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I could get a squirrel proof one but they have to eat as well even though they don't belong in this country
A male Pileated Woodpecker laying down at the base of this pine tree using its long sticky tongue to pull ants out of a hole.
I had read about this behavior, but this is the first and only time I’ve ever seen it in action. Amazing!
Hilton Head Island, SC, USA
HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, HNLMS Schorpioen, Dutch Navy Museum, Dan Helder
If you admire stories of unlikely survival like I do, the history of the Abraham Crijnssen is fascinating, and also an example of the ingenuity which is common throughout Dutch history. This ship, like the other ships of the Dutch East Indies surface fleet that attempted to defend Java in February 1942, should be at the bottom of the Java Sea right now, except for the crafty if unconventional ingenuity of its captain -- who took the game of Dress Up to a whole new level...
The Battle of the Java Sea was a horrific disaster for the Allies, who lost 10 major ships and 2300 sailors. The Imperial Japanese Navy only lost 36 sailors, no ships. In the aftermath and fall of Java, the Abraham Crijnssen was ordered to retreat to Australia, a perilous week-long trip which would leave the ship, which was slow and lacked modern air defenses, an easy target for air strikes. Imperial Navy aircraft had already sunk many Allied ships at the time. Entrusted with the lives of 10 officers, 48 sailors and a female nurse, the captain knew that to simply sail out into the open toward Australia was a death sentence. So he came up with a wild but clever plan: an island is an island is an island...and the Java Sea around Malaysia and Indonesia has well over 18,000 of them. Why not look like one?
He sailed immediately for the nearest island, had his crew cut down as much foliage as possible, and then proceeded to cover the entire surface area of the 184 foot long ship with foliage. What metal the crew couldn't conceal, they painted to look like rocks. Then, they sat...until night. Knowing that the Abraham Crijnssen would leave a visible wake, the captain could only sail her at night. During daylight, the ship was parked close in to "other" larger islands, immobile. This must have been incredibly nerve-wracking, especially as aircraft were heard overhead. Yet in spite of how crazy this sounds, the Abraham Crijnssen pulled safely into Fremantle, Australia eight days later, the only Dutch ship of her class to survive the invasion. Don't believe me? See for yourself:
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/hnlms-abraham-crijn...
The ship behind the Crijnssen, the HNLMS Schorpioen, an armored ram from the 1860s, is only interesting from its unique survival from the scrapyard, a relic of the age between sail and steam.
While visiting a wonderful friend in Den Helder, he took me to see the Abraham Crijnssen and the interesting Dutch Navy Museum. Thank you for the visit Ralph!
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Our local community gardens have been around for many years so the plots there have evolved their own sense of place and style - which often transcend whomever the stewarding gardener might be. Some of the most wonderful leftover artifacts are the "fences" which are, without a doubt, some of the most unique, artistic and ingenious fences I've ever seen.
Happy Fence Friday, my friends! Have an ingeniously inspiring weekend. :)
Part of the Perseverance mission to Mars, Ingenuity is the helicopter that flies in the Martian atmosphere and sends photos and videos back to Perseverance and from there to NASA on Earth. Ingenuity is more than two years into an intended 30 day mission, far exceeding expectations.
The clematis vine has become a symbol of mental strength and ingenuity because of its ability to climb up and around obstacles, twisting and spreading to reach lofty heights.
Triad color art piece - Colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel. Triadic color harmonies tend to be vibrant. “The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” - Leonardo da Vinci
The nests these tiny hummingbirds build are amazing. They are roughly the size of a golf ball. You couldn't duplicate it with your hands and they do it all with their beak. True works of art.
A female Eastern Bluebird. Bluebird nest boxes in Carden Alvar are all against the fences; most often the birds land on a rusty fence wire before entering the nest. Some enterprising photographers decided to put up a broken piece of branch around the nest box to give the birds a more natural looking perch - only to forget about the cable ties. Carden Alvar, Kirkfield, Ontario
Amish cooks would clean out their Mason jars, then turn them upside down and put them on fence posts around their gardens. The intense summer sun would generate enough heat inside the jars that the fence posts would actually char — perfectly sanitizing the jars. (Explained by guide at My Amish Home in Holmes County, Ohio)
Revelation 13:18 “Here is scope for ingenuity. Let people of shrewd intelligence calculate the number of the Wild Beast; for it indicates a certain man, and his number is 666.”
