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Im Bild ein Pärchen Beilfleck-Widderchen (Zygaena loti) in Kopula auf einer Blüte der Acker-Witwenblüte (Knautia arvensis). Sie werden "beobachtet" von zwei Scheinbockkäfern (Oedemera femorata) und einem Wollkrautblütenkäfer (Anthrenus verbasci). de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beilfleck-Rotwidderchen Pictured here is a pair of slender Scotch burnet (Zygaena loti) copulating on a flower of the field scabious (Knautia arvensis). They are being ‘watched’ by two false blister beetles (Oedemera femorata) and a varied carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).

The Zonnewijzerpoort (Sundial Gate) in Groningen is considered being one of the most beautiful and complex sundials in the Netherlands. Built in 1731, this multi-coloured, richly gilded masterpiece is set directly above the northern entrance gate leading into the Prinsentuin (Prince’s Garden). The sundial was designed and calculated by two local Groningen artists who were passionate mathematicians. Unlike standard sundials, the golden, red, and black intersecting lines allowed 18th-century observers to read the exact time, the length of the day, Babylonian and Italian hours based on where the knob's shadow cast.

The Armed Forces Memorial commemorates service men and women killed since 1945. There are two curved walls and two straight walls which are made from bricks covered with Portland stone panels. At the centre of the Memorial are two bronze sculptures created by Ian Rank-Broadley. The names of the 16,000 service personnel are carved into the Memorial's stone walls, with space for an additional 15,000 names to be added. The names of all those killed in combat, in training, on peacekeeping operations and on exercise are included. It includes the dead from operations in Palestine, Korea, Malaya, the Falkland Islands, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Northern Ireland. etc.. The Gates sculpture group in this photo shows the body of a fallen serviceman being prepared for burial by female and Gurkha soldiers. The figure before the double doors points through the Great Gates of Eternity to Paradise beyond where the warrior will rest as another figure chisels the name on the memorial. The structure is aligned so that at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the sun's rays will stream through the gap to illuminate the centre of the Memorial. The PiP The bronze sculpture shown here is also the work of Ian Rank-Broadley. The Stretcher Bearers sculpture shows a wounded serviceman borne by comrades, watched by grieving family. It represents the cost of armed conflict on those left behind. We Will Remember Them I hope, for the planet's future, that worldwide conflicts will be resolved, and that we can live together in peace. One can but hope. hWW everyone.