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Schloss Nordkirchen is a palace situated in the town of Nordkirchen in the Coesfeld administrative district in the state of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. The schloss was largely built between 1703 and 1734 and is known as the "Versailles of Westphalia" since it is the largest of the fully or partly moated Wasserschlösser in that region. It was originally one of the residences of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster.
The present Baroque schloss is the successor to a fully moated Wasserschloss built in the sixteenth century for the noble "von Morrien" family. In the eighteenth century, the structure visible today was raised in several building campaigns for Fürstbischof Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg zu Lenhausen and his successor, Fürstbischof Ferdinand von Plettenberg. In 1833, the complex passed to Count von Esterházy who sold it to Duke Engelbert Marie von Arenberg in 1903. In 1933, the Arenberg-Nordkirchen GmbH, a newly founded ducal assets management company, assumed possession. In 1959, the schloss was purchased by the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen and has since been the site of "Fachhochschule für Finanzen Nordrhein-Westfalen" (recognized University of Applied Sciences of Finances North Rhine Westphalia) , a state-run college specializing in the training of future tax inspectors. The neighboring "Oranienburg" complex and the park were subsequently added, as was – in 2004 – the deer park, which included a generous green belt of more than 1,000 hectares of woodland surrounding the south-western perimeter of the schloss proper. Parts of the interior of the schloss are open to the public, as are the parterres and the surrounding park. Inside the schloss, an up-market restaurant offering Westphalian cuisine looks out into the large formal garden that faces the northern façade of the schloss. The schloss chapel may be rented for weddings.
The architects of the schloss and its complex of outbuildings were Gottfried Laurenz Pictorius, Peter Pictorius the Younger (from 1706) and Johann Conrad Schlaun, from 1724. The taller corps de logis is flanked by symmetrical lower wings, one of which contains the chapel. The wings are rigorously symmetrical and enclose the cour d'honneur in a U shape. Dutch precedents, such as the palace Het Loo near Apeldoorn, make their presence felt, but the sandstone facing of Schloss Nordkirchen is purely Westphalian.
The schloss stands on a rectangular island surrounded by a broad moat-like canal. The island’s four corners are accentuated by four small free-standing pavilions.
The garden front gives onto a landscaped park of some 170 hectares, reached through a formal parterre of scrolling broderie on axis, flanked by expanses of lawn. The gardens and the surrounded woods are peopled with a multitude of lifesize marble statues, of which the first deliveries were made in 1721 by the Munich sculptor Johann Wilhelm Gröninger. Other sculptures were delivered by Panhoff and Charles Manskirch. Further sculptures were added during the restoration in neo-Baroque style, undertaken in 1903-07.
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Das Schloss Nordkirchen ist eine barocke Schlossanlage im südlichen Münsterland und liegt gut 25 Kilometer von Münster entfernt auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Nordkirchen im nordrhein-westfälischen Kreis Coesfeld. Das denkmalgeschützte Wasserschloss ist die größte und bedeutendste Barockresidenz Westfalens und wird aufgrund seiner Ausmaße und architektonischen Gestaltung auch als das „Westfälische Versailles“ bezeichnet.
Die Ursprünge des heutigen Schlosses liegen in einer Wasserburg der Familie Morrien, die Gerhard III. von Morrien zu Beginn des 16. Jahrhunderts zu einem der am besten befestigten Wasserschlösser des Münsterlandes ausbauen ließ. Nach dem Aussterben der männlichen Familienlinie verkauften die Erben die Anlage 1694 an Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg, den Fürstbischof von Münster. Seine Familie ließ das Schloss im 18. Jahrhundert im Verlauf von mehr als 30 Jahre andauernden Bauarbeiten zu einer repräsentativen, barocken Residenz umgestalten. Nach Abschluss der Arbeiten 1734 zählte der Nordkirchener Schlossgarten zu den berühmtesten Gärten Europas. Als der Schlossherr Ferdinand von Plettenberg 1737 starb, hinterließ er einen hochverschuldeten Besitz, den nachfolgende Generationen nur mit Mühe unterhalten konnten. Als die Familie von Plettenberg 1813 im Mannesstamm ausgestorben war, ging das Eigentum des Anwesens über die Erbtochter Maria von Plettenberg auf ihren Sohn Miklós Esterházy de Galántha über. Er ließ Veränderungen im Garten und an den Innenräumen vornehmen.
Nach seinem Tod verkauften seine ungarischen Verwandten die Anlage an den Herzog Engelbert-Maria von Arenberg. Er ließ die mittlerweile recht heruntergekommenen Gebäude nicht nur sanieren und modernisieren, sondern vergrößerte überdies das Hauptgebäude. Auch den großen Schlossgarten ließ er zum Teil wiederherstellen und erweitern. Nachdem die herzogliche Familie das Schloss nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs nicht mehr als Wohnsitz nutzte, verfiel die Anlage allmählich.
1949 mietete das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen das Schloss an und betrieb in den zwischenzeitlich einsturzgefährdeten Schlossgebäuden nach einer ersten Renovierung ab 1950 seine Landesfinanzschule, aus der später die Fachhochschule für Finanzen des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen entstand. 1958 erwarb das Land die Schlossinsel samt Hauptgebäude sowie einen Teil des Schlossparks und startete eine langjährige Restaurierungskampagne, die mit der Wiederherstellung der barocken Venusinsel nördlich des Schlosses 1991 ihren vorläufigen Abschluss fand. Erweiterungsbauten für die Fachhochschule wurden insbesondere 1970/1971 an den Rändern des Schlossparks errichtet.
Schloss und Park wurden von der UNESCO als „Gesamtkunstwerk von internationalem Rang“ für schutzwürdig erklärt. Die Gebäude beherbergen noch heute die Fachhochschule für Finanzen Nordrhein-Westfalen mit rund 1.000 Studierenden. Im Gewölbekeller ist ein Restaurant untergebracht. Einige Bereiche des Schlosses sind für Besucher freigegeben und können im Rahmen von Führungen besichtigt werden. Im Jahr 1988 machten 50.000 Besucher von dieser Möglichkeit Gebrauch. Der Schlosspark ist ebenfalls für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Die Schlosskapelle kann für Trauungen angemietet werden.
Das Schloss liegt inmitten eines großen Wald- und Parkgeländes an der Straße von Nord- nach Südkirchen. Das Schloss selbst steht auf einer rechteckigen, 130 × 145 Meter messenden Insel und ist von einer breiten, durch einen natürlichen Quellhorizont gespeisten Gräfte umgeben. Diese wird von einem begehbaren Damm begrenzt, um den ein weiterer Graben verläuft. Das Schloss ist somit von zwei Wassergräben umringt. Die Ecken der Insel werden wie in Ahaus durch vier kleine, achteckige Pavillons betont, deren Bekrönung aus Schmiedewerk besteht. Einer von ihnen wird als Dependance des Nordkirchener Standesamtes für Hochzeiten genutzt.
Aus Richtung Süden führt – an der Münsterstraße beginnend – eine gerade, über 1200 Meter lange Allee auf das Schloss zu, überquert die Vorwerkinsel mit zwei weit auseinander liegenden, hakenförmigen Wirtschaftsgebäuden, um dann nach zwei Brücken auf der Schlossinsel zu enden. Die durch sie begonnene rund 2,2 Kilometer lange Mittelachse des Schlosses verläuft durch den Mittelrisalit des Corps de Logis, um vom Hauptgebäude über die Garteninsel in einer weiteren Allee zu münden, die als Blickachse die Sicht scheinbar ins Unendliche fortführt und im Ort Nordkirchen endet.
