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With some period bits such as wind deflectors, reflectors on the doors and mudflaps, and an added rear tow hitch.
This is a photo taken at the small but beautiful Lower Chasm Falls in Tasmania. These falls require a drive initially towards Meander Falls and then to turn off onto a steep uphill fire track for a few kilometres that I was just able to negotiate in a 2WD car. You then have to cross a river on foot and continue uphill for a time until you reach a clearing where there is a narrow steep track defined by markers down to the falls. This is a single long exposure of 20 seconds using a circular polariser to help deflect any glare
Another shot of S15 847 sans deflectors this time departing Horsted Keynes on the Bluebell Railway. More at - davebowles.smugmug.com/Railways/Southern-Region/LSWR-S15-...
Two weeks ago we attended high power rocket launches at Friends of Amateur Rocketry, a private rocket launch facility in the Mojave Desert, California. On Sunday I was invited to take photos of a test launch by a commercial rocket startup, currently in stealth mode. Below the rocket is a deflector plate made of steel that protects the concrete below from the hot exhaust of the rocket. It was all rusty before launch, and had nice patterns after launch. What do you see in this picture?
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More beachcombing... a clump of washed up giant kelp deflects an incoming wave on Dennison Beach north of Bicheno, Tasmania.
Our unique giant kelp forests are in decline. You guessed it - warming oceans and an invasion/increase in predator numbers - long spined sea urchins (Centrostephanus rodgersii) - combined with a decrease in their predators - the southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) have been significant factors.
While efforts to restock the east coast with smaller crays from the island's south coast and small scale commercial harvesting of the urchins is in progress, the barren reefs left behind by the urchins are not a suitable habitat for either kelp, lobsters, shellfish, scale fish or anything else :\
Technically the tide was on the ebb but while I was framing up an altogether different image, I was photobombed by a bit bigger one :-)
Nikon Z6, Nikkor 14-30/4, 1/320th sec at f/14, ISO 160
Allot going on in this image on a rainy Houston afternoon. The obvious is one of the Emirates "United for Wildlife" special liveries taking off on runway 15L. The turbulence being generated from the nacelle vortex generators as the vortex passes over the wing is clearly visible as is the vortex from the bottom of the wing tip fence. The wingtip fence vortex is deflecting up as the aircraft rotates and then levels off as it passes by the tail. Finally, one of IAH ops representatives can be seen under the tail taking in the scene.
It was only a matter of time before they found us.
My master and I have been hiding in a remote settlement deep in the forests of Krant for the last 16 months. Every two or three months we venture into the nearest town of Nojuri to purchase food and supplies, and to gather intel on the comings and goings of the empire. This time we must have been spotted by an imperial spy, for a day into our return trek to our camp we were set upon by an ambush of scout troopers. My master held them off and told me to flee, which I did to protect the now dwindling Jedi order.
That was two days ago.
Since then, I have been on the run, hearing distant gunfire as the enemy hunt for food to eat or mistakenly shoot at what I hope is not my master. I hope he is still alive. I know that an inquisitor has been dispatched by the empire, as I saw a dual bladed lightsaber illuminating a mountain top last night, and even if I had not had this fleeting glimpse it was bound to happen, knowing how desperately they wish to eradicate my race.
Then he came for me.
He appeared atop the large boulder with a wisteria draped over it in the clearing where I lay hidden under some ferns. He announced that he was the Fifth Brother and that he was impressed at how long we had evaded him, then the scout troopers came for me. Igniting my lightsaber I deftly deflected their shots and fled into the brush. I was feeling awash with questions; why didn’t this Fifth Brother kill me himself rather than sending his troops after me? How did they find me so fast? And what has happened to my master? I remember him telling me a legend about a lost temple hidden on Krant that only the Jedi could enter, and that deep within was a secret that could destroy the Empire. All I must do now is find it...
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So this is what I’ve been building for the last month or so! As you can see, this is for darktimes, though I must admit that this only became a Star Wars build late in the building process, as I was just enjoying building a mix of my three favourite types of landscape.
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...that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever be fixed...
--Douglas Coupland
Shattered glass from a window at work. The rock (kicked up by a huge mowing machine) was headed straight for me. Luckily it hit a part of the building that deflected it from its path. This happened over 2 years ago... when I was pregnant with the baby G :-)
Master Jack and Simon discuss their next steps.
Master Jack suggests they look for something valuable.
Having started the morning at Barrow Upon Soar looking for a suitable location we decided to move north owing to very poor light. Arriving at Colton junction it was glorious but cloud later developed. The concern was the wind direction and would the exhaust lift enough to get the light that we still had. Working hard and with the smoke deflectors doing their job 46233 looked fabulous past the small gallery at Colton Junction running fifty minutes late.
The York Yuletide Express London Ealing-York Saturday 17th December 2016 LMS Princess Coronation Class 4-6-2 No 46233 Duchess of Sutherland - Copyright Simon Lathlane.
I was hungry after photographing a holiday party event in event in San Francisco, so I went to get some food at the nearby Mel's Drive-In, a 1950s-style diner on Lombard Street. The event was organized by the B612 Foundation, which is dedicated to track asteroids, so that those who potentially could hit Earth can be deflected in time.
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There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again and again to say “It is yet more difficult than you thought.” This is the muse of form. It may be then that form serves us best when it works as an obstruction, to baffle us and deflect our intended course. It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.
— Wendell Berry
These thoughts were incredibly well written by Wendell Berry, about the making of sculpture, but they resonate with me about making of a photograph as opposed to taking a picture.
Group: Macro Mondays
Theme: Screw
I didn't want to repeat from previous years, which were images I really liked, so here is something a little different from what I've done before.
The vignette is simply to draw attention to the subject and deflect from the other content.
HMM!
Trevor- He is a Mercenary who targets, and kills, high authority figures and is hired to raid and destroy military bases. He used to be in the army, until the day his friend was shot and killed.
Blood Runner- (Through the Blood Runner Series, her backstory will be revealed.) Her Deflective arm is use to block bullets from striking her face.
Genji- Genji is the companion of Blood Runner. He has been with her since her early years when she had been known as Mai Hakemana, to her years as an assassin for hire. He has very loyal and always stays by her side.
Here's something I haven't seen before. A boulder is visible through a hole in the ice on Bear Lake. My guess is there is a current that deflects off the rock just enough to delay freezing, while calmer water nearby has frozen in our recent cold snap. Most of the ice surface is covered by frost crystals which have been washed away by flowing water in the clear spots. This is a pretty good illustration of how thick ice can have dangerous thin spots on Bear Lake.
