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On the 5th November 1994 Class 60 no.60035 passes Cardiff Canton with the 6M86 1120 Margam to Dee Marsh steel train.
The train was conveying slab from Port Talbot to Llanwern for rolling and hot roll coil to Shotton for processing into coated products. The cold mill at Shotton is now closed as is the hot mill at Llanwern but inter-plant movements of hot roll coiled to Llanwern and cold rolled to Shotton continue.
Some US Army infantry dismounted from their Matvee while on patrol in support of NATO's Stabilization Force in Eastern Europe (SFOR). Much of the American contingent of this peacekeeping mission is a armored brigade intended to deter aggressive action by the revanchist Yugoslav People's Army, so separate infantry brigades are often rotated into theater to better provide a lighter-weight way to interface with the local population. Still, the heavily mechanized and modernized Yugoslavs and their proxy Black Hand organization remain a significant threat in the Balkans, forcing the American military to consider heavier armaments for their soldiers' utility vehicles. Options such as the Reconfigurable Integrated Weapons Platform are an outstanding choice for this job, and provide units quite a bit of flexibility on what kind of weaponry they bring to the field. The M-ATV pictured above is equipped with a 30mm chain gun and 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, alongside a pair of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles, and a counter-drone jamming system.
I like how this Anasazi ruin was integrated into the jagged wall. The color contrast and the lines really called to me so I framed it up and triggered the shutter. That's how I do it anyway. 😎
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A busy scene at Ryde Esplanade in September 2002. Trains, buses, cars, skateboards and a hovercraft!
Villoslada de Cameros, La Rioja, España.
Villoslada de Cameros es un municipio y localidad española de la comunidad autónoma de La Rioja. El término municipal, ubicado en la comarca de Cameros, tiene una población de 348 habitantes (INE 2023).
Está integrado en la comarca de Cameros, concretamente en la subcomarca de Camero Nuevo, situándose a 50 km de Logroño por la carretera N-111, que atraviesa el término municipal en el kilómetro 286.
El extenso término municipal ocupa buena parte de la cara norte de la Sierra Cebollera, que incluye el parque natural del mismo nombre. El río Iregua, que nace en el territorio, forma un profundo valle en su descenso de sur a norte, recibiendo el aporte de los numerosos arroyos de la zona y del río Mayor. Por el oeste, las sierras de Frihuela y Castejón, integradas en el Sistema Ibérico, hacen de límite, junto con la Sierra Cebollera al sur, con la provincia de Soria. En Villoslada hay un centro de interpretación del parque natural de la Sierra de Cebollera.
El techo del municipio es una enorme planicie llamada La Mesa (2168 m) que comparte con Lumbreras de Cameros. El segundo punto más elevado, que da nombre a la sierra, es el pico Cebollera (2141 m), compartido con los municipios de El Royo y Sotillo del Rincón. El núcleo urbano se alza a 1072 m sobre el nivel del mar.
Villoslada de Cameros is a municipality and town in the autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality, located in the region of Cameros, has a population of 348 inhabitants (INE 2023).
It is part of the region of Cameros, specifically in the sub-region of Camero Nuevo, located 50 km from Logroño on the N-111 road, which crosses the municipal area at kilometre 286.
The extensive municipal area occupies a good part of the northern face of the Sierra Cebollera, which includes the natural park of the same name. The Iregua River, which rises in the territory, forms a deep valley in its descent from south to north, receiving the contribution of the numerous streams in the area and the Mayor River. To the west, the Frihuela and Castejón mountain ranges, integrated into the Iberian System, form a limit, together with the Sierra Cebollera to the south, with the province of Soria. In Villoslada there is an interpretation centre for the Sierra de Cebollera natural park.
The highest point of the municipality is a huge plain called La Mesa (2168 m) which it shares with Lumbreras de Cameros. The second highest point, which gives its name to the mountain range, is the Cebollera peak (2141 m), shared with the municipalities of El Royo and Sotillo del Rincón. The town centre is 1072 m above sea level.mar.
