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1618 - Ketches Farm Halt 02-04-1994 R2267
Olympus OM4Ti (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
35028 - Saunderton Station 11-07-1987 R969bw
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
The Half Century Limited
A intriguing and fascinating building I had to go back an capture again as I wanted an image with pure tones in cream & white. The task was to completely transform an image to its core white tones. I added creams for softness and the emphasize the shadows against a pure white sky
When I was last in Berlin, coming out of the city I looked up at this corporate tower, under a sky misted and hazed with chemtrails and I thought, yep, that’s the whole picture right there! It’s an absolute story from the debt sheep to the secret societies and this dark architecture beneath a poisoned sky symbolised all of it. But, thankfully they’re losing their grip, piece by piece their psychopathic plans are falling apart; enough starseeds and lightworkers are awakening to deflect their dark energy and so it’s only a matter of time.
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you! 😊
34039 - Loughborough MPD 20-03-1994 R2232
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Great Central Railway
Busy K carrying out routine checks on his Sparrow Hawk gunship.
The Sparrow Hawk is an incredibly fast surface fighter, it has good handling but is easy to overload in the corners if you are over zealous.
Deployed here to defend the mining stations on planet Bongo. The pulse cannon is a strong deterrent to space pirates and local bandits, it also makes short work of troublesome squonkopedes who often chew through supply cables.
Left mostly to their own devices, Busy Kat and his co-pilot Patrick have heavily modified the Sparrow Hawk, upping the boost on the Higgs Boson Drives and increasing the amplification on the gravitational deflectors.
This helps in chasing down bad guys but the truth is they plan to enter in to the local GARC event. Knowing that captain Jock McSporran would disapprove they have decided to keep him in the dark on this one.
92203 Kinchley Lane 13-10-2009 IMG_0491bw
Great Central Railway
Sentimental Journeys/Russ Hillier charter
Was passing the station with my mate and we didn't know what this working was, so we went to have a look, couldn't believe it when this came round the corner!
30777 Quorn South Signals 29-10-2009 IMG_0685 bw
Great Central Railway
Sentimental Journeys/Russ Hillier charter
My title deflects from the fact this is a Gambier Jane Dahlia. wildvioletflowerfarm.com.au/shop-dahlia-tubers-page-one
It's a beautiful flower, but here I'm more interested in the light.
The morning is full of storm
in the heart of summer.
The clouds travel like white handkerchiefs of goodbye,
the wind, travelling, waving them in its hands.
The numberless heart of the wind
beating above our loving silence.
Orchestral and divine, resounding among the trees
like a language full of wars and songs.
Wind that bears off the dead leaves with a quick raid
and deflects the pulsing arrows of the birds.
Wind that topples her ni a wave without spray
and substance without weight, and leaning fires.
Her mass of kisses breaks and sinks,
assailed in the door of the summer's wind.
Pablo Neruda
Mindful Cove, Mindful Cove (40, 36, 24) - Moderado
Wing warping in action; if you look carefully, the left wing can be seen to be twisted, rolling the aircraft to the right, to balance the turn with the rudder which is deflected to the right.
The little skis or skids in front of the wheels are to stop the plane tipping onto its nose on the ground when landing - most of the weight is in the engine. The majority of the structure is made of a wooden frame covered with dope linen and braced with external wires.
This is the oldest British designed and built aircraft still flying - 113 years old. Part of the Shuttleworth Collection, based at Old Warden.
This fine male Red-Necked Wallaby, or Bennett's Wallaby, is in the shade of a large tree. The background in full sun, is so bright.
Its full of bright buttercups and daisies amongst the grass too!
So I've quickly grabbed some exposure compensation, to try to avoid him looking like a silhouette of Batman?
Thankfully there was enough detail, thanks to some deflected light too!
Red-Necked Wallabies are mostly found in eastern parts of Australia, including Tasmania.
Pentax K-3 mk lll
HD Pentax-DA f4.5-6.3 55-300mm ED PLM WR RE
Der Türbeschlag in der Collage rechts oben wird Hand der Fatima genannt und der Klopfer stellt sie ebenfalls dar.
The door fitting in the collage on the top right is called the Hand of Fatima and the knocker also represents it.
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Die Hand der Fatima ist einmal als Distanzgeste ein magisches Abwehrmittel, zum anderen ist es eine Segen spendende Hand, ein Symbol für Kraft und Glück.
