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I went out into the dark night with a remote and shot extended shutters all night
this one is 60 seconds at f/5.6
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this shot won 1st place at the alameda county fair!
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Operator: USAF
Type: KC-10 Extender (83-0082)
Event/ Location: 2005 RIAT/ RAF Fairford
The former Manatees On The Bay bar in Gulfport FL has become the latest addition to the Caddy’s portfolio, gaining a new mural in the process.
FR's street photography extended to the streets of dumaguete! ahaahaha :P
dumaguete city, negros oriental
A7, Empire Builder with 300, 301, 53 hang out in Lakota, waiting for a couple of service interruptions at Leeds, North Dakota…Shelby Crew with BNSF Pilot Crew was vanned to Lakota from Minot as the St Cloud crew died HOS..The Shelby Crew made it to Minot before they also died HOS..great day on the Devils Lake Sub… not what I had wanted, but what are you going to do…at Minot, BNSF furnished a new leader to move the extremely late A7 to Lines west
This is the Extend the Boundary (ETB) effect pioneered in
Flickr by a good friend, TabaMajic. Alice is getting along in years and is currently in a nursing home in Australia. She is spending considerably less time on Flickr than usual. This is a cool little trick I learned from her where you let the image bleed through onto the lines of the frame.
Click on her site HERE and take a look at the magical images she carved using this effect. You will not believe your eyes. I wish I had about 1/2 of her creativity. In her Albums you will find her original Tutorial for the ETB effect, and the one she later developed, which is very different but she kept the same name for it.
We had a freeze here in South Florida a few years ago and Iguanas fell from the trees and died. The cold-blooded creatures native to Central and South America start to get sluggish when temperatures fall below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. If temperatures drop below that, iguanas freeze up. Unless seriously injured, many survive.
Now they're back, sunning themselves in open fields and along lakes and streams... even in trees.
The green iguana, or American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. It is native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana.
The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean islands. They have been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico and are very common throughout the island, where they are colloquially known as gallina de palo and considered an invasive species; in the United States feral populations also exist in South Florida, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. They turn a golden orange as they mature. Large ones are affectionately called Ottos at Fairchild Garden.
The bite is always worse than the bark. It's important to know that iguanas are very capable of severely injuring people, other pets and even themselves when the body language they use is not recognized. Most iguanas will give you a very clear sign that trouble is ahead. Most experienced iguana owners who have been bitten or injured by an iguana simply weren't paying close attention to the signs. If you learn to see the signs, you and the iguana will be much safer and probably a lot happier.
About the dewlap... a dewlap is a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle. The first thing to know is that iguanas use their dewlap to communicate. There are several things that an iguana can say with their dewlap extended. First of all, an extended dewlap can simply be a greeting. An extended dewlap is often used to say hello to another creature during mating and most generally as a territorial sign. Secondly, it can be a form of protection. A threatened iguana may extend its dewlap to create a larger presence, which may intimidate a predator into thinking it is much larger than it is. Thirdly, an extended dewlap can be a sign that the iguana is trying to adjust its temperature. An extended dewlap on an iguana that's basking in the sun is quite normal. It may be catching more sun to warm up or catching a breeze to cool off. So it's important to see "the big picture" when reading Iguana body language. Parts of an iguana... www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Up3IVbC...
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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Impeachment Day - 3 (of 5) - Canon PowerShot G12 with Extender & Polarizer - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Italien / Südtirol - Seiser Alm und Schlern
Sunset
Sonnenuntergang
Seiser Alm (Italian: Alpe di Siusi, Ladin: Mont Sëuc) is a Dolomite plateau and the largest high-altitude Alpine meadow (German: Alm) in Europe. Located in Italy's South Tyrol province in the Dolomites mountain range, it is a major tourist attraction, notably for skiing and hiking.
Geography
It is located in the western part of the Dolomites and has an altitude between 1,680 m a.s.l. and 2,350 m a.s.l.; it extends for 52 km² between Val Gardena to the north, the Sassolungo Group to the north-east and the Sciliar massif to the south-east, which with its unmistakable profile is one of the most famous symbols of all the Dolomites. Given the vastness of the area, from here it is possible to admire a large number of mountain groups: among others, the Sella Group, the Rosengarten group and the Marmolada.
