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Half-Mars hangs in space 685,000 kilometers (425,000 miles) above Viking 1 as the spacecraft approaches the planet. This picture was taken at 6:40 p.m. PDT on June 16 by one of two telescope- equipped TV cameras aboard the Viking 1 Orbiter. A violet filter was used. Resolution is approximately 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) at center of disk. North is toward upper right and the south pole is in the dark to the lower left. We are looking at the morning side of the planet; that is, the planet is rotating from left to right. Toward the bottom of the image is a very bright irregular feature within a somewhat less bright circular feature. The circular feature is Hellas, a 2,000-kilometer- (1,250-mile) diameter impact basin. Numerous craters are just visible within the frost-covered region. To the south of Hellas is another brighter area. This is probably an area of discontinuous frost cover around the south pole. The image is very bright toward the edge of the planet because of atmospheric scattering in the violet. Viking 1 will begin orbiting Mars on Saturday, June 19, with the landing planned for July 4. The Viking Project is managed by the NASA Langley Reseach Center, Hampton, Va.
Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/
Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
First Great Western has a large fleet of HSTs still in front-line service after nearly 40-years, an unidentified example is seen slowing for the stop at Ledbury whilst working 1P65, the 15.13 Hereford to Paddington on 28 February 2015
RD18754. Approaching Blonay on the metre gauge Chemin de Fer Blonay-Chamby behind Brig-Furka-Disentis Bahn 2-6-0 Rack Tank No.3.
The Chemin de Fer Blonay-Chamby is a 3 kilometre long metre gauge volunteer run heritage railway near Vevey in western Switzerland. They have an amazing collection of steam and electric rolling stock and a visit is highly recommended.
Saturday, 15th September, 2018. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
After taking the bus downtown, I walked to Houston City Hall. These are some of the beautiful Live Oak trees in the park that stay green even during the winter. From this location I listened to the Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner proclaim that Houston get its strength from our diversity. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said, "I am an immigrant; I am a refugee!"
We are a nation of immigrants. My family immigrated / fled from England, Ireland, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. When I served in the US Army, besides American citizens, we had citizens of Mexico, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, and Trinidad in our unit. In my civilian various jobs, I have worked with people from Mexico, El Salvador, Columbia, Brazil, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Iran, Senegal, Nigeria, and France. Immigrants are my fellow shoppers and my neighbors in my apartment complex. I feel at home in such a diverse mixture of people.
If any of my readers have unkind things to say about immigrants, I ask you: Did any of my Army buddies from the Ojibwa Nation or Cherokee Nation invite you over? Did my mother's playmates from the Navajo Nation or Hopi Nation ask you to come play with them? Did any of my teachers from the Choctaw Nation or Chickasaw Nation sign off on your "green card?" I didn't think so.
This is the first of 10 photos of the Houston Women's March. Please check out all of them.
Wondering who will reach the finish line first: the riders or the storm?
This panorama was stitched from 16 photographs with PTGUI Pro and touched up in Aperture.
Original size: 55700 × 6848 (381.4 MP; 252.80 MB).
Location:Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai, Mongolia
Thank fully this loco is still with us Class 40 40012 comes up to the junction at Chester while working the 10:45 Manchester Victoria to Holyhead service 14/08/1982.
image Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this without my explicit permission
VWS9931 Copyright © VW Selburn 2017: America is a huge country and so are their roads! I love the straight lines purely from a photographic viewpoint. I suppose the downside must be when one has to drive those roads for a living. Their length must seem interminably long when all someone wants is to get home, or to where they are going!
See all of the photos taken on my American tour here: www.flickr.com/photos/vwselburn/albums/72157683361809916
Narita Approach "9990"
Narita Approach Co., Ltd.
Chassis Isuzu Motors Co., Ltd. U-LV771R
Body Fuji Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (FHI / Coachbuilder) "7S" Sightseeing Bus
Manufacture Year 1991
成田アプローチ「9990」
成田アプローチ株式会社
シャーシ いすゞ自動車 U-LV771R
車体 富士重工業 (FHI / コーチビルダー) 「7S」 観光バス
製造年 1991
a hike through the woods for another op to gaze at Comet Pan-Starrs,
foiled once again by Lake Michigan's fickle weather influence.
Clear to sunset and then the clouds rolled in : \
photo date/id: 20130316_3395pano
Something different.... I was leaving work yesterday and walked past a vacant office... I could see in the window and out the windows the other side to an approaching storm! It caught my eye and as usual my camera was in my handbag. If anybody saw me they'd wonder what I was doing aiming my camera in the window of a darkened vacant office!!
rotated slightly, but otherwise straight from camera
Jan Mayen is a Norwegian volcanic island situated in the Arctic Ocean to the east of Greenland and some 600 km northeast of Iceland. It is 55 km (34 miles) long and partly covered by glaciers around the Beerenberg volcano which is the island's highest summit being the Beerenberg volcano in the north. The only residents are the employees of the Norwegian military and meteorological service - there is an unpaved airstrip but no landing jetty for ships, only offshore anchorages. We were lucky enough to get the chance to land in Polarcirkel tender boats on our journey from Greenland to Norway and were invited into the weather station to see how the temporary islanders live and of course, to buy souvenirs! (_D756014)
I did it! I DID IT! I've been wanting to do the 100 strangers project" for a while now. I just could not approach anyone. As I was leaving Cox Arboretum tonight I saw a young lady sitting by the pond playing guitar and singing. I was about to get into my Jeep and leave. I stopped, looked at her again against the sunset at the pond and I just knew she was going to be my first stranger for the 100 stranger project. I asked if I could take her photo and she said yes. I told her about Flickr and the 100 stranger project. I was kind of nervous. She told me she has some music on
her MySpace page. She told me about her Grandfather who was ill, and we ended up sharing some deep personal stuff. I even had a tear welling up in my eye. I told her thank you, gave her my Flickr addy and started to leave. Mariesa asked me if I wanted to pray with her. I said sure. We did. I shared 10 or 15 minutes with an amazing lady. My only regret is that I did not sit and listen to her wonderful music. Marisa, if you read this - thanks - and I will do what you asked me to do.
I spent some time over the holidays working on this photograph from our trip to the Outer Banks last spring. Given that we had such clear skies throughout the majority of our stay, I'm thankful that I had the opportunity to take advantage of some approaching rain showers the first morning to get this image. Happy New Year!
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