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Reproductive parts
Created: October 26, 2008 Taken From: Kokia rockii herbarium sheet Snapped By: Richard Palmer (Apapane) Comments: none - add a comment Total Views: 410 Stigma lobes emanating from fused column of filaments, the stalks that hold the pollen producing anthers (together, a filament and anther make one stamen). Zooming out, notice the curved nature of the staminal column. These flowers are pollinated by native honeycreepers such as the I`iwi, `Apapane, and `Amakihi. |
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Martha Joukowsky
Created: July 16, 2008 Taken From: The Petra Great Temple from behind Snapped By: Sarah Sharpe (jiaaw_sarah) Comments: none - add a comment Total Views: 376 Depicted here is the director of the Petra excavations Dr. Martha Joukowsky flanked by two of her local colleagues Muhammad and Ismail sons of the longtime project foreman Dakhlallah. |
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Small patch of buffelgrass above Ventana Canyon Resort
Created: November 13, 2008 Taken From: SantaCatalinaMountains4 Snapped By: Aaryn Olsson (aaryno) Comments: none - add a comment Total Views: 350 This is one of several patches just upslope from Ventana Canyon Resort. The invasive grass shines golden in the fall. |
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skeleton!
Created: June 23, 2008 Taken From: University of Arizona Snapped By: Mary Nichols (mnichols) Comments: none - add a comment Total Views: 323 One of my favorite sculptures on the UA mall |
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The "Royal Tombs"
Created: July 14, 2008 Taken From: Petra 360 from Crusader fort of Al-Habis Snapped By: Sarah Sharpe (jiaaw_sarah) Comments: none - add a comment Total Views: 312 These are the rockcut structures that have been described as the roayl funerary monuments of Petra. The one shown here with the arcaded vaults may have served as the main judical building housing the law courts.Note on the one to the left the stepped decoration that is Characteristic of Nabataean funerary architecture. |
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Me and a half person
Created: June 23, 2008 Taken From: University of Arizona Snapped By: Mary Nichols (mnichols) Comments: none - add a comment Total Views: 311 I was waiting in the shade until the Gigapan was finished. |
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Chalk-fronted corporal
Created: June 26, 2008 Taken From: Sinkhole Snapped By: Smith, Alex (BIO) Comments: none - add a comment Total Views: 293 There were dozens of these around, but they were quite active and hard to capture on film. |
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Another chalk-fronted
Created: June 26, 2008 Taken From: Sinkhole Snapped By: Smith, Alex (BIO) Comments: none - add a comment Total Views: 288 I've located at least seven in this gigapan. How many can you find? |
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Reused Hijaz Railway ties
Created: July 16, 2008 Taken From: The Petra Great Temple from behind Snapped By: Sarah Sharpe (jiaaw_sarah) Comments: none - add a comment Total Views: 276 These are some of the many railway ties from the former railway line that linked the provinces of the Ottoman empire and facilitated the hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). The railroad was made famous in this region because of the exploits of Lawrence of Arabia and his Bedouin militial that constantly attacked the Turkish supply lines during WWI. Apparently there was a good deal made on a concession of this wood and has found its way into making parts of the site accessable as well as in the restoration of structures such as the Great Temple. |
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Beaver lodge
Created: June 24, 2008 Taken From: Sinkhole Snapped By: Smith, Alex (BIO) Comments: none - add a comment Total Views: 275 Investigation revealed that this was also home to at least one garter snake. |