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Here is an example of what crossed polarized light can and can't do.
The bright crystal is orientated between two crossed polarizing filters so that it's optically active and the light passing through the crystal is twisted and allowed to pass freely through the 2nd polarizer in the configuration. The colors arise from the degree of twisting as the light travels within the crystal. Whereas the dark crystal is presenting its basal facet, which is optically inactive, so the singularly polarized light passing through it is unaffected and is extinguished when encountering the other polarizer.
The fact you can see the dark crystal at all is from the scattered light from the brighter one.
The Greenville and Western Railroad is a 12.5 mile long short line railroad that runs between a CSX interchange in Pelzer, SC, to Belton, SC, where they interchange with the Pickens railroad. The railroad's locomotive roster consists of 4 elderly EMD motors. Two GP9's and two GP30 type locomotives are employed as power for the shortline. This day we were quite fortunate to catch their short hood forward GP9 High-hood on the point of the southbound CSX Interchange-Belton/Pickens Interchange train. GRLW 3752 is a GP9 that was originally built for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in July of 1957. This locomotive is one of the rare examples of a first generation diesel engine out running in revenue freight service. The 65 year career (and counting) of this locomotive is a testament to the build quality of early electro motive diesel locomotive. The trailing GP30 was a 1962 build for the Santa Fe Railroad. The GP30 is arguably more scarce than the GP9, and both engines together in the great Greenville and Western paint make for a great photograph. The sun was even out to boot!
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China, Beijing, Temple of Heaven, Tiāntán, at nightfall in December.
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, an example of the impressive art work & skilled craftsmanship already in ancient times.
The Tiāntán is considered the most holy of Beijing's imperial temples.
Roof Tiles & roof charms were of great importance in ancient Chinese Architecture. For imperial Architecture certain distinct features were exclusively reserved for buildings built for Chinese Emperors. These features were gold, yellow roof tiles & dragons, yellow colour has always been the imperial colour.
The Temple of Heaven is an exception, its rooftops is of blue colour which symbolizes the sky.
The Temple covers almost 3 km² of parkland & includes three main groups of constructions, all built according to stringent philosophical requirements, the main buildings are the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, 36 mtr in diameter & 38 mtr tall is built completely built of wood, without nails only with wooden dowels on three levels of marble stone base.
In 1889 the original building burned down by a fire caused by lightning, the current building was re-built several years after the incident.
The Temple of Heaven is declared since 1998 as an UNESCO World Heritage Site, constructed from 1406 to 1420 for sacrifices to Heaven during the Ming Dynasty in time of the sovereignty of the Yongle Emperor, who was also responsible for the building of the Forbidden City.
The temple was turned into a park & for the first time open to the public in 1918.
The Imperial Vault of Heaven, a single-gabled circular building, built on a single level of marble stone base & the Circular Mound Altar, located south of the Imperial Vault of Heaven.
Ancient Chinese architecture had reserved certain designs for people of different status. Aspects of the building such as height, colour, material & size of the house were all structured by law according to rank of the family living there.
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The Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race, and sports cars produced between 1927 and 1954 by Alfa Romeo; the "6C" name refers to the six cylinders of the car's straight-six engine. Bodies for these cars were made by coachbuilders such as James Young, Zagato, Touring Superleggera, Castagna, and Pinin Farina. Beginning in 1933 there was also a 6C version with an Alfa factory body, built in Portello. In the early 1920s Vittorio Jano received a commission to create a lightweight, high performance vehicle to replace the Giuseppe Merosi designed RL and RM models. The car was introduced in April 1925 at the Salone dell' Automobile di Milano as the 6C 1500. It was based on Alfa's P2 Grand Prix car, using a single overhead cam 1,487 cc in-line six-cylinder engine, producing 44 horsepower. In 1928 the 1500 Sport was presented, which was the first Alfa Romeo road car with double overhead camshafts.