The Hamsa is also variously known as the Hand of Fatima after the daughter of the prophet Muhammad.
The Hand (Khamsa), particularly the open right hand, is a sign of protection that also represents blessings, power and strength, and is seen as potent in deflecting the evil eye.
(Wikipedia)
This is a view from the other side of Pershore Bridge ...it looks a little different from the downstream side .I dont know this for certain but i would think that the pointed shape of the bridge supports is to deflect debris that come down the river....Pershire Bridge,River Avon,Pershore,Worcestershire,England
30777 A6 Bridge 01-05-2008 R13208
Olympus OM4Ti (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Great Central Railway
Sentimental Journeys/Russ Hillier charter
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A rudimentary lighthouse existed on the cape since 1520, in a special tower constructed on the site of the convent.[2] Between 1521 and 1557 a tower was ordered constructed by King D. John III to defend the coast from attacks from marauding soldiers. Yet, in 1587, the tower was destroyed by the English privateer Francis Drake, and only returned to operation in 1606, following its restoration by order of King Phillip II.
The lighthouse of Cape St. Vincente, or the Lighthouse of D. Fernando, was ordered constructed by Queen D. Maria II, and began operating in October 1846, in the 16th century Franciscan convent.[2] It was originally illuminated by olive oil lamp consisting of two clarions that rotated every two seconds, and a range of 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi).
Following an initial period of operation, the lighthouse was abandoned and almost fell into ruin; a survey of the site indicated its deplorable state by 1865. Due to its state and poor performance of its light, work began on remodelling the structure began in 1897. The tower was increased 5.7 metres (19 ft), and its optic was substituted with a new mechanism.[2] Work on the site lasted 11 years, and in 1908 the lighthouse began operating with a 1,330-millimetre (52 in) Fresnel lens, making it one of the largest optics used in Portuguese lighthouses and one of the 10 largest in the world. It consisted of three 8-square-metre (86 sq ft) panels with 313 kilograms (690 lb) of mercury.[2] The original beacon installed had a constant five rotations, but was replaced by an incandescent gas lamp. Its rotation was maintained with a clockwork system, allowing it to have a periodicity of 15 seconds, and range of 33 miles (53 km).
in 1914, a signal horn was installed. In 1926, a generator was installed, permitting an easy transition from petrol to electricity.
Due to the necessities of the Second World War, in 1947 deflector panels were installed, allowing the lighthouse to function both for terrestrial and maritime navigation. The following year, it was finally connected to the public electrical grid.
In 1982 the lighthouse was automated and, at the same time, it began to control the neighbouring lighthouse in the adjacent cape, supporting a small staff on duty. Following the remodeling in 1990, the optic's rotation was automated 2001.[2]
34039 - A6 Bridge 05-06-1994 R2434bw
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Great Central Railway
25th Anniversary Gala
35028 - Marylebone 31-08-1986 R826
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Shakespeare Limited
ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ sᴡɪᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜ sʜᴀʀᴋs? ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʙʟᴇᴇᴅ.
She leans against the side of an old, abandoned wooden boat pulled up on the pebbled shore. A cigarette dangles between her fingers, its thin smoke curling into the salt-tinged air. Her gaze is distant, fixed somewhere between the horizon and the curling waves. The air smells of salt and seaweed, and the rising sun casts a pale gold light across the water.
For weeks now, she’s sought solace in this secluded spot by the sea. The boat, half-buried in sand, has become a familiar companion - a quiet witness to her contemplations.
This morning, however, the peace she’s grown accustomed to is disrupted by the sound of footsteps crunching over the pebbles. A man appears, carrying a small toolbox, his silhouette hazy in the sea mist. His beard is thick and neatly kept, framing his face with a rugged charm. His man-bun, tied high, gleams in the soft morning light, and his light brown eyes seem to hold the glow of the rising sun, warm and searching, like they’ve seen the world and found poetry in its chaos.
He pauses when he sees her, tilting his head in mild surprise.
“You’re sitting on my project,” he says, his tone light but teasing.
She raises an eyebrow, exhaling a thin stream of smoke. “Your project? Looks more like a relic.”
He grins, the movement softening the edges of his face. “It’s both. Been fixing it up for weeks now.” He sets his toolbox down and gestures toward the boat. “Mind if I get to work?”
