View allAll Photos Tagged Alignment
Explored: August 14, 2021.
ROUTE 66 Hackberry General Store in Arizona
Hackberry General Store, located in the former mining town of Hackberry, Arizona, near Kingman, on the original alignment of Route 66, now known as Historic Route 66.
"Placating replies to curious eyes
Deepen no oceans, broaden no one’s sky.
With frontiers belittled, invention dies.
Life is shared mystery, let us ally.”~N. Parkison
Sunrise against the massive Ship's Prow at 12,000ft, Chasm Lake, Colorado.
Not nearly as exciting or as rare as the alignments at Salk Institute or Scripps Pier but way less stressful !
Amazing symmetry and balance as this flock of Canada geese sweep under the waning crescent moon in the morning sky.
Another shot from Nidarosdomen: 230 years in the making, this is the vaulted nave of magnificent Nidarosdomen (Nidaros Cathedral) in Trondheim, Norway - the northernmost gothic cathedral in the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidaros_Cathedral
HDR from several handheld shots, then adjusted for near perfect vertical alignment - hence the shot is not as sharp as I'd like.
In this pic of my 1:32 scale NS OCS locos I'm testing a new bridge to be installed on my railroad later this month. This is just a beta test of the alignment of the track and the new abutments.
An architectural snippet of the Zuidas. A place that is evolving into Amsterdam's prime location for international businesses and modern homes - Zuidas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The crescent moon rising after sunset at The Bungle Bungles (or more correctly, Purnululu National Park) was the perfect way to cap off a day of exploring the amazing rock formations that are found in this remote part of Australia.
I discovered by accident that over the past few days many of my contacts images have not been appearing in my feed, so apologies to those of you I've missed. I'm trying to back track as I can.
Alias: Dead-Eye
Name: ??
Gender: ??
Alignment: Villain
Group Affiliation: Leader of The Dead-Eyes
Powers: Persistence (Their bullets/projectiles will follow the target continuously and will not stop until the target has been hit.)
Backstory: Not much is known about Dead-Eye's history. Just that they formed the gang after the alien invasion, re purposing alien technology to suit their needs. The group is known for their impeccable accuracy, which is thanks to their leader's ability, simply called persistence. This has led to the gangs rising notoriety, with rival gangs shuddering at the thought of coming across them. The only gang to stand up to The Dead-Eyes are the Jackals. Many corporations, including Chymera, have offered The Dead-Eyes work as their enforcers in this corporate turf war, but this group has yet to accept any of them.
"For beautiful eyes,
look for the good in others;
for beautiful lips,
speak only words of kindness;
and for poise,
walk with the knowledge
that you are never alone. "
~Audrey Hepburn~
It's Sliders Sunday!
... and what could be more fun that playing with a pic from my daughter, modeling her mask which I sent off earlier this week to thank her for some hard to find items she had shipped to me via the internet!
She actually would LOVE to be a professional personal shopper, which is something she didn't get from me! So I'm thrilled this is a win win for both of us!
Cool Springs, Arizona.
Route 66 (Alignment 1926-1952) - Oatman Rd - Co Hwy 10.
Cool Springs Camp & Station (1926).
It was originally a Mobilgas Station with cafe and eight tourist cabins. A conflagration has completely destroyed the station in 1966. Partially rebuilt and featured in the 1991 film Universal Soldier, the station is then returned in a condition to ruins during the filming. Cool Springs Camp & Station is fully restored since 2004. (4)
C'était à l'origine une station Mobilgas avec café et huit cabines pour touristes. Un incendie a complètement détruit la station en 1966. Partiellement reconstruite et présentée dans le film de 1991, Universal Soldier, la station est ensuite retournée à l'état de ruines pendant le tournage. Cool Springs Camp & Station est entièrement restaurée depuis 2004. (4)
This shot focuses on a quiet, fleeting intersection of two butterflies on a bloom.
In monochrome, the intricate, patterned details of their wings become graphic elements, standing out sharply against the deep, dark background.
