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Andrew Morrison in Number 54, a SEAT Leon, seen competing in the Scottish Saloon & Sportscar Championship 2016 at Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife.
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54FN/A/1/8 Thatched cottages, Church cove, The Lizard, Cornwall, England. LS. October 2003. Mamiya RZ67, 65, Fuji Velvia RVP 50.
Item No. 82 No.C5/167753/2015
Agenda
To consider the application for transfer of the stage carriage permit in respect of the vehicle KL-54 A 1769 operating on the route of Kuttipuram Guruvayoor via Edappal, Changaramkulam Kadavallur, Perumbilavu, Kunnamkulam and Mammiyur as OS from the name of the first applicant to the name of the second applicant.
Applicants
1. DuraiSwami R, S/O Ramaswani, 1170/41, Thavakkal House, Vattamkulam Malappuram
2. P B dinesh, S/o Bhaskaran, Poolakkal House, Kattukkambal, Thrissur
Kari Komrad photo contest
SL Name: Thema Felix
Category: Landscape
Taken here: slurl.com/secondlife/Cap%20Estel/228/225/54
Donnybrook based AD 54, a DAF SB 220 on an Alexander Setanta body operating route 54A to The Square in Tallaght in June 2003.
May 30, 2010 7:54 a.m. At the 11 km point of the Ottawa Race Weekend marathon, Jennifer Wallis (2673) and Laurence Wright (855) from the Running Room (Slater St) clinic, cross the first split-time location in excellent time. (ASI Photos)
Super record pista BLUE 165mm lenght, 151 bdc, 54t
Super record pista 165mm lenght, 144 bcd, 51t
chainring 49t, 52t, 54
A waning Wolf Super Moon still appeared big and bright (and full) as it rose one night after its actual full phase.
As seen through tree branches, on...
2 January 2018, at 7:30 p.m.
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Super Wolf Moon
☞ The (first) full moon of January was called the Wolf Moon. When it rose on 1 January, it was a supermoon (the colloquial term for a full moon occurring at perigee, the moon's closest point to Earth during that month).
☞ The moon became full at 9:24 p.m. EST, 1 January 2018, even though its perigee was actually a few hours earlier at 4:54 p.m. EST, when the moon was 221,559 miles from Earth (versus its average distance of 238,000 miles).
☞ The Wolf Moon will be the first of two supermoons to occur this January (and the second of a trilogy, the first having occurred in early December 2017). They are the only two supermoons of 2018.
— Space.com.
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Super Blue Bood Moon
☞ When two full moons occur in one calendar month, the second is called a Blue Moon. On 30 January (at 4:54 a.m. EST), the moon will again reach perigee, at a distance of 223,069 miles from Earth. A few hours later at 8:27 a.m. EST on 31 January, the moon will achieve its full phase, coinciding with a total lunar eclipse, known as a Blood Moon (for its orange hue). Despite this short gap between the moon's arrival at perigee and its peak full phase, this will be a Super Blue Blood Moon, the first total eclipse of a Blue Moon in nearly 152 years (since 31 March 1866).
— Space.com.
☞ The lunar eclipse will be visible on the U.S. West Coast and throughout much of the world. Moonset will intervene for the rest of North and Central America, however. On the East Coast, the moon will have only just begun to enter the darkest part of Earth's shadow, the umbra, at 6:48 a.m. EST, when it will disappear from view below the west-northwest horizon.
☞ The duration of the total phase of the lunar eclipse will be 77 minutes, with the moon tracking through the southern part of the Earth's shadow. During totality, the moon's lower limb will appear much brighter than the dark upper limb.
— Space.com.
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friday, november 6th at 9:54 a.m.
as i usually take photos of my feet. here is my hand whilst sitting at friday morning reading at school, all parents are invited every week to read with or to their children.
i love it.
Creator: Joos van Ghent (Joos van Wassenhove), act. 1460-1475
Date: ca. 1480
Date destroyed or lost: 1945
Nationality: Netherlandish
Medium: oil on poplar panel
Former repository: Gemäldegalerie (Berlin, Germany)
Former inventory number: Inv. Nr. 54 A
Circumstances of destruction or loss: One of around 417 works of art from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum deposited in the Friedrichshain flak tower, or Flakturm, for safekeeping. The painting is presumed to have been destroyed when the tower was burned in May of 1945.
