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December 11, 20:00 UT
Canon EF 50mm lens (MK I), at f/2.8, ISO 800
20x30 secs hand-tracked exposures, (total exposure time 10 minutes)
Combined in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop
After 20 frames I was starting to lose the feeling in my fingers, at which point I figured it was a good time to stop. So, unless it repeats its 1892 behaviour and undergoes a second outburst sometime in January, this will probably be the last image I'll post of Comet Holmes.
Two naked-eye comets, a total lunar eclipse, and a daylight lunar occultation of Venus: 2007 has been a pretty good year for astronomy!
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Sweet gums (Liquidambar) have splendid fall leaf colors. This leaf (and the ones behind it) were on a small tree within easy walking distance of our home. Straight out of the camera, except for a crop.
Isn't God a great artist?
Thanks for looking.
December 9 - What's In Your Mailbox
After work and taking pictures for a play opening this Friday, I had almost forgotten about the challenge today. When I signed on I instantly knew what today's prompt was.
My daughter had already brought the mail inside, but I had a helper bring it back out to the mailbox to recreate the scene.
It's about 3:05 PM local time. The sun is setting. I was able to catch a little of the color in the clouds...
Glennallen, Alaska USA
Stagecoach 34641 (GX54 DWM) a Dennis Dart, is photographed along Dunchurch Road, Rugby on route 63 to Leamington Spa. I think it is time to give up on hoping to get the Laughing Olympian here. 9th December 2015
“Beautiful Tuliptree on Duffins trail at Rotary park , Martins photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , December 15. 2023”
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Max and Zoey pauing for a quick photo together while at the North Fork Roasting Co. recently (best coffee around!). A student video crew that was filming something had left one of their LED lights on ear camera left so I utilized it for some nice backlighting :-) I like to use what's available so I had to take advantage while it was there :-)
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From the Pole Creek Cabin I set out to climb this 8,800' ridge. Normally snow would make it difficult, but there was hardly any on this warm December day.
Another nighttime capture of reprieved Travel West Midlands 6735, one of several Fleetlines drafted into Wolverhampton during vehicle shortages in December 1996. The bus is pictured at the bottom of Darlington Street on a cold winter evening, just before heading off towards Queen Square.
On a Thursday in December 2018, two days after Christmas, I took some pictures of Wulf with his two grandads, his gran and paternal grandad’s partner Sandie, his dad Stue and his sisters Wyn and Will.
The light wasn’t very clever and I chose not to use flash but to make good with what light was available.
The photographs show Wulf mostly asleep but on the odd occasion with his lovely eyes open.
At this age young babies have a habit of changing rapidly. What Wulf will be like in a months time is anyone’s guess!
Saturday, 21 December 2019, Winter Solstice: our temperature this morning is -2C (windchill also -2C). Overcast, which then turned into fog for the rest of the day. Sunrise is at 8:37 am and sunset is at 4:31 pm.
All five photos posted this morning were taken four mornings ago, when six of us travelled in two cars (which turned out very fortunate!!) down south of Calgary to the High River area. It was the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count for High River, on 17 December 2019. Yesterday, I posted photos of the beautiful sunrise that greeted us when we started the count at the first location, Frank Lake.
Some years, we have a beautiful hoar frost to start this Count, but not this time. The only birds seen at Basin 1 were 4 extremely distant Mallards and 1 Grebe (Horned or Eared).
After checking out the outflow and the blind, we also drove to the area half way down the west side of Frank Lake. Part way along this back road, the 'road' becomes a nightmare, no matter what time of the year! I never, ever go on it. Having uttered what a terrible road to drive along, my words were proven to be so accurate. I knew it - we were stuck in a deep, frozen rut with the front wheels in the air. After pushing and digging didn't work, we knew that there was only one thing left. The other car drove along the edge of the field to get behind us and tied a towing rope to 'our' vehicle. Thank goodness this was successful - just a shame that we lost quite a lot of valuable birding time.
The rest of the day was spent driving various backroads, and calling in at several farms. No matter how many Great Horned Owls one sees, it is always a real treat to see one. We ended up seeing six of them by the end of the day. Many thanks, Jim, for driving all day and for the extra bit of birding after the count had ended - too bad that we couldn't find a Snowy Owl. Strange how our group didn't go to the farm that we always go to last on this Count.
