Camel decorated for a wedding celebration in Laft, Iran

Fatimid Caliphate troops in North Africa, ~10th century AD

Brass figurine of a soldier riding a camel, India, ~1795 AD

Photo by Abdulaziz Al Saleh

Hydration. Winner, Portrait. "I had the idea of photographing the camels drinking water for about one and half a years. I wanted to photograph them drinking water from the underwater perspective, because I did not see any images showing this. The weather was critical, and it took me several weeks to get the best possible shots. The first week, the camels were a bit hesitant to drink water while my camera was under the water, and only few gathered to drink, which is not what I wanted. But after several days the camels had already accepted me and my equipment."

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/02/winners-2025-underwater-photographer-year-contest/681741/
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Q1020R in the #spike proteins of #MERS-CoV from Arabian #camels confers resistance against soluble #human #DPP4, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/04/q1020r-in-spike-proteins-of-mers-cov.html

Anglo-Egyptian cavalryman and mount (camel), 1900-1920

Anglo-Egyptian cavalryman and mount (camel), 1900-1920

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1952887/anglo-egyptian-cavalryman-and-mount-camel-1900-1920

Figurine of musicians atop a camel, Tang Dynasty China, 7th-9th century AD

Artificial Intelligence and Film Studies: Midjourney versus CAMELS

CAMELS? As an English teacher, I’ve done a lot of analytical film studies over the years. The biggest problem is always students’ grasp of technical language: film analysis tends to drift off into character and plot description, even more so than for written texts. So, when I teach film, I lean more into my Media Studies background. In the UK I completed my undergrad in English and American Literatures. When I trained to teach, it was in English, Media, and Drama. Then, when I first […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/03/29/artificial-intelligence-and-film-studies-midjourney-versus-camels/