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"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."- E.A.P.
Detail from The Ten Largest. Part of the Paintings for the Temple (1907) by Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862-1944). Exhibition in Kunstmuseum The Hague NL.
This is what all the current nest building is for ... this shot was taken in June 2013 while the parents at many of the nests along the rivers in Baltimore County performed neighborhood watch.
This is one of the nests that is out over open water on one of the many channel markers. If I am lucky I may get the chance to get out on a boat again to see what the children look like this year.
Over 50 years ago as a young farm teenager, baling hay, milking cows and cleaning out hog sheds by hand guided my career decisions more than almost anything. In this photo, the past and the present of farming lie side by side. Round bales replaced the back breaking work of loading and unloading bales on a hay trailer. Few windmills in Minnesota still pump water and the old graineries have been largely replaced by newer methods of drying crops.
Christian Testimony: God’s Guidance Allowed Me to Overcome Temptation in the Workplace (Audio Essay, Part 1)
Almighty God says, “A world of gaiety and splendor, one that is becoming more and more so. When people look upon the world, their hearts are drawn to it, and many are unable to extricate themselves from it; great numbers will be beguiled by those who engage in trickery and sorcery. If you do not strive for progress, and are without ideals, you will be swept away by this sinful wave” (“Practice (2)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). Almighty God’s words expose the evil of this hedonistic world, filled as it is with all kinds of temptations: money, fame, status, power, eroticism…. These temptations are like poppies, a “beautiful trap,” and these are also the means and methods by which Satan tempts and corrupts people. Most people can’t understand Satan’s tricks, are unable to escape these temptations, fall into these traps, and so live in sin and depravity, suffering and corrupted endlessly at the hands of Satan. I recall my own experience, and I know that if not for God’s protection and the guidance of His word, I would also have fallen inextricably into this “beautiful trap.” …
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Sorry for the spam but I had a run today and lot of fun messing around after gathering some medals.
Maastricht Aachen Airport.
On the picture you can see:
The Approach Lighting System, or ALS.
The Instrument Landing System, or ILS.
Province: Limburg.
Country: Netherlands.
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"Yucca Blossom Center" by Patti Deters. This captivating bloom belongs to the yucca plant, part of the Asparagaceae family, known for its striking flowers and resilience in arid environments. The close focus on the flower's detailed center makes it easy to appreciate the beauty of this desert wildflower. Also known as dagger plant or Spanish bayonet, the yucca flower has long held significance in folklore, symbolizing purity, protection, and even spiritual guidance. In deserts where the yucca thrives, its blooms appear as pristine beacons of life, offering nectar to moths, their sole pollinators. One can imagine a quiet desert evening, where a yucca moth flutters delicately under the moonlit sky, drawn to this radiant bloom - together sharing a unique and harmonious relationship that highlights the wonders of natural interdependence. Thank you for viewing this image. If you like outdoor nature photography, please enjoy more flowers and other plant-focused images at patti-deters.pixels.com/featured/yucca-blossom-center-pat....
Detail from The Ten Largest. Part of the Paintings for the Temple (1907) by Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862-1944). Exhibition in Kunstmuseum The Hague NL.
Photo captured on the Rhododendron Trail, off of Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway, the alternative to U.S. 101, the Redwood Highway, captured via Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 24mm F/2.8 Lens. Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. Coast Range. North Coast. Humboldt County, Northern California. Late June 2016.
Exposure Time: 1.3 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/22 * Bracketing: None
“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor”
I never really had the luxury of guidance from those who loved me unconditionally.
In dealing with the blessings of longevity, I have struggled to learn
that the greatest gift one can give to their adult children is accepting who they are.
That means finding the strength to be silent when needed while offering all the encouragement and support you can when they encounter potential bumps in the road.
It is the penance of parenthood and a cornerstone of family.
Whether those who know me best will believe it.....
The shirt says it all.
