Test photos from the new Nikon 80-400. The bottom one being a 100% crop.
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C I R C L E T S (x)
I require all of the bridesmaids and groomsmen at my wedding to wear circlets.
No you have no choice. You will be elves and you will like it.
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Whooo I’m on a roll, Day 3 of the Monstergirl Challenge, the Slime girl! This time, she’s a scientist after an experiment gone wrong. Her body is slowly melting away into slimy badness. What I wanted to focus on here is transparency, hoping to show the skeleton through the gooey flesh.
This time her name is Idris, because…reasons.
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by Mark Laita
The Fukang Meteorite
Back in the year 2000, an incredible meteorite weighing 2,211 pounds was discovered near Fukang, a city located in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, China. Named the Funkang meteorite, it was identified as a pallasite, a type of stony–iron meteorite. With 4.5 billion years in the making, its golden olivine mixed with silvery nickel-iron to create a stunningly beautiful mosaic effect.
Pallasites are extremely rare even among meteorites (only about 1% of all meteorites are this type) and Fukang has been hailed as one of the greatest meteorite discoveries of the 21st century.It has since been divided into slices which give the effect of stained glass when the sun shines through them. It is so valuable that even tiny chunks sell in the region for $40 to $60 a gram. An anonymous collector holds the largest portion, which weighs 925 pounds.
Alitta Virens - Alexander Semenov
Sandworms often reach great lengths, sometimes exceeding four feet. They feed on seaweed and micro-organisms, have two large pincer teeth, and have been said to occasionally bite humans.
This is too beautiful to not reblog. I have a special fondness for the polychaetes and this is no exception. I’m used to classifying this beast by its synonym Nereis virens, but I suppose I ought to start using the actual accepted taxon. Still, same beautiful animal.
Ragworms are such gorgeous creatures. Look at those colours. <3
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