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Operator : Deer Jet
Aircraft : Boeing 787-8(BBJ)
Registration : 2-DEER
Photo Date : 10.05.2017
Remarks :
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 :)
2 HAP units 6142 and 6121 renumbered 053 and 052, converted for departmental use stand in the sidings at Ashford after working down with a track recording coach marshalled between them, you can see the extension air brake pipes still attached to 053. 16 December 1982.
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.
M4H theme Imperfection - I am spending January practising use of my edge 80 lensbaby optic and controlling the level of blur. I am finding this very difficult and am getting few keepers!!
Dragonfly 2.0
Designed and folded by me ( Bodo Haag )
folded from one uncut square.
Bananafiber paper ( 52x52 cm )
This model is the revised version of my old dragonfly. Now, the design is more effective, has a better head , shorter neck, legs with different lengths and it has a segmented abdomen. The design is still based on 22.5 degree angles.
The wings and eyes have a color change, but I folded the model from a single colored paper.
Exuvia from 2 southern hawker dragonflies which emerged last night (and I missed it !). There are lots of suitable stems to climb in our little garden pond but these two had to make it competitive.
You are all so very kind with your comments and favs. These pics don't do well in competition. It needs the audience of the Flickr groups to help encourage this type of photography. Many thanks.
Thursday Afternoon Dressing in my Green Leather Skirt...Neon Green Bodysuit...Black Suede Knee-High Boots...Patterned Tights and Black Leather Belt and Gloves...2