This view is of the glacial melts from the Mýrdalsjökull glacier (behind me) which partially covers the Katla volcano. Any eruption would have a massive river of water heading to the coast in this direction. The glacier has retreated significantly over the last 20 years. It used to cover all the black foreground. The ice is black as the winds blow the black sand over the glacier. When it rains, the glacier then shows black/white striations.

Katla is a large, very active volcano in southern Iceland. 20 eruptions have been documented since 930AD at intervals of 20–90 years with the last in 1918.

Katla is one of the largest volcanic sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) on Earth, accounting for up to 4% of total global volcanic carbon dioxide emissions.

Prior eruptions have had a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of between 4 and 6 on a scale of 0 to 8. In comparison, the Eyjafjallajökull 2010 eruption had a VEI of 4. Bigger VEI-5 eruptions are comparable to Mount St. Helens 1980 eruption, while significantly rarer VEI-6 eruptions would be comparable to Krakatoa's 1883 eruption and Mount Pinatubo's 1991 eruption.

The flood discharge at the peak of an eruption in 1755 has been estimated at 200,000–400,000 m3/s , comparable to the combined average discharge of the Amazon, Mississippi, Nile, and Yangtze rivers.

An eurption is definitely overdue and will probably melt the entire icecap!

Discharge from Round Spring

Ozark National Scenic Riverway

Shannon County, Missouri

Sloman Discharger, port of Blyth 1/4/2018.

IMO:9463578

Svitzer tug Forth assisting.

Cargo Hold - Discharging 6.000 of 30.000 tons of cargo

Anchorage - Outfall of Hooghly River - Bay of Bengal - India - 1/7/2015

Name: -

IMO: -

Flag:Liberia

MMSI: -

Callsign: -

Vessel type:Bulk Carrier

Gross tonnage:24,533 tons

Summer DWT:42,584 tons

Length:188 m

Beam:31 m

Draught:8.7 m

Home port:Monrovia

Class society:Bureau Veritas

Build year:1997

Builder:Split Shipyard

Split, Croatia

Owner:-

Panasonic Lumix DMC GF5 14-42mm

Empty, discharging water ballast

A Oil/Chemical Tanker that was built in 2017 sailing under the flag of Cyprus.

Her carrying capacity is 49999 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 6.6 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 182.66 meters and her width is 32.2 meters.

Burrard Inlet, Vancouver Harbour,

Taken from, New Brighton Park,

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, also called the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge and Second Narrows Bridge, is the second bridge constructed at the Second (east) Narrows of Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Originally named the Second Narrows Bridge, it connects Vancouver to the North Shore of Burrard Inlet, which includes the District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. It was constructed adjacent to the older Second Narrows Bridge, which is now exclusively a rail bridge. Its construction, from 1956 to 1960, was marred by a multi-death collapse on June 17, 1958. The First Narrows Bridge, better known as Lions Gate Bridge, crosses Burrard Inlet about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the Second Narrows.

I'm taking a detour through the past. This is the ninth of a set of 16 photos taken in Iceland in 2016 with the Sigma dp0 quattro in "digital XPan" mode.

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Discharge from Port Talbot Steelworks blows across the landscape as 66068 departs with another trip to Llanwern. 6H27 13:44 Margam Terminal Complex to Llanwern Exchange Sidings.

Discharge between opposite charges in the cloud and on the ground. Cloud-to-ground lightning can either occur between negative charges in the cloud and positive charges on the ground (a negative flash) or between positive charges in the cloud and negative charges on the ground (a positive flash).

The salty landscape of an evaporation basin near Renmark in South Australia.

The much better water management has resulted in less water being discharged from drainage of irrigation areas and the drying up of the overflow.

The really clever auto tags of Flickr have added the tags giraffe, grass and field.

Thunderstorm over the Chaos Communication Camp 2015.

Discharging a deck load of small vessels at Ogden Point. Nice day for a photo. "Glen Scotia" was built in 2015 and is approximately 434 feet in length overall.

RICOHFLEX Vll S

efke R25

Colas Tug 60047 hauls the 08.55 Preston - Lindsey discharged bitumen tanks (6E32) across the Burnley Road at Cornholme framed by the wonderful Frosthulme Mill.

Built in 1860 the mill was enlarged and developed under the ownership of Joshua Smith Limited who ran it from 1882 until well into the 1950s, after which it changed hands with a succession of other owners in what was then a fast diminishing textile industry in the UK. It was eventually bought by Alan Cooper Limited in 1968 for furniture production, and is still in use for that purpose today.

With the ambient noise of the mill and roadway there was almost no warning of the train's approach, so it was a question of holding composition for a few minutes with the finger on the shutter and hoping for the best. Luckily 'burst' mode rewarded me with a frame where the number and loco could be seen whole.

