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Corky did me a huge favour here by coming up in pretty much the dead centre of the pool, so everything sort of lines up. Her vertical spins are very impressive.
Orca, Corky - SeaWorld San Diego
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By correctly fitting this lens hood, as shown here... one can clearly see what a great job it's doing, in shielding the front element of the lens.
Early morning alignment of (l-to-r) Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter with the Moon. About an hour before sunrise 16 April 2020. Moncton, NB. A few minutes after the tidal bore. No one around. Over the past couple of days, the Moon has been sweeping the 3 planets from right to left. Looking south-ish over Riverview.
this was a pre-dawn shot from last weekend, I was trying for that "silky" water effect but an added bonus was catching the planetary alignment of Jupiter, Mercury & Venus still visible in the top left corner. Lucky thing, don't think I'll be around for the next one !
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I uploaded these 3 for one to go through to post at HBW tomorrow. A sort of Bokeh idol if you like. The one with the most votes gets posted
Ok this is the winner. Thanks everyone. HBW
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~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Canton de Berne (Suisse)
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La face nord de l'Eiger est peut-être, dans l'esprit des alpinistes, la plus terrible des faces des Alpes. Ce n'est ni la plus belle, ni la plus élégante. C'est assurément la moins accueillante! Son histoire complexe mêle alpinisme, ambition et politique. De plus, sa visibilité aisée depuis la vallée a contribué au fort engouement qui accompagna la première ascension. Les touristes pouvaient en effet, grâce à une longue vue, suivre en direct les drames épiques dont la face nord était le théatre dans les années 1930.
Pourquoi est née cette réputation si particulière de l'Eigerwand? Ce sommet n'atteint même pas 4000 metres d'altitude !
L'Eiger est situé en Suisse, dans l'Oberland Bernois. A l'avant du massif, face aux plateaux helvétiques, cette face constitue le premier rempart des Alpes faces aux perturbations atlantiques. Elles y sont donc particulièrement redoutables. De plus, la paroi, concave, retient les nuages plus que les autres sommets.
La paroi est calcaire, raide dans sa partie supérieure. Le cheminement n'est jamais évident,, avec de nombreuses traversées qui rallongent une ascension déjà trés longue. La face fait 1650 m. de haut ! Ces traverseés furent fatales à beaucoup de cordées. Enfin, vue du bas, la face paraît essentiellement rocheuse, alors que de vastes névés s'y accrochent. Ajouté à cela le verglas, et c'est bien plus qu'une course purement rocheuse. Là encore, les cordées en lice pour la première ascension vont l'apprendre à leur dépends.
Le MÖNCH (moine en allemand) constitue avec l’Eiger et la Jungfrau, ses plus proches voisins, le célèbre triptyque de l’Oberland bernois – cette barrière de glace et de roc formée par les trois montagnes est à coup sûr l’un des plus beaux paysages des Alpes ; nulle part ailleurs ne se dresse un tel alignement de sommets élevés aux environs immédiats des régions habitées (Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken). Le Mönch occupe la place centrale de ce formidable trio cher au peuple suisse ; il s’agit du quatrième sommet de l’Oberland en altitude.
The north face of Eiger is maybe, in mind of the climbers, the most terrible of the faces of the Alps. It is neither the most beautiful, nor the most elegant. It is undoubtedly the least welcoming! His complex history mixes climbing, ambition and politics. Furthermore, his easy visibility since the valley contributed to the strong craze which accompanied the first ascent. The tourists could indeed, thanks to a long view, follow directly the epic dramas the north face of which was the théatre in the 1930s.
Why was born this reputation if private individual of the Eigerwand? This summit atteind the same step 4000 metres of height!
Eiger is situated in Switzerland(Swiss), in Oberland Bernois. In front of the massif, in front of Helvetian trays, this face constitutes the first rampart of the Alps faces in the Atlantic disturbances. They are there thus particularly redoubtable. Furthermore, the wall, concave, retains clouds more than other summits.
The wall is calcareous, stiff in its top. The progress is never evident, with numerous crossings which extend an ascent already trés long. The face makes 1650 m. of top! This traverseés was fatal in many bundles. Finally, seen by the bottom, the face seems essentially rocky, while of vast névés hang on to it. Added to it the black ice, and it is much more than a purely rocky race. Even there, the bundles in the run for the first ascent are going to learn him, often in depend them
The MÖNCH (monk in German) constitutes with Eiger and Jungfrau, his most close neighbors, the famous triptych of Bernese Oberland - this barrier of ice(mirror,ice cream) and rock formed by three mountains is certainly one of the most beautiful landscapes of the Alps; nowhere else raises itself such an alignment of summits raised to the immediate neighborhood of the inhabited regions (Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken). Mönch occupies the central place of this tremendous trio expensive to the Swiss people; it is about the fourth summit of Oberland in height.
Alias: Thrill Kill
Name: Drayton Cunningham
Gender: Male
Alignment: Villain
Backstory: Life was fairly ordinary for Drayton growing up. All the way through to the end of middle school, Drayton had everything. Family, friends, hobbies, along with his girlfriend at the time, Audrey Gonzalez. Of course, all good things can't last in Cardinal City.. When they were driving to the airport to go on their summer vacation, a semi truck came barreling through the intersection at very high speeds, collided into their car. Drayton's girlfriend Audrey was killed, and his mother lost all feeling in her legs. This was the first step in pushing Drayton over the edge. Next was the home invasion which happened a few years later. When his parents wouldn't cooperate with the demands of the robbers, they shot and killed Drayton's mother. First his girlfriend, now his mother. It was all coincidence, until Drayton learned that it wasn't. Through overhearing a conversation between his father and someone on the phone, he learned his father had planned it all, to gain the insurance money so he could run away from Cardinal City, with the stranger on the phone. Turns out, it was the twin sister of Drayton's mother. Enraged, Drayton would plan out months of revenge, training his body to be in top physical condition. The culmination of his plan resulted in him murdering his father in cold blood. He didn't have the power to save his girlfriend or mother, but he had the power to get revenge on his father. Mentally, he snapped. On the run, with nowhere to go, he would turn to Thrill. He would steal shipments of Thrill, even running into Crepuscule a few times. Barely making it out alive, he risked his life even more by taking more Thrill than one human should take. His powers would be activated by the mixture of his DNA and Thrill. He learned that he could phase through walls. Deciding no one should have to go through what he has, he began his killing streak, specifically targeting cheating fathers. This would lead to Crepuscule taking interest in this Thrill Killer, as she would read headlines of his recent kills. She would reach out to him, asking him to join her enterprise. After being on the run so long, scavenging for scraps, he told her he would join on two conditions. One would be supply of Thrill whenever he needed, and the other would be a place to stay, with food and everything. She agreed, and he would join the organization she's part of, called Mayhem, by being a bodyguard of sorts, while also getting rid of threats to the organization. He's encountered the Judgement branch of Archon, which includes fellow Thrill user Edge.
Status: One of Mayhem's foot soldiers, like Buzzkill and Deathstalker. Currently at large.
I love how these two 16th century buildings were built in perfect alignment allowing one to reflect on their symmetry and harmony. The domes and arches in the background are of the MIr-i Arab Madrassah as they are seen from inside the courtyard of the Kalon Mosque. From this viewpoint, they appear to be one.
I so wanted to take this photo with no one in the way, but it was not to be.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan