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First Great Wetern HST led by 43094 is seen here on the Great Western Mainline running on the relief lines between Cholsey and Didcot on a down InterCity service. A clean matched set in the colours of the time.
3 February 2007.
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I believe this is an Agave chrysantha - golden-flowered century plant - blooming at Kartchner Caverns State Park. Any correction will be appreciated. I was here to take advantage of the one day a month Kartchner Caverns allows photographs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_chrysantha
Agave chrysantha, the golden-flowered century plant, is a plant species endemic to Arizona. The species is distinguished by its bright yellow flowers, born on a flowering stalk up to 7 m (21 feet) tall.[3][4]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartchner_Caverns_State_Park
Kartchner Caverns State Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, featuring a show cave with 2.4 miles (3.9 km) of passages.[1] The park is located 9 miles (14 km) south of the town of Benson and west of the north-flowing San Pedro River. Long hidden from view, the caverns were discovered in 1974 by local cavers, assisted by state biologist Erick Campbell who helped in its preservation.
The park encompasses most of a down-dropped block of Palaeozoic rocks on the east flank of the Whetstone Mountains.
The caverns are carved out of limestone and filled with spectacular speleothems which have been growing for 50,000Â years or longer, and are still growing. Careful and technical cave state park development and maintenance, initially established by founder Dr. Bruce Randall "Randy" Tufts, geologist, were designed to protect and preserve the cave system throughout the park's development, and for perpetuity.[3]
The two major features of the caverns accessible to the public are the Throne Room and the Big Room. The Throne Room contains one of the world's longest (21 ft 2 in (6.45 m))[5] soda straw stalactites and a 58-foot (18 m) high column called Kubla Khan, after the poem. The Big Room contains the world's most extensive formation of brushite moonmilk. Big Room cave tours are closed during the summer for several months (April 15 to October 15) each year because it is a nursery roost for cave bats, however the Throne Room tours remain open year-round.[8]
Other features publicly accessible within the caverns include Mud Flats, Rotunda Room, Strawberry Room, and Cul-de-sac Passage. Approximately 60% of the cave system is not open to the public.[9]
Many different cave formations can be found within the caves and the surrounding park. These include cave bacon, helictites, soda straws, stalactites, stalagmites and others.[12] Cave formations like the stalactites and stalagmites grow approximately a 16th of an inch every 100 years.[13]
Haiku thoughts:
Beneath earth's cool veil,
Stalactites in silence grow,
Whispers of stone deep.
Southern Arizona Adventure 2025
Kartchner 2025
This residential condominium is located on the island of Palm Beach, Florida. It is a beautiful representation of the Mid-Century Modern architecture of the 20th Century. The building has 6 floors and is 73 feet high. The tower features beautiful views of both the Atlantic Ocean and downtown West Palm Beach.
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www.highrises.com/west-palm-beach/the-southlake-condos/
www.neighborhoods.com/southlake-condominiums-palm-beach-fl
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www.emporis.com/buildings/261856/the-southlake-palm-beach...
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Brand new Seaboard Air Line Alco C-420s 110 and 111 en route to the SAL at Richmond, Virginia. Photo made on May 31, 1965, at Potomac Yard, Alexandria, Virginia. These were the first two of 27 C-420s acquired by the SAL (110-135, 146) in 1965 and 1966. The two units became SCL 1212-1213 and were retired in July 1982.
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Circa late 16th century - 68, High Street Newport Pagnell - 04Apr21 grade II listed.
Currently owned by Nationwide Building Society.
The following is from Historic England.
Name: 68, HIGH STREET
Designation Type: Listing
Grade: II
List UID: 1125470
Late C16. Timber frame and brick, tiled roof. 3 storeys and attics, upper floor and attics partly gabled. Early chimney stack and staircase. C19 alterations include cement rendering and bargeboards, bay window to upper storeys.
Generations of Marquette kids, including me, learned to swim at Shiras Pool on Presque Isle Park in Marquette. The pool has been closed for decades now, and the land is reverting to marsh, but I was happy to peek through a fence and see that the original sign remains. Nice mid-century design.
The 14th century Hospitium is a two-storey listed building set within the beautiful York Museum Gardens in York city centre, overlooked by the striking ruins of the Grade 1 listed St. Mary’s Abbey. The Hospitium was built as part of St Mary’s Abbey in the medieval period.
The name Hospitium, related to hospitality, suggests that the building was used for housing guests. These would have been people such as merchants who were not allowed to stay in the main abbey with the monks.
