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Henningsvaer on the Lofoten islands awakening to a stunning sunrise, reflected by the high mountain of the Lofoten Wall offering shelter to this little island.
In der Reichtagskuppel!
Mit Flickr Freunden haben wir die Kuppel im Reichstag besucht. Die Kuppel ist 23 Meterhoch und 40 Meter breit. Sie wurde von dem Architekten Sir Normen Forster und Fachingenieuren entworfen. Die Konstruktion besteht aus Stahl und Glas.
Über die Dachterrasse erreicht man die Kuppel, die den Plenarsaal der Bundesrepublik Deutschland mit modernster Belichtungs- und Beleuchtungstechnik über den trichterförmigen Lichtumlenkelement.Mit Spoegeln wird diffuses Tageslich in den 10 Meter tiefer gelegenen Plenarsaals. Zusätzlich sorgt das Lichtumkehrelement für die Abführung der verbrauchten Luft aus dem Plenarsaal. Über zwei gegenläufige Rampen erreicht man die oberste Plattform.
Ich wünsche Euch einen entspannten Sonntag, seid achtsam und haltet Abstand, liebe Freunde.
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In the Reichstag dome!
With Flickr friends we visited the dome in the Reichstag. The dome is 23 meters high and 40 meters wide. It was designed by the architect Sir Normen Forster and specialist engineers. The construction is made of steel and glass.
The dome can be reached via the roof terrace and the plenary hall of the Federal Republic of Germany with the most modern lighting and illumination technology via the funnel-shaped light deflector element. In addition, the light-reversing element ensures that used air is removed from the plenary hall. The uppermost platform is reached via two ramps running in opposite directions.
I wish you a relaxed Sunday, be careful and keep your distance, dear friends.
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Dans le dôme du Reichstag !
Avec des amis de Flickr, nous avons visité le dôme du Reichstag. Le dôme est haut de 23 mètres et large de 40 mètres. Il a été conçu par l'architecte Sir Normen Forster et des ingénieurs spécialisés. La construction est faite d'acier et de verre.
Le dôme est accessible par la terrasse du toit et la salle plénière de la République fédérale d'Allemagne. L'élément déflecteur de lumière en forme d'entonnoir permet d'utiliser les techniques d'éclairage et d'illumination les plus modernes. De plus, l'élément d'inversion de la lumière assure l'évacuation de l'air utilisé de la salle plénière.
La plate-forme supérieure est accessible par deux rampes qui circulent en sens inverse. Je vous souhaite un dimanche détendu, soyez prudents et gardez vos distances, chers amis.
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What a glorious sight this was when compared to the sad hulk rotting away in Barry Scrapyard back in March 1968 and what a triumph for the endeavours of preservationists (see adjacent picture).
71000 Longueville Jcn 29-09-2011 IMG_9529
Nene Valley Railway
Russ Hillier charter
Old fortress, AKA "Gradina" (XV century) in Doboj, RS, BiH.
One of the most important defenses in the medieval bannate/duchy of Usora, this large stone structure was built in the early 13th century on the site of an earlier, clay and wood-based structure from the 10th or 11th century. In the first period of its existence, from the 13th to the late 14th or early 15th century (1415), the fortress was built in the Romanesque architecture style. This magnificent object has been burned and ransacked at least 18 times (per official/written record) in its history.
After the reconstruction of 1415, the Doboj fortress became more of a Gothic structure and had its keep reinforced with thick walls (up to 3 feet or 1 meter thick at the Eastern wall) as well as addition of a bastion/plateau with six cannon on top of it. The captain's tower was the dominating feature with a very tall and square keep dominating the fortress. Three big towers (North-West, Eastern, and Southern Gate) strategically protected the flanks of the fortress, hence rendering any idea of an attack a suicidal attempt. The Southern tower's walls became round in order to deflect cannonballs (circa 1370-1380s) and local captains at the time used Dubrovnik-made cannons, bombards, and balistas as fortress' main defense weaponry.
60532 Rabbit Bridge 18-03-99
Olympus OM4Ti (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Russ Hillier charter
Sir Lamiel”, numbered E777, was built in June 1925 at the North British Locomotive Works in Glasgow as one of the batch of 30 engines built there. These engines had a narrower cab to suit them for use on the Eastern section of the Southern Railway and had 5000 gallon bogie tenders. Smoke deflectors were fitted in December, 1927. The E prefix was abandoned in 1932.
I had some spare time when i was taking this shot so i thought i write down what i did and took a picture it's in the first comment box
Placed the Bus on a white wall tile shot at 1/200th at F11
Taken with off camera flash, pointed upwards to bounce flash off the ceiling with the deflector up on the flash to make the shadow of the bus, also place the Flash on a candle to so that the shadow was not to long.
Old note pad used to reflect some light back towards bus
a strange Lofoten islands sunrise, where the sunlight was deflected by the mountains and returned by the thick cloud cover over the sea.
#windowwednesday
View down the central funnel inside of the Reichstag dome on top of the Reichstag building, the seat of the German parliament (the Bundestag). The funnel is a so-called "light-diverting element" with mirrors that guides diffuse daylight into the plenary hall of the German Bundestag ten meters below and also serves as an exhaust "pipe" that deflects used air from the plenary hall through the 10-meter-wide central opening at the apex of the dome (which you can't see here).