Aufgrund seiner Pracht und Größe sowie der Aufteilung der Gebäude und ihrer Zuordnung zueinander führt Schloss Nordkirchen den Beinamen „Westfälisches Versailles“. Die Architektur des Schlosses orientiert sich aber nicht ausschließlich an französischen Vorbildern, es finden sich auch Anklänge an den Klassizismus niederländischer Wasserschlösser. Diese beiden Traditionen wurden in Nordkirchen mit typisch westfälischen Merkmalen kombiniert; so kamen bei den Gebäuden roter Backstein, heller Sandstein aus den Baumbergen und aus Ibbenbüren sowie sauerländischer Schiefer als Baumaterial zum Einsatz.
Der Zugang zum Schloss erfolgt aus südlicher Richtung über zwei hintereinander liegende Brücken. Die Zufahrt läuft dabei axial auf den Mittelbau des Schlosses zu. Der Besucher durchquert dabei drei Tore: das Südtor, das Löwentor und das Frauentor. Das Löwentor gewährt Zugang zum Vorburgbereich der Schlossinsel und war vor den Umbauten des 20. Jahrhunderts an beiden Seiten von Wachthäuschen flankiert. Seine Torpfeiler toskanischer Ordnung besitzen kannelierte Zwillingspilaster. Auf den Pfeilern stehen Löwenskulpturen, welche die Wappen der Familien Plettenberg und Westerholt-Lembeck halten und 1717 vom Bildhauer Rudolf Stengelberg angefertigt wurden. Die heutigen, eingeschossigen Ökonomiegebäude mit Mansarddächern entstanden in den 1910er Jahren im neobarocken Stil und ersetzten zweiflügelige Vorgängerbauten mit Krüppelwalmdach.
Eine niedrige, nach Süden ausschwingende Mauer trennt die ehemalige Vorburg vom Kernburgbereich. In ihrer Mitte befindet sich das Frauentor, dessen toskanische Torpfeiler Zwillingssäulen besitzen. Sie werden von Segmenten bekrönt, auf denen weibliche Figuren mit den Familienwappen Plettenberg und Westerholt liegen. Sie wurden 1718 ebenfalls von Rudolf Stengelberg geschaffen. Die Pfeiler werden von zwei stehenden Frauenskulpturen flankiert, welche die Tugend und die Ehre personifizieren. Es handelt sich um 1914/1915 angefertigte Kopien von Figuren, die ursprünglich Johann Wilhelm Gröninger geschaffen hatte. Vom ehemaligen Kernburgbereich führen Brücken im Westen, Norden und Osten in den umliegenden Schlosspark. An der westlichen Brücke befindet sich das Marstor. In den Nischen seiner rustizierten, mit Festons geschmückten Torpfeiler stehen von Stengelberg gelieferte Mars- und Aresstatuen. Bekrönt sind sie von Skulpturenschmuck aus Helmen, Rüstungen und Kriegsgerät. Das Marstor wurde im August 2008 vom LWL-Amt für Denkmalpflege in Westfalen als Denkmal des Monats in Westfalen-Lippe ausgezeichnet.
Der Mittelpunkt der Schlossanlage ist das Hauptgebäude, bestehend aus einem zweigeschossigen Corps de Logis mit Eckpavillons und etwas niedrigeren, winkelförmigen Seitenflügeln. Diese waren früher freistehend, sind aber seit der Arenberger Zeit durch quadratische Pavillonbauten, dem sogenannten Erbprinzenflügel und dem Verwaltungsflügel, mit dem Corps de Logis verbunden. Die Gebäudetrakte sind alle mit Mansarddächern ausgestattet, sitzen direkt auf den Futtermauern der Schlossgräfte und umrahmen in U-Form einen Ehrenhof. Die beiden Seitenflügel – Dienerschafts- und Kapellenflügel genannt – besitzen rustizierte Ziegelpilaster und doppelt geschwungene Giebelaufsätze mit Ziegel-Werkstein-Gliederung. Ihre Gestaltung folgt französischen Vorbildern und findet sich in ähnlicher Form am Herzogspalast von Dijon. Am Kapellenflügel wird die ansonsten perfekte Symmetrie der Anlage nicht vollständig eingehalten, denn im Gegensatz zu seinem Pendant, dem Dienerschaftsflügel, besitzt er einen Dachreiter mit Glocke. Das Portal zur Schlosskapelle ist von Pilastern flankiert. Über seinem Gesims hängt eine Steintafel mit der Inschrift
FRIDERICUS CHRISTIANUS
D. G. EPISC. et PRINC. MONAST.
BURG. STROMB. et DNUS in BORCKELO
L.B.a. PLETTENBERG ex LENHAUSEN et
DNUS in NORTKIRCHEN FUNDAVIT AO 1705.
und erinnert damit an die Grundsteinlegung dieses Trakts. An den Seiten der Tafel stellen zwei Figuren den Evangelisten Johannes und den heiligen Antonius von Padua dar. Am Dienerschaftsflügel befindet sich eine in Mitteleuropa einzigartige Sonnenuhr. Sie zeigt nicht wie sonst üblich die Zeit an, sondern die Anzahl der halben Stunden nach Sonnenaufgang zur Zeit der Tagundnachtgleiche am 21. März und 23. September um sechs Uhr. Eine Acht bedeutet entsprechend 10 Uhr (6 + 8 × 0,5).
Zwei Sphingen säumen die halbrunde Freitreppe, die zum rundbogigen Hauptportal des Corps de Logis in dessen dreiachsigem Mittelrisalit führt. Dort tragen ionische Kolossalpilaster einen Architrav, der – ebenso wie die Fensterrahmen – aus Sandstein besteht. Darüber befindet sich ein lisenengeschmücktes Attikageschoss mit flachem Dreiecksgiebel. Dessen Giebelfeld zeigt zwei Löwen, die das von Akanthusornamenten umgebene Plettenberg-Wappen halten. Vor den vier Attikapilastern stehen Frauenskulpturen, welche die vier Jahreszeiten repräsentieren. Sie wurden dort erst Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts aufgestellt. Ihr heutiger Zustand ist wie jener der übrigen Werksteinteile des Risalits das Ergebnis einer Erneuerung in der Zeit von 1963 bis 1966. Auch der Mittelrisalit der Gartenseite besitzt ein Plettenberg-Wappen im Frontispiz. Unter einer Grafenkrone ist es von Posaune spielenden Putten begleitet, die Voluten und Blumengirlanden halten. Der Gartenrisalit selbst ist etwas breiter gehalten als jener an der Hofseite. Sein Attikageschoss wird seitlich von Waffentrophäen flankiert und ahmt damit den Mittelrisalit im Marmorhof des Schlosses Versailles nach.
Die Schlossgebäude sind von einem rund 172 Hektar großen Schlosspark umgeben, der ein Ankergarten der „Gartenroute Münsterland“ des European Garden Heritage Networks ist. 1994 diente er als Kulisse für einige Szenen des Films Nich’ mit Leo. Rund 70 Hektar des Parks, davon etwa 20 Morgen Wasserfläche, sind Eigentum des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen und öffentlich zugänglich. Rund 50.000 Besucher zählt der Nordkirchener Schlosspark pro Jahr. Ihn durchziehen 23 Alleen mit einer Gesamtlänge von 7,5 Kilometern. Die Rosskastanien, Linden, Rotbuchen, Ahorne und Platanen dieser Alleen stammen oft noch von den Erstpflanzungen im 18. Jahrhundert, sind aber an vielen Stellen schon seit Jahrzehnten in einem schlechten Zustand und müssen ersetzt werden. Möglich wird dies nun durch das Projekt „Hochzeitsbäume“, bei dem Hochzeitspaare, die sich im Schloss trauen lassen, einen Baum spenden und in einer gemeinsamen Pflanzaktion zweimal im Jahr alte, marode Bäume ersetzen. Der Schlosspark ist Lebensraum für zahlreiche Wildtiere, darunter Hasen, Rebhühner, Fasane, Stockenten, Fischreiher, Kuckuck und Nachtigall.
