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2012-11-13 - Tonight my friend offered me a decaf with his new Nespresso.
If you've seen the previous pictures of this project, you must think I'm really a coffee junky. I'm not, and I promise I won't shoot any type of coffee in the next.. 5 days. :D
Laura is the kind of person that makes you think just "wow". Penetrating eyes. Deep, conscious voice. Uncommon cultural level, and... unemployed! Crisis is blind, indeed. She accepted to pose in a moment, and she was looking forward to know the whole project. Thanks Laura!
This picture is #13 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
13 Tonnen wiegt der Lastkraftwagen, der an einem Kran in die Höhe gezogen wird und etwa eine Stunde über dem Boden schweben soll.
Quelle: DLR (CC-BY 3.0).
Catalog #: 01_00083951
Title: Vultee, BT-13, Valiant
Corporation Name: Vultee
Official Nickname: Valiant
Additional Information: USA
Designation: BT-13
Tags: Vultee, BT-13, Valient
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Tschaika GAZ-13
Representative limousine of the USSR in the sixties and seventies. In a garage in Brandenburg
Pentacon Six TL, CZJ Flektogon 4/50 mm, Fomapan 100, Rodinal 1+50
Spotted this cute little one when Curt (AllHarts) and I visited the Audubon Center this morning. 07-27-13 Strawberry Plains 365 deer
Catalog #: 01_00081737
Title: Junkers, F-13 (JL-6)
Corporation Name: Junkers
Additional Information: Germany
Designation: F-13 (JL-6)
Tags: Junkers, F-13 (JL-6)
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Nelson Castle is located about 13 kilometers from Bronte, situated on a flat ground of the valley between Nebrodi and Etna Mount, on the left bank of the Saraceno river. It includes a noble wing, the early residence of Nelson family (improperly called Castle), the remains of the Benedictine abbey dedicated to the Maria Santissima (Blessed Virgin Mary), the church of Santa Maria of Maniace and a large lush parkland. The abbey was built around 1173, at the behest of Queen Margaret, in memory of the battle in which Giorgio Maniace liberated the area from the Saracens. By virtue of the privileges granted, the abbey enjoyed substantial incomes, and like all the feuds, contributed to the costs of the Royal Curia. During the centuries after its foundation the abbey knew hard times, until it was reduced in a miserable state with consequent depopulation of the countryside. At the end of the fifteenth century the abbey, with its vast lands, became property of Greater and New Hospital of Palermo (Ospedale Grande e Nuovo di Palermo), until 1799, when it was given to Horatio Nelson Admiral from Ferdinand III as award of the stifled Neapolitan republic. The restructuring, transformation and expansion of the ancient abbey into a sumptuous mansion was begun by Horatio Nelson, but he did not have the time nor the luck to set in his possessions in Sicily and to live in Bronte. Instead his heirs lived in the residence permanently. The building complex has become property of Bronte town by September 4th 1981, with subsequent restoration. In its simplicity it has a majestic appearance! Throught two gates it is possible accessing to the porch and then to a first courtyard where it is situated a Celtic cross in lava stone, erected in memory of Horatio Nelson. Laterally, on the right, you can access to interesting late-Norman church named Santa Maria and the square courtyard with a well in lava stone, around which were originally collected small workshops, the warehouses, the stables, and the granary. On the left, at the upper floor, there were the Nelson’s elegant apartments, now used as a museum. A large park enriches the Castle. Throught an access from the first courtyard you can visit the English Garden, wanted by Nelsons.
Il Castello Nelson si trova a circa 13 chilometri da Bronte, ubicato su un terreno pianeggiante di fondo valle tra Nebrodi ed Etna, sulla riva sinistra del torrente Saraceno. Comprende una ala gentilizia, un tempo residenza dei Nelson (impropriamente detta il Castello), i resti dell’antica abbazia benedettina dedicata a Maria Santissima, la chiesetta di Santa Maria di Maniace ed un grande lussureggiante parco. L'abbazia sorse intorno al 1173, per volontà della Regina Margherita, in memoria della battaglia in cui Giorgio Maniace liberò la zona dai Saraceni. In virtù dei privilegi concessi, l'abbazia godeva di rendite ragguardevoli e, come tutti i feudi, contribuiva alle spese della Regia Curia. Nei secoli successivi alla fondazione conobbe però periodi difficili, fino ad essere ridotta in uno stato miserevole con conseguente spopolamento delle campagne circostanti. Alla fine del XV secolo l’abbazia, con i suoi vasti terreni, divenne proprietà dell'Ospedale Grande e Nuovo di Palermo, fino al 1799 quando da Ferdinando III fu donata all’Ammiraglio Horatio Nelson in premio della soffocata repubblica partenopea. La ristrutturazione, la trasformazione e l'ampliamento dell’antica abbazia in una sontuosa residenza signorile fu iniziata da Horatio Nelson, che però non ebbe il tempo nè la fortuna di mettere piedi nei possedimenti siciliani e di abitare a Bronte. I suoi eredi invece abitarono stabilmente la residenza. Il complesso edilizio è diventato proprietà del Comune di Bronte dal 4 Settembre 1981, con successivo restauro. Nella sua semplicità ha un aspetto maestoso! Per due cancellate si accede al porticato d’ingresso e quindi ad un primo cortile dove è ubicata la croce celtica in pietra lavica eretta in memoria di Horatio Nelson. Lateralmente, a destra, si accede alla interessante chiesa tardo-normanna di Santa Maria ed al cortile quadrato con pozzo in pietra lavica, intorno al quale originariamente erano raccolti i piccoli laboratori, i magazzini, le stalle, il granaio. Sulla sinistra, al piano sopraelevato, erano gli appartamenti signorili dei Nelson, ora adibiti a museo. Un grande parco arricchisce il Castello. Con accesso dal primo cortile è possibile visitare il giardino inglese, voluto dai Nelson.
