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Toa Falkor has a special means of defense if he is ever grounded and slowed down, not likely but will serve its use when its user is in a dangerous situation
the plasma shoulder mounted shields can deflect and absorb laser fire and all kinds of projectiles, strong enough to withstand a full blast from from a battle station, flag ship and gun fire of the mobile suit gunman universe, cable of wiping out a colony in one major beam assault. weak shots get deflected but anything stronger will hit but will only charge his shields and his own power.
if his shields are at full power, any more attacks dissolve into particles
Rogue Toa: Falkor
Model: Advanced Phantoka
Alias: Volaris/Jetstorm
Kanohi: Kualsi Nuva
Corrupted Golden Kanohi
(+1 Sonic type move)
able to create a super sonic reflective wall
(+1 Speed type move)
able to be in many places at once
(+1 Fire/Speed type move)
flame element boosts kicks & shinesparks that strike that a asteroid
(Ultimate Rider Power. Rider Kick)
(Any rocks and debris caught in the users running cycle will be launched as burning hot projectiles)
Power Level: Legendary
Elements: Super Sonic, Fire & Wind
Powers: Speed & Flight
Mask power: Hyper-travel
Creates a force field of energy around the user, allowing them to run/fly at intense speed safely without blurring the users vision, able to see everything in front of him, ignoring any negative effects from moving forward at high speeds and automatically prevents the user from colliding into obstacles
Faction: Brotherhood of Makuta
Abducted and separated from Toa Kualus of the Toa Vira, his twin, now an enemy to them while under control and Corrupted by Miserix himself as his personal invincible Toa Warrior & Guardian. Granted with the most advanced Armor, Weapons & several new Powers. His Speed & Strength are greatly increased and reaching god hood levels due to his devastating elemental powers & cutting edge Toa Tools in his possession. Nothing can touch him, his unbelievable agility allows him to be ten steps ahead of his enemies, even his new master.
Miserix's new rouge toa is his greatest accomplishment, in-fact too perfect and frighteningly powerful with infinite potential. But Miserix will have to make sure he wont get dethroned from power again.
.:Silver painted thrusters:.
Small red cones - Turbo Boost
Red cones with Flames - Over Boost
Extra thruster boosters - Hyper Boost
Elemental powers
Fire, Flight, Super/Hyper Sonic with Time Skipping and ultimate wind force
Construction is complete on the main flame deflector in the flame trench at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The flame deflector will safely deflect the plume exhaust from NASA's Space Launch System rocket during launch. It will divert the rocket's exhaust, pressure and intense heat to the north at liftoff. The Exploration Ground Systems Program at Kennedy is refurbishing the pad to support the launch of the SLS rocket and Orion on Exploration Mission-1, and helping to transform the space center into a multi-user spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
Model: Kristel de Sera
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM on full frame.
Light: An Elinchrom ELB 400 with one HS head as key light from the front into an Elinchrom Deep Octa with silver deflector and with inner diffusor, triggered via the Skyport Plus HS. Light from the back is ambient light.
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves, some local cloning, greyscale conversion, toning, added grain.
Portfolio: www.hansvaneijsden.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/hansvaneijsdenphotography
Bernice In B/W
Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM on full frame.
Light: Simple setup from the front-side with one Elinchrom ELB 400 through an Elinchrom Deep Octa with inner diffusor and metallic deflector.
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves, BW conversion, grain.
Portfolio: www.hansvaneijsden.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/hansvaneijsdenphotography
mi pequeño jardin , cuando estas estresado te tranquiliza, lo he fotografiado probando un reflector casero que me he currado hecho con una cortinilla de coche pegando un trozo de manta termica de esas que se usan en los accidentes, por la parte plata.
O.M.A.C. fires another blast and Jaime deflects it again.
TK: "Guys! My armor should still be lying here somewhere!"
Booster and Jaime start blasting their attacks at O.M.A.C. to almost no aveal.
