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La cour d'honneur. La cour n'a plus l'aspect qu'elle avait sur ce plan. Elle est désormais devenue cour principale du château depuis le 17e siècle, alors qu'elle faisait auparavant office de basse-cour. Rendue célèbre par son escalier en Fer-à-Cheval conçu sous Louis XIII, elle trouve sa forme actuelle sous Napoléon Ier. Elle est le lieu des adieux de l'empereur à sa garde le 20 avril 1814.
Su cuerpo presenta un aspecto gomoso pues tiene la piel muy lisa y brillante en color verde claro, pudiendo presentar tonos amarillentos y pardos. Se observa una raya negra que va desde los orificios nasales, pasando por los ojos, hasta las axilas de las patas delanteras. Por debajo es de tono blancuzco. Posee unas largas patas con ventosas en la punta de los dedos que le dan la capacidad de trepar con facilidad por la vegetación, o ramas de los arbustos que encuentra en su hábitat, por lo que es una rana arborícola. Sus ojos son saltones y de pupila horizontal. Tiene un cierto parecido con su pariente más cercano, la Ranita de San Antonio.
De forma poco frecuente podemos encontrar ejemplares de color azul. Esto es debido a una mutación en los genes que determinan la pigmentación de la piel. Estas ranas fabrican dos pigmentos diferentes, el pigmento azul y el pigmento amarillo, que normalmente están presentes de forma conjunta, dando la coloración verde a la piel. A veces por causa de la mutación mencionada, algunos ejemplares no fabrican el pigmento amarillo y por tanto muestran solo la coloración azul.
odemos encontrar a la ranita meridional en embalses, lagos y charcas, camufladas eficientemente entre la vegetación donde viven encaramadas, y estando las horas del día prácticamente quietas entre el verde de las hojas donde pasan desapercibidas gracias a su coloración críptica. Suele ser con la puesta del sol cuando estos anfibios bajan de sus escondites para entretenerse en las noches alimentándose de insectos y arañas.
Su voz puede describirse como un lento croar (wroar... wroar... wroar), siendo este uno de los cantos más potentes entre los anfibios europeos, pues los machos utilizan el saco vocal a modo de amplificador consiguiendo así un territorio e intentando atraer de esta forma a las hembras.
Looking south across this small bay near the mouth of Sydney Harbour towards Doyles on the Beach seafood restaurant, and the Watsons Bay Hotel - a favourite spot for lunch, for more years than I care to remember.
With a CP driving car leading, a train of District line stock enters Ealing Common, on its way to Mansion House. 1974
NS Train D99 is knocking down the Clear signal and some lucky timing on this image shows the top head of the eastbound signal half green/half red.
-NS Train D99
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, CP S16.9 Robertson
-Missouri Bottom Rd Overpass, Robertson, MO
-April 17, 2108
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Aspect actuel d'un champ de bataille de la 1ère GM, près d'Abbeville / WW1 battlefield landscape near Abbeville, France.
Aspectos generales del encuentro correspondiente a la decima quinta jornada del Torneo Clausura, Serie de Oro 2016 por el Campeonato Nacional de Categorias Menores, categoría Sub 16 de la Federación Venezolana de Fútbol, partido disputado entre los equipos Deportivo Tachira FC Vs EF Las Américas, realizado en la Cancha Sintetica de la UCAT, en San Cristobal, Estado Táchira en Venezuela, el 3 de Septiembre de 2015 (Gennaro Pascale / Prensa Deportivo Tachira)
I've been away for the weekend with my students on retreat to Nunraw Abbey. But it's not just talks and prayer during a Dominican retreat. We always make time for a walk to the local pub, which has this playground next to it!
