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"The system can range to satellites with an orbital altitude of 25 000 km, perform continuous tracking of navigation signals from GLONASS and Global Positioning System satellites, take measurements of current navigation parameters and receive navigation messages transmitted from the satellites." - SARAO News.

Note: This was shortly after dark and what seems to be a bright star above the laser, is in fact the planet Jupiter.

Just for fun - how powerful is 1.3 Gigawatt?

It is more than Doc Brown needed in Back to the Future!

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A big thank you to Heystek Grobler from HartRAO for showing me around.

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Engagé by LEREVEREND Raphaël

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Engage 1/1/2019 by Nala Petty

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Engage! by Dean Hebert

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When viewed through my wide angle lens the bubbles seemed to explode past at warp speed.

Engage by Thomas Hawk

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Engage by wilson hurst

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Into operation

Intense involvement

Bound by promise

Engage by Roger Karlsson

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"Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot ant by Johnathon Strebly

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Engage! by Gary Burke

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The Starfleet Academy Experience at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum features a re-creation of the Enterprise-D bridge, complete with a captain's chair. The seat might be great for photo opportunities, but those with real ambitions for command might want to take a crack at the Kobayashi Maru exam on one of the eight consoles.

The Kobayashi Maru is a training exercise given to Starfleet Academy graduates to determine their aptitude for command. They're given an impossible choice: A small vessel is in distress in the middle of the Neutral Zone. You can cross into the zone to save the ship but risk an interstellar incident with the Klingons or preserve peace by leaving the ship to its fate. It's meant to be unbeatable: Captain Kirk won, but only by cheating. I couldn't beat it.

The Evangelist Of Consumerism Appears On Your Screen. You Engage Him In A Discussion Of Your Fear That Too Much Stuff Is An Illness. "No Way Fella!" He Replies. "You're Exactly My Kind Of Guy." by John Seven

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Red Fox pups stand and paw at each other in play CSR71607 by Charlie Summers

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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) stand and paw at each other as they engage in a play period near the mouth of their den. Image taken in Jackson County, Colorado.

Engage by Randy Caldwell

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iPhone 14 Pro Max

Engage by Thomas Hawk

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Engage! by Duane

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Elk

Cervus canadensis

Colorado

Engage! by Pete Maddex

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Engage. by Dave Mann

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Critique welcome.

Thinking Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation. He would say "Engage" when it was time to engage the engines and start moving out. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation

Taken for the Dangle theme of the Macro Mondays weekly challenge group. The displayed portion is under 2.5 inches.

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Engage! by Herr Olsen

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Leaving the Wuppertal suspenden monorail station

RCF_0678-SharpenAI-Focus by Ron Flanary

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New Year’s Eve-2024

Ninety-nine percent of good railroad photography is just getting out the door with your camera. Once that’s accomplished, you still have one percent to work with. That was my thought when a FB private message from DC Hammon popped up on my phone. DC allowed that a westbound CSX empty hopper train was enroute from Kingsport to Loyall, with the Clinchfield heritage unit on the point. It was gloomy and misting rain, but after about ten seconds of pondering, I elected to engage the ninety nine percent part of the mission.

I haven’t been on FB much lately. Even though I had a flu vaccine a few weeks ago, on Saturday I was in the Ballad urgent care facility in Norton. I was coughing, congested, chilling, and with all the characteristics of something nasty. It wasn’t COVID, but a strain of flue that must have been a variant not included into blend of vaccines I had received earlier. That’s not unusual, of course, but it doesn’t often happen to me.

Wilma has also been sick, and Walnut has really been having a tough go of it (although in her case I think it’s just her declining age). We haven’t been much, if at all (except for a few runs to pick up essentials). At last, I was feeling more like myself, so this would be a good way to change the afternoon routine. I thought the experience of doing some train photography would be worth the effort, even if I wouldn’t come back home with some masterpiece of imagery worthy of a CRPA award (like that’s ever gonna happen!).

I encountered CSX 1902 West sooner than I had anticipated, at Duffield. I had left the house half thinking of going to Natural Tunnel, but I gave up on that when I realized I had left my wide angle lens at home. I wheeled through a crossover on US 23 and backtracked (no pun intended) until I could crank off a couple of “poke and hope” pacing shots in a short stretch where the highway paralleled the track without major obstructions. I mostly was trying to avoid veering into another lane in front of a semi---but traffic was very light.

Pushing ahead, the unexpected growth of lineside vegetation had erased some earlier “honey hole” spots, but I pulled up to a small clearing and got the train as it passed my spot at the passing track at Jasper. What next?

Photo locations on lines where you’ve photographed trains for decades are like a mental Rolodex, prioritized by train direction, lighting, foreground clutter, backgrounds, and on and on. I decided to drive in to “furnace dip” to get him dropping downgrade from East Stone Gap and across the short South Fork of Powell River Bridge. The weather was going from crummy to extra crummy.

After getting that shot, I drove out and headed home. As I was crossing the East 19th Street crossing, I reflexively looked right to see if the EOT was clear of the distant junction. Instead, I saw the head and ditch lights of an eastbound NS run. Instead of going over the hill toward the house, I drove to the old depot site to get a shot of my buddy Brian Richardson handling an eastbound coal train with three big NS units.

Happy New Year, Brian, and thanks for the tip, DC!

In fact, Happy New Year to everyone!

Isaac 5/100 by Dan Fleury

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The morning of this picture I decided to go out and try to find someone for the project, so I grabbed my camera and headed out the door. In the rush I forgot to bring my notepad and pen, so I decided to stop and grab what I needed from a dollar store.

This young man was sleeping outside the store on the sidewalk as I hurried into the store. While I searched the isles for what I needed, I knew that I should try to engage with the young man outside when I had what I needed.

My camera was still in my car so I had to go back there to fetch it, and I have to say, my instinct was to just say forget it and carry on, but I grabbed the camera and headed back towards him.

Isaac appeared to be asleep as I approached him, but he opened his eyes and noticed me coming at him and sat up. There was no way to bail out now!

I introduced myself and explained what I have been doing and asked if he would be willing to take part in the project.

Without hesitation he said yes, brushed himself off and immediately produced a smile. I chatted with him a bit and he explained that he had just lost his apartment a couple of weeks ago, and has been living like this since. He said it was temporary and hasn't been too bad, but the recent nights have been getting cooler so being outside was becoming more difficult - as evidenced by the black plastic bag he was wrapped in when I found him sleeping.

This is not his first time living on the streets. When he was 18, circumstances led him to leave home and he spent his first nights without a roof then. Isaac did seem optimistic and hopeful about improving his situation. He told me that he wanted to get a job in construction, and that he was heading to an agency later that day to get setup with some help with that.

I wished Isaac good luck, thanked him for sharing a tough situation with me, and gave him a little something to get a breakfast in him.

I did get a head shot portrait of Isaac, and struggled somewhat with posting the one I chose above. But I felt this environmental portrait you see was more accurate of the interaction we had, and more honest to the situation I found him in.

This interaction was not one I expected to have during the project, and while there is not much I can do to help Isaac, it feels good to share his back story and maybe humanize the struggle that he and others like him are going through.

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This is my 5th submission to the Human Family Group! To view more street portraits and stories visit The Human Family group

This picture is the 5th in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page

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...engage life... by @VanveenJF

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Model: Jess D

Location: Edmonton

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