Photos – A Pondering Mind

Sunday Photo

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Jul 19, 2017

Tulum, God of the Winds Temple. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Tulum_-_God_of_the_Winds_Temple_03.JPG

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 13, 2017

Beach “Oststrand” on Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Norderney%2C_Nordsee_am_Oststrand_–_2016_–_5167_%28bw%29_-_2.jpg

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 10, 2017

Italian Bee https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Apis_mellifera_-_Melilotus_albus_-_Keila.jpg

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 9, 2017

Polar Bear https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Endangered_arctic_-_starving_polar_bear.jpg

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 8, 2017

Vanessa Indica, Indian Red Admiral Butterfly https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Vanessa_indica-Silent_Valley-2016-08-14-001.jpg

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 6, 2017

The 15th-century gatehouse and Manor house at Brockhampton Estate https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Brockhampton_Estate_-_gatehouse_and_manor_house_2.jpg

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 5, 2017

Blue tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans female infuscansobsoleta. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Blue-tailed_damselfly_%28Ischnura_elegans%29_female_infuscans-obsoleta_2.jpg

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 2, 2017

Northern white-breasted hedgehog. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Erinaceus_roumanicus_2013_G5.jpg

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Apr 23, 2017

The Long Room at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Long_Room_Interior%2C_Trinity_College_Dublin%2C_Ireland_-_Diliff.jpg

Spring Has Arrived

Spring has finally arrived.

All Covered In Snow

No traffic for a mid-Saturday morning.

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Jan 21, 2017

Eastern grey squirrel. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Grey_squirrel_%28Sciurus_carolinensis%29_02.jpg

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Jan 16, 2017

Haanja Upland in winter seen from the observation tower in Suur Munamagi, Estonia. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Haanja_2010_01_1.jpg

Parking Lot & City Parks In The Background

Click on image to enlarge.

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Jan 12, 2017

Rainy golden hour at Muraste Nature Reserve, Estonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3ALoojangu_v%C3%A4rvid_2.jpg

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Dec 26, 2016

Winter scene, Kuznetsk Alatau, South Siberia, Russia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Kuznetsk_Alatau_1.jpg

Dusting Of Snow

A dusting of snow, along with a new fence.

Saturday Morning Snow

A bit warmer than yesterday, and tomorrow a lot warmer.

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Dec 16, 2016

Warwick Castle from the bridge over the River Avon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AWarwick_Castle_May_2016.jpg

Moon Behind The Tree

Moon behind the tree.

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Dec 10, 2016

A Tree trunk spider (Hersilia sp.) capturing a cicada. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Hersilia-2016-06-19-002.jpg

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Dec 8, 2016

Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Monticello.JPG

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Nov 23, 2016

Wasserschloss at night, Speicherstadt, Hamburg, Germany https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Hamburg%2C_Speicherstadt%2C_Wasserschloss_–_2016_–_3265-71.jpg

Selfie

Image credit: Picture Quotes

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Nov 12, 2016

Boardwalk in Meenikunnos Nature Park. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Laudtee_Meenikunnos.jpg

Monday Afternoon Photo

Love the colors and the dark blue sky.

The mobile library on the back of a horse

The mobile library on the back of a horse http://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2016/oct/31/mobile-library-horse-in-pictures-sururi-java-indonesia?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Oct 31, 2016

Close up of a Golden Eagle. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/%C3%81guila_real_%28Aquila_chrysaetos%29%2C_Arcos_de_la_Frontera%2C_C%C3%A1diz%2C_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_2015-12-08%2C_DD_06.JPG

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Oct 28, 2016

Ahja river valley. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Talv_V%C3%A4ike-Taevaskojas.jpg

Marc Yankus: a fresh perspective on New York architecture

Marc Yankus: a fresh perspective on New York architecture http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/oct/20/marc-yankus-new-york-architecture?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

2016 wildlife photographer of the year – winners in pictures

2016 wildlife photographer of the year – winners in pictures http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2016/oct/18/2016-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-winners-in-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Fops and flappers: wild fashions of the 1920s – in pictures

