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appears this very plane may be the one that burned today whilst taxying out to RWY 28 at Ft Lauderdale... plane was destined for Caracas...built in 1986, this plane was operated by Dynamic International, headquartered in Greensboro,N.Carolina...the link below explains the incident... no fatalities..few injuries amongst the 160 aboard...
The post marks the place where Saint Michael The Archangel appeared to Fishermen In St.Michael’s Mount, Cornwall. First came Saint Michael in the 5th Century and then came the name due to the apparition.
This Cortina appears to have had only one owner from new!
Car: Ford Cortina DeLuxe.
Year of manufacture: 1965.
Date of first registration in the UK: 5th March 1965.
Place of registration: Pembrokeshire.
Date of last MOT: 11th August 2016.
Mileage at last MOT: 53,620.
Date of last change of keeper: Not applicable.
Number of previous keepers: 0.
Date taken: 13th February 2023.
Album: Carspotting 2023
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It was a -3 degree cold morning. In the park, Robin always appears suddenly, sometimes on the ground, sometimes on the walls and tree branches, standing and showing himself.
That's why it's hard not to press the shutter button when I see my favourite only 16 - 22g little bird.
I hope you enjoy the photographs as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Britain’s favourite bird 'European Robin' redbreast - Yes, the robin is, without doubt, one of our favourite garden birds. Robins are good at coping with cold and snow, but far northern Europe can still be a bit too much in winter. A robin's lifespan is just 13 months on average due to high mortality among robins in their first year. Once they've passed that barrier, they stand a much better chance of surviving for quite a while the record currently stands at 13-19 years. Robins are very territorial birds and will viciously attack other robins that on their patch. A dispute starts with males singing at each other, trying to get a higher perch in order to show off their breast most effectively. This usually ends the challenge, with one individual deferring to the other.
Why does a robin puff up?
On cool spring mornings and chilly days, robins puff out their feathers – called rousing – to stay warm. It fluffs air into the bird's down feathers, giving some insulation to help the robin maintain its body temperature.
Do robins puff themselves up?
Male robins will always attack any intruder into their space, occasionally – though fortunately not often – fighting to the death. Both sexes of robins have red breasts and both puff out their chests as a sign of aggression.
Here are some fun facts about Robins, the nations favourite garden bird.
Robins are very territorial and you'll usually only see 2 together when they're mating.
In fact, they're so territorial that they often fight to the death defending their area.
They are very loyal to their food sources. The Robin you see in your garden is most likely the same one each time.
Young Robins do not have red breasts. They are brown and lightly speckled, only growing their red feathers after their first moult.
Its nearly impossible to tell apart the male and female Robin by sight.
They are ground feeding, insectivorous birds; mostly feeding on worms and insects found in freshly turned soil (as well as fruit).
Females often eat the shells of their hatched young for an extra boost of calcium.
Robins (both male and female) have such driven parental instincts that they have been found to feed the chicks of other species.
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Cairns appear as alien relics on the barren landscape at the summit of Mount Washington, in the Mount Washington State Park in New Hampshire. These act as trail markers above the tree line. They are placed close together so that it's possible to find the next one along the trail in the often-dense clouds or snow that cover the summit. These examples mark the path of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail just as it approaches the summit of the mountain near Yankee House and radio towers from the west.
This is one of two adult Night Herons that appeared on the banks of the River Calder near Ossett in West Yorkshire a couple of days ago. Night Herons usually only become active at night and spend the day sleeping in trees, so I was surprised to see both birds actively catching Sticklebacks in the midday sunshine today. They are a rarish bird in Britain but with a peak of records in April-May and October-November. But records are tainted by escapes from captivity as a feral population of the American race hoactli originated from Edinburgh Zoo and bred in the area from 1951 to 2004. Similarly records in East Anglia are often suspected of escaping from Great Witchingham in Norfolk. Truly wild birds have not been proved to have bred in Britain but the colonisation of other heron species (Little, Cattle and Great White Egrets, Little Bittern) makes it likely that they will breed soon.
Sometimes reality appears in a confused way: you stand looking and trying to understand.
Perhaps you had all clearly in front of you from the beginning, but you were too busy to look at details so you didn't notice the real big answer.
Sometimes you find the key to understand.
Sometimes is better not to understand.
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A volte la realtà sembra confusa: resti a guardare e a cercare di capire.
