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Nestled amidst the celestial splendor of Orion, M78 emerges as a mesmerizing portrait of interstellar artistry. This iconic reflection nebula, located about 1,350 light-years away, owes its ethereal glow to the light of young, massive stars scattering off the surrounding cosmic dust. Captured with a precision 9.25-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at a focal length of 1635mm, this image delves into the heart of one of the Orion molecular cloud complex's brightest treasures. Dark tendrils of dust weave through the nebula like veins, while the faint blue haze hints at the energetic processes shaping this stellar nursery. In the proximity of neighboring giant nebulae like the Orion Nebula (M42) and Barnard's Loop, M78 feels like a hidden jewel in the vast tapestry of cosmic creation. This detailed view not only highlights its scientific importance as a site of active star formation but also invites the viewer to imagine the dynamic forces at work in this bustling galactic neighborhood.
Equipment:
Telescopes: Celestron EdgeHD 9.25"
Camera: ToupTek 2600MC
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
Filter: Optolong L-Ultimate 2"
Accessories: Celestron 0.7X Reducer EdgeHD925
Acquisition details:
Dates:
Dec. 31, 2024 to Jan. 3, 2025
Frames:
RGB: 264×300″(22h)
Optolong L-Ultimate 2": 84×300″(7h)
Integration: 29h
Avg. Moon age: 2.09 days
Avg. Moon phase: 6.24%
This is my fav doll ever - Barbie. I never loved a doll that much tbh...when I saw her today I really had to cry...a lot...she's with me since such a long horrible time...I'm actually always wearing a "imaginary mask" (in the internet & in real life) but sometimes I just can't hide myself behind this mask anymore...I always got bullied (and still get bullied) for being different, I act different and my style is pretty similar to my doll Barbie's..a few days ago my best friend (in real life) told me what some assholes had said about me...well...really mean stuff... And I could never fulfill any of my dreams..never... A lot of people told me that they want to be a child again...cause their childhood was so nice..I would luv to think back to a nice time of my life...but no matter at which point of my life I'm thinking back...I always got bullied and never got accepted...sometimes I just have to cry because of it...I'm sorry ::''-((((
Can we get to 400?
Stuff about me
1. I'm not revealing my name. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2. My favorite lego themes are DC and Marvel Superheroes
3. I play the alto sax and bassoon
4. My favorite band is the Beatles
5. DC > Marvel
6. My top ten favorite songs (in no particular order)Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison, Misery by The Beatles Get Lucky by Daft Punk, Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison, Stronger by Kanye West, Somewhere over the Rainbow by Israel Kamamskdhjsjsushdjiausj, Yesterday by The Beatles, Harder Better Faster Stronger by Daft Punk, Billie Jean by Michael Jackson, Cool Patrol by NSP.
7. I watch the Game Grumps frequently.
8. My favorite foods are Hershey kisses, chocolate animal crackers, and cheese rice cakes
9. My favorite villains are mr freeze, two Face, killer Croc, Bane and Joker
10. My favorite heroes are captain America, Batman, and wolverine
11. I'm weak to spices and sour
12. My favorite games include Oregon Trail, PVZ, PVZ Heroes, Crash Bandicoot, New Super Mario Bros, New Super Mario Maker, and both of the L4D games
13. Xbox360> PS3
14. I love quoting spongebob.
15. The Killing Joke and B:TAS are overrated. I love B:TAS, but the Killing Joke is weird
16. My first superhero lego set was the cat woman vs Batman 2012 set
17. What got me into Superheroes was the New Spider-Man Adventures (the Canadian Spider-Man show on MTV)
18. I don't like sports but I enjoy playing basketball
19. I love anything grape flavored
20. I'm weak to red lobster biscuits and kittens
21. I'm a shopaholic
22. I don't like ninjago
23. I never got into Star Wars
24. I don't like anime, but assassination classroom rocks
25. My pet peeves include when people talk over me, when people don't wash their hands after sneezing in their hands or getting them dirty, people sneezing in their hands, people not covering their sneezes, and other germ stuff
26. Andy's chocolate mints ROCK!
27. I wanna see a wolverine movie but instead of his claws he has bacon strips which can regrow and I want him to fight sabretooth who's claws are made of turkey bacon
28. I'm not high
29. I use apple barrel paint
30. I think my first follower was Dave Green so thank you!
31. I love piranhas and angler fish.
32. I'm not vegan or vegetarian
33. According to buzzfeed, my inner potato is tater tots
34. That's me.
Description: Colour sketch sent to the Ministry of Defence of a ‘spaceship’ creating crop circles
Date: 1998?
