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For the Macro Monday challenge "Plastic" (April 6th 2020)
So much to choose from! Our world is full of all manner of plastic - I didn't know where to start, so in the end I took my small blue water bottle, and tried to make it a little mysterious ;o)
HMM to everyone, and I hope the week goes well for you, and stay safe!
My 2020 Macro Mondays set: Here
and previous years of the challenge:
My 2019 Macro Mondays set: Here
My 2018 set: 2018 Macro Mondays
My 2017 set: 2017 Macro Mondays
My 2016 set: 2016 Macro Mondays
My 2015 set: 2015 Macro Mondays
My 2014 set: 2014 Macro Mondays
My 2013 set: 2013 Macro Mondays
An eastbound BNSF intermodal crosses Lake Pend Oreille as it approaches Sandpoint, Idaho. Construction continues on a second bridge across the lake, in an attempt to alleviate the bottleneck.
Okay it took 215 clicks to get the drip in the frame that was recognizable as a drip in motion. So, don't be a drip....just flow!
Shell Beach is a seemingly endless white stretch of beach composed of trillions of tiny shells that stretches for a 60 km and to a depth of 7–10 m. There is no sand, just shells.
The Feral Proof Fence - a project to protect and preserve Shark Bay's native wildlife, ends out in the sea in this area. It is erected across the 3km ‘bottleneck’ at the bottom of the peninsula where it joins the rest of Australia to create an area where pest predators such as cattle, foxes and goats are reduced to very low numbers.
HFF folks!
Olympus mju 9010 - f/3.9 - 1/40sec - 7 mm - ISO 80
- View through the bottleneck into an old bottle Cointreau.
This bottle was forgotten in a chest for more than 25 years.
It was still half full or.... half empty, depending on you're being an optimist or a pessimist.
Doug Harrop Photography • October 5, 1994
A pair a Santa Fe Super Fleet GE locomotives pull a westbound container train through Quinlan, Oklahoma on October 5, 1994. The train is ascending the 1% Curtis Hill grade.
The track trailing off to the right is the original alignment, becoming a passing track when the main line was relocated with less curvature.
This route through the red clay hills of north central Oklahoma was becoming a bottleneck on the Santa Fe Transcon. In 1995, it would be double tracked, completed just in time for the BNSF merger.
Op zaterdag 10 mei werd een dagje rond Venlo gespendeerd. Dat weekend vonden er werkzaamheden plaats rond Emmerich waardoor er in theorie veel meer goederenvervoer zou moeten rijden. Helaas blijkt DB Netz niet heel handig in het plannen van werkzaamheden aan het spoor want tegelijkertijd lag ook het emplacement van Köln Ehrenfeld eruit. Dat betekende dat al het goederenvervoer van en naar Nederland én België (Aachen) omgeleid moest worden via Duisburg en Viersen v.v.
Dat zorgde al snel voor capaciteitsproblemen met gigantische vertragingen tot gevolg. Omdat naast de ICE-treinen ook TCS met de RE13 iedere twee uur reed, werd ook het baanvak Venlo - Viersen, dat grotendeels enkelsporig is uitgevoerd, een heuse bottleneck. De route via Duisburg en Viersen betekend voor treinen van/naar Nederland tevens dat er nog moet worden kopgemaakt, waardoor nóg meer tijd verloren gaat. Gedurende de dag bleek dat Viersen niet voldoende capaciteit had voor kerende treinen en moest er soms doorgereden worden naar Helenabrunn, Rheydt of zelfs Baal (Erkelenz).
We besloten hierom niet richting Tilburg te gaan maar rond Venlo te blijven hangen voor nog wat plaatjes in het laatste licht in Duitsland. Verder richting het westen zouden deze dan in het donker rijden. Zo konden we tevens de TCS Ersatzzug van het lijstje afstrepen. Tot slot leverde het ons in de avond de Snowpiercer van SBB Cargo op. Deze bijzondere uitvoering van de Xload is te vinden op de 193 460. De loc is met een vol beladen GTS-containertrein onderweg van Milaan naar de Botlek en mocht hier na een half uur wachten op tegentreinen, in het laatste zonlicht uit Breyell vertrekken richting Venlo ev. Ivm oprukkende schaduwen werd een portaal naar voren gelopen.