Snowy Walkway.....
On Christmas eve we had an overnight snowfall. first thing in the morning we donned our winter wear and headed out for an early winter walk.
A beautiful white layer of fresh fallen untouched snow covered everything in a lovely clean white blanket.
Making first tracks in the pristine white power.
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On a Thursday in December 2018, two days after Christmas, I took some pictures of Wulf with his two grandads, his gran and paternal grandad’s partner Sandie, his dad Stue and his sisters Wyn and Will.
The light wasn’t very clever and I chose not to use flash but to make good with what light was available.
The photographs show Wulf mostly asleep but on the odd occasion with his lovely eyes open.
At this age young babies have a habit of changing rapidly. What Wulf will be like in a months time is anyone’s guess!
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so günstig war es lang nicht mehr!
Ansonsten tanke ich seit über 10 TKM nahezu ohne Unterbrechung den
Premiumdiesel OMV MAXX Motion.
Meine Erfahrung:
Verbrauchsreduzierung
bessere Performance
geringe Geräuschentwicklung,
völlig rußfrei
Leistungssteigerung im hohen Drehzahlen und am Berg,
Kaltstartverhalten besser
Motor
7.0 L Verbrauch, bei 150 PS
2.0 Liter, Turbodiesel, 1,7 Tonnen
7 Sitzer
gute Reisegeschwindigkeit mit Ampel-Stops und Staus : 61 km/h
Testsieger
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Nun hat der heimische Energieriese OMV mitgeteilt, dass der eigene Winterdiesel "MaxxMotion", den es mittlerweile seit einigen Jahren gibt, bei dem Test am besten abgeschnitten hat.
Laut eigenen Angaben garantiert der spezielle Treibstoff dank Hochleistungsadditiven, einer höheren Cetanzahl und der Bio-Komponente HVO sogar eine Kältefestigkeit bis -35 Grad Celsius. Startprobleme, ein ruckelnder Motor und Motorengeräusche dürften somit ausgeschlossen sein. Zudem soll der Winterdiesel den Motor reinigen und dadurch Verbrauch und Motorengeräusche verringern.
TEST - Winterdiesel
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Winterdiesel gilt als "Frostschutz" im Sprit und reduziert das Ausflocken von Paraffinen bei niedrigen Temperaturen. Paraffinkristalle können Kraftstofffilter verstopfen.
Durch die Beimengung von spezieller Additive wird dies verhindert. Streikt der Motor im Winter, kann aber auch eine schwache Batterie oder gefrorenes Wasser im Dieselfilter Schuld haben.
Die von vielen Mineralölfirmen angebotenen hochpreisigen Premiumdieselkraftstoffsorten besitzen einen garantierten CFPP-Wert von −24 °C bzw. −40 °C (OMV).
Die OMV Deutschland GmbH mit Unternehmenssitz in Burghausen ist ein wichtiger Versorger von Mineralölprodukten und
petrochemischen Grundstoffen in Süddeutschland. Sie ist eine 100%-Tochter des OMV Konzerns mit Sitz in Wien, Österreich.
Die Aktivitäten umfassen das Raffinerie-, Geschäftskunden- und Tankstellengeschäft. Die OMV Deutschland GmbH
verfügt derzeit über rund 280 Tankstellen, davon etwa 220 in Bayern.
Dies entspricht einem Marktanteil von knapp 10%.
Weitere Stationen befinden sich in Baden-Württemberg und Hessen.
Über Pipelines ist die Raffinerie Burghausen an die Tankläger Steinhöring und Feldkirchen angeschlossen. Das Tanklager
Steinhöring ist mit der 350 km langen Transalpinen Pipeline (TAL) verbunden und dient der Übernahme des Rohöls aus Triest ( Norditalien).
December 13, 2011 - Melania Trump Celebrates The Cover of Philadelphia Style's Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide Issue at 10 Arts Lounge at The Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia, PA, USA, famouspix.zenfolio.com/p335200514
Michigan State Gymnastics kicks off 50th season with their annual Green and White Meet at the Jenison Field House on December 16, 2023. Photos by Tony Vasquez by Indy Sports Daily. www.indysportsdaily.com
Wild monkey.
