One of Nyíregyháza'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! :)

We really dodged a bullet with our recent winter storm. They had predicted an ice storm with up to a half an inch of ice. But we ended up getting mostly sleet and a couple of inches of snow. The last time we had ice at a half inch, our power was out for almost four days....and we spent the first three in our bitterly cold house, desperately wishing we had a backup option. Every space heater in the area had been snapped up by the time we could get to the store, but on day four we managed to find this kerosene heater. And wouldn't you know, about four hours after we set it up and finally got warm....the power came back on.

At any rate, we didn't take any chances this time, and had our heater set up and ready for action before the event. I'm pleased to say we didn't need it, but as there is another storm on the horizon for the end of the week....this thing is staying right where it is for now. 😊

Hopefully all my uploads from here on out will be new content. This was taken last summer at the Italian Gathering in Columbus, Ohio.

Fighting those furry critters (aka Ewoks aka most hated creature in the whole SW-universe besides Han Solo) has 2 golden rules:

Rule #1: look cool - always

Rule#2: have an AT-AT following you closely

I just love the panic in the eye of the Ewok on the left. Run Forrest, RUN!

Sorry, I didn’t get out this morning. It’s a good thing I keep backups.

The sky above the Golan Heights lights up on the last day in September. Photographed from the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

116mm

F8@1/30th

(DOL_7238)

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Commander Krik is forced to have backup on his mission. There is a possibility that clone commander Spark might be held captive, which would lead Krik into a trap. Because of the dense foliage speeders and turbo tanks wouldn't be able to make it. The danger is high. No time for errors...

Always good to have a backup....

Train delay at the station provided for some nice subjects.

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I was originally going to take this picture inside my Chancellor's Office MOC, but realized that there wasn't enough space for it.

Agen Kolar played by Eeth Koth.

After unloading, the engineer on 6501 makes a backup move into a siding east of the Sarnia depot.

Class 52s Nos. D1010 Western Campaigner and D1048 Western Lady move off Bath Road depot, Bristol, in readyness to follow the "Western Tribute" railtour on its way from Swansea to Plymouth. These locomotives were standing by in case either D1013 or D1023 were to fail whilst hauling the special train on Saturday 26th February 1977.

See this shot in David Hayes's photostream showing the same locomotives, but a little earlier:

www.flickr.com/photos/davidhayes/8818500260/

Well, I picked the wrong spot this morning. I went to Madison County Lake instead of Monte Sano State Park. Mostly because I was able to sleep a little longer. It was a beautiful sunrise on the drive to the lake.

But there was nothing happening on the lake. That’s twice I’ve seen it like that. It’s like all the critters have a secret rhythm and decided they’re all sleeping in today. Who knows.

It’s a good thing I have a backup plan. Here’s the sunrise on Monte Sano from yesterday.

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

62mm

F8@1/50th

GND filter

(DOL_1208)

©Don Brown 2021

Königsstein von der anderen Seite der Elbe

Königsstein from across the river Elbe

A backup diver waits to be deployed during an ice dive rescue scenario.

Fuji X-T1, Fujinon 35mm f/2

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