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Transport 2 was a specialist cargo mover, of a type used by some mining operations on Hibernia. It carried single, short standard container of high-value goods. In the case of mines, this was often explosives, denoted by an orange hazard label.
The concept for the vehicle was based on 4x4s used in Iceland. These had oversized, low-pressure tyres that helped them to gain traction on snow, tundra and bogs.
For driving in poor weather, the vehicles were equipped with stereoscopic radar on the right and an image intensifier turret on the left. Satellite tracking was also fitted. This was partly in case of a mechanical breakdown in the wilderness but mainly to keep track of the goods. The vehicles were painted yellow, like many mine & quarry machines, with visual recognition patterns, such as stripes or chequers, that could easily be seen in blizzards.
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Design credit to Scotty Whitesell for the container, of which this is the short, 10-stud version.Design credit also to Nick and Red M for the turret.
Casual daytime and all dolled up at night.Love being a girl and dressing in lovely clothes no matter the occasion 💗💗💋
Giardino dei Tarocchi, Capalbio, Italy
In the surroundings of the charming Capalbio in Maremma is the impressive Tarot Garden built by Niki de Saint de Phalle in the second half of the last century. The Garden displays the huge and beautiful sculptures by the French artist which depicting the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot cards.
The Garden was the result of the wish to express Niki's idea of a "small Eden where man and nature meet". She took inspiration from the beautiful Park Guell by Gaudì in Barcellona, Spain. She chose a small plot of land in the wild Maremma and located in Gravicchio just a few kilometers from Capalbio.
She created and personally built the great statues for the Garden. The 22 Major Arcana have a steel soul covered by concrete with mirrors, colored glass and ceramics. She worked at this colossal work for over 17 years, collaborating with many important contemporary artists, including Jean Tinguely who is also her husband.
The sculptures represent the personal artist's view of the symbolic and esoteric Tarot cards, one of her great passions. Their arrangement is suggestive and evocative, the artworks an expression of the artist's life story.
Abstraccion en la calle Cardiles 2 (Cardiles Street 2, Leon - Spain), desde el balcón de la casa de María y Adolfo.
Operator : Deer Jet
Aircraft : Boeing 787-8(BBJ)
Registration : 2-DEER
Photo Date : 10.05.2017
Remarks :
"Not frighten the duck" said an older man while taken this fotograph;-)
After 2 weeks of selling my camera and copter equipment I´m ready.:
Today I visited the local camera dealer where I made a reservation for the X-Pro2 and the XF 35 1:2 WR.
5 hours later I can tell you: "I LOVE THIS CAMERA"!!!
Campus at Biosphere 2, near Tucson, Arizona. Biosphere 2 was opened in 1991 to a crew of 8, who spent two years in the completely enclosed environment, who tested our ability to create closed ecosystems that could sustain humans. It was meant to recreate what would be possible on a space colony. They grew there own food, made there own oxygen and water, and had a food system 5x more productive than equivalent space in open space. On the other hand, they broke into two factions that disliked one another, and the closed systems took an enormous amount of external energy to keep them going, as there was no solar energy used. Today it serves as an experimental facility for the University of Arizona.
Time changes everything.......... whether you like it or not. (GETTY IMAGE)
Everything these days are fast and instant! Technology is just amazing.
2 worlds apart......the everyday image of the modern and the old, young and old, new & old...
I love to capture candid moments like this!
I'm back, have a great day/evening everyone :)
Dignity isn’t loud. It just quietly lights the darkness.
وقار پر سر و صدا نیست. فقط بیصدا، تاریکی را روشن میکند.
Pequeños bloques de hielo iluminados por un espectacular cielo lleno de estrellas y Auroras Boreales
Small blocks of ice illuminated by a spectacular sky full of stars and Northern Lights
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF400mm f/2.8L II USM +1.4x
The black stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread, but uncommon, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe (predominantly in central and eastern regions), across temperate Asia and Southern Africa. This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related white stork. It is seen in pairs or small flocks—in marshy areas, rivers or inland waters. The black stork feeds on amphibians and insects.
Slightly smaller than the white stork, the black stork is a large bird, 95 to 100 cm (37 to 39 in) in length with a 145–155 cm (4.76–5.09 ft) wingspan, and weighing around 3 kg (6.6 lb). They can stand as tall as 102 cm (40 in). Like all storks, it has long legs, a long neck, and a long, straight, pointed beak. The plumage is all black with a purplish green sheen, except for the white lower breast, belly, axillaries and undertail coverts. The breast feathers are long and shaggy forming a ruff which is used in some courtship displays. The bare skin around its eyes is red, as are its red bill and legs. The sexes are identical in appearance, except that males are larger than females on average.
The juvenile resembles the adult in plumage pattern, but the areas corresponding to the adult black feathers are browner and less glossy. The scapulars, wing and upper tail coverts have pale tips. The legs, bill, and bare skin around the eyes are greyish green. It may be confused with the juvenile yellow-billed stork, but the latter has a paler wings and mantle, longer bill, and white under the wings.
It walks slowly and steadily on the ground. Like all storks, it flies with its neck outstretched. It has a rasping call, but rarely indulges in mutual bill-clattering when adults meet at the nest.
This was the first week in June, 2004. It had snowed two days before. In fact there was quite a blizzard going on at the Eisenhower Tunnel and Vail Pass. In Aspen it snowed lightly most of that day. The day after the snow fall it was overcast and not too great for pictures. That day most of the snow at the lower levels melted. The next day was clear with snow left just on the bare rocks of the higher mountains. Perfect for getting the contrast of the green grass, budding aspens, snow covered mountains, and clear blue sky.