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n° 57 of 100
Chassis n° ZA9H12EAYYSF76077
Bonhams
Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris
The Grand Palais Éphémère
Place Joffre
Parijs - Paris
Frankrijk - France
February 2023
Estimated : € 2.300.000 - 2.700.000
Unsold
"It's a car with its own personality – or rather its own split personality. Beyond refinement and ease of use is a demon with one eye open waiting for its turn, a car that is scintillatingly fast and hugely demanding, a car that can thrill and terrify in equal measure, a supercar in every sense of the word." – evo.
One of the more fascinating aspects of the modern motoring scene is the recent emergence of the small independent supercar manufacturer, many of which have gone from relative obscurity to the status of household names in just a few short years, usually on the back of a product range offering hitherto almost unimaginable levels of performance. Whereas at one time established manufacturers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and Aston Martin only had one another to worry about, they now have to contend with the likes of Koenigsegg, De Tomaso and, of course, Pagani.
Succeeding the Zonda, Pagani's latest offering is the Huayra, a mid-engined coupé hailed by Top Gear magazine as 'Hypercar of the Year 2012'. Horacio Pagani was no newcomer to the world of automotive engineering when he built the first Zonda in 1999, for the Argentine-born industrial design graduate had been working with Lamborghini since the mid-1980s, developing the Countach and Diablo road cars and assisting with the Italian manufacturer's Formula 1 engine programme. The Zonda C12 debuted in coupé form at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show, its maker freely acknowledging that its styling had been inspired by the Mercedes-Benz Group C 'Silver Arrow' sports-racers. Mercedes-Benz's influence was more than just skin deep, for the German firm's AMG performance division was responsible for the Zonda's 6.0-litre V12 engine, which was mounted longitudinally amidships in the predominantly carbon fibre body tub. With some 408 horsepower on tap, the C12 was always going to be quick, but performance figures of 0-60mph in 4.2 seconds and 0-100 in 8.2 were simply staggering plus, of course, that all important 200mph (or thereabouts) top speed.
Seemingly small from the outside yet endowed with a comfortable cabin, the C12 provided the basis for a host of derivatives, which emerged from Pagani's factory at San Cesario sul Panaro near Modena (where else?) in strictly limited numbers over the next 11 years.
Its successor, the Huayra - named after a wind god of the South American Quechua people - made its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2011. Once again, AMG provided the engine, on this occasion a twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre V12 producing a mighty 620bhp and a titanic 737lb/ft of torque. A mind-boggling top speed of around 238mph (383km/h) was claimed for the Huayra, with the 0-60mph dash accomplished in a neck-snapping 2.8 seconds. Power reaches the road via a transversely-mounted Xtrac seven-speed sequential semi-automatic transmission, while the stupendous performance is kept in check by Brembo carbon ceramic disc brakes featuring four-pot callipers all round. It is worthwhile noting the Horacio Pagani chose to stick with a conventional single clutch rather than the more complex and heavier twin-clutch technology favoured by some rivals, reasoning that the considerable saving in weight would result in a better balanced car.
The most significant difference between the Huayra and its Zonda predecessor is the former's use of active aerodynamic aids. These consist of variable front ride height and moveable spoilers at front and rear, their deployment being managed by a dedicated control unit to minimise drag or maximise downforce as required. Under hard braking, the rear spoiler flaps function as an air brake, the front ride height being increased at the same time to counteract weight transfer to the front wheels and thus maintain stability. Cleverly, this system is also used to limit body roll when cornering by raising the 'inside' flaps to generate increased down force on that side only. As had been the case with the Zonda, an open roadster and various limited edition variants followed.
Testing a Huayra in 2013, evo magazine found that even before the ignition key had been turned, the experience of just sitting in the cockpit was almost overwhelming. 'Inside a leather, carbonfibre and aluminium cocoon of obsession, every detail agonised over and beautifully thought out, every material used sympathetically and expertly integrated into this stunning sculpture. The driving position is superb.' Needless to say, the driving experience did not disappoint: 'the engine is just phenomenally powerful and when it's delivering the full 737lb/ft of torque, it scrambles your brain. This is the sort of performance that doesn't dull even with prolonged exposure'.