Our Catalogue Reference: DEFE 24/1999 p.47
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DESCRIPTION
A classic dessert takes an easy turn with Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crust.
INGREDIENTS
1 Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crust (from 15-oz box), softened as directed on box
1 package unflavored gelatin
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup water
4 pasteurized eggs, separated
1 teaspoon grated lime peel
2 drops green food color
1 cup whipping (heavy) cream
Sweetened whipped cream, if desired
DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 450°F. Make pie crust as directed on box for One-Crust Baked Shell using 9-inch glass pie pan. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, combine gelatin, 1/2 cup of the sugar, the lime juice, water and egg yolks. Cook over medium heat 6 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and thickens slightly. Remove from heat; stir in lime peel and food color. Pour mixture into large bowl. Refrigerate until mixture mounds slightly, about 45 minutes.
3. In large bowl, beat egg whites with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. In small bowl, beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form.
4. Gently stir egg whites and whipped cream into cooled lime mixture. Spoon into cooled baked shell. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. Serve topped with sweetened whipped cream. Store in refrigerator.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No changes.
Find more recipes at www.pillsbury.com
(Description from the website "Un Bizcocho Para Teo")
Delicious tartlet that is made up of a super crunchy shortcrust pastry base, a delicious lemon cream with the perfect acidic touch and a meringue dome that gives it just the right touch.
They have a best before date of 2 days from the date of production. Store cold.
Net weight: 120 grs. (4.2 Oz)
TARTALETA INDIVIDUAL DE LIMÓN, 2024
(Descripción desde la web "Un Bizcocho Para Teo")
Deliciosa tartaleta que se compone de una base de masa quebrada super crujiente, una deliciosa crema de limón con el toque ácido perfecto y una cúpula de merengue que le da el toque justo.
Tienen una fecha de consumo preferente de 2 días a partir de la fecha de elaboración. Conservar en frío.
Peso neto: 120 grs. (4.2 Oz)
Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
Description of Historic Place
The Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada Building is located at 227 King Street South, on the northwest corner of Union Street and King Street South, in the City of Waterloo. The two-storey Roman brick clad building was designed in the Modern Renaissance style by architect Frank Darling, and was constructed in 1912 and 1921.
The property was designated, for its historic and architectural significance, by the City of Waterloo, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 79-188).
Heritage Value
Located between Uptown Waterloo and Downtown Kitchener, the Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada Building is a prominent and well known historic landmark. It has defined the commercial character and history of the City since its construction, close to a century ago. Placed within spacious grounds, the building is approached through a pair of wrought iron gates, flanked with large ornamental topped stone pillars. An open stone flagged forecourt, laid out in a hexagonal pattern forms the connecting link between the gateway and the front entrance.
The Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada Building was the first life insurance company to open in the City of Waterloo. The company was responsible for pioneering one of the largest commerce industries in the region. Incorporated in December, 1868, as the Ontario Mutual Life Assurance Company, the firm obtained a Dominion Charter in 1878. From 1900 to 1999 the company operated under the same name, until it was renamed, Clarica, when it was acquired by Sun Life Financial, in 2002.
The head office of the firm opened in 1912, after moving from a stone and red-brick building, which they had built in 1879, at the corner of Albert and Erb Streets. The growth of the firm, representing one of the largest insurance companies in Waterloo, served as an important source of employment for the City. It also acted as a cushion against the boom and bust cycles of the economy, for over a century. Isaac Bowman, M.P., the founding president, and Moses Springer, M.P.P., the first Mayor of Waterloo, were among the earliest company officials.
The Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada building has architecturally strikingly rich materials and detail. It was designed by prominent architect Frank Darling, of the Toronto firm, Darling and Pearson. The impressive structure was erected in 1912, with an addition in 1921, which duplicated the original architecture. Numerous additions have been made to the building over the years, however the integrity of the original design is still very evident. The 1912 building and 1921 addition is of the Modern Renaissance style of architecture and was constructed of light-brown and yellow, narrow Roman brick, with panelled grey stone quoins and moulded pedimented windows. A leaf and floral design is located beneath the cornice, while above, is a parapet with a balustrade. Terra cotta, made in England, was imported for the decorative features of the building's façade. The main (King Street) entrance features impressive oak doors, flanked by two pairs of fluted ionic columns, crowned with a circular pediment.
Character-Defining Elements
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of the Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada building include its:
- landmark status, defining the commercial character and history of the City of Waterloo
- significant vistas from King Street South and Union Street
- placement on spacious, well-landscaped grounds with a central stone flagged forecourt surrounded by a grand iron fence
- impressive size and massing of the building's Modern Renaissance style
- King Street facade of the 1912 building
- Union Street facade of the 1912 and 1921 building
- Roman brick cladding with panelled stone quoins and moulded pedimented windows
- high base of Ohio Sandstone
- moulded architrave and floral scroll frieze beneath the modillion cornice displaying stone carving in a floral and leaf pattern
- parapet wall with open balustrade situated above the cornice
- entrance portico, placed in the centre of the principle (King Street) façade consisting of a wide doorway with large oak doors and a broad flight of steps
- two pairs of fluted ionic columns flanking the main entrance
Description Commander Neil Armstrong (right) and pilot David R. Scott prepare to board the Gemini-Titan VIII. Gemini VIII successfully launched at 11:41 a.m. EST, March 16, 1966. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit and landed safely back on Earth after an emergency abort.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s66-24478
Date: March 16, 1966
Description: Great Pyramid, Pyramid of Khafre, Pyramid of Menkaure
Location: Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt
Date: 1890 - 1899
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/179
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Margaret's,_Cley
In 2008 a white-crowned sparrow, an American bird not usually seen in the United Kingdom, was spotted in Cley. Visiting birders donated more than £3,000 to a collection for the church's restoration. To commemorate the event an image of the bird was included in a window at St Margaret's.
We visited as the sun was going down and the shadow of the bird was thrown onto the adjacent wall (not very clearly). However, we found it magical!
Description: The Rainbow Lorikeet is unmistakable with its bright red beak and colourful plumage. Both sexes look alike, with a blue (mauve) head and belly, green wings, tail and back, and an orange/yellow breast. They are often seen in loud and fast-moving flocks, or in communal roosts at dusk.
Similar species: Rainbow Lorikeets are such colourful parrots that it is hard to mistake them for other species. The related Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is similar in size and shape, but can be distinguished by its all-green head and body.
Distribution: The Rainbow Lorikeet occurs in coastal regions across northern and eastern Australia, with a local population in Perth (Western Australia), initiated from aviary releases.
Habitat: The Rainbow Lorikeet is found in a wide range of treed habitats including rainforest and woodlands, as well as in well-treed urban areas.
Seasonal movements: Largely sedentary with some nomadic movements in response to seasonal flowering or fruiting of plants.
Feeding: The Rainbow Lorikeet mostly forages on the flowers of shrubs or trees to harvest nectar and pollen, but also eats fruits (go ape over mangoes), seeds and some insects.
Breeding: The eggs of the Rainbow Lorikeet are laid on chewed, decayed wood, usually in a hollow limb of a eucalypt tree. Both sexes prepare the nest cavity and feed the young, but only the female incubates the eggs.
Minimum Size: 28cm
Maximum Size: 32cm
Average size: 30cm
Average weight: 133g
Breeding season: June to January
Clutch Size: 2
Incubation: 23 days
Nestling Period: 45 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net )
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Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
Description of Historic Place
The pale yellow Wyatt House is located on Spring Street in the midst of the heritage district of the city of Summerside, PEI. Built in the year of Confederation, this house was home to one of Prince Edward Island’s most distinguished citizens, Miss Wanda Lefurgey Wyatt. The designation includes the building and the surrounding property.
