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But first fave this poster, it helps in the game :-)
All NWS soldiıers are also equipped with a punch dagger for close quarters situations, that can be neatly stowed in a belt or boot sheath
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Henryc Thoenen (O, Wiedlisbach) gegen Christian von Arx (U, Balsthal) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Christian Brand (V, Metzerlen) gegen Christoph Bieri (H, Untersiggenthal) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Stephan Studinger (L, Daeniken) gegen Florian Dobler (R, Allschwil) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Willy Graber (R, Bolligen) gegen Marc Stoffel (L, Allschwil) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Janic Voggenspereger (L, Schoenenbuch) gegen Pascal Piemontesi (R, Eclêpens) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Lorenz Blatter (V, Solothurn) gegen Willy Graber (H, Bolligen) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Matthias Glarner (H, Meiringen) gegen Stephan Studinger (V, Daeniken) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
Being the only high point in the hamlet, I wonder if they'd let me climb up to that soccer ball?
But would it fry my brain?
"The North Warning System (NWS) is a joint United States and Canadian early-warning radar system for the atmospheric air defense of North America. It provides surveillance of airspace from potential incursions or attacks from across North America's polar region. It replaced the Distant Early Warning Line system in the late 1980s."
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Warning_System
NIKKOR 180mm f-2.8 ED Ai-S MF & Metabones NF-X-mount Adapter [270mm]
2018 Road Trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT via Dempster Highway and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway or ITH (Tuk Highway).
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Matthias Glarner (O, Meiringen) gegen David Schmid (U, Wittnau) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
The other new EMD SW1001 #2 is working the west end of the Northwestern Steel and Wire plant as the C&NW Sterling switcher passes by.
North Western Steel and Wire 0-8-0 #73 working along side of C&NW VO1000M 1245 that foretells the end of steam at the steel mill in Sterling, IL
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Henryc Thoenen (H, Wiedlisbach) gegen Christian von Arx (V, Balsthal) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Remo Stalder (U, Muemliswil) gegen Michael Bless (O, Gais) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Janic Voggenspereger (L, Schoenenbuch) gegen Pascal Piemontesi (R, Eclêpens) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
Fulenbach, 7. August 2016, Schwingen - Nordwestschweizerisches Schwingfest Fulenbach 2016. Erich Fankhauser (O, Hasle) gegen Lorenz Blatter (U, Solothurn) (Rolf Eicher/EQ Images)
My neighbor, not a big fan of snakes, came across this one while gardening. She consulted me for an ID. After a few frames, it zoomed off to the nearby lake.
Common Watersnake (Northern Watersnake) - Nerodia sipedon ssp. sipedon (juvenile, about 25 cm length)
Location: Durham NC (USA)