It reminds me that even in a world obsessed with structural noise and industrial decay, there exists this fragile, rhythmic elegance that moves at a completely different speed.
The night sky provides fascinating patterns and colours. The lighthouse at Grosnez, Jersey is situated in the foreground.
Some water drop photography. This shot was quite unusual, all in a row but the bottom drop was a strange shape!
Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Wandering off the trail, I found this alignment of trees, branches, and light.
Another lovely "summer" day in Spring!
Having got excited with my discovery of sunspots revealing themselves when the sun is on the murky horizon in my previous photo in this gallery, I went for a similar shot for this alignment on the Shard.
Notice there is one large sunspot with a surrounding penumbra in the top left of the sun. There's 3-4 smaller one opposite corner too.
Sunspots are cooler regions of the sun's photosphere by a thousand degrees so that temperature difference gives the sunspot a dark appearance.
ONE SHOT - No Stacking
Capture Details:
Meike MK-EFTM-C Drop-in filter with ND2-400 variable filter
Telescope: Skywatcher Equinox 80 Apochromatic
mount: Benro GD3WH Geared Head
mount: Celestron Nexstar 8SE
Camera: Canon M50
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4000 sec
f6.3
f/l: 504mm
Post: Affinity Develop mode only, Only very fine global adjustments as the colour is the natural effect of using the ND variable filter.
Almost perfect alignment and symmetry. There are about 25 of those up-squirts in the fountain.
Civic Center, Santa Clara, California.
Obviously Paddy realsies that he should be going with the 'flow' of the strata. Behind looking back at the ridgeline we'd just traversed
The 2023 firefall season seems to have been very brief. I snowshoed to Sentinel Dome on Friday, February 17, and it was cloudy that night and the following one. Before then, it was too early for an optimal alignment. I shot this on Sunday, Feb 19. On Monday, a huge storm blew in, ending the opportunities to photograph the firefall.
While thousands of people gathered on the floor of Yosemite Valley, only a few watched from the rim. 11 miles of snow travel from the nearest plowed road keeps out the crowds.
Three of my favorite shots from the planetary alignment on February 20, 2015. Pigeon Point Lighthouse is in the foreground. The advancing fog bank caused the composition to change, with the planets and moon ducking in and out of sight. Finally, it swallowed them all.
Sony A7S, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm, f/2.8, 1 second, ISO12,800
Full story on a previous single image
Parfois, les travaux et autres aménagements de boutiques tombent à pic.
Comme par exemple en stockant des palettes emballées auprès d'un alignement de vitrines bleues.
Et rien de mieux qu'un personnage dans les tons pour finir le truc...
La chance sourit aux persistants !
Photographing in a former prison - De Koepel (the Dome) in Haarlem, the Netherlands. I was particularly interested in the way people were moving within the lines of the recreation / sports area, looking down from a high point.
This the view of the Moss Farm Road Cairn Machrie Moor Standing Stones. The Cairn is positioned on the last rise above Machrie Moor and as such it is a good vantage point to survey the Sea and the Standing Stones on the Moor. The Sea is not visible from the Megalithic Complex on the Moor those Stone Alignments are set in a natural basin. The tallest stones on the Isle of Arran sit in dip. The position of this Cairn could be as a beacon to extend the reach of the actions from the several Stone and Wooden Circles on the Moor. The Mountains on the Mainland are visible to the West from the Moor and more so from the Cairn. This point as a fire site could easily make seen the light and energy on Earth being linked to the Fires in Sky that rise and set in significant places over the landscape both back then and still to this day. A way of recognising and celebrating the wonders of nature and the seasonal cycles is possibly the force that raised the stones of which some have fallen and some have been re-erected and others repurposed and some destroyed and further still others have gracefully and thankfully stood the test of time. These Stone Circles and Tombs are the largest monuments that we have from their builders as their living sites are often much harder to see today, if they have not been built over.
