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The fifth component of positive freedom in Timothy Snyder's new book "On Freedom" is Solidarity. We cannot claim freedom for ourselves and deny it to others. Freedom only makes sense when we recognize in others the things we see in ourselves. America's motto is E Pluribus Unum; Out of Many, One. What is that but an expression of solidarity? Those who dehumanize others are not interested in your freedom. Unions place solidarity at the top of their principles. We cannot be free unless we are all free.
My fifth entry for Polaroid Week represents Solidarity by photographing all my previous entries, plus a couple others, using the same Retinex film to give the impression of a single body made up all other bodies. I used the hexaprism filter from my Spectra Special Effects filter pack with my Mint SLR-670X Ming Edition I-Type camera.
This ends my Polaroid Week series. I hope this has piqued your interest in Snyder's book and made you think about freedom in perhaps a different way than you have before. Snyder's book is available at timothysnyder.org/on-freedom . If you're American, election day is in a few days. Vote. Vote for freedom. Vote for freedom for all of us.
The City of London is a city within London. The City constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the conurbation has since grown far beyond its borders. As the City's boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, it is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of Greater London, though it remains a notable part of central London. It holds city status in its own right and is also a separate ceremonial county.
It is widely referred to as the City (often written on maps as "City" and differentiated from the phrase "the city of London" by capitalizing the word City) or the Square Mile as it is 1.12 sq mi (2.90 km2) in area. These terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's financial services industry, which continues a notable history of being largely based in the City.
The term London now refers to a much larger conurbation roughly corresponding to the London region, also known as the Greater London administrative area, comprising 32 boroughs (including the City of Westminster), in addition to the City of London. The local authority for the City, the City of London Corporation, is unique in the UK and has some unusual responsibilities for a local council, such as being the police authority. It also has responsibilities and ownerships beyond the City's boundaries. The Corporation is headed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, an office separate from (and much older than) the Mayor of London.
The City is a major business and financial center, ranking as the world's leading center of global finance. Throughout the 19th century, the City was the world's primary business center, and continues to be a major meeting point for businesses. London came top in the Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index, published in 2008. The insurance industry is focused around the eastern side of the City. Another major financial district in London is located at Canary Wharf, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the east.
The City has a resident population of about 7,000 (2011) but over 300,000 people commute to it and work there, mainly in the financial services sector. The legal profession forms a major component of the northern and western sides of the City – especially in the Temple and Chancery Lane areas where the Inns of Court are located, of which two—Inner Temple and Middle Temple—fall within the City of London boundary.
Big, ugly, ex Conrail U33-C's and an ex Detroit Edison SD40 lead the Westbound Sealand stack train at the 318 semaphores at Browns Crossing in Adrian, NY on August 30, 1986. Those big GE's were really laying down a smoky haze, but at least they were running. I usually cringed when these units turned up on the lead of any train at the time, they were not very nice looking. Anything in a Guilford component road paint scheme would have been preferable. Now however, the passage of time makes them more interesting.
Major components of the very first A300 (and hence the first Airbus aircraft built) are preserved in the Deutsches Museum, Munich. F-OCAZ first flew on 28 October 1972 (as F-WUAB) and was retired in late 1974. It was then dismantled at Toulouse.
ベル・ボーイング V-22 オスプレイ ティルトローター輸送機
Bell Boeing V-22 “Osprey” Tiltrotor Transport Aircraft
陸上自衛隊 陸上総隊 第1ヘリコプター団 輸送航空隊 / 佐賀駐屯地
JGSDF Ground Component Command, 1st Helicopter Brigade, Transport Aviation Group / Camp Saga
2025年10月5日 陸上自衛隊 木更津駐屯地（第51回 木更津航空祭・創立57周年記念行事）にて撮影
October 5, 2025 at JGSDF Camp Kisarazu (51st Kisarazu Air Festival, 57th Anniversary Event)
The U.S. Air Force’s B-2 stealth bomber is a key component of the nation’s long-range strike arsenal, and one of the most survivable aircraft in the world. Its unique stealth characteristics allow it to penetrate the most sophisticated enemy defenses.
B-2 Technical Details
‧ Type: Strategic, long-range heavy bomber with low-observable technology and all-altitude capability to penetrate the most sophisticated air defenses in nuclear and conventional missions
‧ Power Plant: Four General Electric F118-GE-100 turbofans, each 17,300 lbs. thrust.