She hesitates but shifts to the side, still leaning against the boat. “Didn’t think anyone cared about this thing anymore.”
He shrugs as he kneels by the hull, pulling out sandpaper and tools. “Most people don’t. But I’ve got a soft spot for things that seem... forgotten.”
Their conversation is sparse at first, carried by the rhythm of the waves and the occasional scrape of his tools against the wood. She watches him work, intrigued by his quiet focus. Eventually, she flicks her cigarette into the sand and says, “Why bother? Boats like this don’t belong on the water anymore.”
He looks up, his hands pausing. “Maybe. Or maybe it’s about giving something a second chance, even if it’s just for show.”
His words linger in the air between them, carrying more weight than either of them intended. She deflects with a smirk, suddenly self-conscious. “So, you’re a poet and a carpenter?”
He laughs softly, the sound deep and unhurried. “Just a guy who likes the sea. And maybe fixing things.”
As the tide creeps closer, they keep talking. He shares stories of his childhood by the coast, of how he’s always been drawn to the water and the stories it seems to whisper. She, against her usual instincts, finds herself admitting things she rarely says aloud - about her wandering life, her habit of leaving places before they can leave her.
When he invites her to help with the boat - just to hold a plank in place or test the balance - she surprises herself by saying yes. For the first time in a long while, she feels grounded, her restless energy softened by the steady rhythm of his work and the murmuring sea.
As the morning fades into the afternoon, the boat begins to look less like a relic and more like something alive again. And as they sit together on its edge, their hands smudged with sawdust and salt, she realizes that sometimes, it’s not the destination or the grand gestures that matter - it’s the fleeting, unexpected moments where strangers meet and something intangible shifts, like the tide.
Lindau, Bodensee, ein anderer Hauskantenschutz vor eisenbeschlagenen Holzrädern der Pferdewagen des Mittelalters
Lindau, Lake Constance, another edge protection against iron-clad wooden wheels of medieval horse-drawn carriages
Bodensee Lindau (LEFLR_DE_Bodensee_Lindau)
Bluebell Railway - More images from the excellent JB Railway Charter last week with Class S15 - 847 with smoke deflectors removed (DSC 7114)
The complate set of images taken that day can now be seen on my smugmug link below
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With Winter snows fast approaching a look back to the S&C thirty six years ago with 777 "Sir Lamiel" running without smoke deflectors heading a northbound "Cumbrian Mountain Express" towards Blea Moor signal box in the snow covered landscape. Most of the S&C that day was covered in a blanket of thick mist although a few locations were fairly clear as was this area around Blea Moor on February 2nd 1991.
( This is a re-scan and process of an earlier post )
Gestern Abend 20:00 Uhr MEZ. Unwetter droht. Was herauskam: 2 l/m² Regen und ein paar Windböen. Noch nicht einmal ein Blitz.... So entwickelt sich das Wetter hier auf dem Ardeygebirge sehr oft, die Wetter aus Westen teilen sich oder werden abgelenkt.
Yesterday evening 20:00 CET. Thunderstorm threatening. What came out: 2 l/m² of rain and a few gusts of wind. Not even a lightning.... This is how the weather very often develops here on the Ardey Mountains, the weather from the west splitting or being deflected.
Low angle sunlight filtered through a long path of the atmosphere at sunrise provides both warm color and illumination of the intricate structure of clouds above Boulder Colorado. The finely stacked mountain wave/ lenticular clouds form when strong winds blowing out of the west are deflected upward by the Rocky Mountains. These mountain wave cloud events often precede a winter storm approaching from the northwest. While these clouds appear stationary, they are quite dynamic, continually forming on the windward side (right side in the photo) and dissipating toward the leeward (left) side.
At 3:58 p.m., September 30, 2025. UP 4014 and 4404 are coming off the Belt Line into Denver's Utah Junction. The Belt Line connects UP's Greeley Subdivision with the Moffat Sub. The train is about to pass under Pecos Street and will continue west on the Moffat for about a mile, then back into the yard on the track at the bottom of the photo for the night. The 4014 will return to Cheyenne on October 1, departing Denver at approximately 10 a.m.
Note the newly installed smoke deflectors on the 4014.
Castillo, Berlanga de Duero, Soria, Castilla y León, España.