Notes: Probably painted for the Federico da Montefeltro's studiolo in the Ducal Palace in Gubbio, Astronomy is speculated to be one of a series of paintings representing the Seven Liberal Arts, two of which (Music and Rhetoric) are in the National Gallery in London. At the time of its destruction Astronomy was attributed to Melozzo da Forli, and the series has since been attributed to Berruguete before the present attribution to Joos van Ghent. For more information see: Raggio, Olga, The Liberal Arts Studiolo from the Ducal Palace at Gubbio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 53, No. 4 (Spring, 1996), pp. 3-35
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war
Art treasures in war
Liberal arts (Medieval studies)
Astronomy
Personification
Allegories
Astrolabes
Thrones
Photo description: Photograph labeled: 19001 - Berlino - L'Astononmia - Melozzo da Forli e Giusto di Gand - Museo Imperiale Ripr. Int. Anderson
Source:Library Collection of Study Photographs and Clippings, ca. 1930-2000, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Records, 225 South Street, Williamstown MA, 01267
Type: Painting
Collection: Lost Art
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AP (Atelier Pluridisciplinaire) BAC 1 Media, Erg (École de Recherche Graphique) 2014-2015. Professeurs : Sabine Voglaire & Marc Wathieu.
www.multimedialab.be/blog/?cat=54
Etudiant(e)s :
Marius Castelle
Louis Garrido
Manon Capisano
Alexandre Aynie
Julie Deprez
Louise De Gottal
Antonietta Di Ghionno
Esther Babun
Mélanie Chamblay
Laurence Gelfo
Absents au moment de la photo :
Antoine Gautier
Guillaume Fluzin
Benjamin Fantin
Nicolas Broeckaert
Voir ici une version avec les noms :
Ipswich Corporation 54 PPV 54
A E C Regent V - East Lancs H63R
Photographed at Electric House in the Town Centre
June-1965
Air Force Museum Gatow, Berlin, Germany,
August 30, 2015,
Military-Germany, 5426, Percival Pembroke C.54
You can even find my photos inworld at my voice chat and event hangout if you look around: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shakers%20Stoop/228/24/54
Lake Creek Falls, near Triangle Lake, Oregon, has been a popular swimming and picnicking spot since the early 1900's. However, swimming in the swift, shallow water near the falls can be extremely risky. Visitors are encouraged to use extreme caution at all times.
In the fall and winter, this site is a great spot to catch the amazing show put on by Coho and Chinook salmon and steelhead as they migrate upstream to spawn. In 1989, the Bureau of Land Management built a concrete fish ladder at this site, opening up more than 110 miles of stream habitat to fish.
For more information, see www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/site_info.php?siteid=54
Photos and videos by Greg Shine, BLM Oregon 3/8/16
Sheffield Corporation - 970 - AWB 970B -
Daimler Fleetline CRG6 -
Park Royal H44/33F -
new -/64
Sheffield Corporation - 2190 - SWE 290 -
AEC Regent III -
Weymann H32/26R -
new -/54
'A' fleet newcomer and 'B' fleet veteran at Pond Street bus station
54 Parc Güell Barcelona seems to be a photo magnet. Makes me want to visit Barcelona and take my version...
1. Barcelona, 2. 54, 3. 54 Parc Güell Barcelona, 4. 54 #2, 5. 54, 6. Barcelona, 7. barcelona 10.5.08 - 146, 8. Barcelona, 9. Barcelona...n.54, 10. IMG_7339, 11. Red door, 54, 12. casa, 13. The moped that belonged here was missing, 14. 54, 15. Untitled, 16. 54, 17. Behind the RED door, 18. Puerta 54, 19. 54, 20. Número 54, 21. "54.", 22. 54, 23. Door 54, 24. 54 (cincuenta y cuatro), 25. No 54, 26. al 54, 27. n 54 y ventana, 28. No. 54, 29. 54, 30. near parc guel, 31. We've moved, 32. Barcelona Transport, 33. Orange Door, 34. IMG_7678-ok, 35. Untitled, 36. No. 54
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Jack Boddys interview with Stephen Mort
7s1 Mrs Howard
What makes this sculpture so important to you and why?
I arrived in the north east area in 1998 which is the same year in which the Angel of the North was constructed. It is of particular significance, because it is situated in Gateshead . In 1998 I joined Northumbria police and was based at Gateshead police station. The Angel of the North represents my arrival in the north east area. It is also of interest to me, due to it's obvious links to engineering i was previously employed in the structural engineering industry.
Jack Boddy on Feb. 27, 2015, 5:20 p.m. reply
When was the first time you saw the Angel of the North and what were your emotions?
I don't recall the very first time I saw the Angel of the North. However every time I do see the Angel I always think that it is a strong and iconic image of the North East, which is representative of the regions strong industrial past. Even though I am from the Manchester area, I still feel a great deal of pride when I see the Angel when returning home along the A1.
Jack Boddy on Feb. 28, 2015, 10:48 a.m. reply
Who was the creator of the Angel of the North and do you know anything about him?
The creator of the Angel of the North was Anthony Gormley. I am aware that Anthony is a professional artist/sculpture who produces exhibitions mainly representing the human body. I have also seen his other work whilst walking the dog (Millie) on a beach near Liverpool. Gormley was the designer of numerous life size human sculptures who look out to sea on a beach at Crosby in Merseyside. I also know that he was the creator of an open air exhibition in London, when human body sculptures were placed on prominent buildings in the city
Jack Boddy on Feb. 28, 2015, 10:54 a.m. reply
Where was the Angel constructed and transported from and too?
I seem to recall that the Angel was built by an engineering company in the Hartlepool area. Due to its size the angel had to be transported to its site in Gateshead by road. The Angel of the North arrived in several sections and was erected on site at Gateshead.