This view to the West is ceremonially the scene where the Sun sets and where the light and heat disappear out the day and out the year. The Sun is hottest in the South and begins the visible journey of the day and the year in the East with Sun rise and the new beginning whilst Winter is seen in the colder times of the Northern directions that receive less Sun. It is possible to flip these attributions and to walk from the West to greet the Morning Sun making the West the area that receives the new day and so forth exchanging the attributes of the directions. The West can be the site of the setting Sun and also envisaged as the place lit by the morning Sun and both attitudes can be taken at each direction to celebrate the light and heat around us. The Western horizon here includes Goat Fell the highest point on Arran, the view also includes the sea and the mainland. However our ancestors thought of time and space, of the yearly cycle with notions of creation and continuance and all of their complex structures of knowing within their ideas that they held dear they sited their largest and most lasting structures at topographically significant points in a more open landscape that even with our expansive structures still speaks to us of the times of day, the passage of light and heat through each day and through the year giving us the significant points of displays in the skies that also further include with a quick look to Venus have a celestial clock ready to wondrously accurately time their commemorations, make their celebrations and enjoy their fulfilment of life with the Earth upon which the Stars looked down on with a seeming Stellar Beneficence.
Please do not get me started on supposing notions of the Stars being below us in the regions where the Sun sets and the Moon visits such that we stand up once we have answered the call of the campfire lights that we see in the night sky and in answering descended to join them on their travails and travels. You can envision all of the attitudes that occur to you as occurring to them. They had an intricate connection to feast and famine. They had times of terror and of safe contemplation. They wondered after concepts and answers that we still envision. Our modern world is vastly different and for many contemporary people they have answers to our human questions and they have ways of life outside of needing to participate in the hunt and the harvest. Yet such drives still exist in modern forms and many people believe that we have nothing to learn from our distant ancient ancestors. We are still making discoveries about their lives and we will never know their thoughts, but time thinking of their world is not wasted.
This Ring Cairn does get named as a Stone Circle, maybe it was one before a burial kist was set within the Circle? The monument sits on a the last horizon before the sea from Machrie Moor where there is a megalithic complex of prehistoric sites that appear to be wonderfully flowering burgeoning blooming blossoming out of the land reaching up into the sky. From this rise there is a trail upon the Earth that reaches down and into the hollow of the moor and lifts your perspective upon along tall stones that guides us deeper and further from our footsteps below to ever calling always waiting vistas of the skies.
© PHH Sykes 2026
phhsykes@gmail.com
New ancient circle discovered underground at Machrie Moor
Press release 30 June 2026
www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/news/new-ancient-ci...
Fascinating new find on Arran's historic Machrie Moor
30th June
www.ardrossanherald.com/news/26240050.fascinating-new-fin...
Machrie Moor Standing Stones
Near Blackwaterfoot, Arran
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit/all/machrie-moor-stand...
History and stories, Machrie Moor Standing Stones
Near Blackwaterfoot, Arran
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit/all/machrie-moor-stand...
Machrie Moor
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/161/machrie-moor
Machrie Moor
www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/2/161/17743/194651
Site Name: Machrie Moor 1.
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=439
Site Name: Machrie Moor 10 Alternative Name: Moss Farm Road, Machrie X
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1111
Machrie Moor the urban prehistorian
theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/tag/machrie-moor/
Arran, Machrie Moor, Trove Scotland
National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) ID: 39699
Over 200 digital images
Arran, Machrie Moor 2, Trove Scotland
www.trove.scot/place/39702?tab=images
Fingal’s Cauldron Seat, Machrie Moor, Kilmory, Arran
www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2014/07/13/fingals-cauldro...
Machrie Moor Stone Circles
I usually try to line up the moon and Wisconsin's capitol from across Lake Mendota or Monona but a few weeks ago I decided to change it up a bit. I walked to the top of a parking garage near State St and hoped that my calculations for alignment would pan out. They did and I couldn't be happier. The hardest part was finding a proper exposure to balance out the light of the rapidly brightening moon and the dome of the capitol. I've found that the best time to shoot is just after sunset when there is still an ambient glow from the setting sun, helping to balance the two subjects.