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On the north side of Cramond Island are these WWII searchlight buildings. Dalgety Bay is directly across the Forth.
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I just had t take this view with one of the cannons overlooking a huge cemetery and beyond. You can see the Wallace Monument in the distance. (I am already planning to come back to visit that monument).
I loved walking the outer defences the views were amazing.
Lynx Spider in offensive threatening stance vs. defensive trying-to-hide stance.
When they want to become offensive, they raise their forelegs and hold their leaf! (ground). However, on the other hand, if they want to get defensive, they pull all legs as close as possible to their bodies and try to become invisible by banking on their color-based camouflage!
The left offensive stance is displayed by male and right defensive stance is displayed by female.
The pedipalps (similar to their arm) of males are very bulky and dark in color, which is the black plough/spade like structure in front of its face; whereas the same is missing in the females, which is replaced with thin camouflaged pedipalps.
Rolleiflex T, K8 Third Model, British Ministery of Defence (BMoD) batch. Lens: Tessar 1:3,5 75mm (new formula)
April 2026, Gent (B)
Cataloniëstraat
Sint-Niklaaskerk Skyscape.
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On of the few times I experienced a lightleak on the Rolleiflex T.
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Film Kodak Portra 160.
Scanner Plustek Opticfilm 120 Pro at 2650ppi, downscaled to 2048 pixels width.
No Sharpening, IR-Dustremoval.
Exposure, contrast and color adjustments in PSE11.
When the war came to the Antarion IV, the factories became a significant target for heavy bombers of the enemy faction. As a result, each factory was upgraded to defend itself and ultimately the factories on Antarion IV became as heavily armed as the war machines they produced.
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This microscale vignette was created for the Eurobricks Micro Sci-Fi contest.
Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon at sunset during her patrol in the Middle East in 2013.
HMS Dragon is the fourth of the Royal Navy's six Type 45 air defence destroyers. Launched on 7 November 2008. After successful firing the Sea Viper, intensive at-sea training, her maiden deployed on 19 March 2013 to the Gulf region.
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The Dynamic Defence Display, a combined land, air and sea performance by the Singapore Armed Forces during the National Day Parade 2017 Preview 2
The Commander Task Force Helmand and his RMP Close Protection team arrive by RAF Chinook Helicopter to visit troops on the ground during operations in Afghanistan.
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Margaret Mahy playground on a walk around the city to catch up on the rebuild August 29, 2017 Christchurch New Zealand.
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Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle here since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century its principal role was as a military base with a large garrison. Its importance as a historic monument was recognised from the 19th century, and various restoration programmes have been carried out since. As one of the most important fortresses in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts, from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century, up to the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and has been besieged, both successfully and unsuccessfully, on several occasions.
Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval fortifications were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The notable exception is St Margaret's Chapel, the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh, which dates from the early 12th century. Among other significant buildings of the castle are the Royal Palace, and the early-16th-century Great Hall. The castle also houses the Scottish National War Memorial, and the National War Museum of Scotland.
Although formally owned by the Ministry of Defence, most of the castle is now in the care of Historic Scotland, and it is Scotland's most-visited paid tourist attraction. The garrison left in the 1920s, but there is still a military presence at the castle, largely ceremonial and administrative, and including a number of regimental museums. It is the backdrop to the annual Edinburgh Military Tattoo and has become a recognisable symbol of Edinburgh and of Scotland.
History:
Pre-history of the Castle Rock Geology
The castle stands upon the plug of an extinct volcano, which is estimated to have risen some 350 million years ago during the lower Carboniferous period. The Castle Rock is the remains of a volcanic pipe, which cut through the surrounding sedimentary rock, before cooling to form very hard dolerite, a type of basalt. Subsequent glacial erosion was resisted by the dolerite, which protected the softer rock to the east, leaving a crag and tail formation.
The summit of the Castle Rock is 130 metres (430 ft) above sea level, with rocky cliffs to the south, west and north, rearing up to 80 metres (260 ft) from the surrounding landscape. This means that the only readily accessible route to the castle lies to the east, where the ridge slopes more gently. The defensive advantage of such a site is clear, but the geology of the rock also presents difficulties, since basalt is an extremely poor aquifer. Providing water to the Upper Ward of the castle was problematic, and despite the sinking of a 28-metre (92 ft) deep well, the water supply often ran out during drought or siege, for example during the Lang Siege of 1573.
Earliest habitation:
Documentary reference to occupation of the Castle Rock can be found as early as the mid-2nd century AD. Ptolemy (c. 83 – c. 168) refers to a settlement of the Votadini known to the Romans as "Alauna", meaning "rock place", which may be the earliest known name for the Castle Rock. The Orygynale Cronykil of Andrew of Wyntoun (c. 1350 – c. 1423), an early chronicler of Scottish history, alludes to "Ebrawce" (Ebraucus), a legendary King of the Britons, who "byggyd [built] Edynburgh".[9] According to the earlier chronicler, Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1100 – c. 1155), Ebraucus had fifty children by his twenty wives, and was the founder of "Kaerebrauc" (York), "Alclud" (Dumbarton), and the "Maidens' Castle". John Stow (c. 1525 – 1605), credited Ebraucus with building "the Castell of Maidens called Edenbrough" in 989 BC.
The members of 106 Recruit Platoon have completed their toughest week of training thus far following an intensive exercise in the Glen of Imaal. The platoon exercised in conventional military operations involving long range patrols, patrol harbours, fighting patrols and a platoon in defence scenario. This was a physically and mentally demanding week for the recruits and is another step towards the successful completion of the their basic military training.
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As part of Defence Expo 2018 Exhibition at Thiruvidanthai, an Airshow took place on 14042018. Photos taken are presented here
This was taken on the same day as the previous picture and is only a few 100 yards further along the coast.
St. Bees. Railtrack completely rebuilt the sea defences at Sea Mill over the winter of 1996/97. Here the completed works can be seen on 12 August 1997 as a flask train behind 37244 passes over it. 4,400 precast blocks make up the sea wall which itself has additional protection of 70,000 tonnes of limestone rock armour.
Felixstowe Sea Defences taken on an increasingly misty day just before Christmas. Lee Big Stopper to increase exposure time to 254 secs.
Camouflaged amongst city walls.
I picked up the word Private from the top right corner of the picture. His rank in the Australian Defence Force is definitely a lot more senior than a Private. 70th anniversary of the fall of Singapore.
Last posting in this series.
Martin Place, Sydney, Australia (Wednesday 15 Feb 2012 @ 11:42am).