Forse era tutto chiaro di fronte a te dall'inizio, ma eri troppo occupato a guardare i dettagli e non hai visto la vera grande risposta.
A volte trovi la risposta.
A volte è meglio non trovarla.
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They appear to be the strings department of an orchestra . . . Every afternoon at 3:30pm there is a show of feeding the pelicans at The Entrance, NSW. About 50 strong pelicans gather at the feeding point every afternoon. Thanks to the volunteers and patrons who make this event successful and ongoing. The Entrance is about 100 km north east of Sydney.
This image is included in a gallery entitled "Funny Birds" curated by erwan 2949.
These last two shots really had to be in monochrome. I did think about reducing the saturation levels so the barest colour appeared, but in the end I went for classic black and white. I wonder sometimes if some people today struggle with understanding what black and white photography is about. We live in a world of instant simulation, and it takes imagination and effort to "read" a black and white.
Ansel Adams once likened working in colour to be like playing an out of tune piano (Adams was a concert pianist before turning to photography).
'"I can get—for me—a far greater sense of ‘color' through a well-planned and executed black-and-white image than I have ever achieved with color photography," he wrote in 1967. For Adams, who could translate sunlight's blinding spectrum into binary code perhaps more acutely than anyone before or since, there was an "infinite scale of values" in monochrome. Color was mere reality, the lumpy world given for everyone to look at, before artists began the difficult and honorable job of trying to perfect it in shades of gray.' www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ansel-adams-in-color-...
I like that description. Mind you I recently purchased "Ansel Adams in Color" (Little, Brown and Company, 1993), and although there's not a lot of his colour slides left (most have deteriorated with time), what is in this collection is a real treasure.
Another early start before the sun appeared over the horizon. All of my sunrises were taken from the same location so I apologise if the background appears to be familiar. After I had been there for a half hour or so the area around me started to come alive with people starting the day off jogging along the sea front; I don’t understand people who jog? Then this gentleman wandered into my line of sight walking along the water’s edge; a man after my own heart and stature I might add. So I waited until he appeared in the sun’s reflection on the water, took the shot, and here is the result.
Caleta de Fuste Marina, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
This is among the first of the wildflowers to appear in the part of the world I live in, usually right behind the Siberian Squill. It grows on the forest floor, and its life plan depends on maturing before the leaves develop the forest canopy, shading out the floor.
What it gets called depends on where you live. I was always told it was a Trout Lily, so named for the brown mottling on its green leaves, said to resemble a trout. This name has the advantage of being more scientifically accurate, because it is indeed a member of the Lily family. But other parts of the country will call it Adder’s Tongue, after the shape of the petals when they come out of the ground, or Dogtooth Violet, a name it gets because of the corms in its root system.
The flower is said to be ‘nodding’, a reference to the bend in the stem at the base of the flower that causes the flower to point downwards. The French name, like the scientific name it mirrors, includes the Greek root ‘erythros’, meaning red, which refers to the rusty anthers that are my focal point.
Patches of leaves can be found in the woods, but they are often immature plants. Single leaves will show up for up to seven years before a second leaf joins it and the plant flowers. Some patches are thought to be as old as the forest, up to hundreds of years old. They reproduce both via the seeds that follow the flower, which ants help germinate by eating an outer layer, and via its root systems, making the plant rhizomatic.
My attempts to learn how to secure images of flowers continue.
This fungi grows to become the largest organism on Earth. Most is underground. It is a parasite ond kills its host. The tree where I found these fruits was dead. Most trees in the area are not dead or dying and are seemingly unaffected. It appears to be selective.
Manor Estate Stafford UK 11th October 2020
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Ghost screen appearing during a SL deconnexion. Only the left part (numbers rain) is edited.
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Frogspawn appeared in my small garden pond this morning. About a week earlier than the previous earliest appearance in the last 10 years. A male frog was encased in solid ice in the recent sub-zero temperatures and did not survive so I was not optimistic of seeing any spawn this Spring.
This would have been so much better half an hour earlier. But I was otherwise engaged with my daily cappuccino so there
Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128, is a peculiar lenticular galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, which appears to be an elliptical galaxy with a huge superimposed dust lane. It is one of the closest radio galaxies, and its active galactic nucleus has been extensively studied.