It is an alp, it is an area where pasture is practiced, the largest in Europe, divided into numerous plots reserved to grazing or from which the farmers get hay for their farms located downstream.
The eastern part has been included since 1975 in the Sciliar natural park.
Surrounding peaks
The alp offers a panoramic view which includes (from north, in a clockwise direction): Peitlerkofel (Sass de Putia, 2,873 m), the Odle and the Puez groups (3,025 m), the Gran Cir, the Sella group (3,152 m), Langkofel (Sassolungo, 3,181 m) and Plattkofel (Sassopiatto, 2,995 m), the Marmolada (3.343 m), the Pala group (Pale di San Martino, 3,192 m), the Vajolet Towers (2,821 m) the Rosengarten group (Catinaccio, 2,981 m) with the peak of the Kesselkogel (Catinaccio d'Antermoia, 3,002 m) and the Schlern (Sciliar, 2,450 m).
(Wikipedia)
The Schlern (German pronunciation: [ʃlɛrn]; Italian: Sciliar [ʃiˈljar]; Ladin: Sciliër; 2,563 m) is a mountain of the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. The peak at the north west end of the mountain (left, in the image at right) was first ascended in July 1880 by Johann Santner. It is named the Santner Spitze in his honour.
The Schlern dominates the villages of Seis am Schlern and Völs am Schlern, and the summit can be reached following the circular route marked with the number 1 from both villages.
At 1,700 metres (5,577 ft), there is the Schlernboden inn and on the summit plateau is the Schlernhaus inn 2,457 metres (8,061 ft), both open from 1 June to 15 October. The highest summit is the Petz with 2,564 metres (8,412 ft).
The Schlern is sung of in the Bozner Bergsteigerlied as one of South Tyrol's landmarks. Its characteristic profile appears on the Der Schlern - Zeitschrift für Südtiroler Landeskunde (Magazine for South Tyrolean Regional Studies) and the logo pressed into Loacker's wafer biscuits.
(Wikipedia)
Die Seiser Alm (italienisch Alpe di Siusi, ladinisch Mont Sëuc) ist die größte Hochalm Europas. Sie liegt in den Südtiroler Dolomiten in Italien, rund 20 km nordöstlich von Bozen und oberhalb der bekannten Tourismus-Orte Seis am Schlern, Kastelruth und St. Ulrich in Gröden.
Geographie
Die Seiser Alm hat eine Größe von 56 km², befindet sich auf einer Höhe von 1680 m s.l.m. bis 2350 m s.l.m., und ist eines der größten geschlossenen Hochplateaus in den Alpen. Der Schlern, die Roterdspitze und die Rosszähne grenzen die Seiser Alm nach Südwesten hin ab. Nach Südosten schließt sich das markante Bergmassiv der Langkofelgruppe an. Nach Norden hin fällt die Seiser Alm hinter den Randerhebungen Puflatsch und Pizberg nach Gröden hin ab. Im Westen sinkt das Gelände über das vorgelagerte Schlerngebiet Richtung Eisacktal.
Die Besiedlung der Seiser Alm gliedert sich in zwei Ortszonen: das touristisch stark erschlossene Compatsch (auch Kompatsch, 1850 m s.l.m.) am äußersten Westrand der Hochfläche sowie Saltria (1680 m s.l.m.), das 5 km östlich unterhalb des Plattkofels liegt.
Im Süden gelegene Teile der Alm sind zusammen mit großen Flächen in der Schlerngruppe und im Rosengarten als Naturpark Schlern-Rosengarten ausgewiesen. Des Weiteren bestehen die zwei geschützten Biotope Col da Fil und Gran Paluch.
