greetings from scheffau, austria.
i spent the day in the forests of the region for a work-related project, and found this:
it’s a relatively unspectacular plant, i know, but when i came across a small patch of those in an uphill direction, i saw all the plants laterally, their worls as parallel discs, one hovering above another.
spent a day up on mutterer alm with barbara in the end of march.
we were invited to a lunch, and had some photo-fun-time afterwards.
some photos are attached.
[view photos: mutterer alm w/ barbara]
just a preview, here are two photos of my friends’ weddings in the past weeks.
(slightly belated) congratulations to the newlyweds, nadja & robert and margret & herbert.
 nadja and robert, 2008-05-03 |
 margret and hebert, 2008-05-10 |
i think this is about the time when everybody else is growing up. ;-)
the following video provides a close-up view of the the development of 5 frog embryos.
11 days in 66 seconds:
more information on the making of this time-lapse video: [more...]
i’m in the process of making another frog spawn time-lapse video.
it looks quite promising so far: i’m getting high-resolution (both pixel- and time-wise) macro footage of 5 eggs.
this photo shows their current state:
day 6 is coming to an end, and they should soon hatch from their gelatinous eggs. [more...]
i laid my hands on romanesco – and couldn’t give it away before i had taken some photos of it.
if you know what this vegetable looks like, you might be able to understand why:
romanesco is a variant form of cauliflower (brassica oleracea var. botrytis), looks more like broccoli in its general shape and colour, but has one amazing feature: its flower buds exhibit a high level of self-similarity.
each little “bud cone” is made up by lots of smaller cones – they are fractal spirals (romanesco is sometimes called “fractal broccoli”).
furthermore, the number of cones in each spiral is part of the fibonacci sequence.
very well-suited to stare at in amazement ;-)
last summer, i’ve had the chance to visit a multitude of riverine habitats within north and east tyrol, some in a more natural state than (most) others. during that time, i’ve encountered a total of 8 habitats of the german tamarisk (myricaria germanica, deutsche tamariske) along two rivers (inn, north tyrol and isel, east tyrol).
as mentioned in previous posts, myricaria germanica is facing extinction in central europe, and is already extinct in several provinces of austria.
i’ve uploaded some photos from various locations:
[view photos: myricaria germanica]
related post: report on myricaria germanica