46100 royal scot running without smoke deflectors in it's original number 6100 in the rather too bright version of LMS maroon applied at crewe heritage centre , shortly after leaving glyndyfrdwy at the first steam steel and stars event
贵南联调联试黄医生2808上阵，其特征为黄色受电弓导流罩
GuiNan High-speed railroad debug!"Dr.Yellow" CRH380AJ-2808 comprehensive inspection high-speed EMU.Its most obvious feature is the yellow deflectors at two sides of pantograph.
One of my beautiful indoor Hibiscus. The soft pink is even more beautiful than what it shows here. We're getting our first snowfall as we speak, so I thought I'd post my pretty hibiscus to help deflect from what's really happening outside, lol =)
#The Animal Eye
One of the European raptors.
Taken 28 September 2012 in a bird sanctuary near Pau in the midi-pyrenees, France. Uploaded for a photo club theme entitled 'The Animal Eye'
This character had astonishingly beautiful, glossy plumage and a 'Come near if you dare!' attitude - so I used a zoom lens!
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: 18-200 mm zoom at: 105 mm;
f/5.6; 1/160; ISO 200
©Errol Niblett - All rights reserved
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE RED KITE:
Size: Length: 60-66cm, Wingspan: 154 - 180cm, Weight: 750-1,300 g
Maximum Age: 38 years in captivity. Almost 30 in the wild. [Mebs & Schmidt 2006]
Habitat: The Red Kite needs open country for hunting. Nests are normally built in large trees close to the forest edge. Red Kites prefer areas with small hills or mountains so that they can use rising air currents close to the mountain slopes (from deflected air at the slopes) [Carter 2007].
Distribution: Except for a very small population in Marocco, the Red Kite has an exclusively European distribution. It occurs from Spain and Portugal over France and Germany eastwards to Poland and the Ukraine. In the north the Red Kite occurs up to the southern part of Sweden and in the South down to Sicily (Italy). It also breeds in Great Britain, also thanks to recent and very successful reintroduction programs in England and Scotland.
Migration: Birds from Central Europe are mostly migratory and spend the winter in southern France and the Iberian Peninsula. But especially during warm winters, more Red Kites spend the winter in Central Europe. Birds from Southern Europa and the UK normally stay year-round in their breeding territory.
During World War II, the town of Mosta was prone to aerial bombardment due to its proximity to the airfield of RAF Ta Kali. At about 16:40 on 9 April 1942, the Luftwaffe dropped three bombs on the church, and two of them deflected without exploding. However, one 500 kg high explosive bomb pierced the dome and entered the church, where a congregation of more than 300 people were awaiting early evening mass. The bomb did not explode, and not one Person was hurt. A Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal unit defused it and dumped it into the sea off the west coast of Malta. This event was interpreted as a miracle by the inhabitants, and a similar bomb is now displayed in the sacristy at the back of the church, under the words Il-Miraklu tal-Bomba, 9 ta' April 1942 (meaning "The Bomb Miracle, 9 April 1942").[8][9]
It turned really cold around 3.30pm; probably by that time a greater chunk of sun rays were already being deflected or diffused in the atmosphere...
Although titled "Blitz" and dedicated in honour of those firefighters who gave their lives in the Defence of the Nation 1939 - 1945. not all the women firefighters listed, (and presumably men as well), actually died during the war or even as a result of firefighting.
Daisy L Adams
Name:ADAMS, DAISY LILY
Age:34
Date of Death:26/06/1944
Additional information:Firewoman, N.F.S.; of 17 Stanley Road. Daughter of William H. F. Adams. Died at 17 Stanley Road.
Reporting Authority:CROYDON, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3149122
This was as a result of a V1 attack which landed at 3.57am and would claim 4 lives.
www.flyingbombsandrockets.com/V1_worst_week.html
The other three victims are:-
Name:HENDERSON, NELLLE MILLER
Age:56
Date of Death:26/06/1944
Additional information:of 25 Stanley Road. Daughter of the late Alexander and Helen Watt; wife of William Cranston Henderson. Injured at 25 Stanley Road; died same day at Mayday Hospital.
Reporting Authority:CROYDON, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3149483
Name:SLATER, DONALD LESLIE
Age:13
Date of Death:26/06/1944
Additional information:of 17 Stanley Road. Son of Cyril Leslie and Winifred May Slater. Died at 17 Stanley Road.
Reporting Authority:CROYDON, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3149782
Name:SMALL, JAMES IRELAND
Age:52
Date of Death:26/06/1944
Additional information:at 23 Stanley Road.
Reporting Authority:CROYDON, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3149783
The first V-1 was launched at London on 13 June 1944, one week after (and prompted by) the successful Allied landing in Europe. At its peak, over a hundred V-1s a day were fired at southeast England, 9,521 in total, decreasing in number as sites were overrun until October 1944, when the last V-1 site in range of Britain was overrun by Allied forces.
Approximately 10,000 were fired at England; 2,419 reached London, killing about 6,184 people and injuring 17,981.[The greatest density of hits were received by Croydon, on the southeast fringe of London.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_(flying_bomb)
Elsie W Baker
Name:BAKER, ELSIE WINIFRED
Age:31
Date of Death:13/02/1945
Additional information:N.F.S. Daughter of George Henry and Louisa Baker, of 19 George Road, Chingford, Essex. Injured 1 February 1945, at York Road; died at Chase Farm Hospital.
Reporting Authority:ENFIELD, URBAN DISTRICT
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3143045
Ellen RSQ Blackford
Name:BLACKFORD, ELLEN RITA ST QUENTIN
Age:26
Date of Death:11/09/1944
Additional information:Firewoman, N.F.S. Daughter of Ellen Lydia Stirrup, of 36 Albany Place, Dover, Kent; wife of Leonard Blackford, Merchant Navy. Injured September 1944, at Dover; died at Hurstwood Park War Emergency Hospital, Haywards Heath.
Reporting Authority:CUCKFIELD, URBAN DISTRICT
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3152577
Ellen is buried at DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY, Kent
www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/Casualties/CWGC/WWII%2...
