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Day 5, after leaving Las Vegas our first stop was the Hoover Dam and like most visitors, we did the walk out on the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge to view and photograph the dam.
The bridge was the first concrete-steel composite arch bridge built in the United States, and incorporates the widest concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere. At 890 feet (270 m) above the Colorado River, it is the second highest bridge in the United States after the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, and is the world's highest concrete arch bridge.
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression.
Took a day trip up to Hoover Dam. The lighting was super harsh so I decided to take an HDR photo in an attempt to balance out the photo. After combining the 3 images I brought out some of the shadows using the dodge tool. I focused on the shadows on the water and the Hoover Dam to bring out the color and highlight the Hoover Dam.
This barn owl, hunted the verge with percsion, using the wind to hang and focus on every movement that would take place under him.
Quick stop at Hoover Dam before we reached Vegas
The wind was UNBELIEVABLE. it was INSANE. Goodness gracious. It was suffocating me. We had to walk against it and I could NOT breathe.
Hoovering over Ackworth Viaduct, 50049 & 50007 head north with 1Z31, the 06:21 Tame Bridge Parkway - Carlisle railtour.
Scanned image of positive film taken 35 years ago.
Only here was much water in the dry district.
The dam is located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, and on the Nevada-Arizona border. When I made a trip from the bay area to Ajo in Arizona, I visited the dam because it was one of the most famous dams in the world, and because I just wanted to see a lot of water.
This is Hoover Dam as seen from the bridge opened in 2010 to divert traffic from crossing the dam.
The tiny window through which Wilbur shot an image can barely be seen.
The dam is truly an amazing accomplishment. It was built during the Great Depression and employed thousands of workers. For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Damen.wikipedia.org/...
Taken through the side window of the helicopter. Don't worry, I don't have many old scanned photo's.;-)
My favourite photo of the 2022 Swanage Railway Diesel gala sees Network South East Liveried 50026 'Indomitable' passing Corfe Common on its way to Swanage. This was one of only a couple of photos where the sun played ball and didn't hide behind clouds!