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Seen from aboard our arriving British Airways flight, Moody based US Air Force Lockheed HC-130P Hercules 65-0982/MY holds short at Baltimore Washington International back in October 2000
The aircraft still carries the modified nose for when it sported the Fulton Recovery 'scissor' System for extracting 'downed' aircrew or sensitive assets
See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkNiOjJvlS4
Scanned Kodak 35mm Transparency
I thought the textures on the pumpkins and the patterns on the leaves complimented each other.
Not Ai generated.
Sunrise down at Sugar sands(between Boulmer & Howick) with Stuart Patterson. Seems an age since my last sunrise and it was nice to be back amongst it.
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Mute Swan with a berry - I think.
(The black bulbous lump on it's top upper bill is also known colloquially as a 'berry')
f/7.1 / 1/2000 sec / Auto ISO 2500 / 390 mm / Manual mode
Looking along part of the Tarmachan ridge, from Meall nan Tarmachan itself to Meall Garbh (the dark peak) with Ben More and Stob Binnean providing the backdrop.
Taken a little later on from my previous shot, I was moving from my dawn vantage point and onto another I had sought out earlier. I came across this lovely little patch of Limestone nestled in the sunlit grasses. The two larger outcrops criss-crossing initially caught my eye, all I had to do was find a suitable composition to maximise the scene.
Beyond, the peak of Ingleborough lies shrouded in low cloud. This soon burned off as the sun strengthened.
Conditions deteriorated as we walked onto the amazing Breiðamerkursandur beach. Wiping the lens after each shot got a little tedious as well at the biting wind.
Still an amazing experience seeing this wonderful landscape with my own eyes.
Built for the 2nd Blitz'ard flash MOC contest, "Best battle scene" category.
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It was that time of the year once again...
The famous Elken warrior R.N.R.* Rudolph, who led the Great Reindeer Revolution that overthrew the malicious regime of the reigning Santa Claus, was gathering his elves and santas to go on his annual destructive rampage across the Urtican Planes.
Throughout the year Rudolph makes a list of the Urticans, categorizing them according to their behavior: the nice Urticans will become a bacon-wrapped turkey** and the naughty ones a lump of coal. In the head...
Unfortunately, due to a computational error*** the threshold for being nice has been set way too high, so practically all Urticans are being classified as naughty.
So beware Urticans, Rudolph is on his way and his sack is full of coal!
Hit Urticans with lumps of co-al.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
'Tis the season to be jolly.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
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As for the sleigh: ironically enough, the lead Santa of the sleigh was chosen to be the rebellious S-ain't-a Claus, who has been dishonorably discharged after the great fiasco of 2015, where he forgot to show up on his only working day of the year due to a heated darts game with his buddies in the local pub. He has been charged with the horrendous crime of "Bros before Ho-ho-hos" and he pleaded guilty.
Just like R.N.R. Rudolph, he also has a red nose, but in his case it is not genetical, but a result of his excessive consume of mulled wine.
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*: no, not Rock'N'Roll Rudolph, more like the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
**: © Gary
***: the Elken are not great in arithmetic calculations because they can't write the numbers down and, unlike human with a total of 20 fingers and toes, only have two hooves on each foot
They are curious creatures, the Ile de Ré donkeys. Some look positively rastafarian, others like the donkeys you might see on a British beach. In fact the longer haired animals are a rather rare species, the Baudet du Poitou.
Once a common site in the Poitou Charentes countryside these lovely animals were in danger of becoming extinct as machines took over. Today St Martin de Ré is home to a herd of them. You can usually find them hanging around the town’s ancient walls.
The donkeys are turned out in their Sunday best every weekend in St Martin. These donkeys are called the ânes en culotte. Their pyjamas may look daft but they are genuine. The proper working donkeys used to wear them as protection for their legs from all the mosquitoes and other insects on the salt marshes.
The wife was very unhappy because the clearcoat on the roof of the Honda was flaking off pretty bad. So I repainted and cleared the roof, it was a 14 hr day. She was kind enough to make my favorite meal. She's happy and now I'm happy!
Erosion in action: an exposed lump of psammite (metamorphosed former sandstone) showing lines of strata and cracks, with gentle folding, yet surrounded by stones and boulders where the sea has eroded it away.
Uluru at sunrise, processed using tonemapping, the original had a very dark foreground, I waited and waited but the sun never shone directly on the rock. For a desert locale in the dry season, the skies were almost solid overcast for 3 days, when the sun came out (as did the horseflies) on the 4th day, I flew out, after a 5 hour delay. Thanks Qantas for no compensation and charging $600+ plus for a 2 hour flight.
Bit of an odd dress this one it sort of fights me clinging onto all the bits i would rather it didn't.
OK its not that bad but i just wouldn't feel comfortable wearing it out.
Departing Shannon Airport 14th July 2020, following repaint by International Aerospace Coatings Ltd., to celebrate the cargo carriers 50th anniversary.
The livery once adorned the beautiful Canadair CL-44 "Swing Tail" freighters.