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Schwabacher's Landing
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming, USA
I had met some photographers at the Snake River Overlook the evening before and one told me of this spot, but was a bit concerned about hiking in alone at dawn (because of bears). We got 3 committed to meeting up at the trail head at 5am the next morning and hiking in. I brought my trusty bear spray just in case, and we had a good laugh at one of the other photographers who's wife said he was crazy - he somehow convinced her that because I had bear spray and was Australian that I was some sort of Steve Irwin/Crocodile Dundee. Truth be told, I could have out-run both of them if the need arose, and made that fact known to them.
After a good long walk we found a spot to set up, but there was another guy already there, so we all piled in to about 5 square feet. We had at least 5 photographers at one stage, with one even crouching under one of the tripods to get this same viewpoint. It was a good morning shared by some very easy going photographers.
For my video: youtu.be/C84bIZhcOIY,
Burnaby Lake Regional Nature Park,
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Snapshot from my video
Great blue heron coming in for a landing. Safety Harbor, FL. Check out my blog at dinascitywildlife.com/
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan today with Russian commander Oleg Novitsky in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft after six months in space. Touchdown was at 14:10 GMT after a four-hour flight from the International Space Station.
Thomas spent six months on the International Space Station as part of his Proxima mission. During Proxima, Thomas took part in 60 scientific experiments for ESA and France’s space agency CNES and the international Station partners.
The mission is part of ESA’s vision to use Earth-orbiting spacecraft as a place to live and work for the benefit of European society while using the experience to prepare for future voyages of exploration further into the Solar System.
More about the Proxima mission: www.esa.int/proxima
Connect with Thomas Pesquet: thomaspesquet.esa.int
Credit: ESA-Stephane Corvaja
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan today with Russian commander Oleg Novitsky in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft after six months in space. Touchdown was at 14:10 GMT after a four-hour flight from the International Space Station.
Thomas spent six months on the International Space Station as part of his Proxima mission. During Proxima, Thomas took part in 60 scientific experiments for ESA and France’s space agency CNES and the international Station partners.
The mission is part of ESA’s vision to use Earth-orbiting spacecraft as a place to live and work for the benefit of European society while using the experience to prepare for future voyages of exploration further into the Solar System.
More about the Proxima mission: www.esa.int/proxima
Connect with Thomas Pesquet: thomaspesquet.esa.int
Credit: ESA-Stephane Corvaja
Aer Lingus A330 EI-DAA coming in to land at Dublin, Ireland. New kit set up, decided to focus on up close details for the day. All comments welcome!
"the subject matter is so much more important than the photographer." ~ gordon parks
"i myself have always stood in the awe of the camera. i recognize it for the instrument it is, part stradivarius, part scalpel." ~ irving penn - september/october 2001, american photo
these guys are not bees. they are yellowjackets and part of the wasp family. these guys will rough you up if you inadvertently come close to their abode. and they can sting and survive...to sting again. be afraid...be very afraid. :>
The orbiter drag chute deploys after the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis lands on runway 15 of the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at the conclusion of the nearly 11-day STS-86 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5:55:09 p.m. EDT, October 6, 1997, with an unofficial mission-elapsed time of 10 days, 19 hours, 20 minutes and 50 seconds. The first two Kennedy Space Center landing opportunities on Sunday were waved off because of weather concerns. The 87th Space Shuttle mission was the 40th landing of the Shuttle at Kennedy Space Center. On Sunday evening, the Space Shuttle program reached a milestone: The total flight time of the Shuttle passed the two-year mark. STS-86 was the seventh of nine planned dockings of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. STS-86 Mission Specialist David A. Wolf replaced NASA astronaut and Mir crew member C. Michael Foale, who has been on Mir since mid-May. Foale returned to Earth on Atlantis with the remainder of the STS-86 crew. The other crew members are Commander James D. Wetherbee, Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield, and Mission Specialists Wendy B. Lawrence, Scott E. Parazynski, Vladimir Georgievich Titov of the Russian Space Agency, and Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien of the French Space Agency, CNES. Wolf is scheduled to remain on the Mir until the STS-89 Shuttle mission in January. Besides the docking and crew exchange, STS-86 included the transfer of more than 3.5 tons of science/logistical equipment and supplies betweent the two orbiting spacecraft. Parazynski and Titov also conducted a spacewalk while Atlantis and the Mir were docked.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 97PC-1492
Date: October 6, 1997
I retrofitted my armed cargo carrier to serve as a landing ship. :^)
The hull is identical with exception to the door-thing to the fore. Also note the ramp I put in the front; I really like that.
Also, if you would like the .lxf file, go here.
This is the smallest configuration - a 32 x 32 sized landing pad for small ships. The best part is I can expand it like a rectangle if I want.
Schwabacher Landing Panorama
Enjoy - Happy Shooting
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This one originated from the fact that I really wanted to find a use for the big dark bley octagon plate I had acquired awhile back. After kicking around a few plans, I hit on the idea of a landing pad and the rest of it came together pretty quick; the base tan octagon plate was a later acquisition.
Built for Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack.
Male Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs.
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A shot of him in flight coming into land, a bit of decent light helps light up the wings and body.
The male is unmistakable, with his reddish underparts and a blue-grey cap.
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Taken using a Canon 70-200 f/4.0 L at my local RSPB reserve at Lochwinnoch.
Natural light, using manual shutter speed, aperture and focus
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Best seen on black - Press L
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One of my Birds In Flight set.
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan today with Russian commander Oleg Novitsky in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft after six months in space. Touchdown was at 14:10 GMT after a four-hour flight from the International Space Station.
Thomas spent six months on the International Space Station as part of his Proxima mission. During Proxima, Thomas took part in 60 scientific experiments for ESA and France’s space agency CNES and the international Station partners.
The mission is part of ESA’s vision to use Earth-orbiting spacecraft as a place to live and work for the benefit of European society while using the experience to prepare for future voyages of exploration further into the Solar System.
More about the Proxima mission: www.esa.int/proxima
Connect with Thomas Pesquet: thomaspesquet.esa.int
Credit: ESA-Stephane Corvaja