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How strong is the man whose strength is in You,

In whose heart are the highways to Zion !

They go from strength to strength ,

Every one of them appears before God in Zion .

Psalm 84:5,7

FP & Explore #27

 

Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't change. Kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything and have no regrets. Life's too short to be anything.....but happy.

 

Enjoy your Monday, my Flickr Friends! ♥

Listen:

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKAPO_nYV1o&feature=related

  

Oggi tutti insieme cercheremo di imparare

Come fanno per parlare fra di loro gli animali

 

- Come fa il cane?

- Bau!

 

- E il gatto?

- Miao!

 

- L’asinello?

- Hi! Ho!

 

- La mucca?

- Muuu…!

 

- La rana?

- Cra!

 

- La pecora?

- Beee…!

 

E il coccodrillo? E il coccodrillo?

 

Il coccodrillo come fa?

Non c’e nessuno che lo sa

Si dicce mangi troppo

Non metta mai il cappotto

Che con i denti punga

Che molto spesso pianga

Pero quando e tranquillo

Come fa ’sto coccodrillo

 

Il coccodrillo come fa?

Non c’e nessuno che lo sa

Si arrabbia ma non strilla,

Sorseggia camomilla

E mezzo addormentato

Se ne va

 

Guardo sui giornali

Non c’e scritto niente

Sembra que il problema

Non importi alla gente

Ma se per caso a l mondo

C’e qualcuno che lo sa

La mia domanda

E ancora questa qua:

 

Il coccodrillo come fa?

 

.en translation

 

Today we will try to learn all together

How the animals can talk to each other

 

- What sound makes the dog?

- Bau!

 

- And the cat?

- Meow!

 

- The little donkey?

- Hi! Ho!

 

- The cow?

- Muuu…!

 

- The frog?

- Cra!

 

- The sheep?

- Beee …!

 

And what about the crocodile?

How does it sound the crocodile?

 

There’s no one who knows

They say he eats too much

They say he never wears his coat

They say he stings with his teeth

They say he often cries

But then, when he is quiet

How does it sound that crocodile?

From the Official Site:

 

Along the Great Ocean Road and beyond, you will be able to experience some of the world's most breathtaking coastal regions. See huge cliffs, raging surf, tranquil bays, lush rainforests,and fascinating wildlife.

 

Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II

Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

Exposure: 13 exposures (-2,-1.66.-1.33,-1,-.66,-.33,0,+.33,+.66,+1,+1.33,+1.66+2 EV)

Aperture: f/18

Focal Length: 35 mm

ISO Speed: 100

Accessories: Manfrotto 190XB Tripod, Manfrotto 322RC2 Heavy Duty Grip Ball Head, Canon RC1 Wireless Remote

Date and Time: 26 July 2009 7.46am

 

Post Processing:

Imported into Lightroom

Exported 13 exposures to Photomatix

Tonemap generated HDR using detail enhancer option

Re-imported back into Lightroom

Exported HDR and 0 EV exposure to CS3 and layered HDR on top of 0 EV

Brush tool to even out the sky

Noise reduction layer

Background layer and healing brush tool to remove dust gremlins

Curves layer for contrast

Hues/Saturation layer (reds, greens, cyans, blues)

Background layer and quick selection tool to select rock-face

Unsharp Mask filter on selection

Re-imported back into Lightroom

Chromatic aberration adjustment in Light room

Vibrance adjustment in Lightroom

Added keyword metadata

Exported as 2500 x 1667 JPEG

 

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When you sleeping & awaken & open your eye from asleep , U can seen this scene .

 

Have a nice week , everyone :D

For Angelica, who very kindly wrote a great (and funny!) testimonial for me today :) It was a really wonderful surprise! Thanks Angelica, for being such a lovely Flickr friend. You can see her beautiful collie dogs and wonderful photos here:Hermio82

 

Hehe! Barney looks like he's ready for take-off here, with those great flappy ears :) We were at the top of the Beacon, the highest point of the Malvern hills, where it's always wild and windy, even on warm, sunny days. He loves it up there, racing about, or simply standing, nose to the wind, taking in the scents and sounds from the villages and farm land below. He loves the wind, and I love what it does to his ears (lol but not what it does to my hair!)

