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One of my favorite views as I head South on I-15 about 40 miles North of Las Vegas. Over the years I've pulled over to the shoulder to shoot this scene half a dozen times. Most of the time the light or sky aren't working for me. But even then, the view is hard not to admire. Unfortunately it's only viewable as your going down a long fairly steep sweeping curve, so staring while driving isn't a good idea. Fortunately if you've paid attention over the years as I have, I know exactly where there's enough room to pull over and get safely off the road and still have the view. The scene is out there aways, so you need a longish lens to capture the neat stuff and avoid the nearby highway and traffic just out of the frame here.
Oh, off subject, this afternoon I noticed somebody transferred $2,200 from my savings to my checking account and then withdrew $2,500! Called my bank and now have the bank fraud department working on it. My debit card is now cancelled and a new card is being sent. Somehow the thief got in far enough to transfer enough money from saving into checking to cover the withdrawal. Looks like I'll be using credit cards until I get home in a few weeks.
Covid 19... Well hopefully once we get this behind us we'll have learned enough that when the next bug shows up we'll be better prepared. Can't be shutting down the entire economy like this again. I wonder if it wouldn't have been better to isolate folks that are in the high risk community rather than everyone. Seems like our government has pulled out all the stops in an effort to help people and businesses get through the economic recovery. Even so, the damage from this necessary shutdown is going to be felt for years. The only good thing from where I sit (my trucks seat) is the greatly reduced traffic. Highway speeds through Los Angels, the Bay Area, and Portland today. I like that, but not so much when you think about why there's so few cars traveling. Anyway, hope everyone is being safe, healthy and strong. We'll get through this together my friends.
The title Extinction Cycle for this picture is also the title of the book by Nicholas Sandsbury Smith. (7 books in the series) It's a dystopian tale of a military developed virus that changes people infected into monsters. Probably not the best reading while going through a pandemic, but at least most of us are not turning into monsters.
The final RoadRailer Train ever, NS Train 255, speeds west toward its terminus in Kansas City passing through the sweeping curve at Arnold Illinois. NS 9936 was likely the most photographed GE locomotive on this day as numerous chase vehicles and many people from across the country came out to document the final run of this unique train and staple of rail traffic in the Midwest.
The long rumored day has finally come and the Countdown to Extinction is in its final hours. Once this train arrives in Kansas City RoadRailer Trains will be a thing of the past. The day prior which was the last day that both the east and westbound trains ran was rumored to be a Symphony of Destruction with a couple of vehicle crashes, although I have yet to actually see any evidence of such destruction. But here on the final day with the final chase of the final RoadRailer train it was much different than the rumored chaos of the day prior. The day featured many staples of summer train chases in the Midwest, mainly High Speed Dirt road driving, and Sweating Bullets on this Mid 90s day in late August, but This Was [Our] Life on that day, and I don't think many who where there would've changed that. It was a great time with some great people and was a fitting send off to one of, if not the most unique trains operating in the Midwest.
A Kurrajong tree without life, still imposing it's presence on the landscape. At Coolatai, New South Wales, Australia
Dinosaurs in Borrego Springs, California protest their extinction!
The sky is not real but the statues are.
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Extinction Rebellion demonstreerde vandaag weer in het centrum van Den Haag, vandaag geheel in het zwart gekleed. Geweldloos, zoals altijd, maar er was wel heel veel politie op de been, ik zag zwarte boevenwagens, politie te paard. Ze vragen alleen aandacht voor de leefbaarheid voor de mens op deze aarde.
Ze liepen met een grote groep door de stad, veel met demonstratieteksten op borden. Deze 5 personen voerden de stoet aan en hielden op deze hoek bij de Hofvijver een kleine performance onder begeleiding van een violiste, hier niet op de foto want die stond op een paar meter afstand.
Als je meer wilt weten over deze beweging kan je naar hun website gaan: extinctionrebellion.nl
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NL Wat een normaal dagje treinen fotograferen had moeten worden in het Amsterdams havengebied, werd een dag van veel demonstraties, politie en wachten. Lang wachten.
