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[BillF]

Planchonella House, Queensland, Australia

[A Lark Ascending]

11 hours ago, Shawn said:

Just a few random shots around the neighborhood yesterday afternoon while I was on my lunch break.  The fluffy clouds are kind of a rarity in Los Angeles so I always try to snap some pictures on days when they show up.  

Do the leaves fall in autumn in California? 

That might be a daft question, but for years I assumed they did, largely based on the lyrics of 'California Dreaming'. It was only a while back I actually listened to the lyrics and realised it was about someone dreaming of being in California watching the leaves fall in somewhere like New York (yes, I know, most people will have got that in the late 60s!!!!). 

Perhaps the leaves fall at different times like in the rain forest so you don't get a season like in cooler climates.  

Edited November 6, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[A Lark Ascending]

Diwali celebrations in Leicester. My sister used to live on one of the streets on the left. Food heaven! 

The Dhol Enforcement Agency – Leicester's self-styled number one dhol, or drum, team – perform Punjabi folk music.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2015/nov/04/diwali-celebrations-the-lights-and-sounds-of-leicesters-golden-mile

[BillF]

"Cloud tsunami" hits Sydney.

 

 

 

[BillF]

Chicago, 1979

[Shawn]

22 hours ago, A Lark Ascending said:

Do the leaves fall in autumn in California? 

That might be a daft question, but for years I assumed they did, largely based on the lyrics of 'California Dreaming'. It was only a while back I actually listened to the lyrics and realised it was about someone dreaming of being in California watching the leaves fall in somewhere like New York (yes, I know, most people will have got that in the late 60s!!!!). 

Perhaps the leaves fall at different times like in the rain forest so you don't get a season like in cooler climates.  

It's a little too early for leaves to fall off here in Los Angeles.  It just dropped into the low 50s at night for the first time in months, it will be late November, early December before we get any moderately cold weather.  The hottest months here are often September and October instead of July and August like the east coast.  It also depends on the trees, you don't have the same kind of variety here as you have back east, you don't get much of a color change either.  We often get wind this time of year as well and that takes care of the types of trees that lose their leaves. 

There really isn't a "fall" or "spring" here and I only wore my heavy coat about 3 days last "winter". 

Looking historically at weather in January in Los Angeles the average high temperature for the month is 68 and the average low is 48. 

Edited November 7, 2015 by Shawn

[A Lark Ascending]

Thanks, Shawn. I thought it might be something like that. 

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Dresden, Germany: A tree is partially obscured by morning fog

Sydney, Australia: A Qantas Boeing 737-800 flies through heavy rain as a storm moves towards Sydney. Imagine this is related to Bill's picture above. 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/nov/06/photo-highlights-of-the-day-a-red-faced-beckham-and-a-fallen-skater

 

Edited November 7, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[A Lark Ascending]

Northumberland, UK: A view of the Milky Way near Hadrian’s Wall

http://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2015/nov/08/the-weekend-in-pictures

[johnblitweiler]

5 hours ago, A Lark Ascending said:

Northumberland, UK: A view of the Milky Way near Hadrian’s Wall

http://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2015/nov/08/the-weekend-in-pictures

Trick photography, surely.

[Hardbopjazz]

[A Lark Ascending]

12 hours ago, johnblitweiler said:

Trick photography, surely.

No idea.

Are these trick photography?

http://www.visitbritainblog.com/blog/2015/07/08/5-amazing-photos-of-the-milky-way-above-britain/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/stunning-photos-show-milky-way-5774948

Another one here:

Forsinard, Scotland: Stargazers gathered near the RSPB’s watchtower in the Flow Country to observe the Milky Way are greeted by the surprise appearance of the aurora

http://www.theguardian.com/world/picture/2015/nov/09/eyewitness-forsinard-scotland

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Pink flamingos above the low water in the Camargue, France. Photograph: Rex Shutterstock. Lovely...but from a worrying article.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/09/storm-and-drought-what-europe-has-to-fear-from-climate-change

Looks like something out of Dr Who!  Crossrail, London Photograph: Crossrail Flikr

Giant squashed platypus? Beijing airport Photograph: Render by Methanoia Zaha Hadid Architects

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/nov/09/megastructures-seven-wonders-of-the-modern-world-near-completion

 

Edited November 9, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[Cyril]

[Hardbopjazz]

[Shawn]

Orpheum Theatre on the left, Eastern Building on the right.

[A Lark Ascending]

Hardcastle Crags in West Yorkshire

Part of a nice selection of photos of Britain's past industrial landscape as it survives today:

http://www.theguardian.com/community/ng-interactive/2015/nov/10/brick-by-brick-readers-photos-of-britains-post-industrial-landscapes

Clipstone Colliery near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. 

Driven past them many times...the most spectacular of the headstocks in this area; and one of the few surviving. When the Tories destroyed the coal industry they did everything they could to wipe its memory from history. Most former pits are retail/business parks with half a winding wheel and maybe a statue to remember what was once the dominating landscape feature. I still recall the first time I saw a pit in the middle of Hucknall on the way to a job interview. There were scores around then. 

Edited November 10, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[catesta]

 

This was from a month or so ago. A liquid materials recycling business down the street has some holding tanks go up in flames.

Edited November 10, 2015 by catesta

[A Lark Ascending]

Spectators were spoilt with both fireworks and the Northern Lights on 3 November. Photo taken just outside Inverness by Lewis Mackenzie.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/34776553

[A Lark Ascending]

County Durham, England: A rainbow appears above the sculpture Eleven ‘O’ One in Seaham

http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/nov/11/photo-highlights-of-the-day-armistice-day-and-a-holy-cow

My back garden in November

 

Edited November 12, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[BillF]

11 minutes ago, A Lark Ascending said:

 

My back garden in November

 

Ever thought of taking up abstract painting?

[A Lark Ascending]

9 minutes ago, BillF said:

Ever thought of taking up abstract painting?

Abstract painting? That's what my world looks like when I take my glasses off! 

[A Lark Ascending]

Three men drink vodka as they travel by a pioneer motorised railcar on their way to Kalach

From an intriguing set of photos: A Soviet time capsule: the village at the end of the line – in pictures - In a remote corner of the Urals region at the end of a narrow-gauge railway is Kalach, population about a dozen. The village has no telephones, no mobile reception and only a few hours of electricity a day

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/nov/13/soviet-time-capsule-village-end-of-the-line-pictures

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I love this next one:

Birds look for food in the fog in Yinchuan, China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2015/nov/13/the-week-in-wildlife-in-pictures

Edited November 14, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[BillF]

London office workers

[Cyril]

The Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam lit up in the colours of the French flag.

And....

 

[A Lark Ascending]

Temascaltepec, Mexico: The first monarch butterflies appear in the oyamel firs forest in Temascaltepec. The insects almost quadruple in the area during their hibernation

http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/nov/13/photo-highlights-of-the-day-costa-blanca-brits-and-monarchs-in-mexico

[A Lark Ascending]

Forest of Radnor, with the Black Mountains in the distance - Francis Towne. 1810

Saw this the other day in a room full of 18th/19thC paintings and drawings; was struck by how 20thC it seemed.