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Union Pacific SD90MAC-II units No. 8536 and 8551 lead a 120 car ILBG1 container train at Lake Point, Utah the afternoon of Aug. 20, 2000. Between 1996 and 1999, EMD built 21 SD90MAC-H and 40 SD90MAC-II locomotives for the Union Pacific Railroad. Originally numbered 8501-8521 and 8522-8561, the 6000 horsepower units were in direct competition with GE’s new AC6000CW series. The units were equipped with radial steering trucks, AC traction motors, and isolated safety cabs with shock absorbers. Operational flexibility compared to UP’s smaller units plagued them from the beginning and UP retired all of its 6000 HP EMD units by 2008.
I noticed this Carolina praying mantis on a dark Autumn joy sedum flower stalk. It was holding court and waiting for some passersby. I can get behind a predator that eats mosquitoes.
Or so he claims. It's amazing how many people can be suckered in just by answering a few specially selected questions and observation.
subZERO festival, downtown San José, California.
Second episode of the Photo Manipulation Series. In this piece, I tried to express myself lost, staring at the moon, as I was thinking of life in general. Why we all exist? What is your purpose of living? Why we are all inserted in this world? Do you have any objective? Any goals established? Achievements? Well, there are plenty of questions that if we keep thinking deep, we will get to no answer. That is the main idea I tried to express in this piece, the abstraction if our daily thoughts. I hope you all enjoy this manipulation in which I was inspired by rafy.
Another image of the green hairstreak butterfly that I uploaded a couple of days ago, this specimen was spotted on a hawthorn bush in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve.
The receding water during the beginning low tide rendered it safe to get close to the rocks and capture the dynamics of the moving water. Not long before, massive waves came in at this place. The image shows one of the rock formations extending into the sea which were visible from above in the image which I have shared right before this one.
No se trata de un motivo nevado. La congelación de las gotitas desprendidas por las persistentes nieblas en coincidencia con bajísimas temperaturas produce este fenómeno, denominado “Cencellada”, vistiendo el paisaje escarchado de blancos irresistibles. Este era el aspecto del Río Cinca y su ribera a las puertas de Monzón (Huesca-España). La foto esta tomada desde el borde de una especie de acantilado dominado por la altiplanicie de La Armentera. Los puntos que se ven junto a la punta del islote son de ánades, cormoranes y otras aves que pasan el invierno e incluso algunas anidan en aquella zona. El frío reinante no impide sus paseos y avituallamiento en las aguas a mayor temperatura que la del ambiente.
This is not a snowy motif. The freezing of the droplets given off by the persistent fogs in coincidence with the very low temperatures produces this phenomenon, called “Rime”, dressing the frosty landscape in irresistible whites. This was the aspect of the Cinca River and its bank at the gates of Monzón (Huesca-Spain). The photo is taken from the edge of a kind of cliff dominated by the plateau of La Armentera. The spots that can be seen next to the tip of the islet are of mallards, cormorants and other birds that spend the winter and some even nest in that area. The prevailing cold does not prevent their walks and supplies in the waters at a higher temperature than the ambient temperature.
Ce n'est pas un motif enneigé. Le gel des gouttelettes libérées par les brouillards persistants en coïncidence avec les très basses températures produit ce phénomène, appelé «Cencellada», habillant le paysage givré de blancs irrésistibles. C'était l'aspect de la rivière Cinca et de sa rive aux portes de Monzón (Huesca-Espagne). La photo est prise du bord d'une sorte de falaise dominée par le plateau de La Armentera. Les points qui peuvent être vus à côté de la pointe de l'îlot sont des colverts, des cormorans et d'autres oiseaux qui passent l'hiver et certains nichent même dans cette zone. Le froid qui règne n'empêche pas leurs promenades et approvisionnements dans les eaux à une température supérieure à la température ambiante.
Favourite Tree II, Local Woodland, Meltham
Wista 45DX Field Camera, 1865 Darlot 5.5 Inch Portrait Petzval Lens, Ilford FP4+ developed in Rodinal 1+50
Youtube Short Slideshow at www.youtube.com/shorts/bU_XYIDvIHg
I have a summer cold so I am posting some images I took few days ago.
Flowers are my wife joy and I have become here resident flower snapper. She asked me to shoot some of her poppies as the sun was full, which is never a good time. I was lucky the poppies were fully cross light and the back ground was in dark shade.
Mirai Melody is the look at the future (未来 – Mirai) with respect to the past (過去 Kako). Where two friends filled with mutual passion for old-meets-new. A place where the vibrant colours of the city are wrapped in the soft warm melody of nature.
LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Missing%20Melody/202/52/2650