Von Seis am Schlern ist der Zugang nach Compatsch mit regelmäßig verkehrenden Bussen und einer modernen Umlauf-Gondelbahn möglich, die ihrerseits durch einen Busdienst an das Gebiet um Kastelruth und Völs angebunden ist. Eine weitere Gondelbahn verkehrt von St. Ulrich in Gröden. Saisonweise werden auch Linienbusse von Monte Pana nach Saltria eingesetzt. Mit privaten Fahrzeugen ist eine Zufahrt zur Seiser Alm nur in den Abend- und Nachtstunden gestattet. Das Gebiet ist touristisch intensiv erschlossen.
Geschichte
Die Nutzung der Hochalm reicht weit zurück. Um 1600 beschreibt Marx Sittich von Wolkenstein in seiner Tiroler Landesbeschreibung die Seiser Alm wie folgt:
„Es ligt auch ab den dorf Castelreudt die allerschonische und grosse alm, so man nit jr gleichen in landt findt, und man eine teische meil [deutsche Meile] wegs von dorf hinauf ist, genant die Seysser Almb, darauf man jarlichen in sumber in die 1.500 kie [Kühe] und bey 600 ogsen [Ochsen] erhalten und nichgest [nicht weniger als] in die 1.800 futer hey [Fuder Heu] herab gefiert werten und auch etliche heuter zendten [hundert Zentner] schmalz und käs gemacht werten. So solten auch bey 400 heythillen [Heustädel] darauf stein und 100 kaserthillen [Schwaigen] und umb Jacobi [25. Juli] bey 4 oder 5 wochen bey 4.000 man und weib daroben ligen und arbeyten tain in hey und das kroffigist [kräftigste] und peste hey, so man in landt findt, ist.“
Sommer
Im Sommer lädt das Gebiet zu Wanderungen und Bergtouren ein. Im Frühjahr 2006 wurde der Hans-und-Paula-Steger-Weg fertiggestellt. Dieser Weg führt in Ost-West-Richtung von Compatsch nach Saltria und ist mit Informationstafeln gestaltet, die Einblicke in Landschaft und Kultur der Seiser Alm und Südtirols geben.
Winter
Das Wintersportgebiet verfügt über 60 km Abfahrtspisten überwiegend im leichten und mittleren Schwierigkeitsgrad, zahlreiche Liftanlagen und einen Funpark. Darüber hinaus wird ein Loipennetz von fast 60 km angeboten. Weitere auf der Seiser Alm praktizierbare Wintersportarten sind das Rodeln und das Schlittschuhlaufen. Zudem verfügt die Seiser Alm über zwei Skischulen mit mehr als 50 Skilehrern für Ski-, Snowboard- und Langlaufkurse.
(Wikipedia)
Der 2563 m hohe Schlern (italienisch Sciliar, ladinisch Sciliër) ist ein Berg in den Südtiroler Dolomiten in Italien. Trotz seiner verhältnismäßig geringen Höhe gilt der stockartige Westpfeiler der Dolomiten aufgrund seiner charakteristischen Form als Wahrzeichen Südtirols.
Der Berg ist der Namensgeber der umliegenden Gebirgsgruppe, der Schlerngruppe. Der Schlern trägt selbst eine Hochfläche, deren frühe weidewirtschaftliche Nutzung durch urgeschichtliche Funde bezeugt ist, und überragt die Seiser Alm, die größte Hochweide Europas, sowie die Mittelgebirgsterrassen des Schlerngebiets um Kastelruth und Völs. 1974 wurde der Schlern mit einigen angrenzenden Flächen in einem Naturpark unter Schutz gestellt, der seit 2003 zum Naturpark Schlern-Rosengarten erweitert ist.
In der Südtiroler Sagenwelt gilt er als Heimat der Schlernhexen. Die seit 1920 publizierte landeskundliche Zeitschrift Der Schlern ist nach dem Berg benannt.
Topographie
Der Burgstall (2515 m) bildet den Nordrand des Berges, seine höchste Erhebung ist der Petz (2563 m), der den Gabels Mull (2390 m) und den Jungschlern (2280 m) überragt. Hinter dem Petz erhebt sich mit dem Mahlknechtstein (2550 m) eine markante Kleinformation. Vorgelagert befinden sich die beiden Türme der Santnerspitze (2413 m) und der Euringerspitze (2394 m). Diese auch einfach Santner und Euringer genannten Gipfel waren früher als Schlernzacken, Paarlspitzen oder Badlspitzen bekannt. Der Santner führte zudem noch den Namen Tuiflspitz, ladinisch Piza dl Malang.
