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Stave Lake is a manmade lake, the trees were logged off before the flooding, but the stumps still remain. Kodak Tri-X 400.
Series of work done at Tanjung Langsat shoreline located at Johor Bahru. Enjoying my time there and been awhile I did some serious photography.
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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF 17 - 40mm f/4.0 L USM
Exposure: 80 sec
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal Length: 21 mm
ISO Speed: 50
Filter: B+W ND110
Processing Tool: CS5 + Silver Efex Pro
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Yashica Electro 35 GT, Fujifilm Superia Xtra 400, Dev&Scan: Toiletlab Dev n Scan, Location Phetchabun, Thailand.
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House Sparrow pausing for a moment between feedings.----Happy Father's Day
The House Sparrow prefers to nest in manmade structures such as eaves or walls of buildings, street lights, and nest boxes instead of in natural nest sites such as holes in trees.
Shuttle Endeavour on its final flight through the Bay Area; headed to LAX where it will be housed in a nearby museum.
I viewed it from the Palo Alto Baylands, near Shoreline Lake; Moffett Field and NASA Ames are just a few miles south. Turned out to be a perfect location to see the roaring giant glide past. A memorable chapter in history is now closed. We became complacent about the many Shuttle missions, but the entire program represents one of the pinnacles of human achievement.
I was afraid that my 300mm lens wasn't long enough, but the 747 & Shuttle flew so low that 300mm was just perfect to "fill the frame".
Man-made waterfall on Campbell's Run Road in Robinson Township, PA just a few miles outside of Pittsburgh. View On Black
There is so much going on across this ancient fortress high over Dorset. The huge peaks and troughs of land, forged by bygone civilisations out of the natural hillside, providing an imposing defense from would-be attackers.
Then there are the smaller ripples in the earth formed simply by gravity gradually pulling the earth down in waves, and finally the more recently added hurdle fencing, intended presumably to prevent too much land slippage.
And then of course the much smaller, seemingly random holes dug by a certain little dog while waiting for the photographer to do his stuff.
Odaiba (お台場) es una extensa isla artificial en la bahía de Tokio, en Japón. Está conectada al centro de Tokio a través del Rainbow Bridge. Se construyó inicialmente por motivos defensivos en la década de 1850 y fue expandida a finales del siglo XX, cuando en la década de 1990 se desarrolló como una importante zona comercial, residencial y de ocio.
El nombre de Odaiba proviene de una serie de seis fortalezas isleñas construidas en 1853 por Egawa Hidetatsu del shogunato Tokugawa para proteger Edo de ataques marítimos. Daiba en japonés se refiere a la batería de cañones que se instalaron en las islas. En 1928, la Batería Nº3 Dai-San Daiba (第三台場) fue reformada y desde entonces abierta al público como el parque metropolitano Daiba.
Aunque originalmente se planearon once baterías, sólo cinco de ellas llegaron a completarse. La isla moderna de Odaiba comenzó a tomar forma cuando el puerto de Tokio abrió en 1941. Hasta mediados de 1960 todas, excepto dos baterías fueron o bien quitadas, para evitar obstaculizar el paso de barcos, o bien incorporadas a las instalaciones del puerto de Shinagawa y la isla Tennozu. En 1979 el, por entonces, llamado "vertedero Nº 13," (actualmente los distritos de Daiba, Higashi Yashio y Aomi), se terminó de unir con la Batería Nº 3. La "Batería Nº 6," en la que está prohibido aterrizar, se dejó a la naturaleza.
El gobernador de Tokio, Shun'ichi Suzuki, comenzó un plan de desarrollo más vasto a principios de la década de 1990 para desarrollar Odaiba como Tokyo Teleport Town, una muestra de estilo de vida futurista con nuevas zonas residenciales y comerciales que dieran cabida a una población de más de 100.000 personas. Se planeó terminar el desarrollo a tiempo para la "International Urban Exposition" en la primavera de 1996.
El sucesor de Suzuki, Yukio Aoshima, detuvo el plan en 1995 cuando los gastos del proyecto superaban el trillón de yenes y Odaiba aún carecía de una población abundante. Muchas de las compañías creadas para el desarrollo de la isla cayeron casi en bancarrota. El colapso de la burbuja financiera e inmobiliaria en Japón fue el principal factor (frustró el desarrollo comercial en Tokio en general). La zona también se vio inapropiada para los negocios debido a que sus conexiones con el centro de Tokio (el puente Rainbow Bridge y el monorail Yurikamome) hacían el tiempo de viaje relativamente largo.
