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Just shy of 424 miles from Fremont, Nebraska, lies the tiny community of Whitney, NE. Measured via Long Pine, Valentine and Chadron, it takes a long time to get anywhere out here.
CNW predecessor Fremont & Elkhorn Valley built here in the 1880's. Over time, what became CNW's Western Division comprised about 800 miles among three states. Today, one-fourth of that remains. Most of those 205 miles witness only one or two trains daily.
Working from CNW timetable No.1 dated October 29, 1972, the train seen here would be about 13 hours behind schedule. Second class freight 319 would be westbound through Whitney around 1020 pm, mountain time. Today's train still keeps a schedule, but it's a much looser time frame. Operating only twice each week, with an overnight run from Rapid City, SD, to Dakota Junction, NE, is the RCP&E's freight to the BNSF interchange in Crawford, Nebraska. Upon arrival at Dakota Jct., the train is handed off the Nebraska Northwestern Railroad who takes it 20 miles to BNSF and return. Three SD40's and 25 cars comprise today's train, ambling along at 10mph.
The size of your success
is measured by the strength of your desire;
the size of your dream;
and how you handle disappointment along the way.
~ Robert Kiyosaki ~
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Location
ANE Store @ Lo Lo
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
****Maya Angelou
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Every netted bat gets sexed, measured and weighed before getting marked and released back to the wild. The entire process only takes a couple minutes. Big brown bats typically roost during the day under the siding of old farm buildings.
Sometimes the successful timing of a photograph can be measured by mere milliseconds; and such was certainly the case for this image, which flirted dangerously close to a one-way trip to the trash bin. Let me explain.
See, the afternoon run of North Bay to Englehart train no. 113 on the Ontario Northland Railway doesn't offer too many options for photographic purists chasing the "perfect light" that so many of us desire. The sun is mostly behind or to the side of the train, save a few locations on the north end for most of the run. But truthfully, none of this concerns me all that much anyhow. And for what may be lacking in ideal sun angles, opportunities to get creative and explore the rich lineside character of the railway abound. One of the signature locations along the line is the town of Latchford, Ontario, with its endowment of natural beauty and, evidently, some humorous residents. When you enter the town, the entrance sign proclaims: "The Best Little Town by a Dam Site!"
So, in an effort to put their slogan to the test, I found myself set up beside the Latchford Dam and the handsome Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge. Anticipation of the approaching train ran high as the fast-moving waters of the Montreal River flowed by while the minutes ticked away. The highway was abnormally quiet, I thought, as I waited, with not a single car passing by.
Moments later, the familiar sound of an approaching train filled the quiet northern air. Just as the headlights of a tractor-trailer and a single pickup truck appeared on the horizon, seemingly pacing alongside the train. "Oh no," I thought, as I ran some quick mental calculations on whether I'd walk away empty-handed, or if the timing would work. It was a roll of the dice. As the train cleared the first span (at 40 MPH), the RAM 1500 that had trailed close behind the transport, and induced momentary heart palpitations, was centre frame. By the time the train hit the next span, the 1500's tailpipe had exited frame left, not a second prior. PHEW, was that ever close!
Anyhow, there's seldom a dull moment on the photographic trail, and these are the experiences that sometimes break, but usually one way or another, make the photo.
For the Macro Mondays challenge "Holes" (February 11th 2019)
Shot in the late low sunshine, resting on glass - an old tape measure that has inches on one side and metric on the other. I pulled the tape from the inside of the roll, to give as many 'holes' as possible ;o)
Happy Macro Monday! ;o)
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Vacation impressions Tenerife 🇪🇸
@Pico de Teide
Measured from the surface of the sea, Pico del Teide towers at 3,718 meters. If you measure the height of Teide from the bottom of the ocean, the result is even more impressive. At an impressive 7,500 meters, Teide is the third largest island volcano in the world.
I really liked the approach of this composition here. The slight gradient of the road and the lateral tilting supports the entire composition and lets the majestic-looking “Pico del Teide” watch over this landscape.