Dover suffered a resurgence of long-range shelling in September 1944, as the Germans took a last chance to fire before being forced back out of range. Its probable that Ellen died as a result of one of these incidents.
www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/19/a3358019.shtml
Mary O Cane
Name:CANE, MARY OLIVIA
Age:40
Date of Death:25/09/1940
Additional information:Driver, A.F.S., of 10 Earl's Terrace. Daughter of the late Arthur Beresford Cane, C.B.E., and Lucy Mary Cane, C.B.E., of 66 Elm Park Gardens, West Brompton. Died at 10 Earl's Terrace.
Reporting Authority:KENSINGTON, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3132123
Night Operations - 24th/25th September 1940
At 1930 hours, raids started coming out of Le Havre making for Shoreham and London. These were followed by a sequence of other raids on the same course which were not, however, as numerous as usual. At about the same time, raids from the direction of Holland crossed the North Norfolk coast and for the most part remained in East Anglia except for two which penetrated more deeply Westwards. None of these raids appeared to proceed to the London area.
At about 2230 hours, there was a temporary lull and after 2300 hours owing to returning friendly bombers, it became difficult to distinguish hostile tracks. However, enemy activity in the London area continued and appeared to increase after 0300 hours. The approach was mainly from the South Coast but a few raids flew in from East Anglia.
In the London area, activity further increased after 0400 hours and only at 0538 hours had the last raid recrossed the coast.
Home Security Report
During the night London was again the chief target and was continuously bombed from nightfall onwards. Many fires were started and hits obtained on railways. A certain amount of indiscriminate bombing was observed in Essex and Surrey, but these particular raids do not appear to have caused much damage or casualties.
oLondon Area
Kensington: At 2100 hours IB fell on the Sunbeam-Talbot Motor Works, the offices of which were damaged by fire but production is not likely to be affected. It is reported that Warwick Road is blocked and Earls Court Railway Station closed.
Westminster: Bombs are reported near the West End Central Police Station - fires at Boyle Street and Saville Row. It is also reported that the Hungerford Bridge and Signal Box is on fire, together with St Margaret's, Westminster.
Battersea: Bombs dropped on the SR track at Broughton Street, and the line from Battersea to Clapham Junction is blocked.
Lambeth: Major damage is reported at No 10 Platform Waterloo Station, involving approximately 30 casualties.
Edmonton: IB are reported to have fallen on the West Wings of the North Middlesex and St David's Hospitals.
Ilford: At 2115 hours HE slightly damaged Plessey & Co's. There were no casualties, but effect on production is not yet ascertained.
City: Major damage at 0217 hours on the 25th was reported at Blackfriars Station, 'Times' Office, Queen Victoria Street, and Upper Thames Street.
Further bombings are reported at Hammersmith, Wood Green, Hendon, Tottenham, Wimbledon, Hornsey, Wandsworth, Richmond, Barnes, Southall and Ealing.
www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/september24.html
Raids on London on the night of the 25th/26th don’t appear to have started until after midnight.
www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/september25.html
There are a few papers from Arthur Beresford Cane (1864 – 1939) in the National Archive.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?...
His cases also seem to pop up in older legal textbooks.
He received his CBE in the 1920 New Years Honours List
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Necrothesp/Honours_Lists/1920_...
Jessie Carter
No trace on CWGC, and no female with the surname Carter who is listed as a either a civilian or in the Army on the CWGC would seem to have been a fireman. May have been a post-war casualty.
Audrey M Fricker
Name:FRICKER, AUDREY MARIE
Age:18
Date of Death:24/01/1945
Additional information:Firewoman, N.F.S. Daughter of M. E. Fricker, of 132 Glenview, Abbey Wood, Woolwich, and of the late William George Fricker. Died at Post Office, Stockwell Street.
Reporting Authority:GREENWICH, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3128920
There is a picture of the damage suffered by the post office here
postalheritage.org.uk/blog-images/69-Post118-1500.jpg/ima...
catalogue.postalheritage.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqServ...
Sarah L L Gane
Name:GANE, SARAH LORNA LILIAN
Age:21
Date of Death:30/11/1940
Additional information:A.F.S.; of 57 Regents Park Road. Daughter of Joseph Tom and Ethel Kitty Gane. Died at 57 Regents Park Road.
Reporting Authority:SOUTHAMPTON, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3112221
Name:GANE, JOSEPH TOM
Age:57
Date of Death:30/11/1940
Additional information:of 57 Regents Park Road. Husband of Ethel Kitty Gane. Died at 57 Regents Park Road.
Reporting Authority:SOUTHAMPTON, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3112220
Name:GANE, ETHEL KITTY
Age:60
Date of Death:30/11/1940
Additional information:of 57 Regents Park Road. Wife of Joseph Tom Gane. Died at 57 Regents Park Road.
Reporting Authority:SOUTHAMPTON, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3112219
Name:GANE, DORA GLADYS MAY
Regiment/Service:Civilian War Dead
Age:27
Date of Death:30/11/1940
Additional information:of 57 Regents Park Road. Daughter of Joseph Tom and Ethel Kitty Gane. Died at 57 Regents Park Road.
Reporting Authority:SOUTHAMPTON, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3112218
Southampton suffered badly from large-scale air raids during World War Two. As a large port city on the south coast, it was an important strategic target for the German air force (Luftwaffe). There were fifty seven attacks in all, but nerves were frayed by over 1,500 alarms.
Of the 57 Air Raids, by far the worst were on 23rd and 30th November and 1st December and these attacks are generally referred to as Southamptonton's Blitz.
Southampton ablaze
It was a cold clear night on the 30th November when the drone of German aircraft engines were heard approaching Southampton. Raids were nothing new; people were used to the routine of seeking shelter and trying to lead as normal a life as possible. This one though was different; this raid was to level most of the city centre, kill over a hundred people and damage or destroy thousands of buildings. The approach of the enemy bombers was the start of the worst wartime weekend in Southampton with unprecedented destruction that would change the city forever.
Over 100 aeroplanes had approached high and began to dive down over the city. Just before 6pm the warning siren was sounded and minutes later the flares that bombers would use to light their targets began to land by parachute, making no sound. They lit the town making a mockery of the blackout. A local resident recalls 'Chandelier flares lit up the whole town around, just like daylight'. This allowed bombers to drop their heavy explosives, including two mines of nearly 2000 kg. These were then followed by thousands of incendiary devices, setting fire to buildings and further marking out the city for the bombers. Up to 9,000 incendiaries were dropped causing hundreds of fires.