‧ Crew: Two (pilot and mission commander)
‧ Combat Ceiling: 50,000 feet
‧ Range: 6,000 nautical miles (unrefueled) 10,000 nautical miles with one refueling
‧ Maximum Gross Takeoff Weight: 336,500 lbs.
And...10 Cool Facts about the B-2
B-2 Technical Details
1 – It's an Engineering Marvel – To bring the B-2 to life, Northrop Grumman had to invent all components from scratch. That list included tools, a software laboratory, composite materials, special test equipment, and 3-D modeling and computer systems. Related manufacturing processes were also created.
2 – Why it’s No. #1 – When the U.S. must go to war, the B-2 is there on the first night. The B-2 went into enemy territory on Night One in support of Operation Allied Force (Serbia); Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan); Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) and twice in Libya in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn and Operation Odyssey Lightning. The B-2, one of the most survivable aircraft in the world, is the only aircraft to combine long-range, stealth and a heavy payload on a single platform.
3 – Legendary Combat Debut – The B-2 saw its first operational use during Operation Allied Force. Two B-2s flew more than 31 hours from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to Kosovo. They attacked multiple targets, then flew directly back. The B-2s flew less than 1 percent of the total missions, yet destroyed 33 percent of the targets during the first eight weeks of conflict.
4 – Beast Mode: Longest Aerial Combat Mission in History – The B-2 holds the record for longest air combat mission in history. In 2001, the Spirit of America and five other B-2s were the first to enter Afghan airspace for a record setting 44-hour mission. The aircraft’s performance is even more impressive in that the B-2 made a quick pit stop for a 45-minute crew and service change with engines still running. It then flew back to Missouri for another 30-hour flight for a total of more than 70 consecutive hours.
5 – Red Carpet Realness – When Hollywood needs a “super bomber” to make a cameo and fight off a giant monster or an alien invasion, the red carpet is rolled out for the B-2. With an unmistakable silhouette and flying wing design, it’s easily one of the most recognized aircraft in the world. It has appeared in movies including “Independence Day,” “Armageddon,” “Iron Man 2,” “Cloverfield,” “Airplanes,” “Rampage” and, most recently, “Captain Marvel.”
6 – The Team Today – Northrop Grumman continues to upgrade and enhance the B-2’s capabilities, and service every B-2 aircraft. From the extensive programmed depot maintenance that ranges from the complete restoration of the jet’s exterior surfaces to software engineering, testing and development. Our employees also lead vehicle engineering, logistics and product support for the aircraft.
7 – Dimensions – The B-2 is 69 feet long, 17 feet high and has a wingspan of 172 feet, half the length of a football field.
8 – High Subsonic – The B-2 can reach a high subsonic speed and can also reach an altitude of more 50,000 feet.
9 – Intercontinental Range – The B-2 can travel 6,000 nautical miles without refueling and 10,000 nautical miles with only one refueling. It can reach any point in the world within hours.
10 – Payload – A B-2 can carry a payload of 20 tons.
Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D5200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 100
Aperture – f/5.6
Exposure – 1/400 second
Focal Length – 300mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Photo captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm F/4.5 lens. Second Beach. Part of the Quillayute Needles, a consortium of battered islands and sea stacks. Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge. Olympic National Park. Coast Range. Olympic Peninsula. Clallam County, Washington. Late May 2016.
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-200 * Aperture: F/8 * Bracketing: None
English Electric Canberra tail and engines on the ground, showing the components that powered the iconic post-war jet bomber.
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Created for Artistic Manipulation Group's MIXMASTER CHALLENGE #5
CHEF jimlaskowicz calls this recipe "Postcards from the Edge".
~Your image must simulate a postcard and/or must include a postcard
~It must have a text component
~It must include at least one human-like form (mannequins okay)
~It must have at least one animal form except ...
~No birds
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Credits:
postcard: Henrico Prins
Jane Goodall: Jeekc via Wikimedia
Kenya landscape: ninara
Para el Reto de noviembre de Beads Perles tenemos que elaborar tres componentes sueltos, que posteriormente pudieran ser montados para formar una joya.
Como todavía no me he olvidado de los pendientes de la reina, he hecho estas tres piezas de aire renacentista, con cabus de 8, rocalla y perlas.
Haré otro trío si alguna idea más termina de tomar cuerpo.