Heritage Value
The Wyatt House is valued in the community of Summerside because of its connection to a number of significant local people. It was built in 1867 for Robert Alder Strong, a local merchant who later became Assistant Commissioner of Public Lands. The Hon. John Lefurgey, a shipbuilder, eventually purchased the property. The house later became home to Lefurgey’s daughter, Cecelia, and her husband, J.E. (Ned) Wyatt around 1890. Ned Wyatt was a prominent local lawyer, Conservative MLA and Speaker of the House from 1912 to 1916. Three prime ministers of Canada were also guests of the family in this house - the Right Honourable Robert L. Borden, Arthur Meighan and R.B. Bennett. The house was eventually deeded to the Wyatt’s daughters, Dorothy, an accomplished singer, and Wanda. Miss Wanda Wyatt was a graduate of McGill University, the first woman in PEI to study law, and an astute businesswoman. Ever dedicated to Prince Edward Island and its people, Miss Wyatt established the Wyatt Foundation in 1966, a charitable organisation that supports non-profit institutions across the Island. She died in her childhood home in 1998 at 102 years old.
The heritage value of the house is continued through its new life as an historic house museum that interprets the history of Summerside and Prince Edward Island through the life of Miss Wyatt and her family.
The house is also valued because of its construction. The earliest part of the house was typical of the gable-fronted Georgian style popular in the 1860’s but features both Georgian and Classical Revival elements. Over the years several additions and changes have been made that augmented this original style and added others. These changes add to the heritage value of the home, as they reflect the family’s taste and needs over the years of its inhabitation.
Character-Defining Elements
This house is architecturally significant because it is a combination of styles, including:
- Original elements of Georgian style comprised of the shape of the main section and the layout of its windows on the second floor and their trim
- Original elements of Greek Revival style, namely the returned eaves
- Gothic Revival style dormer on the second floor ell section
- Queen Anne Revival features such as the paired bay windows on the main floor and the fan-shaped windows in the kitchen wing
- 1928 additions in keeping with the original Georgian and Greek Revival styles, including the Palladian windows in the attic gables, the six-panelled front door, the functional louvered shutters, and the front porch entrance with its Doric columns, fanlight and sidelights
- Wooden clapboard siding on all elevations of the house with the exception of the north, which has wooden shingles
It's time you people know a little bit more about me.
Everyone has their own passions. For example my brother likes to write and draw. My passions are basketball, photography and videography. I have been playing basketball since I was 6 years old. Taking photos since I was 9 and got really interested in videography when I was about 11. I have been reading comics for about 4 years now. I have been looking on Flickr for about 6 years or so. I tested in what other people are doing. Until this year, I finally decided to make a Flickr account myself! I'm glad I did! Thank you all for following and supporting me! Follow me on PicsArt @comixboy. Also planning on making a YouTube account soon! I will let you know when!
Description des plantes rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre
Paris :De l'Impr. de P. Didot l'aîné,1813 [i.e., 1812-1817]
Description: Watercolor study.
Technique: Watercolor.
Support: Fabriano.
Açu Aizawa © 2012. All rights reserved.
I'm studying hard to improve my watercolor technique. This is one of my studies. I hope you like it! ^.~
Please, visit my blog to see more about my work! ^.~
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Ando estudando bastante para tentar melhorar minha técnica com aquarela! Aqui está um dos meus estudos, espero que gostem! ^.~
Fiz um post mais detalhado no meu blog, visitem, comentem e animem a continuar treinando! ^.~
DESCRIPTION
Chinese lespedeza is a warm season, perennial herbaceous plant. It has an erect growth form, ranging from about 3 to 5½ feet in height, and leaves that alternate along the stem. Each leaf is divided into three smaller leaflets, about ½ to 1 inch long, which are narrowly oblong and pointed, with awl-shaped spines. Leaflets are covered with densely flattened hairs, giving a grayish-green or silvery appearance. Mature stems are somewhat woody and fibrous with sharp, stiff, flattened bristles. Small (about ¼ in.) creamy white to pale yellow flowers emerge either singly or in clusters of 2-4, from the axils of the upper and median leaves.
ECOLOGICAL THREAT
Chinese lespedeza, sometimes called sericea lespedeza, is primarily a threat to open areas such as meadows, prairies, open woodlands, wetland borders and fields. Once it gains a foothold, it can crowd out native plants and develop an extensive seed bank in the soil, ensuring its long residence at a site. Established dense stands of lespedeza suppress native flora and its high tannin content makes it unpalatable to native wildlife as well as livestock.