El castillo de Berlanga de Duero se encuentra en la población del mismo nombre, pertenece a la provincia de Soria y fue construido entre los siglos XV, cuando tuvo la función de castillo señorial, y en el XVI cuando se transformó en una fortaleza artillera. Con anterioridad, en los siglos X y XI, hubo una fortaleza musulmana que, en el XII, tras la conquista castellana, se amplió con el cinturón exterior amurallado que se conserva.
Bordeada por el río Escalote y abrazada por el Duero, se corona por la imponente silueta del castillo que la vigila desde el Coborrón. El conjunto monumental está formado por los restos de la fortaleza tardomedieval (siglo XV), la fortaleza artillera de época renacentista (siglo XVI), la muralla que ciñe el cerro en su base (siglo XII) y el Palacio de los Duques de Frías (siglo XVI).
El conjunto se inició entre los años 1460 y 1480 por encargo de D. Luis Tovar y doña María de Guzmán, que ordenaronn levantar el casillo señorial, para servir de fortaleza defensiva y residencia familiar, sobre un castillo anterior situado en lo alto del cerro, donde se localizaba la primitiva villa de Berlanga protegida por la muralla situada a los pies del cerro.
En el año 1512 se proyectó y comenzó a ejecutar el nuevo castillo, configurado como una fortaleza artillera, con fines militares. Esta nueva fortaleza se adaptó tanto a la topografía abrupta del terreno como a la construcción anterior (el castillo medieval señorial).
En el programa constructivo de los linajes Tovar y de los Duques de Frías se encontraba además la erección del palacio en el recinto interior de la muralla del siglo XII, adaptado a los nuevos modos de vida. Este palacio y sus jardines intramuros estructurados en diversos niveles sufrieron, en 1811, un incendio y una destrucción por parte de las tropas napoleónicas, por lo que en la actualidad solo se conserva su fachada principal.
Durante los años 2004-2005 se acometió por parte de la Junta de Castilla y León un Plan Director, un conjunto de planes y actuaciones orientadas a la mejor conservación, protección y revitalización de este rico patrimonio. Se incluyen estudios de investigación, consolidación y restauración de los restos del monumento o actuaciones en el entorno.
El castillo señorial (siglo XV) presenta planta rectangular, en la que destaca el cubo de planta circular, en el ángulo sur, y la torre del homenaje en el lado opuesto. En el interior, dos patios articulan el espacio: uno, a la entrada, más sencillo, funcionó como patio de armas; y el otro, se planteó como patio palacial porticado, con columnas góticas, tiene en el centro un aljibe con una conducción que lleva al depósito de agua.
A partir del castillo señorial medieval, en el siglo XVI se construyó la fortaleza artillera. Tiene planta rectangular con pontentes cubos en cada ángulo, orientados a los puntos cardinales, los dos delanteros albergan sendas casamatas para instalar la artillería de la fortaleza. Los muros, levantados con piedra de sillería de calidad, tienen cinco metros de espesor y se rematan con un parapeto inclinado para desviar los impactos de artillería.
The castle of Berlanga de Duero is located in the town of the same name, belongs to the province of Soria and was built between the fifteenth century, when it served as a stately castle, and the sixteenth when it was transformed into an artillery fortress. Previously, in the 10th and 11th centuries, there was a Muslim fortress that, in the 12th century, after the Castilian conquest, was extended with the outer walled belt that remains.
Bordered by the River Escalote and embraced by the Duero, it is crowned by the imposing silhouette of the castle that watches over it from the Coborrón. The monumental complex is made up of the remains of the late medieval fortress (15th century), the artillery fortress from the Renaissance period (16th century), the wall that surrounds the hill at its base (12th century) and the Palace of the Dukes of Frías ( century XVI).
The complex began between 1460 and 1480 by order of D. Luis Tovar and Doña María de Guzmán, who ordered the building of the stately castle, to serve as a defensive fortress and family residence, on top of a previous castle located on top of the hill. where the primitive town of Berlanga was located, protected by the wall located at the foot of the hill.
In the year 1512 the new castle was projected and began to be executed, configured as an artillery fortress, for military purposes. This new fortress was adapted both to the steep topography of the land and to the previous construction (the stately medieval castle).
