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Gateway to Na Pali. Spirits from Polihale. Rich with local lore, probably one of the most mystical places on Kauai.
It's the Gateway Arch! I thought the clouds above this shot look pretty neat, what wasn't neat was the downpour that followed! St. Louis, MO
I've taken this gate before, but don't think I've managed with the Trumpet Vine in flower as well.
My guess is that the gateway was there well before the house was built.
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Instead of running all the way to Fabyans as in prior fall seasons, this year the Conway Scenic ran two daily round trips between North Conway and Crawfords with the addition of a third 'bus train' for passengers arriving by motor coach from Portland off a cruise ship as a day shore excursion. That meant that one some days there were six trains running through the Notch with a scheduled meet at Bartlett and Sawyers River....truly an astonishing sight and a joy to see this line so busy!
The 9 AM Mountaineer is coming off the siding in the process of running around their train which is parked beside Crawford Depot at MP 85 on the old Mountain Sub as they pass the old section men's shanty at Gateway, the east end of the 1800 ft long siding. I couldn't help but wonder where the old drawbar laying in the foreground came from? How many years has it been laying here? Was it ripped out as an RY-2 crested the summit on its way to St. J. from Rigby? What is the story and how was it resolved? Are any of the railroaders who had to deal with that event still with us and do they recall that day? Or has the memory been lost to time leaving those of us in the present to ponder?
Crawford's is the summit of the line at 1900 ft, and they will descend some 1400 ft in the 25 miles back to North Conway on grades as steep as 2.2% through the Notch. Crawford Notch station existed was to serve the Crawford House Hotel which had been built nearby in 1859 (for the second time) and was the largest of all the great 19th century New Hampshire resort hotels at the time it was erected. The Crawford House outlasted most of the other grand White Mountain hotels of that era, but it ultimately closed in 1975, nearly 120 years after the building was constructed. It was destroyed by a fire two years later, on November 20, 1977, and the property was subsequently acquired by the Appalachian Mountain Club, which constructed the Highland Center on the site in 2003 in a style that pays homage to the grand inns that once dotted the White Mountains.
Leading the train are GP38s 255 and 252 which are right at home here having been built in November 1966 for the Maine Central Railroad as part of an order of 13 of the model which were the first batch of second generation diesel locomotives purchased by the road. They both regularly operated here for the first 17 years of their lives until the last thru freight ran in 1983 after Guilford purchased the MEC and shuttered the Mountain Sub. In fact 252 had the ignominious duty of leading the final YR-1 from Saint Johnsbury on September 2, 1983.
255 came to Conway Scenic in 2022 and wore her Vermont Rail System red paint until just this past June when she received this new 'old' dress. The VTR red was from her nearly two decade second career as Clarendon & Pittsford 203 after having being sold by MEC successor Guilford Transportation in the early 1990s. 252 meanwhile was the last of her class in service on Guilford, lasting more than three decades, and having seen her other dozen siblings retired and scrapped or sold. She came to Conway Scenic in March 2010 along with GP35 216 in a trade with Pan Am Railways for FP9s 6505 and 6516 that would become Pan Am's OCS power.
Crawford Notch State Park
Hart's Location, New Hampshire
Saturday October 11, 2025
70808 at Gateway West junction working the 6M57 0900 Lindsey Oil Refinery - Kingsbury Oil sidings in a later than usual path for this working (Pole)
Bourtange is a village with a population of 430 in the municipality of Westerwolde in the Netherlands. It is situated in the region Westerwolde in the east of the province of Groningen near the German border. Fort Bourtange was built in 1593 during the Dutch Revolt and was used until 1851. Between 1967 and 1992 the star fort was gradually restored to its mid-18th-century state and it is currently an open-air museum
The name Bourtange comes from the Dutch word tange (sand ridge), because the settlement is situated on a strategically important sand ridge in the marshes of the Bourtange Moor.
Fort Bourtange was initially built during the Eighty Years' War (circa 1568–1648) when William I of Orange wanted to control the main road between Germany and the city of Groningen which was controlled by the Spanish. This road followed a sandy ridge (tange) through the marshes (the Bourtange Swamp).
Later, around 1594, Bourtange became part of the fortifications on the border between the northern provinces (Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe) and Germany.
Bourtange was a separate municipality until 1822, when it was merged with Vlagtwedde.
In 1851 the star fort was given up and Bourtange became a normal village.
Around 1960 living conditions in the village deteriorated and it was decided that Bourtange would be rebuilt to its state of 1740-1750. Today it is an open-air museum. [Wikipedia]
Lydiard Street Ballarat. view through the vehicle access to the former Ballarat Post Office. On right, former Bank of New South Wales, on the left, former FW Niven & Co printing and engraving works.
Scouts en route vers de nouvelles aventures.
Scouts on the way to new adventures.
La porte d'Arroux ou porte de Sens est une des portes d'entrée d'Augustodunum (Autun) dans le département de Saône-et-Loire. Construite sous le règne de l'empereur romain Auguste (27 av. JC / 14 ap. JC), comme l'ensemble de l'enceinte de la ville, elle commande le passage au nord vers Auxerre.
The Porte d'Arroux or Porte de Sens is one of the gateways to Augustodunum (Autun) in the department of Saône-et-Loire.
Built during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus (27 BC / 14 AD), like the entire city wall, it commands the passage north to Auxerre.
