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L’église avec son village a l’air d’un berger avec ses moutons.
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La iglesia con las casas del pueblo tiene aires al pastor con su rebaño.
Jules Renard (Fr, 1864-1910)
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Photo : La configuration particulière de certains villages ligures, ici, Castel-Vittorio, prov. de Imperia, au NO de l’Italie, leur confère un aspect insolite et visuellement attrayant. Un contact italien me communique un lien très interessant :
www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/eventi/2018/07/20/ADPpGkj-stefania_v....
Foto: La especial configuración de ciertos pueblos y aldeas de Liguria, en Italia, aquí Caste-Vittorio en la provincia de Imperia (NO), les confiere un aspecto insólito y visualmente atractivo. Un contacto italiano me comunica un link interesante:
www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/eventi/2018/07/20/ADPpGkj-stefania_v...
The 'Finish' of a bottle refers to the number and configuration of the threads that accept the bottle cap at the top of a bottle's neck.
In this photo, the top of my water bottle was illuminated between crossed polarizers, and the stresses in the plastic that makes up the bottle reveal themselves in the different colors.
The diameter of the top of this bottle is an inch, and the area shown in the photo is a 2-inch square, including negative space.
The droplet of water between the threads on the right side of the bottle has a diameter of about 2mm. The tiny droplet on top of the bottle at left has a diameter of about 0.5mm.
HMM!
The biggest draw at this year Toronto Jazz Festival seems to be Big Smoke Brass. They appeared several times in different configurations. There is impenetrable wall of audience around them. I got this spot during the last tune. They are not strangers to Toronto scene; in fact they appear quite often around the corner in front of the ROM. Matt Smith and Conrad Gluch seems to be the biggest igniters of fire, but others are not far behind of instigating organized mayhem. There is for sure another festival to celebrate that. On the photo are Jeremy and Conrad.
212. Toronto Jazz Festival; P1640107; Taken 2023-Jun 25. Upload 2023-Jun 28.
Configuration: Mid-Engine
Engine: 400 C.I. V8 (6.6 L)
Transmission: 3 speed automatic
Original Engine: 4 rotor Wankel
Weight: 2600 lbs
The Aerovette started life as the XP-882, a mid engined Corvette, with a 6.2L Wankel rotary engine with four chambers that developed around 400hp. Under the design team of Bill Mitchell, the car was first unveiled as “The Four Rotor Corvette” during the 1970 New York Auto Show. The car featured bi-folding gull-wing doors and a clear cover showcasing the engine bay. Eventually, GM abandoned their rotary technology and replaced the four rotor with a small block Chevy V8, because they anticipated the gas crisis of the 1970s.
The Aerovette’s styling was formed through a wind tunnel to give it a streamlined form. The body of the car was constructed with fiberglass along with a steel and aluminum tubular frame. The Aerovette had an advanced rectangular headlight design that allowed the driver to see the road from further away, while remaining aerodynamic and in a low position. The Aerovette’s doors were a bi-folding gullwing
design that allowed the driver and passenger to enter and exit the vehicle quickly. The “V” design on the windshield was angled at 72° and wrapped around the doors to conceal the front pillars of the car. Glass louvers were placed on the rear quarter panel to aid with vision, and allow heat to be dispersed from the engine compartment. Cool air was channeled into the carburetors from the apertures that were located in front of the rear wheels. The engine’s radiator and air conditioning unit were mounted at the front of the car near the wheels to ensure maximum cooling and efficiency.
The technology in the Aerovette was quite advanced for the time. The interior of the car featured a telescopic steering wheel and digital display that allowed the driver to adjust it to their comfort level. The seats of the car were in a fixed position for weight distribution, but could be adjusted up and down. The driver would press a lever to move the pedals further away or closer to them. The Aerovette came with a number of safety and digital features as well. These included, a warning system that alerted the
driver if the doors were open or closed, if the seatbelts were unfastened, and front and rear energy absorbing bumpers that provided protection in car-to-car impacts up to 10 mph. A button could also be pressed to check on the fuel supply, water temperature, oil pressure, and voltage. The dashboard of the car had small lights to indicate what rpm the engine was spinning at, and would change from green to red when the driver was approaching redline. Additionally, the car had a built in lap timer, clock, calendar, and an am/fm radio.
