which skillcape should i get trimmed and other one regular out of firemaking and fishing skillcapes?
which skillcape should i get trimmed and other one regular out of firemaking and fishing skillcapes?
Great Cormorant
Image by marj k
Great Cormorant :: Phalacrocorax carbo
The fish is a juvenile Luderick
Question by tibi325: which skillcape should i get trimmed and other one regular out of firemaking and fishing skillcapes?
I plan to get the fishing and firemaking skillcapes. I can get only one of them trimmed but I don’t know which one should i get trimmed and which one should I get regular.
Best answer:
Answer by iaga
If I were you, I would get the Fishing cape trimmed – it’s got the gold edge with the light blue center – this makes it a very recognizable cape. From what I remember (I haven’t seen one in a while) the trimmed Fire cape has a very similar trim to it, meaning that you aren’t able to tell it apart from untrimmed easy.
Chances are you’ll wear the Fishing cape most anyway, since it’s one of the hardest skills to get 99 in (just based on the fact it takes forever). You’ll also gain most instant respect for having 99 Fishing moreso than you would for 99 Firemaking, because people can just “buy” the latter skill – Fishing takes a certain degree of skill.
What do you think? Answer below!
Bloom in the Ross Sea
Image by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
NASA image acquired January 22, 2011
To see a detail of this image go to: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5398237910
Every southern spring and summer, after the Sun has risen into its 24-hour circuit around the skies of Antarctica, the Ross Sea bursts with life. Floating, microscopic plants, known as phytoplankton, soak up the sunlight and the nutrients stirring in the Southern Ocean and grow into prodigious blooms. Those blooms become a great banquet for krill, fish, penguins, whales, and other marine species who carve out a living in the cool waters of the far south.
This true-color image captures such a bloom in the Ross Sea on January 22, 2011, as viewed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite. Bright greens of plant-life have replaced the deep blues of open ocean water.
The Ross Sea is a relatively shallow bay in the Antarctic coastline and due south from New Zealand. As the spring weather thaws the sea ice around Antarctica, areas of open water surrounded by ice—polynyas—open up on the continental shelf. In this open water, sunlight provides the fuel and various current systems provide nutrients from deeper waters to form blooms that can stretch 100 to 200 kilometers (60 to 120 miles). These blooms are among the largest in extent and abundance in the world.
Scientists have hypothesized that the Modified Circumpolar Deep Water is the engine behind the blooms, stirring up just the right mix of trace metals and minerals from the deep to sustain plankton growth. This month, researchers aboard the U.S. icebreaking ship Nathaniel B. Palmer are cruising in the Ross Sea in search of the signatures of this current system.
NASA image courtesy Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Mike Carlowicz, with information from Hugh Powell, COSEE-NOW.
Instrument: Aqua – MODIS
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
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Amazing action and nature shot!! And a very hungry bird too…
amazing catch!
1-2-3
hungry guy
Fantastic (tele) shot
Funny to think a fish so big can pass through a throat so skinny!
That’s just ridiculous!!
looks like the fish is trying to put up a good fight
…seen on las 7 days….
Awesome action, marj!
It is just so nice when nature cooperates this well.
oh my ! what a capture……..great shot…….seen in explore
Such luck to catch this moment…unless of course that huge fish was stuck halfway all day.
whoa!!!
Totally amazing!
Congrats!
Thanks everyone, I got shots of him as he held the fish sideways and juggled it into position – and then one of it in his throat as he swallowed.
This is terrific — well done!
That fish is huge! Are you sure that the fish isn’t attacking the bird?
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Fantastic timing!!! really nice capture!
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Pardon my language, but Damn! This is an amazing shot. I now have a better idea how the Chinese are able to use trained cormorants for fishing (http://janeyeotours.com/cormorant_fishing.html). seen in UTATA – Right Time / Right Place Thread
Wow,Amazing!!!!
Congrats on the Herald piece! Great shot!
you couldn’t have nailed it any better!
@ Spoungeworthy – I gave the reporter info on the Throsby Creek clean up and urban environment conservation and she wrote about fish, fishing and bag limits. I guess she knows her readership
Wow! is it from a similar experience that the saying" Taking more than you can chew" originated from?
A wonderful capture!
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Excellent capture!!
Unbelievable shot! Congrats!
Wow.
Great moment!
??? Did not know that a bird that size could eat a fish that SIZE!!! Great shot! Fave!
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This is a terrific shot. doesn’t seem possible that it’s gonna fit!
great timing
piedbutcher, I don’t think he was going to fly anywhere for a while afterwards
AWEMAZING action capture! Great timing!
(Spec Nature)
Great shot and proof these Birds eat like Pigs. He probably said, I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.
I don’t know how I missed this when you posted it, fantastic shot!
Many years ago I saw the exact reverse of this scene. We dragged in a large angler fish that was gasping on the surface, it proved to have a cormorant stuck in its throat.
A super catch!
Very impressive picture.
Nature is beautiful !!
My fave !
What a great shot. We had fish in our dam until one of these moved in for a while.
I can’t believe it swallowed that whole fish. What a shot! Excellent capture. Well Done!!
I think this bird image is really excellent. You are invited to post it to Excellence In Avian Photography. Please read the rules before posting your image.
Bottoms up!!!
Egads!
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spectacular … what a mouthful
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Spectacular shot!
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Your photo would be a terrific addition to the Cormorants group http://www.flickr.com/groups/cormorants
Please consider posting this photo, along with any others you might have.
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It’s also a great shot of the fish.
I have included it on the Worldbrds.awardspace.com web site.
Thanks
Keith
Amazing shot Marj !! So glad you posted it here !!
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Wow! Weren’t you in the right place at the right time!!!
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Quite ambitious isn’t it.
Wow!!
I saw this wonderful photograph
in the QEMD "Finch" Group
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and we’d love to have your photo added to the group.
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for the "Best picture of the month" at this link
Thank you!
Holy crap that’s a mouthful!
this is terrifying.
Absolutely amazing! Perfect timing, wonderful action!
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spectacular shot. good job
You are definitely a Nature Watcher!
Pls tag your photo "Nature Watcher"