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This is the album artwork to my new album, Compass. Edited by www.flickr.com/photos/piotrmain/, and originally taken by me.
Seen in London today, 8th August, 2015, is the latest addition to Compass' coach fleet. YN08 HZC is an ex Clarkes of London Scania K340 Berkhof Axial.
Chassis: Scania K114
Body: VDL Berkhof Axial
Operator: Compass Royston
Fleet Number: N/A
Registration Plate: M40CRT
Livery: Compass
Location: Newcastle Scotswood Road
Route: Rail Replacement > Newcastle
Additional Information: Any ideas?
On 29th August, 1992, Compass Royston sent this Ford R1114 Duple Dominant 2 to Scarborough for the day. MAA 419T had been new to Trev's, Fair Oak, Hants.
The residents of Micropolis like to enjoy a stroll in Compass Park, a block of calm and tranquility situated in the heart of the city. The world-renowned Rose Garden, Lily Pond and Hothouse offer varied places to visit, as well as the wilderness corner, offering shade and some pleasant walks. Opened April '18. Ref: D1533-047
The EC-130H Compass Call is an airborne tactical weapon system using a heavily modified version of the C-130 Hercules airframe. The system disrupts enemy command and control communications and limits adversary coordination essential for enemy force management. The Compass Call system employs offensive counter-information and electronic attack (or EA) capabilities in support of U.S. and Coalition tactical air, surface, and special operations forces. The EC-130H, EA-6B or EA-18G, and F-16CJ, form the Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) triad. Programmed upgrades have expanded its mission by procuring a secondary EA capability against early warning and acquisition radars. The EC-130H continuously tests new capabilities and tactics to respond to emerging threats and requests from combatant commanders.
-US Air Force
(78-1588)
Boscombe Down, 9 June 1990.
Remember these? The 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron at Sembach (Germany) had some of these 'Compass Call' EC-130H's.
The unit was activated in June 1986 and de-activated again in July 1991. The 43rd then moved to Davis Monthan AFB. 73-1583 is still in service with the 43rd in 2018.
Paper pieced
Wheel of Fortune-Compass Collection Block #3 designed by Mary Pfeiler, Quilting on the Square
All curved piecing by hand
Compass Bus took over service 32 on 1st June 2015, following previous operator Arriva's decision its financial performance was not good enough - Compass won the resulting Surrey CC tender process.
Four new Enviro200s were acquired for the route - an improvement over the Arriva vehicle offering. However, Compass increased the fares quite a bit, and the service is no longer covered by any real time information systems.
Here, SK15 HBD is seen heading down Somerset Road in Meadvale. The grass and laburnum look somewhat more summery than the equivalent Arriva photo I took a month prior to this!
Somerset Road, Meadvale, Reigate, Surrey.
Happy Easter! My first macro shot with the 36mm Kenko extension tube for the 50mm F1.4. Thanks to my contact LightHack for the low tech homemade bokeh that shows up behind the compass (it’s crumpled tin foil). This shot is for MacroMonday’s theme “smallest device you use everyday”. I’m a civil engineer and a geocacher so my compass is with me everywhere I go. If you view it big you can see the countless scratches from hard use.
ISO 100 | 50mmF1.4 @ F16 (to get the bokeh effect)| 36mm Kenko extension tube | 15 seconds
Strobist Info: 580EXII camera left with dome diffuser. 580EXII camera right and above with green gel to bounce off the tin foil. Both flashes triggered with PW FlexTT5s.
"Though pleas`d to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way."
Since time immemorial, man has looked to the stars for navigational guidance when all other maps lie in darkness. The Big Dipper, or 'Plough', is an asterism that makes up part of the constellation of Ursa Major (The Big Bear). The two stars at the end of the "pan-handle", Merak and Dubhe, are called the "Pointer Stars" because a line drawn between them points to Polaris - the North Star. It lies above in the sky at a distance of about five lengths of the Merak-Dubhe line. This alignment was used by ancient mariners to determine their bearings, and also played an important part in the story of the Underground Railroad - which helped slaves escape their captivity in the southern states of the United States before the Civil War by fleeing north to Canada.
I was first told about this little navigational trick when staying with my Dad's friend Zack and his family, out in the darkness of the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico, and the memory has stayed with me whenever I stare up at the Dipper. I get a real thrill when seeing the galactic band of the milky way stretched out across the sky. Sadly that's a rare event for most of Britain's light polluted evenings, so I look forward to the time when I can return to Gila with my new camera. I highly recommend viewing this stunning milky way timelapse video, which was shot from the heights of the Mogollon Mountain rim that defines the area's geology.
Compass Camera, made in Switzerland by Le Coutre.
Photos by ebay user Old_devil, used by permission.