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I assume it's a fast response vehicle. I don't think they will get a stretcher in.
Parked at Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia.
The Afghanistan Medal was awarded for the military actions involving the British Army and local Indian units in Afghanistan between 1878–1880. This was the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the first being from 1839–1842.
This medal was awarded to all who took part in the campaigns against Afghanistan known as the Second Afghan War. In 1877 the Amir refused to accept a British resident and the following year raised an army which began harassing the Indian frontier. A treaty with Russia, however, granting it protective rights in Afghanistan, precipitated an armed response from Britain. In 1880 General Roberts led a column from Kabul to Kandahar to relieve General Burrows and the resulting battle led to the defeat of the Afghans and the conclusion of the war. The soldiers who took part in this march were also awarded the Kabul to Kandahar Star. Medals awarded to the 66th Foot (Berkshire Regiment) and E Battery of B Brigade, Royal Artillery, rate a high premium as these units sustained the heaviest casualties as the battle of Maiwand in July 1880.
Description
The Afghanistan Medal is a circular silver (or, in rare cases, bronze) design of 36mm in diameter. The obverse shows a veiled effigy of Queen Victoria, facing left, with "VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX" around the edge.
The reverse shows marching and mounted soldiers with arms with an elephant carrying a cannon. In the upper-left of the medal around the edges is "AFGHANISTAN" and on the bottom in a straight line is "1878-79-80"
The medal hangs from a plain suspender which is attached to the medal with a double toe claw. The ribbon for the medal is 33mm in width and is dark green with broad crimson edges.
Plain silver clasps were awarded and are found as follows: "ALI MUSJID" (21 November 1878)
"PEIWAR KOTAL" (2 December 1878)
"CHARASIA" (6 October 1879)
"KABUL" (10–23 December 1879)
"AHMED KHEL" (19 April 1880)
"KANDAHAR" (1 September 1880)
A view from the western side of Circular Quay, looking across to Sydney Opera House. Harbour ferries are giving way to sleeker and faster catamaran style boats like the rivercat in the distance.
The larger one is car fare from the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey and the smaller one is from the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission of Pennsylvania & New Jersey. The "EZ Pass" System of Radio Frequency ID Tags have made these old tokens go the way of the dinosaur. I remember buying both of these by the roll about 20 years ago. Actual sizes---Parkway token is about the size of a US nickel and the bridge token is about the size of a US dime.
Cine lens for the Agfa Movex Reflex movie camera, (double) 8mm. Fascinating lens that I would like to refit for digital. Challenging project because the front part of the lens is interchangeable but the back part is fixed inside the camera ...
photo made with: a7s + MC Fish-Eye Rokkor 7.5/4
The main control room at the now disused Fawley Power Station on Southampton Water is an astounding ancillary building.
When it opened the ‘Tracy Island industrial’ control room was dubbed “The Flying Saucer” by the press because that is exactly what it looks like: an aluminium-domed concrete drum, connected by a bridge to the turbine hall and hovering on concrete piers, looking like Thunderbird 2 might drop out at any moment.
The interior was no less futuristic with its curving walls, stacked up with dials, controls and flickering screens broken up by a strip of windows giving almost 360 degree views of Southampton Water.
The ceiling lights radiate from the central pillar, spiral staircases take you down to the lobby, detailed in teak and polished concrete.
Alongside the control room is a narrow, concrete dock which could accommodate and oil tanker should the enormous Esso refinery next-door be unable to supply the station, it also provided seawater to be pumped around the turbines to cool them.
The canteen building projects over the dock, four triangular sections in laminated Douglas fir, which house the dining room, changing facilities and kitchens. With large wooden-framed windows below a dynamic, interlocking sail design for the roof, the design is distinctly different from the Brutalist-influenced control room. It looks much more of-our-time, like a newly-opened pavilion in a Danish park, not a canteen for industrial workers in 1960s Hampshire.
The industrial site is in the process of being cleared to make way for a "Waterside" residential development.
In the meantime the area is being used for the storage and painting of large wind turbine blades manufactured on the nearby Isle of Wight by VESTAS. They are transported by motorised launch via the dock.
According to CN’s website, they “operate within or adjacent to more than 220 reserve lands of nearly 130 First Nations and Metis communities in Canada and 7 tribal reservations in the United States.” In partial recognition and celebration of this, CN affixed the circular logo to approximately 200 new ES44AC locomotives starting in 2018. This particular locomotive is a AC44C6M rebuilt in August 2025. Formerly IC 2712, C44-9WL. Viewed at Brantford, Ontario.
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From thedailylumenbox.blog Rollei RPX 25 shot with Kodak No.2 Folding Hawkeye. Developed in Artemisianol for 15 minutes at 86°F.
A curious concentric pattern in a fairly newly made fishing pond by the Shropshire Union Canal near Bunbury Locks. Possibly there is an aerating tube in the water that helped cause this effect.
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I don't know but for some reason, I'm not feeling like my usual self today. I mean,
while at work I was playing cards with co-workers.. pretty fun.. But after I left, I felt down. I tried listening to some music but couldn't cheer myself up. plus they're the same repeated songs I've been listening to for the past 3 weeks. I don't own an iPod. I play my music from my phone so its pretty hard to be uploading and downloading songs with a busy schedule.
I have this mini shoot with one of Juan's friends tomorrow. First one I'm getting paid. I think this feeling is because of that. I don't understand why I'm feeling so gloomy. Usually when i go out on photo shoots, I get all excited. I don't know. I told myself I'll let this pass. Hopefully I'll feel better before tomorrow.
So I got home from work. I decided on buying new LED flashlights and a Bulb flashlight for my dad. When I got back, I wanted to test them out. I first thought of a self portrait but since it was still daytime, too bright. I grabbed my Kalimar 50mm and used it as my model instead. I had 4 LED flashlights, two in the front and 2 in the back, left and right. and one Bulb light on my left facing at an angle.. After a couple of shots, I got this one.. I'll post the setup below..
I thought of my cam to cheer me up a bit.. and it did =]] but theres always tomorrow...
Carnival Adventure cruise from Sydney to Tangalooma Resort on Moreton Island, near Brisbane
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I rarely use my fisheye lens. Since upgrading to a full frame camera, I discovered that the lens now will give me a complete circular image. I tried that out for the first time this week for a sunset at the Shad Factory Pond in Rehoboth, MA.
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Kaleidoscope Fun group Challenge #16
original photo Challenge 16 sparklies by missbliss1955
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