2014-09-30

Foto - Passeando pelo Barreiro antigo (Portugal) - 28-09-2014

"Barreiro antigo"
 
28-09-2014
JoanMira

Imagens do Mundo - Casas singulares - Oviedo - Espanha

Un porche de madera en la fachada posterior da paso al jardín de 1.400 metros, con zonas de pradera, árboles y plantas ornamentales. Se encuentra en una pequeña aldea a seis kilómetros de Oviedo, rodeada de montes y valles, explican en Rústicas Singulares.

Imagens do Mundo - Casas singulares - Asturias - Espanha

Muros anchos de piedra, viguería de roble y puertas y ventanas de madera de castaño son algunos de los elementos que ha sabido conservar esta casa. En sus 200 metros construidos y dos plantas se ubican zaguán, salón con chimenea, comedor, cocina, estudio, tres dormitorios, despacho y baño. No faltan la clásica solana, el balcón de madera y los techos abuhardillados.

Imagens do Mundo - Casas singulares - Austria

Los montes de Mönchsberg y Kapuzinerberg son el cuadro con el que convive a diario esta villa construida en 2007 y firmada por el arquitecto Volker Hagen.

Imagens do Mundo - 'Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup' - Dacota do Sul - Estados-Unidos


El público asiste al encierro de una manada de búfalos durante la 49 edición del 'Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup' en Black Hills, Dacota del Sur.

Imagens do Mundo - Festival Living Art Greensboro - Carolina do Norte - Estados-Unidos


Una modelo con el cuerpo pintado por el artista Tiffany Gill durante el festivail 'Living Art Greensboro' en Carolina del Norte.

Imagens do Mundo - Postdam - Alemanha

Rocío en un prado cerca de Potsdam, Alemania.

Astronomy picture of the day 30-09-2014 - A Full Circle Rainbow over Australia

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A Full Circle Rainbow over Australia
Image Credit & Copyright: Colin Leonhardt (Birdseye View Photography)

Explanation: Have you ever seen an entire rainbow? From the ground, typically, only the top portion of a rainbow is visible because directions toward the ground have fewer raindrops. From the air, though, the entire 360 degree circle of a rainbow is more commonly visible.Pictured here, a full circle rainbow was captured over Cottesloe Beach near Perth, Australia last year by a helicopter flying between a setting sun and a downpour. An observer-dependent phenomenon primarily caused by the internal reflection of sunlight by raindrops, the 84-degree diameter rainbow followed the helicopter, intact, for about 5 kilometers. As a bonus, a second rainbow that was more faint and color-reversed was visible outside the first.

2014-09-29

Foto - Barreiro antigo - Alburrica - 20-09-2014

Barreiro antigo - Alburrica

20-09-2014
JoanMira

Astronomy picture of the day 29-09-2014 - Unusual Rocks near Pahrump Hills on Mars

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Unusual Rocks near Pahrump Hills on Mars
Image Credit: NASA,JPL-Caltech,MSSS

Explanation: How did these Martian rocks form? As the robotic Curiosity rover has approached Pahrump Hills on Mars, it has seen an interesting and textured landscape dotted by some unusual rocks. The featured image shows a curiously round rock spanning about two centimeters across. Seemingly a larger version of numerous spherules dubbed blueberries found by the Opportunity rover on Mars in 2004, what caused this roundness remains unknown. Possibilities include frequent tumbling in flowing water, sprayed molten rock in a volcanic eruption, or a concretion mechanism. The inset image, taken a few days later, shows another small but unusually shaped rock structure.As Curiosity rolls around and up Mount Sharp, different layers of the landscape will be imaged and studied to better understand the ancient history of the region and to investigate whether Mars could once have harbored life.