Monthly Archives: September 2010

Graffiti

Graffiti

Graffiti

 

Stinging Nettles

Stinging Nettles

Backlit shot of Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica) also know as the Common Nettle. The stinging hairs inject various chemicals including acetylcholine, histamine, 5-HT or serotonin, …

 

Wheel Trims

Wheel Trims

A plethora of wheel trims or hub caps from various cars at a local vehicle recycler (scrap yard).

 

Six Miles High

Six Miles High

6.818 miles to be precise! TAP Portugal Airbus A320-214 CS-TMW glints in the evening sun at 36,000 feet on flight TP615 from Brussels to Lisbon. …

 

Tequila

Tequila

Miniature bottle of Jose Cuervo Especial Tequila from Mexico shot with the superb Hipstamatic iPhone app.

 

Hurst Beach

Hurst Beach

Waves crash onto the Larvikite sea defences at Hurst Beach, Hampshire. 124,000 tones of this Larvik Rock Armour (or Armourstone) arrived from Norway in 1997 …

 

Southampton Water Pipeline

Southampton Water Pipeline

Pipeline with warning cross going under Southampton Water to ExxonMobil's Fawley Refinery.

 

Bell Heather Flowers

Bell Heather Flowers

Close-up of Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) flowers in the New Forest National Park, Hampshire

 

Grave of unknown German Soldier

Grave of unknown German Soldier

Grave of an unknown German Soldier in Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire. The Cemetery lies at the back of the site of the Royal Victoria Military …

 

Parasol Mushroom

Parasol Mushroom

Worm's eye view of a solitary Parasol Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera). Apparently very tasty you have be absolutely sure that you identify it correctly and don't …