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Beyond Beauty – Carnivorous Plants

Alexandra — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:32:29 +0000

When I was little, I saw a pretty scary movie with a carnivorous orchid. The strange plant was surrounding a house and eating people inside it… Creepy… this and The Birds were the movies that shocked me as a child… now, I’m afraid of birds… I can’t say if a carnivorous plant can scare me, because I only saw them in pictures… and they look wonderful. Another mystery of nature.

Don’t worry… these ones only eat bugs I think Most of them were found on Sarracenia.com.

Pinguicula Titan

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Fizzy Water

Alexandra — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:18:15 +0000

A long time ago, I was adding some pictures of amazing water sculptures: splashes, colors, shadows…

But never wondered what happens when you drop everyday objects into fizzy water… Rings, watches, dvds and bubbles… As Carl calls them on Flickr his pictures are just the wonderful expression of fun with fizzy water and a macro lens.

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It’s Been Snowing…

Alexandra — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:04:54 +0000

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..for a few days now. Everything is white and beautiful. Billions and billions of snowflakes have been falling.

And because I couldn't let this opportunity pass that easy, I went yesterday in the Nicolae Romanescu park, the largest and most well-known park in Craiova (Romania), and took some pictures.

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Global Warming – Then & Now

Alexandra — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:35:08 +0000

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Grinnell Gl, Glacier National Park, Montana

Then (1911)

Now (2000)

Source: South Bay Mobilization, Reuters

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