BG: "Go get it! We could need your help!"
TK: "I'm not sure where it is!"
BG: "Take Skeets! Skeets, scan the building for Ted's suit!"
Skeets: "Yes sir...............* Scanning complete."
TK: "That was fast."
BB: "I know, right?!"
BG: "Go! Skeets will take you to your suit!"
TK: "On my way! Let's go Skeets."
Skeets: "To the left, sir!"
Ted and Skeets are running through the whole compound, looking for Ted's suit.
TK: "Where to now Skeets?!"
Skeets: "The fourth door to your right, sir!"
Ted reaches the fourth door to his right and he opens it. There stand several crates. Ted opens several until he finally finds his suit. He lifts his mask out of it and looks at it.
TK: "Lets see if it still fits, shall we?"
“Static firing at the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center of an F-1 engine, the most powerful rocket engine under development by the United States. The F-1, with a thrust of 1,500,000 pounds, will be used in a cluster of five to make up the first stage of the Saturn V space vehicle. This engine is being developed by Rocketdyne, a division of North American Aviation Inc., under the technical direction of the Marshall Center.
“4-442-C TWF-005 firing taken from field at 45 angle North West side.
(Color) Unclassified 3-17-64
MSFC PHOTO”
This is possibly one of the seven static test firings of an F-1 engine at facility 4572 during February 1964.
Further...if the "publication" date is to be believed, this may be another of the aforementioned seven F-1 engine static firings:
archive.org/details/MSFC-6404597
Credit: Internet Archive website
libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/items/show/5303
Credit: "UAH Archives, Special Collections & Digital Initiatives" website
Too too cool:
www.historicmapworks.com/Buildings/Images/AL/AL1195-00003...
Credit: Historic Map Works website
Excellent F-1 reading:
www.thespacereview.com/article/3724/1
Credit: The Space Review website
Model: Coco Gina
Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM on full frame.
Light: Large clamshell setup with the Elinchrom ELC 1000 through a large silver Beauty Dish with silver deflector from the front-top-side, which creates the high contrast in her face. Elinchrom ELC 500 with small strip box from the front-bottom-side, to lower the density of some shadows and to flatten the legs. Elinchrom ELC 500 through a large LiteMotiv Strip from the back. I measured the light with the Sekonic L-758DR.
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves, some painting, local cloning.
Portfolio: www.hansvaneijsden.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/hansvaneijsdenphotography
The aurora borealis is charged ions from the sun wind which are captured in earths magnetic field. Most of the wind is deflected but a little part is caught and pulled back in on the night-side of the earth and is visible at shining light as it falls through the atmoshpere. It can be seen with different colors at different altitudes but green is the predominant one.
On the northern hemisphere it is called aurora borealis or northern lights. This was shot near Tromsø in northern Norway a day with nice activity and relatively clear skies.
Can you spot any constellations in the stars which can be seen in the starlit sky here? The people who live in the small house in the bottom right would have seen a nice spectacle if they had been there.
You can see more scenes from various places in Norway in my Norway set.
You could watch this Large On Black since that brings out more details. My pictures aren't balanced for a white background.
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Work done so far wind deflectors, zetec alloys, Panther black wing mirrors, smoked indicators, European front grill, black vinyl to rear window,quarter windows and sun visor also windend rear wheel base by 25 mm a side and de-wipered back window.
TJCA's inside linebacker Ethan Jackson deflecting a pass during the 7 on 7 football game at Landrum High, SC.
After a day of hard work I took Sera Yosta, my most beautiful lens and my Elinchrom light outside to the streets of Amsterdam, just to see what light can do. The temperature was quite high here in The Netherlands, 14 degrees Celcius in mid-december! So, the perfect moment to make some simple clicks.
As light I used the ELB400 & Elinchrom Deep Octa with translucent deflector and inner diffuser.
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM on full frame.
Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves.