Pagani's agreement with AMG limited the supply of engines to 100 units, restricting production to only 100 cars, thus guaranteeing the Huayra's instant exclusivity and future collectible status.
Number '57' of the 100 Huayra Roadsters built, this car was delivered new to Denmark and registered in July 2020. The car had been ordered and specified by a Danish car collector, who took delivery but never drove it. He then sold the car to another Danish collector, in whose hands it has covered fewer than 800 kilometres.
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Whitfield Lovell - born 1959
Because I Wanna Fly - (2021)
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Whitfield Lovell: Passages - June 29 - September 22, 2024
Consisting of two immersive installations and approximately 30 additional works, Whitfield Lovell: Passages is the most comprehensive exhibition of works by artist Whitfield Lovell.
Lovell (born in 1959) is renowned for his masterful conté crayon portraits and multisensory installations that focus on aspects of African American history, while raising universal questions about identity, memory, and America’s collective heritage. The exhibition brings together two of Lovell’s major installations, Deep River (2013) and Visitation: The Richmond Project (2001), with a selection of freestanding tableaux and works on paper from his acclaimed Kin series (2008–2011) and Spell Suite (2019–2020), as well as the premiere presentation of his forthcoming Card Pieces II. Through a combination of visual projections, sound, and found objects, as well as examples from Lovell’s works on paper, visitors will be enveloped in hidden histories and cultural memory of the African American experience.
The subtitle, Passages, also refers to the subject matter of his work, which explores the struggle for equality, physical migration, social progress, and self-sufficiency that have been part of the African American experience. The exhibition includes works from Lovell’s past series, Kin (2008-2011), and his newest, The Reds (2021-2022). Audiences will bear witness to works created on luscious, deep crimson paper that evokes warmth, passion, and the sanguine. The Reds are presented alongside two operational telephones that, when their receivers are lifted, emit the familiar and galvanizing refrain of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the hymn written and set to music by brothers James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954).
Photographs of African Americans taken between the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil Rights Movement provide inspiration for his work created on paper or salvaged wooden boards. He uses a highly refined portrait style to depict stories of African American individuals’ daily lives and extraordinary journeys.
Organized by the American Federation of Arts (AFA) in collaboration with the artist, the exhibition is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Terra Foundation for American Art, the exhibition will fill galleries on Level 3 and Level 4 of Mint Museum Uptown. This is the first exhibition these multisensory installations by Lovell are presented together in a museum-wide show of this monumental size and scope.
About the artist
Whitfield Lovell is internationally renowned for his masterful drawings and sensory-enveloping installations. With photography as a source, he often pairs his subjects with found objects, evoking personal memories, ancestral connections, and the collective American past. Lovell has had solo exhibitions at the Smith College Museum of Art (2011) in Northampton, MA, and The Phillips Collection (2016) in Washington, D.C., and he was a featured artist at the opening exhibition of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Lovell’s work is held in the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art, High Museum of Art, and The Mint Museum. He has received numerous awards, including a 2007 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant,” an American Academy in Rome Residency, and a Joan Mitchell Foundation Award Grant.
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"Mint Museum Uptown houses the internationally renowned Craft + Design collection, as well as outstanding collections of American and contemporary art.
Designed by Machado and Silvetti Associates of Boston, the five-story, 145,000-square-foot facility combines inspiring architecture with cutting-edge exhibitions to provide visitors with unparalleled educational and cultural experiences.
Located in the heart of Charlotte’s burgeoning city center, Mint Museum Uptown is an integral part of the Levine Center for the Arts, a cultural campus that includes the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts and Culture, the Knight Theater, and the Duke Energy Center. Mint Museum Uptown also features a wide range of visitor amenities, including the 240-seat James B. Duke Auditorium, the Lewis Family Gallery, art studios, a restaurant, and a museum store.