Source: Audrain Auto Museum
A lot of smaller birds flap their wings in flight at almost the exact rate as the 12 frames per second of my camera in burst mode making the wings appear stationary in shot after shot. Large birds like this American White Pelican, with their much slower strokes, provide as many different wing configurations as the length of the burst, making it much more difficult to pick a favorite position. Especially during a long, running takeoff from Horsepen Bayou.
First introduced in the 8C 2300, the Vittorio Jano designed eight cylinder engine scored at least one victory in every major race and championship. In its initial 1931 configuration, the engine displaced 2336 cc, it grew gradually to 2905 cc, primarily by increasing the stroke. The engine was created by mounting two alloy blocks of four cylinders on a single crankcase. On top of the two blocks an alloy head was installed, housing two camshafts. Aspiration was forced, through two Roots-Type Superchargers.
Although the engine increased in size throughout its career, its layout and auxiliaries remained very much similar to Jano's 1931 design. One of the best known racing cars powered by the 8 cylinder engine was the Tipo B or P3 of 1932, which is to date considered as one of the finest Grand Prix racers ever constructed. Run by Enzo Ferrari's Scuderia Ferrari, the Alfa Romeos were almost unbeatable.
From its 1931 introduction, the 8C 2300 took four straight victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven by talented drivers like Tazio Nuvolari and Luigi Chinetti. Tazio Nuvolari's brilliance was even more visible when driving the P3, the first single seater racer ever. The P3 was unbeaten in 1933, but eventually succumbed to defeat by the greater budgets being spent by Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union.
With the rise of the German Grand Prix teams, Alfa Romeo focused more of its attention on sportscar and road racing. Designed specifically for Italy's most legendary road race, the Mille Miglia, was the 8C 2900. Much like the contemporary Grand Prix racers, the 8C 2900 featured all-round independent suspension, with wishbones at the front and swing-axles at the rear. Installed in the chassis was a 220 bhp version of the 2.9 litre eight cylinder engine.
A total of six of these road racers, later known as 8C 2900A, were constructed. Three of these were entered in the 1936 running of the Mille Miglia. The new cars were immediately successful and occupied the first three places at the finish with the Brivio and Ongaro driven 8C on top. A year later a second victory was scored. With the winning cars as a base, a road going customer version was constructed. Dubbed 8C 2900B, the road car featured a de-tuned engine, but other than that is very similar to the racer.
Two versions were available, the 2800 mm short wheelbase (Corto) and 3000 mm long wheelbase (Lungo) versions. Most of these were sent to Touring to be fitted with Berlinetta, Spyder and Roadster bodies. With its competition chassis and high top speed it was faster and quicker than anything its competition had to offer. Due to its high price, only a very few of these supercars were constructed (10 Lungo and 20 Corto chassis).
Being very similar to the competition 8C 2900A, it came as no surprise the 8C 2900B was used as a racer as well. To suit this purpose Alfa Romeo constructed a further 13 8C 2900B chassis fitted with the 220 bhp engine. Many of these were fitted with roadster bodies and were competed in road races like the Mille Miglia. After the two 8C 2900A victories in 1936 and 1937, another two victories were scored by the 8C 2900B in 1938 and 1947. No other Alfa Romeo has scored as many 'MM' victories as the 8C 2900.
Although it was noted that a small number of these were produced, but the data on the car stated that this particular one was a one off, and I suspect it was by virtue of who custom bodied the car.
This is a shot of me on hospital reef taken by Flickr friend and photographer David Frey. He was kind enough to send me this photo that he had taken of me sprawled out on the reef in the most stable configuration I could come up with. I wish he had told me my hat looked like the top of a spent condom. I'm never going to wear that hat again. LOL :)
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting David, and was lucky enough to have the opportunity to spend a whole day shooting with him. I didn't bother him with a barrage of questions while we were shooting like I wanted to, I just watched him with a keen eye and absorbed whatever he did that was different than what I do, and of course what follows is some curious self analysis. :) You can learn a lot just from being around another photographer especially one as gifted as David.