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Marina Bay Sands in the middle of picture was under construction, you can just about see the cranes on top of the buildings.
Another top evening out to the Lime Kiln and thanks to Tim G for shrinking himself down to the right size to fit inside this circuit board. Shot in one photographic exposure with mid exposure lens and tripod swaps. Red colour courtesy of Morrisons Supermarket budget fabric conditioner bottle...
Multiple integrated circuits at the heart of Europe’s space missions, etched together onto a single piece of silicon.
This 20 cm-diameter wafer contains 35 replicas of five different space chips, each incorporating up to about 10 million transistors or basic circuit switches.
Laid down within a microchip, these designs endow a space mission with the ability to perform various specialised tasks such as data handling, communications processing or attitude control.
To save money on the high cost of fabrication, various chips designed by different companies and destined for multiple ESA projects are crammed onto the same silicon wafers, etched into place at specialised semiconductor manufacturing plants.
Once tested for functionality, the chips on the wafer are chopped up and packaged for use, then mounted on printed circuit boards for connection with other microelectronic components aboard a satellite.
Since 2002, ESA’s Microelectronics section has maintained a catalogue of ‘building blocks’ for chip designs, known as Intellectual Property cores, available to European industry through ESA licence.
More information: www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/M...
Credit: ESA-Guus Schoonewille
One of my favorite targets - the integrated flux nebula (IFN) or galactic cirrus is faint dust illuminated by our galaxy, and there happens to be a nice concentration of it in the direction of Bode's Nebulae (Bode's (M 81) and Cigar (M 82) Galaxies). The Angel Nebula, which is made of IFN, is in the lower left corner. This is an improvement over my last attempt at this target - shooting raw and more integration time made a difference.
Acquisition details: Fujifilm X-T10, Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC @ f2.0, ISO 1600, 78 x 60 sec, tracking with iOptron SkyTracker Pro, stacking with DeepSkyStacker, editing with Astro Pixel Processor and GIMP, taken on Feb. 21, 2020 under Bortle 3/4 skies.
Nov 2020 update: The color of M 81 on my original version had always irked me a bit. I reprocessed it and now M 81's color is much better (in my opinion).
The Integrated Flux Nebulae (or Galactic Cirrus) are high galactic latitude nebulae that are illuminated not by a single star (as most nebula in the plane of the Galaxy are) but by the energy from the integrated flux of all the stars in the Milky Way. These IFN are very faint and where discovered in 2005 by Steve Mandel. This mosaic shows sections of 2 main Nebula in the Mandel-Wilson Catalogue, the Volcano Nebula (MW3 near Messier 81/82) and the Angel Nebula MW2.
1255x300 second Luminance subs (104.6 hrs)
Image dates: 17 nov, 1,5,6,8,12,31 dec 2018, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 jan 2019.
Esprit 100 f5.5 APO refractor/ QHY16200 CCD @-20C.
Processed/calibrated/Mosaic: AstroPixelProcessor (APP), Final processing/annotation with Pixinsight.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mandel
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Astrobin IOTD 23-jan-2019 www.astrobin.com/385720/
Knight Observatory, Tomar
A U.S. Special Forces Green Beret Soldier, assigned to 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Operational Detachment-A, participates in a close quarter combat scenario during Integrated Training Exercise 2-16 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 10, 2016. MCAGCC conducts relevant live-fire combined arms, urban operations, and joint/coalition level integration training that promote operational forces' readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released)
Gwendolyn Greene (later Britt) sits patiently at the People’s Drug counter on the 4700 block of Lee Highway in Arlington, Virginia during a sit-in protest June 9, 1960.
The workers behind the counter served white customers then walked out when demonstrators sat down, only returning when the management closed the counter (note sign). There were three sit-ins conducted that day including at People’s Drug Store and another Drug Fair.
The protestors were part of the Non-Violent Action Group (NAG), an integrated group mainly composed of students that was led by Howard University divinity student Laurence Henry.