Bronte is a town and comune of Sicily (in the province of Catania, Italy), near Mount Etna.In 1520 Charles V united the twenty-four hamlets of the surrounding area, which formed the town of Bronte. Mount Etna nearly destroyed the town three times, in 1651, in 1832, and finally in 1843.In 1799, King Ferdinand III, created Bronte as a Duchy, and rewarded admiral Horatio Nelson with the title of Duke for the help he had provided him in bloodily repressing the revolution in Naples and so in recovering his throne. As well as being made a Duke, Nelson was given as a fief the Castello Maniace, which at the time was the remains of a Benedictine Monastery. The Castle passed into the Bridport family when the 1st Viscount Bridport married the then Duchess of Bronte, who was Admiral Nelson's niece.The Bridports continued to live in the castle until 1982 when the current Viscount sold the property to the province of Catania.
Bronte è un comune italiano di 19.424 abitanti della provincia di Catania in Sicilia.Si estende alle pendici occidentali dell'Etna. È un comune del Parco dell'Etna e del Parco dei Nebrodi.Durante il medioevo sul territorio dell'odierno comune si trovarono 24 piccoli agglomerati appartenenti al monastero di Maniace. Per decreto dell'imperatore Carlo V del Sacro Romano Impero fu creata la città di Bronte nel 1520.Bronte fu parzialmente danneggiata durante l'eruzione dell'Etna del 1651, mentre le colate delle eruzioni del 1832 e 1843 si avvicinarono ai territori di Bronte senza però raggiungere l'abitato. L'eruzione del 1843 è conosciuta soprattutto per la morte di 59 persone causata da un'esplosione che avvenne quando la lava invase una cisterna d'acqua. Questo è l'incidente più grave conosciuto nella storia delle eruzioni dell'Etna, che può essere direttamente associato con l'attività del vulcano.L'ammiraglio britannico Horatio Nelson fu insignito del titolo di duca di Bronte nel 1799 da Ferdinando I delle Due Sicilie con una donazione significativa di terreni, fra cui il Castello e la chiesa di Santa Maria nei pressi di Bronte e Maniace.
Catalog #: 01_00083960
Title: Vultee, BT-13, Valiant
Corporation Name: Vultee
Official Nickname: Valiant
Additional Information: USA
Designation: BT-13
Tags: Vultee, BT-13, Valiant
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
It was a nice sunny sunday yesterday when I drove to the beach. After taking about 6 shots including this one,a tourist from Romania on a motorbike no less asked me to take his picture with the multicoloured sunset in the background. He gave me his compact camera to use. I knew the pictures would be terrible. I asked him if he had an e mail address so I could take his picture with my camera and mail it to him. Well, I took about 10 minutes for the 6 shots and missed the rest of the sunset. I only caught the last bit of decent light!! Oh well,there's always another day.At least Claudiu Antonescu is as happy as a clam...
New Mexico Museum of Space History
This scene from the highly popular 1995 film, Apollo 13, takes place moments after an oxygen tank exploded in the Service Module. The Guidance, Navigation, and Control ("GNC") Flight Controller warns Flight Director Gene Kranz (played by Ed Harris) that the spacecraft may rotate into “gimbal lock.”
"Gimbal lock" would align two or more gyroscope gimbals and then flip them out of position. The crew would then have to perform the difficult task of realigning the gyro platform using the space sextant, telescope, and computer keyboard you see in this display case. Of note, portions of this unit actually flew on the dramatic Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
Portions of this Primary Guidance, Navigation, and Control System (PGNCS) (pronounced "pings") unit also flew on Apollo 14, 15, 16, as well the three manned Skylab space station missions. The telescope and sextant you can actually look through were used by the astronauts traveling to the Moon on Apollo 14 and 16.
Because of a recall of beryllium metals throughout the government in the 1970s and 1980s for critical defense needs, the existence of a complete Apollo PGNCS, like this, is rare. This is one of only two complete units known to exist. The other is at the Draper Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).