Schutzhütten
Auf dem Schlern eröffnete die Sektion Bozen des Deutschen und Österreichischen Alpenvereins am 22. August 1885 ein Schutzhaus, das 1903 mit dem daneben stehenden Gasthaus zu den Schlernhäusern vereinigt wurde (heute im Besitz des Club Alpino Italiano). 1969 errichtete die Sektion Bozen des Alpenvereins Südtirol die Schlernbödelehütte.
Etymologie
Der im 16. Jahrhundert als Schlernkhofl bzw. auf dem Schalern bezeugte Bergname ist sicher vordeutschen und vorrömischen Ursprungs.
Eine Deutung führt ihn auf das Etym *sala mit der Bedeutung „Bach, Graben, Kanal“ zurück. Bei der mittelalterlichen Eindeutschung des Namens wurde die Grundform mit dem Suffix -en verbunden, dessen e im Bairischen schon früh ausfiel, so dass die Lautung Salérn entstand (Oswald von Wolkenstein schreibt noch Saleren). Wegen Bewahrung der vordeutschen Betonung schrumpfte die erste Silbe schließlich zu Sl-, was durch Palatalisierung zur Lautung Schl- führte. Ursprünglich galt der Name wohl für den Schlerngraben und den Schlernbach; nach ihnen dürfte der Gebirgsstock zunächst Schlernkofel (siehe die Schreibung aus dem 16. Jahrhundert.), dann Schlern genannt worden sein.
Eine andere Theorie postuliert einen Zusammenhang mit der indogermanischen Wurzel *skel mit der Bedeutung „schneiden“. Der Name Schlern nimmt demnach auf die charakteristischen, senkrecht abgeschnitten erscheinenden Felswände des Bergmassivs Bezug.
Geologie
Das Schlern-Massiv besteht vorwiegend aus Sedimentgesteinen der Mittleren Trias. Die gebankten Dolomite der Rosengarten-Formation und Rosszähne-Formation entstanden zu einem großen Teil an etwa 30 Grad steilen Abhängen einer Karbonatplattform, im zentralen Plattformbereich auch als flachliegende Sedimente. Zwischen der Rosengarten-Formation und der Rosszähne-Formation finden sich Vulkanite, die im Ladinium entstanden sind. Überlagert werden diese Formationen von der Schlernplateau-Formation, die unter anderen von Dolomit- und Kalkbänken gebildet wird. Die höchsten Teile des Schlernplateaus werden von Gesteinen des Hauptdolomits der Oberen Trias aufgebaut.
Erstbesteigungen
1880 Santnerspitze (Ostseite, Schwierigkeitsgrad III.) – Johann Santner allein
1884 Euringerspitze (Südwand, III.) – Gustav Euringer und G. Battista Bernhard
1908 Jungschlern (Nordkante, III.) – Paul Mayr und Ernst Hofer
1912 Burgstall (Ostwanddurchquerung, III.) – Max Reinstaller, Heindl Tomasi
1912 Mull (Nordostflanke, II.) – Paul Mayr, Hermann Kofler, Hans Kiene und Pius Wachtler
1929 Schlernkind (IV.) – Fidel Bernard, Hans Leitgeb, Georg Harm, Edi Hermann und Luis Gasser
(Wikipedia)
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Zone VI 4x5, Schneider Super Angulon 90mm 5.6. FP4+ (100), Pyrocat HD 1+1+100, 20c, 15 minutes, reduced agitation. Inverted with quick edits in Lightroom for iPad (free version).
On a very extended photo safari, essentially in the middle of no - where, just how I like it!, right about the tree line which is ~1800m in altitude at this place.
It was so peaceful up there, just cows and wide open space and views, with many of those puddles and small nameless lakes surprisingly. I guess the ground is rather rocky, otherwise water does not gather right at the top of a ridge line.
