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Two interesting gentlemen were along on Yankee Lady. The man on the right is Mr. Rodman, he was a B17 pilot during WWII and flew 35 missions with a bomb group I can't remember. He was thrilled to be able to do this and said his family bought him the ride. When I asked him if he was going up to the cockpit, he said he was not able to move about the plane but said he knew what the cockpit looked like!
The other man was from Holland and said he remembered the bombers flying over enroute to their targets.
It's men like this that make these flights worth it.
This is an interesting one. Must view at 100% and scroll from left to right to see. Leaves dropping into the slowly flowing river from the branches of a tree on the shore of the island on the left formed a thin line of leaves from left to right across the whole image. At about the midpoint of the image another tree whose yellow leafed branches were also hanging over the water creates a second line of leaves. Wish I had my 35mm for this, just noticed it while sitting next to the river. Light was changing and there would have been no time to retrieve my other camera..
Location: Sibson Building, Canterbury Campus
It only seemed fitting to capture the new home of maths at Canterbury from an interesting angle.
Claire Dowling, MSc Computer Science student
cmd42@kent.ac.uk
All this time and I never new I'd had some of my pictures included in the Flickr Explore pages as interesting.
Interesting design on the side of the hut wood burner. Left handed guitarist in odd hat serenades naked woman. I mean I'm left handed but have yet to stumble across a naked woman waiting for me to serenade her on a remote mountain in Norway. Still it's something for me to ponder walking along on rainy days
Arriving In Lyon late in the day and it was raining. Our hotel was about one hour from Lyon so we didn't stop there and went straight to our hotel. We arrived in the dark and left the next morning in the dark to go back to Lyon. Most of the shots of Lyon are taken from the moving Coach.
Day 10 of our Cosmos tour, October 9, 2012 Lyon France.
Lyon, traditionally spelt Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Etymologically it relates to the Celtic God Lugoves, Lugh as does Laon and Leiden. Lyon is located approximately 470 km (292 mi) from Paris, 320 km (199 mi) from Marseille, 420 km (261 mi) from Strasbourg, 160 km (99 mi) from Geneva, 280 km (174 mi) from Turin. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais.
The population of Lyon is 484,344 (2010).Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the largest conurbation in France outside Paris, with a population estimated to be 1,551,228 (2010); its overall metropolitan area was estimated to have a population of 2,118,132. Its urban region represents half of the Rhône-Alpes region population with 2.9 million inhabitants.[5] Lyon is the capital of this region, as well as the capital of the smaller Rhône département.
The city is known for its historical and architectural landmarks and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lyon was historically known as an important area for the production and weaving of silk and in modern times has developed a reputation as the capital of gastronomy in France. It has a significant role in the history of cinema due to Auguste and Louis Lumière, who invented the cinematographe in Lyon. The city is also known for its famous light festival 'Fête des Lumières' which occurs every 8 December and lasts for four days, earning Lyon the title of Capital of Lights. Legend says that the Virgin Mary saved the city from the plague and, to thank her, a statue was built. On the day it was erected, the whole city was lit by candles that its citizens had put at their windows. The local professional football team, Olympique Lyonnais, has increased Lyon's profile internationally through participation in European football championships.
Economically, Lyon is a major centre for banking as well as for chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries. The city contains a significant software industry with a particular focus on video games, and in recent years has fostered a growing local start-up sector. Lyon also hosts the international headquarters of Interpol, Euronews and International Agency for Research on Cancer. By some measures, Lyon is ranked 2nd in France as an economic centre and convention centre. Lyon was ranked 8th globally and 2nd in France for innovation in 2011 It ranked 2nd in France and 38th globally in Mercer's 2010 liveability rankings.
Fro More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon
Whose idea was it? Did the architect or the contractee decide that they wanted to put a fun-park wheel three quarters of the way up a building? It looks like the sort of thing a spoilt rich kid demanded. “... and I want a ferris wheel that I can use without leaving the building!” What would be really cool is if each “pod” was a different room, bedrooms or dining or living, but you could only get in or out when they had rotated to the right position!
Interesting plant my cousin had just bought at the local Safeway store. Used the dramatic tone filter.
Commuting to and from work, I see a handful of really interesting license plates... these are a couple where I actually had a camera to take a photo of them
My wife and I went shopping at the Christian Bookstore. As we got out of the car, I couldn't help but notice the unique sky and snapped this picture.
This is an old photo, but I thought some of you may be interested to see it after yesterday's Rope in the Sky, so I'm re-posting it. These clouds were like a series of mini-tornados.
1. Eagles Nest, 2. Hanging Lake, 3. Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, 4. Flatirons by Moonlight, 5. Colorado Front Range Panorama, 6. Mount Toll, 7. Road in the San Luis Valley, Southern Colorado, 8. Wildfire on a Karst Peak Above Yangshuo!,
9. Delicate Arch at Sunset, 10. Longs Peak Alpenglow, 11. Evaporation Ponds, 12. Forbidden City Panorama, 13. The Great Wall, 14. Siblings, 15. Candlelight Vigil for Peace - Boulder, Colorado, 16. 1999 Broadway Facade,
17. Boulder Theater, 18. Aspen forest, 19. Canyonlands Sunset, 20. Aspen Canopy, 21. Flatirons Sunrise, 22. Mount Fuji from Above, 23. Grand Hyatt Atrium - Jin Mao Tower
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I saw this and said to myself: "SELF! That's quite an interesting seating arrangement there. It looks like someone spent a little time getting it just right.".
I've seen quite a bit of this lately...no idea what it means. In a group, a Mallard hen (I've only seen hens do it) will drop her head to the water surface, stretch out her neck and paddle furiously...looking like a submarine speeding across the water. NOT being pursued or heckledy by any other duck, and NOT appearing to be looking for food...it appears to just be some kind of 'game' behavior. Most amusing.
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1. Déja vu all over again, 2. Kensal Green, 3. Paging Steven Stapleton, 4. A burst of jazz, 5. Portrait of the artist, 6. eerT, 7. By special request, 8. Bird Lady - an intriguing moral quandary,
9. OMFG teh pr0n, 10. Ooooh, 11. Bus stop, 12. Yet another..., 13. Stairs, 14. Happy New Year, Admiral, 15. St Mark's, 16. Scenic Kilburn,
17. Oooh, spooky, 18. Swan, 19. Hyde Park Sunset, 20. Trafalgar Square, 21. Trafalgar Square, 22. Miike Takashi, 23. Millennium Bridge, 24. Leadenhall Market,
25. Merry Christmas from Canary Wharf Management, 26. On reflection, 27. Lanterns, Camden, 28. Another Canary Wharf sunset, 29. Ford, 30. Meanwhile Gardens, west London, 31. Banksy, 32. Kensal Green,
33. Angel and graves