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I spent a lovely morning at Letcombe Valley with Judith today. There was a lot of this stuff growing, some of it very tall. At first I thought it was cow parsley, but a friend suggested hogweed as a possibility. Either way, it looked pretty.
Info: Canon 7D, 133.0mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 100
I remember seeing one of these on a visit to Vancouver in 1978, and have never seen another one since. I suspect that the Renault 30 flopped in Canada and was quickly withdrawn.
I'm interrupting my Thailand uploads to say after ten years on #flickr I've now reached 30,000,000 views.......
Thanks then both to the people that have helped me reach this but also to #flickr itself. It's fair to say I've put a bit of effort in over the years but I've been rewarded with plenty of exposure for my #photography (no pun intended.......) and have got to know so many wonderful photographers all over the world, not least in our little corner of flickr, the #Oxford Flickr group.
Over the past couple of years my daily views count has more than halved but whilst there's still so many talented people posting photos to flickr I'm sure it'll continue to be a big part of my photographic life.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a panoramic portrait of a vast, sculpted landscape of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born. This fertile star-forming region, called the 30 Doradus Nebula, has a sparkling stellar centerpiece: the most spectacular cluster of massive stars in our cosmic neighborhood of about 25 galaxies.
The mosaic picture shows that ultraviolet radiation and high-speed material unleashed by the stars in the cluster, called R136 [the large blue blob left of center], are weaving a tapestry of creation and destruction, triggering the collapse of looming gas and dust clouds and forming pillar-like structures that are incubators for nascent stars.
The photo offers an unprecedented, detailed view of the entire inner region of 30 Doradus, measuring 200 light-years wide by 150 light-years high. The nebula resides in the Large Magellanic Cloud (a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way), 170,000 light-years from Earth.
Nebulas like 30 Doradus are the "signposts" of recent star birth. High-energy ultraviolet radiation from the young, hot, massive stars in R136 causes the surrounding gaseous material to glow. Previous Hubble telescope observations showed that R136 contains several dozen of the most massive stars known, each about 100 times the mass of the Sun and about 10 times as hot. These stellar behemoths all formed at the same time about 2 million years ago.
The stars in R136 are producing intense "stellar winds" (streams of material traveling at several million miles an hour), which are wreaking havoc on the gas and dust in the surrounding neighborhood. The winds are pushing the gas away from the cluster and compressing the inner regions of the surrounding gas and dust clouds [the pinkish material]. The intense pressure is triggering the collapse of parts of the clouds, producing a new generation of star formation around the central cluster. The new stellar nursery is about 30 to 50 light-years from R136. Most of the stars in the nursery are not visible because they are still encased in their cocoons of gas and dust.
Some of the nascent stars are forming in long columns of gas and dust. Previous Hubble observations revealed that the process of "triggered" star formation often involves massive pillars of material that point toward the central cluster. Such pillars form when particularly dense clouds of gas and dust shield columns of material behind them from the blistering radiation and strong winds released by massive stars, like the stars in R136. This protected material becomes the pillars where stars can form and grow. The Hubble telescope first spied these pillars of stellar creation when it captured close-up views of the Eagle Nebula.
The new image of 30 Doradus shows numerous pillars — each several light-years long — oriented toward the central cluster. These pillars, which resemble tiny fingers, are similar in size to those in the Eagle Nebula. Without Hubble's resolution, they would not be visible. One pillar is visible within the oval-shaped structure to the left of the cluster. Two [one dark and one bright] are next to each other below and to the right of the cluster. One pillar is at upper right, and still another is just above the cluster.
Newborn stars within most of these pillars already have been discovered in pictures taken by Hubble's infrared camera, the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer, which can penetrate the dust to detect embryonic stars. Eventually, intense radiation and stellar winds from the developing stars will blow off the tops of the pillars. The Hubble image shows that one such eruption already has occurred in 30 Doradus. A trio of young stars has just been "born" by breaking out of its natal pillar. These new stars are just a few hundred thousand years old.
In another 2 million years, the new generation of stars will be in full bloom. But the massive stars in R136 will have burned themselves out. And the nebula's central region will be a giant shell, devoid of gas and dust. Still later, all of the most massive stars and gas will have disappeared from the entire region. Only older, less massive stars will remain in a region cleared of gas and dust.
The mosaic image of 30 Doradus consists of five overlapping pictures taken between January 1994 and September 2000 by Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. Several color filters were used to enhance important details in the stars and the nebula. Blue corresponds to the hot stars. The greenish color denotes hot gas energized by the central cluster of stars. Pink depicts the glowing edges of the gas and dust clouds facing the cluster, which are being bombarded by winds and radiation. Reddish-brown represents the cooler surfaces of the clouds, which are not receiving direct radiation from the central cluster.