Fops and flappers: wild fashions of the 1920s – in pictures http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/oct/18/fops-and-flappers-wild-fashions-1920s-in-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Oct 19, 2016

Selfless, Iceland https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Selfoss_July_2014.JPG

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Oct 12, 2016

Large earth bumblebee https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Bumblebee_on_Lavender_Blossom.JPG

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Oct 17, 2016

Forest in Meenikunno Estonia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Vaade_Meenikunno_rabale_Liipsaare_vaatetornist.jpg

Snapshots: the shopfronts of independent Paris

Snapshots: the shopfronts of independent Paris http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/oct/15/snapshots-the-shopfronts-of-independent-paris?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

The must-see buildings at Open House New York 2016

The must-see buildings at Open House New York 2016 http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2016/oct/14/open-house-new-york-2016-must-see-buildings-photos?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Cars and girls: Louis Faurer’s New York moments

Cars and girls: Louis Faurer’s New York moments http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/oct/13/louis-faurer-new-york-photographer?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

American graffiti: dodging death on the NYC subway

American graffiti: dodging death on the NYC subway http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/oct/03/photographer-brian-young-nyc-subway-in-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

The most beautiful libraries in America

The most beautiful libraries in America http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2016/oct/06/most-beautiful-libraries-america-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Open Door And Hallway

For some reason, this is one of my best photos I have taken in quite some time.

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | Sep 7, 2016

Parasol mushroom https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Macrolepiota_procera_2013_G1.jpg

Happy Sky

Click on photo to enlarge.

What Else Is There To Do At 9:48 PM

Take a photo

Evening Sky

Photo was taken during a Tuesday evening sunset.

‘Hubble and a Stellar Fingerprint’ image

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2016/hubble-and-a-stellar-fingerprint via #NASA_APP

Death valley bursts into bloom

Death valley bursts into bloom http://gu.com/p/4hamx?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Summer in Staten Island in the 1980s

Summer in Staten Island in the 1980s http://gu.com/p/4gkgj?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Big computers, big hair: the women of Bell Labs in the 1960s

Big computers, big hair: the women of Bell Labs in the 1960s http://gu.com/p/4gh92?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Night Photo

Photo was taken on the evening of February 5, 2016

Who’s the best lover in the animal world? – in pictures

Who’s the best lover in the animal world? – in pictures http://gu.com/p/4gt3n?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

‘LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes’ image

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap160211.html via #NASA_APP

Nearing Sunset Snow Photo

Photo taken at 4:54 p.m. February 5, 2016

Fence Covered With Snow

First significant snow storm that hit, in my area of the state. February 5, 2016

Parks and recreation: America from the air

Parks and recreation: America from the air http://gu.com/p/4ft46?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Windows turns 30: a look at the operating system through the ages

Windows turns 30: a look at the operating system through the ages http://gu.com/p/4ebk4?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Women Street Art

Source: skitterphoto.com

Freediver Natalia Molchanova

Freediver Natalia Molchanova http://gu.com/p/4b9fa?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

‘A Proton Arc Over Lake Superior’ image

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap150803.html via #NASA_APP

‘Hubble Sees a Dying Star’s Final Moments’ image

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/hubble-sees-a-dying-stars-final-moments via #NASA_APP

‘STEREO-A Spacecraft Returns Data From the Far Side of the Sun’ image

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/stereo-a-spacecraft-returns-data-from-the-far-side-of-the-sun via #NASA_APP

Photo highlights of the day: snow down under to typhoon Nangka

Photo highlights of the day: snow down under to typhoon Nangka http://gu.com/p/4aypy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Alaska spring whaling festival blends culture with traditional eats

Alaska spring whaling festival blends culture with traditional eats http://gu.com/p/4ay9h?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Pluto comes in to focus: a history of the dwarf planet

Pluto comes in to focus: a history of the dwarf planet http://gu.com/p/4ay4p?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

‘The Icy Mountains of Pluto’ image

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-icy-mountains-of-pluto via #NASA_APP