Jack Boddy on Feb. 28, 2015, 11:02 a.m. reply
How did the creator think up the design?
I think that Anthony Gormley wanted to represent the North Easts heritage and history involving industry in the Angel. It is quite clearly a project that has been produced in a heavy engineering workshop, which has involved steel engineering process such as welding. As I was a steel fabrication in my early workdays, I can appreciate the technical skill that has been employed to produce the curve and symmetry evenly on the Angel sculpture.
Jack Boddy on Feb. 28, 2015, 11:12 a.m. reply
Do you know what the materials the Angel is made from?
The Angel is made from a specific kind of steel which is weather resistant. I am aware that the alloy contains an amount of copper which contributes to the "orange" affect seen on the structure
Jack Boddy on Feb. 28, 2015, 11:26 a.m. reply
What do you personally think is the most interesting fact about the Angel?
I think the most interesting fact about the Angel is the difference between the early opposition to the project and it's almost universal acceptances today. In the early days of the project there was criticism of the structure. Early opposition thought, that the Angel may be an "eyesore" in the area. However the Angel is now viewed as an iconic structure which is an identifying landmark to those living outside the area.
Jack Boddy on Feb. 28, 2015, 11:37 a.m. reply
Why was the site of the Angel of the North chosen? Does it point in a certain direction?
I am unsure exactly why the site of the Angel was chosen. However it is clearly on a prominent headland on the approach to the Tyneside region northwards along the A1. It is on a site which in effect "greets" new visitors to the area and locals alike. Therefore I assume that the site was chosen due to the likelihood of millions of people seeing the Angel. The Angel appears to point South, and possibly slightly west.
Jack Boddy on Feb. 28, 2015, 11:54 a.m. reply
Do you think the Angel of the North is the best sculpture in Tyneside and why?
Again my engineering background allows me to consider elements of the Angel which may not be appreciated by others. This ability to achieve such a detailed human life form from steel, is an incredible display of engineering workmanship. However there is no other sculpture in the North East which is as promient, iconic and world renowned as The Angel therefore, these are the reasons why i think the Angel of the North is the best sculpture in Tyneside.
Corps of Engineers personnel (l to r) Ryan Ferguson, engineering intern; Mike Oseback, construction inspector; and Jeff Ice, construction inspector, talk while on G.L. Dredge 54 in South Brother Island Channel May 25, 2011.
G.L. Dredge 54, a Great Lakes Dredge & Dock dredge, is performing maintenance dredging in the South Brother Island Channel in the East River. The Corps of Engineers managed dredging will remove approximately 216,000 cubic yards of material in order to keep the channel safe for navigation. The work should be completed in June. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)
Mercedes 0530 Citaro en la 54 a su paso por la Zona Universitaria.
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Mercedes 0530 Citaro on the route 54 it passes by University Zone.
Claudius.
Marble. 41—54 A.D.
Height 43 cm.
Inv. No. 1423.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek.
educational use only
Presently located:
Kopenhagen, Dänemark, DK, Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek. Inv. no. 1423
Provenience:
Italien, Cerveteri / Caere ?, 1895 in Frascati gekauft
Category/Cultural Era/Function:
Rundplastik; Portrait
Cultural era: römisch
Dating:
Replik: claudisch, 1. Cent. n. Chr.
Technique:
Technique: Bildhauerei
Measurements / Material:
H 43 cm
Material: Marmor
Bibliography:
D. Boschung, Gens Augusta: Untersuchungen zu Aufstellung, Wirkung und Bedeutung der Statuengruppen des julisch-claudischen Kaiserhauses. MAR 32 (Mainz 2002) 87 Cat. no. 25.11 Pl. 71, 4;
K. Fittschen, Katalog der antiken Skulpturen in Schloss Erbach (Berlin 1977) 55
[Replik 4];
F. Johansen, Catalogue Roman Portraits I. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (1994) 144 Cat. no. 60;
F. Poulsen, Catalogue of Ancient Sculpture in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (Kopenhagen 1951) 453 Cat. no. 648;
V. Poulsen, Les Portraits Romains I (Kopenhagen 1962) 92 f. Ill. 96. 97 Cat. no. 58;
This photo was taken at 10.54 a.m. app. on 24/07/2016, having made a smooth passage during the night skirting the Bay of Biscay in the North Atlantic. This is off the North Western coast of Spain. The 3,100 passenger Azura had departed from the Mayflower Terminal, Southampton, for a 14-night Western Med. Cruise, in the early evening of 22/07/2016; Southampton - Gibraltar - Ajaccio, Corsica, France - Civitavecchia(Port for Rome), Italy - La Spezia, Italy - Monaco, Monte Carlo - Marseilles, France - Cadiz, Spain - Southampton. © Peter Steel 2016.
Les balbuzards sont de retour en forêt d'Orléans.
Cet oiseau, long de 54 à 58 cm, pèse entre 1,4 et 2 kg.
