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April 10th, 2011 – Flower

phil — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:04:39 +0000

April 7th, 2011 – Covered in Flowers

phil — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:14:03 +0000

April 2nd, 2011 – Hooded

phil — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 06:36:31 +0000

Another close-up flower shot for you today. I’m really quite impressed with the flexibility of the Canon kit lens!

February 13th, 2011 – Up Close

phil — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:57:49 +0000

February 11th, 2011 – Hyacinth

phil — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:48:42 +0000

February 8th, 2011 – Furry Flower

phil — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:14:20 +0000

January 28th, 2011 – Of Moss and Water Bears

phil — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:24:59 +0000

Today’s post was inspired by a conversation last night about these fascinating organisms called Tardigrades or Water Bears. These little microscopic eight-legged animals are the only known organism to have survived in space, fully exposed to solar radiation, they can survive temperatures from almost absolute zero to 150 degrees Centigrade, repair their own DNA, and survive in a dehydrated stasis for years to then return to life when rehydrated as if by magic! One of their favourite habitats is moss, so there’s probably some in today’s photo. Ten points if you can spot one…

Canon EOS 550D, Canon 50mm f/1.8 II, 50mm, F 1.8, 1/4000s, ISO 100

December 29th, 2010 – Sunrise on a Treestump

phil — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:58:00 +0000

December 20th, 2010 – Ice Ice Baby

phil — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:24:24 +0000

Ice crystals on top of my car this morning, taken whilst waiting for it to warm up from a bracing -12 degrees Celsius.

December 14th, 2010 – One Day I Shall Fly…

phil — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:10:50 +0000

I spotted this beautiful caterpillar whilst bouldering at Almscliff during the summer. A little research suggests that this is most likely a Painted Lady caterpillar (Cynthia Cardui), a remarkable species which migrates from the UK to North Africa every Autumn!

Thanks to UK Safari for the excellent information.