Discovery and Identity
NGC 5128 was discovered by James Dunlop on August 4, 1826. John Herschel was next to see it, from South Africa in 1834; he cataloged it as h 3501, which became GC 3525 in his General Catalogue of 1864, and NGC 5128 in J. L. E. Dreyer's New General Catalog. Herschel was first to note this galaxy's peculiarity, in 1847.
Halton Arp included NGC 5128 in his 1966 Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as one of the best examples of a "disturbed" galaxy with dust absorption.
Amateur Observation
Centaurus A appears approximately 4° north of the naked-eye globular cluster Omega Centauri. At magnitude 7.0, this galaxy is the fifth brightest in the sky, making it ideal for observation, although it is only visible from the southern hemisphere and low northern latitudes. Centaurus A has been spotted with the naked eye by expert observers under very good conditions. The bright central bulge and dark dust lane are visible in finderscopes and large binoculars, and additional structure may be seen in larger telescopes.
NGC 5128 is a "lenticular" galaxy, of intermediate type between elliptical and disk (spiral) galaxies. Its main body has all characteristics of a large elliptical, but a pronounced dust belt is superimposed over the center, forming a disk plane around this galaxy.
The only supernova discovered in Centaurus A so far is SN 1986G, a Type Ia event that reached mag 12.5 in May, 1986.
Properties and Evolution
Centaurus A is located about 11 million light-years away, at the center of one of two subgroups within the Centaurus A/M83 Group. Messier 83 (the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy) is at the center of the other subgroup. These two groups are sometimes identified as one, since the galaxies around Centaurus A and the galaxies around M 83 are physically close to each other, and both subgroups appear to be stationary relative to each other. The Centaurus A/M83 Group is part of the Virgo Supercluster.
NGC 5128's strange morphology is the result of a merger between two smaller galaxies. The bulge of Centaurus A is comprised mainly of evolved red stars. Its dusty disk, however, has been the site of more recent star formation; over 100 star formation regions have been identified in the disk. As observed in other such "starburst" galaxies, a collision is responsible for the intense star formation. Scientists using the Spitzer Space Telescope have confirmed that Centaurus A is an elliptical galaxy going through a collision, devouring a spiral.
In the radio part of the spectrum, Centaurus A exhibits two vast regions of radio emission, running along the polar axis of NGC 5128's disk and extending hundreds of light years in both directions. A relativistic jet from what is believed to be a supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy is responsible for emissions in the X-ray and radio wavelengths. Radio observations of the jet indicate that the inner parts of the jet are moving at about 1/2 the speed of light. X-rays are produced farther out, as the jet collides with surrounding gases, creating highly energetic particles.
Source: skysafari
RA: 13h 25m 27;8s
DEC: -43° 01’ 04"
Size: 28.9 x 28.9 arcmin
Orientation: Up is 0.397 degrees E of N
Location: Centaurus
Distance: 10-16 Mly
Magnitude: 6.8
Acquisition April 2021
Total acquisition time of 2.5 hours.
Technical Details
Data acquisition: Telescope.Live
Processing: Nicolas ROLLAND
Location: El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado, Chile
L 6 x 600 sec
R 3 x 600 sec
G 3 x 600 sec
B 3 x 600 sec
Optics: Planewave 24“ CDK @ F6.8
Mount: Paramount ME
CCD: FLI PL 9000
Pre Processing: CCDstack, Pixinsight & Excalibrator
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
Appears to be about 4 years old.
Bombay Hook Delaware.
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This seal appears on the cover of the US Patent Publications, often referred to as the "ribbon copy" once issued by the USPTO. While the embossed seal is still used, the red ribbon is no longer on the patent publication received by the patent owner/assignee.
Image stack (35 images) Shot with single off camera strobe (Godox AD200pro/Godox XPProII L tirigger), bare bulb, bounced off a 32 inch white umbrella, mounted on overhead boom, angled at 30 degrees.
Macro Mondays - theme embossed
size of seal - 51.5 mm
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SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST - ALONE!
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)
16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus took the death WE so richly deserved for us and died in our place. The good news is, there's no more punishment for sin left. WE, you and I were all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
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This dragonfly appears to be missing half of a wing which may explain why he was reluctant to fly away. It was also very breezy which may be another reason he chose to remain stationary for a long period of time. It's very likely that the dragonfly had a close encounter with a bird that got part of his wing but didn't manage to catch him.
After a few days on the road with an unstoppable rain, we finally arrived to Alesund, where a huge sunset appeared behind the clouds that filled sky.