Son envergure varie de 150 à 180 cm.
Il n'y a guère de dimorphisme sexuel chez cette espèce, mais la femelle peut être repérée dans un couple par le fait qu'elle est un peu plus grande que le mâle, qu'elle présente davantage de taches sombres.
Le Balbuzard pêcheur est un piscivore presque strict, puisque les poissons représentent 99 % de son régime alimentaire.
Habituellement, les balbuzards forment des couples pour la vie. En mars, ou même plus tôt suivant la région, ils entament une période de collaboration de cinq mois afin d’élever leurs jeunes. Fin avril, la femelle pond de 1 à 4 œufs.
Les balbuzards qui nichent en Europe passent l’hiver en Afrique ou dans la péninsule ibérique.
Dans les années 1950-1970, le balbuzard a été menacé d’extinction dans plusieurs régions du monde, l’espèce n’étant pas capable de produire assez de jeunes pour maintenir ses populations.
Ceci était dû à la fragilisation des oeufs à cause d'une accumulation de DDT dans l'environnement. Depuis l’interdiction du DDT dans de nombreux pays au début des années 1970, jointe à la diminution des persécutions, le balbuzard, tout comme d’autres espèces menacées d’oiseaux de proie, est en train de reconstituer ses populations.
Disparu de France au cours du XIXe siècle, le rapace avait trouvé un dernier refuge en Corse, où il ne subsistait que 3 couples en 1974. La forêt d'Orléans au Nord de la ville d'Orléans, dans le département du Loiret, accueille depuis les années 1980 la nidification du Balbuzard pêcheur, marquant le retour du rapace en France après des décennies de déclin.
Les deux noyaux de populations sont désormais suivis par la mission Rapaces de la Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux. Le noyau en région Centre compte une vingtaine de couples reproducteurs et en moyenne 25 couples reproducteurs pour la population corse.
La population continentale commence très lentement à essayer de reconquérir certains secteurs. En 2005, un couple de balbuzards a réussi une première nidification en Île-de-France dans l'Essonne, soit à 85 km du noyau de la région Centre.
En forêt d’Orléans, un observatoire permet au public d’observer le balbuzard pêcheur en reproduction, à l’étang du Ravoir, dans le massif de Lorris.
Ceux-ci ont été observés dans le massif d'Ingrannes, au nord-est de la forêt d'Orléans.
Pour en savoir plus : rapaces.lpo.fr/balbuzard/le-balbuzard-pecheur
15:54 I finally decided to go for it on the mouth... it's a bit crooked. But it gives character, right? Besides, I can't expect too much perfection with a gimped hand.
Now she's really stuck at a stand still. Hopefully tomorrow some strong man hands will help out & affix the eyes (then I can stuff, and sew everything together!)
The Knockhill Motor Sports Club (KMSC) Meeting hosted Darlington & District Motor Club (DDMC) Northern Saloon & Sports Car Championship races at Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife, September, 2023.
Here Andrew Morrison is seen in action, in Number 54, a Seat Leon Cupra, with Thom Evans in Number 4, a Caterham Seven.
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Roller Hockey, CERS Cup - RESG Walsum (Germany) vs. Bassano hockey 54 (Italy) on January 21st at Sporthalle Beckersloh in Duisburg.
Final Score: 5:8 (2:4)
Snowdrops on Cleeve Hill, near Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham in the Cotswolds.
Taken at the roadside when walking up Cleeve Hill. Near the Rising sun public house..
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the conspiracy theory that contrails are deliberate releases of poison. For harmful chemicals emitted by aircraft, see Environmental impact of aviation. For attempts to influence weather with aircraft, see Cloud seeding. For the use of aircraft to apply pesticide and herbicide, see Crop dusting. For the Beck song, see Chemtrails (song).
An Airbus A340's engines leaving a water condensation trail (contrail) – miniature clouds formed by the engine exhaust
The chemtrail conspiracy theory /ˈkɛmtreɪl/ is the erroneous[1] belief that long-lasting condensation trails left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually "chemtrails" consisting of chemical or biological agents, sprayed for nefarious purposes undisclosed to the general public.[2] Believers in this conspiracy theory say that while normal contrails dissipate relatively quickly, contrails that linger must contain additional substances.[3][4] Those who subscribe to the theory speculate that the purpose of the chemical release may be solar radiation management,[3] weather modification, psychological manipulation, human population control, biological or chemical warfare, or testing of biological or chemical agents on a population, and that the trails are causing respiratory illnesses and other health problems.[2][5]
The claim has been dismissed by the scientific community.[6] There is no evidence that purported chemtrails differ from normal water-based contrails routinely left by high-flying aircraft under certain atmospheric conditions.[7] Proponents have tried to prove that chemical spraying occurs, but their analyses have been flawed or based on misconceptions.[8][9] Because of the conspiracy theory's persistence and questions about government involvement, scientists and government agencies around the world have repeatedly explained that the supposed chemtrails are in fact normal contrails.[3][10][11]
The term 'chemtrail' is a portmanteau of the words 'chemical' and 'trail', just as 'contrail' blends 'condensation' and 'trail'.[12]
History
Multiple concurrent contrails. How long they last depends upon the weather, especially the temperature, humidity, and wind speed.
