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near aspen, colorado
1975
autumn in the rocky mountains
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Final impressions of this year's Basler Fasnacht (Carnival of Basel) which lasts every year exactly 72 hours non-stop in the streets (and pubs and bars…).
Pentax FA 43 1.9 Limited
T-72 harckocsi
Ludovika Fesztivál, Budapest,
2016.05.07
T-72 main battle tank
Hungarian Defence Force
Ludovika Festival, Budapest, Hungary
07.05.2016
Today is was 60 degrees! So wonderful. I decided to break out my spring jacket. Happily, it fit...it didn't fit last spring. The last time I wore it was the beginning of my pregnancy.
Anyhow, I love this jacket, but feel weird wearing it since I usually wear black or grey coats. It looks red in this photo only b/c I saturated the colors. It's really called "poppy."
As if fitting in the jacket was awesome enough, I found $17.00 in the pocket! ROCK! Finding money in jacket pockets is one of life's pleasures.
This mosaic captures countless stars, as well as clouds of dust and gas, in an outer portion of the disk of galaxy Caldwell 72 (NGC 55). It was created from multiple observations taken in visible and infrared light by Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2).
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Dalcanton (University of Washington); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
For Hubble's Caldwell catalog website and information on how to find these objects in the night sky, visit:
First two items in the cavalcade: LBSCR Terrier A1X 0-6-0T 72 Fenchurch & contractors engine Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST 4 Sharpthorne (not in steam), Horsted Keynes, Bluebell Railway. 26 June 1982.
T-72 harckocsi
Ludovika Fesztivál, Budapest,
2016.05.07
T-72 main battle tank
Hungarian Defence Force
Ludovika Festival, Budapest, Hungary
07.05.2016
To replace the T-55 series in frontline Soviet units, the Red Army commissioned the T-64 design, which was intended to produce a lightweight tank with good armor, speed, and a 115mm gun. To reduce crew size, the loader was replaced with an automatic version. While the T-64 went into production, the tank's engine was unreliable and broke down too easily, and the 115mm gun was thought to be inadequate against newer NATO tanks. Attempts to modify the T-64 with a larger and more reliable engine failed, but a modification of the earlier T-62 was more successful. This new design--something of a combination of the T-62 and T-64--went into production as the T-72.
The T-72 replaced the T-55 in Red Army frontline units and supplemented the T-62. Crews liked its speed and its 125mm gun, which could defeat any NATO tank before the advent of the Chobham-armored types like the M1 Abrams, and its armor protection was continually upgraded, which gave it better chances of survival, even in combat with Western tanks armed with depleted uranium shells. It was far from a perfect tank, however: like most Soviet tanks, it was very uncomfortable as a result from its low profile, visibility for the driver was poor, and the autoloader, while reliable, was slow. In combat (mainly in the Beka'a Valley against Israel in 1972, and in Iraq against the US in 1991), the T-72's long reload time left it at a disadvantage against manual-load Merkavas and M1s; moreover, the ammunition storage on the T-72 left it vulnerable to catastrophic explosions.
Despite its drawbacks, the T-72 remained in full production until the development of the T-80, and was exported to 40 countries around the world. Many of these export versions were downgraded, and lacked the superior ceramic/steel armor of Soviet T-72s. However, the survivors have been extensively upgraded with newer armor, laser rangefinders, and improved reactive armor. The T-72 remains a significant part of the modern Russian Army, and have seen action in Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine.
This superbly maintained T-72 is on display at the 4th Infantry Division Museum in Fort Carson, Colorado, and may be a former Iraqi Army example (most T-72s on display in the US are). The overall light green color is accurate for Red Army tanks, but the large red star was uncommon--apparently, it was more or less up to the division commander if red stars were applied. The hammer and sickle on the turret is definitely not accurate!
I joked with my friend that this T-72 was really captured when the Soviets invaded Colorado in 1983, as shown in the docudrama "Red Dawn." My friend thought this was hilarious, and yelled "WOLVERINES!" at the top of his lungs as we walked off. I'd say he was crazy, but I doubt this was the first time anyone had done that at Fort Carson.
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ARABIAN SEA (June 13, 2019) Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Hunter Hodnett, from Detroit, washes down an E-2D Hawkeye from the "Bluetails" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dan Snow/Released)
Seen at the 2017 Tennessee Valley Falcon Club Regional show. This was a great show. It was held at the Oak Tree Lodge on the border of Sevierville and Pigeon Forge TN. Approximately 90 Falcons attended. The weather was fantastic!
A friend of mine entered his Maverick in the "All Ford" class and took home an award.
72 tii with several Alpina parts, Quien Sabe Rd, Holllister CA, winter 2004.
More pictures of the car: www.flickr.com/photos/thealpina/