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The real speed of space flight.
The length of the journeys to other planets and stars will take far longer than you initially think.
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From the planetary frame of reference, the ship's speed will appear to be limited by the speed of light — it can approach the speed of light, but never reach it. If a ship is using 1 g constant acceleration, it will appear to get near the speed of light in about a year, and have traveled about half a light year in distance. For the middle of the journey the ship's speed will be roughly the speed of light, and it will slow down again to zero over a year at the end of the journey.
As a rule of thumb, for a constant acceleration at 1 g (Earth gravity), the journey time, as measured on Earth, will be the distance in light years to the destination, plus 1 year. This rule of thumb will give answers that are slightly shorter than the exact calculated answer, but reasonably accurate.
From the frame of reference of those on the ship the acceleration will not change as the journey goes on. Instead the planetary reference frame will look more and more relativistic. This means that for voyagers on the ship the journey will appear to be much shorter than what planetary observers see.
At a constant acceleration of 1 g, a rocket could travel the diameter of our galaxy in about 12 years ship time, and about 113,000 years planetary time. If the last half of the trip involves deceleration at 1 g, the trip would take about 24 years.
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Time dilation and relativistic speeds - all very confusing.
I some how don't think I will have to worry about it any time soon.
So sehen meine Windlichter bei Tageslicht aus.
Glasbehälter mit Polymer Clay behandelt, "umhüllt."
Nr.1. Polymer Clay transparent, Struktur mit Folie angebracht und dazu ein wenig Lochmuster.
Lackiert, versiegelt.
15cm H, Ø 11cm
Nr.2. Polymer Clay transpatent, Mosaikart.
Lackiert und versiegelt.
12cmH, Ø 10cm (gemessen am oberen Rand )
Nr.3. Polymer Clay transparent, Mosaikart.
Lackiert und versiegelt.
8,5cmH, Ø 8cm (gemessen am oberen Rand )
Alle Windlichter sind für Kerzen gedacht.
This is what my wind light look like in daylight.
Glass container treated with polymer clay.
Number 1. Polymer clay transparent, structure attached with foil and a little hole pattern. Painted, sealed.
15cm H, Ø 11cm
No. 2. Polymer Clay transparent, mosaic type.
Painted and sealed.
12cmH, Ø 10cm (measured at the top edge)
#3 Polymer clay transparent, mosaic style.
Painted and sealed.
8.5cmH, Ø 8cm (measured at the top edge)
All wind light are intended for candles
This bruiser with the charming nickname "Toe Biter" is a triple threat that swims, flies and walks. This one measured 6.5 cm including front fore limbs. Their prey includes small fish, tadpoles, frogs and insects. My cats were not allowed near this beast.
The Petronas Twin Towers were the tallest buildings in the world for six years, until Taipei 101 was completed in 2004. The height of buidlings are measured to the top of their structural components such as spires, but not including antennas.Spires are considered actual integral parts of the architectural design of buildings, to which changes would substantially change the appearance and design of the building, whereas antennas may be added or removed without such consequences. The Petronas Twin Towers still remain the tallest twin buildings in the world.
Mere days after Slims Lake drained rapidly through an ice-walled 30m deep channel, this aerial view shows the capture or diversion of the meltwater from the Ä’äy Chù (Slims River) to the Kaskawulsh River.
Slims River gauge data measured an abrupt drop in the water level between May 26 and May 29, 2016.
... is measured by how good it feels to be home.
It's good to be home.
Tri-X and Olympus Stylus Zoom 140.
Processed and printed by Blue Moon Camera, home scan of print.
If my math is correct, VGN’s mileposts measured 441 miles from Norfolk extending westward across Virginia and called their end of ownership up at Deep Water, WV. That makes this loaded coal train only 10 miles from the end of VGN ownership.
