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Iris nigricans is a flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is the national flower of Jordan . [ 1 ] The flowers are blackish-purple and 12–15 centimetres (4.7–5.9 in) in diameter, and the plants are 35 cm (14 in) tall with recurved leaves.
Iris in Bloom (French: En ville; lit. ' In the city ' ) is a 2011 French romantic drama film directed and written by Valérie Mréjen and Bertrand Schefer in their directorial debut. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival .
July 2024 was the hottest month ever recorded in Death Valley, with a mean daily average temperature over the month of 108.5 °F (42.5 °C). [34] Four major mountain ranges lie between Death Valley and the ocean, each one adding to an increasingly drier rain shadow effect, and in 1929, 1953, and 1989, no rain was recorded for the whole year. [20]
Death Valley is the fifth-largest American national park and the largest in the contiguous United States. It is also larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined, and nearly as large as Puerto Rico. [10] In 2013, Death Valley National Park was designated as a dark sky park by the International Dark-Sky Association. [11]
Iris atrofusca (Judean iris or Gilead iris) is a species in the genus Iris, where it is placed in the subgenus Iris and the section Oncocyclus. It is a rhizomatous perennial from the deserts of Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan. The species has long falcate (sickle-shaped) or ensiform (sword-shaped) leaves, a long thick stem and ...
Death Valley Girls was formed in 2013 by Patty Schemel, her brother Larry Schemel, Rachel Orosco, and Bonnie Bloomgarden [1] after the group needed "something safe to do that wasn't AA". [2] Patty Schemel left the band after the release of their debut album Street Venom in 2014, [ 1 ] an album which received praise for its raw garage rock sound ...
The Death Valley expedition was an 1891 expedition to discover the geographic distributions of plants (phytogeography) and animals in California's Death Valley. [1] It was the first of a series of expeditions funded by an 1890 act of the United States Congress. [1] The expedition included biologists, naturalists, botanists, and zoologists.
The original edit of the video never aired. [34] The "In Bloom" music video won the award for Best Alternative Video at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, [35] and topped the music video category in the 1992 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll. [36] It was placed into heavy rotation on MTV in the US. [37] It was also played on MTV Europe. [38]