Portfolio: www.hansvaneijsden.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/hansvaneijsdenphotography
Cape Buffalo (male). Known as Black Death, the Cape Buffalo is one of the most dangerous creatures in Africa. They lie in the water holes and mud bogs to keep cool and to coat the skin with mud to deflect the heat and biting insects.
LNER A3 Pacific 60103 Flying Scotsman was used for Driver Experience at the Llangollen Railway for a short time in the mid-1990s. I raided the bank and participated which was great. The terrible weather - it rained all day - just added to the atmosphere.
Seen in late-British Railways Brunswick Green guise it was fitted with German-style smoke deflectors and sported an ex-A4 corridor tender at this time.
“APOLLO 11 LM ON MOON -- A Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation artist’s [Craig Kavafes] concept depicting mankind’s first walk on another celestial body. Here, Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, is making his first step onto the surface of the moon. Armstrong has just egressed Lunar Module 5. Still inside the LM is Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remains with the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit. In the background is the Earth, some 240,000 miles away.”
Above from the verso of a "vintage" version of this photo.
Note that the RCS plume deflectors are included in this beautiful depiction. However, an RCS Quad 3 nozzle (specifically, A3R), seems to be missing. I probably should overlook it, seeing how it otherwise looks pretty darned good.
Bernice In B/W
Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM on full frame.
Light: Simple setup from the front-side with one Elinchrom ELB 400 through an Elinchrom Deep Octa with inner diffusor and metallic deflector.
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves, BW conversion, grain.
Portfolio: www.hansvaneijsden.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/hansvaneijsdenphotography
1. Hedging My Bets at Penshurst Place, 2. A First Glimpse of the Gardens at Penshurst Place, 3. Look What the Normans Did for Us!, 4. Peek-a-Boo!, 5. Top Glass, 6. Red World 2, 7. This Shot has Definitely Got Legs!, 8. Reflector/Deflector,
9. White Heart, Lone Tree, 10. The Blue Tower at Samphire Hoe, 11. Hello Blue!, 12. Oi! You Looking at My Bird?!, 13. Flare Up!, 14. Two's Company, Three's a Crowd!, 15. There's a Fly in the Ointment!, 16. Window on a Very Different World,
17. The Clyde River at Batemans Bay, 18. Looking into the Blue at Normans Bay, 19. A Closer Look at the Emu's Back, 20. My Oh My!, 21. Backlit Beauty!, 22. Abstract Down Under?, 23. Into the Blue Yonder..., 24. Snowed Under in Gillham Wood 4 - Twiglet Zone!,
25. Sitting Pretty..., 26. VW the Raining Champion!, 27. Blue Bullet, 28. Out of His Skull!, 29. Patchwork, 30. Net Result!, 31. Black Hole?, 32. Reflecting on an Eastbourne Street,
33. Hello Me Old China!, 34. Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh!, 35. Lifebelt Orangement?, 36. Mist & Fog Up in the Blue Mountains, 37. A Flash of Brilliant Yellow, 38. Oh My Darling Clementines!, 39. This Will Have You on Tenterhooks!, 40. Berry Red...,
41. From Boring Bulbs to Captivating Crocuses!, 42. The Lizard King, 43. Piggy in the Middle..., 44. A Very Light House, 45. Lovely Old Lighthouse Down Under, 46. Edging Your Bets!, 47. Locked In?, 48. Danger Signs Down Under!,
49. Skyline in Blue..., 50. Is It a Shark's Fin or the Sydney Opera House?, 51. Colours Through the Looking Glass, 52. A Ferry's Eye View of the Sydney Opera House, 53. Window on a Waste of Space!, 54. Getting All Steamed Up on the Zig Zag Railway, 55. An Open and Shut Case!, 56. Cassie Hasn't Stopped Purring Since We Got Back from Oz!,
57. Top Shops, 58. DSC_0030, 59. DSC_0010, 60. DSC_0003, 61. DSC_0013, 62. DSC_0011, 63. Chocolate Box Cottage, 64. DSC_0009,
65. DSC_0003, 66. DSC_0004, 67. Red in the Face, 68. Bodiam Castle
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Another one from the tin foil experiments. This statue is about 10x the time of the lego minifigures, which brings on different interactions with the background.
