tirsdag den 26. maj 2009

Mini-panoramio fra området omkring Munkholm broen

Mini-panoramio fra området omkring Munkholm broen med billeder taget af LichtenHansen - Allan Hansen og lagt ind på Panoramio



Dette ville jeg have lagt ind på min Knol om Panoramio billeder på Google Earth - Gode råd, men det er ikke muligt at lægge denne slags kort ind der endnu.

mandag den 25. maj 2009

Knol - Ny service fra Google - Hvad er det?

Google har travlt i øjeblikket: Din Google profil med bliver pludselig vist på Google tekst søgning og for at blive "rigtig godkent" skal man oprette en Knol profil.

Knol - "A unit of knowledge" eller "En enhed af viden" - måske en slags konkurrent til Wikipedia.

Jeg går med på idéen og skriver min første Knol.
Panoramio billeder på Google Earth:


Det er første udgave. Kom gerne med kommentarer og forslag til forbedringer.

tirsdag den 19. maj 2009

Ny link-side på min SmugMug hjemmeside

Alle links til billeder udenfor smugmug er nu på en special link-side. Google index robotten er ikke så glad for alt for mange links på samme side, og da SmugMug helt som standard lægger rigtig mange links ind på min forside, er de eksterne links nu lagt for sig selv.
Update 2010-10-12: Min Smugmug konto nedlægges - Smugmug har simpelt hen for mange fejl, er håbløs til søgerobotter og fejl, der rapporteres, bliver bare ignoreret.

Lemaire Channel, Antarctica. First prize in Panoramio contest.First prize. Lemaire Channel, Antarctica.

First prize in Panoramios geotagged photo Contest in category 4: Unusual location.
The beautiful Lemaire Channel between Booth Island and Antarctic Peninsula.

lørdag den 16. maj 2009

Lemaire Channel + Gentoo penguin - nye billeder i Panoramio

2 nye billeder på Panoramio:

1.

Lemaire Channel, Antarctica.

Lemaire Channel, Antarctica.

Lemaire Channel. The Antarctica scenic highlight. Steep cliffs hem in the iceberg-filled passage, which is 11 km long and just 1,600 meters wide at its narrowest point.


I hope - if you come to Antarctica – that you will see the Lemaire Strait in fine weather like this. The Antarctic Peninsula does have a lot of beautiful sceneries, but this strait is outstanding. This photo is only a 2-dimentional image of this place, and it doesn’t tell the whole story . I guess you have to see with our own eyes to believe it.


2.

Gentoo penguin chicks begging for food.

Gentoo penguin chicks begging for food in Antarctica.

Hungry Gentoo penguin chicks begging for food at Booth Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.


From Wikipedia:

The Gentoo Penguin (pronounced /ˈdʒɛntuː/), Pygoscelis papua, is easily recognized by the wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head. Chicks have grey backs with white fronts. Adult Gentoos reach a height of 51 to 90 cm (20-36 in),[1][2] making them the largest penguins outside of the two giant species, the Emperor Penguin and the King Penguin.

Two eggs are laid, both weighing around 500 g. The parents share incubation, changing duty daily. The eggs hatch after 34 to 36 days. The always hungry chicks remain in the nests for about 30 days before forming creches. The chicks molt into sub-adult plumage and go out to sea at about 80 to 100 days.



Billede 1 kommer med i næste konkurence i Panoramio: se mere på Unusual landscapes and wildlife by Allan Hansen

torsdag den 7. maj 2009

Kæmpeskildpadder og pingviner - nye billeder på Panoramio

2 nye billeder på Panoramio:

1.

Galapagos Giant Tortoise.

Galapagos Giant Tortoise from Vulcan Alcedo, Galapagos Islands.

Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Geochelone nigra vandenburghi)from Vulcan Alcedo on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

The Alcedo volcano has the largest number (about 4000) of wild giant tortoises of any of the volcanoes in the Galapagos.

In 1983 there were no goats. In 1998 it was estimated that there were about 75,000 goats living on the volcano. The goats virtually defoliated the volcano, threatening one of the best tortoise habitats.

To combat this Project Isabela was undertaken to eradicate the goats from northern Isabela island by the National Park and the Darwin Foundation. The project was completed in 2006 with all goats on northern Isabela Island being removed; following the project there has been a rapid recovery of small trees and shrubs that are associated with the native habitat.

I visited Vulcan Alcedo in 1993 and saw the about 350 of the giant tortoises on the caldera rim, most of them wallowing in temporary rain pools. We also saw thousands of goats and I’m glad that they are now eradicated.

Hopefully this fantastic place will recover completely .




2.

Chinstrap Penguins rookery.

Chinstrap Penguins rookery. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Chinstrap Penguins rookery. The old caldera at Bailey Head is home to more than 200.000 birds. Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.


One of the biggest and best chinstrap penguin colonies in the world spread dramatically over black sand volcanic hills stretching up to impossibly high ridges.

The steep slopes tinged with green algae, chinstrap penguins breed on almost every inch of the landscape. Cliffs covered in lichens and mosses tower behind the birds.

The volcanic nature of the island seems to melt snows earlier, giving these chinstraps and advantageously long breeding season.


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