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well, the snow is almost all gone (we have icy rain instead), and the winds are down a bit but still racing across the landscape and whipping up mini-waterspouts on the fjord (so George is still unhappy) — still a bunch of storm to get through
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Some images from a lovely trip out with Mull Charters last week. Been out on this trip on many occasions but despite some poor conditions, these images represent the best I've ever been able to capture of these magnificent White Tailed Eagles
we took 10 couchsurfers wih us to Lyfjorden near Tromsø to see the nothern lights. It was cold and pepole wasn't dressed for the artic conditions so i only got 2 good pictures.
The Mountains in the background are Orvasstinden ,Middagsfjellet and Rundkollen
The conditions look fairly extreme in this image of the route to the summit of Mam Tor, but in fact it was actually quite pleasant. There was only the mildest of breezes and the temperature hovered around the freezing mark. This made it much more pleasant compared with my visit on 28th December 2017, when there was a gale force wind and the whole hill was covered in sheet ice. This image shows some photographers near the top of the hill, making the most of the snowy conditions.
Apparently it can take a few visits to get conditions like this at Blea Tarn - First Time :) > #JUSTSAYING
Conditions so good my two middle schoolers were happy to wake up early on the first day of winter break!
Kalitta putting on another great show this morning, heading back to SDF, handling seasonal volume for UPS. From an earlier post, it sounds like today might be one of the last visits of this particular aircraft for the year, I'm so happy I was finally able to catch it with Kid 1 and Kid 2!
B744 / N705CK / CKS5557 (MSP-SDF) Dec 21, 2024
Zhangye Danxia Landforms, Zhangye, China.
Zhangye 's Danxia was formed by the erosion of red sandstone, forming isolated peaks and steep stratified outcrops. Its special geological structure, combined with long-term desert conditions , freeze-thaw peeling, and wind and water erosion gave rise to its present appearance.
Geologists believe that Danxia topography is formed by folding of layered oceanic crust. Exposed slanting rock layers have different colors, textures, shapes, sizes, and patterns. The combination of differences in density and erosion create towering peaks, cave holes, and stone halls.
There are 4 viewing platforms inside the park and we visited all 4 of them. Our tour bus had to be parked outside but inside the park they provided bus to take us from platform to platform.
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Having some fun after a full day birding at Panti Forest Bird Sanctuary near Kota Tinggi. The conditions were clear, and the full moon was still below the horizon, so I took my SONY a1 with my trusted lens for milkyway, SEL14F18GM for a spin. The subject couldn’t be better than my friend’s BMW R1200 GSA bike 😅. That’s one mean machine!!!
The image is a focus stacking of the sharp milkyway background and the sharp details of the bike. EXIF: 21mm (APS-C mode), f/1.8, 10 sec, ISO 1250.
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I had every intention of going out to capture shots from the snowfall we are getting but it is snowing so hard that driving is actually a scary event. This park is just down the road from where I live and when got (only) this far, I decided not to venture much further. We have had over 8 inches, probably more like 10 now and the streets are terribly slick. My traction control kicked in more times in this little trip than its ever kicked in since I got my car 3 years ago......lol. I am not afraid to drive in snow, but there is a limit. I decided to be realistic about a photo shoot outdoors today and head back home. At least I got this shot. When the snow stops and they can catch up on plowing the roads, i will head back out. For the record, this is my 1st shot with the new lens :-)
"The atmospheric conditions have been very unfavourable lately," said Owl.
"The what?"
"It has been raining," explained Owl.
"Yes," said Christopher Robin. "It has."
"The flood-level has reached an unprecedented height."
"The who?"
"There's a lot of water about," explained Owl.
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The Ontario Southland Railway plow extra takes a run at a particularly large snowdrift along the Port Burwell sub near Ostrander, Ontario. With all of the fluctuations in weather predicted, OSR wanted to ensure their tracks were clear before the conditions thaw & freeze, turning everything into an icy mess.
