagas, the most similar to a novel.
Geyser is one of the few Icelandic words exported to the world through English, which incorporates the ending to refer to the well-known geological phenomenon that occurs on the island and which is almost universally used.
The Icelandic language is only used in Iceland and is very similar to some Scandinavian languages, especially Old Norwegian.
It is not a very populated country, it has 360 000 inhabitants, half of them concentrated in the capital – Reykjavik – being one of the countries with the most concentrated population in the world and the safest.
It is a pioneer country in terms of implementing democracy. Presumably it has the oldest democratic system in the world, founded some 1000 years ago. In 1996 gay marriage was legalized.
In Iceland, water (from rain and nature reserves) is so abundant and uncontaminated that what is consumed reaches homes without any type of treatment. The large number of thermal sources provides an efficient and inexpensive heating system for homes. In Summer there are 24 hours of light.
Winter is not as cold as you might think, due to the relation of its latitude and the moderation of the ocean. The daytime temperature is around 0°C. Volcanic-type underground channels provide free hot water. There are 33 volcanoes and it is the country with the most and largest documented volcanic eruptions.
Iceland is the only NATO country that does not have armed forces, which were abolished in the 13th century. Only a tiny fraction of the country’s 679 police – a crisis unit called The Vikings – use guns. The annual murder rate is less than five and the total amount of the imprisoned population is 118.
Iceland has the highest density of mobile phones per capita in the world. There are more mobile phones than inhabitants, and ¾ of the population has an Internet connection.

Blue calcite, close to a geothermal phenomenon.

Exploring the Valleys Beyond and the Akureyri Fjords

GULLFOSS
Gullfoss, the Golden Cascade, is a cataract located on the Hvítá River in southeastern Iceland.
It is one of the most popular attractions in the country. It is located on the wide bed of the Hvítá river, which runs to the south and a kilometer from the waterfall turns abruptly to the east, falling in three curved steps. At that moment, the water falls in jumps: 11 and 21 m, in a crack 32 m deep, some 20 m wide and 2,5 km long. The average flow in this cataract is 140 m³/s in Summer and 80 m³/s in Winter. The maximum measured water flow is 2000 m³/s.
When the visitor approaches the waterfall, the crevice hides the view, giving the feeling that the mighty river simply disappears underground.

Mountains and Lake Frostastadavatn in South Highland

The Orange Mold at Churchyard Tombstones

SKOGAFSS
Skogaföss is one of Iceland’s largest, most beautiful and impressive waterfalls. According to legend, the first Viking inhabitant buried his treasure in a cave behind this waterfall.

Northern Iceland. Lights above the gray clouds of the Eyjafjallajokull Volcano

BLUE LAGOON
Blue Lagoon is a natural geothermal resort, surrounded by lava fields and sandy beaches. Relaxing in this lagoon, in a vaporous environment, is captivating, providing a pleasant experience. The temperature is 37-39 °C.
The Blue Lagoon is famous for its unique active ingredients and their effects on the mind and body. Salts, silica and sulfur provide well-being. Algae give blue, green and nutrients. White silica, cleansing slime, and massage are highly recommended.

GLAUMBAER
Glaumbær is a town and former parish of the Icelandic community of Skagafjörður.

An amazing journey throughout the beauty, uniqueness and astonishingly Icelandic landscapes…

I do not own any rights on the photographs nor the words… You can find the original presentation here: https://slideplayer.com.br/slide/17307714/

Thank you Tobias Jakobsson for sharing this unique voyage into one of the most beautiful places in the World!

The Malena Stork

On July 14, 2021 By estrangedztIn awesome, documentary, Education, life, Nature, WorldLeave a comment

This is the story of a stork that was shot by a hunter and was never able to fly again. But she is not dead and there is a farm where they treat her.
Her husband is doing well and every year he continues to cover 14,000 kilometers in the annual migration of the storks. And he returns to his waiting wife. And they still have babies that get into the normal rhythm of storks, and migrate with their father. He migrates, and the following year he returns to his wife.

And the story lasts for 26 years…

Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice

On July 1, 2021 By estrangedztIn documentary, life, Nature, travel, WorldLeave a comment

**Sitting astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge**…

The only place where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rises above sea level.

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Divergent tectonic plate boundary) attracts tourists.

Volcanic Activity

Volcanic eruptions are far more frequent on convergent tectonic plate boundaries (Cascade Mountain Range & the Andes) than on divergent tectonic place boundaries (Iceland); however, eruptions do occur along divergent boundaries. Recently and eruption broke through the icecap in Iceland.

Iceland’s Eruptions

Ash and roughly thirty-story-tall lava fountains shoot from a half-mile-long (0.8-kilometer-long) rupture in the icy cap of southern Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull (pronounced AY-uh-full-ay-ho-kul) volcano early Sunday.