Chemtrail conspiracy theories began to circulate after the United States Air Force (USAF) published a 1996 report about weather modification.[11] In the late 1990s, the USAF was accused of "spraying the U.S. population with mysterious substances" from aircraft "generating unusual contrail patterns."[7][13] The theories were posted on Internet forums by people including Richard Finke and William Thomas and were among many conspiracy theories popularized by late-night radio host Art Bell, starting in 1999.[14][9] As the chemtrail conspiracy theory spread, federal officials were flooded with angry calls and letters.[11][3]
A multi-agency response attempting to dispel the rumors was published in 2000 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).[15][16] Many chemtrail believers interpreted agency fact sheets as further evidence of the existence of a government cover-up.[3] The EPA refreshed its posting in 2015.[17]
In the early 2000s, the USAF released an undated fact sheet that stated the conspiracy theories were a hoax fueled in part by citations to a 1996 strategy paper drafted within their Air University titled Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025.[18][19] The paper was presented in response to a military directive to outline a future strategic weather modification system for the purpose of maintaining the United States' military dominance in the year 2025, and identified as "fictional representations of future situations/scenarios."[19] The USAF further clarified in 2005 that the paper "does not reflect current military policy, practice, or capability" and that it is "not conducting any weather modification experiments or programs and has no plans to do so in the future."[7][20] Additionally, the USAF states that the "'chemtrail' hoax has been investigated and refuted by many established and accredited universities, scientific organizations, and major media publications."[7]
The conspiracy theories are seldom covered by the mainstream media, and when they are, they are usually cast as an example of anti-government paranoia.[4] For example, in 2013, when it was made public that the CIA, NASA, and NOAA intended to provide funds to the National Academy of Sciences to conduct research into methods to counteract global warming with geoengineering, an article in the International Business Times anticipated that "the idea of any government agency looking at ways to control, or manipulate, the weather will be met with scrutiny and fears of a malign conspiracies" [sic], and mentioned chemtrail conspiracy theories as an example.[21]
Description
Proponents of the chemtrail conspiracy theory find support for their theories in their interpretations of sky phenomena, videos posted to the Internet, and reports about government programs; they also have certain beliefs about the goals of the alleged conspiracy and the effects of its alleged efforts and generally take certain actions based on those beliefs.
Interpretation of evidence
Airbus A380 water-filled tanks simulate passenger weight for different takeoff and landing displacement weights. Similar photographs are sometimes said to show chemtrail planes in action.
Ballast barrels with water in a prototype Boeing 747 flight-test plane
Proponents of the chemtrail conspiracy theory say that chemtrails can be distinguished from contrails by their long duration, asserting that the chemtrails are those trails left by aircraft that persist for as much as a half-day or transform into cirrus-like clouds.[4] The proponents claim that after 1995, contrails had a different chemical composition and lasted a lot longer in the sky; proponents fail to acknowledge evidence of long-lasting contrails shown in World War II–era photographs.[9]
Proponents characterize contrails as streams that persist for hours and that, with their criss-cross, grid-like, or parallel stripe patterns, eventually blend to form large clouds. Proponents view the presence of visible color spectra in the streams, unusual concentrations of sky tracks in a single area, or lingering tracks left by unmarked or military airplanes flying atypical altitudes or locations as markers of chemtrails.[3][5][22][23][24]
Photographs of barrels installed in the passenger space of an aircraft for flight test purposes have been claimed to show aerosol dispersion systems. The barrels' actual purpose is to simulate the weight of passengers or cargo. The barrels are filled with water, and the water can be pumped from barrel to barrel to test different centers of gravity while the aircraft is in flight.[25]
Former CIA employee and whistleblower Edward Snowden, interviewed on The Joe Rogan Experience, said he had searched through all the secret information of the U.S. government for evidence about (aliens and) chemtrails. According to a CNN report[26] about the webcast,[27] he said: "In case you were wondering: ... Chemtrails are not a thing" and "I had ridiculous access to the networks of the NSA, the CIA, the military, all these groups. I couldn't find anything".
