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When the museum building is actually the main exhibit...The play with light in this underground museum is stunning.
Chichu Art Museum, Noashima, Japan.
Design (2004): Tadao Ando.
Between Seaham and Ryhope on the Durham Coast line, LNER Azuma Class 800 No. 800111 working 1E19, the 14:30 Edinburgh – London Kings Cross is about to pass Colas Rail Freight Class 70 No. 70802 working 6S29, the 13:33 Hunslet Yard – Oxwellmains cement tanks on 1 March 2025.
Shot at Santa Barbara Zoo, CA
This Granite Spiny Lizard was a little hard to shoot owing to the low light. The fact that it wouldn't stop turning its head and got alarmed when I got very close to the display glass to "shoot" it didn't help my cause either. Observe, it's watching me closely.
View it without the cutter of flickr (warning soft focus !)
This isn't a staged reenactment. On many of the former USSR's less modernized lines, rail traffic is still governed by flags at stations and yard limits. In this scene, a switchman raises a yellow flag to indicate 'proceed', as 2-10-0 L-3958 enters the yard at Ostashkov.
To stimulate tourism in this economically depressed part of the country, in fall of 2018 Russian Railways made the decision to operate the regular local passenger train (6697/6698) from Bologoye to Ostashkov with steam power on Saturdays. While the idea behind it is to increase tourism, make no mistake - this a regular passenger train whose primary job is to serve as a form of local transportation. The vast majority of passengers aren't tourists, but little old babushkas just trying to get from village to village with their jars of mushrooms and pickled tomatoes. This is as authentic of an experience as you can get with a steam-hauled passenger train in the 21st century. The train takes three hours to traverse its 70-mile route and travels at speeds of 30-40 mph, making 13 stops in various villages along the way.
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This train is entering East Hope, Idaho, which is near Sandpoint. Lake Pend O'Reille is just across the highway, behind us. The Fall colors all along the highway and the Bull River were absolutely stunning. Wild and beautiful country.
"A day without a night...
"A night without a day."
"This is my quest...
"I must kill a man."
"Tell me, does this walking corpse have a name?"
"His grace, the Bishop of Aquila."
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Yes! I redeemed myself from that mediocre picture I had posted. I like this a lot more, and hope you do too. I am very pleased to have at least made one entry to the Summer Joust this year! I have always wanted to create a middle eastern build, and I saw the chance when the contest had a category just for that: but in the end I didn't have time to make but one entry, so I had to fit it all in this one! The castle walls, the Arabic city, and the quest, which I wanted to do from Ladyhawke. Hope you like it!
Entering Aquila by W. Navarre
Into the Cathedral by Sarah
Cathedral Duel by Geneva
The End of the Curse by Anna
Hooded Merganser enters the mesmerizing colored reflections on Baldwin Lake at the Los Angeles County Arboretum !! The colors come from the "Moonlight Forest Lantern" Show now playing during the evenings at the Arboretum.
The MRL Logan local enters Jefferson Canyon. It's still Winter in Montana and this portion of the Jefferson River is frozen over.
Explored July 1st.
Trollfjorden is a short little arm of Raftsundet. It is renowned for it's narrow entrance which opens to a almost 360 degree wall of steep mountain sides. Obviously a rather popular destination for cruise traffic, including Hurtigruten. It would have been more beautiful there before they piped a waterfall to produce hydroelectricity bak in the 1960s.
This short narrow fjord is also the site of the "Battle at Trollfjord" in 1890 where owners of larger and more modern steamships prevented the smaller and more traditional boats access to the fjordarm where there were lots of cod. This lead to a scuffle, a public outcry and new legislating to forbid certain equipment to secure access for the smaller and poorer fishermen and their traditional boats.
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) with NLC
Canon 500D
Tair 300mm f/4.5
37x2 sec stacked on comet
ISO200
f/4.5
Budapest, Hungary
2020.07.08
01:30 UT
We are entering the "dog" days of winter, so what a fitting photograph to post right?
Wishing everyone out there a Merry Christmas, and a blessed New Year!
Self portrait from last night, when we enjoyed the midnight sun in the stunning Lofoten scenery.
This was shot right after entering July, at 00:17.
We stayed for hours, so we didn't get much sleep before going to the just as stunning Vesterålen district today.
