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A levitation photograph taken on an abandoned parking-lot in Rotterdam. My good friend Floris was kind enough to pose for this shot, even though it was both late and cold out. And you know, the fact that it involved me shooting fireworks at him.
Having just passed Oxenholme, 46233 'Duchess of Sutherland' is now digging in for the climb to Grayrigg while heading The Railway Touring Company's 'Mid-Day Scot', 1Z32 0635 Manchester Victoria - Edinburgh Waverley on 19th March 2016. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Duga-3 (NATO reporting name Steel Yard) was a Soviet over-the-horizon radar system. It was developed for the Soviet ABM early-warning network. The system operated from 1976 to 1989. Its distinctive and mysterious shortwave radio signal came to be known in the west as the Russian Woodpecker.
Two stations of Duga-3 were installed: a western system around Chernobyl and an eastern system in Siberia.
The transmitter for the western Duga-3 was located a few kilometers southwest of Chernobyl (south of Minsk, northwest of Kiev). The receiver was located about 50 km northeast of Chernobyl (just west of Chernihiv, south of Gomel).
The Soviets had been working on early warning radar for their anti-ballistic missile systems through the 1960s, but most of these had been line-of-sight systems that were useful for raid analysis and interception only. None of these systems had the capability to provide early warning of a launch, which would give the defenses time to study the attack and plan a response. At the time the Soviet early-warning satellite network was not well developed, and there were questions about their ability to operate in a hostile environment including anti-satellite efforts. An over-the-horizon radar sited in the USSR would not have any of these problems, and work on such a system for this associated role started in the late 1960s. Duga-3 could detect submarines and missile launches in all of Europe and the Eastern coast of United States.
The first experimental system, Duga-1, was built outside Mykolaiv in Ukraine, successfully detecting rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 2,500 kilometers. This was followed by the prototype Duga-2, built on the same site, which was able to track launches from the far east and submarines in the Pacific Ocean as the missiles flew towards Novaya Zemlya. Both of these radar systems were aimed east and were fairly low power, but with the concept proven work began on an operational system. The new Duga-3 systems used a transmitter and receiver separated by about 60 km.
A 35 man (plus guides) trip to the Ukraine exploring Chernobyl, the village, Duga 3, Pripyat and Kiev including Maidan (Independence Square) and observing the peaceful protests underway.
Some new faces, some old, made new friends and generally we were in our elements.
Rhetorical question but did we have a blast? You bet!
Amazing group, top guys. Till the next time!
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First test photos from my modification of a Nettar to shoot "half frame."
400TX@3200; HC110[B]32@68F; Zeiss Ikon Nettar, modified for 3x6cm.
Yet another cherry blossom shot. Hope you don't get sick of this just yet :p
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This view is looking down the incline that descends from The Rotunda to Worcester Street in the heart of Birmingham's central shopping area on Saturday 13th April 2019. New Street station with Grand Central above it is clearly visible in the middle distance.
This photo was shot 'blind, from the hip' and therefore needed a bit of straightening to make it presentable.
Ilford FP4+
Nikon FM2
Nikkor 50mm lens
Epson V600 scanner
Adox (Rodinal), 1+25, 9 minutes, 20º C.
WEEK 38 – Carriage Crossing Macy’s, Set II
My friends, if you thought the lower level was the pinnacle of this store’s beauty, the upper level is by far something else. It’s just absolutely STUNNING up here. Spectacular.
I love, love, love this view looking from the escalators back towards the front entrance. That barrel roof, all the natural light flowing in through those numerous windows, the great view of the treeline outside, the pendants all hanging from various heights and at various distances to spice up the scenery – it’s all perfect.
Obviously, I’m really proud of this photo, although clearly most of that has nothing to do with the operator: the subject itself is just that photogenic! Probably about the only thing I can be credited for here, ironically, is something that I usually try to avoid: as you know, I don’t like capturing other customers in my shot if I can help it, but in this particular image I think the person you see in the distance adds some extra piece of visual interest, the way they’re cast mostly in shadow. That shopper also does a good job of helping us get a better sense of scale and perspective in relation to everything else we see.
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These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
I have been trying to research this angel from Metairie Cemetery, but could only find a photo by another photographer. I am surprised there isn't more, as she is my favorite!
Mount Teide on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife is 3,718 m (12,198 ft) high, making it the highest point in Spain and all it's territories. It's classed as an active volcano but - fortunately for the tourists - there hasn't been an eruption for more than 100 years.
It's relatively easy to get up the mountain as there is a cable car that takes visitors to a shoulder of the mountain, at 3,555 m (11,663 ft) - 163 m or 535 feet from the top. Before travelling on the cable car visitors with heart problems, etc are advised not to make the trip due to the height and rapid ascent.
When I visited (in April 1986) I continued climbing to the very top, which proved to a strenuous exercise. I would hesitate to try it again now. Coincidentally, whilst I was there the disaster of Chernobyl took place, contaminating much of Europe and beyond.
The photo was taken from near the top station of the cable car and part of the large caldera can be seen.
(Nikkormat FTn, 50mm f2.0 ai lens and Kodachrome)