31 seconds @ f/11 - painted with xenon flashlight.
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 25, 2017) Sailors man a jet blast deflector control station during flight operations on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is currently underway off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anthony J. Rivera/Released)
Introducing “Soul Rebel 22” by Mopar & Automotive Rhythms. Currently showcasing at the 2022 Washington Auto Show, visit us until January 30th to rock with our 2022 RAM 1500 Rebel GT in Hydro Blue Pearl-Coat. #GutsGloryRam
Mopar Install =
• Cold Air Intake System
• Cat-Back Exhaust System
• Spray-In Bedliner
• Utility Rails & Hide-a-Hooks
• Deployable Bed-Step
• Cargo Bed Divider
• Matte Black Front Air Deflector
• Mopar Accessory Kit featuring a Stainless Steel License Plate Cover, Stainless Steel Keychain, and Mopar Valve Stem Caps
Rims = Black Rhino 18x8.5” Rapid Forged in Matte Brushed Gunmetal
Tires = BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A LT285/65/R18 KO2s
Model - Helen Drew
Southern Strobist Club meet. Poole,UK
Nikon D300 - Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 44mm 1/250th f/9 iso200
Elinchrom Quadra's used as main light source.
main light fired thru 1metre Eli octobox with gold deflector (cam left)
second light fired thru Eli 40x40 softbox with silver deflector (cam right)
Both units aimed down from just above eye level at roughly 45 degrees.
Post edit - Photoshop CS5
Many Thanks to Elie from Southern Strobists for setting the shoot up.
And a big thanks to all the MUA's, wardrobe artists & models for working their socks off throughout the day.
PictionID:44584975 - Catalog:14_012576 - Title:Atlas Details: M/7 Flame Deflector Test Run Date: 08/03/1961 - Filename:14_012576.TIF - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Hand held manual focus Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 Macro with a Pentax Rear Converter-A 2X-S and custom built flash deflector.
Quoted from Wikipedia:
"Cold-air funnel clouds (vortices) are usually short-lived and generally much weaker than the vortices produced by supercells. Although cold-air funnels rarely make ground contact, they may touch down briefly and become weak tornadoes or waterspouts.
Unlike the related phenomenon associated with severe thunderstorms, cold-air funnels are generally associated with partly cloudy skies in the wake of cold fronts, where atmospheric instability and moisture is sufficient to support towering cumulus clouds but not precipitation. The mixing of cooler air in the lower troposphere with air flowing in a different direction in the middle troposphere causes the rotation on a horizontal axis, which, when deflected vertically by atmospheric conditions, can become a funnel cloud."
A flow test of the Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression water deluge system begins at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Oct. 15, 2018. At peak flow, the water will reach about 100 feet in the air above the pad surface. It will flow at high speed from a holding tank through new and modified piping and valves, the flame trench, flame deflector nozzles and mobile launcher interface risers. The testing is part of Exploration Ground System's preparation for the new Space Launch System rocket. Modifications were made to the pad after a previous wet flow test, increasing the performance of the system. During the launch of Exploration Mission-1 and subsequent missions, this water deluge system will release about 450,000 gallons of water across the mobile launcher and Flame Deflector to reduce the extreme heat and energy generated by the rocket during ignition and liftoff. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Strobist: Deep Octa with internal white deflector camera left 8 feet high approx 8 feet back
on about a 30 degree angle to subject
Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 85 mm
ISO Speed 100
“The fourth Saturn I space vehicle (SA-4), on its launch pedestal at Cape Canaveral, is scheduled for launch in the next several days, no earlier than March 28. The vehicle will be launched by the NASA Launch Operations Center and the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center.”