Sinds de start van de oorlog in Oekraïne en de daaropvolgende energiecrisis, is de vraag naar kolen in Europa fors gestegen. Om in die behoefte te voorzien rijden er aanzienlijk meer kolentreinen vanuit Amsterdam. De focus ligt daarbij dan logischerwijs op Rietlanden Terminals en het Overslagbedrijf Amsterdam (OBA). Hieruit worden kolen overgeladen op de trein en via diverse vervoerders naar afnemers in Duitsland, Tsjechië of Polen gebracht.
Actiegroep Kappen met kolen (vermoedelijk sterk verwant met Extinction Rebellion) is vanuit milieu-oogpunt (klimaatsverandering) sterk tegen dit toegenomen kolenvervoer en voert ook sinds wat maanden actie hiertegen De acties focussen zich voornamelijk op het blokkeren van kolentreinen die vanuit Rietlanden of OBA vertrekken.
Zo ook op 7 januari. Bij uitzondering voerde Strukton 303007 "Demi" de bediening van de OBA namens RFO uit. Terwijl een lange sleep Roemeense Falns van de firma Touax beladen werden met kolen, verzamelde zich een groep actievoerders van Kappen met kolen. Naast de aardige groep treinspotters bleek ook deze groep uitermate veel interesse in de SR 303007 te hebben, zoals blijkt op de foto.
Toen het beladen klaar was en de loc de poort uitreed, nestelde zich diverse actievoerders in het spoor. Anderen beklommen de locomotief om te voorkomen dat deze verder zou rijden. Het resulteerde in een patstelling die twee uur zou duren ongeveer.
De politie was al vroeg ter plaatse maar kon pas in actie komen na toestemming van de burgemeester. Het zou uiteindelijk twee uur duren voordat de laatste actievoerders waren opgepakt of vrijwillig weggegaan. Kort na 16.00 uur kon de locomotief uiteindelijk z'n weg vervolgen naar het emplacement van Amsterdam Westhaven. De kolentrein zal uiteindelijk met RFO locomotieven 1837 en 1828 zijn weg vervolgen naar Bad Bentheim en uiteindelijk het Tsjechische Ostrava.
Climate change still threatens the lives and incomes of millions of people.
Climate change is disastrous for humans of this world. Hurricanes, droughts and floods: the weather is getting more extreme. Governments and companies are doing far too little to stop climate change.
That can not continue. Time for action!
We need to take care of the Earth. It's all we have.
One million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction... :
www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48169783
www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2019/05/06/un-million-d-es...
I was prompted to dig out this photo when I read a news story this morning that a South Australian windmill manufacturer is closing today after being in business for 112 years.
Apparently farmers are increasingly using solar powered pumps to draw water for their irrigation and livestock.
So an Aussie outback icon will gradually become extinct. ☹
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-31/dean-mccabe-windmills-clos...
Check out the following page. Our oldest son made this and if he can get out of NC after the hurricane he's bringing this from his home in Durham, NC to Grand Rapids, MI for Artprize that starts next Wednesday. We are heading that way and my husband will help him set it up near the Amway Grand. So if your in the area during the Artprize please check his work out. Enjoy reading below.
The desolate and lovely Salton Sea in the Sonora desert.
The wind was blowing so hard it was difficult to walk, and the wet sand rippled toward me in fast waves. The white mist above the horizon is salt spray whipped up by the wind.
"We stand today at a crossroads: One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness.
The other leads to total extinction. Let us hope we have the wisdom to make the right choice."
~Woody Allen
I'll find out tomorrow. Too tired to stay up for the results.... time change and darkness is killing me! UGH!
Friday afternoon in St. Peter’s Square Manchester.
For the past couple of months the school children and students of Manchester and the surrounding area have been going on strike on Fridays and turning up in St. Peter’s Square; not sure if it is every Friday. The reason for this action is to demonstrate against Climate Change; their argument is that the planet (their future) is being destroyed by the actions of big corporations; and something needs to be done today, not tomorrow.
The point of the students lying on the ground is to represent they have no future, the planet is dead. The boxes represent the planet virtually covered in water caused by rising sea levels as the planet warms up due to climate change.
It’s time someone started to take notice of these youngsters; after all, the planet is their future. I personally admire and respect what they are doing but will anyone listen; I hope so. They need a future to look forward to and so do my grandchildren.