El área comenzó a cobrar vida de nuevo a finales de 1990 como una zona turística y de ocio, con varios grandes hoteles y centros comerciales. Algunas grandes compañías, como Fuji TV, trasladaron su sede a la isla, y la comunicación con la zona mejoró con la conexión de la línea Rinkai Line a la línea de ferrocarril JR East en 2002 y la extensión hacia el este de la línea Yurikamome hasta Toyosu en 2006.
Desde su desarrollo en la década de 1990 Odaiba se ha convertido, además de una zona comercial y residencial, en un importante centro de entretenimiento y turismo. Por ello cuenta con numerosas atracciones y varias opciones de alojamiento.
Algunas de las atracciones más destacadas de Odaiba son:
Rainbow Bridge (レインボーブリッジ Reinbō Burijji), puente que conecta Odaiba con el distrito Shibaura del barrio Minato.
Estudios de Fuji TV (フジテレビ Fuji Terebi), con su peculiar diseño obra del arquitecto Kenzō Tange.
Odaiba Kaihin Koen (お台場海浜公園), una de las dos playas disponibles en la zona urbana de Tokio.
DECKS Tokyo Beach (デックス東京ビーチ), centro comercial que contiene el Sega Joypolis.
AQUA CiTY ODAIBA (アクアシティお台場), centro comercial localizado justo frente a los estudios de Fuji TV.
Réplica de la Estatua de la Libertad.
Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari, sentō (baño público japonés).
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Emergentes e Innovación (日本科学未来館 Nippon Kagaku Mirai-kan), conocido por su sobrenombre Miraikan (未来館 lit. "Museo del futuro").
Museo de Ciencias Marítimas (船の科学館 Fune-no-kagakukan), edificio en forma de barco.
Centro de Exposición Internacional de Tokio (東京国際展示場 Tōkyō Kokusai Tenjijō), conocido por su sobrenombre Tokyo Big Sight (東京ビッグサイト Tōkyō Biggu Saito).
Palette Town: una de las atracciones más completas. El complejo está localizado en el centro de Odaiba y es fácilmente accesible por la estación de Aomi de la línea Yurikamome, contiene las siguientes atracciones:
Daikanransha, una noria de 115 metros, duodécima más alta del mundo. Cuando abrió en 1999 ocupaba la primera posición de dicha clasificación.
Venus Fort, centro comercial que recrea el ambiente veneciano.
Sun Walk, centro comercial.
Megaweb, centro de exhibición de Toyota.
Zepp Tokyo, uno de los clubes nocturnos y salas de conciertos más grandes de Tokio.
Leisure Land, centro con horario de 24 horas con bolera, videojuegos y karaoke.
Dos líneas de Shuto Expressway tienen comunicación con la zona: la ruta 11, desde el centro de Tokio cruzando el puente Rainbow Bridge; y la línea Wangan Line, desde Shinagawa a través del Tokyo Port Tunnel (subterráneo) y desde las áreas de las bahías de las prefecturas de Tokio y Chiba por el este.
En transporte público, se puede acceder a Odaiba a través de la línea automatizada Yurikamome (común y erróneamente llamado "monoraíl") desde Shimbashi y Toyosu. La línea privada Rinkai Line opera entre Shin-Kiba y Ōsaki, pero muchos de los trenes conectan directamente con Shibuya, Shinjuku e Ikebukuro. Los autobuses de la ciudad ofrecen una alternativa más barata, a la par que más lenta. Los transbordadores conectan Odaiba con Asakusa, recorriendo el río Sumida y el Kansai Rinkai Park en el este de Tokio.
En varias temporadas de la franquicia Digimon, Odaiba es el lugar donde viven la mayoría de los protagonistas. El lugar es frecuentemente mencionado y retratado con acierto según el estado de la zona en los años que ocurren las tramas. Aparece en Digimon Adventure (1999), Digimon Adventure 02 (2000) y Digimon Adventure tri. (2015). Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 , comienza con dos hermanos visitando una exposición de robots en esta isla cuando un fuerte sismo azota y destruye gran parte de Tokio.
Odaiba - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Odaiba - Google Maps
Odaiba (お台場) today is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially built in this area for defensive purposes in the 1850s. The original Odaiba opened in 1860 as a port and shipyard in the city today known as Yokosuka, site of the joint Japanese-US fleet HQ. Reclaimed land offshore Shinagawa was dramatically expanded during the late 20th century as a seaport district, and has developed since the 1990s as a major commercial, residential and leisure area. Odaiba, along with Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama, is among a few manmade seashores in Tokyo Bay where the waterfront is accessible, and not blocked by industry and harbor areas. For artificial sand beaches in the bay, Sea Park in Kanazawa-ku is suitable for swimming, Odaiba has one, and there are two in Kasai Rinkai Park area looking over to the Tokyo Disneyland.