These flame deflectors sit, unused on Launch Complex 34. Fire would eventually be the source of the tragic Apollo I disaster, when it killed three astronauts, albeit in the cabin.
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Fifty years from the day that this picture was uploaded, Launch Complex 34 was forever marred by when a fire broke out in the craft's cabin, killing all three. Fortunately, space travel safety has really improved in the proceeding years. Nonetheless, it is a chilling reminder of when things go wrong.
A.I controlled vic viper, designed to assist the main fleet during the final assault !
Also used for training
Oh yes this is my NoWember entry !
Frame :*SURLY* steamroller
Headset :*FAIRWEATHER* headset 1 1/8
Stem :*NITTO* FW-31 stem
Handlebar :*NITTO* B802 riser bar
Wheels :*GRAN COMPE* small track hub × *VELOCITY* A23 rim
Tire :*FAIRWEATHER* for CX tire by CG
Brake :*DIA-COMPE* brs 101 road brake
Brake Lever :*DIA-COMPE* WIN brake lever
Crankset :*BLUELUG* RMC crank set
Cog:*EURO ASIA*delux steel track cog
Chain :*HKK* new vertex track chain
Saddle :*SDG* bel-air saddle BL special
Seat Post :*NITTO* S65
Fender:*ZEFAL* deflector fender
Detail of the base of the belltower on the church's northwestern corner. Note the water table or projecting ledge that deflects dripping water outward and away from the foundation.
To provide context for the photo above, see Part 36 and Part 37.
As glorious as Regional Silurian Dolostone usually is, there are times it doesn't look its best. Or it looks like something it really isn't.
Every source I've found for the St. James exterior stone lists it as Lemont-Joliet Dolostone (LJD), and nothing but. And yet the bituminous blobs on the water table suggest that it might not be Sugar Run Formation rock from the Lower Des Plaines Valley after all, but rather Racine Formation rock from quarries on Chicago's West Side. The Artesian Dolostone produced there was renowned for its asphaltum-spotted appearance.
However, I've come across a surprisingly large number of LJD buildings in the Windy City that in their lower reaches have been splattered in one or two places with roofing tar, sealant, or some other sort of glop that attracts and gets covered with dark soot.
It does seem that black sealant has indeed been applied in the cracks between the lowest ashlar course and the sidewalk. So perhaps someone was just really sloppy with an applicator or tarbrush.
In addition, though, there seems to be some greenish-black biofilm buildup in more recessed portions of the rock. If that's right, it's most likely cyanobacteria, though it could be Chlorophyta (green algae) instead.
This mention of biofilming leads me to reflect that the more I learn about architectural geology, the more I come to realize that the buildings we human beings regard as purely our own domain are in fact scenes of egregious microbial settler colonialism.
If one takes a truly dispassionate view of this situation, it becomes evident that we amazingly ephemeral multicellular creatures exist primarily to give this planet's dominant lifeforms the nooks and crannies and surfaces they need to thrive. We live and work to serve the ancient little ones.
The other photos and descriptions in this series can be found at Glory of Silurian Dolostone album.
And for even more on this architectural and geologically impressive building, immediately and unhesitatingly get a copy (or two or three) of my book, Chicago in Stone and Clay. Here's the publisher's description: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501765063/chicago-i...
Delaney Knudsen and Heather Lynn Dunn are locked in a joust above the net, even after the ball is deflected up and out of view.
About 450,000 gallons of water flowed at high speed from a holding tank through new and modified piping and valves, the flame trench, flame deflector nozzles and mobile launcher interface risers during a wet flow test at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At peak flow, the water reached about 100 feet in the air above the pad surface. The test was a milestone to confirm and baseline the performance of the Ignition Overpressure/Sound Suppression system. During launch of NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, the high-speed water flow will help protect the vehicle from the extreme acoustic and temperature environment during ignition and liftoff. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Yeah.... this looks pretty good I think. two Testors copper painted brass photo-etch grills nest to form the deflector dish. The brightness is just right from what I can tell.