Tarabilla europea
(Saxicola rubicola)
Pajarillo de aspecto rechoncho, con un diseño cromático muy llamativo en los machos. En España resulta una especie común, aunque no abundante,
ampliamente distribuida por la Península y Baleares. Se encuentra ligada a zonas abiertas, incluyendo diversas formaciones de matorral, bordes y
claros de bosque, cultivos y pastizales con arbustos dispersos.
Descripción y Clasificación
Orden Passeriformes; familia Turdidae
Longitud 13 cm. Envergadura 18-21 cm.
Identificación
Túrdido de pequeño tamaño y aspecto regordete, con cabeza redondeada, alas y cola cortas y de color oscuro, y manchas blancas en la zona escapular, muy visibles en vuelo. Los machos lucen un diseño muy vistoso (dibujo 1), en el que la cabeza negra contrasta con el pecho anaranjado, y el obispillo blanquecino confronta con la cola oscura en los adultos. Las hembras y los jóvenes muestran un diseño similar al macho, aunque son más pardos (dibujo 2). Esta ave gusta de posarse en lugares prominentes y tiene un vuelo rápido y directo, con fuerte batido de alas (dibujo 3).
Canto
Breve, agudo y repetitivo, se compone de un trino corto y chirriante. Su reclamo resulta característico y consiste en un chasquido corto, repetido insistentemente: chac-chac.
Doing vertical panoramas, particular with an aspect ratio of nearly 3:1 isn't really all that easy. So naturally, I gravitate to trying them. I like a challenge. I think more than the challenge though, I like the places that the challenges takes me and the new ways I learn to see the world. You know what I would really love to do with an image like this? Print it big and mount it on a wall from the base at the floor all the way up to the ceiling and then across the ceiling and through the top of my field of view. Then get a reclining chair and just lay back and soak in cherry blossoms at twilight whenever I wanted. Sort of like a UV lamp, but better.
THE UNIVERSE IN A DROP OF WATER IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD
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The Second Life platform has enormous educational potential, and allows, within an immersive and personal experience, to interact with the elements in a creative environment in which the imagination can express itself to truly magical unsuspected limits.
Thanks to a Grant from SLEA, we have been able to recreate in a sim different aspects related to microscopic organisms that live in water and in other enclaves, immersing ourselves in various environments in which microorganisms live, or in those others where they can be studied, making all this a visual and interactive experience as interesting as it is surprising and wonderful.
Beauty and science go hand in hand in this project, which allows anyone with a little interest to approach the beauty of the invisible world.
In this teamwork, Proyecto Agua has provided the main ideas, images and texts, while the artists Helga M. and Kimika Y. have shaped dreamlike landscapes and modeled some microorganisms, all of which has allowed the development of this fascinating work in which the visitor through different landscapes and installations can approach this universe of the tiny through different perspectives.
In the sim we are welcomed from the access platform located next to other sims where artists like [https://www.flickr.com/photos/192679150@N08] or Zap's exhibit their beautiful creations.
The access platform allows us to teleport or walk to a modern research laboratory with all its equipment of scientific instruments and documentation, another of the important milestones on this route is an old building in which an old 17th century laboratory is located in the ground floor, and a library equipped with computer equipment on the upper floor.
From another place in the sim, an observation point with a microscope, allows us to reach the bottom of a pond where, reduced to one ten-thousandth of our size, we can interact with some of the microorganisms that live in the water droplets.
The marine environment is also present in the sim, and it is accessed through some underground galleries whose walls are inhabited by cyanobacteria, together with an exhibition that shows some of the most beautiful images of these organisms, the cave opens at the bottom of the sea and there are some of the main groups of organisms that live in plankton.
Other locations that the visitor should not miss are a modern three-storey exhibition hall, which takes a tour of the living organisms that live in fresh water through images, texts and videos.