We got up very early and headed to the Shirahige Shrine, located south of Takashima on Lake Biwa in Japan. The shrine has a Torii standing in the lake as a gateway. A busy road passes between the shrine and the lake shore, and it was undergoing repair. Construction workers did not let us cross the road at the construction site, so we walked further down to cross the road, then back up again on the other side to see the Torii. I first took long exposure shots of the Torii. At night the water was illuminated by the orange lights of the road that passes by the lake, which gives the scene this blue and orange look.
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The Gateway Arch
Main article: Gateway Arch
The Gateway ArchThe Gateway Arch is known as the "Gateway to the West". It was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947 and built between 1963 and 1968. It is the only building in the world based on the catenary arch, making it the iconic image of the city. It stands 630 feet (192.024 m) tall and 630 feet (192.024 m) wide at its base. The legs are 54 feet (16.46 m) wide at the base, narrowing to 17 feet (5.18 m) at the arch. There is a unique tram system to carry passengers to the observation room at the top of the arch.
The timing of this one had to be perfect and after almost two years in the planning this is the shot I've had in my head since the last time we visited Arches National Park.
We headed up this short but strenuous hike during the heat of the afternoon sun. When we arrived, there were a good couple of hundred people all waiting for the sunset as this is one of the most iconic sights in the whole park.
Some just sitting and watching and some frantically running around trying to get the best spot for a photo. There was one group of Japanese guys who just couldn't make their mind up and were backwards and forwards with all their gear pretty much non stop. Inevitably the outcome of all this faffing around was that one guy, who obviously hadn't attached his camera to his tripod properly the previous time he moved all his gear, managed to drop his camera a good 150 feet down a steep rock face directly in front of us, it made an awful sound as it tumbled towards its death in the bushes below. The ironic thing about it was that his whole camera body and lens were covered in a camouflage housing meaning that he couldn't find it when he went down to retrieve it!
After sunset most people started to head off back down while we took up our pre-determined position carefully calculated using the photopills app many weeks beforehand.
We knew we then had to wait until 10pm when the moon had just dipped below the horizon and the Milky way had appeared directly above the Arch.
Lots of people were shining lights at the arch taking their own shots while we sat patiently waiting.
Just before 10pm there was just 3 of us left so I set up my manfrotto lights on their lowest setting, one about 150 feet away to the right and one about 60 feet to the left, both with 1/2 CTO filters.
And there it was, the shot I'd had in my head for nearly two years came to life on the back of the camera.
This is a six shot vertical panorama of the stunning Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Moab. My spiritual home!
Enjoy!
This rather tumbledown construction is what meet the guest who wants to travel the short distance from Huk to Oslo by boat.
About:
In the summertime, Huk is a very busy place. In the wintertime the place is still an attractive place for a nice walk, but you can forget the boat to Oslo.
Dyna Fyr is located in the middle of the Oslo Fjord. It is barely visible in the distant background :) It used to be a lighthouse leading ships into Oslo. Now Dyna Fyr is a small and very nice restaurant.
Photo:
- Canon 40D
- Sigma 10-20mm
- B+W 110 ND 3.0 Filter
- Tripod (of course :)
- 7 RAW exposures converted to DNG (-8 -6 -4 -2 0 +2 +4)
- 8, 15, 30, 60 sec at f/22, 60 sec at f/11, 60 sec at f/5.6, 120 sec at f/5.6 ISO100 10mm (35mm eq: 16mm)
Post Processing:
No tweaking on the white balance in this photo, all natural colors :)
HDR & Tone Mapping done in Photomatix.
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Mesh branch gateway with lots of lights.
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My Californian Flickrfriend Mark Gunn had a conversation about this very project with a client in the USA the other day. What a small world it is and full of synchronicities. The New Mersey Crossing is part of "The Mersey Gateway Project". I used one of my Mersey Watercolour paintings as a background to this collection just because the tones fitted so well.
Gravity will eventually have its day but this ancient Whitebark Pine has tenaciously clung to the rim of Crater Lake for eons.
The night was frigid and my son Ryan and I felt the cold in our bones but it was a small price to pay to spend some time with this old soul during the Perseid Meteor Shower.
That's Wizard Island rising out of the Lake to the right of the tree and I managed to capture a meteor in the top left corner.
I took this shot a few years ago and always thought it had potential but my processing skills have only recently improved to the point where I could coax it into something that realistically reflected the image that captivated us that night.
Hope you enjoy,
Jeff
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Taken in the light of the full moon from the rooftop of Gateway Himalaya Resort in Besisahar, Nepal the day before setting out on the Annapurna Circuit trek.
The new Mersey Gateway bridge
In the first month of opening over 50,000 drivers received a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN). Some claimed to be unaware of how to pay the toll since no signage of how to pay was evident nor a telephone number supplied to pay the toll. One driver who used the bridge and did not pay the toll received 28 PCNs totalling £616. He wrote to "Merseyflow" appealing the PCNs citing that they were in breach of both the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Act 2008. Merseyflow agreed, quashed the PCNs, and accepted his payment of £56 for the amount of crossings he made.
In accordance with the "Mersey Gateway Project vehicle Recovery Policy" if a vehicle has a breakdown whilst on the bridge, recovery is only permitted by a designated authorised company. No roadside repairs, refuelling or tyre changing is permitted unless by special permission. The recovered vehicle will be taken to an appropriate place where it will be impounded until the recovery fee is paid. Fees at present are a minimum of £150 plus VAT for a two wheeled vehicle and small vehicles not exceeding a Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM) of 3.5 tonnes