The sit-in demonstrations at People’s Drug Store, Drug Fair, Landsburgh’s Woolworths and the Howard Johnson’s in Arlington were successful within a matter of weeks and most restaurants and lunch counters in the city desegregated in 1960.
The group moved on to Maryland the same year where they staged ultimately successful demonstrations to desegregate Glen Echo Amusement Park, the Hi-Boy restaurant in Rockville and the Hiser Theater in Bethesda.
Greene was part of a group with four others arrested on the carousel at Glen Echo in a case that ultimately went to the Supreme Court. The Court ruled in the protestors favor and overturned the arrests because the park had used deputy sheriffs to enforce it’s Jim Crow policy. Greene went on to become a state senator in Maryland (Gwendolyn Britt).
For a short article on one of the protestors, Dion Diamond, see washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/crazy-dion-diamo...
For additional photos of the campaign to desegregate restaurants in Arlington, Virginia, see flic.kr/s/aHsjDFaXGH
Photo by Paul Schmick. Courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.
“Integrated Space Program 1970-1990 presentation by Dr. George E. Mueller to Kennedy Space Center, Sept, 26, 1969.”
Additionally:
“The nuclear shuttle will initially be used as a logistics vehicle for supporting manned operations in synchronous orbit, in lunar orbit, and on the lunar surface. The nuclear shuttle should, therefore, be adaptable to transporting payloads of varying size, weight, and configuration. The payload weight that the nuclear shuttle will be able to transport to its destination is a function of the weight it is expected to return to earth orbit. For instance, in early phases of the program the space tugs will be returned to earth orbit from both synchronous and lunar orbit stations to be refueled and/or refurbished.
Several representative payload configurations for the shuttle are illustrated...Configurations of both cargo modules and fully fueled space tugs will be able to be transported on a single flight. The space station or experiment modules will also be able to be transported to any point of scientific interest in cislunar space. Other applications of the nuclear shuttle would include rotation of crews between synchronous and lunar orbit stations and earth orbit and transportation of specialized equipment required for lunar surface operations.”
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Also, complimentary:
www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/19690804_man...
Finally:
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Credit: David S. F. Portreee/”No Shortage of Dreams” blog
Thanks to David Bowie for 40 years art of rock music.
Ziggy is gone back to mars.
1976
The integrated amplifier KA-7150 is an EU version of the same KA-7100 from 1976 by Kenwood. The quite rare 7150 version is realized with a so-called gunmetal faceplate. The alloy of the surface contains a high copper content. So the front appears slightly bronzed noble comparatively to the usual brushed aluminum look.
With an output of 60 watts per channel the very fine sounding amp reaches good pressure with almost all speakers.
The KA-7150 is assigned to the upper middle class of the Kenwood series to 1976-1978. The excellent FET phono section and a two-way (!) loudness switch makes the heavy amp to a special seventies vintage amplifier.
Der Vollverstärker KA-7150 ist als EU-Version des baugleichen KA-7100 um 1976 von Kenwood zur Markteinführung gelangt. Die recht rare 7150 Ausführung ist mit einer sogenannten Gunmetal-Front versehen. Die Legierung der Oberfläche enthält einen hohen Kupferanteil.
So erscheint die Front leicht bronzefarbig edel vergleichsweise zum üblichen gebürstet Alu-Look.
Mit einer Leistung von 60 Watt je Kanal macht der sehr fein klingende Amp guten Druck an nahezu allen Speakern.
Der KA-7150 ist der gehobenen Mittelklasse der Kenwood Serie um 1976 bis 1978 zuzuordnen. Die exzellente FET Phono Section und ein zweistufiger (!) Loudnessregler machen den schweren Amp zu einem besonderen siebziger Jahre Vintage Verstärker.