It was decided to build the Skeldergate Bridge after the city had measured that over 800 people were using the Skeldergate ferry crossing daily. Designed in a Gothic Revival style, it was constructed between 1878 and 1881. The small arch at the east end had an opening portion, powered by machinery in the Motor House, which also served as a toll house and accommodation for the toll keeper and his family.The bridge could open to admit tall masted ships to the quays on either side of the river between Skeldergate and Ouse Bridges but the bridge was last opened in 1975, and the machinery has since been removed. Originally a toll-bridge, it was formally declared free of tolls on 1 April 1914. Together with the attached tollhouse, now a cafe, it is a Grade II listed building.
is measured only by success :-) Bruce Fierstein
HGGT!!
cornus, dogwood, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
"Niagara Falls (/naɪˈæɡərə, -ɡrə/ ny-AGG-ər-ə, -grə) is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, which straddles the international border of the two countries.[1] It is also known as the Canadian Falls.[2] The smaller American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls lie within the United States. Bridal Veil Falls is separated from Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island and from American Falls by Luna Island, with both islands situated in New York.
Formed by the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario before flowing out to the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence River, the combined falls have the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America that has a vertical drop of more than 50 m (160 ft). During peak daytime tourist hours, more than 168,000 m3 (5.9 million cu ft) of water goes over the crest of the falls every minute.[3] Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by flow rate.[4] Niagara Falls is famed for its beauty and is a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Balancing recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 19th century".
So the real question on this monkey post is why?
I was going to use it for the Macro Monday Ceramic theme from a couple of weeks ago but it exceeded the size specification of 3 inches ( it measured out at 4.75 in. tall by 2 in. deep) and I didn't like it cropped. The monkey was pretty excited about being featured on flickr and you can only imagine his disappointment when he got wind that I used the Hummel instead. I didn't want to [...bear a monkey...] as the expression goes even if it was my fault the next morning after a good bit of drinking so I felt it best to show him off here.
Ceramic lid from a German 2l stein that I received from an uncle who brought it from Germany around 1900. It's manufactured by Matthias Grimscheid, Mold #1199. It's a big stein so the wording is most appropriate: “Trag deinen Affen mit Geduld, an dem bist du nur selber Schuld.” (Bear your monkey with patience, it is your own fault.)
55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro, 6 image photo stack.
Textures by: Skeltalmess and Lenabem-Anna.
This image is of a little black pouch magnifying glass and it's intended subject looking resplendent in daisy yellowness.
From darkness ..... natures colour does it's magical work.
The yellow daisy only measured 1 inch in diameter, so the whole image is way under the size restrictions.
Love & Peace everyone!
Stay safe in these troubling times. 😊
In the Netherlands, the hottest 27 July ever was measured with a temperature of 38.1 degrees Celsius.
It seemed that Friday was the hottest day ever in the Netherlands, but the record of August 23, 1944 is not broken. Then in Gelderland, Warnsveld it was 38.6 degrees celsius.
With such temperatures everyone is looking for cooling, like these boys who were swimming in the river Kromme Rijn in Bunnik.
☛ Please see here more from; the Netherlands.
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Malbork Castle, Zamek w Malborku
The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork is a 13th-century Teutonic castle and fortress located near the town of Malbork, Poland. It is the largest castle in the world measured by land area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wikipedia
It was originally constructed by the Teutonic Knights, a German Catholic religious order of crusaders, in a form of an Ordensburg fortress. The Order named it Marienburg in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. In 1457, it since served as one of the several Polish royal residences and the seat of Polish offices and institutions to 1772. From then on the castle was under German rule for over 170 years until 1945.
The castle is a classic example of a medieval fortress and, on its completion in 1406, was the world's largest brick castle. UNESCO designated the "Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork" and the Malbork Castle Museum a World Heritage Site in December 1997. It is one of two World Heritage Sites in the region (north-central Poland), together with the "Medieval Town of Toruń", which was founded in 1231.