In the construction program of the Tovar lineages and the Dukes of Frías was also the erection of the palace in the inner enclosure of the 12th century wall, adapted to the new ways of life. This palace and its intramural gardens structured on various levels suffered, in 1811, a fire and destruction by Napoleonic troops, so that today only its main façade remains.
During the years 2004-2005, the Junta de Castilla y León undertook a Master Plan, a set of plans and actions aimed at the best conservation, protection and revitalization of this rich heritage. Research studies, consolidation and restoration of the remains of the monument or actions in the environment are included.
The stately castle (15th century) has a rectangular floor plan, in which the circular cube in the southern corner stands out, and the homage tower on the opposite side. Inside, two patios articulate the space: one, at the entrance, simpler, functioned as a parade ground; and the other, designed as a porticoed palatial courtyard, with Gothic columns, has a cistern in the center with a conduit that leads to the water tank.
Starting from the medieval stately castle, the artillery fortress was built in the 16th century. It has a rectangular floor plan with powerful cubes at each angle, oriented to the cardinal points, the two front ones house casemates to install the fortress's artillery. The walls, raised with quality ashlar masonry stone, are five meters thick and are finished off with a sloping parapet to deflect artillery impacts.
The Twin Worlds Of Althahyan by Daniel Arrhakis (2021)
With the music: Clemens Ruh - Drifting Apart
The Continuation of the "The Kingdom Of Krudhyn - Chronicles Of A Lost World"
In the deep space, long time ago, in the Nebula Systems of Alasthor , dramatic space events caused the breakdown of gravitational stability between the planets and moons, specially evolving the twin worlds in the Sun System of Althahyan.
As a consequence of the great gravitational forces involved, the twin planets, were drifting across the vast universe ... Alasthor remained only with their Red Worlds since that event.
In order to avoid the destruction of many more worlds in the gravitational chaos that came from the planetary event, a superior race of powerful mystical beings "The Elementhals" managed to deflect two of the "Blue Worlds", planets that have the potential to generate life and have antagonistic mystical natures, thus the Twin Worlds of Althahyan were formed.
These twin worlds lost in space thus acquired eccentric and very long orbits around the star that gave name to the System, the giant white-purple star of Althahyan.
777 - Seer Green Cutting 21-12-1986 R894bw
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Santa Steam Pullman
Busy K carrying out routine checks on his Sparrow Hawk gunship.
The Sparrow Hawk is a crazy fast surface fighter, rugged and reliable, it has good manoeuvrability but requires a lot of skill to get the most out of it.
Deployed here to defend the mining stations on planet Bongo. The pulse cannon is a strong deterrent to space pirates and local bandits, it also makes short work of troublesome squonkopedes who often chew through supply cables.
Left mostly to their own devices, Busy Kat and his co-pilot Patrick have heavily modified the Sparrow Hawk, upping the boost on the Higgs Boson Drives and increasing the amplification on the gravitational deflectors.
This helps in chasing down bad guys but the truth is they plan to enter in to the local GARC event. Knowing that captain Jock McSporran would disapprove they have decided to keep him in the dark on this one.
30777 Swithland 01-05-2008 R13244
Olympus OM4Ti (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Great Central Railway
Sentimental Journeys/Russ Hillier charter
What a miracle then that many years later a group of enthusiasts bought this engine, took it away and restored it to working order. Since then it has been hauling train again on the main line and heritage railways (see next picture)
71000, 47357 - Barry 03-03-1968 R138bw
Agfa Instamatic (film)
Agfa CT 18 colour slide scanned to digital
Growing up I was teased a lot in elementary and middle school and called a "lesbo", primarily caused by the fact that I knew someone who was one and was in denial about it. She was always trying to deflect the attention off herself and onto others. Because of the negative way it caused me to be treated I always felt like I had to prove I was straight, and this was long before I even knew how I felt anyway. This might've been the only reason I didn't actually pursue the lifestyle myself out in the open because I remembered all the judgment and all the hate.
I'm glad the world is changing, and I wonder what life I would have lived had I been born even just 10 years later. In a world where we embrace people for their differences and their multiple forms of love, I sometimes get very sad that I felt like I had to prove so hard I was "one of the gang" and do what the other girls did. I did end up finding a soul mate, but it left me with this never ending gap of desire I can't ever seem to fill. We're all born when we're meant to be, and for whatever reason this was the path I was supposed to walk, but I do find myself wondering constantly what if? What if I'd had the chance, or the guts, to do what I really wanted?