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Disney California Adventure
Anaheim, CA
If you look at the last 17 or so years you'll see notice that Disney has been on a bit of an E-ticket attraction roll. Indiana Jones in 1995, Journey to the Center of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea in 2001, Expedition Everest in 2006, and arguably Star Tours 2.0 in 2011 (and perhaps Radiator Springs Racers in 2012). This string of E-ticket hits all started with the arrival of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in 1994, and it may arguably still be the best of the bunch. There's a unique atmosphere about it, combining a refined golden age of Hollywood aesthetic, Haunted Mansion sense of the macabre, and the excitement of a thrill ride. It feels uniquely "old" Disney in atmosphere but "new" Disney in execution and as such feels integrated yet modern. My only complaint is that the Twilight Zone theme largely feels unnecessary and perhaps a bit forced. I think the attraction would do fine without it, as the Tokyo version attests.
There's no doubt that the original and more robust version in Florida is the superior incarnation, but even the slightly abbreviated version in California still hits all the right notes, much like Florida's Pirates of the Caribbean is still great even though the original in California is ever so slightly better.
Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is carrying out combined tests to prepare for the arrival of Ariane 6, Europe’s next generation heavy-lift launch vehicle.
The first Ariane 6 fairing has already arrived at the Spaceport from Europe. It is 20 m high and 5.4 m in diameter and is being integrated with a mockup payload to test equipment and procedures inside the assembly building.
Ruag Space in Emmen, Switzerland manufactures each entire large half-shell in one piece from carbon-fibre composite which is ‘cured’ in an industrial oven. This reduces cost and speeds up production. Fewer parts allow horizontal as well as vertical assembly of the closed fairing and the launch vehicle, which is particularly important for Ariane 6.
A blue metal scaffold on the right of the picture, called the ‘strongback’, encases the fairing. There is one for each half-shell to hold each steady and to maintain the shape of the fairing while it is being raised vertical, and during assembly.
The mockup payload stands on its payload adaptor – the black cone. This is the interface between the bottom of the payload and the rocket. The adapter cone is fixed to a permanent dock on the ground.
Before this combined test, the French space agency, CNES, updated the existing Ariane 5 assembly building with a new integration dock, composed of a large white frame, with two mobile platforms adjustable to any level and accessible by fixed stairs and platforms.
This assembly building has two halls: one for integration of the fairing on the Ariane 5 rocket, and an encapsulation hall where the payload is stowed in the fairing. This encapsulation hall is a spacious clean room for Ariane 6.
A new door 26 m high has been installed at the entrance of the building to make room for the integrated fairing, payload and adapter to move on its trailer to the Ariane 6 launch zone.
This activity is one of many extensive ‘combined tests’ which are being carried out in a team effort at the Spaceport by ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, Avio and other industry partners. These tests will prove the systems and procedures that will prepare Europe's new Ariane 6 launch vehicle for flight.
Credits: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique video du CSG - S.Martin
Taken at the Mohoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, in Limpopo, South Africa
Amazing Animal rescue place that takes these wonderful creatures and rehabilitates them.
Sadly these two beautiful animals cannot be re-integrated to the wild due to their imprinting with Humans. They are however happy and well looked after.
The Center doesn't allow you to see the animals they will reintroduce to the wild so they cannot imprint/become familiar with Humans.
Marines with MWSS 373, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing practice vehicle fire extinguishing techniques during Integrated Training Exercise 2-16 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 16, 2016. ITX is intended to integrate combined arms and improve war fighting capabilities in the scope of the Marine Air Ground Task Force prior to their upcoming deployment.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)
With the sun setting Great Republic and Pere Marquette 41 load stone on a warmer September evening.
The Pere Marquette barge originally built as the SS City of Midland served as a passenger and rail car ferry from 1941 till 1988, she was the largest lake car ferry built. After C&O ended its car ferry routes the SS City of Midland sat for nine years before being turned into a deck barge paired to the equally as old tug MT Undaunted.