We are one week away from the release of the first science-quality images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, but how does the observatory find, and lock onto its targets? Webb's Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) – developed by the Canadian Space Agency was designed with this particular question in mind. Recently it captured a view of stars and galaxies that provides a tantalizing glimpse at what the telescope's science instruments will reveal in the coming weeks, months, and years.
FGS has always been capable of capturing imagery, but its primary purpose is to enable accurate science measurements and imaging with precision pointing. When it does capture imagery, it is typically not kept: given the limited communications bandwidth between L2 and Earth, Webb only sends data from up to two science instruments at a time. But during the week-long stability test in May, it occurred to the team that they could keep the imagery that was being captured because there was available data transfer bandwidth.
The engineering test image – produced during a thermal stability test in mid-May – has some rough-around-the-edges qualities to it. It was not optimized to be a science observation, rather the data were taken to test how well the telescope could stay locked onto a target, but it does hint at the power of the telescope. It carries a few hallmarks of the views Webb has produced during its postlaunch preparations. Bright stars stand out with their six, long, sharply defined diffraction spikes – an effect due to Webb's six-sided mirror segments. Beyond the stars – galaxies fill nearly the entire background.
The result – using 72 exposures over 32 hours – is among the deepest images of the universe ever taken, according to Webb scientists. When FGS' aperture is open, it is not using color filters like the other science instruments – meaning it is impossible to study the age of the galaxies in this image with the rigor needed for scientific analysis. But: Even when capturing unplanned imagery during a test, FGS is capable of producing stunning views of the cosmos.
“With the Webb telescope achieving better than expected image quality, early in commissioning we intentionally defocused the guiders by a small amount to help ensure they met their performance requirements. When this image was taken, I was thrilled to clearly see all the detailed structure in these faint galaxies. Given what we now know is possible with deep broad-band guider images, perhaps such images, taken in parallel with other observations where feasible, could prove scientifically useful in the future,” said Neil Rowlands, program scientist for Webb’s Fine Guidance Sensor, at Honeywell Aerospace
Read more at blogs.nasa.gov/webb
This image: This Fine Guidance Sensor image was acquired in parallel with NIRCam imaging of the star HD147980 over a period of 8 days at the beginning of May. This image represents a total of 32 hours of exposure time at several overlapping pointings of the Guider 2 channel. The observations were not optimized for detection of faint objects, but nevertheless the image captures extremely faint objects and is, for now, the deepest image of the infrared sky. The unfiltered wavelength response of the guider, from 0.6 to 5 micrometers, helps provide this extreme sensitivity. The image is mono-chromatic and is displayed in false color with white-yellow-orange-red representing the progression from brightest to dimmest. The bright star (at 9.3 magnitude) on the right hand edge is 2MASS 16235798+2826079. There are only a handful of stars in this image – distinguished by their diffraction spikes. The rest of the objects are thousands of faint galaxies, some in the nearby universe, but many, many more in the high redshift universe.
Credit: NASA, CSA, and FGS team
One way system in operation.
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One of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately three miles south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, near to the village of Aldfield. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for over 400 years, until 1539, when Henry VIII ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
After a dispute and riot in 1132 at the Benedictine house of St Mary's Abbey, in York, 13 monks were expelled (among them Saint Robert of Newminster) and, after unsuccessfully attempting to return to the early 6th-century Rule of St Benedict, were taken into the protection of Thurstan, Archbishop of York.
He provided them with land in the valley of the River Skell, a tributary of the Ure. The enclosed valley had all the natural features needed for the creation of a monastery, providing shelter from the weather, stone and timber for building, and a supply of running water.
After enduring a harsh winter in 1133, the monks applied to join the Cistercian order and in 1135 became the second house of that order in northern England, after Rievaulx. The monks subjected themselves to Clairvaux Abbey, in Burgundy which was under the rule of St Bernard. Under the guidance of Geoffrey of Ainai, a monk sent from Clairvaux, the group learned how to celebrate the seven Canonical Hours and were shown how to construct wooden buildings in accordance with Cistercian practice.