In an effort to get out of the social shell in which I have been trapped, as a result of working 20 years on the graveyard shift. I have started making a conscience effort to interact on a more personal level with other Flickr friends and it has been a rewarding experience both socially and spiritually. I have a better outlook on the world and in people in general and have even found myself quoting some of the terminology and verbiage learned from my friends here. Today as I was sitting in traffic on my way to work. I started drifting off eyelids heavy, I was imagining a world that was populated by only Flickr members, and what a wonderful world it was. I dreamed that the planet had been repopulated with only Flickr members and there was a beautiful absence of powerlines. Everybody greeted each other with cheerful comments and salutations and there wasn't a single "No Trespassing" sign to be seen. The sunrise and sunsets last 4 hours and there was a charging station at every parking lot. All extinct animals and current habitants walked freely through every town and amongst it's folk. There was a pullout on the correct side of the road at every spectacular viewpoint and there were birds of every size and color winging around in wondrous puffy clouds and......................Honk Honk, Move it buddy!!!!!!! Ah crap, I'm still here stuck in traffic. Sadness :(
To see the photo I was shooting at this moment click here.
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Que algú m'expliqui, això. En una raconada d'Oxford, dins els edificis de la universitat, hi ha aquesta porta amb escala, porta interior, i baraneta protectora tot davant d'ella. Una conjunció força enigmàtica.
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Somebody could explain this to me? In a corner of Oxford, in the middle of what are univeristy buildings (next to the Sheldonian Theatre), stands this very odd "door configuration". That's a door in a wall, enclosed by it's own minuscule barrier, that leads upstairs to another, enclosed door. Me-dont-understand.
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Damselflies and Dragonflies adopt this configuration when mating. They will stay together for hours, often flying around from perch to perch. When the female is inseminated, they will crawl down the reed until the female is almost submerged. She will deposit her eggs which can take up to five years to develop, going through several metamorphoses. The nymphs are extremely voracious, literally eating anything that moves. When ready, the nymph will climb out of the water and when dry, the back will split and a new damsel or dragonfly will emerge. Taken at Sidings Lane Nature Reserve, Rainford, UK
Captain Davie described the configuration of the great banking room. "Before conversion, three sets of four teller stations were placed between the square pillars on the right side. Each station included the main parts of classical architecture in reduced size, the horizontal entablature resting on the two vertical columns and consisting of cornice, frieze, and architrave. Strong structures supported a bronze hinged wicket at each of the 16 positions. Some of these groupings have been rearranged to accommodate hotel design requirements."
Although the use of the San Diego Trust & Savings Bank building changed ten years ago, from a bank and offices to a hotel with 245 guest rooms, the original features of the structure remain remarkably intact. The Courtyard-Marriott Hotel, located in the heart of a vibrant downtown San Diego, is a spectacular example of successful readapted use. The hotel stands proud in the bank's place, as the sentinel of an important piece of San Diego history.
Courtyard by Marriott - This excellent example of adaptive reuse was a 1999 People In Preservation award winner. 224
This curious configuration in the landscape caught my eye as I was driving past... the light over the fields, the hedgerow adds interest, the tree to the left, lines in the crops in the foreground. Not much more to say really.
Two of the hotter trains on the west end of the NS system meet at Dawson, IL, with 258 holding the main and 255 running the siding. While 255 normally runs with a solo unit, 258 can be a mixed bag. Its 1x1 configuration on this day allowed for a nice nose-to-nose meet.
Pompeius pompeius (Latreille, [1824]) (Pompeius Skipper)
Pompeius pompeius occurs from Colombia to Brazil and Peru.
There are at least 1038 known species of Grass Skippers ( Hesperiinae ) found in the neotropical region. Many of them are dull brown in colour, and virtually devoid of recognisable markings. Some genera however such as Pompeius are easy to recognise due to strongly patterned undersides, or because they have a distinctive configuration of pale spots at the apex of the forewing.
www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Pompeius%20pom...
Taken in La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The design of the Piaggio P.180 Avanti is unmistakable… This Italian executive transport aircraft has twin turboprop engines mounted in pusher configuration.
Guernsey registered Piaggio P-180 Avanti II 2-COOL landing at Gloucestershire airport on 11th April 2023.
the stack is six glass bowls that are, in fact, quite photogenic. and after having them in every possible configuration, all that was left was to build UP! i just liked how all the glass picked up the light. pure whimsey.
Ordinario Mexico-Tierra Blanca with a trio of GE's running in a 2x1x0 configuration is on the San Marcos siding to meet the northbound counterpart.
On the right there are some hoppers awaiting to be picked up after being emptied in a Heineken beer industry.
Rafael Lara Grajales, Puebla
This 120 foot long historic bridge is a rare surviving example of a truss bridge in Michigan. Built in 1930, the design is distinguished by its massive steel members and Parker pony truss configuration.
Looking close, you can see the new bridge in the background slightly above and beyond the old bridge. These bridges are located on Highway 65 just downstream from the Five Channels Dam west of Oscoda, Michigan.