Jim Marrs has cited a 2007 Louisiana television station report as evidence for chemtrails. In the report, the air underneath a crosshatch of supposed chemtrails was measured and apparently found to contain unsafe levels of barium: at 6.8 parts per million, three times the nationally recommended limit. But a subsequent analysis of the footage showed that the equipment had been misused and the reading exaggerated by a factor of 100—the true level of barium measured was both usual and safe.[8]
In 2014, a video that went viral showed a commercial passenger airplane landing on a foggy night, which was described as emitting chemtrails.[28] Discovery News pointed out that passengers sitting behind the wings would clearly see anything being sprayed, which would defeat any intent to be secretive, and that the purported chemical emission was normal air disruption caused by the wings, visible due to the fog.[28]
In October 2014, Englishman Chris Bovey filmed a video of a plane jettisoning fuel on a flight from Buenos Aires to London, which had to dump fuel to lighten its load for an emergency landing in São Paulo. The clip went viral on Facebook, with over three million views and more than 52,000 shares, cited as evidence of chemtrails. He later disclosed that the video post was done as a prank.[29][30]
In some accounts, the chemicals are described as barium and aluminum salts, polymer fibers, thorium, or silicon carbide.[31]
Chemtrail believers interpret the existence of cloud seeding programs and research into climate engineering as evidence of the conspiracy.[32]
Beliefs
Various versions of the chemtrail conspiracy theory have been propagated via the Internet and radio programs.[3] There are websites dedicated to the conspiracy theory, and it is particularly favored by far-right groups because it fits well with a deep suspicion of the government.[4]
A 2014 review of 20 chemtrail websites found that believers appeal to science in some of their arguments but do not believe what academic or government-employed scientists say;[31] scientists and federal agencies have consistently denied that chemtrails exist, explaining the sky tracks are simply persistent contrails.[3][13][33] The review also found that believers generally hold that chemtrails are evidence of a global conspiracy; they allege various goals which include profit (for example, manipulating futures prices, or making people sick to benefit drug companies), population control, or weapons testing (use of weather as a weapon, or testing bioweapons).[31][33][2] One of these ideas is that clouds are being seeded with electrically conductive materials as part of a massive electromagnetic superweapons program based around the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP).[34][35] Believers say chemtrails are toxic; the 2014 review found that they generally hold that every person is under attack and often express fear, anxiety, sadness, and anger about this.[31] A 2011 study of people from the US, Canada, and the UK found that 2.6% of the sample believed entirely in the conspiracy theory, and 14% believed it partially.[36][31] An analysis of responses given to the 2016 Cooperative Congressional Election Study[37] showed that 9% of the 36,000 respondents believed it was "completely true" that "the government has a secret program that uses airplanes to put harmful chemicals into the air" while a further 19% believed this was "somewhat true".[38]
Chemtrail conspiracy theorists often describe their experience as being akin to a religious conversion experience. When they "wake up" and become "aware" of chemtrails, the experience motivates them to advocacy of various forms.[31] For example, they often attend events and conferences on geoengineering, and have sent threats to academics working in geoengineering.[31]
Some chemtrail believers adopt the notions of Wilhelm Reich, who devised a "cloudbuster" device from pipework. Reich claimed this device would influence weather and remove harmful energy from the atmosphere. Some chemtrail believers have built cloudbusters filled with crystals and metal filings, which are pointed at the sky in an attempt to clear it of chemtrails.[39]
Chemtrail believers sometimes gather samples and have them tested, rather than rely on reports from government or academic laboratories, but their experiments are usually flawed; for example, collecting samples in jars with metal lids contaminates the sample and is not done in scientific testing.[31][40]
Incidents
In 2001, in response to requests from constituents, U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich introduced (but did not author) H.R. 2977 (107th), the Space Preservation Act of 2001, which would have permanently prohibited basing weapons in space, listing chemtrails as one of a number of "exotic weapons" that would be banned.[41][42] Proponents have interpreted this explicit reference to chemtrails as official government acknowledgment of their existence.[22][43] Skeptics note that the bill in question also mentions "extraterrestrial weapons" and "environmental, climate, or tectonic weapons".[41] The bill received an unfavorable evaluation from the United States Department of Defense and died in committee, with no mention of chemtrails appearing in the text of any of Kucinich's three subsequent failed attempts to enact a Space Preservation Act.