The fire caused the most damage. There was no water to fight the blazes, reservoirs were low and water mains were cracked. The fire raged completely out of control at the bottom end of the High Street, at one point 647 fires were burning at the same time across Southampton. One man recalled the firestorm for the Southampton Oral History Team, 'It sweeps everything in front of it, it'll draw you into it if you're not careful... ...It was so hot that if you stood with your boots you could hear them sizzling with the heat from the pavements'. Despite over 2000 extra firefighters being drafted to the city, it was still burning brightly enough to light the way for the second attack a day later. German pilots reported that the glare of Southampton burning could be seen from the North of France.
www.plimsoll.org/Southampton/Southamptonatwar/southampton...
The Kelly’s Street Directory for Southampton for 1940-41, lists a Joseph Tom Gane at this address.
www.plimsoll.org/images/1940%20Streets%20Morland%20Road%2...
In the same directory for 1946, the odd numbered houses side of the Road goes from 51 to 61. I assume the 4 houses in-between were nothing more than a bomb-site.
Yvonne MD Green
Name:GREEN, YVONNE MARIE DUNBAR
Age:30
Date of Death:17/04/1941
Additional information:Driver, A.F.S. Daughter of Forbes Sutherland and Jeanne Tachereau Sutherland, of Montreal, Canada; wife of Lieut. Leonard G. Green, Canadian Army, of 34 Old Church Street. Died at Petyt Place.
Reporting Authority:CHELSEA, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3126946
There are numerous references to damage to the Church and the nearby church rooms in Petyt Place during “1941”, while the nearby Royal Hospital on Kings Road was definitely bombed on the 16th April 1941.
www.athomeinnchelsea.com/cheynewalk.htm
London does not appear to have been a target for a raid on the night of the 15th/16th April 1941, but was on the night of the 16th/17th, looking at the RAF claims and losses records.
Minnie L Hallett
Name:HALLETT, MINNLE LILLIAN
Age:53
Date of Death:21/07/1944
Additional information:Firewoman, N.F.S.; W.V.S.; of 56 Morden Hall Road, Morden. Wife of Frederick Clarence Hallett. Injured at 56 Morden Hall Road; died same day at Nelson Hospital, Merton.
Reporting Authority:MERTON AND MORDEN, URBAN DISTRICT
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3150860
The first V-1 was launched at London on 13 June 1944, one week after (and prompted by) the successful Allied landing in Europe. At its peak, over a hundred V-1s a day were fired at southeast England, 9,521 in total, decreasing in number as sites were overrun until October 1944, when the last V-1 site in range of Britain was overrun by Allied forces.
Approximately 10,000 were fired at England; 2,419 reached London, killing about 6,184 people and injuring 17,981.[11] The greatest density of hits were received by Croydon, on the southeast fringe of London.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_(flying_bomb)
Meg M A S Hargrove
Name:HARGROVE, MEG MABEL AGNES STRICKLAND
Age:33
Date of Death:08/03/1941
Additional information:A.F.S. W.V.S. Daughter of Lt. Col. Bryan Cole Bartley, C.B.E., and Mrs. Bartley, of Monterey, P.O. Sandown, Johannesburg, S. Africa; wife of Frank Hargrove, of Kiama, Little Marlow Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Injured at Cafe de Paris, Coventry Street; died same day at Charing Cross Hospital.
Reporting Authority:WESTMINSTER CITY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3123160
The Times of Monday 10 March 1941 carried the news of the bombing of the Cafe de Paris that had occurred on the previous Saturday night. But you had to dig deep to find the story, and indeed to be able to relate it to the incident itself. Wartime reporting maintained a balance between news and maintaining morale, so at first glance the story (see right) seems a little confusing.
Described as 'the bright moonlight of Saturday night', the story seems almost romantic in its style, and referring to one of the biggest raids of The Blitz as 'a noisy night' seems to understate things a little. However, some deaths are referred to in the second paragraph.
It is then that the Cafe de Paris story is introduced, although masked as 'dancers and diners in a restaurant'. The only clue to the location in London is given in the song title, Oh Johnny, which many must have recognised as a favourite played by Ken Snakehips Johnson and The West Indian Orchestra. The band had a residency there, so if you knew the tune was associated with them, you could probably work out which club had been hit. The description of the aftermath, 'dust and fumes, which blackened faces and frocks' is obviously much changed from the reality of what was left, as evidenced by eye-witnesses after the war.
The idea that 'there were many wonderful escapes' again introduces an almost romantic notion of what it was like there. Needless to say, everyone pulls together and does their best to get the injured to hospital.
The final paragraph of the part that refers to the Cafe de Paris continues with the 'spririt of The Blitz'. A night club had been blown up, with over 30 dead and 80 injured, and yet 'people living nearby made tea, and passers-by contributed handkerchiefs'. The cabaret girls mentioned in the report were in their dressing room at the time, waiting to come on for their part of the show, and so were shielded from the main blast of the bomb.
The report then goes on to describe other incidents that occured the same night. By 6pm on the evening of Sunday 9 March, the London Civil Defence Regional Report showed that 159 people had been killed and 338 seriously injured in 238 incidents on the Saturday night. One of the other bombings that went unmentioned in Monday's Times was at Buckingham Palace, where the North Lodge was demolished, resulting in two fatalities.
www.swingtime.co.uk/Reviews/kenjohns/kentimes.html
www.nickelinthemachine.com/2009/09/the-cafe-de-paris-the-...
In 1939 the Café was allowed to stay open even though theatres and cinemas were closed by order. People gossiped their way through the blackout and the Café was advertised as a safe haven by Martin Poulson, the maitre d', who argued that the four solid storeys of masonry above were ample protection. This tragically proved to be untrue on March 8th 1941 when two 50K landmines came through the Rialto roof straight onto the Café dance floor. Eighty people were killed, including Ken 'Snakehips' Johnston who was performing onstage at the time and Poulson whose words had come back to haunt him. Had the bomb been dropped an hour later, the casualties would have been even higher.
www.cafedeparis.com/club/history
Fleur Lombard
Fleur Lombard QGM (1974 – 4 February 1996) was the first female firefighter to die on duty in peacetime Britain
Fleur Lombard was one of only eight women among Avon's 700 firefighters. On graduating in 1994, Lombard received the Silver Axe Award, for most outstanding recruit on her training school. On 4 February 1996, when she was 21 years old, she was fighting a supermarket fire in Staple Hill, near Bristol, when she and her partner, Robert Seaman, were caught in a flashover. She was killed as a direct result of the intense heat and her body was found just a few yards from the exit. Lombard was the first woman to die in peacetime service in Britain.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_Lombard
www.independent.co.uk/news/jail-for-killer-of-fleur-lomba...