 

Finally, I am pleased to say that Barney's sore paw has almost completely healed now, he's back to his happy, bouncy self, and going for normal, long walks. I'm soo happy and he is obviously overjoyed at being able to run free once more, thanks once again for all the kind comments and support when Barney wasn't feeling well.

Taken at Elephant Trunk Hill Park

Guilin City, Guangxi Provice China

 

"The Elephant Hill, lies on the conjunction of the Li River and the peach blossom river in Guilin City. The whole hill looks exactly like a huge elephant stretching its trunk drinking water by the Li River. It is the masterpiece of karst landscape, composed of pure limestone deposited on seabed 360million years ago.

 

Have a Wonderful Weekend to Everyone!!!

   

#206/365 Before leaving worked I wanted to mess with flash and try to balance it with the ambient room light. Martha was a good sport and stood in. Holding the camera in one hand while holding a monopod with the flash in the other hand. Used a DIY beauty dish..only because that was the only thing I had available (umbrella shaft was broke). Have a great weekend!

 

Strobist: sb800 on a monopod with a diy beauty dish. Setup shot

~General Douglas MacArthur

 

This is a shot of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, right on the University of Pittsburgh's campus.

 

Check it out large!

 

Explored July 23, #157

 

Thank you so much for all of your comments and views, I really appreciate them!!!

Capture from De-O-Siam Plaza 1st floor thai sweet zone , Bangkok , Thailand

 

ขนมครก เป็นขนมไทยโบราณชนิดหนึ่ง ทำจากแป้ง น้ำตาล และกะทิ แล้วเทลงบนเตาหลุม เวลาจะทานต้องแคะออกมา เป็นแผ่นวงกลม แล้วมักวางประกบกันตอนรับประทาน

 

Kanom Krog - kind of ancient Thai sweetmeat , contribute flour , sugar , coconut cream and mix it and then pour into tray and sprinkle anything example :-

- green onion

- coconut

- corn

- sesame

- taro

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This odd colored dragonfly caught my eye while I walked by, I had to stop.

First is the bright green colour, then the smoothness in the eyes. The eyes look out of focus until you see the original size that is available. I'm wondering if this is a sign of being young for a dragonfly?

TYPE UPDATE : Green Darner dragonfly

 

Many recent visitors asked about my shot settings and stuff, so... for this shot -

90mm macro with a 3X Close-Up filter, 430EX w/ lightchute.

Canon EOS 40D

20/07/2009 16:25:55

Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/250Sec.

Av(Aperture Value) F27

ISO Speed 200

Lens 90mm

Focal Length 90.0 mm

Image size 3888 x 2592 (cropped to 2592 X 2592)

  

Have a spectacular Tuesday to my friends around the globe clicking on their mouse.

Sorry for the double Insect load, but this afternoon, as you can see, I found another interesting critter with really neat features. Hope it's enjoyed.

BIG HELLO from Ottawa, Canada.

Most Interesting on flickriver | More HDRs | Explored Set | More from São Chico city

  

These lights - that look like old lamps - are everywhere in São Chico city, mainly in the central avenue. I never liked them so much, I think they seem to have come from a thriller movie or something.

 

Explore #33. Wow, thanks!

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UPDATE ON: April 15,2009

So I am back from my wonderful vacation in Italy with my best-bud Uli. We went on an amazing motorbike-trip for one week - first we went to the Dolomites for 3 days and rode numerous Cols (for example Timmelsjoch, Jaufenpass, passo di Falzarego, Sellajoch, Pordoi, Passo di Pelegrino etc.) and then we went to the Lago di Garda (Malcesine) for some relaxation and swimming.