A very Cold, dark and non colourful trip to Findhorn beach where Winter has reached this part of the Moray Firth. Even though conditions are not suited to everyone's taste it was still rather enjoyable before Finger's etc started to numb.
It takes quite a bit of effort to reach this waterfall in the Ochil hills, after a good walk it requires constant wading across the burn in order to finally reach the fall itself, but I have no doubt I will return in various conditions.
Conditions were a lot worse than apparent in this photo, quite a bit of processing done to coax out this image. Captured with a Questar telescope in Fredricksberg TX.
"Strobilanthes dyeriana (Persian shield) is a tropical plant native to Myanmar. It is grown for its dark green foliage with bright, metallic-purple stripes radiating outward from the central leaf vein. In proper conditions, it will also produce pale purple flowers. Persian Shield grows best outdoors in USDA zones 9 and 10, although it can survive in other zones as a houseplant given sufficient temperature, soil moisture and humidity. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit."
Huge blizzard conditions for ski-touring on Cervinia mountains, just in front of Cervino (Matterhorn).
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This year the Providence and Worcester Railroad continued to provide their passenger train and crew for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's extremely popular Polar Express trains with trains running and 3:30 and 6:30 PM Fri-Sun for a total of 42 sold out trips in 2024.
The train consist is deadheading south from Worcester to begin the final weekend of performances with B39-8E 3910 (GE blt. Dec. 1987 as LMX 8534) amidst a winter wonderland scene of the first significant snow of the year. They crossing in Blackstone River near MP 17.9 on the historic original Providence and Worcester mainline just north of the Rhode Island state line. This is the 10th of 14 crossings of the Blackstone along the 43 mile line when traveling south from Worcester to Providence.
As I've told you before in previous posts the P&W is my hometown road and it is inextricably linked to the river it follows both historically and physically. The Blackstone River courses 48 miles from its headwaters near Worcester (at the confluence of the Middle River and Mill Brook) to where it flows into the Seekonk River at the headwaters of Narragansett Bay. The river drains a watershed of 640 square miles and more importantly drops 450 feet in the 48 miles. It is that drop, that made this river a pivotal point in American History.
From ririvers.org: A series of steep drops along the length of the Blackstone River provided ideal conditions for the development of water powered industry. Samuel Slater arrived in America in 1790, with managerial experience and technical knowledge of textile manufacturing in England. With the assistance of local merchants and artisans, he helped establish the first successful water-powered textile mill in America. Slater Mill was established on the Blackstone River, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. This achievement is credited with spawning the birth of America's industrial revolution. Development of the Slater textile mill catalyzed the development of water-driven technology throughout the length of the Blackstone River. By 1914 water-powered mills occupied all of the readily available dam sites in the Valley.
As the birthplace of industrial America, the need for transportation quickly arose in the valley, and between 1825 and 1828 the Blackstone Canal was constructed. The canal lasted only 20 years having been rendered obsolete by the opening of the Providence and Worcester Railroad in 1847. The railroad has proven to be a more durable method of transportation and 175 years after its opening here it is still serving the purpose for which it was built.
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Friday December 20, 2024
Beautiful conditions in Luxembourg with the freezing fog just making the forests look incredibly beautiful. If you have the time and are able I urge you to enjoy a walk to your nearest forest, which is never far in Luxembourg.
Good Day to All!!! Captured this old wreck again and I have noticed that's pieces are missing and she slowly coming apart from the storms and winter conditions beached on Lake Superior. Thanks for all your comments, views and favs.
Headed up to RMNP this morning. Conditions were great from this vantage up a slope along Tyndall Gorge.
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Shot with a Polaroid Land 250 on Polaroid 100 Chocolate film. This is in the Holgate area of Long Beach Island, and it was freaking cold out.
Conditions where below average this morning so i felt like a mono LE would suite this location best.
26/12/2015; The light conditions weren't easy here. Normally it will probably already be a challenge to find the right settings to capture the buildings in the left, middle (Sint-Niklaaskerk and the Belfry), and right properly, let alone when they have also added a ferris wheel in between that's kind of ruining the view. But as you can see, my options weren't limitless here...