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/73464.stm
Dorien L Pullen
Name:PULLEN, DORRIEN AISNE
Age:29
Date of Death:25/04/1944
Additional information:N.F.S.; of 30 Armadale Road. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. H. Thair, of 62 Grove Road; wife of L.A.C. Harold James Pullen, R.A.F. Died at 30 Armadale Road.
Reporting Authority:CHICHESTER, MUNICIPAL BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3152523
During World War II there were 3 bombing raids on Chichester. Bombs were dropped on Basin Road in 1941, on Chapel Street and St Martins Street in 1943 and on Arndale and Green Roads in 1944.
www.localhistories.org/chichester.html
In the same raid Rosina Cox and her son Derek, aged 4, died at 34 Armadale Road, Ada Field, (aged 25) died at 41 Armadale Road, Elsie Gee (aged 28) would die at 32 Armadale Road and there is a Geoffrey Hearn recorded as dieing on the 26th.
Helen Sussman
Name:SUSSMAN, HELEN
Age:25
Date of Death:19/06/1944
Additional information:Firewoman, N.F.S.; of 12 Clydesdale Road. Daughter of Morris and Eva Sussman. Died at 12 Clydesdale Road.
Reporting Authority:KENSINGTON, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3132450
Name:SUSSMAN, EVA
Age:48
Date of Death:19/06/1944
Additional information:of 12 Clydesdale Road. Daughter of the late James Harry and Gertrude Soloway, of 13 Chepstow Road, Bayswater; wife of Morris Sussman. Died at 12 Clydesdale Road.
Reporting Authority:KENSINGTON, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3132449
Name:SUSSMAN, MORRIS
Age:60
Date of Death:19/06/1944
Additional information:of 12 Clydesdale Road. Husband of Eva Sussman. Died at 12 Clydesdale Road.
Reporting Authority:KENSINGTON, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3132451
June 19.The first V1 to hit Notting Hill killed 20 people along Westbourne Park Road and in Clydesdale Road and Mews,
www.historytalk.org/Notting%20Hill%20History%20Timeline/t...
Dolcie I A Taylor
Name:TAYLOR, DOLCIE ENID AMY
Age:33
Date of Death:23/11/1940
Additional information:A.F.S. Telephonist; of Bursay, West End Road, West End. Daughter of J. H. Carter, and of Amy Dawkins Carter. Died at Bursay, West End Road.
Reporting Authority:WINCHESTER, RURAL DISTRICT
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3113022
Name:CARTER, AMY DAWKINS
Age:69
Date of Death:23/11/1940
Additional information:of Bursay, West End Road, West End. Wife of J. H. Carter. Died at Bursay, West End Road.
Reporting Authority:WINCHESTER, RURAL DISTRICT
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3113000
Name:CARTER, WINIFRED EMMA DAWKINS
Age:38
Date of Death:23/11/1940
Additional information:of Bursay, West End Road, West End. Daughter of J. H. Carter, and of Amy Dawkins Carter. Died at Bursay, West End Road.
Reporting Authority:WINCHESTER, RURAL DISTRICT
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3113002
Other casualties at West End on this day include David Stephens, aged 2, of 12, Shales Flats, and Jane Ware, aged 77, of Westwood, West End Road.
See Sarah Gane above for details of the Southampton Blitz. Southampton suffered particularly heavy raids on the 23rd and 30th November 1940. The village of West End, to the NE of Southampton may well have suffered as a result.
Evelyn Torr
Name:TORR, EVELYN
Age:43
Date of Death:12/08/1943
Additional information:Firewoman, N.F.S.; of 24 Craigmore Avenue, Stoke. Daughter of Mary Torr, and of James Torr. Died at 24 Craigmore Avenue.
Reporting Authority:PLYMOUTH, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3103029
Name:TORR, JAMES
Age:70
Date of Death:12/08/1943
Additional information:of 24 Craigmore Avenue, Stoke. Husband of Mary Torr. Died at 24 Craigmore Avenue.
Reporting Authority:PLYMOUTH, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3103030
Nothing seems to be reported in the mains records – RAF command, or local history sites. Other casualties include
Leonard Davey aged 46.
Firewatcher; of 17 Melville Road, Stoke. Son of Henry and Emma Davey, of 16 Hanover Road, Laira. Injured at Union Street; died same day at Prince of Wales Hospital, Greenbank.
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3102309
Arthur Dent aged 42
Fireman, N.F.S. Son of Arthur Richard and Minnie Louisa Dent, of 18 Selborne Avenue, Manor Park, London. Died at 104 Hotspur Terrace, North Road.
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3102339
Beryl Dibley (aged 14) and Patricia Dibley (aged 3) who died at 100 North Road
Thomas Donovan who died at 21 Portland Villas
Elsie Hancock, (aged 43) died at Welbeck Avenue
Kate Hancock , (aged 73) died at 31 Welbeck Avenue
Frederick Harris, (aged 49), died at 37 Glenmore Avenue, Stoke
Marjorie Harris, (aged 38), died at 31 Welbeck Avenue
Cyril Joy, (aged 44) and his wife Sarah (aged 37) who died at 17 Melville Road
William Joy, (aged 46) who died at 104 Hotspur Terrace
George Kellond, (age 69) who died at 102 Hotspur Terrace
Charlotte Langdon, (aged 77) who died at James Street
Edith Ley, (aged 55) who died at 8 Ryder Road
Gladys Maxwell, (aged 29) and her sons Roger, (aged 3) and Paul, (aged 18 months) who died at 1, Victoria Lane
Blanche Morrell who was injured at 25 Craigmore Avenue, Stoke on the 12th and subsequently died of her injuries on the 14th
Sidney Murrin (aged 65), died at Millbay Station
Jean Sanders, (aged 12) died at 35 Welbeck Avenue
Beatrice Sayer, (aged 57) and her brother Thomas, (aged 64), died at 28 James Street
Elizabeth Shute, (aged 73) injured at 35 Welbeck Avenue on the 12th and succumced to their effects on the 24th.
George Thomas (aged 41)
Fireman, N.F.S. Son of Harriet Grace Thomas, of 7 Fairfield Road, Ongar, Essex, and of the late Edmund Haviland Thomas. Died at 104 North Road.