Malbork Castle is also one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated on 16 September 1994. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
With the rise of Adolf Hitler to power in the early 1930s, the Nazis used the castle as a destination for annual pilgrimages of both the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls. The Teutonic Castle at Marienburg served as a blueprint for the Order Castles of the Third Reich built under Hitler's reign. In 1945 during World War II combat in the area, more than half the castle was destroyed. At the conclusion of the war, the city of Malbork and the castle became again part of Poland. The castle has been mostly reconstructed, with restoration ongoing since 1962. A new restoration was completed in April 2016. Malbork Castle remains the largest brick complex in Europe.
Still Hope in rebirth for Castelluccio di Norcia
© Jarmila
On October 30, 2016, Castelluccio was at the epicenter of an earthquake that measured 6.6 in magnitude, the strongest in 35 years.
In Castelluccio city still nothing changed ,still in ruin after 3 years of earthquake :-( so sad
Amtrak Brunswick to Boston Downeaster train 696 is at MP BW 26 as measured from North Station in Boston via the MBTA Western Route. The train is lead by NPCU 90406 dressed in its Phase III 40th anniversary paint. This locomotive is a former F40PHR built by EMD in July 1988 using components from retired SDP40s. In 2011 it was converted into a non powered control cab and in 2023 it was renumbered to give the 406 slot to a new Charger.
To the left is the famed Ayer Mill Clock Tower, with the world’s largest mill clock. Its four big glass faces are only 6 inches smaller than Big Ben in London. It is the treasured icon and landmark of the community, a hard luck post industrial city that was once an industrial powerhouse trying to reclaim a bit of its past glory
Lawrence was formed in 1843 from land purchased from Methuen and Andover by successful business men from Lowell to establish a new textile manufacturing industry on the banks of the Merrimack River. Periods of boom followed periods of financial difficulty for the huge mills that attracted immigrant workers from all over Europe. By the 1890’s a solution to stability appeared to be consolidation and in 1899 under the direction of Frederick Ayer, eight textile companies merged under a new trust: The American Woolen Company.
In 1906, president of the American Woolen Company, William Wood, Frederick Ayer’s son-in-law, completed construction of a huge new mill intended to produce all the yarn for the company and named it the Wood Worsted Mill. Just one wing of this new mill was half a mile long. The mill spun the fleece of 600,000 sheep in just five hours, but even with this capacity Wood soon realized that it could never produce all the yarn requirements of the company, so he began construction of the Ayer mill, named after his father-in-law, in 1909.
The Ayer Mill, built to spin and dye yarn, was opened on October 3, 1910. Its grand, illuminated clock tower immediately became the architectural focal point of the Merrimack Valley. Decades later the competition of synthetic materials, the migration of the mill companies to southern states, and the end of war-time demand for woolen blankets and clothing doomed northern mills, and The American Woolen Company closed in 1955. Without regular maintenance, the Ayer mill clock soon stopped working. As thousands of residents lost jobs the city fell into major decline and the grand old clock, its disrepair visible to all at 260 feet above street level, became a symbol of the Valley’s economic troubles.
After 36 years, the community rallied in 1991 to restore the clock. Over $1 million was raised and artisans were called in to bring it back to life. Clemente Abascal, a realtor and community activist working on the effort, saw the restoration as a harbinger of hope. “Once the economy starts turning around, the city of Lawrence will come back stronger than ever. That clock symbolizes people at work”, he said. The original bell that had called thousands of people to and from work throughout the city, had been lost for years and was replaced by a beautiful replica.
The train is passing another relic of Lawrence's past, the rusting unused canopies standing behind Lawrence's 1931 brick union station that still stands out of site to the left of the frame. While called a Union Station, that was a misnomer as by that time Lawrence was served by only one railroad, the Boston and Maine, which had opened this route to the New Hampshire state line by 1840.
The first station in Lawrence was built in 1848 when the original tracks from Ballardvale to North Andover were abandoned and the route was relocated to the modern routing through Lawrence south of the Merrimack River. In the mid to later 1800s other railroads built routes radiating north and east from Lawrence, all of which would come into the fold of the B&M over time.
