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The landmark of the old mining village with interesting spindle-shaped urbanism is the Lutheran Church located on a low hill at the upper end of the village called Koceľovce. The church is an almost intactly preserved Gothic building from the first half of the 14th century, originally dedicated to St. Bartholomew.
The single-nave space with a polygonal chancel, a sacristy on the north side and a high tower on a square plan in the west, which turns into an octogon on the upper floors, is covered by a high gabled roof with shingles. The roofing of the tower, with an atypical metal Art Nouveau helmet, dates from the beginning of the 20th century. The nave is vaulted with classicist Theresian vaults instead of the original beamed ceiling, which is stylishly followed by an equally vaulted brick porch. During the last third of the 14th century, the polygonal chancel was built and vaulted with a cross rib vault. The stylistic purity of the church is emphasized by high windows divided by profiled bars and tracery and a system of supporting pillars of the chancel. The current southern entrance to the church was opened during the restoration in the 2nd half of the 18th century, it is closed by a Gothic door with decorative fittings, which were transferred here from the original entrance portal in the tower. Another Gothic door with rich wrought iron decoration is in the portal to the sacristy. This interesting wrought iron door also became the logo of the church.
Tawny Mining Bees (Andrena fulva) are one of the most recognisable spring-flying solitary bees with dense orange/red hair, although the males are not as striking or noticeable as the females. Tawny Mining Bees can be found nesting in large groups and can be common in urban environments and garden lawns.
Tawny Mining Bees are found in a wide variety of habitats. They are commonly found in gardens and parks, creating their nest cavities along south-facing embankments with sparse or short vegetation, including managed lawns. They feed from a wide variety of flowers including buttercups, dandelions, hawthorn, blackthorn, maple, willows and fruit trees.
Tawny Mining Bees can be seen from March to June. They are commonly found throughout most of southern Britain with increasing records in central Scotland, and a few from Ireland where it is much scarcer.
The Large bee-fly (Bombylius major) is known a parasitoid of Tawny mining bees (as well as other mining bee and some solitary wasp species). Once mated, the bumblebee lookalike fly hovers in front of an open nest cavity and flicks its eggs inside with great precision and skill. Its offspring will hatch in the nest and consume the stored pollen, as well as the young solitary bees (or wasps) inside the nest.
Following the toxic stream through the dark forest, my team and I made our way into a deep cavern. Getting closer to the interior of the planet the toxic fumes increased in my reticle sensors. Glancing around I could see my human and Twi-lek comrades having a rougher time through the vapor. My IG-24 assistance droid was configurating what appeared to be a projectile launcher of sorts. Stumped by the fact I continued my haste down the corridor of rock and gas.
Suddenly the vapor started moving faster, seemingly getting sucked out of the cave. Swiftly turning around I could see funnels forming around IG-24 as they rushed into his blaster apparatus. The droid had made a suction chamber! If that thing was a living being I’d give it a raise, meanwhile the other living beings were still suffering from the toxins, but it appeared they were recovering slightly.
After trudging through the tunnel for quite a while, we met our previous base camp. Not needing this camp to base any operations anymore we had decided that we could excavate this area. Calling in our drill drone, we prepared for it’s arrival. An older design, the DD-13 still held up in its old age, the drill worked as well as ever. A valued part of our operation, it held a special place in my heart, even if it’s older legs slowed its movement. Finally arriving, we commenced our mining and continued our search for yerium.
Excuse the poor build quality, but this was built in about 8 hours with constant redesigning and rebuilding for RebelLUG’s “VignWeek” where I’ll attempt to build a vignette every day this week in under 24 hours.
A restored Baldwin Pennsylvania Railroad DS44-1000 rests with a former Erie Mining S12 undergoing restoration at the SMS facility in Bridgeport. The friendly folks at SMS provided a fantastic tour. Thanks, gentlemen.
*clank clank clank* "Hey everybody, are you ready to get to work! It's my first day and I'm super excited!"
Perth is a mining town. Mining is a major source of revenue for Western Australia and hence the state is relatively wealthy and has the highest median household income of any Australian capital city. The picture shows the precinct at the ground floor for one of the major mining companies. This is repeated throughout the city with some lovely grounds
This driver did a great job hauling this mining truck through this city of Red Deer, Alberta. The pilot truck on the left of the image guided traffic to allow the driver to negotiate this left hand 90° turn.
GHH mining machine underground shovel, when they were introduced in the Monteponi mine, helped to make the work lighter and faster. He wouldn't mind seeing it displayed in a protected area and not exposed to the elements. A machine created to work indoors that ends its "career" outdoors. The most interesting part are the reinforcements made by hand welding along the entire profile of the blade of the shovel. Although not a certainly functional artistic work; this is proof of the mastery and skills that the staff had acquired in working in a mine like this.
Pala da sottosuolo GHH mining machine, quando vennero introdotte nella miniera di Monteponi aiutarono a rendere il lavoro più leggero e veloce. Non sabbe male vederla esposta in una zona protetta e non esposta alle intemperie. Una macchina che nasce per lavorare al chiuso che finisce al sua "carriera" all'aria aperta. La parte più interessante sono i rinforzi realizzati con saldatura a mano lungo tutto il profilo della lama della pala. Seppure non un lavoro artistico sicuramente funzionale; questo a riprova della maestria e delle competenze che il personale aveva acquisito nel lavorare in una miniera come questa.