This incident appeared to involve a slow moving train of empty ore cars being pulled off Dock 6 and resulted in a delicate re-railing effort as the cars were over Interstate 35.
Appears out of the fog with 4O90 Leeds -Southampton Liner. Nothing but fresh air behind it. Elford. 4th December 2024
12:19 AM, seems to be a rush hour as the Navajo stream back home from visiting friends. One right after another, they came and went. The park closes at dark and is accessible only to the Navajo residents after that closing.
From my new set, "21 hours of light at Monument Valley".
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Some frogspawn appeared in the pond a couple of days ago. Excited and concerned that it should survive, I positioned some boards over it to protect from frost. I knew that male frogs were likely to be keeping guard over their potential offspring so later I crept up to the pond, slowly lowered my camera to get a shot under the board, and clicked blind. Once I got it up on the screen, I was delighted to discover that indeed our frog was in attendance of his multi brood. I loved his camouflage and steadfast devotion.
We climbed the observation tower in the southern enclosure to have lunch. Every five minutes, a flock of popokotea would appear in the treetops and then move on.
Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain
Appeared to be in use as a handyman car of sorts, although it was impressively clean for that!
A not too shabby 205k recorded at last MOT test.
This photo appeared in this week's North Hawaii News, which was published this morning.
This was the first assignment where I was both the story writer and photographer. The article I wrote is found below this photo's byline, seen here:
BILL ADAMS | NORTH HAWAII NEWS
2008 Grammy Award nominee Donald Kauli'a, left, prepares to begin a slack key guitar lesson for five students from Cornell University's Earth and Environmental Systems (EES) Field Program.
The students pictured are, from front-row-top, Kourtney Reynolds, a senior from San Diego, California, Hannah Kubica, a junior from Little Falls, New York, Keisuke Irie, a senior from Bergen County, New Jersey, Matt Connelly, a sophomore from Syracuse, New York, and Tyler Huth, a sophomore from Boston, Massachusetts. In the rear is EES Field Program Director and Professor, Dr. Alexandra Moore.
The session was held at the Waimea Music Exchange store in the Parker Ranch Center this past Saturday.
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Studies In The Art Of The Slack Key
by Bill Adams
The Waimea Music Exchange store at Parker Center was filled with the beautiful sounds of Hawaiian music this past Saturday morning as a group of students from Cornell University participated in a slack key guitar lesson taught by the Big Island's own Don Kauli'a, whose album "Sweet Wahine" was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award.
The students are enrolled in Cornell's Earth and Environmental Systems (EES) Field Program. A 5-month course which spans the entire spring semester, students engage in field, class and laboratory studies focused on the various ecosystems of our Hawaiian island chain and of Hawaii's history and culture.
Led by Professor Dr. Alexandra Moore, the EES Field Program is based out of Waimea and hosted by the Hawaii Preparatory Academy. The students' living quarters is the 8-bedroom Waiaka House near the main campus of HPA.
Dr. Moore explained, "The students are immersed in studies geared towards "Kumu Pa'a I Ka 'Aina, which translates to 'Knowledge and understanding that comes from the land.'"
The stated mission of the EES Field Program is "To inspire stewardship of the Earth through first-hand experience with the power, and fragility, of Earth's interconnected systems."
Upon completion of the EES Field Program, students will achieve 18 credit hours from courses such as; Field Study of the Earth System, Biogeochemistry of the Hawaiian Islands, Field Study of Marine Ecosystems, Internship Experience, and an Introduction to Hawaiian History and Culture, which included Saturday's slack key guitar lesson.
The Program stresses the importance of respecting the Hawaiian ancestral lands and to give something back to the community by engaging in a variety of service learning (in class) projects and local volunteer opportunities. Students are also encouraged to explore ways in which they can contribute to the well-being of their adopted community.
Before Saturday's lesson began, the students were able to briefly meet and chat with another famous Big Island slack key guitar master, Sonny Lim, a 2007 Grammy Award winner for his work on the album, "Slack Key Guitar Volume 2".
Participating in Saturday's guitar lessons were a diverse group of five Cornell University students; Hannah Kubica, a junior from Little Falls, New York, Keisuke Irie, a senior from Bergen County, New Jersey, Matt Connelly, a sophomore from Syracuse, New York, Kourtney Reynolds, a senior from San Diego, California and Tyler Huth, a sophomore from Boston, Massachusetts.