By 1965 the B&M had ended all passenger service to Portland cutting back to Dover, NH and two years later that also was cut and Lawrence was left with a single daily round trip between Haverhill and Boston. By 1976 even that was gone and for three years the city had no service at all. But trains returned three years later with the energy crisis and have remained ever since, though in 2005 this old platform was closed when the Senator Patricia McGovern Transportation Center opened with a new Lawrence train station a quarter mile to the east, replacing this 1931 facility.
In the year 2025 Lawrence sees 26 MBTA commuter trains stop each weekday and in 2001 intercity trains returned when Amtrak Downeaster service commenced between Boston and Portland. Though the 10 daily trains just pass through Lawrence without stopping they do call at Haverhill not far to the north (east) of here.
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Sunday May 11, 2025
Grafton and Upton train GU-1 curls through Grafton center amidst a quintessential New England scene on their twisting and undulating interurban style route crossing North St. at about MP 3.1 as measured from the junction with the former Boston and Albany mainline in North Grafton. Rising above the town common is the 1863 wooden Italianate Unitarian Church built after the original was destroyed in fire. To its left is the Grafton Town House built in 1862 as the Warren Block overlooking the town common dating from 1738.
Leading is GP9R GU 1751 (blt. Nov. 1958 as a GP9 for the GTW numbered 4932) the last rebuilt geep on the property which was once dominated by them early in the rebirth era of the little independent shortline. All her sister vintage first generation units have long since been scrapped (excepting F7A 1501 still OOS but now liated for sale) but for whatever reason she was kept to live again. Oddly the road chose to eschew its 80 year old black and yellow scheme and instead adorned it like this, looking more like a Precision Locomotive leaser! Trailing is MP15AC 1160 (blt. Oct. 1977 as SCL 4221) dressed in patched CSXT paint followed by a length mixed consist for Upton and Hopedale yards.
The Grafton and Upton is the rarest of shortlines as it was never part of a class 1, it wasn't a former mainline, it has operated independently since inception, and it sat virtually abandoned save for one mile of track and one customer before rising like the Phoenix to be rebuilt from end to end with a diverse, busy, and growing customer base. Now how many lines can say THAT?!
So a bit of history. The G&U story began in 1873 when the Grafton Center Railroad was chartered to build a 3 ft narrow gauge line between Grafton and North Grafton, which officially opened for business on August 30, 1874. At North Grafton the railroad established a connection with the Boston & Albany Railroad, a later subsidiary of the New York Central. The company remained a three-mile narrow-gauge for the next 13 years until July, 1887 when it was renamed as the Grafton and Upton Railroad, converted to standard gauge, and set its sights to the southeast at Milford. Two years later in 1889 the line had reached Upton and on May 17, 1890 the entire route was open to Milford, a distance of 16.5 miles, where it connected with the Milford & Woonsocket Railroad (a later subsidiary of the New Haven).
Between 1894 and 1979 the railroad was owned by its largest customer, the massive Draper Corporation of Hopedale that one time employed some 3000 people as the largest maker of power looms in the country for the textile industry. But in 1978 Draper successor Rockwell Corporation closed the mill and sold the railroad which seemingly had little reason to exist any longer and little future. The track beyond Hopedale to Milford had not been used since 1973 when Penn Central terminated the interchange there since after acquiring the New Haven a few years earlier there was no need to connect with the G&U at both ends. By 1988 the G&U was no longer running to Hopedale at all and the tracks were out of service. In the mid 1990s the G&U did revive the line to haul highway salt down to their tiny yard in Upton for transloading, but I never made it to see that happen before it too was gone.
When I was growing up the G&U had one working locomotive, an Alco S4 resplendent in St. Louis Manufacturer's Railroad paint. I never saw it run, however, as it was always sitting with the stack capped at the railroad's sole customer, Washington Mills just about a mile south of the then Conrail interchange in North Grafton. By the time I had learned of the railroad's existence back then their other two "original" units in G&U black and yellow were long out of service. I do have one significant souvenir off original G&U GE 44-tonner #99 bought new in 1946 and scrapped in 2009. Around that same period the two Alcos also sadly met their demise.
