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Santa Clara (Silicon) Valley, CA from Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton. Information about Lick Observatory: mthamilton.ucolick.org
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Nearbynature photo contest: I live in Peru and took this photo of a large macaw clay lick in the Amazon rainforest. Every morning hundreds of macaws and parrots come to the clay lick to eat clay which helps neutralize their bodies of toxins that they may have ingested from eating other plants and also gives them th...
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Macaws eat a variety of foods including fruits, palm fruits, nuts, seeds, leaves, flowers, and stems. Wild species may forage widely, over 100 km (62 mi) for some of the larger species such as Ara araurana (blue & yellow macaw) and Ara ambigua (great green macaw), in...-
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Information about Lick Observatory: mthamilton.ucolick.org
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This is the Great 36-inch Refractor at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. This telescope was completed in 1888 with a $700,000 donation by James Lick and was, at the time, the largest telescope in the world. James Lick is entombed at the base of the telescope. A fitting monument to him. The observatory has gracious...
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Information about Lick Observatory: mthamilton.ucolick.org
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Camera: Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Exposure: 1/250"
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ISO: 80
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Looking south from Kepler Peak near Lick Observatory toward 4,230 ft (1,289 m) Mount Isabel.
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The world's largest known mineral clay lick, where hundreds of parrots and macaws of up to 15 species congregate daily to ingest the detoxifying clay, is located less than 500 meters from the Tambopata Research Center. The 1994 National Geographic article on macaws begins with a vivid description of their activity a...
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