In 2003, in a response to a petition by concerned Canadian citizens that "chemicals used in aerial sprayings are adversely affecting the health of Canadians", the Government House Leader responded: "There is no substantiated evidence, scientific or otherwise, to support the allegation that there is high altitude spraying conducted in Canadian airspace. The term 'chemtrails' is a popularised expression, and there is no scientific evidence to support their existence."[44][45][46][47] The House leader added, "it is our belief that the petitioners are seeing regular airplane condensation trails or contrails."[44]
In 2005 in the United Kingdom, Elliot Morley, a Minister of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs[48] was asked by David Drew, the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Stroud, "what research [the] Department has undertaken into the polluting effects of chemtrails for aircraft", and responded that "the Department is not researching into chemtrails from aircraft as they are not scientifically recognised phenomena", and that work was being conducted to understand "how contrails are formed and what effects they have on the atmosphere."[13][49]
During the 2011–2017 California drought, some local politicians in Shasta County reacted credulously to conspiracy theories suggesting that weather-modifying chemtrails had caused the unusual weather conditions.[50]
Contrails
Main article: Contrail
Contrails from propeller-driven aircraft engine exhaust, early 1940s
Contrails, or condensation trails, are "streaks of condensed water vapor created in the air by an airplane or rocket at high altitudes".[7] Fossil fuel combustion (as in piston and jet engines) produces carbon dioxide and water vapor and soot particulates that act as cloud condensation nuclei. At high altitudes, the air is very cold. Hot humid air from the engine exhaust mixes with the colder surrounding air, causing the water vapor to condense into droplets or ice crystals that form visible clouds. The rate at which contrails dissipate is entirely dependent on weather conditions. If the atmosphere is near saturation, the contrail may exist for some time. Conversely, if the atmosphere is dry, the contrail will dissipate quickly.[7]
Exhaust gases and emissions
Wingtip condensation trails
It is well established by atmospheric scientists that contrails can persist for hours, and that it is normal for them to spread out into cirrus sheets. The different-sized ice crystals in contrails descend at different rates, which spreads the contrail vertically. Then the differential in wind speeds between altitudes (wind shear) results in the horizontal spreading of the contrail. This mechanism is similar to the formation of cirrus uncinus clouds. Contrails between 25,000 and 40,000 feet (7,600 and 12,200 m) can often merge into an "almost solid" interlaced sheet.[51] Contrails can have a lateral spread of several kilometers, and given sufficient air traffic, it is possible for contrails to create an entirely overcast sky that increases the ice budget of individual contrails and persists for hours.[52]
Contrail testing being carried out on an Airbus A340 and much older Boeing 707[7]
Experts on atmospheric phenomena say that the characteristics attributed to chemtrails are simply features of contrails responding to diverse conditions in terms of sunlight, temperature, horizontal and vertical wind shear, and humidity levels present at the aircraft's altitude.[3][7][5][22] In the US, the gridlike nature of the National Airspace System's flight lanes tends to cause crosshatched contrails, and in general it is hard to discern from the ground whether overlapping contrails are at similar altitudes or not.[7] The jointly published fact sheet produced by NASA, the EPA, the FAA, and NOAA in 2000 in response to alarms over chemtrails details the science of contrail formation, and outlines both the known and potential impacts of contrails have on temperature and climate.[20] The USAF produced a fact sheet that described these contrail phenomena as observed and analyzed since at least 1953. It also rebutted chemtrail theories more directly by identifying the theories as a hoax and disproving the existence of chemtrails.[7][3]
Patrick Minnis, an atmospheric scientist with NASA's Langley Research Center, has said that logic does not dissuade most chemtrail proponents: "If you try to pin these people down and refute things, it's, 'Well, you're just part of the conspiracy'".[3]
Analysis of the use of commercial aircraft tracks for climate engineering has shown them to be generally unsuitable.[53]
Astronomer Bob Berman has characterized the chemtrail conspiracy theory as a classic example of failure to apply Occam's razor, writing in 2009 that instead of adopting the long-established "simple solution" that the trails consist of frozen water vapor, "the conspiracy web sites think the phenomenon started only a decade ago and involves an evil scheme in which 40,000 commercial pilots and air traffic controllers are in on the plot to poison their own children."[54]
A 2016 survey of 77 atmospheric scientists concluded that "76 out of 77 (98.7%) of scientists that took part in this study said they had not encountered evidence of a [secret large-scale atmospheric program] (SLAP), and that the data cited as evidence could be explained through other factors, such as typical contrail formation and poor data sampling instructions presented on SLAP websites."[6][55]
Bronze statue of a camillus (acolyte).
Roman, Julio-Claudian period, c.14-54 A.D.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Les balbuzards sont de retour en forêt d'Orléans.
Cet oiseau, long de 54 à 58 cm, pèse entre 1,4 et 2 kg.
Son envergure varie de 150 à 180 cm.
Il n'y a guère de dimorphisme sexuel chez cette espèce, mais la femelle peut être repérée dans un couple par le fait qu'elle est un peu plus grande que le mâle, qu'elle présente davantage de taches sombres.
Le Balbuzard pêcheur est un piscivore presque strict, puisque les poissons représentent 99 % de son régime alimentaire.
Habituellement, les balbuzards forment des couples pour la vie. En mars, ou même plus tôt suivant la région, ils entament une période de collaboration de cinq mois afin d’élever leurs jeunes. Fin avril, la femelle pond de 1 à 4 œufs.
Les balbuzards qui nichent en Europe passent l’hiver en Afrique ou dans la péninsule ibérique.
Dans les années 1950-1970, le balbuzard a été menacé d’extinction dans plusieurs régions du monde, l’espèce n’étant pas capable de produire assez de jeunes pour maintenir ses populations.
Ceci était dû à la fragilisation des oeufs à cause d'une accumulation de DDT dans l'environnement. Depuis l’interdiction du DDT dans de nombreux pays au début des années 1970, jointe à la diminution des persécutions, le balbuzard, tout comme d’autres espèces menacées d’oiseaux de proie, est en train de reconstituer ses populations.
Disparu de France au cours du XIXe siècle, le rapace avait trouvé un dernier refuge en Corse, où il ne subsistait que 3 couples en 1974. La forêt d'Orléans au Nord de la ville d'Orléans, dans le département du Loiret, accueille depuis les années 1980 la nidification du Balbuzard pêcheur, marquant le retour du rapace en France après des décennies de déclin.
