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I'm on a mission, perhaps not attainable, to shoot all of the SD70s before they are rebuilt into those wide cab abominations. I'm not sure I'll get it done but we'll see.
Here's one of those spartan cab 70s, of the ex-Conrail variety, pulling mixer 10G into Enola Yard with a cut of Camrail exports fresh out of the GE plant in Erie.
Both of these, the standard cab and the Erie exports are on borrowed time. A two for one!
Portrait of an Mbororo man at a Gerewol festival - Cameroon.
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Day 2 back at work & we were leaving Cameroon at sunset, missed the best of the sunset, but just managed to get out & catch the last of the light & the other part of the mountain was almost visible! An 8 shot pano taken with sony A6000 Jupiter 8 lens at f/2 handheld & stitched together in photoshop.
The tiny blue duiker (Philantomba monticola), one of Africa’s smallest antelope, can be spotted at dawn and dusk, when it is most active, looking for fallen fruits, flowers, fresh leaves and even bird eggs. The blue duiker is widely distributed in central, eastern and southern Africa. They can be found in a variety of forested areas, including rainforests, riverine forests, dense thickets, and montane forests.
Blue duikers are the smallest of the duiker species, weighing no more than 3,5 to 8,5 kg. They are generally 40 to 90 cm long, with a 7 to 12.5 cm tail that is black with a white underside. Their coat color varies depending on their range, but is typically brown, often with a blue tint. Males have a pair of short spiky horns that are about 5 cm in height.
The common name of duiker comes from the Afrikaans duik or Dutch duiker – both mean "diver", which refers to the practice of the animals to frequently dive into vegetation for cover.
This picture is taken at Burgers Zoo (www.burgerszoo.eu) in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
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"Hands of comfort" . Like all tribes who come in contact with the modern world... change is happening. Change of religion, beliefs, traditions,... Like this Koma girl. Where the adult women wear their leaf dress all day every day, she only wears it in the mornings and evenings. It's nobody's right to tell them what to do. They must be able to change at their own pace and willing. It would like to think that the hands on the wall are like hands of comfort... hands of tradition saying: It's all ok... whatever you do.
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This animal lives at Jimmy's Farm in Suffolk.
Cameroon sheep is a dwarf breed of domestic sheep mainly found in the savanna of Cameroon in West Africa.
The animal is well adapted to hot and humid climates. It has no wool, as this would be a disadvantage to it in the African heat, but thick, tight hair, with an extra undercoat during winter months. The winter coat is shed once spring arrives.
Males are 25.5 in. (65 cm) tall at the shoulder and weigh around 66 lb. (30 kg). Females stand 20 in. (51 cm) at the shoulder and weigh around 44 lb. (20 kg). The males have horns and a thicker coat than the females. Their most common colour is brown with a black belly, head, and legs.
Cameroon sheep live in flocks and their diet consists of grasses, leaves, buds, shoots and herbs
One or occasionally two lambs are born in late winter or early spring after a gestation period of 5 months. A lamb can expect an average lifespan of between 10 to 12 years, but it could be up to 16 years.
It is believed that there are less than 1,000 of these sheep left in the world, but as a domestic breed it is not evaluated by the IUCN.
Again a wonderful hidden treasure of the underground Parisian life! This is of course my first plate from Cameroon!
Gastropoda (marine):
• Cassis tessellata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Persististrombus latus f. portgentilensis Bernard, 1984
• Hexaplex rosarium (Röding, 1798)
Bivalvia:
• Cardium costatum Linnaeus, 1758
Specimens from Kribi, Cameroon
From my collection
Again a wonderful hidden treasure of the underground Parisian life! This is of course my first plate from Cameroon!
Lac de Mbakaou, Cameroon, Africa on Feb. 2, 2001 taken by Landsat-7.
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
High res, read more: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002300/a002335/
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Press "L". A palmy mangrove in Cameroon, Africa.
Pentax 67, Takumar 105mm f2.4, Rollei Infrared 400, wet-mounted drumscan (through PhotoMultiplier Tubes - PMTs - no CCD nor CMOS involved in the digitizing process)
Cameroon sheep is a resistant, problem free dwarf breed of domestic sheep mainly found in the savanna of Cameroon in West Africa.
The Cameroon sheep is well adapted to hot and humid climates. It has no wool, as this would be a disadvantage to it in the African heat, but thick, tight hair, with an extra undercoat during winter months. This winter coat is shed once spring arrives.
The shoulder height of a male is 25.5 in. (65 cm) with a weigh around 66 lb. (30 kg). Females stand 20 in. (51 cm) at the shoulder and weight around 44 lb. (20 kg). The males have horns and a thicker fur coat than the females. Their most common colour is brown with a black belly, head, and legs.
They live in flocks and their diet consists of grasses, leaves, buds, shoots and herbs
One or occasionally two lambs are born in late winter or early spring after a gestation period of 5 months. Their lifespan is between 10 to 12 years.
As a domestic breed it is not evaluated by the IUCN. As a domestic species it is not endangered.
Sad eyes. It was already late in the evening when i took the picture of this Mbororo man. The main Gerewol event was over. This is were young women choose a man based on their looks, presence, dancing moves,... My first guess was that he wasn't lucky that day and nobody chose him. It would sure explain the sad eyes...
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ortrait of an Mbororo lady.
I met this lady in a small village near the Gerewol site. At the Gerewol, girls can choose their man. And that man can be from Cameroon or one of the neighbouring countries because the Mbororo are also present there. In this case, my best guess was that this girl was from Nigeria because her outfit was very different from the locals, she didn't have scarifications and she spoke english. She probably chose a local man at the Gerewol and moved into his village.
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Portrait of an Mbororo boy at a Gerewol festival - Cameroon.
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So i just got back from Cameroon. It wasn't an easy journey to say the least but 1 of the highlights must have been the opportunity i had to witness the Peuhl / Mbororo guerewol. In one word: AMAZING ! It was the first guerewol that was organised since covid and as a result it was huge. Up to 4 clans gathered in the bush near Poli. Over 2000 people attended. There was even a clan from Nigeria. Before going to sleep; i already wanted to share a picture of one of the beautiful Mbororo girls who attended the festival. They are best known for their amazing scarifications.
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Traditional dwellings in the small town of Moumekeng, in Littoral Province in Cameroon. Photo taken by D B Lillis (son).
Press "L". A palmy mangrove in Kribi, Cameroon, Africa.
Pentax 67, Takumar 105mm f2.4, Rollei Infrared 400, wet-mounted drumscan (through PhotoMultiplier Tubes - PMTs - no CCD nor CMOS involved in the digitizing process)
Portrait of an Mbororo boy at a Gerewol festival - Cameroon.
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Up in smoke. While visiting the Koma tribe; i saw the witchdoctor looking into one of his pouches. He pulled out some paper and tobacco and started making his own cigaret. I deceided to give him some of the tobacco i brought along and he hapilly accepted. He seemed to enjoy it 😉
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