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3103016
George Tucker, (aged 57) who died at 38 Glenmore Avenue, Stoke
Ernest Watts, (aged 34) who died at 104 Hotspur Road
Louisa Williams, (aged 64) who died at 26 Craigmore Avenue
A photograph of two Plymouth firewomen can be seen here
www.devonheritage.org/Places/Plymouth/Plymouth5JtoL.htm
Dorothy S Watson
Name:WATSON, DOROTHY SMITH
Age:39
Date of Death:30/06/1944
Additional information:N.F.S. Daughter of Elizabeth Catherine Watson, of 385 Brompton Road, Bexley Heath, Kent, and of the late Frederick Watson. Injured at Connaught House, Aldwych; died same day at Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street.
Reporting Authority:HOLBORN, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3131109
The V-1 fell in the middle of the street between Bush House and Adastral House, the home of the Air Ministry, at 2:07 p.m., making a direct hit on one of the city’s main loci of power, the site of the Aldwych holy well, directly on the London ley line.
Brilliant blue skies turned to grey fog and darkness.
The device exploded some 40 yards east of the junction of Aldwych and Kingsway, about 40 feet from the Air Ministry offices opposite the east wing of Bush House.
The Air Ministry’s 10-foot-tall blast walls, made of 18-inch-thick brick, disintegrated immediately, deflecting the force of the explosion up and down the street. Hundreds of panes of glass shattered, blowing razor-sharp splinters through the air. The Air Ministry women watching at the windows were sucked out of Adastral House by the vacuum and dashed to death on the street below. Men and women queuing outside the Post Office were torn to pieces. Shrapnel peppered the facades of Bush House and the Air Ministry like bullets.
When the counting was done, about fifty people were killed, 400 seriously wounded, another 200 lightly injured.
secretfire.wordpress.com/the-aldwych-v-1-blast-june-30-1944/
www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__10_path__0p2p.aspx
www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/32/a7019732.shtml
Joan E B Wilson
Name:WILSON, JOAN EMMA BESSIE
Age:24
Date of Death:08/03/1941
Additional information:Women's Auxiliary Fire Service; Daughter of Mrs. M. Wilson, of 8 Northcourt Avenue, Reading, Berkshire. Died at Cafe de Paris, Coventry Street.
Reporting Authority:WESTMINSTER CITY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3123851
See Meg Hargrove above for more details on this incident.
Not on the memorial, but on one of the site listed above Alice Jessica Gifford, aged 21 is recorded as a Firewoman in the NFS.
www.devonheritage.org/Places/Plymouth/Plymouth5GtoI.htm
However CWGC database lists her as a civilian.
Name:GIFFORD, ALICE JESSICA
Date of Death:03/07/1944
Additional information:at Plymouth.
Reporting Authority:PLYMOUTH, COUNTY BOROUGH
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3102436
Small Heath butterflies never bask with their wings open and when they are active they always have their forewings raised revealing a conspicuous black eyespot set in orange. This is a deflecting eyespot that will direct the first strike of any predator away from the vulnerable body of the butterfly. But when they are truly at rest, for example when the temperature drops, that eyespot would be a liability, so it hides it behind the hindwings and looks far less conspicuous, like this: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/19008359325/in/photolist This is because a predator may direct its first strike at the eye, but if the butterfly was too cold and torpid to escape, the predator would keep on pecking until it found the tasty bit. So it is best for the butterfly to look as inconspicuous as possible if it is too cold to be able to escape.
Because Small Heaths are usually on high alert, they are often skittish, and fly off if you try to approach them. So getting a shot like this required a bit of stealth. He's nectaring on Bell Heather on the moors of the Peak District in South Yorkshire. The heather gives a bit of scale to show how small they are. A 10p coin could easily cover this butterfly. This species has declined massively in Britain but seemingly the declines have been less severe in the uplands.
Their preferred habitat is shortish grasslands where their caterpillars feed on a variety of finer grasses such as Sheep's Fescue and Smooth Meadow Grass. The scientific name is Coenonympha pamphilus; Coenonympha means common nymph, and pamphilus was one of 50 sons of Aegyptus and means "loved by all".
In April 1997, high water on the Mississippi River reached the bottom of the span. The Union Pacific Railroad spotted a train of hopper cars laden with rocks on the bridge to help anchor it and keep it from being washed away.
Leaving the train weight on the bridge may not have been the best idea!!!!!
Nineteen years later the bridge is still in daily use, the main flow/force of the river is now deflected by lattice wooden fences
Still looks to me like the concrete has seen better days. Also the steel work has some rust issues, never mine what the eye does not see "Carry on regardless"
“I ache on a much bigger level. I can feel this thing that is so big. It’s so much bigger than the human drama of a lack of a sense of beauty and lack of love for one another…is the fact that the earth itself, nature itself sees our beauty and loves towards us and we are deflecting that.
You think it’s sad not to love your partner or spouse or child at the pure state of beingness. It is much sadder that you cannot receive from an entire Universe that sees you and is sending back to you an awe-inspired joy that you are here right now.
This is definitely Juliet killing herself thinking that her lover is dead when her lover has concocted the perfect plan to stay asleep long enough that there can be freedom to love. We are in our Romeo and Juliet moment with the Universe.”
-Zach Bush
I had to stop the podcast a few times to digest the words that Zach was saying. A few weeks ago, something simillar yet not quite so eloquent had come out of my thoughts yet had not grasped the majesty of the concept until Zach spoke these words at the beginning of Danica Patrick’s interview with him a few weeks ago. This is my tribute to those beautiful and relevant ideas that came gushing out of his heart. This message is so important, so vital and crucial…so filled with audacity and goosebumps, I just had to share it with you. If anyone tells you your Lover is dead, put your hand on the earth and feel the pulse of Life flowing through every cell of your body. We are not just dead and empty parts interacting, we are all part of a Great Love Story that is just beginning.
Juliet is half hidden in this image. She enters the formless romance as Life begins to reveal itself on a whole new level...
This in my take on a character, trying to keep it close to the original, but adding things to make it more personal and unique.