The MT Undaunted originally built as ATA 199 for the Navy until 1963 when she briefly served for NOAA for a year before serving at the US Merchant Marine Academy until 1993. For five years until 1998 she served as the Krystal K before being renamed the Undaunted and altered for integrated tug work.
iss058e026380 (Feb. 26, 2019) --- Astronaut David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency is inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module working on the Combustion Integrated Rack. Saint-Jacques replaced fuel flow controllers inside the device for the Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments which are a set of five independent studies of gaseous flames.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon lands June 30, 2014, on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. The aircraft returned from integrated training with NATO allies in Poland as part of the persistent presence mission in Eastern Europe and were replaced by U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft. The F-16 is assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Warren/Released)
A Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot with 6 Squadron wearing a ‘Striker’ Integrated Display Helmet during Exercise Bersama Lima 11 in Malaysia.
BAE Systems’ Striker helmet-mounted display system (HMDS) is based on the company’s unique two-part helmet design. It provides comfort, protection, and helmet stability for fixed- and rotary-wing platforms. The Striker helmet design has also been adopted for use on the Eurofighter Typhoon and Saab Gripen multirole fighter aircrafts.
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Fluorescent light detail at the Integrated Learning Centre at Queen's. Taken on a photowalk with Jukerr - see his version here.
Truck: Crane Carrier Co. Integrated Rear Loader
Hauler: White's Sanitation, Inc.
Location: Monroe, UT
Date: July 2017
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Truck: Crane Carrier Co. Integrated Rear Loader
Hauler: White's Sanitation, Inc.
Location: Monroe, UT
Date: July 2017
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EN: Integrated traffic lights in the signage at Weena, Rotterdam.
NL: Geïntegreerde verkeerslichten in de bewegwijzering bij Weena, Rotterdam
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Locale: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center ("SANC") - Bayside, Wisconsin, (USA).
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an integrated circuit wafer containing audio amp chips, made circa 1981, viewed through an antique Bausch and Lomb folding magnifier
Due to "chasing" European 2012 and also going back to camp for a 2 week NS reservist , i had been hibernating on photography....
With the official opening of garden by the bay on 29th june 2012, what could be a better way to resume my photography journey with a big bang upload of photos of it...
How can such a big project open without fireworks ???? I was surprise when i found out therefore i make use of the NDP combined rehersal's firework to complete Gardens By The Bay Opening !
My remote shutter release was spoilt at the crucial moment whereby the firework is going to start and i had no choice to do intellegient guessing for the correct exposure...Luckily the firework was not too intense and i was able to capture the firework in a single exposure between 20-30sec and f8-f11.
View my flickr set on gardens by the bay using the following link
www.flickr.com/photos/gwwang/sets/72157630358093212/
.:Taken from From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:.
About Marina Bay Sands
Marina Bay Sands (traditional Chinese: 濱海灣金沙; simplified Chinese: 滨海湾金沙) is an integrated resort fronting Marina Bay in Singapore. Developed by Las Vegas Sands, it is billed as the world's most expensive standalone casino property at S$8 billion, including cost of the prime land.[1][2]
With the casino complete, the resort features a 2,561-room hotel, a 1,300,000-square-foot (120,000 m2) convention-exhibition centre, the 800,000-square-foot (74,000 m2) The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands mall, an iconic ArtScience museum, two large theatres, seven "celebrity chef" restaurants, two floating Crystal Pavilions, an ice skating rink, and the world's largest atrium casino with 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines. The complex is topped by a 340m-long SkyPark with a capacity of 3,900 people and a 150m infinity swimming pool, set on top of the world's largest public cantilevered platform, which overhangs the north tower by 67m.[3][4] The 20-hectare resort was designed by Moshe Safdie Architects. The local architect of record was Aedas Singapore, and engineering was provided by Arup and Parsons Brinkerhoff (MEP). The main contractor was Ssangyong Engineering and Construction.[5]
Originally set to open in 2009, Las Vegas Sands faced delays caused by escalating costs of material and labour shortages from the onset. The severe global financial crisis also pressured the company to delay its projects elsewhere to complete the integrated resort.[6] Although Marina Bay Sands has been compared on scale and development costs to MGM's CityCenter, the latter is a mixed-use development, with condominium properties (comprising three of the seven main structures) being sold off.[7][8]
The resort was officially opened with a two-day celebration on 23 June 2010 at 3.18 pm, after a partial opening (which included the casino) on 27 April 2010.[9] The SkyPark opened a day later on 24 June 2010. The theatres were completed in time for the first performance by Riverdance on 30 November 2010. The floating pavilions are still being built and are expected to be fully completed by 2011. The indoor skating rink, which uses artificial ice, opened to a performance by Michelle Kwan on 18 December 2010. The ArtScience Museum opened to the public and the debut of a 13-minute light, laser and water spectacle called Wonder Full on 19 February 2011 marked the full completion of the entire Integrated Resort.