Model - Emma Sutton
Southern Strobist Club meet. Poole,UK
Nikon D300 - Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 60mm iso200 f/8 1/250th
Elinchrom Quadra's used as main light source.
main light fired thru 1metre Eli octobox (bare) with gold deflector (cam left)
second light fired thru Eli 40x40 softbox (bare) with silver deflector (cam right)
Both units aimed down from just above eye level at roughly 45 degrees.
Post edit CS5
Colours adjusted and picture sharpened by converting to LAB mode
therefore only the luminosity channel was sharpened.
Ch's A&B are used to colour correct for skin tones.
then back to RGB for saving.
If you have never used LAB mode then read up on it.
It was the method used and employed in the worlds first mainframe
computers used in the Graphics industry years before Adobe's photoshop appeared to the world. I know because i worked on these machine's.....
look for the book 'Photoshop Lab Color' on amazon.
An excellant resource. I wasn't aware that PS had this built within it.
I originally entered this photo in a Fujimugs challenge (Fujimugs.com). Any make of camera can enter and we are a friendly bunch if you'd like to join us to enter, chat, comment or vote :-)
The current challenge theme which closes on 14/3/13 is 'Shattered'.
Info for the STROBIST.COM group - The light trigger attached to my Miranda MAF-32 flash was set off by the deflected flash from my Sunpak 383 Super. Please see the 4 photos before this one in my Photostream for pics of the setup I used. After all , a picture speaks a thousand words :-) . I used exactly the same set up as my egg and spoon photo except the skull was resting on a raised piece of black card with a hole in it for the smoke to flow through .
The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale published by ALFA of 97, Rue Vieille du Temple, Paris. The card was printed in France.
The Notre-Dame Fire
On the 15th. April 2019, fire broke out in the attic beneath the cathedral's roof at 18:18. At 18:20 the fire alarm sounded and guards evacuated the cathedral. A guard was sent to investigate, but to the wrong location – the attic of the adjoining sacristy – where he found no fire. About fifteen minutes later the error was discovered, but by the time guards had climbed the three hundred steps to the cathedral attic the fire was well advanced.
The alarm system was not designed to automatically notify the fire brigade, which was summoned at 18:51 after the guards had returned. Firefighters arrived within ten minutes.
Fighting the Notre-Dame Fire
More than 400 firefighters were engaged. A hundred government employees along with police and municipal workers moved precious artefacts to safety via a human chain.
The fire was primarily fought from inside the structure, which was more dangerous for personnel, but reduced potential damage to the cathedral - applying water from outside risked deflecting flames and hot gases (at temperatures up to 800 °C) inwards. Deluge guns were used at lower-than-usual pressures to minimise damage to the cathedral and its contents. Water was supplied by pump-boat from the Seine.
Aerial firefighting was not used because water dropped from heights could have caused structural damage, and heated stone can crack if suddenly cooled. Helicopters were also not used because of dangerous updrafts, but drones were used for visual and thermal imaging, and robots for visual imaging and directing water streams. Molten lead falling from the roof posed a special hazard for firefighters.
By 18:52, smoke was visible from the outside; flames appeared within the next ten minutes. The spire of the cathedral collapsed at 19:50, creating a draft that slammed all the doors and sent a fireball through the attic. Firefighters then retreated from within the attic.
Shortly before the spire fell, the fire had spread to the wooden framework inside the north tower, which supported eight very large bells. Had the bells fallen, it was thought that the damage done as they fell could have collapsed the towers, and with them the entire cathedral.
At 20:30, firefighters abandoned attempts to extinguish the roof and concentrated on saving the towers, fighting from within and between the towers. By 21:45 the fire was under control.
Adjacent apartment buildings were evacuated due to concern about possible collapse, but on the 19th. April the fire brigade ruled out that risk. One firefighter and two police officers were injured.