The geology of Iceland, though, is anything but normal. The volcanic island lies just south of the Arctic Circle atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where two tectonic plates are forever pulling apart. Magma from deep inside Earth rushes upward, filling the gaps and fueling Iceland’s volcanic eruptions, which occur about once every five years.

• From a different angle, Eyjafjallajökull’s “lavafall” appears unobstructed by billowing steam, revealing the glowing yellow ribbon cascading down the rocky gorge on March 26, 2010.

• Lava spraying high into the air draws crowds of tourists to Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano on March 27, 2010.

• When the eruption started on March 21, hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes, due to fears of flooding, which could have occurred, had the volcano’s heat melted too much surrounding glacial ice.

Comparison

These eruptions tend to be much less violent and destructive than those of strato-volcanoes that form near convergent boundaries.
1980 when Mt. St. Helen erupted in the Cascade Mountains, nearly half of the mountain was blown away.
In Iceland the magma comes up to fill in a gap created by the separating of the two tectonic plates.

• Not far from Eyjafjallajokull glacier, the much larger Mýrdalsjökull glacier (check the map on the next slide) hides the fiery, gently sloping Katla volcano that lies under the ice.

Eruptions on Iceland

An incandescent basaltic lava flow winds its way downslope from a vent at Krafla volcano in Iceland in 1984. The flow originated from an 8.5-km-long fissure that was initially active along its entire length. The fissure was produced by rifting along the mostly submarine Mid-Atlantic Ridge where it rises above sea level and cuts across the island of Iceland, forming an accessible natural laboratory for studies of episodic eruptions at this oceanic spreading ridge.

Krafla Volcano – Iceland

Iceland Info.

Area: 103,000 sq km
Coastline: 4,970 km
Terrain: mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords •Land use: –arable land: 0.07% –permanent crops: 0% –other: 99.93% (2005)
Natural resources: fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite

Demographics

Population: 306,694 (July 2009 est.)
Age Structure: 0-14 years: 20.7%
Population growth rate: 0.741% (2009 est.)
Urban population: 92% (2008)
Infant mortality rate: 3.23 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: 80.67 years
Adult literacy: 99%

Economy

GDP – per capita (PPP): $39,800 (2009 est.) –$42,800 (2008 est.) –$42,600 (2007 est.)
GDP – real growth rate: -6.3% (2009 est.) –1.3% (2008 est.) –5.5% (2007 est.)
GDP – composition by sector: –agriculture: 5.2% –industry: 24% –services: 70.8% (2009 est.)

Reykjavik –Capital City

The Gullfoss (Golden Falls) Waterfall in southern Iceland.

A river with volcanic black sand banks meanders to the sea through farm fields near the southern coast of Iceland.

Looking across the plate boundary from the European Plate to the N. American.

I am not the author of the words nor the photographs. I give thanks to the person who compiled the info about one of the most beautiful places I’ve had the honour to visit, already!

Iceland is simply magical!

Beautiful villages in Portugal (small paradises to visit)

On June 30, 2021 By estrangedztIn awesome, documentary, history, life, Nature, photos, Portugal, WorldLeave a comment

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Natural Wonders by accident

On June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 By estrangedztIn Nature, WorldLeave a comment

A path with history
(Dark Hedges, Ireland)

It is a single stretch of road near Bregagh Armoy in County Antrim, Ireland. The beeches that protect the road have grown too close together, competing for the light. The trees were planted by a family to decorate the access to their Georgian mansion many years ago. Today, the road is one of the most photographed postcard in Ireland.

The Gerlach Desert Geyser
(U.S.A.)

Everything was pure aridity in the Gerlach area, near Nevada, until a group of men decided to drill insearch of water for their livestock and crops. What they found was thermal water that, since then, emanates from the rocky terrain, initiating a sedimentation process capable of forming a natural sculpture that looks more like a fantasy landscape. Today, it’s almost a tourist attraction, but it was all an accidental fluke.

The wonderful remains of an ancient mining exploration
(Las Médulas, Spain)

In the region of El Bierzo, in the province of León, there is an incredible natural place, although the curious mountain shapes were originated by the gold mining carried out by the Romans in that place.

Tunnel modeled by train passage
(Ukraine)

This time, nature adapted to the passage of man in the form of a train. In a dense forest, along a railway track, a tunnel was formed that fits the train, a leafy gallery known as the “Tunnel of Love“!

The landslide that gave birth to a paradise of scale
(Texas)

This time, the “accident” did not involve the hand of man, but the tireless work of Nature for hundreds or thousands of years.
A little over a century ago, in an area near Austin, Texas, an underground river (after having eroded a cavity for thousands of years) caused a landslide that gave way to a small sheltered oasis, with calm waters, a waterfall and vegetation which is seen as a completely unusual place.