A new image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveals a remarkable cosmic sight: at least 17 concentric dust rings emanating from a pair of stars. Located just over 5000 light-years from Earth, the duo is collectively known as Wolf-Rayet 140. Each ring was created when the two stars came close together and their stellar winds (streams of gas they blow into space) met, compressing the gas and forming dust. The stars’ orbits bring them together about once every eight years; like the rings of a tree’s trunk, the dust loops mark the passage of time.
In addition to Webb’s overall sensitivity, its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) is uniquely qualified to study the dust rings. These rings are also called shells by astronomers because they are thicker and wider than they appear in the image. Webb’s science instruments detect infrared light, a range of wavelengths invisible to the human eye.
Contributed under both ESA and NASA leadership, Webb’s MIRI instrument detects the longest infrared wavelengths. This means that it can often see cooler objects – including the dust rings – than Webb’s other instruments can. MIRI’s spectrometer also revealed the composition of the dust, formed mostly from material ejected by a type of star known as a Wolf-Rayet star. A Wolf-Rayet star is born with at least 25 times more mass than our Sun and is nearing the end of its life, when it will likely explode as a supernova and then collapse into a black hole. Burning hotter than in its youth, a Wolf-Rayet star generates powerful winds that push huge amounts of gas into space. The Wolf-Rayet star in this particular pair may have shed more than half its original mass via this process.
Transforming gas into dust is somewhat like turning flour into bread. It requires specific conditions and ingredients. Hydrogen, the most common element found in stars, can’t form dust on its own. But because Wolf-Rayet stars shed so much mass, they also eject more complex elements typically found deep in a star’s interior, including carbon. The heavy elements in the wind cool as they travel into space and are then compressed where the winds from both stars meet, like when two hands knead dough.
Some other Wolf-Rayet systems form dust, but none is known to make rings like Wolf-Rayet 140 does. The unique ring pattern forms because the orbit of the Wolf-Rayet star in WR 140 is elongated, not circular. Only when the stars come close together – about the same distance between Earth and the Sun – and their winds collide is the gas under sufficient pressure to form dust. With circular orbits, Wolf-Rayet binaries can produce dust continuously.
The science team thinks WR 140’s winds also swept the surrounding area clear of residual material they might otherwise collide with, which may be why the rings remain so pristine rather than smeared or dispersed. There are likely even more rings that have become so faint and dispersed, not even Webb can see them in the data.
Wolf-Rayet stars may seem exotic compared to our Sun, but they may have played a role in star and planet formation. When a Wolf-Rayet star clears an area, the swept-up material can pile up at the outskirts and become dense enough for new stars to form. There is some evidence the Sun formed in such a scenario.
Using data from MIRI’s Medium Resolution Spectroscopy mode, the new study provides the best evidence yet that Wolf-Rayet stars produce carbon-rich dust molecules. What’s more, the preservation of the dust shells indicates that this dust can survive in the hostile environment between stars, going on to supply material for future stars and planets. The catch is that while astronomers estimate that there should be at least a few thousand Wolf-Rayet stars in our galaxy, only about 600 have been found to date.
These results have been published today in Nature Astronomy.
MIRI was contributed by ESA and NASA, with the instrument designed and built by a consortium of nationally funded European Institutes (the MIRI European Consortium) in partnership with JPL and the University of Arizona.
[Image Description: The background of this Webb image of star Wolf-Rayet 140 is black. A pair of bright stars dominates the centre of the image, with at least 17 pink-orange concentric dust rings emanating from them. Throughout the scene are a range of distant galaxies, the majority of which are very tiny and red, appearing as splotches.]
Credits: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/JPL-Caltech; CC BY 4.0
Dawn on the River Stour. When the weather conditions point towards a misty morning there's nowhere I'd rather be especially as being local it gives me longer in bed.