Today we are also halfway through our Norway road trip, and are really lucky to still have abnormally nice summer weather. (That's not guaranteed when traveling in Norway..)
We're blessed to live in this beautiful country, and to have the chance to experience every part of it
My album of self portraits here.
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The RAI Amsterdam multifunctional parking building: a thirty-meter high building with eight parking levels that can accommodate around a thousand cars. It is located on the Amsterdam Zuidas and the A10 ring road and is an integrated part of RAI Amsterdam. A special feature of the building is that the first floor can also be used as a flexible conference room. At times when the RAI has no additional parking requirement, the garage will act as a public parking facility. Benthem Crouwel Architects has been the supervisor of the entire RAI since 1989. After the Amtrium and the Elicium, the parking building is the third building that they have designed at the RAI complex.
The building is characterised by a sleek, rectangular shape with two striking spirals on the south side, the so-called "wokkels". One spiral to enter the parking garage and another spiral to leave it. Because of this separate supply and removal of traffic, parking can be handled quickly and efficiently, an important wish of the RAI. The spirals are constructed from prefab concrete elements that, stacking together form the entrance and exit to the parking floors. They are iconic for the building, clearly visible from the A10 ring road, and in the evening blue LED lines emphasise their elegant shape.
The parking building is a "stand alone" parking garage, and a multifunctional building. Because the first floor is twice as high (7.2 meters) as the parking floors above, a spacious hall is created that can be used as an extension hall and conference room. The 2,800 m2 hall has as few columns as possible, so that the space can be arranged in all kinds of ways. The column structure is on a 7.5 meter grid. The building consists of three naves with a span of fifteen meters. The extension hall can be used independently for events, but can also be connected by sliding doors to the surrounding halls of the RAI complex. The top parking floor, the roof of the building, can also be used for various activities of the RAI.
1000 Parking lots | 8 Parking Levels | 30 Meters high | 2 Spirals
Client: RAI Amsterdam
Architect: Benthem Crouwel Architects
Design & build: Contractor Aan de Stegge Twello
Location: Zuidas Amsterdam, aan de ring A10
Start Design: 2014
Start Construction: 2015
Opening: Oktober 2016
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" Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as
the end of the ocean " - David Searls
Leave all your earthly possessions on the threshold ...
With only one P42DC, Amtrak Train No. 4, the eastbound "Southwest Chief", heads over Rock Creek JCT on Main Track 3 of the KCT East-West Corridor before entering the BNSF Marceline Sub at Congo. They left KCY 1 hour and 33 minutes late this morning.
Why only one unit today? Well, they did arrive in Kansas City with the usual pair of P42DC's, but the Charger on last night's Lincoln Service Train No. 319 suffered mechanical issues around Hermann, MO, and though they did make it all the way into KC, they didn't want to risk anymore potential service disruptions on the way back to Chicago this morning. So, the plan was conceived last night to remove the lead unit off this morning's No. 4, AMTK No. 176, and use it for this morning's No. 318 from KCY to CHI.
I'm sure you're thoroughly shocked to hear a Siemens Charger nearly broke down again. 12/1/24.
Bailey Longcloth enters the med den heading for Ioh's bed. She check brain function and vitals all seeming to be unchanged from the morning. "Bro, you've got a lot of people worried about you." she'd stare down at her brother watching him appearing to be asleep
Bianca Bender comes up the stairs she'd see Ravi but heads straight into the Med Den, knowing Elise is following.
Ravenne Karu glances over and mewls to the two.
Bianca Bender blinks stopping inside the door...going forward..."Dazy...." sound suncertain...something..the build...the scent under the pink dye..isn't right...
Elise Capalini follows Bianca into the med den. That pink isn't right...and neither is that scent... "What the fuck is going on?" she growls.
Bailey Longcloth turns hearing her name, "O hai" she'd smile to both Bianca and Elise . She shrugs, "What do you mean? I know I haven't been around much but.."
Bianca Bender seconds Elise's growl...her's more confused..but relief as well...."Bails!" frowns when she says that...and looks at Elise....and back to Bails..."Cut it out...what the hell's going on..."
Bailey Longcloth rolls her eyes, "Not you too Bianca, I'm Dazy, -not- Bails"
Elise Capalini only stares, feeling like she's in a nightmare.