More information about Cornell University's EES Field Program can be found on the Internet at www.geo.cornell.edu/hawaii.
This black-and-white image depicts an elegant woman seen from behind, standing on a train station platform.
She is wearing a long dress and holding a handbag.
Her hair and dress appear to be swept by the air displacement caused by a high-speed train passing on the left, visible as blurred lines that emphasize its rapid motion.
The background highlights the metallic and geometric structure of the station, with intense light at the end of the platform, creating a dramatic and dynamic atmosphere.
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Well, it appears that the wait is over as Christophe Ruelle, the President and CEO of Ipernity SA, has finally accepted the IMA proposals as detailed in a brief update by William Sutherland.
The next few days should see further announcements being made on both sides once they have finalised the logistics of the transfer.
Got to be honest I'd almost given up hope that a deal could be struck and even today there's still a little voice inside my head saying "I'll believe it when it happens", but this isn't really a day to be negative ... it's a day to celberate and to try and be as optimistic as we can be about the future.
It's also a day to say a big thank you to those involved within the 'inner circle' of the IMA, and not just William although I suspect his input has been the most significant, for all they've done to get us to this stage.
Thanks also to Christophe who it appears has finally showed us all that he does indeed still care about the platform his team created all those years ago and the community that now call it home.
Analogue / Film / Medium Format: Ensign Selfix 820 (folding camera with native 6x6 e 6x9 masks) + Ross Xpres 105mm f/3.8 + 8 speed Epsilon shutter + Fomapan 400 (pushed 2 stop)
This scene appeared absolutely uninteresting to me in the summer when all the plants were covered in green leaves. But as often when most of them has fallen, much more structure and character is unveiled. Love the shots with thousands of sticks, as it remembers me to pencil strokes. And for sure, the red color complements wonderfully the white snow.
December 2022 | Niefern
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The man who appears soldering in this image is a Syrian discus champion !!! He dreamed of the Rio Olympics and had the level to go to ... Instead he ended up in a Refugee camp in Northern Greece, with no rights or freedom ... The continuous solidarity of the people who have flocked to these refugee camps have made possible some small miracles. One of them was building a gym for all ... Qusai started soldering an iron, then another, then another ... And he got it.
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The sun appears briefly across the limestone of Feizor. A place with history and atmosphere. It's a wonder this shot happened at all, really. Firstly, getting up for sunrise is still an effort..... The wind was fierce and it had, moments before,blown my camera over,smashed the lens hood and unknown to me, had knocked the camera onto manual focus. So it was luck that this appears to be in focus. A difficult exposure, and the tree was blowing so wildly that it appears to be moving, even in a still! Thanks for the new location Steve!
This ice appearers an old wood, in the wood need to be a special fungi that makes lots of small fissures by living from the wood . If temperatures fall slightly under 0° and humidity is high water out of the fissures makes crystals on the surface, the fungi produces gas by digesting the wood, that more water comes out the fissures and push the existing crystals forward and forward and make this fine structure
Explore: Aug 28, 2009 #11
And His glory appears
Like the light from the sun
Age to age He shine
Oh, look to the skies
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Dilmun is associated with ancient sites on the islands of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, the Cradle of Civilization.
Dilmun (sometimes transliterated Telmun) is associated with ancient sites on the islands of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. Because of its location along the sea trade routes linking Mesopotamia with the Indus Valley Civilization, Dilmun developed in the Bronze Age, from ca. 3000 BC, into one of the greatest entrepots of trade of the ancient world.
There is both literary and archaeological evidence for the trade between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley (probably correctly identified with the land called Meluhha in Akkadian). Impressions of clay seals from the Indus Valley city of Harappa were evidently used to seal bundles of merchandise, as clay seal impressions with cord or sack marks on the reverse side testify.
A number of these Indus Valley seals have turned up at Ur and other Mesopotamian sites. "Persian Gulf" types of circular stamped rather than rolled seals, known from Dilmun, that appear at Lothal in Gujarat, India, and Faylahkah, as well as in Mesopotamia, are convincing corroboration of the long-distance sea trade. What the commerce consisted of is less sure: timber and precious woods, ivory, lapis lazuli, gold, and luxury goods such as carnelian and glazed stone beads, pearls from the Persian Gulf, shell and bone inlays, were among the goods sent to Mesopotamia in exchange for silver, tin, woolen textiles, olive oil and grains. Copper ingots, certainly, bitumen, which occurred naturally in Mesopotamia, may have been exchanged for cotton textiles and domestic fowl, major products of the Indus region that are not native to Mesopotamia - all these have been instanced.