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16th May 2016

MSC MARIA CLARA (54214grt) constructed in 2004 seen loading and discharging at Liverpool 2 Terminal on April 07, 2023

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37668 crawls away from Aberthaw power station loop with discharged fuel oil tanks for the BP refinery at Llandarcy.

Its late October 1992, and in the dying light, this is my last shot of the day.

This was a hurriedly arranged day to shoot coal trains in South Wales. Two weeks earlier Michael Heseltine, John Major’s Energy Secretary, had announced the closure of 31 of the remaining 50 deep coal mines with the loss of 30,000 jobs. In South Wales, Betws Drift and Taff Merthyr were to close, leaving Tower Colliery as the last deep mine in Wales.

Of course, Aberthaw power station continued to burn coal, and through the 1990s it continued to burn Welsh coal. Output from the deep mines closed in the early 1990s was replaced by opencast coal from the expanded operations at Cwmbargoed and Onwllyn, as well as smaller opencast sites and increased output from Tower.

Aberthaw power station finally closed in 2020 after being fed with imported coal for its last few years. Occasional trains of fuel oil, used to fire the furnaces, continued until it’s closure.

oooooh, shiny....

Discharging another load of cement.....

The vessel EEMS TJONGER (IMO 9517240, MMSI 246869000) is a General Cargo Ship built in 2012 (12 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Netherlands. Her length overall (LOA) is 88.6 meters and her width is 12.69 meters.

Asphalt or cement plant in Summerside, PEI

Discharging cargo in the port of Rethmno Crete

Cargo Hold - Discharging 6.000 of 30.000 tons of cargo

Anchorage - Outfall of Hooghly River - Bay of Bengal - India - 2/7/2015

Name: -

IMO: -

Flag:Liberia

MMSI: -

Callsign: -

Vessel type:Bulk Carrier

Gross tonnage:24,533 tons

Summer DWT:42,584 tons

Length:188 m

Beam:31 m

Draught:8.7 m

Home port:Monrovia

Class society:Bureau Veritas

Build year:1997

Builder:Split Shipyard

Split, Croatia

Owner:-

Rolleicord III - Carl Zeiss Triotar f3.5 75mm

Kodak Portra 160

Seen in Ontelaunee Park, New Tripoli, Pennsylvania.

Awaiting discharge on the MSC at Runcorn

Cargo Hold - Discharging 6.000 of 30.000 tons of cargo

Anchorage - Outfall of Hooghly River - Bay of Bengal - India - 1/7/2015

Name: -

IMO: -

Flag:Liberia

MMSI: -

Callsign: -

Vessel type:Bulk Carrier

Gross tonnage:24,533 tons

Summer DWT:42,584 tons

Length:188 m

Beam:31 m

Draught:8.7 m

Home port:Monrovia

Class society:Bureau Veritas

Build year:1997

Builder:Split Shipyard

Split, Croatia

Owner:-

Panasonic Lumix DMC GF5 14-42mm

After allowing westbound Metra Rock Island District #127 to discharge passengers and clear the platforms at the station stop at New Lenox, Ill., Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 accelerates eastbound for Metra's 47th Street Yard, where the Joliet Rocket trainset will slumber before one additional day of round-trips between Joliet and La Salle Street Station. As they did in 2017 when we visited this location, my sons Mikey (left) and Christopher are again having a Mighty Fine Time recording the nighttime passage of the NKP Berkshire.

Eagle-eyed Flickr viewers will also note the Waxing Crescent moon just ahead of the headlight and Mars light of the 765.

Wabash F7A #1189 makes a station stop in Monticello Illinois

Cargo Hold - Discharging 6.000 of 30.000 tons of cargo

Anchorage - Outfall of Hooghly River - Bay of Bengal - India - 1/7/2015

Name: -

IMO: -

Flag:Liberia

MMSI: -

Callsign: -

Vessel type:Bulk Carrier

Gross tonnage:24,533 tons

Summer DWT:42,584 tons

Length:188 m

Beam:31 m

Draught:8.7 m

Home port:Monrovia

Class society:Bureau Veritas

Build year:1997

Builder:Split Shipyard

Split, Croatia

Owner:-

Canon AE-1 & FD 50mm f1.8 Lens

Kodak Portra 160

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Discharge-live at Izbrukov kulturni bazen,Kranj,25.10.2008

66026 is off to Immingham having discharged her load of biomass at Drax Power Station

4R50 1031 Drax Power Station to Immingham Biomass Lp (Dbc)

Due to engineering works the discharged china clay from Cliffe Vale was again diverted away from its usual route via Norton Bridge. Captured here with the former Thomas Forester works providing a fine backdrop 66035 Resourceful makes a slow climb through the reverse curves at Longton heading 6V73 to Westbury which will reverse at Toton.