 

This image was taken at the "Passo di Falzarego" at 2105m (6900ft) sealevel.

  

And in case you ever wondered:

YES it is possible to eat Pizza EVERY evening for 5 days :-))

  

I have 14 GB of Italy images to process (plus the pics from last week-ends wedding) so I might be quite busy and not find the time to visit all your wonderful streams... will do so later!

  

This is my contribution to the Sunday church shot Group. Would love if you would like to participate as well! Wish you a fantastic sunday!!

  

♪♫♪♫ Get the Italia-Feeling with Laura Pausini: Strani Amori ♪♫♪♫

#200/365 Rosalie and the kids were picking flower while I'm running around trying to shoot into the sun. If you look to the bottom left you can see my son's head sticking up.

 

If you are a nikon user...don't get the 50mm 1.4d, its a pile of junk. Save money and get the 50mm 1.8D or pay extra and get the newer 50mm 1.4G. It's a nightmare wide open when bright light is around (flash or sun).

 

Saw the new Potter movie. It was great, although not the best of the series...that title still belongs to Prisoner of Azkaban. Gary Oldman FTW!

 

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Explore #86 on Sunday, July 19, 2009

 

Sunsets come early and fast in Sapa, the city above the clouds.

 

Fansipan or Fan Si Pan (Phan Xi Păng in Vietnamese) is the highest mountain

in Southeast Asia, at 3,143 m. or 10,340 ft. Located in Lào Cai province in Northwest Vietnam, 9 km southwest of Sa Pa Township in the Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range. Fansipan is dubbed "the Roof of Indochina"; it is to be approved as one of the very few ecotourism spots of Vietnam, with about 2,024 floral varieties and 327 faunal species. The topography of Fansipan is varied. Muong Hoa Valley, at the lowest altitude (950 to 1,000 m.), is created by a narrow strip of land at the base on the east side of the mountain.

 

Climbing Fansipan -- Fansipan Tourism companies in the area will arrange hikes to the summit taking from one to three days with a local guide. A very small village is located at around 1 500 m where accommodation and food is offered. Further up, at 2 800 m, is an overnight camp. Coordinates -- 22°18′12″N 103°46′31″E

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

HDR and layers work in Photoshop from 3 images.

 

….

 

As I was sitting on the beach watching the waves rolling in at this spot I got the Good Vibrations song from the Beach Boys in my head,

 

here is a version of it on youtube if interested

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC2gZMNkyJo&feature=fvw

 

Went for a nice bike ride, riding the bike seems ot be no problem at all with the strained muscle in my leg, just have to be careful when walking but its slowly getting better

  

Comments appreciated, Constructive critique even more appreciated, best way for me to learn

  

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Cone flowers from the park near our house. Not from our neighbor's garden this time. ;()

Happy Bokehlicious Wednesday!!!

Explore #96 July 16, 2009

 

The Power Of One Can Conquer All.

~~

 

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IMAGE OF THE MONTH, EYE FOR BEAUTY

FRONT PAGE, A CINEMATIC WORLD

 

[Explored]

 

Cows can fly? Well, milk can :)

 

I did another session of double drops collision splashes last night. About 4hs of work, 352 photos of which 41 I got reasonable in focus, with good shape, light and colors, but none came out really outstanding as I'm looking for... well, it's always a learning process... the setup is still in place and I got new ink for tonight, let's see what I get.

 

Please suggest color combinations!

 

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Vacas podem voar? Bom, leite pode :)

 

Fiz outra sessão de colisão de gotas na noite passada. Por volta de 4hs de trabalho, 352 fotos das quais 41 consegui razoavelmente em foco, com boa forma e cores, ms nenhuma ficou realmente excepcional como eu queria... bom, é sempre um processo de aprendizado... a tralha ainda está toda montada e arrumei tintas novas para hoje à noite, vamos ver o que consigo.

 

Por favor de sugestões de combinação de cores!