The sun was already casting long shadows and I still had a 2,5h hike (without taking pictures) ahead, so I really soaked up those last moments before I immersed myself in steep forest again..
Wanna see how this scene looks on the near infrared spectrum? Here it is:
www.flickr.com/photos/197010762@N05/53014858409/in/dateta...
Nikon D7200 (APS-C crop sensor / DX)
Samyang 8mm f/3.5 UMC FE CSII prime
ISO100, 8mm, f/8, bracketed (2)
1/800sec (-0,7 EV), 1/100sec (+2.3 EV)
(therefore 12mm full frame equivalent)
one-hand-holded bracketing burst..
Qinghai Lake, Xining, China.
From ancient times to the present, whenever people mention Qinghai Lake they think of 'green lake', 'blue sea' or 'fairyland', because of the marvelous natural beauty reflected on it. As to the area, it is the largest inland and salt water lake in China. It is no exaggeration to say that Qinghai Lake is a miracle that is endowed by a deity. Outside, he circles the lake with four continuous mountains and extends broad grassland at the foot of them. Inside, like a master baker, he decorated the water with many little islands. All these natural attractions come together perfectly to form a Xanadu on earth to win many tourists' favor. Shaped like an ellipse, Qinghai Lake lies northwest of the imposing Qinghai Altiplano, 150 km. (93.21 miles) away from Xining city. It reaches 28.71 m. (77.79 feet) at the deepest point but averages 19 meters (62.34 feet) overall. With an altitude of 3, 195 m. (10, 482.28 feet) high, the climate surrounding is very cool. Even in the middle of the summer, the average temperature in the daytime is about 15.
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".... ¿hola mi amigo?"
... ¿un saludo amistoso o solo posar para la cámara?
"....hello my friend?"
...a friendly greeting or just posing for the camera?
Roseate Spoonbill, this common name comes from the elongated shape of its bill, which is flattened at the end like a spoon which serves
as a tool to search for food. Their breeding range extends south from southern U.S. through the Greater Antilles to Argentina & Chile. They inhabit marshes, swamps, ponds & rivers within their range, feeding small fish, crustaceans & other invertebrates in both fresh & saltwater wetlands. The pink colour of the feathers is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin. The colours can range from pale pink to bright magenta, depending on age & location. Young birds have paler plumage & feathers on their heads, adults have a bare head, measure about 80cm & have a wingspan of 120 to 130cm.
The Birds are slightly threatened & at the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List.
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When a bus operator needed a 'hack' or a specialist vehicle, quite often the first place they looked was the back of the depot. For old buses, especially the traditional front-engined type, were ideal for conversion into a breakdown lorry, trolleybus pole carrier or tower wagon. And a large operator would have a workshop with skilled craftsmen who could do all the work when things were less busy.
Ashton Corporation converted this double-deck Leyland, number 6, into a handy lorry-cum-hack at the end of its service life. It had a small crew compartment just behind the driver's cab, and the rest was a long-flat floor ideal for general carrying jobs.
The red and white plate on the front is a 'Trade Plate' - requirements have tightened up considerably since this photo was taken, but in essence it was a plate that (at that time) a motor company could put on a vehicle that wasn't taxed or licensed.
It was so useful that 'Thunderbird', as it was dubbed, lasted long enough to be painted in SELNEC orange and off-white and eventually donated to the Museum of Transport where she became a very useful source of spare parts - many of its components are still doing a useful job to this day in the museum's buses.
You don't see vehicles of this kind today, partly due to increasing bus complexity but also because these converted buses were at times a 'grey area' and VOSA, the authority that looks after this kind of thing, is less inclined to turn a blind eye to buses that have become lorries but are still licensed as buses...
Thank you to everyone who advised us that the 'Robin Hood' pub behind is nowhere near Ashton but is in fact in Bury, close to the old Bury Corporation bus garage. This leads us to wonder if the photo was taken in the very early days of the new SELNEC PTE.
If you'd like to see the buses that Ashton 6's components went to help, come and see them at the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester or go to motgm.uk.
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