Les deux noyaux de populations sont désormais suivis par la mission Rapaces de la Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux. Le noyau en région Centre compte une vingtaine de couples reproducteurs et en moyenne 25 couples reproducteurs pour la population corse.
La population continentale commence très lentement à essayer de reconquérir certains secteurs. En 2005, un couple de balbuzards a réussi une première nidification en Île-de-France dans l'Essonne, soit à 85 km du noyau de la région Centre.
En forêt d’Orléans, un observatoire permet au public d’observer le balbuzard pêcheur en reproduction, à l’étang du Ravoir, dans le massif de Lorris.
Ceux-ci ont été observés dans le massif d'Ingrannes, au nord-est de la forêt d'Orléans.
Pour en savoir plus : rapaces.lpo.fr/balbuzard/le-balbuzard-pecheur
1. Street / Explore # 77 /, 2. Impression, the birth of the sun /Explore # 26 /, 3. Path of beauty /Explored # 59/, 4. Winter subtlety / Explored # 32 /, 5. Traces /Explored # 138 /, 6. Sunlit fog /Explore # 51 /, 7. November mirror / Explore # 49 /, 8. Humidity / Expllore # 54 /,
9. Three white birches / Explore # 43 /, 10. All colors of Autumn /Explore # 74 /, 11. Window of plenty /Explore # 49 /, 12. Floating /Explore # 53 /, 13. After rain, 14. Red leaves Explore # 72, 15. Full moon at twilight, 16. River mirror / Explore # 175 /,
17. Sunlight in the misty forest /Explore # 17/, 18. Silk and silver, 19. Things, shadows, life, 20. Message, 21. Birth of the golden day /Explored # 62/, 22. The graceful flower /Explored # 17/, 23. All you need is light /Explored #300/, 24. So many sky reflections /Explored # 423/,
25. Things and its shadows /Explored # 24/, 26. Rust and light /Explored # 4 /, 27. Flower message /Explored # 269 /, 28. Waking early spring /Explored # 258/, 29. Barbed wire, 30. Sunbathing / Explored # 149 /, 31. Footprint, 32. Cold morning /Explored # 59 /,
33. World in a drop of dew /Explored # 101 /, 34. Frozen morning /Explored # 17 /, 35. Wisp light on the face /Explored # 257/, 36. Wet bench and leaves /Explored # 92 /, 37. Burst of fall colors, 38. Orange, 39. Apocalyptic vision, 40. Unrest - Explored # 50,
41. Smile, 42. Broken tree - Explored # 87, 43. Stepping into the shadows - Explored # 84, 44. Flooding - Explored # 198, 45. Rust /Explored # 4 /, 46. I like old things /Explored # 141/, 47. Pink beauty /Explored # 86/, 48. Just this /Explored # 129 /,
49. On the blue sky /Explored # 160 /, 50. My hazy river / Explored # 179 /, 51. Ladybug, cobweb, dew and green leaves /Explored # 123 /, 52. Sunbathing /Explored # 183/, 53. "My cup of tea" /Explored # 105 /, 54. Paths of love, 55. In the deep woods, hiding his face /Explored # 128/, 56. Path dandelions /Explored # 34 /,
57. Still life with two apples, 58. Sunny lane /Explored # 244/, 59. Pomegranate juice /Explored # 377 /, 60. Green light /Explored # 306 /, 61. Twilight silhouettes /Explored # 286 /, 62. Red umbrella in the night / Explored # 308 /, 63. Spring in red - repost, 64. flickr.com/photos/63080058@N04/13794293024/,
65. Monday morning / Explored # 377/, 66. Half asleep /Explored # 27/, 67. Clouds on the ground /Explored # 37/, 68. Where are you, my love?, 69. Morning dew rises IV /Explored # 18/, 70. Flame from the East /Explored # 23/, 71. Rain again II, 72. Traces in the snow
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on June 23 at 6:54 a.m. EDT carrying the Kuiper 2 mission for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellite constellation. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance
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FALTAM 52 DIAS PARA O LANÇAMENTO OFICIAL
Um baralho desenvolvido por 54 artistas convidados, cada um desenha uma carta do baralho, de forma totalmente livre e autoral.
Carta do dia: A - ESPADAS por Jorge Galvão
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Marcopolo Senior GV / Mercedes Benz LO 814.-
Placa Patente Única: SF*93•54.-
Tipo de Bus y Servicio: Taxibus Rural.-
Lugar de la Fotografía: Av. Amunategui con Ruta 5 Norte, La Serena, Región de Coquimbo, Chile.-
Fecha y Hora de la Fotografía : Viernes 02 de Abril del 2010, 15:22 Horas.-
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Se mantiene filete esta GV, me encanto la única en la Serena con esta configuración, el corte de pintura super lindo le da elegancia, las tapas igual, ojala le pongan las bandas delanteras, pero por lo que me decía el Labra le queda poco en la empresa, ojala que para donde se valla la mantenga tan linda como esta en Serena Mar.-
Mas info. de Serena Mar en: www.serenamar.cl
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