 

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Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex

(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

 

Escalator from the Visitor Centre

(former Kohlenwäsche/Coal Washing)

  

explored:

Highest position:

#272 on Monday, July 13, 2009

  

The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001 and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

 

The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades starting in the late 1950s, the two parts of the site, Zollverein Coal Mine and Zollverein Coking Plant (erected 1957-1961, closed on June 30, 1993), ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe. Shaft 12, built in Bauhaus style, was opened in 1932 and is considered an architectural and technical masterpiece, earning it a reputation as the "most beautiful coal mine in the world".

 

After it had been closed down in 1993, the coking plant was planned to be sold to China. The negotiations failed and it was subsequently threatened to be demolished. However, another project of the state of NRW set the coal mine on a list of future exhibition sites resulting in first gentle modifications and the cokery also became an official memorial in 2000.

 

On its 25th session in December 2001, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared both the sites of the shafts 12 and 1/2/8 and the cokery a World Heritage Site.

 

for more information:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zollverein_Coal_Mine_Industrial_Com...

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An American copper butterfly perches on butterfly weed at the Burden Preserve (Armonk, New York)--July 11, 2009

Music: Sigur Rós - Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur

 

Recently I took my camera along. This was the first shot I haven taken on Friday, 10th of July at 6:54 am.

The night was quite cold and it rained. Though when I got up the sun was shining and there were only a couple of clouds around. I left the house and walked passed our neighbour's fence. Between the fence there are some stone posts which have an even surface. The water from the last night was still on it cause the sun didn't have the strength to remove it yet.

 

I am sorry still to have so less time...

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for sad bokeh friday. so sad there are no capitals. yes. rly. that sad. why? well because i forgotted about them all this time.

 

small lob

This is Julia Lalla-Maharajh on the Fouth Plinth at Trafalgar Square in London participating in Anthony Gormley's art concept One & Other. For one hour every hour for 100 days volounteers selected by ballot will occupy the empty fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square. I have applied but so far have not been selected! You can see a live feed of each plinther here - www.oneandother.co.uk/

July 9th 2009 12.34pm

On Explore: Highest position: 84 on Saturday, July 11, 2009

Last week-end I went to the Eifel in Germany to visit my parents. Among many other things I did one very special thing:

 

I rode an Audi R8, 4,2 Litre, 420 HP/PS for one hour. DUDE what an amazing incredible car!!!! When you push the pedal to the medal and the 420 horses behind you begin to galopp - hell breaks loose :-)))

It was an amazing experience but you can guess that it was kind of frustrating to get back in my 75PS Golf afterwards... Bummer... :-)

 

See pics of the car below in the comments (picz are enlargeable).

  

Tune in David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When love takes over - and crank up that volume!!!

Florabella Textures... see my profile ♥ My baby girl (10 months old). ♥ {Explore #41}

Built in 1847 by Alan Stevenson, Loch Ryan Lighthouse is still active.

Fished there and got 2 dogfish !Its All about fishing really........What a place !Priceless

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Shot at my favourite place at Domburg.

Variations on Hiroshi Sugimoto's No line on the horizon... Here's the other one.

 

Technical info:

10 stops ND filter

f/22

ISO100

13mm

60s (1mins) exposure

 

Software:

Lightroom 2.0

PS CS3 - Silver Efex Pro - Red filter - Selenium toning

 

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Jumping spiders are members of the spider family Salticidae, which contains around 5,000 species of spider, roughly 7% of the total number of spider species in the world. This large spider family is incredibly diverse, with representatives found all over the world. As the common name “jumping spider” would suggest, jumping spiders are most notable for their jumping ability. Some spiders are capable of jumping as much as 40 times their body length, relying on a very complex internal structure.

 

best viewed LARGE:

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"Reflections On The Train"

From "The Train Project"

Black Dress

This is the dress for our region (Marche-Italy) in winter.

