I’ve mentioned Karlboms orchids’ Flickrstream before. It actually turned out to be a pretty popular post – ought to add it to the ‘Greatest Hits’ category – wait, getting off topic here… Some of their recent photographs are so interesting that I’m moved to post them here in addition to favoriting them on Flickr.
Bulbophyllum saltatorium var. albociliatum
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Lepanthopsis barahonensis – now that’s micro!
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Bulbophyllum dearei
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Pleurothallis penelops
Mainly posted for the picture (I’m often 14 yrs old).
Ancient Whale + Killer Shark = Hypercarnivorous Whale | Wired Science | Wired.com.
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“I had a hunting territory in Africa at the bottom of the Olduvai Gorge.”
A month back, I noticed and commented on this BB post. Like other commenters I recognized it from the Life Nature Library (Early Man, to be precise). My primary partner in workcrime has a complete set of the books in his classroom, so I’ve scanned the illustration Mark F referenced and two others I particularly liked. I’m going to leave cleanup and stitching for another day…
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A little chest puffery – my original ID of the antelope as a Topi was dead-on. For an interesting post on early human/hyena conflict by Steve Bodio, click here.
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Jay Matternes’ web site (he did the work above) is here.
Har Nuur sits in the Valley of Lakes of western Mongolia. Bordered bymultiple mountain ranges, the Valley of Lakes hosts remnant basins of larger ancient lakes, dune fields, and salt marshes. Har Nuur, like other lakes in the region, is a closed-basin lake fed by precipitation.
My guess is the pH and dissolved mineral content of the lake is pretty dang high – I wonder if anything other than little crustaceans and planktonic life can survive there.
Har Nuur, Mongolia : Image of the Day.
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An earlier post from the Earth Observatory Image of the Day (if I had to guess, I’d say that north=down in this one):
Sand Dunes in Har Nuur (Black Lake), Western Mongolia
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And for folks who’d like to explore via Google Earth, a Khyargas Nuur placemark.