Originally, the Hospitium would have been very close to the River Ouse and the archway that can be seen to the south east would have led to a water gate, allowing boats up very close. Being this close to the river and the shape of the building suggests that it may have been a warehouse as well as a guest building.
The stone ground floor mostly dates to the 1300s with the water gate arch added around 1500. The stone building would have been necessary given that the River Ouse would have flooded even more regularly in the past.
Since the dissolution of the abbey the Hospitium has gone through numerous stages of reuse, disrepair and renovation. In 1828, the newly founded Yorkshire Philosophical Society made significant repairs and housed their collections at the Hospitium before and after the building of the Yorkshire Museum. Today it can be hired for weddings, parties and other events.
More from the Danbury Railway Museum- the Tonawanda Valley Observation Car, Pullman 1928 for New York Central. Used on the NYC's premier 20th Century Limited train until replaced by streamlined equipment in 1938. www.danburyrail.org/passenger
Boxer at rest (2nd - 1st century B.C. - western slopes of the Quirinale) - Palazzo Massimo - Rome
La statua, rinvenuta a Roma sulle pendici occidentali del Quirinale, ritrae un pugile in riposo al termine di un incontro.
L’atleta, spossato, siede su una roccia con le gambe appena divaricate e il torso piegato in avanti; indossa ancora i pesanti guantoni in cuoio con inserti metallici e pellicciotto. Sul volto sono riconoscibili i segni dell’ultimo combattimento: le ferite sotto l’occhio destro e sul naso sanguinano copiosamente, le orecchie sono gonfie e tumefatte. Il volto e le membra dalla muscolatura vigorosa, lievemente appesantita dall’adipe, indicano che l’uomo ha un’età ormai matura e probabilmente è al termine della sua carriera.
Eseguita nella tecnica della cera persa e rifinita a bulino, con inserti in rame per alcuni dettagli tra cui le labbra, l’opera rivela la piena padronanza di una tecnica bronzistica raffinata.
Questo capolavoro è stato prevalentemente attribuito a uno scultore della tarda età ellenistica (II-I sec. a.C.) ispiratosi allo stile di Lisippo (IV sec. a.C.).
The statue, found in Rome on the western slopes of the Quirinale, depicts a boxer at rest at the end of a fight.
The athlete, exhausted, sits on a rock with his legs slightly apart and the torso bent forward; he still wears heavy leather gloves with metal inserts and fur. The signs of the last fight are recognizable on the face: the wounds under the right eye and on the nose bleed profusely, the ears are swollen and swollen. The face and the limbs of the vigorous musculature, slightly weighted down by the fat, indicate that the man is already mature and is probably at the end of his career.
Performed in the technique of lost wax and finished with a burin, with copper inserts for some details including the lips, the work reveals full mastery of a refined bronzial technique.
This masterpiece was mainly attributed to a late Hellenistic sculptor (2nd-1st century BC) inspired by the Lisippo style (4th century BC).
X unknown Lombard painter of the 15th century - Ludovico il Moro in bed invokes the Madonna and Child (c. 1490) - tempera on panel - 50 x 56.8 cm. - Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan
L’opera appartiene a un genere artistico particolare, quello degli ex voto, ed è per questo assai rara: pochissimi sono gli esemplari noti di quest’epoca e di tale qualità. Il dipinto ha subito in passato diversi danni e cadute di colore superficiali, tanto che il suo stato di conservazione non ottimale ne compromette il pieno apprezzamento. La coperta, in particolare, è fortemente abrasa, al punto che si percepiscono chiaramente le linee nere del disegno sottostante. La tavola raffigura Ludovico Sforza, detto il Moro, che governò Milano dal 1480 al 1500, anno in cui dovette fuggire dalla città a causa dell’invasione delle truppe francesi. Il duca è rappresentato a letto, mentre, con le mani giunte, invoca la Madonna e il Bambino Gesù, che appaiono miracolosamente nel cielo oltre un’ampia finestra. Il dipinto venne commissionato da Ludovico per la sua guarigione da una malattia che lo colpì nel 1487-1488, talmente grave da far circolare addirittura la voce della sua morte. Il duca, che pare sollevarsi di colpo dai cuscini, è visibile di profilo oltre le cortine scostate del baldacchino, ed è ritratto in modo realistico, con il naso leggermente ingobbito e il doppio mento che lo caratterizzano anche in altri dipinti. Sul muro sono affissi il motto “Merito et tempore” (con il merito e con il tempo) e la scopetta, che alludeva all’intenzione del Moro di “nettare d’ogni bruttura” le città italiane, ovvero di esserne arbitro e signore. L’andamento orizzontale della parete di fondo è ritmato da tre colonne con capitello, che guidano lo sguardo dell’osservatore verso la finestra. Al di là di essa si stende il paesaggio, sopra il quale, emergendo da una nuvola, si stagliano la Madonna e il Bambino. Nonostante le figure siano un po’ rigide ed inespressive, l’anonimo autore si dimostra all’avanguardia nel rispondere al gusto rinascimentale, che Ludovico aveva portato a Milano chiamando a corte Leonardo e Bramante. Il pittore, infatti, sceglie capitelli classicheggianti e imposta lo scorcio delle piastrelle del pavimento secondo una rigorosa prospettiva. Anche il paesaggio azzurrino, che si perde all’orizzonte, ha un sapore leonardesco.
