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Approaching over the north pole after nearly a five-year journey, Juno enjoys a perspective on Jupiter not often seen, even by spacecraft from Earth that usually swing by closer to Jupiter's equator. Looking down toward the ruling gas giant from a distance of 10.9 million kilometers, the spacecraft's JunoCam captured this image with Jupiter's nightside and orbiting entourage of four large Galilean moons on June 21. JunoCam is intended to provide close-up views of the gas giant's cloudy zoned and belted atmosphere. On July 4 (July 5 UT) Juno is set to burn its main engine to slow down and be captured into its own orbit around the giant planet. If all goes well, it will be the first spacecraft to orbit the poles of Jupiter, skimming to within 5,000 kilometers of the Jovian cloud tops during the 20 month mission. via NASA ift.tt/298taqm
40145 approaches Falmouth Docks with 1Z45 1750 Penzance - Falmouth Docks - Penzance leg of the CFPS "East Lancs Champion" railtour on Saturday 15th May 2010.
The evening leg of the superb two-day tour that paired D1015 & 40145. Even though it was a railtour, Falmouth along with St Ives amd Newquay were outrageous branches to visit and undoubtedly the first time a 40 has been.
A beery night in Penzance was followed the next day with visits to St Ives and Newquay - all with storming runs off both machines, especially after they were paired at Plymouth for the run back to Oxford.
This shot was taken at 2055hrs with just enough light at the time for the shot. I don't think if it ever happens again, that we'd be looking at a daytime trip along the Falmouth (or other Cornish) branches.
This picture was taken approaching Barrmill station on the line from Lugton to Giffen RNAD. The line closed in 1996 but everything is still left in situ. This view was taken looking towards Lugton.
NS SD70ACe #1140 leads an intermodal train east into South Bend. Second out is SD60E #7001, fresh out of the Juniata Shops. This is one of the first SD60Es to go into the 7000-series.
Approaching the Elwha Gorge where Elwha Dam was once located. This section of river was under Aldwell Reservoir. Photo by Thomas O'Keefe.
Opened in early 2015, Murakami brings Izakaya(ish) food to St Martinâs Lane, Covent Garden, a road perhaps better known more for chain dining, tourists and theatres. A relatively new interior (over-sized filament light bulbs) belies a little less zen/minimalist approach than some of its Japanese competitors - though the calligraphy that adorns the wooden walls has been hand painted. In the traditional style, thereâs a long bar for people dining alone, an open kitchen and some kinda modern minimal furniture that reminds me of Ikea (I like Ikea). If you sit by the front entrance you can watch people walk by and an Asian guy making hand rolls at an impressive pace, sit by the back you'll probably find a more secluded corner for the solitary (and satisfying) consumption of rainbow rolls. I read that thereâs a âliving wall' of moss in here too, but damned if I can find it.
And no, it might not be immediately obvious but Murakami are a Ukrainian chain - this is their first foothold in the big smoke. Before visiting, I hear of some... mixed reviews about the place. Where the service is not where it could be (this is the only place Iâve not been able to get many shots of the venue due to the staff being weird about itâ¦), the food is definitely quite something; with too many Western touches to be called âtraditional Japaneseâ. Thereâs enough saké and saké flights on there for the curious (and I am always curious) - including Junmai 'Happo-seishu' sparkling sake, £32 for 30cl, though they have definitely missed a trick on the Japanese whisky selection, in this writerâs most humble opinion.
Anyway, saké and whiskies aside, Murakami havenât shirked on their cocktail obligations. Like many Japanese places, theyâve gone with a variety of things mixed with saké, plus some of the obligatories/classics. Preferring my saké neat (and my life messy) I canât give you any personal recommendations but the "Japanese style for Espresso Martiniâ (Great King Street scotch, Kahlua, espresso, green tea syrupâ¦) looks quite something. The menu is not immense but thereâs plenty of variety; tuna and beef off of the robata grill comes out simultaneously charred on the outside and rare on the inside (a worthy combination I seem unable to pull off on my grill).
Verdict: prices seem to come out about average for this part of town, even compared with all of the bigger chains nearby. Donât expect cheap sushi here or anywhere. and donât worry if you donât like sushi - thereâs tempura, grilled stuff, dumplings and more. Something for everyone. Want to put them to the test? Try their signature Murakami Rolls - Salmon sashimi, tuna, avocado, spring onion, tobiko, spicy mayo, in a cucumber sheet. Delicious!
The cab gives a completely different angle of view on the railway, spoilt only by the need to photograph through glass - at times, wet glass!
View of Cincinnati from Kentucky on Interstate 71/75 North. My last stop before heading back to Virginia in a few days.
152 approaches Newbridge with the 11.00 Dublin Heuston - Galway.
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We took a boat from Elounda to the island of Spinalonga, a very pleasant trip in its own right. Nowadays the island is best known as the setting for Victoris Hislop's novel 'The Island' based on an island leper colony.
As this view clearly shows the island was not originally intended as a leper colony. The Venetians occupied the area from the 13th to the 17th centuries. (It is probably no coincedence that the island of Guidecca in Venice was also known as Spinalunga). The shallow seas in Elounda bay were ideally for the production of salt and Spinalonga island had a key strategic position at the entrance to the bay.
In the 16th century the Ottoman Turks began to take a keen interest in the area so the Venetians decided to fortify the island using the latest techniques. This including building two Mezzaluna Bastions, one at each end of the island, plus high defensive walls where there were no natural cliffs.
The fortifications proved to be very effective as the Turks invaded the island of Crete in 1645 but Spinalonga did not surrender to them for another 60 years.
The final Turkish inhabitants left in 1903 when the island was designated a leper colony. In what now seems a rather barbaric approach, people with leprosy were transferred to from the main island to Spinalonga, provided with a small allowance and left to their own devices. However, at that time there was no known cure for leprosy and it was thought to be highly contagious.
Conditions for the inhabitants changed for the better after 1930 when a law student, Epameinondas Remoundakis, was sent to the island. He started a process of establishing a more 'normal' lifestyle on the island encouraging people to help each other and work to provide more creature comforts. In time a cafe, cinema, theatre and even a small church were established. People also fell in love, married and had children, some of whom grew up on the island without ever catching the disease.
In 1948 a cure for leprosy was discovered and the inhabitants gradually left until the colony was finally closed in 1957.
A late #3, Southwest Chief, nears Hill 582 as it enjoys a daytime run down the Cajon Pass, that was blanketed in snow courtesy of an extremely cold winter storm the day before.
While the Cajon Pass is known to get snow from time to time, it is rare for it to get this much snow. The tracks in the foreground are near the summit of the pass and Main 3, on the left is completely covered by the snow.
Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars - Nemedia, Ophir, Brythunia, Hyberborea, Zamora with its dark-haired women and towers of spider-haunted mystery, Zingara with its chivalry, Koth that bordered on the pastoral lands of Shem, Stygia with its shadow-guarded tombs, Hyrkania whose riders wore steel and silk and gold. But the proudest kingdom of the world was Aquilonia, reigning supreme in the dreaming west...
WA-23 south approaching I-90 to Seattle and Spokane.
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