 

BIG, BIG Thanks for all your comments and notes. :))

  

"...El sobrepuesto de carpincho en la actualidad se usa relativamente pequeño (58 x 90 cm) obedeciendo al acortamiento general del recado moderno (en la Provincia de Buenos Aires). Las puntas se usan rectangulares pero redondeando el extremo. Antiguamente era usual utilizarlos en punta estrictamente rectangular.

Este tipo de sobrepuesto combina perfectamente con un recado de sogas (riendas, cabezada, bozal, cabresto y estriberas de cuero crudo), y unos estribos arequeros o de suela. En ocasiones se lo ve en emprendados de plata pero en recados de bastos, ya que en los chapeados antiguos (recado de lomillo) se ven los lujosos de terciopelo o hilo..."

 

Fragmento de "Dos prendas tradicionales: El estribo arequero y el sobrepuesto de carpincho", de Lucas Morganti

San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Amigos, visitem: www.visiteareco.com

Another shot from the little walk I did on Saturday, Liked how the sun made the butterfly wings almost transparent.

 

Just went for a little walk down the block to test my leg muscle and no pain on the walk, can feel the tightness but if I walk slowly and carefully seems to be OK, so will head back to work tomorrow

 

Comments appreciated, Constructive critique even more appreciated, best way for me to learn

  

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I forgot to get a picture cued up today, so here's and old one that was taken at a free concert held at the Ventura Harbor.

 

I'll be back to visit after work today!

 

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CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM/SUGGESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

 

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Diving into Vancouver...in high-contrast. See any landmarks? Leave a note.

"Night and day the river flows. If time is the mind of space, the Colorado is the soul of the desert. Brave boatmen come, they go, they die, and the voyage flows on forever. We are all canyoneers. We are all passengers on this little living mossy ship, this delicate dory sailing round the sun that humans call Earth." Edward Abbey, The Hidden Canyon: A River Journey, 1999

 

"For the first time, I felt I was getting close to the West of my deepest imaginings, the place where the tangible and the mythical became the same." Edward Abbey

 

Here Faye Atkinson is rowing. I rafted with Arizona Raft Adventures AZRA.

www.azraft.com/

 

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Michael you are immortal. With songs, art will continue to live with. Future generations will continue to listen to you. The music will live until the Day of Resurrection. You are immortal. I will continue to live music...

Youtube: Dream Factory

 

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Music: PeterLicht - Die Geschichte vom Sommer

 

Today was the first hotter day in quite a while. So a friend and me had a beer in the garden, of course not without a cold beer :-)

 

We used only one beer bottle. The beer as already open, Thomas just flipped the cap away (with the lighter). It was only the second try!

  

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London | Architecture | Night Photography

 

EXPLORE # 252

 

I was really impressed with these clouds over the Albert Bridge, just before the thunderstorm in London...

 

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A cloud is a visible mass of droplets or frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body. A cloud is also a visible mass attracted by gravity, such as masses of material in space called interstellar clouds and nebulae. Clouds are studied in the nephology or cloud physics branch of meteorology.

 

On Earth the condensing substance is typically water vapor, which forms small droplets or ice crystals, typically 0.01 mm in diameter. When surrounded by billions of other droplets or crystals they become visible as clouds. Dense deep clouds exhibit a high reflectance (70% to 95%) throughout the visible range of wavelengths. They thus appear white, at least from the top. Cloud droplets tend to scatter light efficiently, so that the intensity of the solar radiation decreases with depth into the gases, hence the gray or even sometimes dark appearance at the base.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud

  

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Albert Bridge is a Grade II* listed road bridge over the River Thames in West London, connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre Principle modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound, and so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge. The Greater London Council carried out further strengthening work in 1973 by adding two concrete piers, which transformed the central span into a simple beam bridge. As a result of these modifications the bridge today is an unusual hybrid of three different design styles.