And that's one of the main things I love about Second Life.
DKW Sportwagen PS 600, 1930
Motor: 2-Zylinder, 2-Takt, Nasenkolben
Hubraum: 584 ccm
Leistung: 18 PS
Geschwindigkeit: 100 km/h
Verbrauch: 8l/100 km
Preis: 2750 Reichsmark
Bauzeit: 1929-1933
DKW sports car PS 600, 1930
Engine: 2-cylinder, 2-stroke, deflector pistons
Displacement: 584 cc
Power: 18 hp
Max speed: 62 mph
Consumption: 8l / 100 km
Price: 2750 Reichsmarks
Construction time: 1929-1933
Castillo, Berlanga de Duero, Soria, Castilla y León, España.
El castillo de Berlanga de Duero se encuentra en la población del mismo nombre, pertenece a la provincia de Soria y fue construido entre los siglos XV, cuando tuvo la función de castillo señorial, y en el XVI cuando se transformó en una fortaleza artillera. Con anterioridad, en los siglos X y XI, hubo una fortaleza musulmana que, en el XII, tras la conquista castellana, se amplió con el cinturón exterior amurallado que se conserva.
Bordeada por el río Escalote y abrazada por el Duero, se corona por la imponente silueta del castillo que la vigila desde el Coborrón. El conjunto monumental está formado por los restos de la fortaleza tardomedieval (siglo XV), la fortaleza artillera de época renacentista (siglo XVI), la muralla que ciñe el cerro en su base (siglo XII) y el Palacio de los Duques de Frías (siglo XVI).
El conjunto se inició entre los años 1460 y 1480 por encargo de D. Luis Tovar y doña María de Guzmán, que ordenaronn levantar el casillo señorial, para servir de fortaleza defensiva y residencia familiar, sobre un castillo anterior situado en lo alto del cerro, donde se localizaba la primitiva villa de Berlanga protegida por la muralla situada a los pies del cerro.
En el año 1512 se proyectó y comenzó a ejecutar el nuevo castillo, configurado como una fortaleza artillera, con fines militares. Esta nueva fortaleza se adaptó tanto a la topografía abrupta del terreno como a la construcción anterior (el castillo medieval señorial).
En el programa constructivo de los linajes Tovar y de los Duques de Frías se encontraba además la erección del palacio en el recinto interior de la muralla del siglo XII, adaptado a los nuevos modos de vida. Este palacio y sus jardines intramuros estructurados en diversos niveles sufrieron, en 1811, un incendio y una destrucción por parte de las tropas napoleónicas, por lo que en la actualidad solo se conserva su fachada principal.
Durante los años 2004-2005 se acometió por parte de la Junta de Castilla y León un Plan Director, un conjunto de planes y actuaciones orientadas a la mejor conservación, protección y revitalización de este rico patrimonio. Se incluyen estudios de investigación, consolidación y restauración de los restos del monumento o actuaciones en el entorno.
El castillo señorial (siglo XV) presenta planta rectangular, en la que destaca el cubo de planta circular, en el ángulo sur, y la torre del homenaje en el lado opuesto. En el interior, dos patios articulan el espacio: uno, a la entrada, más sencillo, funcionó como patio de armas; y el otro, se planteó como patio palacial porticado, con columnas góticas, tiene en el centro un aljibe con una conducción que lleva al depósito de agua.
A partir del castillo señorial medieval, en el siglo XVI se construyó la fortaleza artillera. Tiene planta rectangular con pontentes cubos en cada ángulo, orientados a los puntos cardinales, los dos delanteros albergan sendas casamatas para instalar la artillería de la fortaleza. Los muros, levantados con piedra de sillería de calidad, tienen cinco metros de espesor y se rematan con un parapeto inclinado para desviar los impactos de artillería.
The castle of Berlanga de Duero is located in the town of the same name, belongs to the province of Soria and was built between the fifteenth century, when it served as a stately castle, and the sixteenth when it was transformed into an artillery fortress. Previously, in the 10th and 11th centuries, there was a Muslim fortress that, in the 12th century, after the Castilian conquest, was extended with the outer walled belt that remains.