30. Day 341. Today I found out someone that an incredible person passed away last night. Kris Palko was one of the greatest people I have ever met. He was by my side when Boston won the world series, during a fantastic road trip, and during a few evening of drinking with his brother. He was an incredible guy and I will be forever changed for the better because I knew him. I know he is in a better place and that he will be missed.
30.11.10
Last day before December and my 1st month of the 365 project is over! only 11months (or 335 pictures) left!! ha,ha! Looking at my 30 pictures I can see that a lot has been going on in my life! Different moods, different ideas and different feelings! 365 is really making me get out of my comfort zone! I am not complaining.. although I have been struggling I am thankful for every step of the way! Felt like quitting a few times, I won't lie.. but the goal I'm trying to achieve is too important to let it go! :D
wish me luck for my following 30 days!! :D
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Último día antes de Diciembre y mi primer mes del proyecto 365 terminado! Sólo quedan 11 meses (o 335 fotos)!! ja,ja,ja! Viendo mis últimas 30 fotos me doy cuenta de que han pasado muchas cosas en mi vida! Muchos estados de ánimo, muchas ideas, muchas dudas y muchos sentimientos cruzados! el proeycto 365 definitivamente me está haciendo salir de mi zona de confort! No es que me queje... aunque lo he pasado "mal" a veces, estoy agradecida por cada paso del camino! He querido dejarlo en alguna ocasión, no voy a mentir... pero la meta que estoy intentando alcanzar es demasiado importante para dejarlo ir! :D
Deseadme suerte para los próximos 30 días!! :D
.....while having a coffee at an outdoor cafe and thinking how I could take a photo of the local cinema for a monthly challenge here on Flickr, I noticed a crowd of people heading in the right direction.
I heard them before I saw them due to the loud music coming from the make-shift mobile bar they were pulling, complete with cool box and a plentiful supply of beer in crates at the back of the trailer.
There is a tradition here in Germany that when a guy becomes 30 and he is still not married he has to go to the stairs of the town hall and sweep up all the broken plates, cups and bottles that have been smashed there on the ground by his friends.
Some just turn up there and do the sweeping but others, as you can see in this image, take it a bit further. This guy was walking around dressed like a well known female Baywatch lifeguard.
"HAVE A GO AT OUR OPEN MONTHLY CHALLENGE"
The subjects for this month and details on how to take part can be found here.
Anyone, anywhere with any camera can take part.
kyoto, japan
fall 1972
candid, department store
(damaged negative)
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
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Custom #30 has been patiently waiting for her turn but here are her first pictures. She is my #29's sister. Her mom wanted a "shabby chic" look for both. She still needs one more pair of eye chips so more pictures are to come. Hope you love her!
alaska
fall 1972
midnight sun
(damaged negative)
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
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The pic is of me on the occasion of 30 years of service as a Firefighter, EMT and Photojournalist. The job has given me incredible access to the men and women who serve throughout North America, and at last count I've done 300 (plus) ride alongs in the US and Canada. Listen, I'm no super photographer, but when you work at arms length from men and women doing extraordinary things in what I can best describe as miracle work, the photos turn out pretty good. Thanks to everyone who I've met along this blessed journey -- rest assured that I remember each and every one of you in my prayers.
photo by: John Randolph
(c) 2012, John Randolph, All Rights Reserved.
Pour moi le dernier jour de l'année à l'heure bleue,alors j'écris peut être plus que d'habitude.
Le 30/12/2012.
Last time I took pictures of her, she was 16 weeks pregnant. What a difference!
There's 2 boys in there. And guess what! They are my half brothers!
Today I turn 30. Although I'll miss being 20-something, there's no where to go but forward and however old I get I must embrace it. I take 30 different than most people, my dad, his dad, neither lived past 50 so I kind of always told myself 30 was over my personal arch. Heh. We'll see.
All I know is I'm in a better smarter place now than I've ever been, and I intend to make the most of the next 30 years too.
Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District
Station 30 - Washoe Valley
Brush 30
1996 International 4800/Master Body NDF
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something is not right '~', mum and dad are packing, what's going on? are we going on holiday or moving? i live here too, i wish they would tell me where we're moving to :/
explore on Aug 1, 2010
Oregon Trail, Highway 30, Idaho
My friend and I had an awesome time sightseeing along the Oregon Trail through central Idaho. More photos from the trip to come!
A Hubble Space Telescope photograph of hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds. This is the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood.
The massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. There is no known star-forming region in our galaxy as large or as prolific as 30 Doradus.
Many of the diamond-like icy blue stars are among the most massive stars known. Several of them are over 100 times more massive than our Sun. These hefty stars are destined to pop off, like a string of firecrackers, as supernovas in a few million years.
The image, taken in ultraviolet, visible, and red light by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, spans about 100 light-years. The nebula is close enough to Earth that Hubble can resolve individual stars, giving astronomers important information about the stars' birth and evolution.
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