Passing an eastbound freight tied down on Main 2, UP train LSE59 sprints through Maplewood on its way towards downtown St. Louis. It’s common for eastbound trains to wait near Big Bend Boulevard (which is around the curve, out of sight) if the dispatcher isn’t ready to take them onward into town.
Maplewood, MO - April 9, 2022.
Leaving Denver behind, UP 1943 leads O-SJXP through Leyden as they head west towards the mountains. From here, its a steady 2 percent climb all the way to the Moffat tunnel. Running on an approach, the train will hold short of the next siding at Rocky behind 2 more bottlenecked westbounds. It will be well after dark by the time they get moving, courtesy of a broken down coal train that held the main most of the afternoon.
india to nepal
border crossing
passport control
The atmosphere in this night scene at the immigration border between India and Nepal was incredible chaotic. There were cars, buses, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles even horse carriages going through the border. There were immigration officers walking through the fog between cars directing traffic to prevent immigration traffic bottlenecks and keep the flow moving. Despite the madness, we managed to pass through the border in less time than some of the conventional airports I have flown.
Another from the archives from a place far away and in another life....this was one of the best chases Frank and I ever had in Alaska, and that's saying something for sure!
It was a splendid cold Sunday with bluebird skies and crisp white snow abounding. An empty intermodal (bare table) train 110S was called for a date with the Northland Services barge at the Alaska Railroad's southernmost terminal in Seward. So, a quick call to my friend Frank Keller and we decided to go for it. What a chase...114 miles from Anchorage to the end of the line with not a cloud in site. Two clean SD70MACs led the train which was unfortunately not very photogenic consisting of one tank car and 60 flats (most of which were empty) for a total of 2660 tons and 4852 ft.
Here the train is seen plowing snow as it hustles south across the frozen waters of Trail Lake at MP 29.5. Until last summer this bridge was a 10 MPH bottleneck on the mainline to Seward. But with new steel bents and stringers courtesy of the ARR's B&B crew, trains now cruise at 25 MPH.
Moose Pass, Alaska
Sunday March 11, 2012
This bridge on Bracebridge, Worksop was once the main road between two areas of Worksop. I remember in the 50s cycling across it many times but it was always a bottleneck with a single carriageway. Too small for lorries, eventually another road and bridge were built and this shot is taken from the replacement. Now it is only passable by pedestrians and bikes. Through the bridge, you can just see Kilton Top Lock on the Chesterfield Canal.
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Theme: " Bottleneck" … neck of the bottle only and NOT the whole bottle!
The term "bottleneck" refers to the typical shape of a bottle, and the fact that the bottle's neck is the narrowest point, which is the most likely place for congestion to occur, slowing down the flow of liquid from the bottle. [Source: www.investopedia.com]
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The site has a long and interesting history and was known to have been part of the medieval core of Inverness. The eponymous stairs are named for John Raining, a wealthy merchant from Norwich who, in 1726, bequeathed £1,200 to establish a fund to support charitable schools in the Scottish Highlands.
There was a vibrant area centred around the stairs, with a healthy mix of shops and housing, but this began to decline following the demolition of the old school building in 1976. Gradually the site became more of a blight on the city, becoming a focus for anti-social behaviour.
Over a period of 30-40 years, several planning applications were granted consent, for a variety of residential and commercial uses. However, none of these consents were developed. This is indicative of the inherent complexities and constraints which limit development options on the site. In other words, no project until this one was able to address the issues on the site well enough to make development viable.
The Raining’s Stairs link low (Castle Street) and high (Ardconnel Street) parts of Inverness over a significant 27m change in level and is effectively land-locked. The low part of the site is enclosed by the buildings on Castle Street, and access on the high side is limited to a small bottleneck off the adjacent Connel Court.
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Amtrak's Southwest Chief ran into some trouble on its way west, requiring the use of a borrowed BNSF engine to complete the trip. Running quite a bit behind schedule, the westbound 3 passes the UP flyover at Colton. This flyover had just been completed the prior year, eliminating a long-time bottleneck at the UP-BNSF diamond.