“WHO Member States conclude negotiations and make significant progress on draft pandemic agreement” – World Health Organization
“Proposal to be submitted to World Health Assembly in May for consideration”
www.who.int/news/item/16-04-2025-who-member-states-conclu...
The United Nations is working towards expanding their powers yet again. If you fail, try again: write and rewrite, package and repackage, until it’s accepted. This is another step towards world governance.
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People in the far north are quite clever when it comes to solving daily problems that might arise.
When your source of water is located high on the mountain side, and your home or business is well below - you simply make your own water pipeline. Of course this only solves the problem in the summer, as your jerry-rigged pipeline will freeze solid in the winter. In winter you will be digging a hole in the ice of the nearest body of water, filling containers, and hauling them home. I never said that life in the far north was easy. 😄
"Outstanding Universal "Value
"Brief synthesis
"Located in the Occitanie region, the Pont du Gard is the major element of a 50.02 km aqueduct built in the middle of the 1st century to supply the city of Nîmes, the ancient Roman colony of Nemausus, from the Eure source located near Uzès. A three-storey aqueduct bridge rising to nearly 48.77 m, it enabled the water conduit to cross the Gardon River.
"This triple bridge, whose longest floor, at the very top of the edifice, measured 360 m, is a feat and a masterpiece of Roman architectural technique, but also a work of art whose presence transfigures the landscape. Set in a natural site that enhances its imposing appearance and its lines of force, the Pont du Gard rests on a rocky base, notched by the river spanned by its major arch. The gentle and symmetrical tapering of the arches, the span of the lower arches and the regularity of the upper gallery give it an extraordinarily airy appearance for a work of such magnitude.
"The Pont du Gard is an outstanding example of bridges built in ancient times. It achieves a triple performance with its three levels of arches of unequal dimensions and is characterized by the use, for the construction of the arches of the lower levels, of juxtaposed rollers composed of voussoirs bearing engraved positioning marks. In the series of Roman aqueducts, this exceptional edifice is the result of an extensive adaptation to the river regime of the Gardon whose floods are sudden and devastating. The lips installed in front of the piers are designed to resist high water, and the opening of the principal lower arch (24.52 m instead of 21.87 m for the arches of the extremes) facilitates the flow of water.
"Built, on the first two levels, of large stone blocks and, at the upper level, of small stone rubble which hold the abutting flagstones of the canal, the Pont du Gard is one of the most revealing monuments as to the construction processes of the early Imperial era. On the dressing of the stone can still be seen the marks of the quarrymen’s and stonecutters’ tools, and sometimes the coding of the stones, with figures and letters, showing their position in the assembly schema. The precision in execution meets to perfection a challenging design, and the Pont du Gard has, ever since the 16th century, been considered as one of the major accomplishments of the Roman civilization.
"Criterion (i): The Pont du Gard is a masterpiece of Roman technique and an outstanding artistic achievement which, by its presence, transfigures the landscape.
"Criterion (iii): An exceptional building in the series of Roman aqueduct works, the Pont du Gard bears unique witness to the technique of Roman engineers and builders in the service of urban and territorial development, which is one of the characteristics of this civilization.
"Criterion (iv): The Pont du Gard is one of the most representative works of the construction processes of the Roman imperial era.
"Integrity
"During the Middle Ages, the ancient structure lost a great number of stones; upstream of the upper arcade, twelve arches have disappeared. It was also during the Middle Ages that the bridge was adapted to the passage of men and beasts: a path was built and the piles of the second level were cut away over half of their thickness, threatening the stability of the edifice. Despite these spoliations, the remarkable state of conservation of the Pont du Gard must be emphasized. In the years 1699-1702, the piers were repaired, and corbels were built at the level of the piers to allow for the passage of the road.
"Finally, in 1746, the construction of a road bridge attached to the first level of the Roman bridge was entrusted to the engineer Henri Pitot, who had the concern to adjust his work as exactly as possible to the ancient bridge.
"Authenticity
"The exceptional ingenuity of the design of the Pont du Gard remains apparent in its slightly curvilinear layout, and the lips installed in front of the piers attest to the efforts made to adapt its construction to the river regime of the Gardon. The property is one with the richest information on the construction processes of the early Roman imperial period as shown by its refined stonework, the assembly of the blocks which still bear the marks of the quarrymen’s and stonecutters’ tools, as well as the coding for assembly. The quarry from which the stones were extracted is preserved some 600 metres from the site.
