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Omega Seamaster Professional Custom
Base: SMP Model 2254.50
2230.50 "Non-AC" Dial
2201.50 Planet Ocean Bezel and Seconds Hand
A custom Seamaster Professional, integrating the parts of the Omega Planet Ocean descended from the legendary 1960s Seamaster 300m divers without the bulk of the PO's 600m case. The non-AC dial has the classic big triangle at 12 and applied indices and logo.
Location - Langley Research Center - Aircraft Landing Dynamics Facility
Date of Photos – 02/15/2012
Photographer – Joe Bibby
Building Resilience, Integrating Gender Women, Natural Resources and Climate Change in Afghanistan
2017 © Noorullah Azizi UN Environment
Looking south-southeastward at the low, surf-cut cliff of Burnt Bluff Group along the Big Bay de Noc shore. We're down the coast a bit from the park's ghost town.
This post complements Part 10 of this set, which was taken six years before. Both shots document the same locale: the same bedrock, the same flaggy beach.
A very common sight along the upper reaches of the Lake Michigan littoral is Arbor Vitae (Thuja occidentalis, also known as Northern White Cedar) growing a top of an exposure of Regional Silurian Dolostone. Here it's the darker-green tree species of narrowly pyramidal habit. It's a conifer that loves to grow in soils derived from calcium-rich carbonate rock.
And the most obvious hardwood present here is the white-barked Paper Birch, Betula papyrifera. The most prominent example in this frame has already passed on, bought the farm, joined the choir invisible, or kicked the bucket, depending on your preferred euphemism.
As the next two photos in this series will demonstrate, there's ample evidence that the lowest Burnt Bluff formation, the Byron, outcrops here. In addition, there may well be some overlying Hendricks Dolomite, too. It's definitely found up the coast a bit, at Middle Bluff.
All this stone first formed as lime mud deposited in tidal-flat to deeper conditions in a warm saltwater sea that covered this part of Laurentia, North America's forerunner, about 425 Ma ago. Now, exposed to the powerful forces of weathering and erosion, it temporarily fronts a huge freshwater lake that is the legacy of a much different climate—the Pleistocene ice age.
To see the other photos and descriptions in this set, visit my Integrative Natural History of Fayette Historic State Park album.
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, waits to conduct integration and medical training with members of the U.S. Army Aviation Reaction Force, Task Force Brawler on the flightline at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2018. The relationship built between the Army crews and Air Force Guardian Angel teams provides the bedrock for future joint personnel recovery operations, aiding in the delivery of decisive airpower for U.S. Central Command, allied nations and America.(U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook)
The third and fourth (pictured) European Service Modules are currently in production at Airbus facilities in Bremen, Germany. They are a key element of the Orion spacecraft, the first to return humans to the Moon since the 1970s.
These modules provide the spacecraft with propulsion, power and thermal control, and will supply astronauts with water and oxygen. The Orion spacecraft is composed of a European Service Module, a Crew Module Adapter and a Crew Module. The latter two components are provided by NASA.
Powering flights to the Moon is a collaborative effort. The components and hardware used in the European Service Modules are built and supplied by more than twenty different companies from ten different countries in Europe.
When ready for launch, each module will have a total mass of 13500 kg, almost two-thirds of which is propellant (rocket fuel). More than 11 km of cables are needed to send commands and receive information from the many on-board sensors. As can be seen in the photo, tie-wraps (yellow) come in handy when it comes to keeping all these cables organised.
The first European Service Module is already attached to the Orion spacecraft and awaiting launch for Artemis I later this year. The second European Service Module has been formally transferred to NASA and is completing integration at the Operations and Checkout building at the Kennedy Space Center. It will be used on the Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission to fly all the way to the Moon in half a century.
By delivering six European Service Modules, ESA is ensuring NASA’s Artemis programme continues to develop a sustainable presence on and around the Moon in international partnership.
Learn more about Orion and Europe’s involvement here. Follow the latest updates via the Orion blog.
Credits: ESA–A. Conigli
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Echoes of Tomorrow" is a visual ode to a future where artificial intelligence and robotics seamlessly integrate with human aspirations. This series delves into the potentialities of architecture, design, and daily life, transformed by the limitless creativity and precision of AI. It captures a world where physical constraints persist, yet human ingenuity is amplified through the vast possibilities offered by technology. These images offer a glimpse into a plausible future where constructions and landscapes are crafted with a detail and scale currently unimaginable - a tribute to the unforeseen ahead.
Poem:
In the glow of gilded domes agleam,
Where the wheels of time ignite their spark,
She stands, a relic of a bygone dream,
Gazing forth at dawn's impending arc.
She watches robots weave thoughts and steel,
In a choreography of code's own verse,
Where the line betwixt creator and creation
Is blurred in technology's harmonious curse.
We don ourselves in dreams' attire,
Forge bridges from lucid streams of data,
In a world where AI's breath infuses life
Into abodes we cherish, ever fonder.