But all was not lost...as sad as seeing those locomotives go along with the demolition of the last original G&U buildings in Hopedale those losses signaled a rebirth. In an entirely improbable turn of events the road was purchased in 2008 and the new owner began rehabbing the entire railroad. Over the past decade the line has grown busier than it's ever been with a large new yard and transload facility in West Upton, two busy customers in Hopedale and a new propane distribution facility in North Grafton. And the future looks even brighter as the connection to Milford was reestablished in June 2020 after nearly 50 years out of service. Not long after that the G&U took over servicing CSXT's last two customers on the Milford Industrial Track that had prior been served via a Walpole based local running down to Franklin and Bellingham over the MBTA's Franklin Line. With more power and more customers on the way and a bigger shop than they ever had things sure do look good....if quite different....around here!
Grafton, Massachusetts
Monday May 12, 2025
“...the true value of an offering isn't measured by how much we give. It's measured by how much we keep..."
~Mark Batterson
An exposure-bracketed set of five exposures, adjusted in Adobe Lightroom then combined in Photomatix using Average mode. The deeper and already once-adjusted 16-bit TIFF result (now likely with more data in highlights and shadows) then adjusted in Lightroom again.
This process preserves color as the the camera saw it, while enabling a wider range of brightness and contrast adjustments than is possible in Adobe Lightroom in a single pass, effectively "double processing" the data.
Such a process can provide benefits and extra control over any source files, not just those from lower dynamic range sensors. So while it's accurate to say it was processed with software designed for "HDR" processing, the objective was not necessarily to compensate for low dynamic range in the sensor, and the benefits are not lost on sensors measured to have high dynamic range.
Our eyes sample the scene in point samples (see eye-tracking data), adjusting exposure at every point (our irises open up and contract), and yet somehow we don't perceive the scene in a "flat" way... we perceive brightness and contrast. In some high contrast scenes, the drama experienced is simply not reflected in a simple camera exposure. It's as if the visual processing systems in our brains enhance the image. This makes complete sense: as predators, we needed to defeat the camouflage of prey, as well as detect the camouflage of predators threatening us. Our eyes are drawn to bright areas, areas of high contrast. And apparently they're enhanced (and we try to recognize patterns and familiar shapes).
So sometimes a little bit of contrast and detail enhancement makes a scene look a little more "real", a little more familiar to our perception and memory. Adobe Lightroom has Contrast, Texture, Clarity and Dehaze sliders that help, and Some HDR modes like Interior, Photographic, Natural can be useful, and they can be combined with the best single exposure edit to soften (remove) any signature look that their algorithms might create. And a simple Average operation on multiple exposures can provide the opportunity to deepen the source material to a solid 16 bits, and to take a second pass at Lightroom's adjustments.
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." Maya Angelou
Thanksgiving sunset over the Pacific Ocean at Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. Just a jaw dropping, had to be there, and this is what life is about, moment that one can never forget. I was going back through the archives, and I had to slow down when I get to Nuevo 2013, and this evening in particular. Epic doesn't even describe it. Let's just say that for 20 minutes, nobody said a word.
Class winning 1931 Chrysler Imperial Dual-Cowl Phaeton by LeBaron, with all the bells, whistles and Bling to set you well apart from the hoi-paloi in their Chevys and Fords.
Introduced for the 1931 model year, the Chrysler Series CG Imperial was larger, more powerful and more luxurious than its predecessor. Styled by Al Leamy, the Imperial CG borrowed heavily from the Leamy-designed Cord L-29, and featured a v-shaped radiator, an elongated hood, flowing fenders and a split windshield with a steeper rake than the Cord. Amenities included passenger sun visors, adjustable seats, an adjustable steering column, hydraulic brakes, vibration-dampening rubber engine mounts, rust-proofed body and fenders, and laminated safety glass.