6C 1500 (1927–1929)
Alfa Romeo 6C 1500
1929 6C 1500 Super Sport, 1929, in the Louwman Collection
Overview
Production1927–1929
Powertrain
Engine1.5 L (1,487 cc) I6
1.5 L (1,487 cc) supercharged I6
Transmission4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase
2,900 mm (114.2 in) 4-seater[1]
3,100 mm (122.0 in) 6-str., Normale[1]
2,920 mm (115.0 in) Sport, S.S.[2]
In the mid-1920s, Alfa's RL was considered too large and heavy, so a new development began. The 2-litre formula that had led to Alfa Romeo winning the Automobile World Championship in 1925, changed to 1.5-litres for the 1926 season. The 6C 1500 was introduced in 1925 at the Milan Motor Show. Series production started in 1927,[3] with the P2 Grand Prix car as a starting point.The Alfa Romeo 6C-1500 Super Sport features a twin overhead cam six cylinder engine with a bore of 62 mm and stroke of 82 mm, giving a displacement of 1487 cc, as against the P2's 1,987 cc, while supercharging was dropped. First versions were bodied by James Young and Carrozzeria Touring.
In 1928, the 6C Sport model was released, with a dual overhead-camshaft engine. Its sport version won many races, including the 1928 Mille Miglia. Total production was 3,000 (200 with DOHC engines). Ten examples of a supercharged (compressore, compressor) Super Sport variant were also built. Wikipedia
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(example from foundation that recycles material for use in counties with lower level of wellfare: portagora.eu/)
A new trio of examples of ‘data sonification’ from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects. Data sonification translates information collected by various NASA missions -- such as the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and Spitzer Space Telescope -- into sounds.
This image of the Bullet Cluster (officially known as 1E 0657-56) provided the first direct proof of dark matter, the mysterious unseen substance that makes up the vast majority of matter in the Universe. X-rays from Chandra (pink) show where the hot gas in two merging galaxy clusters has been wrenched away from dark matter, seen through a process known as "gravitational lensing" in data from Hubble Space Telescope (blue) and ground-based telescopes. In converting this into sound, the data pan left to right, and each layer of data was limited to a specific frequency range. Data showing dark matter are represented by the lowest frequencies, while X-rays are assigned to the highest frequencies. The galaxies in the image revealed by Hubble data, many of which are in the cluster, are in mid-range frequencies. Then, within each layer, the pitch is set to increase from the bottom of the image to the top so that objects towards the top produce higher tones.
NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
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This is an example of quite modern architecture in Stockholm. The new Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel has some special architecture.
During the day I was not so impressed with it and felt that the structure on top was rather strange but at night I think it looks rather cool.
Alaska has to be the 'land of the pano'. The vista of Mount Denali from the Talkeetna Alaska Lodge is another example of a must-do pano. On our recent trip to Alaska we were fortunate to have good viewing weather of the Alaska Range.
N138JM, a Socata TBM 700, accelerating down runway 33 at Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport in Markham, Ontario.
It was heading to New Castle, Delaware. After clearing customs there, it continued on to its base at Clayton, Delaware.
Serial number 7 was built in 1991. The 31-year-old looked and sounded almost new.
224 is the probably the oldest vehicle in the fleet, being a Mk1 Metrobus. She is an ex London example, which normally means bad news, but she has been in the garage today and is mechanically sound.
"The Church of St John the Baptist is a well-preserved example of timber Gothic Revival architecture, built during the latter stages of Church Missionary Society (CMS) involvement in New Zealand.
"Erected in 1870-1871, the church sits within one of New Zealand's earliest churchyards, and is associated with two previous churches built on the site in 1831 and 1839.
The churchyard and those earlier chapels formed an integral part of the CMS station at Te Waimate which had been established in 1830 as the first inland mission in New Zealand.
The station was important for conveying new ideas on farming, education and religion to Maori in the Far North, and subsequently witnessed an early signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on the 10th February 1840." ***
However...
It should be noted that whilst the hopes and dreams of the Rev'd Samuel Marsden and the London-based CMS might have been good, the cold hard 'crunch' is that as European settlement of New Zealand picked up speed, disease, greed, cheating and lies led to major breakdowns and ultimately bloody wars between Settlers and Maori.
