#lagoons

[vestaignis]

Невероятные виды пустыни Атакама, Чили.

Атака́ма (исп. Desierto de Atacama) — самая сухая из неполярных пустынь на Земле, которая находится на западе Южной Америки в Чили. Площадь пустыни составляет приблизительно 105 000 квадратных километров.

Атакама одна из древнейших пустынь на планете, по оценкам учёных её возраст от 20 до 40 миллионов лет. Большая часть пустыни расположена на значительной высоте, в гористой местности. Пустыня Атакама отличается от типичных пустынь, таких как Сахара в Африке или Мохаве в Северной Америке, тем, что имеет относительно низкую среднесуточную температуру, варьирующуюся от 0 °C до 25 °C. 

Название пустыни Атакама переводится с языка индейцев Южной Америки как пустынная область. В некоторых местах пустыни дождь выпадает раз в несколько десятков лет. Некоторые метеостанции в Атакаме никогда не регистрировали дождь. Есть факты того, что существенных осадков в Атакаме не было с 1570 по 1971 годы. В этой пустыне зарегистрирована самая низкая влажность воздуха: 0 %. Растительность в этом удивительном месте редкая или отсутствует: местами кактусы (например, рода Копьяпоа) и кустарники. Фауна малочисленна, но на прибрежных скалах обитают колонии птиц, питающихся рыбой.

Incredible views of the Atacama Desert, Chile.

The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is the driest non-polar desert on Earth, located in western South America in Chile. The area of ​​the desert is approximately 105,000 square kilometers.

The Atacama is one of the oldest deserts on the planet, with scientists estimating its age to be between 20 and 40 million years old. Most of the desert is located at a significant altitude, in mountainous terrain. The Atacama Desert differs from typical deserts such as the Sahara in Africa or the Mojave in North America in that it has a relatively low average daily temperature, ranging from 0 °C to 25 °C.

The name of the Atacama Desert is translated from the language of the South American Indians as a desert region. In some places in the desert, rain falls once every few decades. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never recorded rain. There are facts that there was no significant precipitation in Atacama from 1570 to 1971. The lowest air humidity is recorded in this desert: 0%. Vegetation in this amazing place is sparse or absent: in some places there are cacti (for example, of the genus Copiapoa) and shrubs. Fauna is sparse, but colonies of fish-eating birds live on the coastal cliffs.

Источник:/chiletravelmag.ru/atacama-obzor/, //znanierussia.ru/ articles/Атакама, //travelhaker.ru/destinations/chili/pustynya-atakama/, /www.tourister.ru/world/america/chile/city/san-pedro-de-atacama/nationalparks/16122.

[ecoharbor]

📍Tulpar Lake, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬

[dadaonice]

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

[lefemmerougewriter]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Hello everyone. Happy National Paper Airplane Day! I've posted a number of stories before with embedded images, but this is the first one I have posted by itself, in its own fanwork.

This is a revised version of a map, posted on here and elsewhere. The original version was likely created with Paint. Net. This map was updated/revised in late May to fix some strange blank markings and other pixelated issues, using Microsoft Paint. This made the map much cleaner and more readable, even though there are still pixelated errors. I further added in a focus on one region in particular: the Tampa Lagoon.

I hope you all like this map (which can also be seen if you click on "keep reading" on this post, complete with other notes). As always, comments and constructive criticism, on this map, are welcome.

This is even inspiring me to do an updated version of this story the original map was used in at some point in the future. Mipsia is also known as the "Mipsia Soviet of America" or MSA, with the Floridian Archipelago (otherwise known as The United Floridian Archipelago) "mostly uninhabited."

I used the original map for a story in which Carmen Sandiego and Adora (from She-Ra) go on a date at the Tampa Lagoon. As I say in that story's summary, "One week after the assault on V.I.L.E. Island and the fight in Japan, Adora, assisted by the Crystal Gems, goes on a date with Carmen Sandiego in the Floridian Archipelago. In the process, they grow closer as friends, but emotional tension grows, and they confront a new danger in the Tampa Lagoon, unknowingly manipulated by a person far out of their reach..."

The map is also here:

[johnschneiderblog]

Catch of the day

Anhingas may not be the prettiest birds at the lagoon but they’re perfectly equipped to make a living in that murky world.

Stealthy and sleek, they glide through the water like torpedos, diving to depths of 60 feet and impaling fish on their built-in serrated spears.

Anhingas also scout prey by swimming with only their heads and necks exposed, inspiring one of their nicknames: snakebirds.

[aisphotostuff]

Winter Wildlife on the Lagoon @ WWT Barnes by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Lots of colour and sun @ 18c on the day lovely ducks warming up in the afterglow of warmth..

[pangeen]

" White Sand Dunes and Lagoons " //© Daniel Kordan

[mothmiso]

Laguna de Terminos (2) (3) by Tobias Verfuss