Pinal Airpark 10/2016
Boeing 747-4HB (LCF) "Dreamlifter" (27042)(N718BA)(Formerly 9M-MPA)(This is the fourth Dreamlifter converted from Malaysia Airlines 9M-MPA)(It is an extensively modified Boeing 747-400 that is used exclusively for transporting Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft components to Boeing's assembly plants from suppliers around the world)
The XSL (eXperimental Superposed Load) Carbine is an infantry carbine from the end of the 21st century, chambered in 6mm caseless rounds that functions using as few mechanical components as possible and employs Metal Storm technology.
The feeding system is a cylinder with 4 barrel slots. Each barrel contains 6 superposed rounds and their respective electronically ignited charge, which are activated through the pull of the trigger. When a round exits the barrel, an electronic output is sent to the integrated green ammunition counter that turns off one square, from the right side to the left, until all rounds are fired. Then, a barrel gets empty, and one red LED is turned off. A feedback signal is sent to an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), which sends a signal to a servo motor connected to the cylinder, making it turn and align another superposed load to the weapon’s main barrel.
As for its controls, starting from the grip: first, a simple lever that functions as a switch to lock the trigger; second, a dial fire selector that contains single-fire*, 3 round burst and 6 round burst, the last two capable of achieving alarming fire rates, up to 3600 RPM and 7200 RPM respectively; lastly, now using as reference the upper receiver, a power button to turn on or off the electronic system of the firearm.
Finally, the integrated optical sight provides a wide array of useful tools for the shooter. It contains an integrated rangefinder and range adjustment buttons, up to 500 meters. The equipment also boasts a night-vision mode and independent battery.
* Single-fire mode works in a unique way when compared to the other firemodes. With each pull of the trigger, a second servo motor is activated and moves the barrel backwards through a gear connected to the top of the barrel. In that configuration, each round travels the same barrel length, providing consistent ranged shots.
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Big thanks to the Discord group for all the feedback.
Credits to Soupset for the inspiration with the ammunition counter and to Goaldude and Robbe for general advice.
This 2x3 mosaic shows all the the Veil Nebula components, which conforms the visible portion of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant. This nebula in full is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust, located in Cygnus constellation. The area imaged has, approximately, 3,45º x 3,75º apparent dimensions. Due to this big size, many portions of he Veil nebula have acquired this own individual names. The source star was 20 times more massive tha our Sun, which exploded between 10.000 and 20.000 years ago. The result of this big explosion has been an expansion of the remnants to cover the area of the sky described above.
We can see in this image all the components of the Veil Nebula:
-The Western Veil (called also Caldwell 34), consisting of NGC 6960.
-The Easters Veil (as known as Caldwell 33) , whose brightest area is NGC 6992.
-Pickering’s Triangle, brightest at the north center of the loop.
The image has been taken through H Alpha an Oxygen triple ionized filters, showing us the emissions from the nebula indicates presence of Hydrogen and Oxygen. Also, Sulfur emissions comes from the nebula but this emission line is not shown in the picture.
Technical data:
Remote Observatory "FarLightTeam"
Team: Jesús M. Vargas, Bittor Zabalegui,José Esteban, Marc Valero.
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 ED 530mm f/5
CCDs: QSI683 wsg8
Filters: Baader Planetarium - Halpha-OIII
Mount: 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Imaging Software: Voyager
Processing Software: PixInsight
Captured on E-eye Remote Observatory facilities (Fregenal de la Sierra ) Badajoz, Spain.
Processing: Marc Valero
Imaged area: 3,45º x 3,75º (approx.) - 2x3 mosaic
Resolution: 2,09 arc”/pix
Ha: 314x1200"
OIII: 318x1200”
'Keep Reddish Tidy' exhorts a message on the overhead crane although the floor is still littered with major components such as the class 76 pantograph roof section and oil drums. 40 026 was the only class 40 in the 40 010 to 40 035 batch not to be named after a liner but was due to carry the name 'Media' after a Cunard Line ship.
Car: Gilbern Invader.
Date of first registration: 9th September 1969.
Registration region: Bristol.
Latest recorded mileage: 92,270 (MOT 15th November 2017).
Date taken: 19th May 2019.
Location: Cardiff, UK.
Album: Classics in Cardiff May 2019
Oostmalle, 5 August 1983.
The Belgian Air Component has 4 Piper L21B Super Cubs in use for towing military gliders of the Air Cadets. They are based at Goetsenhoven, east of Brussels.