Zwölf von der Fachhochschule für Finanzen angestellte Gärtner kümmern sich um die Pflege des in Landesbesitz befindlichen Teils des Parks. Von den einst prächtigen Schlossgärten des 18. Jahrhunderts, die von Zeitgenossen außerordentlich gerühmt wurden, sind nur wenige Partien erhalten oder wiederhergestellt. Für die Zukunft ist nach dem für Nordkirchen erarbeiteten Parkpflegewerk jedoch eine zumindest teilweise Rekonstruktion des großen Westgartens in seinen Grundstrukturen vorgesehen.
Der wichtigste Bereich des heutigen Schlossparks besteht aus der dem Schloss nördlich vorgelagerten Venusinsel. Seinen Namen erhielt dieser Gartenteil wegen der mehrfach dort aufgestellten Venus-Skulpturen. Er wurde 1989 bis 1991 in seiner neobarocken Form rekonstruiert und ist vom Corps de Logis über eine etwa 10 × 50 Meter messende Terrasse erreichbar, von der eine breite Freitreppenanlage zu der etwas tiefer gelegenen, 240 × 130 Meter großen Garteninsel führt. Deren Mittelpunkt bildet ein Broderieparterre mit in Form geschnittenen Buchsbäumchen, Eiben und Liguster. Westlich und östlich davon finden sich einfachere Rasenparterres, die von 1,30 Meter breiten, mit Buchsbäumchen eingefasste Blumenrabatten begleitet werden. Insgesamt finden sich auf der Venusinsel in 4470 Meter langen Einfassungen und in 280 m² flächiger Bepflanzungen rund 59.000 Buchsbaumpflanzen. Dazwischen liegen 1250 m² Flächen und Wege, die mit Kies aus weißem Carraramarmor bedeckt sind. Um auch im Winter Farbigkeit zu erzielen, sind weitere Gartenflächen mit rotem Splitt aus Porphyr ausgestreut. Die Venusinsel wird an ihrer Ost- und Westseite durch von Kastanienbäumen gesäumte Wandelgänge, sogenannte Promenoirs, begrenzt, die etwa ein Meter höher liegen als der Parterregarten. Entlang dieser schnurgeraden Wege stehen Büsten römischer Caesaren und Philosophen.
An der Nordseite der Venusinsel liegt ein rund 67 × 183 Meter messenden Spiegelweiher, zu dem breite Treppen hinunterführen. Nördlich des Weihers liegt ein Wegestern, von dem fünf gradlinige Waldwege – zwei davon durch Torpfeiler flankiert – in das umgrenzende Waldgebiet starten.
Gärten und Alleen des Schlosses sind reich mit Skulpturen verziert. Insgesamt finden sich 385 Exemplare im Schlosspark. Die Skulpturen in den beiden Kastanienalleen des Westgartens stehen an ihrem alten Platz; die ursprüngliche Ordnung und Aufstellung der meisten anderen ist nicht rekonstruierbar und somit nicht original. Ausnahmen hiervon bilden die beiden Eberstatuen in den Rasenparterres sowie die Skulptur des Frühlings in der Mitte des Broderieparterres auf der Venusinsel. Sie waren wie viele Skulpturen des Nordgartens nach 1950 an anderen Stellen im Park aufgestellt worden und kehrten mit der Rekonstruktion der Venusinsel an ihre angestammten Plätze zurück.
Die erste belegbare Lieferung von Gartenskulpturen erfolgte im Jahr 1721 durch den Münsteraner Bildhauer Johann Wilhelm Gröninger. Die von Gröninger nach antiken Vorbildern gestalteten Götterfiguren wurden 1725 nach Plänen von Johann Conrad Schlaun zwischen den Bäumen der neu angelegten Kastanienalleen aufgestellt. Darunter befanden sich Abbilder von Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Apollo, Bacchus sowie zwölf Vasen und eine Herkulesstatue, welche die bedeutendste Plastik unter den Gröninger-Schöpfungen ist. Weitere Skulpturen im Park stammen von den Bildhauern Panhoff, Johann Bernhard Fix und Johann Christoph Manskirsch, der unter anderem Statuen von Herkules, Mars, Apollon, Flora sowie zwei Venus-Figuren und zwei Satyrn schuf.
Etliche Figuren im Umfeld des Schlosses sind inzwischen verwittert oder beschädigt, wenn nicht sogar bereits gänzlich verloren. Die meisten Skulpturen in besserem Zustand stammen aus den Jahren 1910 bis 1919, nachdem die Gärten im neobarocken Stil restauriert worden waren. Das trifft in besonderem Maße auf den Bereich der Venusinsel zu.
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What has been a largely grey, cold, and rainy fall has at least temporarily been brightened up by a mostly-sunny weekend. Seeking to maximize this opportunity, a day spent along the CN Dundas sub ends with a very late M385 (running at least six hours off the usual time) makes it's customary Paris/Brantford setoff , seem here backing into the North Service Track at Paris West with CN 8933-5664-2595. Not a bad way to end the day!
Monument Valley is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation, and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163. The Navajo name for the valley is Tsé Bii' Ndzisgaii (Valley of the Rocks).
The area is part of the Colorado Plateau. The floor is largely Cutler Red siltstone or its sand deposited by the meandering rivers that carved the valley. The valley's vivid red color comes from iron oxide exposed in the weathered siltstone. The darker, blue-gray rocks in the valley get their color from manganese oxide.
The buttes are clearly stratified, with three principal layers. The lowest layer is Organ Rock shale, the middle de Chelly sandstone and the top layer is Moenkopi shale capped by Shinarump siltstone. The valley includes large stone structures including the famed Eye of the Sun.
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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. 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. It is to be reintroduced at Dungeness. It is planned that the first bees will be introduced in the spring of 2010.
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.
One of the most remarkable features of the site is an area known as 'the patch' or, by anglers, as 'the boil'. The waste hot water and sewage from the Dungeness nuclear power stations are pumped into the sea through two outfall pipes, enriching the biological productivity of the sea bed and attracting seabirds from miles around.
Beach fishing is popular at Dungeness, with the area being a nationally recognised cod fishing venue in the winter.
The name Dungeness derives from Old Norse nes: "headland", with the first part probably connected with the nearby Denge Marsh. Popular etymology ascribes a French origin to the toponym, giving an interpretation as "dangerous nose".
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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. 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. It is to be reintroduced at Dungeness. It is planned that the first bees will be introduced in the spring of 2010.
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.
One of the most remarkable features of the site is an area known as 'the patch' or, by anglers, as 'the boil'. The waste hot water and sewage from the Dungeness nuclear power stations are pumped into the sea through two outfall pipes, enriching the biological productivity of the sea bed and attracting seabirds from miles around.
Beach fishing is popular at Dungeness, with the area being a nationally recognised cod fishing venue in the winter.
The name Dungeness derives from Old Norse nes: "headland", with the first part probably connected with the nearby Denge Marsh. Popular etymology ascribes a French origin to the toponym, giving an interpretation as "dangerous nose".