The work belongs to a particular artistic genre, that of the ex-voto, and for this reason it is very rare: there are very few known examples of this period and of such quality. The painting has undergone in the past several damages and superficial color falls, so that its not optimal state of conservation compromises its full appreciation. The cover, in particular, is strongly abraded, to the point that the black lines of the underlying drawing are clearly visible. The panel depicts Ludovico Sforza, known as the Moor, who ruled Milan from 1480 to 1500, the year in which he had to flee the city because of the invasion of French troops. The Duke is represented in bed, while, with joined hands, he invokes the Madonna and the Baby Jesus, who miraculously appear in the sky beyond a large window. The painting was commissioned by Ludovico for his recovery from an illness that struck him in 1487-1488, so serious as to circulate even the rumor of his death. The duke, who seems to rise suddenly from the cushions, is visible in profile beyond the curtains of the canopy, and is portrayed in a realistic way, with the slightly hunched nose and double chin that characterize him in other paintings. On the wall are affixed the motto "Merito et tempore" (with merit and with time) and the broomstick, which alluded to the Moor's intention to "nectar Italian cities of every ugliness", that is, to be their arbiter and lord. The horizontal course of the back wall is marked by three columns with capitals, which guide the observer's gaze towards the window. Beyond it lies the landscape, above which, emerging from a cloud, stand the Madonna and Child. Although the figures are a bit stiff and inexpressive, the anonymous author shows himself to be in the vanguard in responding to the Renaissance taste, which Ludovico had brought to Milan by calling Leonardo and Bramante to court. The painter, in fact, chooses classical capitals and sets the foreshortening of the floor tiles according to a rigorous perspective. Even the blue landscape, which is lost on the horizon, has a Leonardo-like flavor.
Century Motors, Chippendale, Sydney, by Max Dupain, 1953
It may look like a still from an American film noir movie, but this beautifully composed shot shows a used car business in Broadway, Sydney. Taken at night-time by Max Dupain, it also captures the spire of St Benedict’s church, which is still standing today. Two years earlier, the showroom’s manager, Arthur Hacker, had been embroiled in an unsolved murder after his wife was strangled at their mansion in Northcote Avenue, Killara.
ON 558/Box 3/nos. 120–124
On display in State Library of New South Wales Exhibition 'Shot' www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/shot
Throwing out the high (C855), and throwing out the low (C415), both of which were specialty models, Alco’s entire catalog of Century-series locomotives is represented in this photo of part of Conrail's Collinwood, Ohio dead line, with an RSD5 thrown in for good measure. From left (most distant) to right are an ex-PC C628, an ex-PC RSD5, a C430 and a C630 from the Reading, a C425 and a C636 from the Penn Central, a former Lehigh and Hudson River C420, and a C424 from the Erie Lackawanna.
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
Kanazawa,Ishikawa-pref.,Japan
Designed by SANAA 2004
www.arcspace.com/architects/sejima_nishizawa/sejima_nishi...
Structure design Mutsuro Sasaki
James Turrell "Blue Planet Sky" 2004
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Turrell
CONTAX G2
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This restored late XIX century powered sailship is one of the cruise ships sailing around the Galapagos Islands with Santiago and Daphne Mayor islands in the background. Until recently those pricey cruises were the only way to visit the archipelago, and to this day some parts of the Galapagos are only accessible if you book a cruise.
Этот отреставрированный парусный пароход конца XIX века является одним из круизных судов, используемых для посещения Галапагосских островов; за ним видны очертания островов Сантьяго и Большая Дафна. До недавнего времени круизы были единственным возможным методом для посещения архипелага, и по сей день в ряде мест разрешено бывать лишь пассажирам круизных судов.
My DP1 homework for this week, the topic being Photojournalism. These 4 pics were taken on a sunny afternoon in Glasgow city centre.
Down an alley off Queen Street, two catering staff were taking their smoke break outside, as Scotland has now banned smoking in the workplace.