Damage to Notre-Dame
Most of the wood/metal roof and the spire of the cathedral was destroyed, with about one third of the roof remaining. The remnants of the roof and spire fell atop the stone vault underneath, which forms the ceiling of the cathedral's interior. Some sections of this vaulting collapsed in turn, allowing debris from the burning roof to fall to the marble floor below, but most sections remained intact due to the use of rib vaulting, greatly reducing damage to the cathedral's interior and objects within.
The cathedral contained a large number of artworks, religious relics, and other irreplaceable treasures, including a crown of thorns said to be the one Jesus wore at his crucifixion. Other items were a purported piece of the cross on which Jesus was crucified, the Tunic of St. Louis, a pipe organ by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, and the 14th.-century Virgin of Paris statue.
Some artwork had been removed in preparation for the renovations, and most of the cathedral's sacred relics were held in the adjoining sacristy, which the fire did not reach; all the cathedral's relics survived. Many valuables that were not removed also survived.
Lead joints in some of the 19th.-century stained-glass windows melted, but the three major rose windows, dating back to the 13th. century, were undamaged. Several pews were destroyed, and the vaulted arches were blackened by smoke, though the cathedral's main cross and altar survived, along with the statues surrounding it.
Some paintings, apparently only smoke-damaged, are expected to be transported to the Louvre for restoration. The rooster-shaped reliquary atop the spire was found damaged but intact among the debris. The three pipe organs were not significantly damaged. The largest of the cathedral's bells, the bourdon, was also not damaged. The liturgical treasury of the cathedral and the "Grands Mays" paintings were moved to safety.
Environmental Damage
Airparif said that winds rapidly dispersed the smoke, carrying it away aloft along the Seine corridor. It did not find elevated levels of particulate air pollution at monitoring stations nearby. The Paris police stated that there was no danger from breathing the air around the fire.
The burned-down roof had been covered with over 400 metric tons of lead. Settling dust substantially raised surface lead levels in some places nearby, notably the cordoned-off area and places left open during the fire. Wet cleaning for surfaces and blood tests for children and pregnant women were recommended in the immediate area.
People working on the cathedral after the fire did not initially take the lead precautions required for their own protection; materials leaving the site were decontaminated, but some clothing was not, and some precautions were not correctly followed; as a result, the worksite failed some inspections and was temporarily shut down.
There was also more widespread contamination; testing, clean-up, and public health advisories were delayed for months, and the neighbourhood was not decontaminated for four months, prompting widespread criticism.
Reactions to the Notre-Dame Fire
President of France Emmanuel Macron, postponing a speech to address the Yellow Vests Movement planned for that evening, went to Notre-Dame and gave a brief address there. Numerous world religious and government leaders extended condolences.
Through the night of the fire and into the next day, people gathered along the Seine to hold vigils, sing and pray.
White tarpaulins over metal beams were quickly rigged to protect the interior from the elements. Nettings protect the de-stabilised exterior.
The following Sunday at Saint-Eustache Church, the Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, honoured the firefighters with the presentation of a book of scriptures saved from the fire.
Investigation Into The Notre-Dame Fire
On the 16th. April, the Paris prosecutor said that there was no evidence of a deliberate act.
The fire has been compared to the similar 1992 Windsor Castle fire and the Uppark fire, among others, and has raised old questions about the safety of similar structures and the techniques used to restore them. Renovation works increase the risk of fire, and a police source reported that they are looking into whether such work had caused this incident.
The renovations presented a fire risk from sparks, short-circuits, and heat from welding (roof repairs involved cutting, and welding lead sheets resting on timber). Normally, no electrical installations were allowed in the roof space due to the extreme fire risk.
The roof framing was of very dry timber, often powdery with age. After the fire, the architect responsible for fire safety at the cathedral acknowledged that the rate at which fire might spread had been underestimated, and experts said it was well known that a fire in the roof would be almost impossible to control.