For whatever reason the checked "pattern" of the reflective windows on the funnel's base (theoretically one could take a look into the plenary hall) always reminds me of a gambling table at a casino, hence the title which I've borrowed from one of the best James Bond movies (and I also like the 1967 parody). But of course, there's nothing "royale" or "gambling-ish" about this profoundly democratic place (which, as you know, it hasn't always been). Surrounding the funnel's base you can find the permanent exhibition "From the Reichstag to the Bundestag" which tells the eventful history of the Reichstag building from its beginnings to the present day.
Happy Window Wednesday, Everyone :)
60163 "Tornado" Flies through Warrington,
With streaming exhaust being lifted by the draught through the deflector shield.
Greetings human creatures, of the planet you call "Earth". I have come a long way to adorn your skies, to make you gaze up into the starry firmament to admire my mysterious nature.
You have given me the strange name "NEOWISE", because a few months ago a space telescope in orbit around Earth, first spotted me as I was approaching your planet, hundreds of millions of miles away. But this is not where I come from. My cradle is located far beyond the orbits of the furthest planets and asteroids, where billions of small, icy bodies, relics of the solar system's formation, move lazily around the Sun. Although the Sun from that far is just a speck of light, its gravitational attraction keeps these frozen bodies in orbit.
Thousands of years ago, perhaps after a tiny nudge from a passing star that slightly deflected my orbit, I started ever so slowly my plunge towards the Sun. I have silently travelled the coldness of space until I first crossed the orbits of the gas giants and then entered the inner solar system, heading towards the central star.
The Sun's heat slowly but steadily warmed my frozen surface and finally my true nature was revealed: an enormous mass of ice, mixed with rocks and dust. As the icy crust that covers my nucleus began to sublimate, gases and dust particles started to form an atmosphere around my solid nucleus. The steady flow of the solar wind pushes the dust and gas into two magnificent tails: the curved, yellowish dust tail and the more straight, blue ion tail, extending for millions of miles into space, opposite the direction of the Sun. And now you can see me in the night sky not as a dark, frozen mass but as a dazzling comet, changing position in front of the distant stars from night to night.
It will not be long before I disappear from the night sky, to return to the depths of space. In the coming weeks I will become increasingly dimmer and harder to spot and my tails will diminish. I will return, but it will not be until thousands of years in the future.
People used to fear comets: for eons, comets were considered sinister omens, heralding the death of kings, and announcing the start of wars and disaster. It took the genius of giants like Isaac Newton and Halley to realize that comets, are simply celestial bodies travelling in elongated orbits around the Sun.
I apologize for not being too splashy and bright like other famous comets, like Hale-Bopp or Halley, to name just two of them. But still if you can get at a dark place, with little or no light pollution from man-made lights - hard to find nowadays - you can still see me maybe with your naked eyes or even better with binoculars. And who knows how long it will be until the next bright comet arrives, so do not miss this opportunity!
So, farewell and stay safe. You will soon forget me, but I will leave something behind, to remind you of my apparition. Specks of dust from my tail will continue around my orbit and will eventually slam into Earth's atmosphere and burn like a meteor. So, the next time you see a meteor in the night sky, it could be one that has been part of my once prominent tail. And if you do, do not forget the wish!
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Camera: Canon EOS 550D, mounted on tripod, unguided
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II@f2.5
Frames: 32 x 8 secs each, ISO 3200
Processing: Developed in Lightroom Classic 9.3, stacked with Sequator (set to Accumulation, Align stars) and final processing in Adobe Photoshop v.21
~ You're my protector, my home
I'm nothing without you
You're my deflector, I know
That nothing can get through
You feel the feelings for me
So I don't have to face the things I do ~
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© Copyright by Floriana Thor 2013-2016
777 - Saunderton Summit 26-04-1987 R953bw
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital.
An ugly "Ethel" train heating diesel locomotive sits behind Sir Lamiel.
strange sunrise near Henningsvaer on the Lofoten islands where the rising run is reflected by the mountains of the Lofoten Wall and a thick cloud cover over the Norwegian Sea.
847 - Three Arch Bridge 11-09-1993 R2076
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Bluebell Railway Autumn Gala
92203+92212 Swithland crew bw 07-03-1997
Olympus OM4Ti (film)
Great Central Railway
John Brooks charter
Halloween is upon us and sadly there will be those that try to spoil it for innocent children out to enjoy the adventure of the season. I remember each one of my childhood Halloween treks. My costumes were hand-made of whatever I could find. Walking from house to house, I never once felt in danger. Often I came home with homemade goodies that I enjoyed for days.
Unfortunately, those days are gone. As a parent, grandparent, or older member of the house hold, Please make sure that your little person enjoys a Happy Halloween! Check their treats, before you let them eat!
This shot was taken in Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. As I made the loop through the refuge, I spotted a great blue heron in the vegetation jumping and throwing his wings about. Once I stopped the auto, I could see there was also a snake (cottonmouth/ water moccasin). Each time the snake would strike, the bird would deflect the venomous mouth with his wing. The battle lasted for about 45 minutes. Finally the bird was the victor and he swallowed the snake in one piece/ head first.
The average weight of the GB heron is between 4.5 -5.5 pounds. The snake was 4-5 feet in length and weighs 3-4 pounds. Because of the added weight, it would be impossible for the bird to fly before he has digested the snake. I returned to this spot the next day and the bird was still in the same spot. I have a feeling he did not need to eat for many days.