DESKTOP 1972 - CHRISTMAS DAY

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DESKTOP 1674 - HEART

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DESKTOP 1399 - COFFEE

Help yourself to a virtual cappuccino!

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DESKTOP 1263 - FERNS

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DESKTOP 1231 - DAISY SULPHATE

A collage of gerberas and daisies on a background of copper sulphate ("blue vitriol") crystals.

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DESKTOP 1230 - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #3

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DESKTOP 1224 - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #1

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DESKTOP 1219 - UTOPIA

This is an image I created in a computer program called 'Mojoworld', which is a graphics program where one may create graphic constructions of planets according to parameters that are inputted, and then zoom in on views of the surface, visible in a 3D rendering. The planet here I've called Utopia. There is water ice on its surface and also lakes of liquid ethane and propane... The large moon is called Erewhon.

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DESKTOP 1218 - GREEK TEMPLE, SICILY

The Temple of Concordia (Italian: Tempio della Concordia) is an ancient Greek temple located in the Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples) in Agrigento (Greek: Akragas) on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy. It is the largest and best-preserved Doric temple in Sicily and one of the best-preserved Greek temples in general, especially of the Doric order.

The temple was built c. 440–430 BC. The well-preserved peristasis of six by thirteen columns stands on top of a crepidoma of four steps (measuring 39.42 m × 16.92 m), and 8.93 m high). The cella measures 28.36 m × 9.4 m. The columns are 6 m high and carved with twenty flutes and harmonious entasis (tapering at the tops of the columns and swelling around the middles). It is constructed, like the nearby Temple of Juno, on a solid base designed to overcome the unevenness of the rocky terrain.

It has been conventionally named after Concordia, the Roman goddess of harmony, for the Roman-era Latin inscription found nearby, which is unconnected with it. The temple was converted into a Christian basilica in the 6th century dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul by San Gregorio delle Rape, bishop of Agrigento and thus survived the destruction of pagan places of worship. The spaces between the columns were filled with walling, altering its Classical Greek form. The division between the cella, the main room where the cult statue would have stood in antiquity, and the opisthodomos, an adjoining room, was destroyed, and the walls of the cella were cut into a series of arches along the nave.

The Christian refurbishments were removed during the restoration of 1785. According to another source, the Prince of Torremuzza transferred the altar elsewhere and began restoration of the classic building in 1788. According to authors of a 2007 article, it is "apart from the Parthenon, the best preserved Doric temple in the world.

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DESKTOP 1217 - CYANINE

This is an image I created in a program called 'Mojoworld', where one may create graphic representations of planets according to parameters that are inputted, and then zoom in on views of the surface. The planet here I've called Cyanine and it is interesting in that it has a large moon close to the surface of the planet. The clouds are circular and thin and the "snow" is made of Hydrogen Cyanide, a fatal poison that is blue in colour. Pretty world but deadly!

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DESKTOP 1182 - BLUE & GOLD

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DESKTOP 1109 - TEMPLE OF FLORA

“The Temple of Flora” is the third and final part of Robert John Thornton’s New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus, considered by many to be the greatest of all flower books. It consists of a series of sumptuous depictions of flowers notable for their epic and unusual settings. Interwoven amongst the images are various descriptions, histories and poetic odes regarding the flowers featured. The first plates were engraved by Thomas Medland in May 1798 from paintings by Philip Reinagle.

Between 1798 and 1807 they produced a total of thirty-three coloured plates, engraved in aquatint, stipple and line. Others engravers included Joseph Constantine Stadler working from the painting of Peter Charles Henderson. When he planned the project, Thornton had decided to publish seventy folio-size plates. Lack of interest from the general public spelled disaster for the scheme, and the holding of a lottery could not save it from financial ruin, neither did a page in the work dedicated to the spouse of George III, Queen Charlotte, patroness of botany and the fine arts...

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DESKTOP 1021 - AUTUMN MANDALA

This is a photo of a few Autumn leaves, which I have processed in Photoshop to create the mandala you see here.

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DESKTOP 941 - FEDERATION SQUARE, MELBOURNE

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DESKTOP 934 - ATOMIC

A graphic image I composed, inspired by an article I read on radioactivity. Think of it as atoms breaking apart, splitting, and releasing energy :-)

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DESKTOP 923 - KALEIDOSCOPIC FRACTAL

This is an image I created using a fractal generator and a kaleidoscope filter. I was trying to get a 3D effect by carefully choosing the colours and angles, and this one I think worked.

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme.

DESKTOP 906 - WINTER IN CHARTREUSE

This is an image I created in a program called 'Mojoworld', where one may create graphic representations of planets according to parameters that are inputted, and then zoom in on views of the surface. The planet here I've called Chartreuse and it is interesting in that it has two moons, one of which is getting dangerously close to the planet surface!

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DESKTOP 879 - CHRISTMAS 2015

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DESKTOP 848 - TALINN SUNSET

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DESKTOP 846 - OLD LETTER

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