Daiba (台場) formally refers to one district of the island development in Minato Ward. Governor Shintaro Ishihara used Odaiba to refer to the entire Tokyo Waterfront Secondary City Center (東京臨海副都心, Tōkyō Rinkai Fukutoshin), which includes the Ariake and Aomi districts of Kōtō Ward and the Higashi-Yashio district of Shinagawa Ward.
The name Odaiba alludes to daiba (台場, "batteries" / "forts"), which formed small islands nearby. They were constructed in 1853 by Egawa Hidetatsu for the Tokugawa shogunate in order to protect Edo from attack by sea, the primary threat being Commodore Matthew Perry's Black Ships, which had arrived in the same year. In 1928, the Dai-San Daiba (第三台場, No. 3 Battery) was refurbished and opened to the public as the Metropolitan Daiba Park.
Of the originally planned 11 batteries, seven construction projects started, but only six were ever finished. No. 1 to No. 3 Batteries were completed in eight months in 1853. Construction on Nos. 4 to 7 started in 1854, but only Nos. 5 and 6 were finished by the year's end. Nos. 4 and 7 were abandoned, with 30% and 70% unfinished (respectively), and an alternative land-based battery near Gotenyama was built instead. However, they resumed construction on No. 4 in 1862 and completed it the following year.
Until the mid-1960s, all except two batteries (Nos. 3 and 6) were either removed to facilitate ship navigation or incorporated into Shinagawa port and Tennōzu. In 1979, the "landfill no. 13" (now Minato-ku Daiba, Shinagawa-ku Higashi-Yashio and Kōtō-ku Aomi districts) was finished and connected to the park that was No. 3 Battery. On the other hand, No. 6 was left to nature (access prohibited).
Today's Odaiba is a popular shopping and sightseeing destination for Tokyoites and tourists alike. Major attractions include:
Palette Town, including Daikanransha (Ferris wheel), the Toyota exhibition hall called Megaweb, MORI Building Digital Art Museum, Tokyo Leisure Land, a Venice-themed shopping mall called VenusFort, and Zepp Tokyo
Fuji Television studios, with a distinctive building designed by Kenzo Tange
Miraikan, Japan's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Rainbow Bridge, connecting Odaiba to the heart of Tokyo
Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center)
Aqua City, a shopping center featuring a chapel, Toys "R" Us and 13-screen United Cinemas
DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, a shopping center containing Unko Museum Tokyo, the world's first Doraemon Future Department Store (ドラえもん未来デパート), and
Gundam Base Tokyo, featuring a 19.7-meter (64.6 feet) tall statue of Gundam
another Zepp location (Zepp DiverCity)
Decks Tokyo Beach shopping mall, featuring Sega Joypolis, Odaiba Takoyaki Museum, Madame Tussauds and Legoland Discovery Center
Museum of Maritime Science (Fune no kagakukan), with swimming pool
Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari sentō: Water to the baths rise up from 1400 meters underground. 14 different baths
Shiokaze park with BBQ places and Higashi Yashio park
Telecom Center Building (MXTV's former headquarters), with observation deck
One of two beaches in urban Tokyo (swimming prohibited), along with Kasai Rinkai Park in Edogawa Ward
A replica of the Statue of Liberty
Panasonic Center, a science and technology showroom
Sea Forest Waterway, the regatta venue for rowing and canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
Two Shuto Expressway lines access Odaiba: Route 11 enters from central Tokyo crossing the Rainbow Bridge, while the Bayshore Route enters from Shinagawa Ward through the Tokyo Port Tunnel and from the bayfront areas of Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture to the east.
By public transport, Odaiba is accessible via the automated Yurikamome transit system from Shimbashi and Toyosu. The privately operated Rinkai Line runs between Shin-kiba and Osaki, but many trains connect directly to Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro. City buses provide cheaper if slower access. Ferries connect Odaiba with Asakusa running along the Sumida River and the Kasai Rinkai Park in eastern Tokyo.
The Tokyo Cruise Ship is a water bus operator in Tokyo that offers services including public lines as well as event cruises and chartered ships. Such as from Asakusa → Odaiba Seaside Park → Toyosu → Asakusa.
Odaiba - Wikipedia