Description: Images from three of NASA's Great Observatories were combined to create this spectacular, multiwavelength view of the starburst galaxy M82. Optical light from stars (yellow-green/Hubble Space Telescope) shows the disk of a modest-sized, apparently normal galaxy. Another Hubble observation designed to image 10,000 degree Celsius hydrogen gas (orange) reveals a startlingly different picture of matter blasting out of the galaxy. The Spitzer Space Telescope infrared image (red) shows that cool gas and dust are also being ejected. Chandra's X-ray image (blue) reveals gas heated to millions of degrees by the violent outflow, which can be traced back to vigorous star formation in the central regions of the galaxy. The burst of star formation is thought to have been initiated by a close encounter with a large nearby galaxy, M81, about 100 million years ago.
Creator/Photographer: Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. The mirrors on Chandra are the largest, most precisely shaped and aligned, and smoothest mirrors ever constructed. Chandra is helping scientists better understand the hot, turbulent regions of space and answer fundamental questions about origin, evolution, and destiny of the Universe. The images Chandra makes are twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Medium: Chandra telescope x-ray
Date: 2002
Persistent URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m82/
Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Collection: Normal Galaxies and Starburst Galaxies Collection
Gift line: X-ray: NASA/CXC/JHU/D.Strickland; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/AURA/The Hubble Heritage Team; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of AZ/C. Engelbracht
Accession number: M82
Description: In Chandra's X-ray image (blue) of RCW 108, over 400 sources of X-ray light are seen. Many of these X-ray sources are young stars undergoing massive flaring just as our Sun did billions of years ago. The infrared Spitzer image (red and orange) shows the clouds of dust and gas of this region. The bright knot just to the left of center is where a cluster of young stars is hidden behind a dense cloud of molecular hydrogen. Intense radiation from massive stars in another nearby cluster, just out of view to the left of this image, is destroying the cloud that contains this cluster. Ultimately, this will trigger a new generation of stars to form in RCW 108.
Creator/Photographer: Chandra X-ray Observatory
The Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. The mirrors on Chandra are the largest, most precisely shaped and aligned, and smoothest mirrors ever constructed. Chandra is helping scientists better understand the hot, turbulent regions of space and answer fundamental questions about origin, evolution, and destiny of the Universe. The images Chandra makes are twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Medium: Chandra telescope x-ray
Date: 2008
Persistent URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/rcw108/
Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Gift line: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/S.Wolk et al.
Accession number: rcw108
Description Remote, frigid, and often treacherous to traverse, Antarctica has always posed a challenge to the explorers and scientists who work there. As a result, remote-sensing scientists have steadily worked to develop detailed, accurate imagery of the continent—both to support research on the ground and to better study the continent from a safer vantage point. In November 2007, NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the British Antarctic Survey jointly released a new image mosaic of Antarctica. Development of the mosaic was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Known as the Landsat Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA), this map is made of imagery that has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 15 meters per pixel, the most detailed satellite mosaic of the icy continent yet created.
LIMA is comprised of Landsat images acquired between December 25, 1999, and December 31, 2001. This image shows a small portion of the mosaic around Ferrar Glacier, in the Dry Valleys near McMurdo Station. To create this image, data visualizers draped LIMA imagery over a digital elevation model to give a three-dimensional effect. The elevation shown is actual elevation (no exaggeration), and the perspective looks inland from the Ross Sea.
Although many people think of Antarctica as entirely blanketed by snow, the continent sports some areas of bare ground, and the Dry Valleys are a prominent example. Many years of relentless wind have swept these valleys clean of their snow cover. The same wind has also created blue ice. Ice absorbs a small amount of red light, but snow crystals are too small to show this light-absorption effect. Composed of larger ice crystals, however, blue ice makes the red light absorption more obvious. In this image, blue ice appears near the top of the image, upstream from the Ferrar Glacier. (Another example of blue ice appears along Prince Olav Coast, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS.)
LIMA shows remarkable detail, such as the peaks and shadows of the Royal Society Range (between the Ferrar and Koettlitz Glaciers), and the dirty surface of the Koettlitz Glacier, covered by dust and rocks blown off the nearby bare ground. LIMA also captures fingers of snow reaching down into Taylor and Wright Valleys, and the pools of snow along Taylor Valley.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8258
Credit: NASA/GSFC/NASA Scientific Visualization Studio. LIMA Data provided by: Patricia Vornberger (SAIC)
Image Number: ferrar_lim_2001365
Date: December 31, 2001
Description: This image was taken c. 1907-1930.