With the sad news of the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog (Ecnomiohyla rabborum) extinction, I'll be posting some of the critically endangered amphibians I've seen in the wild. According to the IUCN Red List, one third of the 6,260 amphibian species assessed are globally threatened or extinct. As sad as the news is, I'm optimistic for the future of amphibians because there are many great people and groups out there fighting for them.
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Blood made by me
Snake made by DA
Bullets made by DA
Zombies made by RE
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The Sumatran tiger is a population of Panthera tigris sondaica in the Indonesian island of Sumatra. This population was listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2008, as it was estimated at 441 to 679 individuals, with no subpopulation larger than 50 individuals and a declining trend. - source : Wikipedia
The world is as delicate and as complicated as a spider’s web. If you touch one thread you send shudders running through all the other threads. We are not just touching the web, we are tearing great holes in it.
-Gerald Durrell
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The Red Kite is a graceful bird of prey which is unmistakable with its reddish-brown body, angled wings and deeply forked tail. It was saved from national extinction by one of the world's longest running protection programmes, and has now been successfully re-introduced to England and Scotland.
I find these birds particular challenging to photograph; especially in the dive as they are so fast. But this sequence of shots was photographed on a recent visit to the Chilterns in Oxfordshire; an area known for it's significant kite population.
The Heath Fritillary, is one of our rarest butterflies and was considered to be on the brink of extinction in the late 70s.
The butterfly has historically been linked with the traditional practice of woodland coppicing, giving it the nick-name of the 'Woodman's Follower' as it follows the cycle of cutting around a wood.
Sadly it is now one of our rarest butterflies but has been saved from the brink of extinction by the concerted action of conservationists.
I was lucky enough to find this one at the weekend, right time right place but a real challenge to get a photo as the 3 or 4 that I saw were very flighty in courtship and windy conditions! :)
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Master of the skies the powerful white tailed eagle.The UK's largest and most powerful bird making it's final approach.
This bird is a fabulous advert for conservation and a great blueprint for the reintroduction of other former native species..
White tailed eagles were driven to extinction in the UK by the ill advised hand of man, with the last bird being shot on Shetland in 1916.
These gorgeous birds were reintroduced on Rum in 1975 with further releases on Wester Ross in 1993. Since then most of the eagle population has found it's way to Mull where a healthy population is now well established.
Once again the population is starting to spread out across western Scotland and the Isles.
White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
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The sight of a Blue whale skeleton is a pretty awesome sight to see first hand ... The new installation in the Natural history museum in London ...
A stunning 25.2-metre-long blue whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling takes centre stage in the spectacular space, giving visitors the opportunity to walk underneath the largest creature ever to have lived.
The Museum has named the female blue whale Hope, as a symbol of humanity's power to shape a sustainable future. Blue whales were hunted to the brink of extinction in the twentieth century, but were also one of the first species that humans decided to save on a global scale.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uckermark
The Uckermark, a historical region in northeastern Germany, currently straddles the Uckermark District of Brandenburg and the Vorpommern-Greifswald District of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Its traditional capital is Prenzlau.
Geography
The region is named after the Uecker River, which is a tributary of the Oder; the name Uckermark means "March of the Uecker". The river's source is close to Angermünde, from where it runs northward to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Oder River, forming the German-Polish border, bounds the region in the east. The western parts of the Lower Oder Valley National Park are located in the Uckermark.
History
Early history
In the Ice Age, glaciers shaped the landscape of the region. A climate change left a hilly area with several lakes formed by the melting ice, and humans started to settle the area. Megalithic-cultures arose, followed by Germanic cultures.
Ukrani, a Polabian tribe
From the 6th–12th centuries Polabian Slavs migrating from Eastern Europe moved westward into the later Uckermark. The Slavs settling the terra U(c)kera (Uckerland, later Uckermark) became known as Ukrani (Ukranen, Ukrer, Ukri, Vukraner).[1] Their settlement area was centered around the lakes Oberuckersee and Unteruckersee at the spring of the Uecker River. In this region, burghs with a proto-town suburbium were set up at Drense and on an isle in Lake Oberuckersee (near modern Prenzlau).
In 954, Margrave Gero of the Saxon Eastern March (the marca Geronis), aided by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I's son-in-law, Conrad of Lorraine, launched a successful campaign to subdue the Ukrani, who had come in reach of the Empire after the 929 Battle of Lenzen. After the 983 revolt of the Obodrites and Liutizians, the area became independent again, yet remained under permanent military pressure, especially from Poland and the Holy Roman Empire.