The grand opening of Marina Bay Sands was held on 17 February 2011. It also marked the opening of the seven celebrity chef restaurants. The highly-anticipated Broadway musical The Lion King debuted on 3 March 2011.[10] The last portion of the Marina Bay Sands, the floating pavilions, were finally opened to the public when the two tenants (Louis Vuitton and Pangaea Club) opened on 18 September 2011 and 22 September 2011 respectively.
About Garden by the Bay
Gardens by the Bay consists of three distinctive waterfront gardens – Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central, spanning a total of 101 hectares. They are set in the heart of Singapore’s new downtown Marina Bay, encircling the Marina Reservoir like a green necklace. The Gardens will complement the array of attractions around Marina Bay.
Gardens by the Bay is an integral part of a strategy by the Singapore government that further transforms Singapore from a ‘Garden City’ to a ‘City in a Garden’, in which the city is woven into a green and floral tapestry. This aims to raise the quality of life in Singapore with a more holistic and all-encompassing programme that enhances greenery and flora in the city. First announced to the public by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the National Day Rally in August 2005, Gardens by the Bay will become Singapore’s premier urban outdoor recreation space, and a national icon.
An international competition for the design of the master plan was held in January 2006 to elicit the best designs for the Gardens. This attracted more than 70 entries submitted by 170 firms from 24 countries, from which two firms – Grant Associates and Gustafson Porter – were eventually awarded the master plan design for the Bay South and Bay East Gardens respectively.
The Gardens are being developed in phases. Bay South is currently being constructed and is slated to be completed by June 2012. Bay East has been developed as an interim park in support of the Youth Olympic Games 2010, and is scheduled to open to the public in late 2011 or early 2012. The full master plan implementation of Bay East and the development of Bay Central are part of the next phase of development.
...:Taken from From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:.
The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel located in Singapore, constructed in 2005–2008. Described by its operators as an observation wheel,[2] it reaches 42 stories high, with a total height of 165 m (541 ft), making it the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, 5 m (16 ft) taller than the Star of Nanchang and 30 m (98 ft) taller than the London Eye.
Situated on the southeast tip of the Marina Centre reclaimed land, it comprises a 150 m (492 ft) diameter wheel, built over a three-story terminal building which houses shops, bars and restaurants, and offers broad views of the city centre and beyond to about 45 km (28 mi), including the Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan, as well as Johor, Malaysia.
The final capsule was installed on 2 October 2007, the wheel started rotating on 11 February 2008 and it officially opened to the public on 1 March 2008.[1] Tickets for rides on the first 3 nights were sold out for S$8,888 (US$6,271), an auspicious number in Chinese culture.[2] The grand opening for the Flyer was held on 15 April 2008.[3]
Each of the 28 air-conditioned capsules is capable of holding 28 passengers, and a complete rotation of the wheel takes about 30 minutes.[4] Initially rotating in a counter-clockwise direction when viewed from Marina Centre, its direction was changed on 4 August 2008 under the advice of Feng shui masters.[5]
.:From www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/index.php?option=com_news&task=... :.
About Super trees
Concept and Overview
•Supertrees are uniquely designed vertical gardens ranging from 25 to 50 metres in height (9 to 16 storey), with emphasis placed on the vertical display of tropical flowering climbers, epiphytes and ferns.