Six were acquired in 1975, all former Netherlands Air Force. Two were written off. Between 2000 and 2002 the remaining four (LB01, 02, 03 and 05) were almost completely rebuilt. They received a new fuselage, wing and engine.
The photos were taken at Oostmalle, a Cold War reserve base near Antwerpen.
LB01 is former Dutch R-113 and 54-2403.
Background: These parts are components of a retired US Navy Grumman EA-6B, according to the museum signage. One former Navy aircrew member reports their squadron referred to these aircraft as "station wagons" because they had four crew members aboard when flying a mission. This type began service in 1971 during the Vietnam conflict. They can operate from aircraft carriers at sea. According to published information, their purpose is to destroy radar, anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), and missile (air defense) sites so other aircraft can safely complete their assigned missions. One text used the acronym "SEAD:" Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses.
The left frame shows a part of the hinge that allows the outer wing to fold. This is a four-frame panorama. I think the primary reason for folding wings is to park more aircraft while taking up less square footage. If you have a mission where these aircraft are not used, they go down the elevator and maybe get an oil change or other scheduled maintenance in the hangars below deck. I think the outer part of the wing has fuel storage so the plumbing connects the outer fuel tank with the inner wing fuel tank. It's impressive that some team of engineers figured out dynamic wing loads and designed this hinge to withstand turns and tactical maneuvers.
The right frame shows some harnesses under the starboard wing root. This museum has no ropes around the aircraft so you can get right up in the space where the landing gear would retract and look at the wiring. I don't touch anything because it's not my airplane. We hope not but there could be a war and they have to make this thing flyable again.
When you've had to troubleshoot bizarre intermitant problems caused by stray radio signals, you appreciate wiring harnesses with metal shield braid around them. Braid can reduce radio signals coupling into the harness wiring.
This aircraft, according to my unclassified understanding, has powerful transmitters used to confuse the radar operators of opposing forces. For example, the electronics tricks the air defense radar operator into firing missiles at non-existent planes 3 miles west of this aircraft. Those transmitters create strong signals that can feed back and fowl up the aircraft electronics. It's sort of the electronic signal version of trying to have a conversation while two nearby people yell random words into megaphones next to your ears. Geeks use harness routing, shielding, and bypassing to reduce the undesired signals and keep the on board systems well-behaved. The lacing cool.
I guess the tubing must be fuel lines.
I believe all of the air defense magic has been gutted but the aircraft is otherwise true to form.
As always, your corrections are welcomed.
Imagine you're in a car without headlights going 150 miles an hour down a dark narrow road toward a one-car garage illuminated by a single light bulb. If you get through the garage door, your car will stop automatically. And the garage is moving around. That's what the night [aircraft carrier] landing is like.
— Commander Chris Nutter, USN
Please do not copy this image.
Journalism Grade Image.
Source: one 9,700x3,900 16-bit panorama TIF file and one 4,200x2,800 16-bit TIF file.
Multiple integrated circuits at the heart of Europe’s space missions, etched together onto a single piece of silicon.
This 20 cm-diameter wafer contains 35 replicas of five different space chips, each incorporating up to about 10 million transistors or basic circuit switches.
Laid down within a microchip, these designs endow a space mission with the ability to perform various specialised tasks such as data handling, communications processing or attitude control.
To save money on the high cost of fabrication, various chips designed by different companies and destined for multiple ESA projects are crammed onto the same silicon wafers, etched into place at specialised semiconductor manufacturing plants.
Once tested for functionality, the chips on the wafer are chopped up and packaged for use, then mounted on printed circuit boards for connection with other microelectronic components aboard a satellite.
Since 2002, ESA’s Microelectronics section has maintained a catalogue of ‘building blocks’ for chip designs, known as Intellectual Property cores, available to European industry through ESA licence.
More information: www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/M...
Credit: ESA-Guus Schoonewille
Component of structure of the upper decks of a liner realized by MECASOUD.
Magnifique élément de serrurerie en alu
Elément de structure des ponts supérieurs d'un paquebot réalisée par MECASOUD pour Les Chantiers de l'Atlantique.