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Die chilenische Hauptstadt Santiago de Chile geht beim öffentlichen Nahverkehr einen bislang einmaligen Weg: Die Metro der 6,5-Millionen-Einwohner-Metropole fährt als weltweit erste U-Bahn weitestgehend mit Ökostrom. Strom bezieht die Stadt dafür aus einer Photovoltaikanlage in der etwa 400 Kilometer entfernten Atacama-Wüste.
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The Chilean capital Santiago de Chile has taken a hitherto unprecedented route in public transport: The metro of the 6.5-million-inhabitant metropolis continues as the world's first subway largely with green electricity. The city is using electricity from a photovoltaic system in the Atacama Desert, some 400 kilometers away.
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Whalley Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Whalley, Lancashire, England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the abbey was largely demolished and a country house was built on the site. In the 20th century the house was modified and it is now the Retreat and Conference House of the Diocese of Blackburn. The ruins of the abbey are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and are a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
History
Monastery
In 1296 the Cistercian monks from Stanlow Abbey moved to Whalley. Stanlow Abbey had been founded on the banks of the River Mersey in the 1170s by John FitzRichard, the sixth Baron of Halton and Constable of Chester. This abbey had suffered a series of misfortunes, including flooding in 1279, the destruction of the church tower in a gale in 1287 and a fire in 1289. In 1283 Henry de Lacy, tenth Baron of Halton agreed to the move from Stanlow to Whalley but this was not achieved until 1296. The first stone was laid by Henry de Lacy in June 1296 and at least part of the site was consecrated by the Bishop of Whithern in 1306. Building proceeded slowly and the foundation stone was laid in 1330. Stone for building the abbey was obtained from quarries at Read and Simonstone. A royal licence to build a crenellated wall around the site was obtained in 1339. The church was completed in 1380 but the remainder of the abbey was not finished until the 1440s. In 1480 the North East Gatehouse, which provided a new entrance to the abbey, was completed. In the 16th century, John Paslew, the last Abbot of Whalley, reconstructed his own lodgings and added a Lady Chapel. The abbey closed in 1537 as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. Also that year Abbot Paslew was executed for high treason for his part in events connected with the Pilgrimage of Grace the previous year.[4]
Private house
In 1553 the abbey lands and the manor of Whalley were sold for just over £2,151 to John Braddyll of Brockhall and Richard Assheton of Lever near Bolton. The properties were divided and Assheton took the monastic site and buildings. The abbot's house and the infirmary buildings were demolished and a large house was built on the site. In the 17th century most of the remaining church and monastic buildings were pulled down. The house passed through a succession of owners and further alterations were made to it in the 19th century. Around 1900 the house and grounds were bought by Sir John Travis Cragg.[5]
Modern Religious Centre
In 1923 the house and grounds were purchased by the Anglican Diocese of Manchester when the bishop was William Temple. When the diocese was divided in 1926, the property passed to the new Diocese of Blackburn. In 1930 Canon J. R. Lumb was appointed as the first warden of the centre and it has since become a centre of religious education with residential accommodation for guests. Two of the ground floor rooms have been converted into chapels.[6] In the 1930s the site of the abbey church was excavated and the foundations discovered were exposed and consolidated.[7]
Present day
Retreat and conference house
The former private house, which is now a retreat and conference house, was reopened in September 2005 following refurbishment. It contains conference rooms, a dining room and en suite rooms for residents. The north range contains a visitor centre, with a coffee shop, exhibition centre and a bookshop.[8] A spirituality programme is available for resident and non-resident guests.[9] Guided tours of the abbey ruins can be arranged in the summer months.
Abbey ruins and grounds
Only the foundations of the church remain. The remains of the former monastic buildings are more extensive. The west range, which was the lay brothers' dormitory, consists of two stories, and is roofed. This is currently used as a Roman Catholic church hall. To the south of the cloister, part of the walls of the former kitchen and refectory remain. The east range is more complete and includes parts of the walls of the former monks' day room, parlour and vestry.[1]
Other related buildings
The North West Gateway is separately listed Grade I. It is built in sandstone rubble, is in two storeys and is roofless. It is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[11] The lodge at the entrance to the abbey grounds is listed Grade II. It dates probably from the late 18th century, and is built in ashlar sandstone with a stone slate roof.[12] Also listed Grade II are a pair of gatepiers at the entrance to the grounds.
It was largely cloudless skies with beautiful crisp winter light this morning so I made the trek to Fox Street for the first time in 9 weeks in the hope that the locos on the local RHTT weren't completely filthy. My heart sank however when I heard the 37s thrashing away from Manningtree some 5 miles distant and naturally assumed, knowing my luck, that 37 059 & 424 were once again on the diagram. But no! The current cleanest pair of Stowmarket based Tractors duly appeared making the walk here worthwhile.
While countless fans flock to CN's former Missabe Road mainline to chase the ore trains behind their vintage power, their nextdoor neighbor is largely eschewed. But BNSF continues to be a major player in the ion ore business with exclusive access to two of the six currently producing taconite pellet plants in the Iron Range region. Serving the Keetac and Hibtacc plants of US Steel and Cleveland Cliffs in Keewatin and Hibbing respectively these facilities are west of the DMIR along legacy Great Northern Railway routes. While some ore moves via long all 'all rail' routings much of it flows to Superior and the massive ex GB Allouez ore yard and docks. The primary route for these trains among the heaviest in North America is via BNSF's Allouez, Lakes, and Casco Subdivisions. The latter basically parallels the former DMIR northward some places literally in sight of their competitor.
Despite this proximity you see comparatively very few photos of BNSF operations along the Casco. I suppose this makes sense given that trains are much less frequent and they run with mundane modern wide cabs and similarly modern ore hoppers. However there is an exception to that rule and we got intel that on this day the biweekly (I think) road local was to be heading south from Kelly Lake Yard with a lead unit still in Burlington Northern green.
After confirming with a friend at BNSF that a crew was indeed ordered and we took the leap of faith and drove 90 minutes north. Upon arrival we sure enough found the train built in the yard with three units and the advertised BN leader but all shut down and narry a soul around. But we gave it a bit and soon enough a taxi arrived, the units were fired up and the crew called for permission out of the yard. This is all welded rail, CTC, and 50 mph territory and with no opposition they got lights the length of the line 49 miles south to Brookston. After getting one shot of them pulling we drove 40 miles south (50 by car) for our second shot and made it with only minutes to spare.
After that we were afforded one final shot thanks to some permanent slow orders on the big curves along the St. Louis River. BNSF's MKLLSUP (manifest Kelly Lake to Superior) is now on the Lakes Sub at about MP 55.4, having swung off the Casco Sub at Brookston about 2 1/2 miles west of here. This view looks compass north off the US Route 2 overpass with the train seen snaking thru the turnout at the east end of the nearly 10,500 ft passing siding.
Cascade Green SD40-2 BNSF 1943 (blt. Feb. 1979 as BN 7145) is trailed by rebuilt GP38-2 2240 (orginally blt. Sep. 1970 as straight GP38 ATSF 3551) and sibling SD40-2 1663 (blt. Mar. 1978 as BN 8012) with a long train of ore cars and general freight.
The one thing I remember about this is how thrilled the crew seemed. Over on the CN it was mostly scowls and half hearted disdainfully flaccid waves but this guy had a giant smile and a huge enthusiastic wave the three times he saw us. Maybe BN guys are happier or maybe he just never sees railfans and was glad to finally get some love and recognition, but whatever the reason it sure was memorable and joyful!