Mesopotamian trade documents, lists of goods, and official inscriptions mentioning Meluhha supplement Harappan seals and archaeological finds. Literary references to Meluhhan trade date from the Akkadian, the Third Dynasty of Ur, and Isin - Larsa Periods (ca. 2350 - 1800 BC), but the trade probably started in the Early Dynastic Period (ca. 2600 BC). Some Meluhhan vessels may have sailed directly to Mesopotamian ports, but by the Isin - Larsa Period, Dilmun monopolized the trade. By the subsequent Old Babylonian period, trade between the two cultures evidently had ceased entirely.
The Bahrain National Museum assesses that its "Golden Age" lasted ca. 2200 - 1600 BC. Its decline dates from the time the Indus Valley civilization suddenly and mysteriously collapsed, in the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. This would of course have stripped Dilmun of its importance as a trading center between Mesopotamia and India. The decay of the great sea trade with the east may have affected the power shift northwards observed in Mesopotamia itself.
Evidence about Neolithic human cultures in Dilmun comes from flint tools and weapons. From later periods, cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, pottery and even correspondence between rulers throw light on Dilmun. Written records mentioning the archipelago exist in Sumerian, Akkadian, Persian, Greek, and Latin sources.
Dilmun, sometimes described as "the place where the sun rises" and "the Land of the Living" is the scene of a Sumerian creation myth and the place where the deified Sumerian hero of the flood, Ziusudra (Utnapishtim), was taken by the gods to live for ever.
There is mention of Dilmun as a vassal of Assyria in the 8th century BC and by about 600 BC, it had been fully incorporated into the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Dilmun then falls into deep eclipse marked by the decline of the copper trade, so long controlled by Dilmun, and the switch to a less important role in the new trade of frankincense and spices. The discovery of an impressive palace at the Ras al Qalah site in Bahrain is promising to increase knowledge of this late period.
Otherwise, there is virtually no information until the passage of Nearchus, the admiral in charge of Alexander the Great's fleet on the return from the Indus Valley. Nearchus kept to the Iranian coast of the Gulf, however, and cannot have stopped at Dilmun. Nearchus established a colony on the island of Falaika off the coast of Kuwait in the late 4th century BC, and explored the Gulf perhaps least as far south as Dilmun/Bahrain.
From the time of Nearchus until the coming of Islam in the 7th century AD Dilmun/Bahrain was known by its Greek name of Tylos. The political history for this period is little known, but Tylos was at one point part of the Seleucid Empire, and of Characene and perhaps part of the Parthian Empire. Shapur II annexed it, together with eastern Arabia, into the Persian Sassanian empire in the 4th century.
Unlike Egyptian and Mesopotamian tablets and cylinders, the Dilmun legacy has been discovered on circular seals. The primitive forms of images carved on the seal indicate they were used as charms or talisman. Carved on wood, soapstone shells or metal, these images clearly define a complex society. Temples in the center of the agrarian village, towns, city-states, religious, and economic cultural life. All facets of the emergence of an evolutionary society are reflected in the inscriptions about the seals.
Impressions found on pottery and property is a probable usage of the seals. Burying them with the dead was probably to avoid misuse. Tiny fragments found impressed, suggest identifying property. Clearly there was an intrinsic value; each seal tells a story, has an identity.
Seals depict Enki, God of wisdom and sweet water. Gilgamesh as a massive and heroic figure, the 'Bull of heaven' hat. Ladies of the mountains 'Inanas' servants wearing her triangle signs depicting space for her power. 'Nana' is the moon god who was also named 'sin'. Symbol was the bull of heaven head. Inana, goddess of immortality.
From the dreams of Gilgamesh, to the philosophy of life. Seals depicting a harmonious life with nature and god are painted here in the colors and form I hope you enjoy. The colors naturally excite and stimulate, often sexually. Indisputably the ancient myths of immortality and resurrection influenced Dilmun beliefs and are abundantly supported in the seal designs, represented by gods of the sun and moon.
The Mesopotamian texts described Tilmun as situated at the 'mouth' of two bodies of water. The Sinai peninsula, shaped as an inverted triangle indeed begins where the Red Sea separates into two arms - the gulf of Suez on the west, and the Gulf of Elat (Gulf of Aqaba) on the east.