Bianca Bender would take a few steps forward...and reaches out fingering the very identafiable necklace around your neck unless you step back...she'd look up either way...gritting between her teeth..."Try...Again."
Bailey Longcloth steps back a bit before Bianca can grab the collar, "Yeah, it's Bails' I sent her home. She'd left it here when she woke up. I fixed the clasp and put it on so I didn't lose it" she'd shake her head at the stitcher, everyone had to be delusional
Bailey Longcloth stares back at Bianca, "Fine I'll do it but I checked him this morning and he's fine" she'd go over to the sink washing her hands before putting on gloves. She'd take a syringe out of the cabinet before turning to the med cabinet. She'd take her key out and unlock it taking the anticoagulant down, measuring the dosage and turning back to inject it into Ioh's IV
Elise Capalini shoves her PDA away, watching the Dazy-Bails with the drugs. Did Bianca trust her to actually do that? Shit....shit...shit. "Bianca, i want her strapped to the other bed. This isn't--right."
Ravenne Karu steps just inside still holding her PDA. She opens her mouth, then closes it, waiting for a moment.
Elise Capalini snarls as the doors open, but quiets when she sees Ravi. "Ravi--do you have intel on Dazy?"
Bianca Bender frowns...watching Bails follow her orders...and would stride forward reaching for Bails hand before she can inject the drugs into the IV, "Damn you...." pulls the hand back...."You should know that's to much..you'll turn his blood into water..." mrowls and looks over at Elise but nods, "See if you can find the other restraints in the work room." seeing as Ioh is already strapped down..why not make it a family affair.
Bailey Longcloth hears her name, "I'm standing right here!" she'd growl at no one believing she was who she said she was
Ravenne Karu shakes her head and murmurs quietly "No.. I was wonderinf if there was anything I could do... though.." she steps in closer and whispers to Elise, glancing over to the pink haired one.
Eamon Cale turns toward the warm feathered weight on his shoulder, and murmurs soft Gaelic to her. Lenore murrs and nibbles at his wild black hair, then she spreads her wings and launches into the gloom, winging her swift way to the top of the building before him, to wait. The priest watches her go, then he raps on the med den doors with the head of his cane.
Bailey Longcloth growls hearing the mention of restraints as Bianca grabs the syringe, "You are -not- restraining me! You know..." she'd begin to tense as if she was gonna run right past them all
Elise Capalini moves toward the work room, talking to Ravi as she goes. "You're a ghost--what's the first step? We gather intel. Dazy's last known location...search in and around the den for any evidence--is this tied to the bombings or is this something else?" She roots through lockers and finds restraints, her eye narrowing.
Bianca Bender would make a quick decision...she'd let the syring fall and would make a grab for Bails arm twisting it up and into her back..."No you don't." she'd felt the girls need to sprint.
Bailey Longcloth growls and tries to pull away from Bianca, "You can't... you wouldn't do this to me" she'd twist her head to look at Bianca, the fear and terror in her eyes plainly obvious
Ravenne Karu turns suddenly as there's a rap on the door. She steps forward to open it, then hears a commotion behind, turning back before she saw who was on the other side, having unlocked the door but not opened it quite yet. "Right. Was thinking on that."
Bianca Bender murrs and bites her lip hard...but keeps the pressure on Bails arm..."It's for your own good kitteh...don't want you out running around...with someone else brain in your head...or what ever the fuck is going on...." she'd look towards the door at the rap but keeps a tight hold on Bails, adding an arm wrapped around the front of her shoulders and pulling Bails back against her chest...."Don't fight...you'll end up dislocating..or having me break your arm...and we really don't want that now do we..." looks frantic as she sees Eamon coming through the door.
Eamon Cale hears the click of the lock, but no one opens the door. One dark brow arches slightly, and a bit more when he hears the sounds of a commotion on the other side. He shifts his cane beneath his arm and opens the door, and slowly steps inside... only to find himself faced with a psychedelic Bails. "What in the name o' the Mother o' God...?"
Elise Capalini comes back into the other room, still snarling, restraints held in one hand. "Dazy," she says to the cat who is obviously not Dazy, "this is for your own safety--we don't wnat you to hurt yourself...or Ioh...or anyone in here." She looks at Eamon and blinks. "Welcome to the mad house, love."