•There are a total of 18 Supertrees, all located within Bay South at Gardens by the Bay. Out of the 18 Supertrees, twelve are situated in the Supertree Grove while the remaining six are placed in clusters of threes near the Arrival Square and Dragonfly Lake.
•Given the relatively short time span to create a garden from reclaimed land, the Supertrees provide an immediate scale and dimension to the Gardens while marrying the form and function of mature trees.
•They also create height to balance the current and future tall developments in the Marina Bay area.
•In the day, the Supertrees' large canopies provide shade and shelter. At night, the Supertrees will come alive with lighting and projected media.
•Eleven of the Supertrees are embedded with environmentally sustainable functions.
•A 128-metre-long aerial walkway will connect the two 42-metre Supertrees in the Supertree Grove and enable visitors to take in a different view of the Gardens from a height of 22 metres.
•The 50-metre Supertree will have a treetop bistro that will offer a panoramic view of the Gardens and surrounding Marina Bay area, while F&B outlets located in the Supertree Grove will offer a casual dining experience amidst the lush garden setting. These are among the many dining options that will be available in the Gardens.
•Visitors can look forward to getting up-close to the Supertrees when Bay South officially opens in June 2012.
Construction
The Supertree comprises four major parts:
•Reinforcement concrete core - Inner vertical structure that upholds the Supertree;
•Trunk - A steel frame that will be attached around the reinforcement concrete core;
•Planting panels - Installed on the trunk in preparation for the planting of the living skin;
•Canopy - Shaped like an inverted umbrella, the canopy will be assembled and hoisted via a hydraulic jack system (with the exception of the 50m Supertree canopy which will be assembled at its final height).
Environmentally Sustainable Functions
•Eleven Supertrees will have canopies embedded with environmentally sustainable functions.
•Some will have photovoltaic cells to harvest solar energy for lighting up the Supertrees. Some will be integrated with the cooled conservatories and serve as air exhaust receptacles.
Plants
•Over 162,900 plants comprising more than 200 species and varieties of bromeliads, orchids, ferns and tropical flowering climbers will be planted on the 18 Supertrees.
•Examples of some of the species that will be planted on the Supertrees include the Tillandsia stricta from Brazil, Tillandsia fasciculate from Panama, Cattleya maxima from Ecuador, and Pseudorhipsalis from Costa Rica.
•The plants are chosen based on the following considerations:
◦Suitable for vertical planting
◦Lightweight and hardy
◦Soil-less
◦Easy to maintain
◦Suitable for Singapore's Climate
◦Not commonly found in Singapore
◦Visually interesting
•The Supertrees will have different planting schemes in various colours ranging from warm tones like reds, browns, orange and yellows, to cooler hues like silver and pink.
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About Garden by the Bay
Gardens by the Bay consists of three distinctive waterfront gardens – Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central, spanning a total of 101 hectares. They are set in the heart of Singapore’s new downtown Marina Bay, encircling the Marina Reservoir like a green necklace. The Gardens will complement the array of attractions around Marina Bay.
Gardens by the Bay is an integral part of a strategy by the Singapore government that further transforms Singapore from a ‘Garden City’ to a ‘City in a Garden’, in which the city is woven into a green and floral tapestry. This aims to raise the quality of life in Singapore with a more holistic and all-encompassing programme that enhances greenery and flora in the city. First announced to the public by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the National Day Rally in August 2005, Gardens by the Bay will become Singapore’s premier urban outdoor recreation space, and a national icon.
An international competition for the design of the master plan was held in January 2006 to elicit the best designs for the Gardens. This attracted more than 70 entries submitted by 170 firms from 24 countries, from which two firms – Grant Associates and Gustafson Porter – were eventually awarded the master plan design for the Bay South and Bay East Gardens respectively.
The Gardens are being developed in phases. Bay South is currently being constructed and is slated to be completed by June 2012. Bay East has been developed as an interim park in support of the Youth Olympic Games 2010, and is scheduled to open to the public in late 2011 or early 2012. The full master plan implementation of Bay East and the development of Bay Central are part of the next phase of development.
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