Ingrid Bergman: a life in pictures

Ingrid Bergman: a life in pictures http://gu.com/p/4aby2?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

‘Recent Measurements of Pluto and Charon Obtained by New Horizons’ image

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/recent-measurements-of-pluto-and-charon-obtained-by-new-horizons via #NASA_APP

Photo highlights of the day

Photo highlights of the day http://gu.com/p/4ajnz?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Life in the Arctic village of Shishmaref

Life in the Arctic village of Shishmaref http://gu.com/p/4aj3g?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Roadside America: the disappearing architecture of highways

Roadside America: the disappearing architecture of highways http://gu.com/p/4aj76?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

‘APOD: 2015 July 11 – Geology on Pluto’ image

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap150711.html via #NASA_APP

The Sand, Sea & Spray urban art festival in Blackpool

The Sand, Sea & Spray urban art festival in Blackpool http://gu.com/p/4at8b?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

‘Hubble Looks at Stunning Spiral’ image

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/hubble-looks-at-leda-89996 via #NASA_APP

‘Zeta Oph: Runaway Star’ image

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap150705.html via #NASA_APP

Caterpillars of the US north-east

Caterpillars of the US north-east http://gu.com/p/4aec5?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Floods submerge Las Vegas streets as hundreds lose power

Floods submerge Las Vegas streets as hundreds lose power http://gu.com/p/4aen7?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

World Bodypainting festival 2015

World Bodypainting festival 2015 http://gu.com/p/4ad35?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

The weekend in pictures

The weekend in pictures http://gu.com/p/4acpc?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

‘Stellar Sparklers That Last’ image

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/stellar-sparklers-that-last.html via #NASA_APP

Victoria Siemer’s storms in teacups

Victoria Siemer’s storms in teacups http://gu.com/p/4abbd?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

The 20 photographs of the week

The 20 photographs of the week http://gu.com/p/4abc2?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

‘Venus and Jupiter are Close’ image

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap150702.html via #NASA_APP

Brigitte Lacombe’s photos expose the human side of celebrity

Brigitte Lacombe’s photos expose the human side of celebrity http://gu.com/p/4ab69?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Photo highlights of the day

Photo highlights of the day http://gu.com/p/4aa5q?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Instagram snapshots:  Mindy Tan in Pyongyang, North Korea

Instagram snapshots:  Mindy Tan in Pyongyang,  North Korea http://gu.com/p/4a993?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

The ugliest dog competition

The ugliest dog competition http://gu.com/p/4a7tg?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Love wins: America celebrates same-sex marriage ruling

Love wins: America celebrates same-sex marriage ruling http://gu.com/p/4a7xk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

‘Triple Conjunction Over Galician National Park’ image

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap150624.html via #NASA_APP

Mermaid Parade: Brooklyn hosts 33rd annual seaside celebration

Mermaid Parade: Brooklyn hosts 33rd annual seaside celebration http://gu.com/p/4axz8?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

‘M64: The Black Eye Galaxy’ image

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap150618.html via #NASA_APP

Black Dogs Project: helping darker canines find a home

Black Dogs Project: helping darker canines find a home http://gu.com/p/49p86?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Unbound: China’s last ‘lotus feet’

Unbound: China’s last ‘lotus feet’ http://gu.com/p/49mtp?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

I Was Fooled

Unknown photographer It had me fooled the first time I saw this.

Stephen Hawking And Jane Wilde Hawking

Photo source

Pleased to meat you: the biggest, baddest burgers in America

Pleased to meat you: the biggest, baddest burgers in America http://gu.com/p/496y4 ——————————————- How the hell could anyone eat one of those burgers? I know damn well, that I couldn’t, or even attempt eat one of them.

How China’s pollution problem impacts on its people

How China’s pollution problem impacts on its people http://gu.com/p/49vx7

David Letterman

White Blossoms – Blue Sky

A photo that was taken a few days ago. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

‘Shadow of a Martian Robot’ image

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap150329.html via #NASA_APP