Bordered by the River Escalote and embraced by the Duero, it is crowned by the imposing silhouette of the castle that watches over it from the Coborrón. The monumental complex is made up of the remains of the late medieval fortress (15th century), the artillery fortress from the Renaissance period (16th century), the wall that surrounds the hill at its base (12th century) and the Palace of the Dukes of Frías ( century XVI).
The complex began between 1460 and 1480 by order of D. Luis Tovar and Doña María de Guzmán, who ordered the building of the stately castle, to serve as a defensive fortress and family residence, on top of a previous castle located on top of the hill. where the primitive town of Berlanga was located, protected by the wall located at the foot of the hill.
In the year 1512 the new castle was projected and began to be executed, configured as an artillery fortress, for military purposes. This new fortress was adapted both to the steep topography of the land and to the previous construction (the stately medieval castle).
In the construction program of the Tovar lineages and the Dukes of Frías was also the erection of the palace in the inner enclosure of the 12th century wall, adapted to the new ways of life. This palace and its intramural gardens structured on various levels suffered, in 1811, a fire and destruction by Napoleonic troops, so that today only its main façade remains.
During the years 2004-2005, the Junta de Castilla y León undertook a Master Plan, a set of plans and actions aimed at the best conservation, protection and revitalization of this rich heritage. Research studies, consolidation and restoration of the remains of the monument or actions in the environment are included.
The stately castle (15th century) has a rectangular floor plan, in which the circular cube in the southern corner stands out, and the homage tower on the opposite side. Inside, two patios articulate the space: one, at the entrance, simpler, functioned as a parade ground; and the other, designed as a porticoed palatial courtyard, with Gothic columns, has a cistern in the center with a conduit that leads to the water tank.
Starting from the medieval stately castle, the artillery fortress was built in the 16th century. It has a rectangular floor plan with powerful cubes at each angle, oriented to the cardinal points, the two front ones house casemates to install the fortress's artillery. The walls, raised with quality ashlar masonry stone, are five meters thick and are finished off with a sloping parapet to deflect artillery impacts.
The Ill river running through Strasbourg. This photo was taken under a bridge a few hours after a heavy rain moving through, leaving behind dark clouds deflecting lights from the setting sun. While the day was not perfect, it had a beautiful ending.
92203 Field NE of Quorn 13-10-2009 IMG_0381
Great Central Railway
Sentimental Journeys/Russ Hillier charter
Cerro Carmen de Villegas at 1,451 m (4,760 ft) MSL.
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It takes sensitivity and keen instinct to fly a glider. The movements are always very delicate, as well as the aircraft's reactions. The instrument panel has only basic aviation instruments: compass, speedometers, altimeter, ascent and descent rate indicator and a crucial item for gliders, a kind of updraft detector (Airspeed Indicator) and the intensity of these phenomena.
Control of the aircraft is by lever and pedals and the only extra command is the lever to activate the wing deflectors, which act as aerodynamic brakes to reduce speed. The glider has only one electronic device: the radio.
Designed for long flights, which can take three hours or more, the interior of the glider is very comfortable. The seat accommodates the whole body and ventilation is not a problem: there is an air duct right next to the seat and small windows that can be opened during the flight.
Vultures are also a good “tool” in sailing. The huge birds have a special “sense” for finding updrafts, which take them to high altitudes without even needing to flap their wings. Therefore, where there is a vulture there is a great chance of finding a thermal where the glider can gain altitude.
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Cerro Villegas, located about 18 km from the center of the city of Bariloche to the northeast, is located within the Patagonian Steppe and very close to Dina Huapi.
Coirones, neneos, colapiche, among other plants and fauna of the steppe are the protagonists of this extreme steppe landscape.
This optical illusion effect is caused by ice crystals in the earth's atmosphere through which the light is refracted. In order for us to see these points of light, the ice crystals must grow as regularly as possible and be transparent. Another requirement is that the crystals are flat and hexagonal. Only then can the light be deflected in a straight line.
The principle works in a similar way to the rainbow. The only difference is that the rainbow deflects the light so strongly that you have to have the sun in the background to see it. If you want to observe halos, you have to make sure that you are not dazzled by the sun. Similar phenomena can also be observed at night. There are “secondary moons” that are formed according to the same principle.
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This picture let me think of you, Kostaki, it appeared in the same year, when we met each other. Coincidence? You're my magical place. I love you.