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A bit late for the Cure, but I got my landing strip put together. The shoe rack had to go because I couldn't even fit my shoes on it, and I have the smallest feet in the house (not that that's saying much).
Getting to Baltra in the Galapagos from Quito is a trial. You can't just go to the airport, board your flight and go. There is a special little hole in the wall, with all the signs in Spanish, and too many people trying to get through it at once. Pleasingly, there is a biological quarantine step that has to be passed first. Although the archipelago is Ecuadorian territory, the departure and arrival processes are treated as though they are international. The flight isn't long, but the queues at each end are. Did I mention that everything is done in Spanish? The terminal at Baltra is a kind of open shed. In chaos. Baltra is a desert of lava, cactus and the ruins on a WWII USAF base. Somehow, everything works and you end up on your cruise boat via panga (local name for a zodiac) and it's time for the fun to begin.
After struggling for a shot of a frigate bird in Rio, finding them landing on the boat and riding the disturbed air in its wake was a shock. Wow, I'm in the Galapagos. They are big birds. It is difficult to get all of one in the frame at close quarters. This bird brain was trying to land on the radar. They come in so close.....but watch out for the bombing runs! Guano away!!!!
The afternoon panga ride around Eden Islet and Ballena Bay on Santa Cruz set the bar very high for the rest of the cruise. Sightings of sea lions, tortuga, Galapagos penguins, cactus growing next to the sea and just near mangroves, marine iguanas, blue footed boobies, giant herons and odd brown pelicans within a few hundred metres of the mother ship were an amazing introduction to Galapagos diversity.
London's Shard presents an awkward landing pad! An Army helicopter wends its way over central London, actually well this side of the pinnacle.
Full view in the landing pose. Customer had a size limit of 60 inches and the eagle making a graceful landing was chosen
Lynches Landing - Longboat Key, FL
If I recall correctly, this place had to close because some developer purchased the property with plans to build something. And they pulled a decent pint, too.
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F4F Wildcat landing during A Gathering of Eagles XV Air Show at Lost Nation Airport in Willoughby, Ohio July 2011.
Governor Kay Ivey gave remarks and participated in the groundbreaking for Heritage Landing economic development project in Walker County Wednesday August 24, 2022 in Jasper, Ala. •Drummond Company is creating a state-of-the-art, 50-acre, multi-purpose development site that can be seamlessly customized for retail, commercial and/or industrial tenants to build out. The property has a prime location, immediately adjacent to the I-22 corridor connection between Birmingham and Memphis and right off Exit 78. In addition to Drummond Company’s help, the project is also supported by a $3 million federal grant, administered by the Alabama Department of Labor through their Abandoned Mine Land Program. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed by the first half of 2024. (Governor’s Office/Hal Yeager)
Venice Beach Skatepark is in one of the most popular locations in Southern California. Skateboarding was basically born here.
Another awesome skate park in California. What could be better than skateboarding on the beach? And if you’re feeling artistic, you can always visit the "Graffiti Walls" and make your mark
Venice Beach rebuilt and reopened their skate park in 2009.
On a flight from Atlanta to New York, taken from the right side of the airliner, these photos capture the dramatic vastness that is the New York metropolitan area.
The light was just gorgeous on the landing and Misty was sitting in the middle of it all. So I told her to "stay" and grabbed my camera and rattled off a couple of shots.
It was a tight between this shot and a tighter shot of her. But I liked the texture on the carpet compared to the tiles in this photo, whilst the other photo, whilst it was tighter, only had the carpet texture in it.
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