The texts spoke of mountainous Tilmun. The Sinai peninsula is indeed made up of a high mountainous southern part, a mountainous central plateau, and a northern plain (surrounded by mountains), which levels off via sandy hills to the Mediterranean coastline. Sargon of Akkad claimed that he reached as 'washed his weapons' in the Mediterranean; 'the sea lands' - the lands along the Mediterranean coast - 'three times I encircled; Tilmun my hand captured'. Sargon II, king of Assyria in the eighth century BC, asserted that he had conquered the area stretching 'from Bit-Yahkin on the shore of the salt Sea as far as the border of Tilmun'. The name 'Salt Sea' has survived to this day as a Hebrew name for the Dead Sea - another confirmation that Tilmun lay in proximity to the Dead Sea.
The cradle of civilization is sometimes referenced by the name Dilmun, or Tilmun. Here, it was said, the god Ea and his wife were placed to institute 'a sinless age of complete happiness'.
Here too animals lived in peace and harmony, man had no rival and the god Enlil `in one tongue gave praise'. It is also described as a pure, clean and `bright' `abode of the immortals' where death, disease and sorrow are unknown and some mortals have been given `life like a god', words reminiscent of the Airyana Vaejah, the realm of the immortals in Iranian myth and legend, and the Eden of Hebraic tradition
Although Dilmun is equated by most scholars with the island of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, there is evidence to suggest that a much earlier mythical Dilmun was located in a mountainous region beyond the plains of Sumer.
But where exactly was it located Mesopotamian inscriptions do not say; however, the Zoroastrian Bundahishn text and the Christian records of Arbela in Iraqi Kurdistan both refer to a location named Dilamƒn as having existed around the head waters of the Tigris, south-west of Lake Van - the very area in which the biblical Eden is said to have been located.
Furthermore, Ea (the Akkadian Enki) was said to have presided over the concourse of Mesopotamia's two greatest rivers - the Tigris and Euphrates - which are shown in depictions as flowing from each of his shoulders.
This would have undoubtedly have meant that the head-waters, or sources, of these rivers would have been looked upon as sacred to Ea by the cultures of Mesopotamia's Fertile Crescent.
- Zecharia Sitchin The Stairway to Heaven
Dilmun was allegedly a magical land, the birthplace of the gods and the place where the arts of civilization where said first to have been transmitted to men. It was the subject of many legends told by the Sumerians, the people of southern Iraq; it was famed as a land where death and disease were unknown and men and animals lived at peace together.
It was the home of the Sumerian king who was the origin of the myth of Noah, the immortal survivor of the Great Flood, a story retold in the Qu'ran and the Bible.
The first great hero of world literature, Gilgamesh the king of Uruk, journeyed to Dilmun in search of the secret of eternal youth.
He found it deep in the waters of the Persian Gulf, off Bahrain, but lost it when the flower which restored the youth of those who sought it, was stolen by a snake, lurking in a pool as Gilgamesh returned to his kingdom; this is the reason why the snake sloughs his skin.
Symbolism - All is Myth and Metaphor in our reality
* water: flow of consciousness - creation
* restore to youth: move out of the physical body and return to higher frequency forms of sound, light, and color
* snake: DNA - the human bio-genetic experiment in time and emotion
* kingdom - Leo - Lion - King - Omega - closure
Dilmun was also the center of the most important trade routes of the third and second millennia BC. The most important commodity was copper for which Dilmun was famous and the dates for which Bahrain was always celebrated, from ancient times until the present day.
Because Dilmun was so sacred a land, there were many temples built there, the impressive remains of which can be seen today. The largest and most splendid temple surviving in Western Asia is at Barbar on Bahrain's northern shore.
The most famous of all Bahrain's rich archaeological heritage are the 200,000 grave mounds which are a feature of the landscape in the northern half of the island and which, by their size and quality of construction, show how prosperous Bahrain must have been in ancient times.
Dilmun continued to be the most important center of trade in the Gulf region throughout its history.
After the Sumerians, the Babylonians, Assyrians, even the Greeks, settled on the islands, because of their strategic importance in the movement of merchandise, north and south, east and west, by sea and by the land routes to which the seas gave access.
The records of their diplomatic relations with the kings of Dilmun, some of whose names are known from the records, testify to the importance of the islands throughout antiquity.
