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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Dec. 31, 2014: Sunset, Charleston
Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Dec. 31, 2014: Sunset, Charleston
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Chicago — City of Skyscrapers & Cloud Gate
Like the monolith in Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s monumental film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, “Cloud Gate” looks like an alien object dropped onto a terrestrial landscape (not the African Savannah, but rather into...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Dec. 31, 2014: Sunset, Charleston
If fireworks at midnight are de rigeur for welcoming the New Year, perhaps a fiery sunset is a fitting way to say goodbye to the old. Of course, this one is not really today's but it will do. I took this picture, and its cloudy companions, from the...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 10, 2014: Cloud Gate, Chicago
One of the most fascinating pieces of public art I've ever seen is this one in Chicago. Known as Cloud Gate, it sits in Millennium Park. When I first saw it a number of years ago, I wrote the following about it which I...
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The Art of Camouflage, Monteverde, Costa Rica
DrFumblefinger comes across this well camouflaged walking stick, a herbivorous insect that does well in warm humid ecosystems.
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Sunset over Germany
Our flight from Berlin to Krakow was delayed until just before sunset. As we reached cruising altitude, we got to enjoy the light of dusk over a dramatic cloud cover.