Pomerania, Ostsiedlung
In 1172 Pomeranian dukes, vassals of the Duchy of Saxony, later of the Holy Roman Empire, controlled the area. In the course of the medieval Ostsiedlung, the Ukrani were Christianized and Germanized by Saxons, who founded monasteries, castles, and towns; the Slavic heritage is reflected in the many regional towns whose names end with "-ow" and "-in". The early centers of the territory were the Seehausen (Gramzow) Premonstratensian monastery and the city of Prenzlau, developed and granted German town law by Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania, in 1234. Both the central city and the central monastery were set up beside the former Ukrani central burghs.
Pomerania and Brandenburg struggle for overlordship
The Margraviate of Brandenburg, holding claims on the Duchy of Pomerania, expanded north since the 1230s, taking her chances while the House of Pomerania was weakened. In the 1250 Treaty of Landin, Barnim I conceded the Uckermark to John I and Otto III, Ascanian Margraves of Brandenburg. After the extinction of the Ascanians, the Pomeranian dukes reacquired a few border regions. Mecklenburg advanced into the Uckermark, but lost her gains in a 1323 war with Brandenburg. In the Pomeranian-Brandenburg War from 1329–33, Pomerania was able to defeat Brandenburg at Kremmer Damm. In the following years, control of the Uckermark was disputed by Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, and Pomerania.
Brandenburg
The first Peace of Prenzlau of 3 May 1448 established Brandenburg's control over most of the territory, except for the northern Pasewalk and Torgelow region, which was to remain in Pomerania and is not considered to be a part of Uckermark anymore. Though another Brandenburgian-Pomeranian war was fought in the area in the 1460s, Brandenburg's possession of most of the Uckermark was confirmed again in a second Peace of Prenzlau on 30 July 1472, which was renewed on 26 June 1479.
Prussia, and Huguenot settlement
The Uckermark became part of Brandenburg-Prussia in 1618, but was ravaged during the Thirty Years' War. Frederick William, the Great Elector, invited large numbers of French Huguenots to resettle the Uckermark and his other territories by announcing the Edict of Potsdam. These Huguenots helped to develop the economy and culture of the Uckermark. In 1701 the territory became part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
China, Harbin, City Impressions, St. Sophia Cathedral Place.
Heilongjiang Province, the most northeast part of China, when viewed on a map has the shape of a swan. Its capital city is Harbin, which is located south of Heilongjiang.
Not only for its special position, but also as the centre of Heilongjiang's political, economic, educational & cultural life, Harbin is described as the pearl beneath the swan's neck. Lying on the east of the Songnen Plain, what is more, Harbin plays a vital role in communications between South & North Asia as well the regions of Europe & the Pacific Ocean.
Harbin was the birthplace of Jin, 1115-1234 & Qing, 1644-1911, Dynasties, the latter of which had a very considerable influence on modern Chinese history.
At the end of the 19th century, Russia built the terminus of the Middle East Railway here. Later, more than 160,000 foreigners from 33 countries migrated to Harbin, promoting the development of a capitalist economy in the city. The economy & culture of Harbin achieved unprecedented prosperity at that time & the city gradually grew into a famous international commercial port. Assimilating external culture, Harbin created its unique & exotic cityscape. The majestic St. Sofia Orthodox Church & Zhongyang Dajie each built in a European style have the effect of bringing you into an 'eastern Moscow'. Even though you are sure to be attracted by various exotic buildings, the Dragon Tower which embodies the wisdom of the Chinese people is a must on your journey.
Besides these rich cultural heritages, Harbin is favoured with beautiful natural scenery. Based on meandering Song Hua River & subject to severe low temperatures in winter, down to -30°C, when I took this Pictures the Temperature varied between -20°C & -26°C but dry air, Harbin boasts a unique ice & snow culture. So, Harbin is also called the "Ice City".
The impressive "Ice & Snow Festival" is the greatest & unusual one in the world, therefor Harbin is also called the "Ice City".
As well the large Siberian Tiger & white tigers research centre, with about 500 tigers & a few other species, does an important work to prevent this species from extinction. The Research centre can be visited, tours in small a bus are available, passing through wide natural, separated, sections, however the focus point is to save the tigers.
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