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Thank you for watching and stay tuned, more will come:)
DESIGNATION: Protector-018
NICKNAME: Galaar
RANK: ARC Lieutenant Grade 1
UNIT: Vornskr, First Regiment, "Bralor's First", 253rd Elite Clone Legion
The fighting along the temple wall was brutal, but Vornskr held the line, repelling wave after wave of droid infantry until an armored division attached to the 501st led by an young Jedi mounted a counterattack and shattered the droid offensive. Once relived Lieutenant Galaar and his men were summoned the GAR command center by General Kenobi, the lead Jedi General and commander of all operations on Rhen Var. Along with several other ARC troopers from the Two-Fifty-Third, Galaar was briefed of a developing situation within the data archives of Bravo Base. While the troopers had been busy repelling the droid attack an unknown assailant had slipped into the base and accessed the data core. This infiltrator is believed to be a Dark Jedi, a traitor who had followed in the foot steps of Count Dooku. The Dark Jedi had already been engaged by both troopers stationed at Bravo Base and ARC troopers from the Two-Fifty-Third, both were reporting heavy casualties and failure to stop the intruder. The task of intercepting the Dark Jedi and recovering the stolen data now fell on the ten ARC troopers gathered in the command center who General Kenobi would personally lead.
Upon dismissal the ARCs made their way back to their squads, who they hastily briefed before boarding the gunships, doing their best to pass on the most critical parts of the anti-Jedi training they received on Kamino, to the regs under their command.
The flight to Bravo Base was short and the gunships got them as close to the Dark Jedi's last know location as possible, dropping the strike team off in a courtyard within an ancient Jedi temple. Galaar had been tasked with clearing the Northeastern most region of the Temple and lead his men at a slow pace, constantly checking his scopes for any sign of the rouge force user.
The signs of battle were everywhere, burn marks and deep gouges covered the walls, and all around lay the broken corpses of fallen brothers. With a sigh Galaar signaled his to keep moving, there was no way they would be able to stop this "Dark Jedi", Galaar wasn't even sure he had enough training to take one on alone and he knew for sure the regs wouldn't stand a chance. The squad ventured deeper into the temple, leaving the carnage behind as they entered another interior courtyard. Stepping the doorway Galaar's scopes suddenly lit up bright red notifying him of hostile forces along the opposite wall, a squad of B1s and a figure dressed in black robes. Cursing Galaar turned and shouted orders to the troopers behind him.
"Romeo get on the long range comms and notify General Kenobi that we've found the Dark Jedi, relay our coordinates and let the General know that we have been engaged!"
"On it Sir!"
"CT-44-5913! CT-45-2601! Get the Plex and Z6 up here now! We need to block him in, target the opposite entrance and bring it down! Tracker! Take your team and flank left! CT-05-4329 take yours and flank right! We need to overwhelm him, once you start shooting don't let up! Alright Vornskr, let's kill this chakaar!"
Vornskr sprung into action, executing Galaar's orders quickly and with precision, for a moment it looked hopeful, the droids were cut down instantly, and the Dark Jedi appeared to struggle to deflect the overwhelming base of fire. It was when CT-44-5913 fired a rocket at the opposing doorway from his PLX-1 that the plan fell apart. The rocket stopped midflight as if some thing had grabbed it and Galaar watched in horror as it changed direction and slammed into Tracker's team, obliterating the three troopers. Then an invisible force slammed into Galaar knocking him from his feet as the Dark Jedi used the force to send both clone and droid alike hurtling across the courtyard.
Grunting, Galaar dragged himself to his feet, his head was ringing and he could taste blood in his mouth, something was broken. Looking Galaar saw the cloaked figure disappear back into the temple. Galaar knew this was it, he couldn't let him get away, grabbing his blasters Galaar stumbled forward, blasting two droids as they moved to block his path.
Activating his comms, Galaar notified command of his situation...
"This is Lieutenant Galaar, my squad is down, I am in pursuit of the rouge Jedi"
... and with that he disappeared into the temple.
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Happy May 4th everyone!
I'll hopefully have the story up by the end of the week. Pillars were inspired by Greg, as always thanks for stopping by and have a good one!
- Tommy
This was in the fall of 1964 at St. Louis - Lambert Airport. The jets were taking over and the Boeing 707 was leading the way. American Airlines used the gates on the opposite side of the main concourse from TWA. American also was still sporting its classic orange livery dating back to 1936. This would soon give way to the red, white and blue stripes that are now considered the "old" look of American. Visible in the lower left corner are the "jet blast deflectors" of that time. Meant to protect from damage or injury they are positioned here facing the observation deck of the main concourse. Also visible on the stairs (no jetways) is the old AA "Eagle" logo that also would be "modernized" soon.
Year: 1964
Film: Kodachrome 64
Camera: Voigtlander Prominent (Rangefinder)
Lens: Nokton 50mm 1.5
Union Pacific "Big Boy" No. 4014, sporting new smoke deflectors, opens it up as it gains speed through Evans, Colorado, on its northbound trip from Denver to Cheyenne on October 1, 2025.
PNYCY 01
Evans, Colorado
This is a retread of Bottles O Smoke. I oversaturated the smoke and changed the top portion with smoke that originated from the incense in the blue bottle.
The image was created from 2 photos combined in photoshop. Hardest part was the initial set up, lighting for bottles and smoke was done with lots of cardboard to deflect light to avoid overexposing the bottles.
The bull's head hood ornament was wired to light up horns and eyes. The insect deflector designed to catch insects either side of the split front windscreen.
On display at the Queensland Museum, this was an actual car owned by local legend George Kiprios who regularly drove around the streets of Brisbane with radio blaring with rock-and-roll music. The 1952 FX Holden was the first truly Australian car manufactured in Australia for Australian conditions. Over time it was the most famous Holden in Brisbane, loved for its steady presence and George's idiosyncratic customisation.
August 2020. S15 Sans Smoke Deflectors on the Bluebell. Brilliant day with a fantastic goods set. More at - davebowles.smugmug.com/.../LSWR-S15-class/847/
This was my second visit to Lower Antelope Canyon. I was anxious and I arrived early for the 8:30 "Photo Tour". I was the first one to check in and asked if the tour was full. The young Navajo lady behind the glass said, well yes it is, you are the only one. She went on to say that since I had booked my tour several months ago, prior to cancelling the "Photo Tours", they would honor my reservation. So, I had a private one-on-one two hour in LAC with Josh!
I absolutely love this place and I was very thankful to Ken's Tours for letting me go.
In the slot canyons the light changes quickly as the sun travels through the day. Both the quality of light and the direction that it is reflected from the walls affect the color in the canyons. The sandstone inside the canyon is, essentially, the same color as it is outside in direct sunlight, a dull reddish orangey brown, but the conditions inside the slot canyons are totally different because of light.
Due to the time of the day, direct light, shadows, deflected and reflected light and something called Rayleigh scattering, light in the canyon is manipulated by the sun and the blue sky above.