Starting at 'only' $3,575 for a LeBaron dual-cowl phaeton, full-custom options hiked the price significantly higher. Given the state of the U.S. economy in 1931, it’s not surprising that a mere 85 LeBaron dual-cowl phaetons were ordered by customers.
Power for all CG Imperials came from a new 384.83-cu.in. straight-eight L-head engine, rated at 125 horsepower and mated to a four-speed manual transmission. The dash from 0 to 60 MPH took in the neighborhood of 20 seconds, and the plus-size Imperial, which measured 17 feet from stem to stern, was reportedly capable of hitting 96 MPH.
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In days of old the granite milepost would have read 130 as measured from Boston according to a 1947 Boston and Maine employee timetable I referenced. But Guilford Transportation (predecessor in name only to Pan Am Railways) saw fit to change all the mileposts on their combined Maine Central, Boston and Maine, and Delaware and Hudson (for four years) system and rename it as one contiguous Freight Main. Hence mile zero was the east end end of the line at Mattawamkeag, Maine. So while unlike the storied airway of yore Pan Am Railways decidedly does NOT 'Span The Globe' but it does span from the key points on that globe known as Mattawamkeag and Rotterdam (no not that actually important Rotterdam...the other one in New York!)
Anyway, here is local freight AD-1 headed from North Adams to East Deerfield with 17 cars trailing an SD40-2/B40-8 duo.
Charlemont, Massachusetts
Friday May 28, 2021
Michael and I will be on our way tonight to Coos Bay, to spend Thanksgiving with his family... I'm looking forward to that, and to some beach time - maybe more at this amazing place.
Image made with my Hasselblad 500 C/M.
Clear blue water at Pupu Springs near Takaka on New Zealand's South Island.
The water in these natural springs is incredibly clear. The visibility has been measured at an average of 63 metres. That was considered to be the world's clearest fresh water and second only to water in the Antarctic's Weddell Sea.
However in 2011 a new record holder for fresh water clarity was discovered - the Blue Lake which is also in New Zealand.
Со Новымъ годомъ по старому стилю! Happy New Year according to the Julian calendar!
Colonnade of Kazan Cathedral (the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan). Christmas tree. Saint Petersburg.
Колоннада Собора Казанской иконы Божией Матери. Новогодняя ёлка. Санкт-Петербург
Canon EOS 600D,
Samyang 8mm f/3.5 AS IF UMC Fish-eye CS II.
"Love is space and time measured by the heart."
All true for my Dave who is also a Star Trek lover!
Photo taken at our cabin in Bellasaria.
Sanity can be measured by the simplest things in life.
Nature brings moments of peace and purpose into focus.
Enjoy all the good that life has to offer. There's more out there than you know.
The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft) long, though individuals up to 16–17 m (52–56 ft) long have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males.
The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a mass of 680 kg (1,500 lb)] The species has a bulky body with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[14][15] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly nonexistent to somewhat long and curved.
Like other rorquals, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. The grooves are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14 to 35. The upper jaw is lined with baleen plates, which number 540–800 in total and are black in color.
The dorsal or upper side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation. The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface. Some individuals may be all white, notably Migaloo who is a true albino. The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals.[
The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round feature, known as the hemispherical lobe, which visually distinguishes males and females.[15][19]
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge. The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and protrude up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in).
They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in gestation and may have a sensory function, as they are rich in nerves. Sensory nerve cells in the skin are adapted to withstand the high water pressure of diving.
In one study, a humpback whale brain measured 22.4 cm (8.8 in) long and 18 cm (7.1 in) wide at the tips of the temporal lobes, and weighed around 4.6 kg (10 lb). The humpback's brain has a complexity similar to that of the brains of smaller whales and dolphins.