Stoney Brook Township
St. Louis County, Minnesota
Thursday May 11, 2023
The origins of the cathedral's early years remain largely shrouded in mystery. Presumably constructed in the 10th century, the cathedral boasted stone foundations but retained an overall wooden structure, a characteristic that persisted until the mid-19th century, distinguishing it from most other churches in the city. Around 1460, the remains of Serbian king Stefan Uroš II Milutin were brought to Bulgaria and temporarily housed in various churches and monasteries until finding a permanent residence in St Nedelya after it became a bishop's seat in the 18th century. The church gained an alternate name, Holy King ("Свети Крал," "Sveti Kral"), in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
On April 25, 1856, the original structure was demolished to make way for a more extensive and grandiose cathedral. Construction of the 35.5 m-long and 19 m-wide church commenced in the summer of the same year. However, the building faced setbacks when an earthquake struck in 1858, delaying completion until 1863. The official inauguration took place on May 11, 1867, in the presence of 20,000 attendees. In 1879, a new belfry was erected to house eight bells gifted to the church by Russian Knyaz (Prince) Alexander Mikhailovich Dondukov-Korsakov.
A renovation in 1898 saw the addition of new domes. Exarch Joseph I of Bulgaria was laid to rest just outside the walls of St Nedelya in 1915. Tragically, the church fell victim to a bomb attack in 1925, claiming over 150 lives. Following this incident, reconstruction efforts took place between the summer of 1927 and the spring of 1933, culminating in the church's reinauguration on April 7, 1933. Almost entirely rebuilt, the new temple measured 30 m in length and 15.50 m in width, featuring a central dome that soared to a height of 31 m. The gilt iconostasis that had survived the bombing was returned to its rightful place within the church.
Northern Section
Little visited and largely unknown, the Bisti Badlands is an amazingly scenic and colorful expanse of undulating mounds and unusual eroded rocks covering 4,000 acres, hidden away in the high desert of the San Juan Basin that covers the distant northwest corner of New Mexico, yet this area is just one of many similar regions in the region, the remainder even less publicized. The badlands are administered by the BLM (Bureau of Land Management), are free to enter, and are known officially, but less evocatively as the Bisti Wilderness Area. There are no signposts pointing the way to Bisti from any nearby towns, but the usual approach route is along NM 371 from Farmington, the largest town in the Four Corners region - this heads due south through wide open prairie land at the east edge of the great Navajo Indian Reservation, which extends for 200 miles across into Arizona. After 36 miles, a historical marker records the history of this area and of the nearby Bisti Trading Post, now derelict, while the main entrance to the badlands is 6.5 miles further south. Bisti is the smaller component of a 15 mile wide wilderness area that also includes much larger De-Na-Zin Wilderness which is equally colorful and even more remote, although partially covered with vegetation.
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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, of the hamlet within the location, and of an important ecological site at the same location.
The name Dungeness derives from Old Norse nes: "headland", with the first part probably connected with the nearby Denge Marsh. Popular etymology ascribes a French origin to the toponym, giving an interpretation as "dangerous nose".
Ecology
Dungeness is one of the largest expanses of shingle in Europe 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.
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This unnamed peak/hill (at least as far as I as have been able determine) leads to a striking overlook of the Salt Lake valley and boasts a nice remnant and largely intact bunchgrass community which is unusual to find in our area at foothill elevations. One wonders how many scouts and later members of pioneer families (including the Donner-Reed party who camped not far from here in late August of 1846) may have climbed this hill to get a better view of what they were facing in the journey ahead (or for many, the end of one journey and the beginning of another). And the generations of native peoples who came before and may have used this point to look for game, to watch for enemies and enjoy the cool evening summer breeze. This also would have made a very nice vantage point for staring at a sparkling and deep Lake Bonneville completely filling the valley bellow and stretching for miles and miles into the distance, while sitting in a lawn chair and soaking up some rays (with appropriate sun protection!) for an undefined period of time. The silence at times may have been deafening.
Oct. 18, 2014, lower Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. The crest of the hill is at an elevation of about 5,760 ft.
Sand Dunes, First Light. Death Valley National Park, California. March 31, 2016. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
The first morning light reveals textures in sand dunes, Death Valley National Park
These dunes, and other like them, are both more ephemeral and more permanent that many may expect. The permanence initially surprised me. I had always imagined the peaks of dunes marching gradually across the landscape like slow motion ocean waves, producing a landscape that would never be the same twice. However, observing certain dunes in Death Valley National Park over a period of time made it clear that the broad features of the dunes are actually very nearly permanent. From year to year the overall form of the dunes remains largely the same — no surprise, perhaps, given that the forces that form them are constant, including the prevailing winds and surrounding geological features. Yet, other things are more ephemeral. Plants come and go, and footprints are erased by the next dust storm. The light is constantly changing, through the daily cycles and the annual cycle.
This was the final morning of this trip to Death Valley. Since dust storms (and rain!) had passed through the previous evening I was certain that I could find areas unmarked by footprints, where the natural patterns produced by wind would be found. I drove to a less popular area near the dunes, loaded up my equipment, and set out across the playa to get to the low dunes I had in mind. I arrived in soft pre-dawn light and began to photograph, trying to work with this subtle light and its extraordinarily low contrast, all the while watching the sky to the east to see when sunlight would strike the dunes. I composed this photograph in that soft light, but as I worked the sun cleared the mountains far to the east and warmer colored light began to more clearly show the sand patterns. I made this photograph during the very brief interval — literally only seconds — when that first light began to softly light the sand and before it struck with full intensity.
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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. 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. It is to be reintroduced at Dungeness. It is planned that the first bees will be introduced in the spring of 2010.
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.
One of the most remarkable features of the site is an area known as 'the patch' or, by anglers, as 'the boil'. The waste hot water and sewage from the Dungeness nuclear power stations are pumped into the sea through two outfall pipes, enriching the biological productivity of the sea bed and attracting seabirds from miles around.
Beach fishing is popular at Dungeness, with the area being a nationally recognised cod fishing venue in the winter.
The name Dungeness derives from Old Norse nes: "headland", with the first part probably connected with the nearby Denge Marsh. Popular etymology ascribes a French origin to the toponym, giving an interpretation as "dangerous nose".
Wearmouth Bridge looking busy during rush hour tonight as people head in and out of the city.
The present crossing is the third bridge on the site with the first being constructed in 1796, largely thanks to Rowland Burdon MP. This original structure was quite an achievement and at the time, was the biggest single-span bridge in the world!
The bridge was reconstructed by Robert Stephenson in the late 1850's but a completely new design was called for as traffic increased and that led to the current bridge, opened by the Duke of York on 31 October 1929.
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. 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. It is to be reintroduced at Dungeness. It is planned that the first bees will be introduced in the spring of 2010.
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.
One of the most remarkable features of the site is an area known as 'the patch' or, by anglers, as 'the boil'. The waste hot water and sewage from the Dungeness nuclear power stations are pumped into the sea through two outfall pipes, enriching the biological productivity of the sea bed and attracting seabirds from miles around.
Beach fishing is popular at Dungeness, with the area being a nationally recognised cod fishing venue in the winter.
The name Dungeness derives from Old Norse nes: "headland", with the first part probably connected with the nearby Denge Marsh. Popular etymology ascribes a French origin to the toponym, giving an interpretation as "dangerous nose".
This headland on the south coast of Kent is formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. The Dungeness reserve itself is set back from the sea, boasting mile after mile of open shingle, fresh water pits, wet grassland and stunning wildflower meadows.