Haiku:
Golden domes rise high,
Dreams of AI gently bloom,
New dawn, hope descends.
A U.S. Marine pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands an AV-8B Harrier aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) during Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego, Feb. 24, 2015. This training allowed the pilots of the 15th MEU’S air combat element an opportunity to practice landing and departing procedures in the AV-8B Harrier while at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht/ Released)
Located approximately 5000 light-years away this deep sky object is named after one of the Earth's oldest inhabitants.
The photo was taken from our observatory in Bazaleti, which is currently under beta testing.
Integration time: 3h
L-9x600sec
RGB-4-4-4x300sec.
Stacked and processed in Pixinsight, retouched in Photoshop CC.
Camera: QSI583
Scope: TS80APO 480mm f/6
Mount: iEQ30 Pro
Fusion with my artworks is possible in the projection gallery. I was looking not only to make you think and let your imagination fly free, but at the same time to play with your own shadows, integrating yourself to them creating new stories and I think I have achieved it. Thanks to all of you who have attended in December there is a new collection on the way :)
Gallery projections immensities collection
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La fusión con mis obras de arte es posible en la galería de proyección. Buscaba no solo hacerte pensar y dejar volar tu imaginación, sino a la vez jugar con tus propias sombras, integrándote a ellas creando nuevas historias y creo que lo he logrado. Gracias a todos los que habéis asistido,en diciembre hay una nueva colección en camino :)
La comunità ortodossa di Abano Terme e dintorni ha eretto (immagino a sue spese) questa chiesa nello stile di quelle che si vedono nei piccoli villaggi dell'Est-Europa. E' un bell'esempio di integrazione, pur conservando le tradizioni religiose. Ad esempio, la donna che sta uscendo dalla chiesa, per rispetto del luogo, indossa una finta gonna per nascondere i pantaloni che porta sotto.
Beverly Burnett dresses up.
Canon F1n, 50mm f1.4 SSC, Vivitar 282 flash
Kodachrome 64
1981
Taken in 1981 at Beale AFB, California, Physiological Support Division, USAF Hospital Beale.
PSD is the flight integration facility where pressure suits survival kits, parachutes and other flight equipment are maintained, fitted, overhauled or integrated into the aircraft systems. (At this time U2R/TR-1, and SR-71A)
This is a David Clark S1031 suit, a seven layered suit used to unlimited altitude. The suit uses 100% oxygen which enters the suit through a pressure regulator in the rear of the helmet. The helmet has a face curtain to assure that any suit leaks do not decompress the face area, and that pressure is available for breathing. Exhaled gases get passed through the face curtain to the suit environment. The suit pressure is maintained with compressed Oxygen from the aircraft system, through a dual stage suit pressure controller. The regulator is operated by two vacuum aneroids which compress seals, if the ambient cabin pressure is less than required, the vacuum aneroids contract allowing system pressure to enter the suit. The small pulley with the steel cable running through it is the helmet hold-down strap which stops the helmet from rising when the suit is inflated.
In the event of ejection there are 2 auxiliary oxygen bottles in the survival kit which should supply enough oxygen for the crewman to reach the ground.
Integrated into the suit is the parachute harness, connected by the Koch connector on her left shoulder. The parachute is a 35 foot diameter chute ballistically opened by a mortar fired 25 pound steel slug. The chute utilizes a quarter deployment bag, only partially opening at altitude. Once speed has reduced, the chute fully deploys.
The suit also contains automatic life preservers under each arm, equipped with a salt water sensor which immediately inflates the preservers when exposed to sea-water.
There have been successful ejections above 80,000 feet.
Taken about 30 yd (27 m) east of Old Ore Road, on the Chihuahuan Desert floor 500 yd (457 m) east of the foot of Cuesta Carlota. And this spot was about 2.0 road mi (3.2 km) north of its intersection with the paved park road to Rio Grande Village (Park Road 12).
The marvelous plant on display here is a Chisos Prickly Poppy, Argemone chisosensis. The next shot in this series will show its flowers at closer range; this is the habitat shot. That said, there are two fully developed, white-petaled blossoms visible here. They're being tilted over to the right by a stiff breeze. This requires no further explanation, because it's always windy when I try to photograph wildflowers.
Chisos Prickly Poppy is an edifying example of a plant with an accurate common name. It is indeed a member of the Poppy Family (Papaveraceae); it is fearsomely armed with long prickles; and it does like to hang in and about the Chisos Mountains, which are only about 15 miles (24 km) due west of this locale.
This particular specimen seems to have built a rock garden for itself, and is nicely edged with larger chunks of what I gather are mostly Buda Limestone. There may also be some bits of the Del Rio Clay. Both formations make up this side of Cuesta Carlota, and are Upper Cretaceous in age. The smaller overlying stone fragments make up the desert pavement, a common sight in the arid places of the American Southwest.