#MacroMondays #Bottle
just shot this a few seconds ago (when posted) a SOOC as "limited" holiday time this time of year so no farting around. 😊
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A Glass Bottle filled with colourful layers of Sand……
“Here’s a Ghost in a Bottle
But Today he serves as a Photo Model
No need to fear
The Ghost is not near
He’s stuck in this bottleneck
That’s what he did never expect
……"
(Caren)
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
Taken October 25, 2025 and uploaded for the group
CrAzY Tuesday #Bottle(s)
Gigaset GS290
ƒ/2.0
3.5 mm
1/20 Sec
ISO 1270
Doc and I have spent a lot of time along the Yukon River over the past 44 years. Just a short distance south of Whitehorse you will find a narrow road leading to Miles Canyon. It is well worth the drive. The scenery is spectacular, and you get to cross over the river on a wooden suspension footbridge. That in itself is a thrill, (especially if you are afraid of heights) - and looking down into the swirling Yukon River below, can be just a tad intimidating as well. See those trails along the canyon? You are free to roam all over the area, but you best be careful, because if you get too close to the edge you would disappear in a few seconds.
**1898 The Gold Rush
During the Klondike Gold Rush, the thousands of stampeders travelling down the Yukon River to Dawson - Miles Canyon and the Whitehorse Rapids were the most treacherous obstacles on the entire route. Canyon City, at the upstream end of the canyon, was the place where people stopped to plan their next move. Many unloaded their boats and laboriously portaged their goods.
By June 1898 a huge bottleneck had developed at Canyon City. Nearly 300 boats had been wrecked in the rapids, and five people had drowned; North-West Mounted Police Inspector Samuel Steele confessed: "why more casualties have not occurred is a mystery to me." Steele issued an order that skilled pilots had to be hired to take the boats through.
By then, a tramway had been built on the east bank of the river. It was eight km long and ran from Canyon City to the foot of the rapids, just across from the present site of downtown Whitehorse, hauling goods on horse-drawn cars for 3 cents per pound. A rival tram was also built on the west bank of the river. A small settlement developed at Canyon City, and a townsite was even surveyed there. Although it thrived for a short time, by 1900 the White Pass railway was completed to Whitehorse, and Canyon City had lost its reason for existence. Of the many modes of transportation developed during the gold rush, the most practical was the White Pass & Yukon Route, a narrow-gauge railway connecting Skagway, Alaska, at tidewater, with Whitehorse, at the head of navigation on the Yukon River.
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El Coro de la Catedral-Mezquita de Córdoba (Andalucía – España)
Fotografía realizada con medición Matricial a F/2,8 y ISO 6400 con un gran angular de 16 m/m y sin trípode, a manos alzadas por encima de las cabezas de los turistas aglutinados en dicho recinto denominado la Sillería de Coro.
El problema radica que además de una gran cantidad de visitantes, la entrada y salida del recinto es como un cuello de botella por lo que para tomarla desde el centro, para realizar un encuadre simétrico, no paran de darte empujones para salir o entrar, por lo que tuve que realizar el disparo a ultra velocidad y elevar mucho el ISO.
En esta ocasión quería incluir en la fotografía los potentes órganos de tubos situados en la parte alta de la entrada del recinto.
Realicé cuatro disparos para asegurar un fotograma, por las vibraciones de los empujones.
Espero sea de vuestro agrado, un fuerte abrazo apreciados amigos/as.
Antoni Gallart.
English:
The Choir of the Cathedral-Mosque of Córdoba (Andalusia - Spain)
Photograph made with Matrix measurement at F / 2.8 and ISO 6400 with a wide angle of 16 m / m and without a tripod, with hands raised above the heads of the tourists gathered in this venue called the Choir Stalls.
The problem is that in addition to a large number of visitors, the entrance and exit of the enclosure is like a bottleneck, so to take it from the center, to make a symmetrical frame, they do not stop pushing you to leave or enter, for so I had to shoot at ultra speed and raise the ISO a lot.
On this occasion he wanted to include in the photograph the powerful pipe organs located at the top of the entrance to the enclosure.
I took four shots to secure a frame, from the vibrations of the thrusts.
I hope you like it, a big hug, dear friends.
Antoni Gallart.
The bridge at Sibley on the BNSF Marceline Sub is an impressive bridge from the air. This 4100 foot and 90 feet high bridge over the Missouri River was built in 1915. It is one of the few places were a single track bottleneck still exist on the BNSF Transcon Mainline between Chicago and LA. Here a Cadet, TX (UP) to Chicago empty sand train crosses the bridge on their eastbound journey on a early Sunday morning.
In the background is the Kansas City Power & Light Company's Sibley Operating Station with the 757 feet chimney. The process has begun to slowly tear down this generating station. By the end of 2020 the plant had been tore down except the smoke stack.