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Trucks back up on a Friday night on Interstate I10 going east into Phoenix. Desert camping at Saddle Mountain, Arizona.
Do they have enough backup lights? Where are they going...Back To The Future? I can understand why with all the self driving cars on the horizon. What fun is that?
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These photos are the rough, un-edited and unsorted ones - to see the edited selection from this project go to the Films4Forests set here:
Recently rebuilt C&NW F7 413 is backing it's train out of the Waukegan station so it can crossover and be ready for it's southbound trip back to Chicago on Labor Day weekend 1972.
"Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence."
(William Blake)
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The wolf on the right is Wapiti Lake pack female 1276; she's a mature wolf that knows the safest way to approach large prey like a bison - even a debilitated one like this bull - is from the rear. The two nearly-black wolves on the left are juveniles, born in the spring of 2023. Their focus is on the front end, which is not so wise, given that that is the "horns end" of the bison. The goal of all three wolves was to further wear down the bison's reserves. It was already weakened by something not apparent to us observers, but in bad enough shape that it could not fend off the wolves surrounding it. Various members of the pack continued to threaten the hapless bison by poking it, showing teeth, allowing it no rest, and in nipping at it, sometimes tearing away small pieces of flesh.
So why didn’t they just kill the bison as soon as they recognized it was an easy target? One possibility is that they had eaten recently, reducing the urgency to eat again. Hunting even compromised large hoofed and horned prey is energy-expensive and very risky: one well-placed kick or a stab with a heavy, thick horn, can be deadly. But progressively depleting prey by not allowing it to rest, eat, drink, or let down its guard for a second, threatening it for hours upon hours, biting off bits of its flesh, and de-energizing it to the point where it could no longer defend itself, was good work for juvenile pack members. In fact the young wolves we first saw in the road, with their headlight-bright yellow eyes and the typical long, spiky hackles of juveniles, did a lot of that work under the supervision of experienced adults. It was a great training session for the pups and an opportunity for at least some of the senior wolves to relax while dinner was being prepped for them.
All photographs in this series were taken with a long focal length lens at a distance sufficient to avoid disrupting the wolves’ behavior. Additionally, many of the images are cropped, which also makes it look like I was closer than I actually was. Although I selected many images in which the wolves appear to be looking at me, in fact most of them were looking at other wolves or at their prey and not at the human presence, which at times was substantial.
Never approach wildlife. Yellowstone National Park regulations require a minimum of 100 yards from bears and wolves, and 25 yards be maintained from all other wildlife. Even if you’re farther than that, you know you’re too close if your presence causes animals or birds to change their behavior.
One of NyÃregyháza's, and pretty much north-eastern Hungary's only two Ikarus 415s, EWS-831 leaving Halmosbokor hamlet behind in the last rays of the early-winter sun.
These two units (the other being EWS-834) are only used as backups now, so it's not that easy to bump into them. During the summer both of them were replacing some Volvos and Credos under maintenance for a solid week or so, but unfortunately we just missed them with Michał (we had more luck with 200 series in the area).
This picture would've been possible without the help of Tamás, I hope that he will also reveal some hits from this rather pleasant day very soon! :)