In this same building there is a floor dedicated to talking about the contamination of aquatic ecosystems in an accessible and understandable way and a third in which the importance of some of these microorganisms in the evolutionary process is explained, with abundant interactive elements related to the Research on Capsaspora owczarzaki carried out at the ICREA Evolutionary Biology Laboratory under the coordination of Researcher Prof Iñaki Ruiz Trillo, with whom we are fortunate to collaborate.
The journey continues in a beautiful exhibition hall built in a wooden building in which the incredible forms of many of these organisms are shown, observed with an electron microscope but seen from a truly magical perspective.
And our tour can conclude by visiting a space dedicated to the microscopic beings that inhabit peat bogs, they are truly authentic living jewels and play a fundamental role in maintaining our atmosphere, since on a global level they fix up to 30% of atmospheric CO2 in the I usually.
All this journey through the beauty of the microscopic universe can be seen in this sim, whose location we indicated at the beginning... but before leaving it we can enjoy a few moments of rest and peace in a recreation area located near the old laboratory, there next to the fire and next to the sea we can feel like in a paradise.
All of this beautiful work has only been possible thanks to the involvement of many friends and loved ones, and the help of Linden Labs through SLEA. To Helga, Bethi, Kimika, Maria especially for their support and encouragement.
I hope you enjoy the visit.
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EL UNIVERSO EN UNA GOTA DE AGUA EN EL MUNDO VIRTUAL (SECOND LIFE )
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La plataforma de Second Life tiene un enorme potencial didáctico, y permite dentro de una experiencia inmersiva y personal, interactuar con los elementos en un entorno creativo en el que la imaginación puede expresarse hasta límites insospechados realmente mágicos.
Gracias a un Grant de SLEA, hemos podido recrear en un sim diferentes aspectos relacionados con los organismos microscópicos que viven en el agua y en otros enclaves, sumergiéndonos en varios ambientes en los que viven los microorganismos, o en aquellos otros donde pueden ser estudiados, haciendo de todo ello una experiencia visual e interactiva tan interesante como sorprendente y maravillosa.
La belleza y la ciencia se dan la mano en este proyecto, que permite acercar a cualquier persona con un poco de interés, a la belleza del mundo invisible.
En este trabajo en equipo, Proyecto Agua ha aportado las ideas principales, las imágenes y los textos, mientras que las artistas Helga M. y Kimika Y. han dado forma a paisajes de ensueño y modelado algunos microorganismos y todo ello ha permitido desarrollar este fascinante trabajo en el que el visitante a través de diferentes paisajes e instalaciones puede acercarse a través de diferentes perspectivas a este universo de lo diminuto.
En el sim se nos da la bienvenida desde la plataforma de acceso situada junto a otros sims en los que artistas como [https://www.flickr.com/photos/192679150@N08] o Zap's exponen sus hermosas creaciones.
La plataforma de acceso nos permite teletransportarnos o acceder caminando a un laboratorio de investigación moderno con todo su equipamiento de instrumental científico y documentación, otro de los hitos importantes en este recorrido es un edificio antiguo en el que se ubica un antiguo laboratorio del Siglo XVII en la planta baja, y una biblioteca equipada con equipos informáticos en la planta superior.
Desde otro lugar del sim, un punto de observación con un microscopio, nos permite llegar al fondo de una charca en la que reducidos a una diezmilésima de nuestro tamaño, podemos interactuar con algunos de los microorganismos que viven en las gotas de agua.
El medio marino también está presente en el sim, y al él se accede a través de unas galerías subterráneas en cuyas paredes habitan cianobacterias, junto a una exposición en la que se muestran algunas de las imágenes más bellas de estos organismos, la cueva se abre en el fondo del mar y allí se muestran algunos de los principales grupos de organismos que viven en el plancton.
Otros emplazamientos que el visitante no debe perderse son una moderna sala de exposiciones de tres plantas, en la que se hace un recorrido por los organismos vivos que viven en las aguas dulces a través de imágenes, textos y vídeos.