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Conditions were difficult both weather wise (strong wind and annoying cloud periods) and techically with some issues with my filter wheel.
This meant I lost a substantial amount of imaging time but I was able to complete a few runs, before cloud invaded with rain overnight.
Mars presented a nicely detailed disk showing strong contrast upper and lower due to the Martian topography. The bright area of Olympus Mons (the solar system's largest volcano) was obvious.
I have included an annotated version of the image, identifying some of the albedo features imaged this Mars opposition night.
Imaged with a Celestron C8 SCT and a ZWO 290MM camera equipped wih Baader RGB filters.
Cracking conditions this morning on the River Forth. Waited a while to try and catch the fisherman in silhouette but he never left the cabin and chugged off. Reminds me of a horror movie.
Certain weather conditions during the summer months can bring forth swarms of thousands of these beetles.
Commonly called plague soldier beetles for this reason. Like an army in miniature, advancing on vegetation that allows them to feed on pollen and nectar. And also to mate, as seen here.
It truly is a spectacle seeing them all in the sky and covering plants and house walls and windows. And their main goal is procreation.
Native to the south and south-east of this country. The bright colours of the beetles are a warning - they exude a white viscous fluid from glands that repels any predators that get too close.
Around 15 mm body length, the female being larger.
Addendum: around an hour and a half after posting this image, I saw that the garden outside had many insects flying around. I went to see what they were - and they were these very beetles. And many on the house walls as well. A total coincidence. Today has been very hot and humid, so I'm guessing this has triggered another plague event.
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The unusual amount of snow we got in the last two days was pretty difficult for the railways. Many lines in the alps were closed due to the danger of avalanches, and around here many trains were late, and for a while the S-Bahn Zurich operated on the principle "never mind the schedule, we just take whatever train we have and leave whenever we can". On friday afternoon the situation had mostly stabilized, and Twindexx RABe 502 402 was rushing towards Zurich on an IR 13 service ca. 6 minutes behind schedule.
"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." Sarah Williams.
For 3 years this photo has remained in my mind. In March of 2015 while exploring the paths near the road from Arcos to El Bosque, I found this view of the Sierra de Cádiz while I climbed an embankment near the intersection of Las Abiertas. That day the field lacked crops, it was a full moon night and the camera I had at that time could not stand high ISO. So I just took some pictures during the sunset, but I was convinced that I would come back one day to make this picture with better conditions to add a starry sky.
My knowledge during these 3 years has been increasing, to the point that I have learned techniques with which I could only dream at that time. Before facing this image again, I waited patiently until I considered myself capable of achieving the result I wanted and until the conditions were the best.
On this occasion, I have considered the state of the crops to photograph when the wheat was green, I have controlled the night sky state, photographing a night when the moon was only at the 7% and it was setting at nightfall, I have photographed from the blue hour to have a base photo on which I have added the more than 90 night photos of 30 seconds that result in the movement of the stars. And finally I have been able to correct the strong light pollution of the mountain villages that threatened to destroy my photograph. Maybe they are not the Alps, but the Sierra de Cádiz holds a great beauty for those willing to appreciate it.
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"He amado las estrellas demasiado como para tener miedo de la noche." Sarah Williams.
Durante 3 años esta foto ha permanecido en mi cabeza. En Marzo de 2015 mientras exploraba los carriles que salen de la carretera de Arcos a El Bosque, encontré esta vista de la Sierra de Cádiz mientras subÃa por un terraplén cercano a la venta del cruce de Las Abiertas. Aquel dÃa el campo carecÃa de cultivos, era noche de luna llena y la cámara que tenÃa por aquel entonces no soportaba un ISO alto. Asà que me limité a tomar algunas fotografÃas durante el atardecer, pero me convencà de que volverÃa algún dÃa para realizar esta fotografÃa con mejores condiciones para añadir un cielo estrellado.