Kodak UltraMax 400 on a Nikon F100 with Nikkor AF-S 85mm f1.4G lens. Lab scanned on Noritsu scanner.
I'm not sure which species of mining bee this is so any help with ID would be appreciated. I did wonder if it was Andrena flavipes (Yellow-legged Mining Bee).
First red TIE Interceptor, now yellow TIE Fighter!
I am usually not too fond of "yet another TIE variant" but how could I resist a yellow one? Such a beautiful color to go with black and grey! This just screams "utalitarian design" and so fits the mining guild theme perfectly!
It is a relatively simple build, but it already contains some fixes I intend for the v2.0 TF, most notably better shape of the solar panel. Change is minimal but noticeable enough! And I am very slightly... quite proud of the stripe solution ^^
Bottom's Up! This reed bee (Exoneura sp.) was tucking into our Native Geraniums to get at the food stuff within. Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday everyone!
Where am I from? Colax. Ordinary mining colony. There are dozens of them. Not a perfect place, but it could be worse. Atmosphere is inert, put pressure is normal. So oxygen mask is your best friend there. It’s quite cool place: 10-15C at day, just above zero at night. Rocks, sand and dust everywhere. And iron ore. Goode one. It’s only reason for colony to exist. Ore is quite unique; it’s very reach and doesn’t need much refining. The whole subsector gets iron from here. Plus a bit of extra rare metals. Colax isn’t old colony, everything works perfect. Most of industrial processes are automated. So there are not many workers. It will change in future when machines will start to break. More workers to support equipment, more equipment to support life of workers. You understand. But now it’s fine. Mines are in good condition, metal factory too. Sometimes some issues happen in spaceport, but it is normal. Usually it’s quite there, only a few shuttles arrive per week. But when a large cargo ship appears on orbit, it’s total mess. Such ships can’t land due to their size, so small orbital shuttles are used. Lots of them. But number of landing pads is limited. Spaceport works non-stop for several days to process cargo. And if only somebody mixes up container…
This is up a bit north of Golden on the Peak to Peak road in late fall - I've found it fascinating n I bet just up the hill is more of it but the area has a keep out sign - sooo - besides after year's of being stagnate tree's have sprouted up.
in a pot marigold blossom.
(Dasypoda hirtipes ♀ in Calendula officinalis flos)
Hosenbiene ♀
in einer Ringelblumen-Blüte.
Abundancia, a small arid planet, and the richest colony of the G.M.F. in terms of ores.
The Locusts can collect the crystals directly from the ground, then the miners can fill the Mammoths with this shiny loot.
I would very grateful for confirmation or correction on this Andrena bee. Another new one for me in my home town.
We went out looking for the deserted Gascoigne Wood mining plant. Hoping to find dilapidated buildings, we found nothing but security cameras and dead ends. But we did encounter a very pleasant sunset.
If anyone knows of any abandoned buildings in the north of England (that can be accessed easily) let me know.
Ta.
The end of the year is a perfect time to look back, to remember, to mine one's memory to then face the new year...
Taken with a pol filter. Crop factor 1.55.
Three Northshore Mining SD70ACes lead an ore train from Babbit around the mountainous coast of Lake Superior on a perfect winter afternoon. The railroad's future is up in the air, and may cease operations yet this year, so I figured I'd make the trek north to photograph the line before it falls.
A wall mural in the old part of Ipoh, Malaysia showing tin mining activities in the Kinta Valley with a background of the famous karst or limestone hills. A mining dredge can be seen amongst other mining methods. This is one of seven wall murals in Ipoh painted by the Lithuanian street artist Ernest Zacharevic who became famous in Malaysia after his many works in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Georgetown, Penang.
The town of Gold Hill, NC was once known for being in the middle of Carolina gold territory. Today it still is known for gold and other mining operations, and hosts NS P92 every week day to serve the mine along with other industries.
Thanks to the flatbed truck's driver for allowing me to gain some height for this photograph!
This driver did a great job hauling this mining truck through this city of Red Deer, Alberta. Pilot truck guided traffic, but the driver was able to maneuver his load to the maintenance shop.
Maybe a Yellow Legged - but not easy to tell when it's covered in pollen! RSPB Minsmere Digger Alley
On display at the Babbitt Mining Display, this former wooden Reserve Mining caboose sits next to the parking area. This caboose has an interesting history starting its life on the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range in 1944 and operated on the railroad until the 1970s. The caboose was retired by the DMIR proceeded by a purchase by the Reserve Mining Company where it became a safety car and outfitted to host safety meetings to railroad employees. Northshore Mining donated the car to the City of Babbitt in 1995.
Went to Denge Wood in Kent, there were lots of Mining bees flying low to the ground, lots of holes too but didn't see any Bees go in or out of them
Ghost town of Ballarat, California. Named after the Australian gold mining town of the same name. This is one of the better "preserved" structures.
Grade II listed. A 'stamps' was an ore processing plant and its 'vanner house' was a building where crushed ore from the stamps was washed on conveyors to separate the tin from the waste.
The ruins of the chapel built for Cornish Miners brought in by the Puxley family to work the Berehaven Copper Mines at Allihies on the Beara Peninsular in County Cork.
The building was restored in 2008 as a mining museum and officially opened by President Mary McAleese.
Camera: Contax G1 + Carl Zeiss 28mm f2.8 Biogon lens
For more 35mm archive pictures of the remains of Irish Mining industry please click here: www.jhluxton.com/The-35mm-Film-Archive/Mines-of-Ireland/