Of the firms working on the restoration, a Europe Echafaudage team was the only one working there on the day of the fire; the company said no soldering or welding was underway before the fire. The scaffolding was receiving electrical supply for temporary elevators and lighting.
The roofers, Le Bras Frères, said it had followed procedure, and that none of its personnel were on site when the fire broke out. Time-lapse images taken by a camera installed by them showed smoke first rising from the base of the spire.
On the 25th. April, the structure was considered safe enough for investigators to enter. They unofficially stated that they were considering theories involving malfunction of electric bell-ringing apparatus, and cigarette ends discovered on the renovation scaffolding.
Le Bras Frères confirmed its workers had smoked cigarettes, contrary to regulations, but denied that a cigarette butt could have started the fire. The Paris prosecutor's office announced on the 26th. June that no evidence had been found to suggest a criminal motive.
The security employee monitoring the alarm system was new on the job, and was on a second eight-hour shift that day because his relief had not arrived. Additionally, the fire security system used confusing terminology in its referencing parts of the cathedral, which contributed to the initial confusion as to the location of the fire.
As of September, five months after the fire, investigators thought the cause of the fire was more likely an electrical fault than a cigarette. Determining the exact place in which the fire started was expected to take a great deal more time and work. By the 15th. April 2020, investigators stated:
"We believe the fire to have been
started by either a cigarette or a
short circuit in the electrical system".
Reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral
On the night of the fire Macron said that the cathedral, which is owned by the state, would be rebuilt, and launched an international fundraising campaign. France's cathedrals have been owned by the state since 1905, and are not privately insured.
The heritage conservation organisation Fondation du Patrimoine estimated the damage in the hundreds of millions of euros, but losses from the fire are not expected to substantially impact the private insurance industry.
European art insurers stated that the cost would be similar to ongoing renovations at the Palace of Westminster in London, which currently is estimated to be around €7 billion.
This cost does not include damage to any of the artwork or artefacts within the cathedral. Any pieces on loan from other museums would have been insured, but the works owned by the cathedral would not have been insurable.
While Macron hoped the cathedral could be restored in time for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, architects expect the work could take from twenty to forty years, as any new structure would need to balance restoring the look of the original building, using wood and stone sourced from the same regions used in the original construction, with the structural reinforcement required for preventing a similar disaster in the future.
There is discussion of whether to reconstruct the cathedral in modified form. Rebuilding the roof with titanium sheets and steel trusses has been suggested; other options include rebuilding in the original lead and wood, or rebuilding with modern materials not visible from the outside (like the reinforced concrete trusses at Reims Cathedral).
Another option would be to use a combination of restored old elements and newly designed ones. Chartres Cathedral was rebuilt with wrought iron trusses and copper sheeting after an 1836 fire.
French prime minister Édouard Philippe announced an architectural design competition for a new spire that would be:
"Adapted to the techniques
and the challenges of our era."
The spire replacement project has gathered a variety of designs and some controversy, particularly its legal exemption from environmental and heritage rules. After the design competition was announced, the French senate amended the government's restoration bill to require the roof to be restored to how it was before the fire.
On the 16th. July, 95 days after the fire, the law that will govern the restoration of the cathedral was finally approved by the French parliament. It recognises its UNESCO World Heritage Site status and the need to respect existing international charters and practices, to:
"Preserve the historic, artistic and architectural
history of the monument, and to limit any
derogations to the existing heritage, planning,
environmental and construction codes to a
minimum".
On the 15th. April 2020, Germany offered to restore some of the large clerestory windows located far above eye level with three expert tradesmen who specialize in rebuilding cathedrals. Monika Grütters, Germany's Commissioner for Culture was quoted as saying that her country would shoulder the costs.
As of the 30th. November all of the tangled scaffolding was removed from the spire area, and was therefore no longer a threat to the building.
The world will now have to wait for Notre-Dame de Paris to be restored to its former magnificence.