Developed with Darktable 4.8.0.
The image operates through reduction and control, a set of contingent elements is subjected to a strict organization, producing a legible, autonomous configuration free of anecdote.
Canon sure shot WP-1
at 5 times the price of my Ricoh cameras it does not produce the expected edge to edge crispness you'd expect for a 6 element glass lens configuration.
I still say Tessar is the way to go
1948 Alvis TA14. And, like all Alvis cars, Alvis only supplied the chassis, drive train, and underpinnings with all being custom bodied by coachbuilders.
The Story of This Particular Car:
The TA-series Alvis was a new model offered after the close of World War II, from 1946 onward. Power for the TA was derived from a 1.9-liter four-cylinder engine and four-speed manual transmission which were both slightly improved from their prewar configurations. Three body styles were offered: a Sports Saloon by Mulliner, as well as Drophead Coupes by either Carbodies or Tickford.
Despite the TA 14’s origin as a premiere postwar model designed to reinvigorate Alvis’ production facilities towards civilian vehicles, it did better than anyone had hoped. More TA 14s were produced than any other model in the company’s history. It is further believed by the Alvis Owner’s Club that more examples have also survived than any other model, with much of this owed to the robust design and construction. By the end of 1950, the TA 14 had been phased out of production and replaced by the more powerful TA 21.
This particular TA 14 is clothed in the striking Drophead Coupe body supplied by Carbodies, one of just 400 examples believed produced. According to records from the Alvis Owner’s Club, the car was dispatched on 30 August 1948 to the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. where its first owner was employed as the Civil Air attaché. Nearly 40 years later, it appears for sale in a 1986 Alvis Club publication.
More recently, this TA 14 passed through collections in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Sun City West, Arizona prior to acquisition by the consignor in March 2005. It should be noted that several of the car’s previous owners were active members of the Alvis Owner’s Club who were enthusiastic and fastidious stewards of this particular chassis. As such, this nicely preserved TA 14 presently indicates fewer than 48,800 actual miles at time of cataloguing.
While within the consignor’s collection, this stately 1948 Alvis TA 14 Drophead Coupe by Carbodies has been carefully preserved and thoughtfully maintained. With fewer than 400 examples of its kind produced, this chassis is presented showing actual mileage and having benefitted from many years of enthusiast ownership. One would be hard pressed to find a more attractive postwar Alvis.
N143G : McDonnell Douglas MD-87
After 8 years with Aero Lloyd as D-ALLG, this MD-87 has been in executive configuration since 1996, and is still active in 2021, now registered N168CF.
St. George monastery in Ubisa
Ubisa St. George monastery is located close to the main highway that runes all across the country till the Black Sea shore. It stands on the slope descanting toward Dzirula riverbed. The monastery was founded in 20-ies of IX c. At the insistence of the King of Abkhazs Demetre II this place has been selected by St. Grigol (Gregory) of Khandzta, famous clerical and founder of many monasteries and save heavens in southern Georgia. A rather lengthy single-nave temple faced with gallstone slabs is the main construction of Ubisa monastery. It is contemporaneous of St. Grigol Khandzteli. The construction is rather simple with shallow wall in the interior and triangular decoration arranged just over the sanctuary window from the outside – the only adornment of the monastery exterior (besides the mentioned decoration patterns, there are several slabs with inscriptions, performed within the fretwork frame, or on slabs with images, for example of a lion). Columned iconostases in the church interior – on of the best samples of architrave iconostases in Georgia, also seems to be of the initial times.
Later on chapels were attached to the large main hall of the church from three sides. The western one with the configuration of domed church in the most noteworthy of all three annexes, where the ossuary of the late-time owners of Ubisa – the noble house of the Prince Abashidzes was arranged. In XVI c. one of the representatives of the same House, someone Demetre built another attachment from the west, richly adorned with fretwork. Wall painting preserved in the interior of the church is one of the most precious adornments of Ubisa monastery. The XIV c. paintings performed by the artist Gerasim, apparently representative of the local artistic school is one of the best samples of so called Palaeologus style church painting. All painting icons, two of which are with doors, coupled with a range of plea icons – integral parts of the iconostas, ordered by someone Bablak Laklakisdze should be contemporaneous to wall painting as they reveal strong closeness to it both artistically and principally (the icons are currently exposed in Sh. Amiranashvili State Museum of Art of the National Museum of Georgia).
