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The approximately 3,000 m² horizontal sundial is located on the southern plateau at a height of about 140 m above sea level. An eccentrically positioned, 8.50 m high stainless steel obelisk serves as the pointer, casting its shadow on the circular surface with a diameter of 62 m. The surface is modelled on the solarium of the Roman emperor Augustus. The surface, which is modelled on the solarium of the Roman emperor Augustus, consists of light-coloured paving stones. It is criss-crossed by 20 cm wide strips of black paving. This very precise design enables the visitor to read the time (True Local Time) and the date accurately in suitable weather conditions. For this purpose, numerous explanations have been embedded in the surface. A special feature is that the surface is absolutely flat. To prevent the formation of puddles, porous paving was used through which the water can pass into the subsoil.
(Wikipedia)
For more on this one, you could have a look at my blog: davewhatt.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/an-inevitable-drooping/
Leaving for a trip to California tomorrow. Have a good time :)
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A little build for the STEM building contest on LEGO Ideas. Built in black from my table scratch, the model can be built in red from existing bricks, and in blue with black cylinder. The motion may be powered by hand, or by a wind-up motor.
Here's a view of the Milky Way that people in many parts of the world don't get to see. In the Southern Hemisphere, at this time of year, we see the starry & dusty stretch of the Milky Way parallel to the western horizon an hour or so before midnight. I captured this photo with an 8mm fisheye lens, resulting in the Milky Way's presence not dominating the scene.
Two of the Milky Way's companion galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, are showing as fuzzy patches of light in the top-left quarter of my photo. At the edge of the pond, on the right, you can see two red lights, showing the position of a second camera that was shooting a time-lapse sequence that I will use to create a star-trails image sometime soon (or so I hope). Up to the left of those red orbs, and above the Milky Way, the gas-giant planets Jupiter and Saturn glow steadily as they, too, make their way to the western horizon.
This photo was taken by me last Saturday night, 10th October, which was a month to the day since my previous visit to this site southwest of Nowra, Australia. I shot the single-frame photo with my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Samyang 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens @ f/5.6, using an exposure time of 30 seconds @ ISO 6400.
A beautiful sky above Radnorshire prior to moon rise. Long exposure using my amazing 14-24mm Cyclops lens.
A little build for the STEM building contest on LEGO Ideas. Built in black from my table scratch, the model can be built in red from existing bricks, and in blue with black cylinder. The motion may be powered by hand, or by a wind-up motor.
la horizontalidad
siempre ha sido una postura normal
mirándolo bien, hasta es cómoda........
postura relajante después de un.........
mientras miras al techo, o cuando.....
fumas un cigarrillo, después de..........
y a veces, después de despertar........
si tienes tiempo libre,.........¡ también !
puedes aprovechar la ocasión para.....
pensar,.. como hubiera sido , con.......
un buen colchón, y no en la tierra dura
que mirando hacia arriba, siempre se ve
que ni estrellas ni luna vemos, cuando
solo tenemos un cielo nublado..............
................¡¡ con el resplandor del resol !!
The Milky Way over Seeley's Bay.
I shot this on May 14th, 2018, the time of year when the core of the Milky Way starts to appear again. I don't get to see the core of the Milky Way during the winter because it's hidden below the horizon (when viewed from this part of Earth) so I'm always excited for "Milky Way season" to start again. This year I won't get to see it much because I have a summer job at an apple orchard, which I have to wake up early for, but on the bright side, I'll be digging myself out of debt and getting some much needed dental work done.
Photography is on the "back burner" for now, but I'm trying to catch up with myself (processing and posting) and I still have a years worth of work to share, so I'll be trying my best to post daily.
Visit my instagram page to see the timelapse video, it's @MattMolloyPhoto
The Aspen trees as seen from one of the view points at Utah’s Scenic Route 14, Cedar Canyon during fall season.
Where do you rather spend the fall?
Utah.
September 30, 2018.
[- "]: Taken with the Nikon D850.
by: @daraphotocraft.
nature's abstract art....this was posted when I first got on flickr..someone just marked it as a favourite and i saw it again and still like it.... On Explore @214 Sept. 29
It's really hard to find an ugly spot in Bagan. With literally thousands of temples and pagodas on the plains, you are instantly transported to a time and place that commands appreciation. What remains is only a fraction of what once was. There's an unmistakably charming feeling to being surrounded by so many temples and pagodas. It's the kind of sensory overload most people may never experience, never venturing out far enough outside their comfort zones to have a true travel adventure, but the kind I wholeheartedly encourage.
Just thinking about the time and effort that was required to build these structures is mind boggling. What must life have been like 800 years ago, growing up and being immersed in a land so rich in Buddhist culture? How could you even think of anything else but religion in a place like this? How different must your view of the world had you been born in 13th century Bagan?