Simon H. Designer, photographer, blogger, husband. USofA, France.
A Walk in the Clouds by IrenaS on Flickr.
2 ♥ / 6 February, 2012
On the Road 02 by lukeroberts on Flickr.
2 ♥ / 31 January, 2012
On the Road 03 by lukeroberts on Flickr.
3 ♥ / 31 January, 2012
On the Road 04 by lukeroberts on Flickr.
8 ♥ / 31 January, 2012
Snow covered Alpine peaks by Katarina 2353 on Flickr.
0 ♥ / 24 January, 2012
Africa - Namibia / Sossusvlei / ナミビアで死んでいる木 by Rudi Roels on Flickr.Via Flickr: Deserts take up about one third (33 percent) of the Earth’s land surface. Hot deserts usually have a large diurnal and seasonal temperature range, with high daytime temperatures, and low nighttime temperatures (due to extremely low humidity). In hot deserts the temperature in the daytime can reach 45 °C/113 °F or higher in the summer, and dip to 0 °C/32°F or lower in the winter. Water acts to trap infrared radiation from both the sun and the ground, and dry desert air is incapable of blocking sunlight during the day or trapping heat during the night. Thus, during daylight most of the sun’s heat reaches the ground, and as soon as the sun sets the desert cools quickly by radiating its heat into space. Urban areas in deserts lack large (more than 14 °C/25 °F) daily temperature variations, partially due to the urban heat island effect. Many deserts are formed by rain shadows; mountains blocking the path of precipitation to the desert (on the lee side of the mountain). Deserts are often composed of sand and rocky surfaces. Sand dunes called ergs and stony surfaces called hamada surfaces compose a minority of desert surfaces. Exposures of rocky terrain are typical, and reflect minimal soil development and sparseness of vegetation. The soil is rocky because of the low chemical weathering. Bottomlands may be salt-covered flats. Eolian processes are major factors in shaping desert landscapes. Cold deserts (also known as polar deserts) have similar features, except the main form of precipitation is snow rather than rain. Antarctica is the world’s largest cold desert (composed of about 98 percent thick continental ice sheet and 2 percent barren rock). Some of the barren rock is to be found in the so-called Dry Valleys of Antarctica that almost never get snow, which can have ice-encrusted saline lakes that suggest evaporation far greater than the rare snowfall due to the strong katabatic winds that evaporate even ice. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in northern Africa, covering 9 million square kilometres and 12 countries. Deserts sometimes contain valuable mineral deposits that were formed in the arid environment or that were exposed by erosion. Due to extreme and consistent dryness, some deserts are ideal places for natural preservation of artifacts and fossils.
1 ♥ / 11 January, 2012
Lake 9of12 by sparth on Flickr.Via Flickr:SparthPhoto500pxGetty 5dmkII + EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +2.0x 600mm at 5.6 Photo 9. i was going to skip this one as well as another shot where the lake is technically NOT there. but at the same time, i was seeing this series as a set about Lake Sammamish in particular. so the fact of not seeing the water is secondary, i presume. :) note: i actually used this same shot, or one from the same moment, for one of my square BW previously posted.
14 ♥ / 10 January, 2012
untitled by pemek on Flickr.
0 ♥ / 3 January, 2012
Reflection IR by Steve Collin - [Coasterman] on Flickr.Via Flickr: Encore un petit IR. D’autres dans les prochains jours :)
8 ♥ / 31 December, 2011
:::::: by SAMUELBRADLEY on Flickr.Via Flickr:Website//Blog//Facebookin-gratitude.com
0 ♥ / 26 December, 2011
untitled by Przemyslaw Stroinski on Flickr.
6 ♥ / 16 December, 2011
Iceberg bay by Bogdan Ionescu on Flickr.
0 ♥ / 17 October, 2011
How Many Stars Does it Take to Get to the Center of the Milky Way? by Fort Photo on Flickr.
7 ♥ / 4 October, 2011
untitled by Przemyslaw Stroinski on Flickr.
12 ♥ / 3 October, 2011
Le souffle de Mordor by line68 on Flickr.Via Flickr: Long exposure without greyfilter Exposition longue sans filtre gris-neutre 10mm F22 88 sec
0 ♥ / 29 September, 2011