The structure of the eye indicates that eyesight is relatively poor, being only able to see silhouettes over long distances and finer details relatively close. Computer models of the middle ear suggest that the humpback can hear at frequencies between 15 Hz and 3 kHz "when stimulated at the tympanic membrane", and between 200 Hz and 9 kHz "if stimulated at the thinner region of the tympanic bone adjacent to the tympanic membrane". These ranges are consistent with their vocalization ranges.
As in all cetaceans, the respiratory tract of the humpback whale is connected to the blowholes and not to the mouth, although the species appears to be able to unlock the epiglottis and larynx and move them towards the oral cavity, allowing humpbacks to blow bubbles from their mouths. The vocal folds of the humpback are more horizontally positioned than those of land mammals which allows them to produce underwater calls. These calls are amplified by a laryngeal sac.
This image was taken in Juneau, Alaska
Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States, measured by water capacity. It is on the Colorado River about 24 mi (39 km) from the Las Vegas Strip southeast of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona. Formed by the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead is 112 miles (180 km) long when the lake is full, has 759 miles (1,221 km) of shoreline, is 532 feet (162 m) at greatest depth, with a surface elevation of 1,221.4 feet (372.3 m) above sea level, and has 247 square miles (640 km2) of surface, and when filled to available capacity, 26.12 million acre feet (32.22 km3) of water. However, the lake has not reached full capacity since 1983 due to a combination of drought and increased water demand. Owing to current low water level, Lake Sakakawea holds claim over Lake Mead in terms of America's largest reservoir by total area and water in reserve.
The reservoir serves water to the states of Arizona, Nevada and California, providing sustenance to nearly 20 million people and large areas of farmland.
Most of this summer we measured our progress in volcanoes. Starting on the Columbia in view of Mount Hood (above), we headed north toward Mount Adams, passing Mount Saint Helens to the west of us. Then over the shoulder of Adams and over the remains of the extinct stratovolcano in the Goat Rocks, heading toward Mount Rainier, and just passing through the east side of the park. That giant was in view for quite a while--and often as we moved through the extinct area around Mount Daniels--until Glacier Peak popped up in the distance, at first small, then getting larger and larger as we moved around and over it. From here we could see Mount Baker to the northwest, not on our route but near enough the Canadian border to know it signaled the end was nearing. I'm generally pretty happy with the photos I took with my phone, and I'm certainly happy not to have been carrying more weight, but I do wish that for these kinds of landscapes my phone had just a 2x optical zoom, which I think could have added a lot in some places. Mrs. Orca and Mount Hood (11,249') from the Pacific Crest Trail, Washington.
O! Ocean, seat of gems so precious
And riches not yet measured.
What treasures you keep, for whom?
From where have you acquired so much
You are a vast expanse like the sky,
Limitless, impregnable and fierce
But yet, though boiling aqua today
Where you not vapour yesterday
And ice benumbing tomorrow be ?
You are the source and means of life,
Benign mother of the protoplasm.
Rich in food rare and costly, nay
Everything big, small useful or not
Is in your stock, in that womb,
Unbounded, held under your sway
In contradiction to the laws of nature.
Why ? you are nature itself.
Is there one to enforce law on you ?
Wonderful are your ways O! Ocean.
At times calm and composed you remain,
At times you ebb and sweep like a train;
Now you roar like a lion,
Now you lisp like a lamb too nice;
Playing still the music of the waves.
Though in that inner heart is eternal peace
To me you are the dark blue ocean
To your frost white, but no colour you own.
An embodiment you are
Of bounteousness and generosity.
As the Lord supreme and mighty,
It is the cool refreshing air, I know
Your life breath itself, you give,
That sustains life in the universe,
What to speak of your salinity,
That enlivens the entire living world
And savours the dishes of the poor and rich alike
- Anuj Nair
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1977
The Technics is the largest amp model in the line from 1977. The integrated amplifier has a high-quality construction and has excellent measured values. The sound is powerful and low-noise at 50 watts per channel. There are enough controls for tone and filters. Here is SU-7700K with the dark front matching to my tuner ST-7300K.