Dungeness's shingle ridges support an internationally important community of plants and animals. These include the endemic leafhopper Aphrodes duffieldi, and the scarce Nottingham catchfly, which is the food plant of several rare moth species.
Behind the shingle ridges are a series of natural freshwater pits that have been colonised by fen vegetation. These support several uncommon plants, including the regionally scarce great fen sedge, as well as great crested newts and medicinal leeches.
The reserve also has more than 90 flooded gravel pits. These offer an important refuge for wintering wildfowl, including black-necked grebe, goosander and smew, and support breeding colonies of gulls, terns and cormorants.
Dungeness has both wet and dry grassland. We are managing these habitats in order to provide suitable breeding conditions for birds such as lapwings, redshanks and garganeys, as well as two uncommon species of bumblebee, Bombus humilis and Bombus ruderarius.
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. 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. It is to be reintroduced at Dungeness. It is planned that the first bees will be introduced in the spring of 2010.
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.
One of the most remarkable features of the site is an area known as 'the patch' or, by anglers, as 'the boil'. The waste hot water and sewage from the Dungeness nuclear power stations are pumped into the sea through two outfall pipes, enriching the biological productivity of the sea bed and attracting seabirds from miles around.
Beach fishing is popular at Dungeness, with the area being a nationally recognised cod fishing venue in the winter.
The name Dungeness derives from Old Norse nes: "headland", with the first part probably connected with the nearby Denge Marsh. Popular etymology ascribes a French origin to the toponym, giving an interpretation as "dangerous nose".
Highclere Castle is a Grade I listed country house built in 1679 and largely renovated in the 1840s, with a park designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century. The 5,000-acre estate is in Highclere in Hampshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Newbury, Berkshire, and 9.5 miles (15 km) north of Andover, Hampshire. The 19th-century renovation is in a Jacobethan and Italianate style produced by architect Charles Barry. It is the country seat of the Earls of Carnarvon, a branch of the Anglo-Welsh Herbert family.
Highclere Castle has been used as a filming location for several films and television series, including 1990s comedy series Jeeves and Wooster, and achieved international fame as the main location for the ITV historical drama series Downton Abbey (2010–15) and the 2019 and 2022 films based on it.
The house, Egyptian exhibition, and gardens are open to the public for self-guided tours during the summer months and at other times during the rest of the year, such as Christmas and Easter. The house also holds ticketed events, such as the Battle Proms picnic concert, and special guided tours throughout the year.
One of those foil trays you get with roasting meat joints.
Doing one a day whilst stuck largely at home - you know why . . . Hopefully the majority will be macros.
I'm really enjoying my trip to the Southwest, largely in part to the people and natives that I have met along my travels. Of course it helps to go with fellow photographer David Thompson.
As I was shooting the badlands of New Mexico, I was lucky enough to capture some Virga an observable streak or shaft of precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates or sublimes before reaching the ground, what a beautiful sight. On this particular evening I was alone with my yorkie photographing this very isolated area. I have to admit I was eager to capture this large storm cloud before quickly hitting the ground and running back to the car.
Out there you will find that a lot of these areas are accessible by dirt roads only and as you can imagine what usually happens to dirt roads in heavy rains, it washes the roads completely which quickly becomes a recipe for being stranded. You would have laughed watching me carrying my yorkie, camera gear and literally running as fast as I could to get back to my car which was a mile or so away so I could get the heck out of dodge before the storm came through.
All in all, I couldn't have asked for a better time while scouting and photographing this fantasy world of strange rock formations made of inter-bedded sandstone, shale, mud-stone, coal, and silt.
My 8th and final entry to the ABS Builder Challenge, Round 1.2
It was largely inspired by Cesbrick’s amazing Kid’s Room model. It was a really enjoyable to build a modern interior for a change, and something outside of minifigure scale. Both the closet doors and main door do open and close.
Be sure to check out several pictures, as it wasn't possible to capture every detail in a single overview picture. Plenty more angles shown on brickbuilt.
While I’m glad to be done looking for uses for a certain red bucket element, I really had fun competing and being pushed to build in some themes outside of my comfort zone over the past few weeks.
Since the middle of September when bow season began in Minnesota, sighting deer from a vehicle has largely been an effort in futility.
Once the firearm season started in early November, finding deer to photograph became even more difficult other than a very few who were not alert enough to spot approaching humans.
This buck has almost made it through the danger times from hunters as the bow season ends at the conclusion of December. I was able to photograph him as he made his way along an unmaintained road separating a field and woods.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
Largely 13th century but heavily restored in the early 19th. The spacious graveyard is surrounded by attractive walkways and lanes reminiscent of a cathedral close.
For once the forecast of largely unbroken crisp blue skies in the Capital was correct so I made the trek to North London principally to shoot this third day of operation by ROG of pre-Christmas traffic aboard 768 001 & 319 373 hauled by one of their class 57s. This had lost ten minutes after being held at Ledburn Junction to wait to join the up fast line but was still five minutes ahead of schedule. This was just as well as the first cloud to obscure the sun occurred near it's booked passing time. If I had known in advance how bad the shadows from the trees in the foreground were I might have chosen another location but this is about the best spot for the light in the London area. I went back to the station afterwards only to find that a defective rail at North Wembley had halted LOROL operations between Willesden Junction and Watford Junction in both directions. I was on the point of getting a bus to Harrow when fortunately things started to move again.
Audley End House is a largely early 17th-century country house outside Saffron Walden, Essex, England. It was once a prodigy house, a palace in all but name and renowned as one of the finest Jacobean houses in England. Audley End is now one-third of its original size, but is still large, with much to enjoy in its architectural features and varied collections. It is currently in the stewardship of English Heritage and remains the family seat of the Lords Braybrooke.
La catedral de Bruselas o catedral de San Miguel y Santa Gúdula (en francés: cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule; en neerlandés: Kathedraal van Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele; en latín: Cathedralis Sancti Michaelis et Gudulae Bruxellis) es un edificio gótico situado cerca de la Estación Central de la ciudad y perteneciente a la Archidiócesis de Malinas-Bruselas.
Se empezó a erigir en 1226, el mismo año en que comenzó la construcción de la también gótica catedral de Toledo, y se concluyó en 1500. Fue construida con piedra de Gobertange.
Está ubicada en el cruce de dos importantes rutas, la que lleva de Flandes a Colonia y la que va de Amberes a Mons pasando por Bruselas. Este cruce está situado en la colina de Treurenberg (ant. Molenberg) y existe una mención de Bruselas en las gestas de los obispos de Cambrai (diócesis a la que pertenecía): el obispo Vindicien enferma en Bruselas poco antes de su muerte en 695
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The Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula (French: Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule; Dutch: Kathedraal van Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele[2]), usually shortened to the Cathedral of St. Gudula[a] or St. Gudula[b] by locals, is a medieval Catholic cathedral in central Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, the patron saints of the City of Brussels, and is considered to be one of the finest examples of Brabantine Gothic architecture.
The Romanesque church's construction began in the 11th century, replacing an earlier chapel, and was largely complete in its current Gothic form by the 16th, though its interior was frequently modified in the following centuries. The building includes late-Gothic and Baroque chapels, whilst its neo-Gothic decorative elements, including some of its stained glass windows in the aisles, date from restoration work in the 19th century. St. Gudula also stands out for its musical components, notably its two pipe organs and its immense church bells. The complex was designated a historic monument in 1936.[1]
The church was elevated to cathedral status in 1962 and has since been the co-cathedral of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels, together with St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen.[2] As the national church of Belgium and the Primate of Belgium's official seat, it frequently hosts royal weddings, state funerals and other official ceremonies, such as the Te Deum on Belgian National Day.