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Seven thatched stone huts explains how a typical Isle of Skye family lived a century and a half ago. Three of these huts are over 200 years old. Rocks hanging from the roof keep the thatch from blowing away and the streamlined shape of the structure embedded in the ground encourages strong winds to deflect around the hut rather than hit it head-on.
Back in time again to Tuesday 20th July 2021. 14.30pm now sees the Little' Prince meet the 'Large' Scots Guardsman after earlier uncoupling from its train and taking on water before its return journey to Porthmadog at 15.20pm.
Similarly the crew of Scots Guardsman continue preparations, in the bay loop, for their return journey to Preston at 15.55pm. Water is being taken on via a hydrant and hoses from the water tower to my immediate left and coal is being shoveled down from the back of the tender as well as rekindling the fire - hence the smoke.
Earlier in 'Blistering Heat' at 13.15pm, I recorded the 'Historical Moment' when LMSR Stanier rebuild 'Royal Scot' Class 7P 4-6-0 No.46115 Scots Guardsman arrived with the Railway Touring Company's 'Welsh Mountaineer' Preston Fishergate-Blaenau Ffestiniog-Preston Fishergate train.
Because of COVID restrictions it's two years since we've seen steam on the 'Stunningly Beautiful Conwy Valley Line'. Similarly, it's around eighteen months since the station's 'Narrow Gauge Platforms' welcomed a Ffestiniog Railway service train.
All that changed one hour later, with the arrival of 'Prince' heading a 'Special Steam Charter' to meet and transfer some of the Welsh Mountaineer's passengers to Porthmadog proudly displaying its 'Commemorative Name Board'.
'Royal Scot Class' 7P 4-6-0 No. 46115 Scots Guardsman is a 1943 Stanier rebuild of the Fowler LMS designed loco built in 1927 by the North British Locomotive Co. of Glasgow and named in 1928. It was also the first of its class to be equipped with the distinctive curved smoke deflectors.
George England and Co. 'Small England Class' 0-4-0 Saddle Tank +Tender No 2. Prince was built in 1863. It's rather fitting that Prince had been chosen for such a momentous occasion as its their oldest operable steam locomotive and returned to service in time for the railway's 150th Anniversary of Steam celebrated in 2013.
Macro Mondays Intentional Blur. - 4-20-2017 12-28-13 PM
A hand held shot with ‘IS’ turned off, to aid the blur effect of a ½ inch Crystal Key-Ring charm as it was swinging, with a slight spin to it. Deflecting the side lighting from various sources and obtaining the motion effect with the light trails as it moved past the camera..
Built in the old Russian Noachis Terra shipyards on Mars and named after the founding father of astronautics, Циолковский (Tsiolkovsky), this starship accommodates the curious and adventurous on their mission of exploration and discovery. Equipped with seven magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters (MPDTs) and three deployable research stations for missions in almost any environment. Demilitarized under the Lelande treaty of 2437, this starship may lack armament but still sports an armoured head capable of deflecting oncoming comets and small asteroids.
Built for Shiptember 2020
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used a long lens to document what crews have termed one of the most spectacular features of the planet: the dunes of the Namib Sand Sea.
Looking inland (from an ISS position over the South Atlantic) near sunset, the highest linear dunes show smaller linear dunes riding along their crests. Linear dunes are generally aligned parallel to the formative wind—in this case, strong winds from the south. Southerly winds explain the parallel north-aligned linear dunes on the left side of the image.
But this simple pattern is disrupted near the Tsondab valley. The valley acts as a funnel for winds from the east. These less frequent but strong winter winds are channeled down the valley and usually carry large amounts of sand, similar to the Santa Ana winds in California. These strong easterly winds significantly deflect all the linear dunes near the valley so that they point downwind (image center).
Further inland (right), the north-pointing and west-pointing patterns appear superimposed, making a rectangular pattern. Because the Namib Desert is very old—dating from the time when the cold, desert-forming Benguela ocean current started to flow about 37 million years ago—wind patterns and dune patterns have shifted over time. North-oriented dunes have shifted north and east with drier climates and stronger winds, overriding but not removing earlier dune chains and making the rectangular dune network we see today.
The Tsondab River is a well-known Namib Desert river because it is blocked by linear dunes (just outside the left margin of the image) 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean. Research has shown that during wetter times, it did reach the ocean. The name Tsondab means “that which is running is suddenly stopped” in the local Khoisan language.
Along the edge of the dune-free Tsondab River valley, we can see star dunes, which are smaller and display multiple arms (top left).
Astronaut photograph ISS047-E-23405 was acquired on March 27, 2016, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using a 500 millimeter lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 47 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed.
Image Credit: NASA
Overshadowed by the pine-covered mountains at Songshuzen, located relatively close to the frontier with North Korea, China Rail 'JS' class 2-8-2 No.8208 (with high 'winged' smoke deflectors) and 8042 lift a short mixed freight for Baihe out of the yard at 10:53am on 11th January 2001. China Rail 'main line' steam was to last here (part of the Shenyang District), for just one further year, until February 2002. It was a big mistake not to return here when visiting north east China in January 2002, thinking that the 'show' was over by then! This was a fabulous winter period for steam in China - if only the visit could have lasted longer!
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Scanned lith print.
Hasselblad 501C/M w/ Zeiss Distagon 50 mm/f4.
Aug 30, 2025.
Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1+100, semistand 1 h.
Lith printed on Foma Retrobrom 152 Sp and developed in Moersch Easy Lith + homemade Lith Omega.
Untoned.
Indoor photos from Hagfors Railroad Museum.
visitvarmland.com/hagfors/en/culture-history/houses-cultu...
NKLJ: Nordmark - Klarälven railway.
This is Yo1p 55 from 1950 (made by Hilding Carlsson).
North British class 84 008 is one of only a handful photo's I managed to get of the doomed manufacturer's product. It was new in 1960 (E3043) and eventually withdrawn in 1979. It would appear that it languished for over ten years before being cut in 1988. Of all the original 60's builds type electrics these were the last ones I needed for sight E3046 84001 being the last one. They were stored for a while in 70's which probably made it a little tougher to get on them main line over that period. I rather liked the clean sloping lines of the class 84's and the added wind deflectors on the cab windows were a nice touch.
The class 81 was a brand new product of BRCW/AEI in 1961 coming out as E3017. It eventually succumbed in 1984 and was at some point moved to Glasgow for cutting in 1992.
Crewe Works Open Day 1987.