Singapore
August 2013
August 2013
A contrail streaking across the sky at sunrise...
The Flying Saucer At Sunset
Lenticular clouds (Altocumulus lenticularis) are stationary lens-shaped clouds with a smooth layered appearance that form in the troposphere, usually above mountain ranges. One was spotted in Singapore recently...
Eyes Of 30,000 Honeycombs
With 30,000 individual facets, dragonflies have the most number of facets among insects. Each facet, or ommatidia, creates its own image, and the dragonfly brain has eight pairs of descending visual neurons to compile those thousands of images into one picture...
A Kaleidoscope Of Colours, Shapes And Patterns
Spectacular and innovative in design, the Flower Dome replicates the cool-dry climate of Mediterranean regions like South Africa, California and parts of Spain and Italy. Home to a collection of plants from deserts all over the world, it showcases the adaptations of plants to arid environments...
Lightning Strikes, Not Once, But Many Times
Unlike light, lightning does not travel in a straight line. Instead, it has many branches. These other branches flashed at the same time as the main strike. The branches are actually the step leaders that were connected to the leader that made it to its target...
Are You My Dinner Tonight?
A T-Rex has 24-26 teeth on its upper jaw and 24 more on its lower jaw. Juveniles have small, sharp blade-shaped teeth to cut flesh, whereas adults have huge, blunt, rounded teeth for crushing bones. Is the T-Rex a bone-crushing scavenger?
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Singapore June 2013 Hazy Hazy Hazy Having some spare time after completing her blogs for the Singapore Blog Awards, Merlion Wayfare... -
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City Square Mall Kitchener Road, Singapore June 2013 Last weekend, Merlion Wayfarer participated in the "Go Eco, Get Crafty... -
Caterpillars come in all sorts of sizes and thickness. Close-up, they can look like huge alien worms, with their bright colors, spots and s...
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About Merlion Wayfarer Goes Green
Merlion Wayfarer's favourite hobby is photoblogging as she walks. An introspective street photographer, she has covered many areas of the Merlion City on foot to capture a kaleidoscope of sights, colours and experiences through her lenses.
Merlion Wayfarer Goes Green covers her views, sightings and experiences in all things nature. With her Merlion Wayfarer's Walking Singapore blog, she covers the local sights and sounds in her homeland on the island nation of Singapore.
Available for professional assignments and invites, she can be reached at merlionwayfarergoesgreen@gmail.com.