Dikhololo, Brits, South Africa.
December 14 is Monkey Day!
We may look just a bit different from our primate pals, but we shouldn’t forget that we share a common ancestor with them in chimpanzees! Warm up those vocal cords and get ready to unleash your wildest calls and cries in observance of this holiday, which celebrates not just monkeys, but everything simian.
HISTORY OF MONKEY DAY
It’s a difficult task to pinpoint the exact moment that monkeys first emerged as a unique species within the animal kingdom, but it is believed that their appearance took place approximately 60 million years ago. This vast amount of time would pass, month by year by millenia, both creeping and speeding along, without the existence of a National Monkey Day! At long last, though, thanks to two pioneering college students, this would change in the year 2000.
Casey Sorrow and Erik Millikin, both studying art at Michigan State University, are responsible for the creation of this simian-centric celebratory day. Sorrow (fittingly) would admit to the Detroit Metro Times that he experienced a form of malaise around the holiday season and felt compelled to find a way to combat these December blues. After jokingly jotting down “Monkey Day” in a friend’s calendar, Sorrow took the idea and ran with it: when December 14th rolled around, he and his art school friends dressed up as monkeys and ran amok, putting on their best monkey impressions.
They would go on to incorporate ideas related to their newly-formed holiday into their artwork and homemade comics. Publishing these pieces online allowed for the notion of a Monkey Day to spread, and now, decades on, the day is observed throughout the world in countries including Germany, India, and Thailand.
What started out as a bit of fun has evolved into a full-blown operation.
Monkey Day serves as an important anniversary each year for raising awareness of modern threats to monkeys, with entities such as National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institution, and Greenpeace promoting the day. Sorrow and Millikin have also been instrumental in utilizing monkey-themed art as vehicles to serve this end, as well. Their work has brought an entirely new understanding to the term “monkey business!”
Two main groups of monkey
Not all monkeys are considered to be a part of the same whole; they are often separated into two groups: Old World monkeys live in Africa and Asia, while New World monkeys live in South America.
120 grams
The pygmy marmoset species is the smallest type of monkey; fully-grown adults weigh between only 120 and 140 grams. The are considered a New World monkey and are generally found throughout countries located in the Amazon basin.
262 species of monkey
There are 262 species of monkey in the world, half of which are currently endangered.
Explore - December 29, 2008 (#211)
December suddenly dressed in summer colours...
Have a gorgeous blue and golden Monday! And many thanks for all of your "get well wishes"! Already feeling a little better today.
Michigan State Gymnastics kicks off 50th season with their annual Green and White Meet at the Jenison Field House on December 16, 2023. Photos by Tony Vasquez by Indy Sports Daily. www.indysportsdaily.com
Michigan State Gymnastics kicks off 50th season with their annual Green and White Meet at the Jenison Field House on December 16, 2023. Photos by Tony Vasquez by Indy Sports Daily. www.indysportsdaily.com
The beautiful gardens of Winterbourne House are very quiet and the chill of December is present. There is still lots to see and admire in the gardens even at this time of year.
Michigan State Gymnastics kicks off 50th season with their annual Green and White Meet at the Jenison Field House on December 16, 2023. Photos by Tony Vasquez by Indy Sports Daily. www.indysportsdaily.com
Michigan State Gymnastics kicks off 50th season with their annual Green and White Meet at the Jenison Field House on December 16, 2023. Photos by Tony Vasquez by Indy Sports Daily. www.indysportsdaily.com
08 December 2006 FRIDAY's PHOTO of the WEEK . Dinner . Chicken Breast marinated in Italian Sauce garnered with Italian Parsley and Red Onion served with Baked Red Potoatoe garnered with butter and parsley; Asparagus, Fried Red Tomatoes and Sauteed Apples . 1301 . SW WDC . Thursday, 7 December 2006 . elvertbarnes-freedom.blogspot.com/2006/12/07-december-fri... . Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
Michigan State Gymnastics kicks off 50th season with their annual Green and White Meet at the Jenison Field House on December 16, 2023. Photos by Tony Vasquez by Indy Sports Daily. www.indysportsdaily.com