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A male pileated woodpecker excavating part of a large log lying across a small stream. He appears to have drawn his head back to prepare for his next strike.
The excavations of Herculaneum
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
"Space Excavation"
Milky Way rising behind an excavator in a dirt field, middle of nowhere, South Dakota.
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yesterday i had a shoot with the amazingly gorgeous miss ameerah!
i had originally been wanting to use this old red school bus that is just up the road from my house, but i wasnt able to get a hold of the owner in time. worked out for the best though, cause i thought of some new things that otherwise may not have come to me. and ill still get to that bus. ;)
im also considering some things here... like creating a project for myself. i cant do a 365... mostly because of winter and im baby - ill never ever make it through, i just know it. but i would like to make a goal to create 100 new pieces this summer. gives me some room to skip on weddings! and this is already #3 since i decided i would do this, so im off to a good start. :D
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From December, 2008; four years before I joined Flickr.
This one is for Jason Hendricks, with thanks.
If you look hard enough you may find one, too.
SEVENTY-SIX
“No one who, like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human beast, and seeks to wrestle with them, can expect to come through the struggle unscathed.”
Sigmund Freud
11 days to Halloween!
Sand flying from the hole as this sand martin digs into the cliff at Happisburgh, Norfolk. D500_83416.NEF
This Red-headed Woodpecker is busy excavating a nest site. Likely the male, since they do most of the excavation. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum (Italian: Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD. Its ruins are located in the comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy.
As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is famous as one of the few ancient cities that can now be seen in much of its original splendour, as well as for having been lost, along with Pompeii, Stabiae, Oplontis and Boscoreale, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 that buried it. Unlike Pompeii, the deep pyroclastic material which covered it preserved wooden and other organic-based objects such as roofs, beds, doors, food and even some 300 skeletons which were discovered in recent years along the seashore. It had been thought until then that the town had been evacuated by the inhabitants.
Herculaneum was a wealthier town than Pompeii, possessing an extraordinary density of fine houses with, for example, far more lavish use of coloured marble cladding.
After the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the town of Herculaneum was buried under approximately 20 metres (50–60 feet) of ash. It lay hidden and largely intact until discoveries from wells and underground tunnels became gradually more widely known, and notably following the Prince d'Elbeuf's explorations in the early 18th century.[2] Excavations continued sporadically up to the present and today many streets and buildings are visible, although over 75% of the town remains buried. Today, the Italian towns of Ercolano and Portici lie on the approximate site of Herculaneum. Until 1969 the town of Ercolano was called Resina. It changed its name to Ercolano, the Italian modernization of the ancient name in honour of the old city.
The inhabitants worshipped above all Hercules, who was believed to be the founder of both the town and Mount Vesuvius.
The catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius occurred on the afternoon of 24 August AD 79. Because Vesuvius had been dormant for approximately 800 years, it was no longer even recognized as a volcano.
Recent multidisciplinary research on the lethal effects of the pyroclastic surges in the Vesuvius area showed that in the vicinity of Pompeii and Herculaneum, heat was the main cause of the death of people who had previously been thought to have died by ash suffocation. This study shows that exposure to the surges, measuring at least 250 °C (482 °F) even at a distance of 10 kilometres from the vent, was sufficient to cause the instant death of all residents, even if they were sheltered within buildings.
Built for Bio-Cup 2020 Preliminary round - theme: future.
Used in the far future to drill and recover precious resources in the caves underneath Spherus Magna. The pilot's name is Geoff.
First time entering this sort of thing, thought it looked like fun. Big thanks to my sister for helping with the photography :)
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29th August 1932AD, Peregrinium, Northumbria. Archaeologists excavate the first mosaic floor on the site of Peregrinium fort.
The presence of the fort and the vicus along Hadrians Wall remain clear since the wall was abandoned by the Romans. Excavation of the site started in the 1930's and a number of mosaics were uncovered, including one from the commanders house within the Roman Fort.
Ok, this is not real history. The mosaic represented here is based on a real one from a villa, Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire. I've only be able to build a section of this mosaic, which will be on display at STEAM 3rd and 4th October 2015, as part of a larger display by Brick to the Past, where we will be bringing back to life a imagined fort and the surrounding area including farms (Roman and Celtic) a Celtic village, barrows, graveyards, bath houses and a full working Roman fort -representing the rich history and architecture along Rome's northern frontier.
It uses high pressure water in conjunction with immediate material removal by means of vacuuming in order to excavate the soil.
Named after the animal that has great burrowing and digging ability, the company is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta in Canada. They have operations across the continent in Canada and the US.