En este mismo edificio hay una planta dedicada a hablar de la contaminación de los ecosistemas acuáticos de una forma asequible y comprensible y una tercera en la que se explica la importancia de algunos de estos microorganismos en el proceso evolutivo, con abundantes elementos interactivos relacionados con las investigaciones en Capsaspora owczarzaki llevados a cabo en el laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva del ICREA bajo la coordinación del Investigador el Prof Iñaki Ruiz Trillo, con quien tenemos la fortuna de colaborar.
Prosigue el periplo en una hermosa sala de exposiciones construida en un edificio de madera en la que se muestran las increíbles formas de muchos de estos organismos observadas con un microscopio electrónico pero vistas desde una perspectiva realmente mágica.
Y nuestro recorrido, puede concluir visitando un espacio dedicado a los seres microscópicos que habitan en las turberas, son realmente auténticas joyas vivas y juegan un papel fundamental en el mantenimiento de nuestra atmósfera pues a nivel global fijan hasta el 30 % del CO2 atmosférico en el suelo.
Todo este recorrido por la belleza del universo de lo microscópico se puede ver en este sim, cuya localización señalamos al principio...pero antes de salir de él podemos disfrutar de unos momentos de descanso y de paz en una zona de recreo situada cerca del viejo laboratorio, allí junto al fuego y al lado del mar podremos sentirnos como en un paraíso.
Todo este hermoso trabajo solo ha sido posible gracias a la participación de muchos amigos y gente querida, y a la ayuda de Linden Labs a través de SLEA. A Helga, Bethi, Kimika, Maria especialmente por su apoyo y sus ánimos.
Espero que disfrutéis de la visita.
Growing Mesocyclone SW Quadrant
I’m estimating this young developing Mesocyclone is 70 miles distant/ 50 miles wide. Relatively small for a Rotating mesocyclone. It was growing at the time. The sunset for that day is ongoing exactly behind me in about 15 minutes from this capture. There are just plain intense downpours under these storms sometimes. Depending on how fast they are moving makes you lucky or flooded locally lol. These only rain on a few percent of the ground area up here. Spotty! The ground under them becomes totally soaked if the storm doesn’t move.
We had a summer Mesocyclone years back that sat over us and dumped 4.5 inches of rain in 45 minutes. Water was sheet washing down the hill behind my home and skirting around the house. Almost nothing got in but that slope was angle deep in sheet wash. I have since re-landscapes using mounds to redirect any potential sheet wash off the long hill to our back. It’s only been a problem once in 20 years.
That was a rough storm. Tragically a local cowboy from a nearby ranch was killed in that storm. A truck full of locals went out to see what the 100 year water dump did, drove to one of their herds to check them, road was fine. Drove back the road had washed out. That cowboy was a passenger in that truck. County Emergency Management called me to close the road off from my side of the washout. The runoff went through a major country road that literal gully washer did. It was a major culvert to replace and a big job. We couldn’t get to the highway from that road for a while.
Location: Bliss Dinosaur Ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands.
Title: Growing Mesocyclone SW Quadrant
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Taken from a boat looking at Varenna, a charming little town on the edge of Lake Como.
**** The pandemic lockdown has given me time to spring clean my archives. A chance to delete a lot and revive a few! ****
Aspect Executive Travel's Neoplan Tourliner SC19AND is pictured departing Newcastle Central Station on rail replacement duties on September 25th 2022.
A sculpture from 1972 by Thomas Ronald Irvine situated between Main Street and Harbour Road entitled, Aspect One.
Kit: X-Pro1, XF 14mm lens, faux-colour infrared.
Exif: 14 seconds @ F16, ISO 400
In every breath, a universe unfolds,
Each atom a testament, ancient and bold.
In rivers that flow, in mountains that rise,
The divine essence, a silent guise.
From the flutter of wings to the stars' dance above,
All intertwined in a tapestry of love.
— ChatGPT
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
Brisbane from 1 William Street tower.
© Chris Burns 2017
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