The Treaty Of Waitangi might have promised much for Maori, but there were two versions of the document - one in English, the other in Maori - and they differed quite considerably...!
There isn't the time or the space to detail what went so wrong, but some of the wrongs are still being settled with financial grants to affected Tribes to this day...!
*** Taken from www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/64
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Palazzo del Te or Palazzo Te is a palace in the suburbs of Mantua, Italy. It is a fine example of the mannerist style of architecture, and the acknowledged masterpiece of Giulio Romano. Although formed in Italian, the usual name in English of Palazzo del Te is not that now used by Italians. The official modern name, and by far the most common name in Italian, is Palazzo Te. The English name arises because Vasari calls it the "Palazzo Del T", and English-speaking writers, especially art historians, still most often call it "Palazzo del Te"
Palazzo del Te was constructed 1524–34 for Federico II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, as a palace of leisure. The site chosen was that of the family's stables at Isola Del Te, on the edge of the marshes just outside Mantua's city walls. The name comes from tejeto,[citation needed] the grove that once grew on what was then an islet in the marshlands around the core of the city.
Giulio Romano, a pupil of Raphael, was commissioned to design the building. The shell of the palazzo, erected within eighteen months, is basically a square house containing a cloistered courtyard. A formal garden complemented the house, enclosed by colonnaded outbuildings ending in a semicircular colonnade known as the.
Once the shell of the building was completed, for ten years a team of plasterers, carvers and fresco painters laboured, until barely a surface in any of the loggias or salons remained undecorated. Under Romano's direction, local decorative painters such as Benedetto Pagni and Rinaldo Mantovano worked extensively on the frescos.
In July 1630, during the War of the Mantuan Succession (1628–31), Mantua and the palace were sacked over three days by an Imperial army of 36,000 Landsknecht mercenaries. The remaining populace fell victim to one of the worst plagues in history that the invaders had brought with them. The Palazzo was looted from top to bottom and remained an empty shell: nymphs, god, goddesses and giants remain on the walls of the empty echoing
The frescoes are the most remarkable feature of the Palazzo. The subjects range from Olympian banquets in the Sala di Psiche and stylised horses in the Sala dei Cavalli to the most unusual of all — giants and grotesques wreaking havoc, fury and ruin around the walls of the Sala dei Giganti. These magnificent rooms, once furnished to complement the ducal court of the Gonzaga family, saw many of the most illustrious figures of their era entertained such as the Emperor Charles V, who, when visiting in 1530, elevated his host Federico II of Gonzaga from Marquess to Duke of Mantua.
One of the most evocative parts of the lost era of the palazzo is the Casino della Grotta, a small suite of intimate rooms arranged around a grotto and loggetta (covered balcony) where courtiers once bathed in the small cascade that splashed over the pebbles and shells encrusted in the floor and walls.
Part of the Palazzo today houses the Museo Civico del Palazzo Te, endowed by the publisher Arnoldo Mondadori. It contains a collection of Mesopotamian art.
The Louisiana Capitol, a 34-story, 450-foot Alabama limestone-clad skyscraper, is an excellent example of a greatly simplified classicism with Art Deco details that were in vogue for monumental buildings in the late 1920s
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An example of the few 380's that carry the latest CD-Passenger livery. Praha to Brno via Ceska Trebova fast service
Last weekend I did a very quick photoshoot at a family celebrating a 60th wedding anniversary.
The happy couple were a perfect example of what we should all be striving for in our personal life..... still together after 60 years, and at a celebration with 3 generations of their family around.
Tried to get this done as quickly as possible as I didn't want to intrude on their family time, so took less shots than normal, but I think I captured some good ones regardless.
This one was my favourite.... clearly showing their happy and alert characters.
Examples of Nottingham Silk Lace that were on display at Beckford Silk.
1. Black & White in 52 in 2018 Challenge
So here is an example of collages showing our first 3 weeks (remember I'm doing this in 5 day increments so they are not true weeks)
You can see in week 1 choose your color pallet first, then each day you take a picture of your Blythe doll and on the 5th day you create the college.
