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Different styles and types of destinations have been used on the Glenelg Trams during their 81 years in service on the metropolitan tramlines in Adelaide. Usually we just saw "City Glenelg" but there were others...
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Based closely on the Robert Heinlein novel, "Rocketship Galileo," this film was one of the first sci-fi productions to accurately portray, through detailed technical data, the process of space travel.
Starring John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, Erin O'Brien Moore, Grace Stafford, and Irving Pichel. Directed by Irving Pichel.
Destination Moon Full Feature
Producer George Pal assembled an impressive roster of behind-the-camera talent -- including noted science fiction author Robert Heinlein and artist Chelsey Bonestell -- for this pioneering sci-fi adventure. Scientist Dr. Charles Cargraves (Warner Anderson), former Air Force General Thayer (Tom Powers), and industrial tycoon Jim Barnes (John Archer) believe that it's time that the U.S. blazed new trails and found new adventures. Convinced that exploration of space is the wave of the future (and that America's dominance in space is vitally important if they are to continue to dominate the Earth), the three men begin planning and constructing a spaceship called "Luna" in the Mojave Desert that will take the men to the moon and back. However, anti-American forces begin flooding the press with propaganda against the moon mission, and finally the men make their way to moon without the aid of the federal government. While the men are thrilled to succeed in their mission, it turns out that they miscalculated the amount of fuel needed to return -- and that the rocket needs to drop a lot of weight if it is to return to Earth. Destination Moon won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects of 1950; the film also features a brief appearance by cartoon favorite Woody Woodpecker, who helps explain how rockets work.
Destination Moon isn't technically a B-movie. It was in color and it won an Oscar. But it's a worthwhile starting point for a trek through 50s B movies because it was one of the first 50s science fiction flicks -- a topic which the B-movie industry jumped into with gusto. Unlike a lot of later movies, Destination Moon has no monsters or alien civilizations. Instead, it presents a fairly serious story of a manned expedition to the moon.
A rocket into space was not new to movie screens -- Flash Gordon had been rocketing around since the 1930s -- but Destination Moon was the "Star Wars" wow-movie that really touched off a decade of space-themed science fiction movies. Sure, the pacing is slow by modern tastes, and the special effects are hardly special by today's standards, but set all that modernist elitism aside. Destination Moon is fun to watch for knowing that it was the Star Wars of its day.
Synopsis
Private industry moguls decide that men must reach the moon as soon as possible. They build a rocket which does, indeed, make it to the moon. Due to landing trouble, the crew burn too much fuel to take off from the moon and return. After lightening the ship of all non-essentials, the ship is still 160 pounds overweight. One of the crew must stay behind. With some ingenuity and desperation, everyone does blast off for the return to earth.
Like a great many 50s sci-fi films, anxiety over the Soviets and nuclear war is woven into the plot. When several industrialists question the need to risk their millions on the outlandish moon project, the General Thayer character says: "We're not the only ones planning to go there. The race is on! And we'd better win it, because there is absolutely no way to stop an attack from outer space. The first country that can use the moon for the launching of missiles will control the earth."
Even though those sinister "others" are never mentioned again during the movie, the urgency driving the whole plot is the space race to beat the Soviets for national security reasons! -- ten years before that actual race really started.
Destination Moon is quite naive on what it really took to get men on the moon. (A dozen industrialists build a rocket within one year, and launch a crew to the moon on their first shot.) But in 1950, just five years after the end of WWII, audiences didn't know all that. Destination Moon showcases American optimism about the future in space. Some industrialists' deep pockets, a few clever engineers with slide rules and some talented aircraft workers can get the job done! You have to admire their spunk.
The 2017 Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index pinpoints where international travelers go and how they spend when visiting new cities.
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I like to get out and about with my Nikon D750, often I will travel to destinations recommended by friends or that I have heard about through social media, television etc.
One evening having a few beers with my mate Davie I mentioned I had been to Pennan, the seafront village where the film Local Hero was filmed , he told me about Gardenstown that is close to Pennan and well worth a visit, I decided to check it out.
I visited mid March 2018, a cold overcast day though bright enough for taking some photos, this album archives the shots I took that day.
I enjoyed my visit, even though the village is on a hill with many stairs to climb from top to bottom, I spoke to a number of locals down at the harbour and enjoyed the place immensely, it really was a fine experience and well worth the drive , if you like to explore and enjoy a drive I would recommend you visit this beautiful village it really was a joy to experience.
Gardenstown (Scots: Gamrie) is a small coastal village, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) by road east of Banff in Aberdeenshire, north eastern Scotland.
The village's main economic base is fishing. Gardenstown is served by Gamrie Parish Church. The hamlet of Dubford is to the south, and a footpath along the shore to the east leads to the village of Crovie.
History
There is evidence of Neolithic or Bronze Age peoples having settled in the vicinity of Gardenstown; notably at Longman Hill and Cairn Lee.
Nearby are the remains of the Church of St John the Evangelist which was built in 1513, and celebrates the defeat of the Danes at this site in 1004 in the 'Battle of the Bloody Pits'.
Gardenstown was founded in 1720 by Alexander Garden as a fishing village. A church was built in 1875, and the parish of Gardenstown was separated from Gamrie on 16 March 1885.
In 1953, heavy flooding washed away two houses in the village.
In May 2007, a TV series titled The Baron was filmed in and around the village. The series featured three celebrities — Malcolm McLaren, Mike Reid and Suzanne Shaw — competing to be elected "Baron of Troup". During the filming, McLaren was thrown out of the village for unruly behaviour, leaving Reid and Shaw to contest the final election, which was won by Reid.