"The aqueduct of Nîmes ceased to function around the beginning of the 6th century and the Pont du Gard never regained its original use.
"Since the end of the 17th century and up to the present day, the Pont du Gard has been the subject of numerous restoration campaigns which have consecrated it in its splendid isolation as an insignia monument, witness of the Roman civilization. It is located at a distance from the villages that today are home to a population of 4500 inhabitants, and only two buildings were erected in its immediate vicinity in 1865 and 1901: a flour mill turned restaurant on the left bank, and a hotel on the right bank." UNESCO World Heritage Convention Website whc.unesco.org/en/list/344/ on 6 Dec 2023
Palafitic pier of Carrasqueira - Portugal
Next to the small fishing village of Carrasqueira, the popular ingenuity takes shape and with some creativity unveils a curious solution to solve the problem of access to boats during the low tide - the palafitic pier.
When the water turns into a mirror and silence descends on the river, walking through this place, unique in Europe, can become an unforgettable experience at sunset.
Nikon D810 + Nikkor AF-S 14-24 f/2.8 G ED @ 14 mm
ISO 100 - f/7.1 - 30s
Filter Used:
Progrey USA 150mm Filter Holder + Progrey USA GND 0.9 HE
C-GROV, an Airbus BD-500-1A11 A220-300, heading west on taxiway "Delta" towards runway 06L at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario.
"Calin Rovinescu" was departing, just before sunset, as ACA720 (Air Canada) to New York (LaGuardia), New York.
Serial number 55067 was the first A220-300 to join Air Canada's fleet. On November 21, 2025, it received the 40th of the 65 units that it had ordered.
Although the BD-500 family was designed and developed by Bombardier, it has become a valuable addition to the Airbus commercial product line.
2024.01.29
Cuxhaven
AIS Name ONE INGENUITY
Typ Container ship
Flagge Liberia
IMO 9933016
MMSI 636023290
Rufzeichen 5LMZ3
Baujahr - 2023
Länge 399 m
Breite 61 m
Tiefgang 12.1 m / 0.2 m / 16.5 m
Geschwindigkeit 21.3 kn Max
TEU: 24136
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this shot as it hovered over the Martian surface on April 19, 2021, during the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet. It used its navigation camera, which autonomously tracks the ground during flight.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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2024.01.29
Cuxhaven
AIS Name ONE INGENUITY
Typ Container ship
Flagge Liberia
IMO 9933016
MMSI 636023290
Rufzeichen 5LMZ3
Baujahr - 2023
Länge 399 m
Breite 61 m
Tiefgang 12.1 m / 0.2 m / 16.5 m
Geschwindigkeit 21.3 kn Max
TEU: 24136
Aquila was built in 1966 but found as a derelict in 2011. She was rebuilt in two and a half years even though “we had no money”. They put in a lot of hard work and ingenuity and she has now been sailing for ten years. In the WBF program she is shown with a white hull and and a rainbow staysail. When I found the boat at the dock, it was painted turquoise and red and he did not bring the rainbow sail.
Port Townsend's 2023 Wooden Boat Festival woodenboat.org/plan-your-visit
The couple probably wanted a long-exposure shot of The Parkway but had no tripod. So he set it on the steps to steady the camera.
I mentioned in recent post (see comments: flic.kr/p/YCsaBT) that I might begin to develop a project that I thought of just as our trip to Ohio was ending. I want to try and show through photographs what the Amish life is really all about - not just snap pics of pretty scenery. If I had had this in mind before beginning, I would have been more thoughtful with what and how I was shooting. Any thoughts/ideas from the Flickr world are welcome.
"Ingenuity" is a necessary skill in Amish life.
SC 0232 - Probes discovered the mineral rich planet of Aeresolidu, but unfortunately it remained inaccessible due to the incredibly high atmospheric pressure. In a feat of ingenuity, a group of colony engineers modified the deep sea frame "Spearfisher" and made the first official landfall on the planet. The new frame was dubbed the "Rascal", and has since become a mainstay in many Free Colony militias.
Big shoutout to SuspendedAnimation for the Spearfisher frame.