All left evidence of their presence, preserved today in the Bahrain National Museum and in the immense archaeological sites in which Bahrain is particularly rich.
Bahrain is an open-air treasure house of the past, a unique heritage from the earliest times when men first began to keep records of their hopes, fears and achievements.
It is the contemporary of ancient Egypt with Sumer and the peoples who succeeded them, of the great cities of the Indus Valley.
Source: www.crystalinks.com/dilmun.html
Зенит = Zenit means Zenith that is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer in astronomy or may mean the highest point
Manufactured by Vileiskiy Zavod Zenit, (Vileiskiy factory Zenit) of BelOMO (Belorussian Optical and Mechanical Association), near Minsk, former USSR
Model: 1991 type 5d, (produced between 1991-92)
all Zenit ET produced between 1982-1993 with quantity 3.000.000
as to Alexander Komarov
35 mm film SLR camera
Lens: MC Helios-44M-6 58mm f/2, (written with Latin letters), automatic diaphragm,
filter theread 52mm, serial no.93451950,
Other standard lens is Helios-44 58mm f/2 with manual diaphragm
Mount: M42 screw mount
Zenit and Valdai logos are on the lens
Aperture: f/2 - f/16, setting dial and ring on the lens
Focus range: 0.5-10m, +inf.
Focusing: Fresnel matte glass screen, ring, scale and DOF scale on the lens
Shutter: Horizontaly travelling, cloth focal-plane shutter, speeds 1/30 - 1/500 +B,
setting dial: on the top plate
Shutter cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, on the right of the top plate
Shutter release: on the top plate w/ cable release socket, and a lock mechanism
by half pressing you can see the DOF
Frame counter: coupled with the winding knob, advance type, manual setting
Viewfinder: eye-level SLR pentaprism
Exposure meter: uncoupled Selenium cell lightmeter
Metering: match the needles type, window beside the re-wind lever
Setting: by a complex dial under the re-wind lever with ASA, speed and aperture setting dials
Re-wind lever: folding crank type, left of the top plate
Re-wind release: by a collar around the shutter release
Self timer: activates by a small knob above the lever
Hot-shoe
Flash PC socket: on front of the top plate, X sync.1/30, marked 30-X on the speed dial
Back cover: hinged, opens by lifting the re-winding lever
Body: Plastic bronze coloured top and bottom finish, some parts are also plastic, weight:
Engravings on the bottom plate: Made in USSR and the Vilejka factory logo
Strap lugs
Tripod socket 1/4''
Serial no. 9132008 (stamped inside the back cover, the first two digits show the production year)
Small numbers of early Zenits was produced by KMZ, in 1981-82
Zenit ETs also exist without aperture automation. They offered various finish materials and colours like silver, black, bronze.
This camera is an attempt to modernize the Zenit EM. Initially it looked just like an EM with new lettering, with new designs on the dials.
The cameras produced in BeLomo are a complete remake of earlier Zenit ET. The shape and features remain the same, but material that camera was made is different. It mostly made from plastic and lite alloy. Not only external parts like top and bottom cowers made from plastic, but many internal gears, levers, and pulleys are made from plastic also. But the camera works very smooth, quieter then metal counterpart and the most peculiar feature on this model is the first multi coated lens in mass production.
The Soviet times factory Vileiskiy Zavod Zenit new name is Vilejka Factory, or officially OM RUP ZENIT. Founded in early 1969 in Vilejka, about 75km north-west of Minsk, as a side plant of MMZ and KMZ to produce Zenit cameras. Vilejka, has produced many Zenit models: E, TTL, ET, 11, 15, under slightly different designations. Vilejka is apparently still producing Zenits, i.e. Zenit 130.
MMZ (Minsk Mechanical Factory) was founded in 1957. It started making optical glass and producing cameras that were developed by GOMZ. In 1971 MMZ and Vileiskiy Zavod Zenit merged to form BelOMO (Belorussian Optical and Mechanical Association) . It was based in Minsk.
Optical-Mechanical Factory Valdai is located about 400km north-west of Moscow. Very little is known of this plant, but it has been a prolific producer of lenses for KMZ, and Zenit BelOMO. The SLR lenses bear the Helios name.
more info: Communist Cameras by Nathan Dayton, Fotoua by Alexander Komarov, Sovietcams by Aidas Pikiotas, Sovietcamera by JM Burtscher