G50
1997 - 2017
4.996 cc
V12
280 PS @ 5.200 rpm
460 Nm @ 4.000 rpm
2.000 kg
Limousinen / 70 Jahre Crown / Century Meet
Toyota Collection : Collection Peter Pichert
Toyota Deutschland GmbH
Toyota-Allee 2
Köln
Deutschland - Germany
September 2025
Pietro Longhi (Pietro Falca - Venice, November 15, 1701 - Venice, May 8, 1785) - Charlatan (second half of the 18th century) - oil on canvas 63 x 51 cm - Museum of the Venetian Eighteenth Century Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
Pietro nasce a Venezia il 15 novembre del 1701. Dopo un’esperienza nella bottega di Antonio Balestra, è a Bologna, dove conosce l’opera di Giuseppe Maria Crespi che diverrà, in particolare per quel che riguarda la pittura di genere, fondamentale per gli sviluppi successivi della sua carriera.
Fino al 1734 si dedica a una produzione di carattere “storico” ma dalla fine degli anni Trenta decide di cambiare rotta, indirizzandosi in modo pressoché esclusivo a quella pittura di costume che lo renderà celebre non solo entro i confini della Serenissima. Sono scene di piccolo formato dedicate dapprima, sull’esempio crespiano, alla descrizione analitica e puntuale della vita dei contadini e dei ceti poveri veneziani, poi, dagli anni Quaranta, alla vita dei veneziani, fuori e dentro i palazzi. Il successo è straordinario, come dimostrano i nomi altisonanti dei suoi aristocratici committenti: dai Sagredo ai Mocenigo, dai Grimani ai Querini ai Pisani e molti altri; in pratica, il gotha delle famiglie di antica nobiltà, non escludendo peraltro alcuni “nuovi nobili” – ma soprattutto nuovi ricchi.
Born in Venice on November 15, 1701. After an experience in the workshop of Antonio Balestra, is in Bologna, where he knew the work of Giuseppe Maria Crespi that will become, in particular as regards the genre painting, fundamental for the subsequent developments of his career.
Until 1734 he devoted himself to a production of "historical" character, but from the end of the thirties he decided to change course, addressing himself almost exclusively to the painting of costumes that will make him famous not only within the borders of the Serenissima. They are scenes of small format dedicated at first, on the example of crespiano, the analytical description and accurate life of the peasants and the poor Venetians, then, since the forties, the life of Venetians, outside and inside the palaces. The success is extraordinary, as evidenced by the high-sounding names of his aristocratic clients: from Sagredo to Mocenigo, from Grimani to Querini to Pisani and many others; in practice, the elite of the families of ancient nobility, not excluding some "new nobles" - but especially new rich.
For centuries, chocolate has been considered an aphrodisiac. Entice and enchant that special someone with a delicious Box of Truffles! This is one of the instant prizes given by Shiny Cupids. Keep squishing those Cupittos to reveal them! Shiny prizes are transferable!
Still plenty of time to hunt, get a HUD, and start NOW! maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magical%20Peak/113/121/1978
This farm has been in one family for over 100 years, providing sustainable living to many generations of Americans!
My favorite bit of 2021 has been hanging out with you fmspadsters all year long. I feel like I’ve revived some of my old Insta friendships from my last year long run and made some new Insta friends too. You’ve made me get out of the house, most of the time, to hunt down a picture for the day. So here’s my effort for today. This building was built as a Key Savings & Loan Bank branch. It was designed by Charles Deaton and completed in 1967 which puts it two years inside the official mid-century modern time period. It is now a listed on the National Register of Historic Places for architecture. Charles Deaton was the architect that built the house featured in Woody Allen’s movie Sleepers. I’m not sure when Key Savings and Loan went away but now the building houses a Community Banks of Colorado branch.
The Century Downtown Theatre on Main Street looks like an old 'art deco' style cinema hall, but is actually only about 20 years old.
Ventura; October, 2021
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Three images merged,
Century Gardens,
Deer Lake Park,
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Hak Chu / Pak Chu by Nathan Lee 2020
Fan-Tan, translated as “repeatedly spreading out,” is a game based on pure luck and randomness and involved using hak-chu and pak-chu as counters. (where the white pieces are worth one-fifth the value of the black pieces).
A gambling game long played in China. It is a game of pure chance which has similarities to roulette.
The game is played by placing two handfuls of small objects on a board and guessing the remaining count when divided by four. After players have cast bets on values of 1 through 4, the dealer or croupier repeatedly removes four objects from the board until only one, two, three or four beans remain, determining the winner.