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La cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule (en néerlandais : Kathedraal van Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele; en allemand : Kathedrale St. Michael und St. Gudula) située à Bruxelles, en Belgique, est la cocathédrale de l'archidiocèse catholique de Malines-Bruxelles. Elle est dédiée à saint Michel et à sainte Gudule, saints patrons de la ville de Bruxelles, et est un exemple reconnaissable du gothique brabançon.
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For an area supposed to be largely low-lying and flat the City of Lincoln bucks the trend.
The area around the River Witham is 20 metres O.D.
The area around the Castle and Cathedral is 75 metres O.D.
A Jurassic Limestone escarpment runs north-south through a large part of Lincolnshire.
Throughout written history this upland has been used
by many settlers as a defensive bastion.
Iron Age, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and medieval peoples
have used this “hill” for strategic, defensive purposes.
The Normans built a substantial castle following their invasion in the 11th. Century.
They also built the first Cathedral on this high point in 1092.
It had to be re-built twice, once due to fire and once due to a local Earthquake!
At one time it had a spire that reached 525 feet.
For 200 years it was the tallest human-made structure in the world, even taller than the Great Pyramid!
In medieval times the city prospered through the wool industry,
becoming famous for its Lincoln Green and Red cloths.
The city declined during the English Civil War when both Royalists
and Parliamentarians held sway at different times, its fortunes returned in the 18th Century due to the ingenious inventions
of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions.
Simply, mechanisation and more efficient sources of power
meant most products could be made and distributed at 20, 50, 100, 250 or 1,000 times the rate of families in their home.
In recent centuries, public administration, education, health services and hospitality has grown, hugely.
I.T. and micro-electronics have employed many, too.
With its rich historical legacy and amazing architecture, tourism brings in more and more revenue.
The Cathedral Quarter has for centuries seen the wealthier residents enjoy the views from “the hill” in their Georgian mansions.
Steep Hill and The Strait link “the hill” to the High Street and modern shopping centre.
Two worlds, but one impressive city, now with a population of 125,000, and unsurprisingly, the largest settlement in the County.
The Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species.
The Barnacle Goose is a medium-sized goose, 55 - 70 cm long, with a wingspan of 130 - 145 cm and a weight of 1.2 - 2.2 kg. It has a white face and black head, neck, and upper breast. Its belly is white. The wings and its back are silver-gray with black-and-white bars that look like they are shining when the light reflects on it. It flies in packs and long lines, with a noisy chorus of barking or yapping sounds.
Barnacle geese feed on grasses and coastal plants found in salt marshes, grasslands near river estuaries or tidal mud flats.
The wintering population (130.000 birds) in the Netherlands breeds in Arctic Russia and the Baltic.
This picture was taken at the Lauwersmeer, a man-made lake in the north of the Netherlands, on the border of the provinces of Groningen and Friesland. The lake was formed on 1969, when the dike between the bay called Lauwerssea" and the Waddensea was closed. The Lauwersmeer is now one of the famoust birding areas in Western Europe. The area is famous for the huge numbers of birds. During the winter months the Lauwersmeer is famous for the huge numbers of geese. You will see thousands of Barnacle Geese, White Fronted Geese, Greylag Geese and also good numbers of Bean Geese, Brant, Tundra Swan and Whooper Swan.
De brandgans (Branta leucopsis) is een sterke ongeveer 60 cm grote gans, die weinig of geen last ondervindt van vriesweer, met geelachtige witte kop, waarvan de achterzijde zwart is, met een zwarte nek en bovenborst. Als deze gans tijdens de winter aan de Nederlandse kust opduikt, worden ze al vlug verraden door het wit van hun wangen dat fel afsteekt op het zwart van de kop en hals.
Hun broedgebied is het noordelijk deel van de Atlantische Oceaan, van de oostkust van Groenland tot Spitsbergen en het zuiden van Nova Zembla. Het wintergebied bevindt zich vooral aan de kusten van Ierland, de westkust van Schotland en de Noordzeekust van Duitsland en Nederland.
De Nederlandse overwinteraars komen vooral van Nova Zembla. De laatste jaren blijven grote groepen brandganzen in Nederland en zijn dus het hele jaar door op Nederlandse graslanden te vinden.
Deze foto is genomen bij het Lauwersmeer, op de grens van Groningen en Friesland, een van de belangrijkse overwintergebieden voor brandganzen in Nederland.
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Small understory hummingbird found in montane forest and dense second growth. Note its strongly curved bill and prominent dark mask and a pale eyebrow. Largely brownish, but is slightly, green above and paler below. The long tail is strongly graduated, dark at the base with pale tips. It is similar to Scale-throated Hermit, but Dusky-throated Hermit is smaller with a pale throat. ebird.org/species/duther1
I'm not very good with DSRL movies, but I think you might like to see this little guy! He was so relaxed in his little branch, a delightful experience!
At Trilha dos Tucanos - Tapiraí - São Paulo
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The cinereous vulture is a largely solitary bird, being found alone or in pairs much more frequently than most other Old World vultures. The cinereous vulture has declined over most of its range in the last 200 years in part due to poisoning by eating poisoned bait put out to kill dogs and other predators, and to higher hygiene standards reducing the amount of available carrion; it is currently listed as Near Threatened
LARGELY NOCTURNAL, seeking shade by day, often as shown here, under clumps of mangroves, when approached stands alert, runs quickly, makes a short flight and runs for cover again, its about 38 Cm in length.
The call is very eerie especially intense on moonlit nights!!!!
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Stay safe Tomx.,
Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in the Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, and Niğde Provinces in Turkey. In Ancient Greek Καππαδοξ means "a Cappadocian".
In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine (Black Sea). Cappadocia, in this sense, was bounded in the south by the chain of the Taurus Mountains that separate it from Cilicia, to the east by the upper Euphrates and the Armenian Highland, to the north by Pontus, and to the west by Lycaonia and eastern Galatia.
The name, traditionally used in Christian sources throughout history, continues in use as an international tourism concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage.
Cappadocia is a geological oddity of honeycombed hills and towering boulders of otherworldly beauty. The fantastical topography is matched by the human history here. People have long utilised the region's soft stone, seeking shelter underground and leaving the countryside scattered with fascinating troglodyte-style architecture. The fresco-adorned rock-cut churches of Göreme Open-Air Museum and the subterranean refuges of Derinkuyu and Kaymaklı are the most famous sights, while simply bedding down in one of Cappadocia's cave hotels is an experience in 21st-century cavern dwelling.
Bird-Filled Sky. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
A huge flock of geese wheels above a Central Valley pasture filled with sandhill cranes.
The pattern of events at Central Valley migratory bird locations varies quite a bit over the season. Obviously, during the months when the large flocks of cranes and geese are elsewhere the places can be pretty quiet and lonely. (I’m not a giant fan of these locations during this period, but I do stop by occasionally, perhaps largely to bring back memories of the winter birds.) But when they are there, the situation can vary quite a bit. Early on it may be hard to even find the birds — they may be off in more distant areas feeding, or the fog may be so thick that they can’t easily be spotted.