One leading explanation of how desert pavement forms is an eminently simple one: smaller rock particles once present have gradually been blown away, and only the pebbles too heavy for aeolian transport have remained. But there are other hypotheses out there. For another view of this intriguing aspect of the desert landscape, see this post.
To see the other photos and descriptions in this set, visit my my Integrative Natural History of Old Ore Road album.
The modest bus station in Aberystwyth next to the imposing 1925 train station, now used as a Wetherspoons
Video of three black and white collages created in 2003...these pieces have never been exhibited and by using iMovie they now have a way of finding an audience
The narration with the video was also written back in 2003 when the pieces were first created...l found by writing a narration to all my pieces back in those days helped me with inner and outer consolidation and this allowed many other awarenesses to slowly become clear...
I have only just realised these videos are also becoming my artistic retrospective...
Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh. Dungeness is also the name of the power station and a few other nearby buildings near the beach, and of an important ecological site at the same location.
Dungeness is one of the largest expanses of shingle in the world[citation needed]. And is classified as Britain's only desert by the met office. It is of international conservation importance for its geomorphology, plant and invertebrate communities and birdlife. This is recognised and protected mostly through its conservation designations as a National Nature Reserve (NNR), a Special Protection Area (SPA), a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) of Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay.
There is a remarkable variety of wildlife living at Dungeness, with over 600 different types of plant: a third of all those found in Britain. It is one of the best places in Britain to find insects such as moths, bees and beetles, and spiders; many of these are very rare, some found nowhere else in Britain.
The short-haired bumblebee, Bombus subterraneus, was last found in the UK in 1988, but has survived in New Zealand after being shipped there more than 100 years ago. After unsuccessful attempts to reintroduce the New Zealand bees at Dungeness in 2009-2010, the RSPB teamed up with the Swedish government in a second attempt and introduced 51 of them in 2012 and 49 in 2013 to the Dungeness Reserve. This will be continued each year, with RSPB staff conducting analysis of breeding to ensure a successful integration.[1]
The flooded gravel pits on Denge Beach, both brackish and fresh water, provide an important refuge for many migratory and coastal bird species. The RSPB has a bird sanctuary there and every year thousands of bird watchers descend on the peninsula to catch a glimpse of a rare bird from the bird observatory.
Our Di2 system is so clean you never need to know it's there. And no more battery pack hanging of your down tube.
Designed in-house our seamlessly integrated battery system locks into the top of the seat mast and is then enclosed by the post head. Our Speedvagen Integrated battery system not only makes the bike visually more streamlined, but it seals the all impostant power source away from the elements.
“The EU is facing another ‘whatever it takes’ moment”, EP President Roberta Metsola said when introducing Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi to the plenary. She added that Mr Draghi already steered the EU out of a crisis when he was President of the European Central Bank. “I have no doubt that we can rely on your experience again as the EU faces another existential crisis”.
On the war in Ukraine, Ms Metsola highlighted that “the coordination, solidarity and unity the EU has shown against this war must remain the blueprint for our actions going forward.” On the future of the EU, she pointed out that, “no suggestions for change that have been made by the Conference should be off limits. Because if not now, then when?”
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with the NROL-101 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) rolls from the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
Jewish cemetery in Külsheim, Germany
The cemetery is an awesome place for the Jews who call it in Hebrew: Bet ha-chaj (House of the living), Bet ha-kwarot (Hause of graves), Bet ha-olam (Eternal House) and in Yiddish 'Getort' (Good Place). It is a place of 'eternal rest', meaning that no grave can be reused and that there is no end to the use of a grave. Jews only go to the cemetery with their heads covered in respect of the Holiness of this place. Visiting a grave the Kaddisch Prayer is said and as ancient ritual a little stone is put onto the grave as memorial of the visit.
The tombstones in Külsheim stand with their simplicity for equality of all men in death. The few decorative details symbolise religious believes. Blessing hands indicate that the dead was from the tribe of Kohanim (Priests), the jug for someone from the Levites, the ram horn for a shofar player, the circumcision knife for a Mohalim, crowns are a symbol for a respected family name, grapes for a blessed life on earth, representations of animals however, are from more recent times and indicate surnames.
The last line at the lower end of a tombstone is mostly a shortened saying in Hebrew: 'Be his(her) soul bound into the eternal life.'
This cemetery was created in 1658 and is therefore one of the oldest in the region of Franconia (Germany). It was the central Jewish cemetery for Külsheim, Hardheim, Gissigheim, Königheim, Tauberbischofsheim and Hochhausen. The Jewish community paid a tax to the city of Külsheim for the use of the cemetery. The last person was buried here in April 1938.
Dammaged tombstones date from the Third Reich period. 1952 the fence around the cemetery was redone. Today the 'Suprime Council of Israelites of Baden' owns the cemetery.
The location of the medieval cemetery, previous to this one, is unknown. It might have been in the district called 'Paradise'.