The Blue Hole
Aerial View to the famous diving site and natural phenomenon the Blue Hole in the Lighthouse Reef, East of the Turneffe Atoll in Caribbean Sea, Belize, Central America.
The Blue Hole in Belize is a natural sinkhole located off the coast of Belize City. It is approximately 1,000 feet (300 meters) across and over 400 feet (120 meters) deep, making it one of the largest sinkholes in the world. The…
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The Star. Art by Nicholas Kahn, from The Carnival at the End of the World Tarot Deck.
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thankful for the gift of a new sewing machine that allows me to do more than a simple straight stitch… feeling like i’m back at SAIC with the ability to learn a new machine. my first time free motion quilting + doing a satin stitch edge! the bleach painting is of magnified coral sand filled with foraminifera, bits of calcium shells from mollusks, and coral skeletons
Precipitation Constellation
Decolorant print on denim, walnut dyed backing, cotton batting and cotton thread
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wip for the April postcard 👁️ thr train of her dress is also her tailfin 🤲
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White feather star perched on a cluster of red sea whips
By: Douglas Faulkner
From: The Fascinating Secrets of Oceans & Islands
1972
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Funguary Week 1: Lilac Coral Fungus
I kept re-editing this one and truthfully I still debated posting this version but I think she turned out beautifully.
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Tiaras at Ajuda Palace
Last summer the new Royal Treasury Museum within Ajuda National Palace in Lisbon was opened to display the Portuguese Crown Jewels. The new museum was built using insurance money from the 2002 theft of some of the jewels when they were on exhibition in the Netherlands and was part of a larger restoration project of the palace. Find out more about visiting here.
The museum features several tiaras and a lot of other jewelry like the emerald bow brooch below that I just had to include.
Queen Maria Pia's Diadem of Stars by Estêvão de Sousa, 1868 with later alterations
Queen Maria Pia's Laurel Wreath Tiara by Castellani, circa 1862 as a wedding gift from the city of Rome
Queen Maria Pia's Coral Tiara, circa 1862 as a wedding gift from the city of Naples
Queen Maria II's Sapphire Tiara, 1840s - This tiara is not part of the crown jewels and was sold at Christie's in 2021 for 1,948,558 USD but the new owner has loaned it to the museum.
Infanta Maria Ana's Emerald Bow Brooch, mid 1700s with later tassel addition
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Coral photos by David Hall
Top left: Wire coral (Cirrhipathes spp.)
Top right: Red sea whips (Ellisella spp.)
Bottom left: Soft coral (Dendronephthya spp.) with a brittlestar
Bottom right: Staghorn coral (Acropora spp.)
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