Between 2008-2010, an ethnographic study of the social, religious and economic life of the village was conducted by anthropologist Joseph Webster. This was published by Palgrave in 2013 as a book entitled The Anthropology of Protestantism: Faith and Crisis among Scottish Fishermen.[7]
In January and February 2008, the village again made headlines when Aberdeenshire Council refused funding to restore the road which runs along the seafront and is a key part of the village's sea defences.
The refusal was based upon the status of the road as a private road, thus not the responsibility of the council. This has been seen as controversial since the road runs along the top of the seawall, and the council is responsible for the wall. Residents expressed grave concern that their houses might be washed away and appealed.
The village's main economic base is fishing. A permanent meteorological station is situated at Gardenstown.
The village is served by Gamrie Parish Church and has a pub, an osteopathy clinic and a whale and dolphin rescue centre
until recently there was a bakery and a butcher's shop.
Notable people
Joseph Watt, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Gardenstown within Aberdeenshire
Council area: Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area : Banffshire
Country : Scotland
Sovereign state : United Kingdom
Post town : BANFF
Postcode district : AB45
Gardenstown is one of three villages eking out an existence below the cliffs along this north facing Aberdeenshire coast. It is found clinging to the terraced ledges that descend the steep south-east side of Gamrie Bay.
Visible to the east, on the far side of the same bay is Crovie, perched even more precariously on a narrow ledge along the base of the cliff. On the far side of Troup Head to the east is the third of this collection, Pennan, which has its own distinctive character.
Gardenstown is the largest and the most stable of the three villages: though it still clings in the unlikeliest of ways to niches in the cliffs along and above the bay. Its west end, Seatown, actually looks and feels a little like Crovie, but the heart of the village is built on a broader ledge and surrounds the fairly substantial harbour.
Originally known as Gamrie, Gardenstown was founded in 1720 by Alexander Garden specifically as a fishing village. On the hillside to the west, and visible from most parts of Gardenstown, are the remains of the Church of St John the Evangelist. This predates the village, being built in 1513, and celebrates an even earlier event, the defeat of the Danes here in 1004.
By the 1920s Gardenstown and Crovie together housed around 250 fishermen and 50 fishing boats were based here. This number declined over the following years in the face of competition from the larger and more effective vessels that could operate from other ports.
Gardenstown grew at Crovie's expense after the great storm of 31 January 1953. This washed away the path between the villages together with stretches of Crovie's sea defences, and a number of houses and sheds. Crovie ceased to be viable almost immediately, and many residents moved to Gardenstown.
Gardenstown has tended to grow upwards. The oldest cottages and other buildings are next to the sea, while newer additions are layered up the cliffs, culminating with the new housing and development that has taken place on the level ground above the cliffs. This steady growth has helped ensure a continuity of services and as a result Gardenstown continues to be a living and thriving village.
It takes precisely ten hours to fly to Portland, Oregon from Amsterdam, Holland. Needless to say it's a long flight, and yet there are always ways to entertain oneself onboard and make time go faster.
I, for one, love to watch movies onboard. I usually see four movies. This time a saw two full length movies and the trailers of many.
Lucy of Luc Besson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVt32qoyhi0
Jersey Boys
trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/jerseyboys/
I liked the Four Seasons' popular hits from my mid teen years.
High Street, Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
This display cabinet with a rolling screen that also contains advertisements is a few minutes walk away from either the bus or train stations. Probably useful for day-trippers walking back from the seafront.
This is series of totems- each arrow is carved polystyrene and covered in concrete- each arrow is a destination of purchasing client.
First signs of winter really setting in is when the Kangerluarsuk Tulleq fiords starts freezing over. This is from a vantage point about 17 kilometers from town.
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What participating in Inktober 2024 has meant to me:
1. Faces and heads – challenging from start to finish!
2. Hands and legs – so many ways to draw them, but I’m not always sure they’re in the right place.
3. Shading – makes a huge difference, even if it is tricky to get just right.
4. Drawing a straight line – easier said than done! During Inktober, I discovered that I enjoyed drawing mountains!
5. Researching a few of my own photos (e.g. fish, nomadic, Ocoee River) was a joy—felt like lifelong learning at its best.
6. Enjoyed experimenting with different papers, pens, and pencils.
7. Learned so much about using paintbrushes, effects, and digital techniques.
8. Problem-solving along the way was surprisingly rewarding.
9. Met some new Flickr friends and picked up a few great techniques.
10. Loved seeing how others interpreted each day’s challenge word.
11. Early on, I thought about quitting the month-long challenge because it was hard at times, but I’m glad I didn’t.
12. Sometimes, drawing felt like traveling to a new time or place—a real adventure!
Convention Destination Tokyo, 28-29 octobre 2017, Sion (Valais, Suisse). Concours cosplay groupes (dimanche 29). Photo: Stéphane Gallay, sous licence Creative Commons (CC-BY)
A closer look at some of the destination blinds in my collection and it's interesting to note the subtle differences between the blind. At first glance these TUNBRIDGE WELLS appear the same, but note closer that the top display is of a thinner typeface. These are the sort of details that you only get on the older blinds where all the lettering is hand cut and assembled by the blind printer, rather than simply produced by a computer. If you also look closely you can see variances on the same blind - the top blind for example one "G" has a tail but another one doesn't.
Yilan is indeed a destination for kids. Read more at supertravelme.com/destination/yilan-city-taiwan-silks-place/