Later in the season, especially during the final weeks before the geese depart, the action seems to increase. I find that the birds are often active throughout the day, and that larger and larger groups tend to collect — and quite often the star attractions, the geese and cranes, start to overlap quite a bit, sometimes sharing the same spaces on the ground and in the sky. I made this photograph on one of these late-season days, with cranes spread across the pasture and the sky filled with thousands of geese.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Northamptonshire is a largely rural county on the fringes of the east of England with just a handful of large towns and no city. This was taken in the rich arable farmland that lies between Brixworth and Cottesbrooke, and is some seven miles north of the county town of Northampton. The Northampton and Market Harborough railway was opened in 1859 and passed through these fields. But it was first closed to passenger traffic in 1960 and to freight traffic in 1981. The trackbed of the former railway was reopened in 1993 as the Brampton Valley Way.
The present Lord Faringdon has, since 1978, transformed what was a grand, but largely redundant, eighteenth-century kitchen garden into a fine ornamental garden with a strong structure, within which a degree of informality is encouraged. Shaped as an irregular octagon, the garden is divided into four quadrants by the two main axis paths. Pleached hop hornbeams (Ostrya carpinifolia) have been planted along the longer east–west axis, with pink and white Judas trees (Cercis siliquastrum) trained over iron arbour tunnels along the shorter north–south axis. The effect, from whichever direction the garden is approached, is to create dramatic vistas, focusing on the central lily pond, with its fountain, statue and handsome balustrade. The Judas trees are at their peak of colour in June, at which point the extensive plantings of day lilies, from Lady Cynthia Carew Pole’s collection at Antony in Cornwall, begin to flower in the main axis beds, producing a succession of multi-coloured blooms throughout the summer and early autumn.
The quadrants feature statues of the Four Seasons, by Frank Forster, the winner of a competition promoted by the Faringdon Collection Trustees and by the President of the Royal Academy. Dwarf box hedges surround each quadrant, interrupted by standard trees alternating with clipped Portuguese laurels and chosen to complement the seasonal theme: ‘Golden King’ hollies for winter, the fragrant pink-flowered Viburnum x carlcephalum for spring, the rose-pink lilac Syringa microphylla ‘Superba’ for summer and Hydrangea paniculata for autumn. An Indian bean tree occupies the middle of each quadrant, along with other trees chosen with the seasons in mind: Acer palmatum ‘Senkaki’ (the Coral Bark Maple) for the colour of its stems and bark in winter, along with winter-flowering cherry and Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ for its fruit; various crab apples and cherries for their spring blossom, laburnums for summer, along with the rare hop tree (Ptelea trifoliata) with its small scented flowers and winged fruits; and bright-berried rowans for autumn.
The perimeter borders contain spring bulbs and various herbaceous perennials, but are at their best in June when the fine collection of old French roses, mixed in with more modern cultivars, come into fragrant bloom. Between the climbing roses, fruit are trained to the wall, and, later in the season, the spent shrub roses act as a frame to support ornamental marrows, courgettes, gourds and runner beans.
Sadly, the time spent on the Sunset Route has largely been time wasted. There's been long periods of nothingness followed by the inevitable just after sunset rush. We're talking an average of four, maybe five a day to photograph, previous experience of the Yuma area has been at least double that, if not more.
And don't even start me on the completely pointless run out to Gila Bend. No, really, don't.
On Thursday morning, I took the decision to dump the Sunset and head back north.
Trying to be optimistic, I stopped at Niland for what was originally going to be an hour or two. Yeah...
Around an hour before sunset, something I'd not seen before happened. The switch from the tracks from Yuma onto the south curve on the triangle flipped over and a green appeared on the signal which guards the connection onto the Calexico sub. Hmmm...
A short while later and this train screeched around the tight curve and headed south towards El Centro, Calexico and presumably onward to Mexico.
Shots on the curve done, and a fast drive down to Estelle produced this view of the train as it slowly approached the non-functioning crossing at Mc Donald Road.
It's always nice to see something new, whilst it doesn't make up for four largely wasted days, I'm really rather pleased I didn't miss out.
Estelle CA, 25 January 2024.
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Nestled on the northeast side of the Sandia Mountains is Madrid (pronounced with the accent on the first syllable: MAD-rid, not Ma-DRID).
Located just south of Santa Fe New Mexico, in the mineral rich Ortiz Mountains, Madrid is in the oldest coal mining region in New Mexico. As many as 1,500 years ago the first Native American inhabitants mined the turquoise and lead deposits in the nearby hills. When the Spaniards first arrived in 1540, they largely ignored the Indians and their turquoise, more interested in finding the more valuable minerals of silver and gold.
However they returned almost a century later and finding silver, forced the natives to work in the mines until the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Thirteen years later, in 1693, the Spanish Crown re-conquered the area.
Spaniards continued to look for gold but also began to establish farms and ranches in the area. However, the region remained fairly unpopulated until large amounts of coal were discovered around 1835. Just five years later, placer gold deposits were discovered in the San Pedro Mountains and the area that would become Madrid began to grow as more and more prospectors arrived in search of their fortunes.
By 1892 the yield from a narrow valley known as "Coal Gulch" was large enough to warrant the construction of a 6.5 mile standard gauge railroad spur connecting the area to the main line of Santa Fe Railroad. Coal Gulch later became the town site of Madrid.
These imposing gate posts and wall are near the Oscar Huber Memorial Ballpark, which is named after the last superintendent of mines of the Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company. The beautifully constructed structure is an oddity in a artist community with a population of 300. You can see mine tailings in the distance beyond the posts.
Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your kind comments -- I appreciate them all. I will be mostly offline for the next few days and will catch up as time permits.
© Melissa Post 2017
Kampong Phluk is a commune in Prasat Bakong District in Siem Reap Province Cambodia. The name means "Harbor of the Tusks". The community largely depends on fishing for survival, spending Cambodia's wet season (May-October) fishing. During the dry season (November-April) as the river thins due to receding water, many turn to farming to supplement their income. Tourism, which started in the village approximately 10 years ago, is also a growing part of the local economy.
As of 2019, the commune has 911 families with a total population of 3,707. The commune consist of three villages: Tnaot Kambot, Dey Krahom and Kok Kdol.
The village is on the Tonlé Sap which is a seasonally inundated freshwater lake, Tonlé Sap Lake, and an attached river, the 120 km long Tonlé Sap River, that connects the lake to the Mekong River. Wikipedia
The muddy river is the Tahas River which flows through the Kampong Phluk village.
A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Wikipedia
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. 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. It is to be reintroduced at Dungeness. It is planned that the first bees will be introduced in the spring of 2010.
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.
One of the most remarkable features of the site is an area known as 'the patch' or, by anglers, as 'the boil'. The waste hot water and sewage from the Dungeness nuclear power stations are pumped into the sea through two outfall pipes, enriching the biological productivity of the sea bed and attracting seabirds from miles around.
Beach fishing is popular at Dungeness, with the area being a nationally recognised cod fishing venue in the winter.
The name Dungeness derives from Old Norse nes: "headland", with the first part probably connected with the nearby Denge Marsh. Popular etymology ascribes a French origin to the toponym, giving an interpretation as "dangerous nose".
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. 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. It is to be reintroduced at Dungeness. It is planned that the first bees will be introduced in the spring of 2010.
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.
One of the most remarkable features of the site is an area known as 'the patch' or, by anglers, as 'the boil'. The waste hot water and sewage from the Dungeness nuclear power stations are pumped into the sea through two outfall pipes, enriching the biological productivity of the sea bed and attracting seabirds from miles around.
Beach fishing is popular at Dungeness, with the area being a nationally recognised cod fishing venue in the winter.
The name Dungeness derives from Old Norse nes: "headland", with the first part probably connected with the nearby Denge Marsh. Popular etymology ascribes a French origin to the toponym, giving an interpretation as "dangerous nose".