Port de Saint-Nazaire
FRANCE
Exercise Cobra Warrior After my afternoon visit on Tuesday 14th March, where I just missed photographing the visiting fighters arriving back at base, I made up for it on the following Friday 17th - managing to record the departure home of all six of the Belgian Air Component F-16s, four of the Finnish Air Force F-18s and a pair of the 'exotic' Indian Air Force Mirage 2000s 😎 :)
Here is a video still of my first Indian Mirage 2000 2-seat trainer KT-213 waiting by the fence for departure clearance, gleaming in the morning sunshine. In the background, the final two Belgian Air Component F-16s were about to depart Waddington around 10.00 heading home to Belgium.
Exercise Cobra Warrior is a biannual exercise run by the Royal Air Force and is designed to exercise participants in high intensity large force tactical training. This year's exercise is taking place from the 6th to the 24th of March, controlled by directing staff at RAF Waddington. More info on Exercise Cobra Warrior here: www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/international-participants-f...
Cobra Warrior Participants
Based at Waddington
🇧🇪Belgian Air Force (Force Aérienne Belge)🇧🇪
General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon (Viper) x6
FA-77
FA-102
FA-116 (349 sqd special tail)
FA-127
FA-134
FA-136 (display special)
🇫🇮 Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat) 🇫🇮
McDonnell Douglas F-18C Hornet x6
HN-406
HN-411 (small bull on nose)
HN-422
HN-424 (black lynx on nose)
HN-438
HN-448
🇮🇳 Indian Air Force 🇮🇳
Dassault Mirage 2000 x5
KF112 - 2000I
KF118 - 2000I
KT208 - 2000TI
KT211 - 2000TI
KT213 - 2000TI
Based at Coningsby
🈂 Royal Saudi Air Force 🈂
EF2000 Eurofighter Typhoon x6
1020 - T3
316 - FGR4
8019 - FGR4
1019 - FGR4
1022 - FGR4 (Green Canard)
8018 - FGR4
More info here: www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=455&t=...
Low-res shot taken with an iPhone 6s iPhone photography - apologies for the poor quality of some of these phone photos - sometimes they're nice and sharp - sometimes they're all pixelated and not up to my usual standard. The videos are better :)
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
In this photo I have the units broken into groups, Armoured, Artillery, Engineers, Transport, SF, Historical and RAEME
Belgian Air Component's General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon display aircraft taxiing to the runway before commencing its display at the 2011 RAF Waddington International Air Show.
Isaac and I have added a new component to brickbuilt: Finest Creations. For the given time-frame, June 2014-December 2014 in this case, Isaac and I will each choose 5 of our best creations and compile them in a single post. Then it is your task to cast your vote and decide what was Isaac's and my best creation from those given, and also which creation is your favorite overall. We will tally the votes and then add the victorious MOCs to a new gallery for Brickbuilt’s Public Choice Creations.
So check it out, and let us know which are your favorite builds!
Some cool turning parts images:
Pont Alexandre III
Image by David McA Photographs
A long exposure shot of the Seine at the Pont Alexandre III, a wonderfully ornate bridge more than the Seine by the Grand Palais in Paris.
I liked the way that the low evening sun lit up the gilded parts of the...
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Just like astronauts themselves, each and every part to be used in a spacecraft goes through exhaustive testing, guided by ESA-backed standards - just ask Circuit the Component...
Credit: ESA – Ed Grace
The Royal Society of Natural Philosophy has established a school house for the Eslandolan settlement of Weelond on bequest of the settlement's Mayor.
A freebuild for Brethren of the Brick Seas. Heavily based on this excellent MOC here.
Nationaal Archief/Spaarnestad Photo/Rob Krudzlo
Nederlands: Interieur van een muziekhandel. Moeder kijkt hoe de verkoopster haar zoontje helpt bij het uitproberen van (spelen op) een gitaar. Nederland, jaartal onbekend, [1958-1963].
English: Testing guitar in a music shop. The Netherlands, location unknown, 1957.
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The Citroën Visa was the first PSA car which shared components of two sub-brands. The main part was the floorplan of the Visa which she had in common with the 1972-1988 Peugeot 104. This also counts for the engine at some models.
In March 1981 the Visa received a cosmetic re-style (e.g. new grille).
652 cc 2 cylinder petrol engine.
Production Visa: 9/1978-9/1988.
Original first reg. number: April 1986.
New French reg. number: Spring 1996 (Yvelines).
Number seen: 3.
Between Saint-Jean-le-Vieux and La Route (Ain), D36, Aug. 5, 2019.
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