There are several other buildings on the territory of Ubisa monastery with different degrees of damages. The residential tower is the most important of them. According to the construction inscription curved on one of the stone slabs Svimeon the archbishop of Chkondidi built the tower in 1141. This fore-storied building contains the residential area (with a large fireplace and a dressing/rest room) a shrine and a square for training and contests. This construction faced with gallstone slabs and with the exterior adorned with brickwork arcades or hoops is one of the best and perfectly preserved samples of Georgian medieval secular architecture.
Убиса – средневековый монастырский комплекс в Грузии, в регионеИмерети, около Харагаули.Монастырский комплекс включает в себя монастырь Св. Георгия 9-го века, основанный святым Григорием из Хандзты, 4-этажное здание (1141), фрагменты оборонительных стен 12-го века и несколько других зданий и сооружений. В монастыре находится уникальный цикл фресок с конца 14 века сделаны Дамианом видимо под влиянием искусства византийского Палаилоганского периода (1261-1453).
Монастырь также известен своим медом, сделанным монахами.
N771PA Boeing B747-121SF Pan Am Cargo
Converted to cargo configuration in 1975. Sold to Flying Tigers as N819FT; later to FedEx as N628FE and finally UPS as N681UP.
(scan from my collection - photographed by R.Olewinski
The Morgan Plus 8 is a sports car built by British car maker Morgan from 1968 to 2004 and again in revised form between 2012 and 2018. Its instant and enduring popularity has been credited with saving the company and keeping the company famous during the 36 years of its manufacture. Among Morgan enthusiasts, it is deeply associated with Peter Morgan, the owner-chairman behind its design.
Design
The development of the Plus 8 was led by Maurice Owen, an engineer taken on specifically for the role. The Plus 8 prototype was based on a modified chassis from the Plus 4, altered to accept the Rover alloy block 215 cu in (3.5 L) V8, purchased from GM-Buick in 1967. Plus 4's Moss gearbox was carried over and the Salisbury 7HA axle was uprated with a limited-slip differential. The chassis was developed in stages to accommodate gearbox changes in 1973 and 1976, 1995 the body widened in 1976 to accommodate the widened chassis and the wings widened to accommodate larger tires to handle the increasing power and trend for lower profile and wider tires. The original 1968 Plus 8 was 57 inches (1,400 mm) wide and the last was 64 inches (1,600 mm) (with an optional "widebody" at 67 inches (1,700 mm)) From the 1960s and (according to all auto magazines) through the 1980s for acceleration between 20-80mph, the Plus Eight was the fastest-accelerating UK production car. To this day, early Plus 8s are frequently the winners in the 1960-1970 class in the UK.
In 2002, Morgan created a "LeMans Edition" with similar exterior feature to the 1960s Plus 4 LeMans winner. In 2003, Morgan created a 35th year "Anniversary Edition" of the Plus 8. The 35th Anniversary model was built in 100 examples and has a walnut dashboard, mesh behind the grille bars, a "LeMans style" gear knob, and a badge on the rear panel. The original brochure also referenced the fact that the Plus 8 was to be discontinued the following year.
Following the discontinuation of the Rover V8, production of Plus 8 ended in 2004. A revised Aero, powered by a 4.8-litre BMW V8 engine, was placed on an Aero chassis, with Aero 8 suspension, axles, brakes, steering, gearbox, and altered wings was introduced in 2012, They also called this model "Plus 8" and it was sold concurrently with the Aero 8 from that date until the elimination of the Aero line-up in 2020.
In 2014, Morgan created another edition called the Plus 8 'Speedster' models based on the later Aero configuration noted above. It began as a limited edition, but production was not limited to the originally advertised 60 examples. This limited run forwent the traditional roof in favor of a small fly screen and hidden roll bars behind the front seats. Pitched as an entry-level Plus 8 model, they went on sale for £69,999.
Boeing 737 - MSN 21467
Status : Active
Registration : C-GMAI
Airline Air Inuit
Country : Canada
Date : 1978 -
Codes 6H 3H AIE
Callsign : Air Inuit
Web site : www.airinuit.ca
Serial number21467 LN:515
Type737-2Q2C
First flight date29/03/1978
Test registration
Plane age40.4 years
Seat configuration
Engines
31/07/1978Air GabonTR-LXL
22/07/1997Air InterTR-LXL
01/01/1998Air GabonTR-LXLCeased operations 24 feb 06
19/11/2010Air InuitC-GMAI