Creator/Photographer: Edward S. Curtis
Birth Date: 1868
Death Date: 1952
Medium: Photogravure
Culture: American Indian
Date: Prior to 1930
Persistent URL: www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imagegalaxy_imageDetail.cfm?id...
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Collection: The North American Indian Photography of Edward Curtis - Edward S. Curtis, a professional photographer in Seattle, devoted his life to documenting what was perceived to be a vanishing race. His monumental publication The North American Indian presented to the public an extensive ethnographical study of numerous tribes, and his photographs remain memorable icons of the American Indian. The Smithsonian Libraries holds a complete set of this work, which includes photogravures on tissue, donated by Mrs. Edward H. Harriman, whose husband had conducted an expedition to Alaska with Curtis in 1899.
Accession number: SIL7-58-06
Here is the description of how this is one as some of you are asking.
The glasses were attached to a piece of plexiglass on a slider that is slide to a stop at which point the water splashes. The water never splashes the same way twice and timing as I found out is key. Thanks to a friend of mine for sharing her set up and knowledge with me yesterday. Her slider was completely a DIY that her husband made for her.
Project Description
Located on the corner of Burton and Palmer Streets, the Burton Street Tabernacle operated as a Baptist Church from 1887 until 1996. The Tabernacle was a favourite place of worship for many Sydneysiders for decades and was the source of inspiration for pavement scribe Arthur Stace’s most famous message, ‘Eternity’, which he wrote on Sydney footpaths for over 30 years. The City of Sydney purchased the Tabernacle in 2004 and commissioned TZG to adapt the building as an intimate 200-seat theatre for a rapidly-growing professional company specialising in new drama.
The complex and detailed requirements of the brief strained the capacity of the building, requiring the 1920s rear wing to be replaced by a totally-new four-level addition, containing back-stage facilities, dressing rooms, administration and plant, linked by a glass foyer with a sculpted steel stair and lift.
The main entry uses the original church doorways to Burton Street, where the arched openings have been restored. A generous new stair descends to the lower level where the old dank space is now daylit and open, accommodating the foyer, café bar and box office. The new rake of the seating, lined with the reused timber from the church floor, forms the ceiling to this space.
The theatre, with excellent acoustics and sightlines, a large stage and extensive control of noise breakout, is reached by a dramatically experiential steel stair and a public lift.
Internally and externally, original finishes have been conserved intact, and new elements reuse salvaged material where possible.
Source: TZG
I know not everyone reads descriptions (myself included sometimes) but for those that do, tell me what you think other using LEGO SETS AS A PICTURE BACKGROUND. A 'spooky' castle is used here as it is halloween but what about using a STAR FIGHTER for a JEDI or HOGWARTS for HARRY POTTER. Of course the sets won't always be this large but PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.
Thank you!
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I took this as a spider on its web with some nice tiny water drops.
When I started processing it, I saw a man hanging on with an anguished expression.
As the description says, the Chicago skyline from the Willis Tower's famous 103rd floor SkyDeck. This shot is showing the view from the northern wall of Willis Tower (Sears Tower). From here you can see downtown to the north of the Sears Tower and the northern neighborhoods as well as some of the northwestern ones too.
Some important landmarks visible despite the hazy weather will be noted on the picture. I will leave out some landmarks just due to it cluttering up the picture, but put some in so you know some reference to certain places.
What you see directly below and in the center is the roof line (it looks like a rusty railroad track) on one of the signature "Tubes" of Willis Tower (Sears Tower). This "tube" terminates with two floors reserved for mechanical use. They terminate at the 90th floor with the 89th floor being the last floor of the tubes. This is one of three "Tubes" that terminate just below the last set of "Tubes" that terminate at the 108th floor and the official roof of the tower. These terrace like rooflines will become green soon with solar panels and wind turbines on them. They will also plant grasses and other "green" plants on some as well. This will be done in a massive effort to make the tower (the tallest in the Western Hemisphere) a "Green" building and a LEED Certified structure. That's awesome news!!!!!