Week 2 - choose your color pallet, each day take 2 pictures, 1 of your Blythe and 1 Random picture + 1 extra picture to create your 9 picture collage.
Post only your Blythe doll pictures to group and save the random for your collage to share
Week 3 - choose your color pallet, each day take a picture of your Blythe doll and on the 15th create and post your collage
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Struggling!
At Hongdae starting today!
Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hongdae%20District/117/128/23
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A top spec example of the first model Proton sold in the UK. I do not recall spotting another with a spoiler like that - I presume it was an optional extra! I spoke to the husband of the owner who said that his wife is very fond of the car and has given her reliable service over the years, and still continues to do so, even if parts are getting harder to find. Pleasingly passed an MOT and has been taxed for another year.
Mileage in between MOTs - 4,086 Miles
Mileage at last MOT - 75,146 Miles
Last Ownership Change - 24th May 2008
J361 OJA
✓ Taxed
Tax due: 1 October 2021
✓ MOT
Expires: 12 September 2021
Although this example has long gone from the Express Motors fleet, it reminds us that the Mercedes-Benz minibuses that were loathed by many (or liked by a small minority) will no longer be able to see scheduled public service after 31/12/2014 due to the first phase of the DDA legislation. No doubt many will still linger on on private contracts such as schools.
Love the shine on the wet sand, the contest between the golden sand and the darkness of the sea.
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This is a beautiful church, quite small in comparison with the great cathedrals of York, Lincoln and Durham, but nonetheless wonderful in character. It contains some excellent examples of wood carving and stained glass, and the painted ceiling in the vaults of the nave is magnificent. It makes a visit to Carlisle well worth the journey, but the city contains many other gems too. Another wonderful Northern township.
Street portrait of a smiling young woman with long blond hair and a black hat. The photo was taken during the street carnival 2018 in the Dutch city of Breda, Noord-Brabant.
Straatportret van een glimlachende jonge vrouw met lang blond haar en een zwarte hoed. De foto is gemaakt op de Grote Markt in de Brabantse stad Breda tijdens het carnaval 2018.
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Huge vulture of the Andes, but also ranges into lowlands in southern Chile and Tierra del Fuego. Increasingly scarce over much of its range (for example, probably less than 200 individuals in Ecuador).
We saw several Condors in the regular area around Antisana on this trip but were surprised to find this male walking around some cattle pasture on the road from Zuro Loma to Yanacocha. As there were several cattle that looked close to calving (or recently calved) we did wonder if this bird hoped to feast on the afterbirth. Anyway, a real treat to see this grounded bird at less than 100m distance and later in flight as it relocated on the hillside. Hugely impressive on all levels.
Registered as Nissan by this point, although still with both Nissan and Datsun badging. A good opportunity to compare slightly different spec'd examples. Shame they weren't parked together...
Not quite sure what the difference was between the GL and SGL.
This was for sale at the time of the photo last week, I have the contact number if anyone is interested.
This shows you all my pictures from the previous 2 pictures combined all together so if you want to since we've put in so much work all month on the last day you can combine your collages to create 1 big collage!!
I hope these pictures help you to understand and I'm looking forward to seeing all your collages this month in November
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The nests of most true paper wasps are characterized by having open combs with cells for brood rearing, and a 'petiole', or constricted stalk, that anchors the nest. Paper wasps secrete a chemical which repels ants, which they spread around the base of the anchor to prevent the loss of eggs or brood.
Most social wasps of the family Vespidae make nests from paper, but some stenogastrine species, such as Liostenogaster flavolineata, use mud. A small group of eusocial crabronid wasps, of the genus Microstigmus (the only eusocial wasps outside the family Vespidae), also construct nests out of chewed plant fibers, though the nest consistency is quite different from those of true paper wasps, due to the absence of wood fibers, and the use of silk to bind the fibers.
Nests can be found in sheltered areas, such as the eaves of a house, the branches of a tree, or on the end of an open pipe (for example, of an old clothesline).