Having arrived earlier in the day, the Arthur M Anderson discharges stone at Greymont on a warm summer day.

An electrical thunderstorm lightning discharge above the McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale Arizona. During July and August you can watch nightly shows of lightning striking around these mountains and desert.

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Enjoying the views in Essaouira

Essaouira is protected by a natural bay partially shielded by wave action by the Iles Purpuraires. A broad sandy beach extends from the harbour south of Essaourira, at which point the Oued Ksob discharges to the ocean; south of the discharge lies the archaeological ruin, the Bordj El Berod.[1] The Canary Current is responsible for the generally southward movement of ocean circulation and has led to enhancement of the local fishery.[2] The village of Diabat lies about five kilometres south of Essaouira, immediately south of the Oued Ksob.

Essaouria connects to Safi to the north and to Agadir to the south via the N1 road and to Marrakech to the east via the R 207 road. There is a small airport some 7-8 km away from the town, which schedules several flights a week to Casablanca.

The Medina of Essaouira (formerly "Mogador") is a UNESCO World Heritage Listed city, as an example of a late 18th century fortified town, as transferred to North Africa.

The fishing harbour, suffering from the competition of Agadir and Safi remains rather small, although the catches (sardines, conger eels) are surprisingly abundant due to the coastal upwelling generated by the powerful trade winds and the Canaries Current.

There are only a handful of modern purpose-built hotels within the walls of the old city. The medina is home to many small arts and crafts businesses, notably cabinet making and 'thuya' wood-carving (using roots of the Tetraclinis tree), both of which have been practised in Essaouira for centuries.

Essaouira is also renowned for its kitesurfing and windsurfing, with the powerful trade wind blowing almost constantly onto the protected, almost waveless, bay. Several world-class clubs rent top-notch material on a weekly basis.

Parasols tend to be used on the beach as a protection against the wind and the blowing sand. Camel excursions are available on the beach and into the desert band in the interior.

Essaouira is the site of an annual pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Chaim Pinto, whose home and synagogue are preserved as an historic and religious site, the Chaim Pinto Synagogue. The Simon Attias Synagogue is also still standing.

Essaouira is protected by a natural bay partially shielded by wave action by the Iles Purpuraires. A broad sandy beach extends from the harbour south of Essaourira, at which point the Oued Ksob discharges to the ocean; south of the discharge lies the archaeological ruin, the Bordj El Berod.[1] The Canary Current is responsible for the generally southward movement of ocean circulation and has led to enhancement of the local fishery.[2] The village of Diabat lies about five kilometres south of Essaouira, immediately south of the Oued Ksob.

Essaouria connects to Safi to the north and to Agadir to the south via the N1 road and to Marrakech to the east via the R 207 road. There is a small airport some 7-8 km away from the town, which schedules several flights a week to Casablanca.

The Medina of Essaouira (formerly "Mogador") is a UNESCO World Heritage Listed city, as an example of a late 18th century fortified town, as transferred to North Africa.

The fishing harbour, suffering from the competition of Agadir and Safi remains rather small, although the catches (sardines, conger eels) are surprisingly abundant due to the coastal upwelling generated by the powerful trade winds and the Canaries Current.

There are only a handful of modern purpose-built hotels within the walls of the old city. The medina is home to many small arts and crafts businesses, notably cabinet making and 'thuya' wood-carving (using roots of the Tetraclinis tree), both of which have been practised in Essaouira for centuries.

Essaouira is also renowned for its kitesurfing and windsurfing, with the powerful trade wind blowing almost constantly onto the protected, almost waveless, bay. Several world-class clubs rent top-notch material on a weekly basis.

Parasols tend to be used on the beach as a protection against the wind and the blowing sand. Camel excursions are available on the beach and into the desert band in the interior.

Essaouira is the site of an annual pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Chaim Pinto, whose home and synagogue are preserved as an historic and religious site, the Chaim Pinto Synagogue. The Simon Attias Synagogue is also still standing.

Not every audible discharge of air makes music,not everyone that speaks has something to say. ILDSSS💕

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When great volumes of hot and cold air collide there high chances to see bolts and clouds like these.I hope you enjoy it.

Essaouira is protected by a natural bay partially shielded by wave action by the Iles Purpuraires. A broad sandy beach extends from the harbour south of Essaourira, at which point the Oued Ksob discharges to the ocean; south of the discharge lies the archaeological ruin, the Bordj El Berod.[1] The Canary Current is responsible for the generally southward movement of ocean circulation and has led to enhancement of the local fishery.[2] The village of Diabat lies about five kilometres south of Essaouira, immediately south of the Oued Ksob.