 

Built as a toll bridge, it was commercially unsuccessful; six years after its opening it was taken into public ownership and the tolls were lifted. The tollbooths remained in place however, and are the only surviving examples of bridge tollbooths in London. Nicknamed "The Trembling Lady" because of its tendency to vibrate when large numbers of people walked over it, signs at the entrances warn troops from the nearby Chelsea Barracks to break step while crossing the bridge.

 

Incorporating a roadway only 27 feet (8.2 m) wide, and with serious structural weaknesses, the bridge was ill-equipped to cope with the advent of the motor vehicle during the 20th century. Despite the many calls for its demolition or pedestrianisation Albert Bridge has remained open to vehicles throughout its existence, other than for brief spells during repairs, and is one of only two Thames road bridges in central London never to have been replaced. The strengthening work carried out by Bazalgette and the Greater London Council was unable to prevent further deterioration of the bridge's structure. A series of increasingly strict traffic control measures have been introduced to limit its use and thus prolong its life, making it the least busy Thames road bridge in London except for the little-used Southwark Bridge. The bridge's condition is continuing to degrade however, as the result of traffic load and severe rotting of the timber deck structure caused by the urine of the many dogs using it as a route to nearby Battersea Park.

 

In 1992 Albert Bridge was rewired and painted in an unusual colour scheme designed to make it more conspicuous in poor visibility, and hence avoid being damaged by collisions with shipping. At night it is illuminated by 4,000 bulbs, making it one of West London's most striking landmarks.

 

In 1990, the tidal flow system was abandoned and Albert Bridge was converted back to two way traffic. A traffic island was installed on the south end of the bridge to prevent larger vehicles from using it. In the early years of the 21st century the Chelsea area experienced a growth in the popularity of large four-wheel drive cars (so-called Chelsea tractors), many of which were over the two-ton weight limit; it was estimated that 1⁄3 of all vehicles using the bridge were over the weight limit.[27] In July 2006 the 27-foot (8.2 m) wide roadway was narrowed to a single lane in each direction to reduce the load.[28] Red and white plastic barriers have been erected along the roadway in an effort to protect the structure from damage caused by cars.[29]

 

Between 1905 and 1981 Albert Bridge had been painted in a uniform green colour and in 1981 was repainted yellow, but in 1992 it underwent significant redecoration and rewiring.[30] Partially as a result, it is now a major West London landmark. The bridge is painted in a scheme of pink, blue and green, intended to increase visibility in fog and murky light and hence reduce the risks of shipping colliding with the fragile structure during the day.[31] At night, a network of 4,000 low-voltage tungsten-halogen bulbs illuminate the bridge. In 1993 the innovative use of long-life low-energy lighting was commended by Mary Archer, at the time Chairwoman of the National Energy Foundation.[17] Its distinctive and striking current appearance has led to its being used as a backdrop for numerous films set in the Chelsea area, such as Absolute Beginners, Sliding Doors and Maybe Baby.[26]

  

4,000 bulbs illuminate Albert Bridge at night.Except for Tower Bridge, built in 1894, Albert Bridge is the only Thames road bridge in central London never to have been replaced.[9] Despite being intended as a temporary measure to be removed in 1978, the concrete central piers remain in place,[17] and although in 1974 its lifespan was estimated at a maximum of 30 years, the bridge is still standing and still operational.[25] Albert Bridge was given protection as a Grade II* listed structure in 1975, granting it protection against further significant alteration without consultation.[32] Despite this, it continues to deteriorate. Although proposals have been drawn up by Kensington and Chelsea Council to repair and rescue it,[29] as of March 2008 funds for the repairs were unavailable.[33] As well as structural damage caused by traffic, the timbers underpinning the deck are being seriously rotted by the urine of dogs crossing it to and from nearby Battersea Park.[34][n 4] With multiple measures in place to reduce traffic flow and prolong the life of the bridge, as of 2009 it carries approximately 19,000 vehicles per day, the lowest usage of any Thames road bridge in London other than the little-used Southwark Bridge.[35]

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bridge,_London

   

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