Mis conocimientos durante estos 3 años han ido aumentando, hasta el punto de que he aprendido técnicas con las que solo podÃa soñar por aquel entonces. Antes de enfrentarme de nuevo a esta imagen, he esperado pacientemente hasta que me he considerado capaz de conseguir el resultado que deseaba y hasta que se han dado las condiciones idóneas.
En esta ocasión, he tenido en cuenta el estado de los cultivos para fotografiar cuando el trigo estuviera verde, he controlado el estado del cielo nocturno, fotografiando una noche en la que luna estaba solo al 7% y se ponÃa al caer la noche, he fotografiado desde la hora azul para tener una foto base sobre la que añadir luego las más de 90 fotos nocturnas de 30 segundos que dan como resultado el movimiento de las estrellas. Y por último he sido capaz de corregir la fuerte contaminación lumÃnica de los pueblos de montaña que amenazaban con destruir mi fotografÃa. Quizás no sean Los Alpes, pero la Sierra de Cádiz encierra una gran belleza para aquellos dispuestos a apreciarla.
In dismal weather conditions and with much heavier rain forecast, I braved it and decided to go lineside down the West Coast Mainline for the ‘black engine’, seeing as every local and their dog went to Carlisle in anticipation of seeing the engine, which would have meant shots would be full of people, which I didn’t want in this occasion. I chose here, between Grayrigg and Lambrigg, as it seemed sheltered compared to other places along the route.
Gresley A3 Pacific, 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ eases off at Beck Houses before entering the loop at Grayrigg with the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express (1Z87 0710 London Euston – Carlisle) on the 6th February 2016.
a first taste of proper wintery conditions in netherlands. real winters with lot of snow are rare in coastal netherlands and the 2007/2008 one wasn't an exception. for a couple of days before xmas 2007 we did get some freezing temperatures and ceased wind, which produced a couple of foggy days and frozen landscapes. one afternoon i made my way to the famous kinderdijk and was rewarded with this splendid view
I am sure they are all saying I 'm doing it all wrong! The snow was really deep and we tried to jump from rock dome to rock dome. The reindeer are used to these conditions spreading their fat crescent-shaped cloven hooves over the snow spreading their weight and making easy progress. The Svalbard Reindeer are a smaller sub-species of their Eurasian cousins and spend most of their time eating lichens and mosses from under the snow using skull plates like leaf blowers. So up we continue, up the mountain front towards the summit and the views from the roof of the world....
Today we travelled to Hampshire and back in a day at the invitation of my friend Jan following on from last week's 60th birthday celebrations. This time it was a 'ladies only affair’ - an Afternoon Tea at a local Golf Club.
This was taken through the car window as we crossed the Second Severn Crossing at approx midday......................
Current weather conditions and being restricted to 1 car at the moment cramps my ability to shoot new images - so I'm relying on "The Vault" to post something from a previous shoot!
This was taken during a daytime explore visit just north of Redhead Beach, NSW; Australia a couple of weeks ago.
Deliberately coinciding with low tide, I was able to trek around the rocky platforms and shoreline and discovered this spot!
Some submerged seaweed and a moderate swell combine to set the scene!
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Weather conditions have not been ideal for the entire day, zero light at sunset, very nice blue hour full of dark clouds (picture next week!), and then just completely overcast. I went for a short nap and I decided to wake up again around midnight to check the sky. The conditions were not ideal but it was much better than I expected. This is the only lucky shot I managed to take at the Milky Way since a strong wind was blowing clouds just to the center of the Galaxy. After that I had to fight quite hard to get a decent shot of the foreground. The terrain was next to a lake and I was litterally sinking in water every movement I was making. These flowers are called Eriophorum (cotton-grass) and they are typical of the Artic Tundra or the north-west Alps (especially high in the Adamello National Park). I wanted these beauties rather than a simple reflection (which was anyway impossible due to wind). I had to make compromises with the dept of field because a long exposure of several minutes was impossible and so were for focus stacking shots, the wind just made everything tricky. After some attempts I got away with a clean shot at high iso and low f/. This is it, the night at 2600m in the wilderness of the Adamello National Park.
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