Essaouria connects to Safi to the north and to Agadir to the south via the N1 road and to Marrakech to the east via the R 207 road. There is a small airport some 7-8 km away from the town, which schedules several flights a week to Casablanca.

The Medina of Essaouira (formerly "Mogador") is a UNESCO World Heritage Listed city, as an example of a late 18th century fortified town, as transferred to North Africa.

The fishing harbour, suffering from the competition of Agadir and Safi remains rather small, although the catches (sardines, conger eels) are surprisingly abundant due to the coastal upwelling generated by the powerful trade winds and the Canaries Current.

There are only a handful of modern purpose-built hotels within the walls of the old city. The medina is home to many small arts and crafts businesses, notably cabinet making and 'thuya' wood-carving (using roots of the Tetraclinis tree), both of which have been practised in Essaouira for centuries.

Essaouira is also renowned for its kitesurfing and windsurfing, with the powerful trade wind blowing almost constantly onto the protected, almost waveless, bay. Several world-class clubs rent top-notch material on a weekly basis.

Parasols tend to be used on the beach as a protection against the wind and the blowing sand. Camel excursions are available on the beach and into the desert band in the interior.

Essaouira is the site of an annual pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Chaim Pinto, whose home and synagogue are preserved as an historic and religious site, the Chaim Pinto Synagogue. The Simon Attias Synagogue is also still standing.

During the evening of 19 January 2016, the yard supervisor of Xuanmeichang discharge point, with his green lamp lit, walks ahead of an arriving train from the Sandaoling opencast mine. The loaded train is eased forward by 'JS class 2-8-2 No.8225, whilst another 'JS' heads back to the mine, having just had its train discharged. Within the space of one hour after sunset, three loaded trains were handled at this location which, during this visit, was generally to be found out of use during daylight hours. The bright single yard lamp was ideally concealed behind the strategically-located hut.

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Cargo Hold - Discharging 6.000 of 30.000 tons of cargo

Anchorage - Outfall of Hooghly River - Bay of Bengal - India - 1/7/2015

Name: -

IMO: -

Flag:Liberia

MMSI: -

Callsign: -

Vessel type:Bulk Carrier

Gross tonnage:24,533 tons

Summer DWT:42,584 tons

Length:188 m

Beam:31 m

Draught:8.7 m

Home port:Monrovia

Class society:Bureau Veritas

Build year:1997

Builder:Split Shipyard

Split, Croatia

Owner:-

Panasonic Lumix DMC GF5 14-42mm

Discharging ballast,

Taken from, New Brighton Park,

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The vessel is currently at port VANCOUVER, CA after a voyage of 19 days, 23 hours originating from port NANTONG ANCH, CN.

PARASKEVI 2 (IMO: 9542491) is a Bulk Carrier that was built in 2011 and is sailing under the flag of Cyprus.

It’s carrying capacity is 74979 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 9.5 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 225 meters and her width is 32.2 meters.

Viterra Cascadia Terminal.

The facility handles wheat, durum, canola, barley and rye, with a storage capacity of 280,000 tonnes.

Iron Workers Memorial Bridge,

70002 fell over near Brightside this morning around 11:15 working 6M89 Dewsbury to Earles discharged cement tanks. 66606 was sent from Earles on a rescue mission.

Surprisingly a new location for me, the pair approach Earles sidings.

I had planned to find a location around here for 37610, but the train was running some 10 minutes early so took the shot elsewhere. Definitely a spot to return to.

Cargo Hold - Discharging 6.000 of 30.000 tons of cargo

Anchorage - Outfall of Hooghly River - Bay of Bengal - India - 2/7/2015

Name: -

IMO: -

Flag:Liberia

MMSI: -

Callsign: -

Vessel type:Bulk Carrier

Gross tonnage:24,533 tons

Summer DWT:42,584 tons

Length:188 m

Beam:31 m

Draught:8.7 m

Home port:Monrovia

Class society:Bureau Veritas

Build year:1997

Builder:Split Shipyard

Split, Croatia

Owner:-

Rolleicord III - Carl Zeiss Triotar f3.5 75mm

ILFORD PAN F 50 PLUS

The outback town of Broken Hill has several surrounding mines which extract Ore, Zinc metal and Lead for export via both Newcastle in New South Wales with Port Pirie and Port Adelaide being the main discharging locations within South Australia.

Pacific National convey Zinc from the Perilya sidings to Port Pirie 3 times a week for the local smelters as Cv40-9i NR98 works loaded service 5455S from Broken Hill downgrade through Huddleston on Thursday the 25th of June 2020.

© Dom Quartuccio 2020

Taken, Wharf Road. Mucking. Essex.